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- XRP's 2025 SEC "not a security" ruling unlocked institutional adoption, with 11+ ETFs under review and $1.3T in cross-border transactions via Ripple's ODL. - Layer Brett (LBRETT) offers 55,000% APY staking and Ethereum Layer 2 scalability but faces regulatory risks as a meme-driven altcoin with speculative 100x-1,000x price projections. - XRP's institutional credibility contrasts with LBRETT's retail-driven model, as Ripple partners with major firms while LBRETT's deflationary structure and governance ex
- U.S. spot Ethereum ETFs saw a $164.6M net outflow on Aug 29, 2025, ending a six-day inflow streak led by Grayscale and Fidelity funds. - The outflow coincided with Ethereum price dips below $4,300 amid inflation fears and geopolitical risks, contrasting with Ethereum's 71% YTD gains. - Institutional investors shifted capital to safer assets like TIPS due to Fed rate delays and Trump trade policies, while retail adoption via DeFi/NFTs and Layer 2 solutions remained robust. - Technical indicators show Ethe
- 2025 crypto market pits utility-driven Remittix (RTX) against meme-driven Dogecoin (DOGE), with RTX targeting $19T remittance inefficiencies via instant cross-border payments and deflationary tokenomics. - RTX’s $22.2M presale, institutional adoption, and CertiK-audited security contrast with DOGE’s speculative reliance on social sentiment and unlimited supply, risking long-term viability. - Market rotation favors RTX as Ethereum’s utility token classification boosts institutional inflows, while DOGE fac
- 11:05Trade groups call for blockchain to be included in the UK-US "Tech Bridge" agreementAccording to ChainCatcher, citing Golden Ten Data, ahead of Trump's visit to the UK next week, several British trade groups are urging the government to include blockchain technology in any technological innovation cooperation agreements signed with the United States. In a letter to the UK Business Secretary, more than a dozen groups representing the financial, technology, and cryptocurrency industries stated that distributed ledger technology should be a core component of the "UK-US technology bridge." Trump’s state visit will be accompanied by a delegation of technology leaders, including OpenAI founder Sam Altman and Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang.
- 10:44Brazilian listed company Meliuz launches an options-based Bitcoin strategy to expand its capital reservesChainCatcher news, according to Bitcoin.com, Brazilian listed company Meliuz has launched a new strategy aiming to continue increasing its bitcoin holdings in a low-risk manner. Specifically, the company plans to implement an options-based strategy, using these derivatives and bitcoin price volatility to expand its current reserve of over 600 bitcoins. According to local media reports, Meliuz will sell put options with specific strike prices. For example, by selling option contracts with a strike price of $95,000, if the bitcoin price is above this level at expiration, the company can earn the option premium. To control risk, these options are collateralized with less than 10% of the company's operating cash reserves. Meliuz also stated that this innovative strategy is supported by "professional partners" in the relevant trading field, but did not disclose specific institution names.
- 10:44On-chain detective: THORSwap offers a bounty of over $1 million for the THORChain founder wallet vulnerabilityChainCatcher news, according to The Block, on-chain detective ZachXBT revealed that THORSwap has repeatedly offered bounties to the hacker who attacked a user's personal wallet in recent days. The victim is suspected to be THORChain founder John-Paul Thorbjornsen. The latest on-chain information on Friday shows that returning the THOR tokens will be rewarded, and no legal action will be taken if returned within 72 hours, with contact information provided. PeckShield initially reported that the THORChain protocol was attacked with a loss of about $1.2 million, but later corrected that it was a user's personal wallet that was compromised. ZachXBT stated that the wallet likely belonged to John-Paul Thorbjornsen, who had $1.35 million stolen by North Korean hackers on Tuesday. Thorbjornsen admitted that the attack originated from a fake Zoom link sent by a friend's hacked Telegram account. He said the emptied old MetaMask wallet was in another logged-out Chrome profile, with the key stored in the iCloud Keychain, and the attacker may have accessed it through a zero-day vulnerability. This has further convinced him that threshold signature wallets are the only true means of protection.