🚨 Market News – 12 Aug 2025 🚀

1️⃣ Blue Origin Goes Crypto 🪐

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin now accepts BTC, ETH, and SOL (plus USDT & USDC) for New Shepard spaceflights via Shift4. A seat to space? Minimum $150K deposit.

2️⃣ Paxos Aims for National Bank Charter 🏦

Stablecoin issuer Paxos joins Ripple & Circle in applying for an OCC national trust charter, eyeing broader U.S. banking reach under the pro-crypto GENIUS Act.

3️⃣ Rumble x Northern Data Merger 🤝

Rumble plans to acquire Tether-backed Northern Data in an all-stock deal. Tether becomes Rumble’s biggest shareholder, fueling AI cloud computing expansion.

4️⃣ Uniswap Foundation’s Wyoming Move ⚖️

Uniswap proposes a DUNI legal entity under Wyoming’s DUNA framework—aiming for better compliance, contracts, and a step toward activating protocol fees for the DAO treasury.

5️⃣ ETH ETFs Break $1B Daily Inflows 💹

U.S. spot ETH ETFs see $1.03B in one day—led by BlackRock ($639.8M) & Fidelity ($277M). BTC ETFs? Just $178M.

📊 Crypto adoption, regulation shifts, AI-cloud power plays, and ETH dominance—today’s a big one.