Chung Daily Note - 2025/8/12

ETH $4500!!!

💡@infinex Yaprun Season 1 final rankings are live, with 150M µPatrons awarded to the Top 501 contributors

Today's Top 5 @virtuals_io Genesis Mindshare

1. @arbusai

2. @EvaOnlineXyz

3. @RingfenceAI

4. @useBackroom

5. @AIxVC_Axelrod

Some highlights from today's note

🔸U.S. CPI rose 2.7% YoY (vs. 2.8% est.), while Core CPI rose 3.1% (vs. 3.0% est.)

🔸Bitmine Immersion $BMNR raises offering to $20B to buy more Ethereum

🔸@stripe building ‘Tempo’ blockchain with @paradigm

Read More Below 👇

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📰 News

• U.S. CPI rose 2.7% YoY (vs. 2.8% est.), while Core CPI rose 3.1% (vs. 3.0% est.)

• Bitmine Immersion $BMNR raises offering to $20B to buy more Ethereum

• Metaplanet buys 518 BTC, raising holdings to 18,113 BTC worth $2.1B

• Stripe building ‘Tempo’ blockchain with Paradigm

• Paxos applied to OCC to convert its NY trust charter into a national one

• Monero faces 51% attack by Qubic

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📖 Good Reads

• @0xMughal - The DeFi Renaissance is Over

• @Delphi_Digital - @Kalshi vs. @Polymarket: The Battle for Prediction Predominance

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🎉 New Protocols

• @arc

• @hyenatrade

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💰 Crypto Fundraising

• @Transak (Blockchain Service) - 16m Strategic led by @Tether_to @IDGCapital

• @rivamoney (Blockchain Service) - 3m Pre-Seed led by Project A

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💵 Airdrops

• @OlimpioCrypto - Airdrops, Checkers, & Points you can claim this week • Roundup 12 Aug 2025

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💡Videos & Podcasts

• @Grantblocmates - How to Build a No-Code AI Research Agent for Crypto (Free)

• @BanklessHQ - Vitalik Buterin: How Ethereum Becomes The World Ledger

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😇 Opportunity

@turtledotxyz New Samurai’s Call SOL Vault powered by @MidasRWA @Re7Labs Vault on @katana offers ~33% APR

That's all!