Chung Daily Note - 2025/8/18
Happy Monday!
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Some highlights from today's note
🔸Strategy bought 430 BTC for ~$51.4M at ~$119.7K each
🔸Metaplanet bought 775 BTC for ~$93M at ~$120K each
🔸Japan’s FSA approves first yen stablecoin
Read More Below 👇
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📰 News
• Strategy bought 430 BTC for ~$51.4M at ~$119.7K each
• Metaplanet bought 775 BTC for ~$93M at ~$120K each
• Thailand launches TouristDigiPay, enabling visitors to convert crypto into Thai Baht for spending
• Japan’s FSA approves first yen stablecoin
• South Korea to submit stablecoin bill in October
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📖 Good Reads
• @Cheshire_Cap - Wargaming Digital Asset Treasury Reflexivity
• @sytaylor - Payments chains: The AWS moment for money
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🎉 New Protocols
• @goblindxyz
• @ProphetArena
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💰 Crypto Fundraising
• @Almanak__ (DeFi) - 8.45m
• @realRiceAI (Blockchain Infrastructure) - Series A led by @FLOKI
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💵 Airdrops
• @theblessnetwork $TIME Airdrop Guide
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💡Videos & Podcasts
• @theallinpod - AI Psychosis, America's Broken Social Fabric, Trump Takes Over DC Police, Is VC Broken?
• @docXBT - BTC & ETH Buy The Dip Plans
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That's all!
