What happened last night on the crypto market?
• The Fidelity Ethereum spot ETF sold 36,250 ETH for $156.3 million on August 19
• Bitmine purchased 52,475,$ETH for $220 million, bringing its holdings to 1,575,848 ETH ($6.6 billion)
• Bullish received $1.15 billion in stablecoins during its IPO, a first in the United States
• Celsius will distribute $220.6 million to its creditors, achieving a cumulative recovery rate of about 64.9%
• Bitcoin is exposed to the risk of a 51% attack, with two pools controlling more than half of the hashrate
• Buenos Aires will allow tax payments in Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies
• SkyBridge Capital plans to tokenize $300 million in assets on Avalanche
• Governor Bowman suggests that Fed staff hold cryptocurrencies to better understand the technology
• More than 280 Bitcoin-related domain names registered since 2010 will be auctioned
• Thumzup, backed by Donald Trump Jr., will acquire Dogehash Technologies specializing in mining $DOGE and $LTC through a stock operation
• Paul Atkins (SEC) wants a protective crypto regulatory framework and believes that a minority of tokens should be considered financial securities
• Elon Musk pauses his pro-Bitcoin "America Party" project to refocus on his businesses
• Now, 16 companies collectively hold 2.45 million ETH in cash (over $11 billion)
• Stablecoins are revolutionizing P2P transfers with much lower fees than traditional banks and operators according to unfolded.
• Donald Trump accuses Jerome Powell of ruining the real estate market and announces a significant expected drop in interest rates