Chung Daily Note - 2025/7/18

Happy Friday! The weekend is near! Finish strong and celebrate your progress! 🚀

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Top 5 Mindshare on @arbusai

1. @grok - 2.68%

2. @base - 2.32%

3. @KaitoAI - 2.02%

4. @AbstractChain - 1.76%

5. @Calderaxyz - 1.65%

Some highlights from today's note

🔸SEC Chair Paul Atkins says the agency may allow a regulatory exception to boost tokenization after stablecoin bill passes

🔸President Trump is set to sign the GENIUS Act today

🔸Trump to open U.S. retirement market to crypto investments

Read More Below 👇

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📰 News

• SEC Chair Paul Atkins says the agency may allow a regulatory exception to boost tokenization after stablecoin bill passes

• President Trump is set to sign the GENIUS Act today

• Trump to open U.S. retirement market to crypto investments

• SharpLink Gaming to raise $5B to buy more $ETH

• MEI Pharma launches $100M Litecoin treasury

• Australia approves Bitcoin for mortgages

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📖 Good Reads

• @563defi - The Crypto x Robots Ecosystem

• @RubiksWeb3hub - From HODL to High Finance: The Narrative Arc of Crypto’s 2025 Bull Cycle

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🎉 New Protocols

• @AresExchange

• @strata_money

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💰 Crypto Fundraising

• @fluentxyz (Chain) - 2.2m

• @trendsdotfun (Social) - $TBD Angel

• @Blockskye_ (Blockchain Service) - 15.8m Series C led by Blockchange Ventures

• @Sidekick_Labs (DeFi) - $TBD investment from @fenbushi

• @ACM_Plus (Blockchain Infrastructure) - 12m Seed

• @syntetika_io (CeFi) - 2.5m Seed

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💵 Airdrops

• @DeRonin_ - @zama_fhe new quests available

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💡Videos & Podcasts

• @BanklessHQ - ETH Breaks New Records While BTC Hits ANOTHER All Time High

• @theempirepod - The Bull Market Confirmed | Weekly Roundup

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😇 Opportunity

@Lombard_Finance is building the full-stack infrastructure to unlock Bitcoin’s $trillion potential by mobilizing idle BTC, creating onchain capital markets, and driving a permissionless Bitcoin economy

That's all!