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Trump: Interview process for next Fed chief begins, three candidates remain, all from Wall Street$TRUMP

Trump announced 100% tariffs on chips and semiconductors for all companies except those based in the US.$TRUMP

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Whales are starting to deposit assets on the exchange!

There is activity among $ETH holders moving their assets to centralized exchanges.

A whale from address 0xc156 deposited all 13,459 ETH ($49 million) on Binance 20 minutes ago.

A whale from address 0x46DB deposited 5,504 ETH ($19.8 million) on OKX in the last 16 hours.

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CZ Set to See FTX's $1.8 Billion Lawsuit Dismissed$BNB
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24x on the number in Telegram

The collectible anonymous number +888 8 898 was sold for 117,000 TON ($380,000 at the exchange rate). The previous owner bought it back in 2022 for 5,513 TON ($16,000).

Now the number is up for sale again - this time for 150,000 TON ($487,000).
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🇺🇸 Who can lead the Federal Reserve: current odds according to Polymarket

On the crypto betting platform Polymarket, bets are open on who will become the new head of the Federal Reserve — below we will analyze the current options.

Here are the leaders of the race:

1) Kevin Warsh (28%)
- Former member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve (2006–2011).
- Was a key intermediary between the Federal Reserve and Wall Street during the 2008 crisis.
- Worked at the investment bank Morgan Stanley.
- Known for a tough (“hawkish”) stance on monetary policy.

2) Kevin Hassett (24%)
- Current economic advisor to Trump.
- Co-author of the book “Dow 36,000,” where he predicted a rapid rise in the stock market (which only materialized 22 years later).
- An active supporter of tax breaks for businesses.

3) Chris Waller (16%)
- Member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve.
- Former head of the research department of the St. Louis Fed.
- Expert in monetary policy, a moderate “hawk.”

4) Judy Shelton (4%)
- Advocate for a return to the gold standard.
- Her confirmation in the Senate has been repeatedly derailed due to controversial views.
- Worked at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.

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The SEC does not consider liquid staking to be an issuance of securities - the Commission has issued clarification on the legal status of this activity.

🦊 MetaMask is going to launch its own stablecoin called MetaMask USD.$ETH

☠️ User lost $3,000,000 after signing a phishing transaction.$ETH

💪 SEC officially recognized stablecoins as a full-fledged currency!

😎 If the token is tied to the dollar 1:1, lies under the cover of liquid assets and is available for exchange for USD at any time - welcome to the "money" category. Examples? USDT, USDC.

📝 But there is a nuance - the rate must be cast iron!$USDC

📊 About 40% of all on-chain fees come from transfers of the stablecoin USDT — Paolo Ardoino

This concerns 9 blockchains where USDT is used: Ethereum, Tron, TON, Solana, BNB Chain, Avalanche, Arbitrum, Polygon, and Optimism.

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Trader made x109 on TROLL

The investor invested $22,800 in the TROLL memecoin three and a half months ago. He bought 27.86 million tokens, later sold part of them (1.28 million) for $16,200 and still holds 26.57 million coins - now they are worth about $2.48 million.

Thanks to the recent TROLL pump, his position has grown more than 100 times.

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SharpLink bought an additional 83,561 ETH for $264.5 million.

The company now owns 521,939 ETH (about $2 billion).$ETH

Media: Indonesia May Include BTC in National Reserve$BTC

🗽 White House prepares executive order against "debanking"

The Trump administration wants to prohibit banks from refusing services for ideological reasons - for example, to conservatives, crypto companies, religious organizations or small businesses. What will be proposed:

🔴 Inspections from the Justice Department and financial regulators for each such case.
🔴 Fines and investigations for discrimination.
🔴 Banks will be required to review their refusal policies.
🔴 The Small Business Agency (SBA) will help affected entrepreneurs.

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Trump Advisor Intends to Push Bitcoin to $10 Million

David Bailey, Donald Trump's crypto advisor and founder of Bitcoin Magazine, plans to create a PAC (political action committee) with a budget of $200 million. Its goal is to promote Bitcoin in the United States as a strategic asset.

Among the PAC's goals:
- Bring the price of BTC to $10 million.
- Achieve the abolition of the BTC profit tax.
- Protect the right to self-preservation.
- Introduce Bitcoin education in schools.
- Allow debtor countries to pay off debts in BTC.

Experts note that using public company funds for political activities may cause lawsuits from shareholders.

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🪙 One of the early Ethereum whales, who received 1,000,000 ETH for $310,000 during the ICO, has changed his strategy - for a long time he was only selling off his assets, but over the past three weeks he suddenly withdrew 13,600 ETH (about $47 million) from exchanges.

He currently has 59,718 ETH in his wallet, worth about $210,000,000.

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🔥 Strategy bought an additional 21,021 BTC between July 28 and August 3 at a rate of $117,256 (spent $2.46 billion).

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🇮🇳 Indian investors collectively own about 1,000,000 BTC (5.1% of the total supply) — the US leads the pack with about 7,800,000 BTC (~40%), including company, fund, and confiscated assets.

Despite tough taxation, there is still high demand for Bitcoin in India — this is due to its young, tech-oriented audience and high share of long-term retail investors.

There is no official data — estimates are based on exchange and blockchain data.

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New TON Reserve: Verb Technology to Raise $550 Million to Purchase Toncoin

Verb Technology will raise $558 million through a private placement — the funds will be used to purchase TON. As a result, the company will become a public holder of Toncoin and change its name to TON Strategy Co.

The deal involves more than 110 investors, including Kingsway Capital, BlockchainCom, Vy Capital, and Ribbit Capital. The deal is expected to close on August 7.

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