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Rarible bets on token buybacks to outlast NFT farming hype

RARI Foundation’s Anna Riabokon told Cointelegraph that licensing revenue and fee buybacks will sustain the platform’s rewards program.

Coincheck acquires French crypto company for European expansion

Coincheck is expanding into the European Economic Area by acquiring Paris-based institutional crypto brokerage Aplo, with the deal expected to close in October.

Strategy adds $449M in Bitcoin, raising August total to 7.7K BTC

Michael Saylor’s Strategy announced a $449 million Bitcoin purchase made last week, bringing total BTC buys in August to just 7,714 BTC.

PayPal Ventures backs Kite AI with $18M to power AI agents

Kite AI raised $18 million in a Series A round led by PayPal Ventures, bringing its total funding to $33 million to build decentralized infrastructure for AI agents in web3.

Ether Machine raises $654M in ETH in private financing ahead of Nasdaq listing

Ethereum-focused firm The Ether Machine secured $654 million in private financing from Jeffrey Berns, aiming to go public with over 495,000 ETH on its books.

Venus Protocol user suffers $13.5M loss from phishing attack

Venus Protocol paused the platform to conduct security reviews but said the $13.5 million loss was not linked to a flaw in its contracts.

Bitcoin reclaims $110K, but BTC market remains ‘fragile,’ analysis says

Bitcoin price sees a modest recovery, but multiple BTC metrics suggest traders are still holding back from making risk moves.

Ethereum L2 Starknet suffers 2nd mainnet outage in 2 months

A sequencer failure froze Starknet block production for nearly three hours, forcing transaction resubmissions and raising new doubts about network reliability.

Andrew Tate’s WLFI bet fails, opens new long despite $67K loss

Tate is back in the Hyperliquid trenches, betting on the WLFI token despite his account nearing $700,000 in total losses.

Bitcoin short-term holders spark rare BTC price bottom signal at $107K

Bitcoin speculators are driving a market reversal signal only seen during two long-term BTC price bottoms over the past year.

Metaplanet clears path for $3.7B Bitcoin accumulation strategy

Metaplanet charted a path to expand shares and issue dual-class stock, reinforcing its long-term Bitcoin accumulation plan.

Bunni DEX paused following $2.4M exploit of liquidity function

A flaw in Bunni’s custom liquidity logic allowed an attacker to drain about $2.4 million in stablecoins, prompting the platform to pause all contracts.

Bitcoin ETPs now hold 7% of Bitcoin's maximum supply

Bitcoin funds now hold more than 7% of the cryptocurrency’s total 21 million coin supply, with BlackRock’s US-based ETF the largest holder.

Sky’s $75M buyback plan boosts SKY token 8% in 6 months

Sky, formerly Maker, spent $75 million on token buybacks since launching the program in February, coinciding with an 8% gain in SKY in six months.

Ether could see the ‘biggest bear trap’ this month: Analysts

Analysts predict Ether could fall to the mid-$3,000 support zone in September before rocketing back in October, which could catch many traders off guard.

Bitcoin will soar to $150K if we slay these 2 whales: David Bailey

Whale sell-offs keep Bitcoin capped, but Bailey says clearing them could spark a 36% surge, with some analysts eyeing $180,000–$250,000 by year’s end.

Crypto thefts hit $163M in August as hackers shift strategy

Kronos Research CEO Hank Huang tells Cointelegraph that crypto exploits often rise alongside crypto prices as hackers try to cash in on the boom.

Hackers are using the ‘classic EIP-7702’ exploit to snatch WLFI

World Liberty Financial token holders are reportedly being drained of their WLFI tokens. One security expert points to a phishing exploit tied to Ethereum contracts.

Bitcoin’s path to $1M may be ‘very boring,’ says analyst

Bitcoin analyst PlanC says there may not be obvious places to “buy the dip” from here on out, as Bitcoin could slowly trudge up to $1 million.

Trump project floats token burning as WLFI dips 30% after launch

World Liberty Financial proposed using all protocol fees to buy back and burn WLFI tokens, aiming to reduce supply and boost holder value.

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