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In today’s Alpha Bytes👇

Harris says her White House will "invest in America's future," which includes "digital assets" and leading in 4 of 6 swing states on Polymarket. Hamster Kombat scandal: millions of players outraged over an unfair token airdrop. SEC approves Nasdaq to list Bitcoin ETF options, boosting BlackRock’s crypto offerings. Ethereum transaction fees surge even as active accounts fall to year-to-date lows.

BTC $63,724 (+1.32%), ETH $2,659(+2.96%), SOL $147.20 (+0.28%)

Events 📅

• The Coiners Intro Workshop: Tuesday, September 24 🕒 1PM(EST) | 5PM(UTC) via Zoom

Crypto News 📰

• BlackRock CEO says Bitcoin is legitimate and could hit $100K

• OpenSea users file a class action lawsuit over the alleged sale of unregistered securities

• Elon pumps Solana memecoin before exchange listings, while Shiba Inu and Dogecoin lag

• Sui Network breaks $900M in TVL as SUI price explodes

• Silvergate executive says 'sudden regulatory shift' led to bank's shutdown in bankruptcy filing

• Plume Network says it's tokenizing over $1B in real-world assets like solar farms, Medicaid claims and mineral rights

• Travala expands booking support to Solana-based assets, offers SOL travel rewards

• California judge orders man to pay $36M for crypto and forex fraud

• Avalanche targets institutional adoption as crypto projects seek use cases

• Vitalik Buertin reveals 2 issues to solve after Zuzalu ‘popup city’ experiment

• Coinbase chief legal officer responds to cbBTC service terms fears

• Diamond hands Ethereum holder makes $131.7M in 2 years

• African economies show high potential for digital asset adoption

• IMF staff propose REDI framework to catalyze CBDC adoption

• Crypto PR exec relishes ‘skepticism’ around crypto marketing

• Iggy Azalea drags Ethereum creator Vitalik Buterin for singing at TOKEN2049 Singapore

• Australia to require crypto firms to hold financial services licenses

• BNY Mellon given approval to custody Bitcoin by the SEC

Project Updates 🔥 

• Samourai Wallet forked into 'Ashigaru' Open Source Project

• Powerledger integrates with Solana mainnet ecosystem

• Tron network accounts surpass 260M

• Arbitrum announces security council election nominee selection

• MetaMask introduces multi-network support for DApps

• BTC.com announces brand upgrade to CloverPool

• Base network TVL reaches record high of $2.24B

• Securitize adds Wormhole for multi-chain RWA tokens 

• Solana memecoin $BONK 

• $DBR (@deBridgeFinance) airdrop will launch on 10/17/2024

• @FTI_US plans to launch a mutual fund on Solana

Threads 🧵 

• A to Z about Monad

• ZK Market Map!

• Shielded CSV

• RSI hints at classic BTC price breakout — 5 things to know in Bitcoin this week

• Could Kamala Harris be better for Bitcoin than Trump?

• This was once worth $72k. What went wrong?

• The top five tokens on the TON

• $AAVE is trading at the highest level since May 2022

• Meme coins caught up to the rest

• Revelation that Silvergate was liquid and solvent when the Fed forced it to close

• Important note on the Ansem v Bitboy line on Polymarket

• Ansem shouts out giga

• Look into this one, new memecoin

Launches 🚀

• Wisdomtree launches tokenized RWA platform Wisdomtree Connect

• Fractal Bitcoin mainnet launches with upcoming PizzaSwap release

• UniSat to launch decentralized exchange PizzaSwap on September 30

• DeBridge Foundation announces launch date for DBR token

• SG Forge to launch Euro stablecoin on the Solana blockchain

• Eigenpie IDO launches on Magpie Launchpad

Fundraise 💰

• @octra has raised $4M in pre-seed funding

• Sorted Wallet has secured a $1.5M investment from @Tether_to

• CUDIS secured $5M in seed funding

• Zulu Network secures seed funding to enhance the Bitcoin Layer 2 protocol

• Hemi team closing of its $15M strategic seed round

That's a wrap for today!

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