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Telegram CEO indicted in France, OpenSea gets Wells Notice from SEC, & TON back online!

M6 Labs Alpha Bytes 🚨: 29th August

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In today’s Alpha Bytes👇

Telegram CEO Pavel Durov freed on €5M bail, placed under judicial supervision. Trump's NFTs top $2M in sales- with only 5% sold so far. SEC issues Wells Notice to Opensea, alleging NFTs on the marketplace are securities. TON back online after second DOGS-related outage in 36 hours. SEC to require monthly portfolio reports from ETF holdings. 

BTC $59, 605 (+0.79%), ETH $2, 551 (+3.65%), SOL $144.71 (-1.66%)

Crypto News 📰 

  • Bitcoin bounce fizzles as Nvidia's slide ahead of earnings adds to risk-off mood

  • OpenSea CEO vows to fight SEC’s NFT crackdown with $5M defense fund

  • Democratic congressman slams SEC's 'Heavy-Handed Approach' over OpenSea threats

  • Blur, Tensor Tokens dip after NFT marketplace OpenSea receives SEC Wells Notice

  • Kamala Harris economic advisor confirms plan to tax unrealized gains

  • Vitalik Buterin advocates blockchain identity for fairer crypto airdrops

  • Coinbase CEO says crypto payments will soar soon

  • Bitcoin ETFs see $105M outflow, ARK leads with $59.3M loss

  • Ethereum ETFs take in $5M, breaking 2-week withdrawal streak

  • Uniswap and Across propose new Ethereum token standard to tackle liquidity fragmentation

  • Inferno Drainer usage triples as crypto scams soar in 2024

  • Indonesia considering Telegram ban over lack of moderation

  • Tron blockchain implements 50% fee cut on SunPump

  • Crypto.com, standard chartered partner for global fiat services

  • US Public Debt just hit $35.2T, another all-time high

  • Largest outflow of Bitcoin from exchanges since Sept 2023

  • Solana based prediction market BET on DRIFT by DriftProtocol has surpassed Polymarket in 24-hour volume for the first time

  • Jupiter DEX integrated Pump.fun and Moonshot

  • Kylian Mbappe (MBAPPE) memecoin whiplashes trader’s $1M

  • Meta is planning mixed reality glasses they’re calling ‘Puffin’ — Report

  • Layer 1 blockchain from Kakao and LINE launches mainnet, invites Telegram-style apps

  • Memecoin launched by address connected to Ethereum Genesis block rockets to top of Uniswap charts

  • HashKey Exchange lists AVAX and LINK for retail trading following bitcoin and ether

  • BNB Chain launches official cross-chain bridge with Celer, deBridge and Stargate

  • Bitcoin network Stacks begins rollout of speed-boosting Nakamoto upgrade

  • Binance CEO denies exchange froze all Palestinian customer funds

  • Bitcoin scaling network Mezo’s yield-bearing stBTC token is now live

  • NFL Players Association sues DraftKings for $65M over Reignmakers NFT dispute

  • WazirX embarks on 30-day moratorium as rival seeks to recover around $10M in stuck funds

  • Cardano blockchain heads for 'Chang Hard Fork,' biggest upgrade in two years

  • Chain abstraction is an ‘important evolutionary growth’ says Particle head of growth

  • FarmVille co-creator’s crypto game Pirate Nation adds second chain to serve future growth

  • DeFi network Radix team cuts 15% of staff, citing need to ‘refocus’ 

  • Crypto-friendly web startup Brave lays off 15% of its workforce

  • Japanese Prime Minister reaffirms strong support for Web3 industry

  • CEO of Korean crypto firm Haru Invest stabbed during court hearing

  • Hong Kong markets authority opens its tokenization Sandbox and major institutions dive in

Airdrops🪂 

Project Updates 🔥 

Threads 🧵 

Launches 🚀 

  • @StoryProtocol First public testnet, Iliad, is live

  • @matchain_io MAINNET IS LIVE!

  • @BuildOnMirai - Introducing $MIRAI, the world’s first AI-driven Virtual World Builder, powered by HyperGen™ and @Axelar

  • @Posemesh - $AUKI token trading is now live on @Uniswap

  • @PhilTokenETH - $Phil gets listed on @BingXOfficial

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