Elon Musk spoke out again on the X platform about the arrest of Telegram CEO Pavel Durov, saying that being a free speech advocate is now more and more like doing the "Kobayashi Maru test".
Note: The "Kobayashi Maru Test" is a famous scene in the movie "Star Trek", and every potential commander is required to take this mock command test. In fact, this is an impossible task, the system sets all the possibilities, and the result of any operation is failure. Cadet Kirk thinks this is an unreasonable setup, and he doesn't believe that there is an unsolvable dead end in the world, so he secretly modifies the program and becomes the only one who passes the test by cheating, but finally he understands the meaning of the test: the purpose of the "Kobayashi Maru" test is not to defeat the enemy, but to test a good commander who can still have courage and calm in the face of death, and lead the crew to face the final moments calmly.
According to Cointelegraph, the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) Arca electronic exchange withdrew a rule change it proposed in January that would allow the listing and trading of options based on commodity trusts, including those based on cryptocurrency ETFs such as Grayscale GBTC, according to an Aug. 13 filing. This is the latest in a series of regulatory activities surrounding crypto ETF options. According to previous news, on August 8, the Chicago Board Options Exchange (Cboe) revised an application for listing options on a Bitcoin ETF. According to an Aug. 6 filing, Nasdaq asked the United States SEC to allow it to list BlackRock iShares Ethereum Trust (ETHA) options. Bloomberg expects Bitcoin spot options to go live in Q4.
Russia's State Duma passed a bill on first reading to legalize cryptocurrency mining in Russia. The Russian Federation government will reach an agreement with the Russian Central Bank to establish activity requirements for individuals and legal entities engaged in digital currency mining, including mining pool participants. Control (supervision) of compliance with established requirements will be carried out by the Department of Digital Development. Governments can also ban mining activities in certain areas or individual territories.
Fidelity Digital Custody has been withdrawing a large number of BTC from the exchange and currently holds 292,224 BTC. It is worth noting that Fidelity Digital Assets does not use Coinbase to hold its ETF, and its ETF FBTC holds 174,436.78 BTC. Data from <Cryptoquant.com> also shows that miners have reduced their holdings by 2,368 BTC since June 29. Market makers and over-the-counter (OTC) counters, including Flow Traders, Cumberland and Wintermute, have all experienced significant increases in BTC reserves over the past month.
Backpack Wallet now fully supports Base networks. Users can add Base networks to the desktop browser extended plug-in wallet, and relevant updates will be made soon for Android and iOS versions.
Web3 Mobile priority ecosystem Oyster Labs launched an order-free program for mobile customers and launched new incentive programs aimed at increasing user engagement and satisfaction.
According to PeckShield monitoring, the address of the marked Sonne Finance attacker has transferred another 600 ETH (worth about $ 2.3 million) to Tornado Cash
@ ai_9684xtpa monitoring shows that in the past 8 hours, GSR Markets has recharged a total of 6 million ARB, worth US $ 6.42 million, to the coin, which was unlocked on April 16. The ARB belongs to the token.
@ ai_9684xtpa monitoring shows that aavebank.eth transferred 500000 UNI from Qian'an, valued at US $ 3.77 million, with an average transfer price of US $ 7.54.
Bank of New York Mellon (BNY Mellon), America's oldest bank, reported in its SEC filing that it held BlackRock and grayscale bitcoin ETF, Bitcoin Archive reported.