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#cake #ton 🥮 PancakeSwap has decided to launch its own Telegram bot – announcement. Crypto News by GeorgeG

🧐 Kamala Harris and Donald Trump now have equal odds on Polymarket (after the debates). The U.S. presidential candidate debates ended WITHOUT any mention of cryptocurrency. Crypto News by GeorgeG

#records 😳 S&P Global: 452 US companies have filed for bankruptcy since the start of the year — the second-highest number in 14 years, exceeded only during the Covid-19 pandemic. Crypto News by GeorgeG

In 2024, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) imposed enforcement actions against cryptocurrency companies and their executives totaling around $4.7 billion, marking a 3000% increase compared to 2023. This record figure was largely driven by a $4.47 billion settlement with Terraform Labs' Do Kwon. In total, there were 11 enforcement actions. Web 3 World

#calendar ⚡️Key Events Calendar for this Week Monday, September 9: Nothing important Tuesday, September 10: Nothing important Wednesday, September 11: 🇺🇸❗️USA – Consumer Inflation CPI (August) – 15:30 Thursday, September 12: 🇪🇺 EU – Interest Rate Decision – 15:15 🇺🇸 USA – Initial Jobless Claims – 15:30 🇺🇸 USA – Producer Inflation PPI (August) – 15:30 Friday, September 13: Nothing important Crypto News by GeorgeG

💰 The most important venture investment events of recent weeks — report: ✔️ Payment firm Bridge raised $58 million ✔️ E-PAL raised $30 million for the gaming platform Balance ✔️ Blockchain startup Space and Time raised $20 million ✔️ Edge Matrix Chain raised $20 million ✔️ Startup Hypernative raised $16 million ✔️ Restaking protocol Solayer raised $12 million at an $80 million valuation Web 3 World

🗞 Key cybersecurity news of the week: ✔️ The FBI warned crypto companies about an increased threat from North Korean hackers. ✔️ Android users were targeted by malware that extracts seed phrases from images. ✔️ Rutube confirmed a major DDoS attack on its service. ✔️ A fake OnlyFans hacker tool was discovered with embedded cryptocurrency-stealing software. Crypto News by GeorgeG

🩸 Peter Schiff: ▫️Calls on Michael Saylor to save Bitcoin by purchasing $1,000,000,000 worth of the asset. ▫️"Investors fear the Fed will only lower the interest rate by 25 basis points in September." ▫️However, a 50 basis point cut could scare the market. "Is the Fed worried about the economy?" A 25 bps cut is still better. ▫️Recession + inflation = gold surge. Crypto News by GeorgeG

🇺🇸 #XRP Ripple co-founder endorses Kamala Harris in the presidential race – CNBC 88 notable American entrepreneurs have signed a letter supporting Kamala Harris for president. Ripple is one of the few crypto companies not siding with Donald Trump. Crypto News by GeorgeG

🚀 #ARB Arbitrum announced the launch of the Stylus mainnet – Blog. The goal of Stylus is to simplify the development of decentralized applications within the Arbitrum ecosystem. Crypto News by GeorgeG

🇨🇭Switzerland's largest cantonal bank has started offering crypto services – original Zürcher Kantonalbank clients can now trade BTC and ETH through the mobile banking app. Zürcher Kantonalbank is among the top 4 Swiss banks and is the largest cantonal bank. A canton is a territorial administrative unit in Switzerland. Crypto News by GeorgeG

📲 #SUI Mysten Labs is testing "offline crypto transactions" – original Sui plans to enable the use of mobile networks. Goal: to facilitate transactions in regions with frequent power or internet outages. Crypto News by GeorgeG

💧 #XRP Ripple will launch a new token standard on the XRP Ledger this month—"multi-purpose tokens" (MPT) for tokenizing real-world assets – Original. Crypto News by GeorgeG

🎉 The Open Network (TON) blockchain has surpassed 1 billion transactions, with half of them occurring in the last three months. At the same time, the network is experiencing a decrease in TVL (Total Value Locked), which has dropped from a peak of $776 million in July to $344 million. Crypto News by GeorgeG

🇷🇺 Russia Is About to Try Using Crypto to Get Around Sanctions Experts doubt it will work, given the traceability of blockchains and the risk of even tougher sanctions for Russia. ▪️Russia will start its trial of cross-border payments using crypto next week. ▪️Recent statements from senior Russian leaders suggest the law’s purpose is to use crypto to counter sanctions. ▪️The law hands power to Russia’s central bank to oversee an “experimental” regime. Crypto News by GeorgeG

🤙 Captains Bay × AMA Session 🖼 The pirate team announced the start of today's AMA session, where the entire team will be present and answers to your questions. ⏲ If you are a true pirate and you are going to conquer the expanses of the Caribbean Sea, then the team is waiting for you on 08/31/2024 at 20:00 (GMT +3), that is, today. 👥 The High Command will tell you about the next NFT sale and how to earn more gold in the mini app. ❗️ We set the alarm clocks, get ready and meet at the appointed time at the appointed place.

💳 Mastercard plans to tokenize bank card data – Zaobao. The implementation of new technologies will allow confidential data (such as card numbers) to be replaced with a series of randomly generated numbers, and PIN codes with biometric data, reducing the risk of online fraud. Crypto News by GeorgeG

#ton 🤡 The "fight" for Pavel Durov's release continues... However, the unfortunate victim this time is a French language learning app, which has been bombarded with poor ratings and reviews on Google Play due to the arrest of the Telegram founder. ✅ Interestingly, the app was developed by a Canadian company. Crypto News by GeorgeG

🤝 #PYTH Sony, Pyth Network, and Startale Labs have entered into a partnership. Startale Labs is a subsidiary of Astar Network (#ASTR). Crypto News by GeorgeG

In the upcoming week, investors will be closely monitoring the annual central bank meeting in Jackson Hole, as well as the speech by Fed Chair Jerome Powell. ➖ On Monday, Federal Reserve's Christopher Waller will be speaking at 4:15 PM. ➖ Tuesday features speeches from Raphael Bostic and Michael Barr, both members of the Federal Reserve. ➖ On Wednesday at 9:00 PM, the FOMC meeting minutes will be released. ➖ Thursday will bring unemployment data at 3:30 PM. ➖ Finally, on Friday at 5:00 PM, Powell will deliver his much-anticipated speech at Jackson Hole.