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The buzz around stablecoins is heating up faster than a slice of toast in a toaster on Éclair mode. Coinbase is making headlines again-because who doesn’t love a comeback story with a dash of liquidity? The plan? To boost USDC (that’s the stablecoin that’s second in line to USDT’s throne-just holding a crown, no big deal) across both the OG DeFi giants and the slightly less mature upstarts. Think of it as giving DeFi a nice shot of espresso-pep up or crash, your call.

It gets funnier: traders managed to shove about 14.4 billion DOGE into futures contracts in a single day, which, at $0.25, totals an eyebrow-raising $3.41 billion. That’s a lot of digital tokens sitting in limbo, waiting for some brave soul to decide whether to hold or fold. Some say this “investment” shows genuine confidence, while others are just watching the circus unfold with popcorn in hand.

Bitcoin takes another stab at price discovery while Wall Street bros foam at the mouth. Hold my oat-milk flat white, this could get messy. 🥵

Currently, XRP is doing its best impression of a tightrope walker after a recent pullback, teetering precariously near its critical support zone. If it can muster the strength to leap above $3.29, we could be looking at a rally of about 21%. That’s right, folks-$3.60 could be back on the table, and who doesn’t love a good comeback story? 🎉

By ShayanMarkets

This ain’t your grandpa’s diversification strategy. After hoarding 14,240 ETH like a squirrel with a grain silo, BTCS decided the NFT world was too juicy to ignore. “Blue-chip” NFTs, they call ’em-fancy talk for digital penguins worth their weight in pixels. And just like that, the company’s treasury got a little fatter, a little fluffier, and a whole lot weirder.

Ethereum, that crafty little rascal, closed at nearly its priciest mark on the date mentioned above. Why, it danced upward like a squirrel chasing a nut, reaching $4,700 for the first time since November 2021! And for what? Well, it appears that since the sixth of August, when it briefly dallied under $3,600, Ethereum has rallied nearly 30%! A true marvel, indeed, stealing the spotlight from its altcoin companions! 🎭

On Monday, the Justice Department announced this little escapade, working hand-in-glove with an international ensemble of agencies. From Homeland Security Investigations to the IRS (yes, even tax collectors get to play hero sometimes), the operation included partners from the United Kingdom, Germany, Ireland, France, Canada, Ukraine, and Lithuania. It seems no one wanted to miss the party-not even the Secret Service, which I imagine arrived in sunglasses and earpieces, whispering cryptic things into their cuffs. 🕶️

My friends, the market responded with all the restraint of a caffeinated squirrel. OKB shot up a staggering 140 percent in a single day, brushing past the $110 mark like a careless aristocrat. A new high, or so they say, though in the grand ledger of chaos, who can tell? 💸

On August 12, PeckShield dropped the bomb on X, revealing that Bitcoin deposits on Odin.fun plummeted from 291 BTC to 232.8 BTC in less than two hours. Talk about a dramatic exit! 🎭