Crypto News Weekly Recap

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30th July — 6th August

▫️ Crypto investment products saw $528M in net weekly outflows amid recession fears.

▫️ SEC urges court to reject Coinbase’s subpoena request.

▫️ Jonathan Mann (Song a Day) sues SEC to clarify NFT art isn’t unregistered security.

▫️ BitClout founder charged by SEC for fraud & unregistered securities.

▫️ Alleged crypto recovery scammer charged by Manhattan DA.

▫️ Hong Kong’s Futu launches crypto services with fiat trading pairs.

▫️ HashKey’s OTC trading unit awarded Singapore’s payment license.

▫️ Bybit to end services and stop offering products in France.

▫️ Polymarket crosses $1B in cumulative volume, driven by US political bets.

▫️ Genesis completes bankruptcy restructuring, begins distributing $4B in crypto and cash.

▫️ Morgan Stanley to allow wealth advisors to pitch bitcoin ETFs to some clients: CNBC.

▫️ Convergence Finance $200k exploit due to lack of input validation; code removed post-audit for gas optimization.

▫️ Compound agrees to staked COMP product in exchange for Humpy canceling proposal.

▫️ Synthetix launches USDx (collateralized stablecoin) on Arbitrum, offering 0% interest borrowing.

▫️ Hedge fund giant Capula reports owning $464M in spot bitcoin ETF shares.

▫️ Ethereum transaction count hits five-month low as Layer 2 solutions surge.

▫️ Ethereum celebrates ninth anniversary of mainnet launch.

▫️ Zircuit launches initial mainnet phase, rolls out ZRC token airdrop claims.

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