Day: August 20, 2025

Nasdaq opens lower after tech stock rout, Bitcoin dips

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Nasdaq opened lower on Wednesday as stocks looked to steady after tech stocks led a rout that had major gauges slipping ahead of Federal Reserve meeting minutes and a key economic event this week. Summary Nasdaq Composite opened lower on Wednesday, with the tech heavy index shedding 0.5% in early trades. Stocks were showing weakness as investors awaited Federal Reserve’s minutes. Bitcoin traded near $113,000 having fallen sharply along tech stocks. The Dow Jones Industrial Average opened about 60 points higher and the S&P 500 hovered just below the flat…

Shiba Inu Takes Major Step With Community Governance Model — Details

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Shiba Inu has introduced a major change to its community decision-making system through Shib Doggy DAO, bringing new voting options that move beyond the old reliance on token staking. Now, community members can use ERC-20 token balances to take part in governance, or choose quadratic voting to prevent large holders from dominating the process.  With $12 million in backing from major industry players and plans for a new Layer-3 chain, the Shiba Inu network is setting itself up for broader adoption and a stronger role in the Web3 space. Revamped…

Ulu Ventures Publicly Backs Pi Network Amid PI Token Free Fall

Key Notes Ulu Ventures added Pi Network to its portfolio, reaffirming support. PI trades just 4% above all-time lows despite institutional backing. Exchange balances rose to $414.6M, suggesting liquidation risks. Pi Network PI $0.35 24h volatility: 2.2% Market cap: $2.74 B Vol. 24h: $55.67 M has received a significant show of confidence as Ulu Ventures, one of its early seed investors, formally added the project to its portfolio of companies. Despite this institutional backing, the PI token remains under heavy selling pressure, trading just above its all-time lows and raising…

Brazil to hold first hearing on a $19B sovereign Bitcoin reserve

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Brazil’s legislators will hold a hearing on the potential inclusion of Bitcoin in the nation’s sovereign reserves. Summary Brazil’s Chamber of Deputies will hold a hearing on making Bitcoin a reserve asset The Economic Development Committee will hear experts from government, banking, etc Brazil may soon become one of the countries that holds Bitcoin (BTC) as its reserve asset. On August 20, the Economic Development Committee of the Chamber of Deputies will discuss the potential creation of a sovereign Bitcoin strategic reserve. Representative Luiz Philippe de Orleans e Bragança requested…

Why is Market Cap IMPORTANT In Crypto? (BEST Explanation in 3 minutes)

▶ Coinbase Website: Coinbase.com ▶ CEX Website: cex.io In general, market cap refers to market capitalization, which is the total value of a specific cryptocurrency in circulation, but wait…there’s more you need to know about market cap. Besides being a crypto valuation tool, market cap offers much more value than you think! In this video, let’s dive into everything you need to know about market cap and how you can minimize your risk of investing by understanding the idea behind it and why it’s important in cryptocurrency. Links: CoinGecko: GeckoTerminal:…

Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs See $1B Outflow

Key Notes Fidelity led withdrawals with $403 million in combined Bitcoin and Ethereum ETF outflows. The recent outflows come as Bitcoin price and Ethereum price saw over 8% correction over the past week. The Crypto Fear & Greed Index fell to 44 (“Fear”) on August 20, reflecting a shift in sentiment. US issuers of spot Bitcoin BTC $113 443 24h volatility: 1.7% Market cap: $2.26 T Vol. 24h: $47.24 B ETFs, and spot Ethereum ETH $4 191 24h volatility: 2.6% Market cap: $504.51 B Vol. 24h: $45.24 B ETFs, faced…

Bitcoin’s long-term security budget problem: Impending crisis or FUD?

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The key selling point of Bitcoin as a store of value has everything to do with the credibility of its monetary policy. As Bitcoin inventor Satoshi Nakamoto once wrote, the rules of the system were “set in stone” when the network first launched, and those rules included the 21-million-Bitcoin supply cap and the related issuance policy maintained by the roughly four-year halving cycle. But are those rules really set in stone? Is there really no chance Bitcoin’s monetary policy will change at some point in the future?  “The security of…

Green RWAs Are Set To Recast Climate Assets

Opinion by: Nicholas Krapels, head of research and development at Mantra By 2035, the real-world asset (RWA) market is expected to reach over $60 trillion, with green RWAs well-positioned to become a significant subsector in this global onchain movement. Today, tokenized green assets still represent less than 1% of total climate assets and a similarly small percentage of RWAs, which currently are mostly tokenized treasuries. However, with the total value of green assets set to soar and the rate of tokenization increasing, the green RWA market is an untapped growth…

Little Pepe Raises $22.1M, Frog Memecoins Hold $5.6B Niche

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Little Pepe ($LILPEPE) has launched a Layer-2 solution on the Ethereum virtual machine and is ready to welcome a new generation of frog meme coins. Low-cost, lightning-fast transactions on Little Pepe solve Ethereum’s well-known congestion and gas issues. And as the heir apparent to Pepe’s market dominance, Little Pepe could welcome an ever-expanding world of meme coins. It all comes at a time when the meme coin market is on the rise, and frog-related tokens have built their own niche worth $5.65B. $LILPEPE Presale Becomes Top Meme Coin to Buy…