Important information last night this morning (August 18-August 19)

US Treasury Seeks Innovative Ideas on Stablecoin Regulation under the GENIUS Act

In accordance with the requirements of the GENIUS Act, the US Department of the Treasury is publicly soliciting innovative methods from financial institutions in detecting illegal activities involving digital assets, including APIs, artificial intelligence, digital identity verification, and blockchain monitoring. The public is required to submit comments by October 17 (within 60 days), which will be used to evaluate the effectiveness, cost, privacy, and cybersecurity of the tools.

Ukraine proposes to purchase $100 billion worth of US weapons in exchange for security guarantees

The Trump administration stated that it will discuss the acquisition of a 10% stake in Intel

SEC once again delays the approval of Truth Social and multiple crypto ETFs

The SEC has postponed its decision on the Truth Social Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs until October 8, and on Monday of this week, it routinely delayed the approval of the CoinShares Litecoin ETF, CoinShares XRP ETF, and 21Shares Core XRP ETF. The related XRP trust and 21Shares Core Ethereum ETF staking proposals were also delayed. The SEC said it needs more time to review the relevant rule changes and the issues involved.

Volkswagen Singapore partners with FOMO Pay to support digital currency payments, allowing the use of BTC, ETH, and stablecoins to pay for vehicles and service fees

Volkswagen Singapore (VGS) announced on August 14 a partnership with payment institution FOMO Pay to launch digital currency payment services. Consumers can now use BTC, ETH, and stablecoins (USDT, USDC, etc.) to pay for vehicles and service fees. Each customer has a daily payment limit of 4,500 Singapore dollars and a cumulative limit of 13,500 Singapore dollars.

Listed company BNC announces that its BNB holdings have increased from 200,000 to 325,000

Binance Wallet launches Mitosis token Booster event and TGE pre-order

Binance announced the launch of two exclusive events related to Mitosis (MITO) in Binance Wallet: the Booster event and the Token Generation Event (TGE). The Booster event will take place from 08:00 Beijing time on August 19, 2025, to 07:59 on August 26. Users who complete multi-stage tasks can share an airdrop reward of 1.5% of the total MITO token supply, with a total value of 1 million US dollars. The reward will be distributed on the day of TGE, and if the total value of the tokens is insufficient, the补发 will be made the next day. The TGE event allows eligible users to subscribe to MITO tokens on a priority basis.

ETHZilla's stock code changed from "ATNF" to "ETHZ", with a cumulative holding of 94,675 ETH

IVIX, an AI compliance platform for combating crypto financial crimes, completes $60 million Series B financing, led by OGVP

AI compliance platform IVIX announced the completion of a $60 million Series B financing, led by OG Venture Partners (OGVP), with participation from Insight Partners, Citi Ventures, Team8, Disruptive AI, Cardumen Capital, and Cerca. The new funds are intended to accelerate its research and development capabilities to combat financial crimes in complex cryptocurrency networks, blockchain anonymous transactions, and high-frequency trading. Its AI graphic analysis can reveal the invisible connections behind financial crimes.

Chamath Palihapitiya returns to the SPAC market, planning to raise $250 million

Former Facebook executive (billionaire) Chamath Palihapitiya launched a SPAC again after nearly three years. His American Exceptionalism Acquisition Corp. A has submitted a $250 million IPO application, planning to list on the New York Stock Exchange, focusing on energy, artificial intelligence, cryptocurrency, and defense sectors. The new SPAC has no warrants, and founder shares will only be vested when the stock price rises 50% above the issue price. AEXA Sponsor LLC will subscribe for 175,000 Class A shares at $1.75 million. Palihapitiya warned retail investors of risks, stating that only SoFi Technologies Inc. is trading above the issue price, while other SPACs have an average loss of 75%. The offering is lead-underwritten by Banco Santander SA, with the stock code AEXA.

KindlyMD completes $200 million convertible note financing to increase Bitcoin holdings

KindlyMD announced the completion of a $200 million convertible note financing, which will be used to purchase Bitcoin and for general operations. The company previously merged with Nakamoto Holdings, continued to operate under the name KindlyMD after the merger, and has raised $540 million through PIPE. KindlyMD's stock trades on Nasdaq under the symbol NAKA.

5 out of the top 25 US stocks by liquidity in the past 5 days are involved in the crypto field, including Strategy, BitMine, etc.

Global listed companies net purchased $280 million worth of Bitcoin last week, with a total holding of 714,010 coins

BitMine's cryptocurrency holdings exceed $6.612 billion, including 1.52 million ETH and 192 BTC

BitMine Immersion Technologies (BMNR) announced that its cryptocurrency reserves have exceeded $6.612 billion, including 1,523,373 Ethereum (ETH) and 192 Bitcoin (BTC). Among them, ETH reserves increased by $1.7 billion compared to last week, with 373,000 new coins added. BitMine now has the world's largest Ethereum reserve and ranks as the world's second-largest crypto reserve, second only to Strategy Inc (MSTR).

The company aims to hold 5% of the total ETH and is supported by top institutional investors including ARK, Founders Fund, and Pantera. In addition, BMNR's average daily stock trading volume reaches $6.4 billion, making it the 10th most liquid stock in the United States.

BlackRock holds 3.49 million ETH, accounting for 58.03% of all Ethereum ETFs

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