1. Encrypted accounting and tax startup Node40 completed $12 million in financing, led by Card1Ventures;
2. The open interest of Ethereum on CME reached a nearly one-year low;
3. The class action against MoonPay and Yuga Labs included Sotheby’s as a defendant;
4. a16z crypto and Paradigm filed amicus briefs in the SEC v. Coinbase case;
5. U.S. Senator Cynthia Lummis urged the court to dismiss the SEC’s lawsuit against Coinbase;
6. Crypto-friendly bank Custodia: has provided US dollar deposits and US government money market fund services in some US states;
7. Opinion: Grayscale and the SEC lawsuit ruling may play a role in the approval of the spot Bitcoin ETF;
8. Data: The royalty income of NFT content creators in July has dropped by 95% from the peak in January 2022;
9. In the past week, USDC circulation increased by 100 million US dollars;
10. The mining company Hut 8 Mining produced 116 bitcoins in July, with a total holding of 9,152 bitcoins;
11. XBTO acquires Stablehouse, a cryptocurrency custody and trading company;
12. Circle CEO: Web3 is going mainstream and the company is doubling down on bets.