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SharpLink Gaming, Inc. (Nasdaq: SBET) announced it has entered into securities purchase agreements worth an aggregate of $400 million with five institutional investors. The post SharpLink Secures $400M Direct Offering to Expand Ethereum Treasury Beyond $3B appeared first on Cryptonews.

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin is a billionaire, following ETH's 20% weekly rise which saw it pass several traditional companies.

S&P Global Ratings assigned Sky Protocol a B- rating with a stable outlook, marking the first time a credit rating company has assessed a DeFi protocol

The BitMEX co-founder and other major holders have scooped hundreds of millions in ETH and DeFi tokens in recent days.

Many large investors see Ethereum as more than just a higher-risk trade, viewing it as "the backbone for DeFi, tokenized assets, and staking," Decrypt was told.

The firm now owns 1% of Ethereum’s circulating supply.

Developing nations can use crypto to bypass financial constraints, hedge inflation and attract investment. Emerging economies are discovering crypto’s power. Opinion by: Andrei Grachev, managing partner at DWF Labs Bitcoin's role in sovereign finance is no longer hypothetical.  As nation-states reassess reserve strategies amid inflation, sanctions and dollar volatility, crypto, particularly Bitcoin and stablecoins, is emerging as a neutral, programmable asset class with sovereign-grade utility. Read more

Strategy, led by co-founder Michael Saylor, has acquired 155 BTC between August 4–10, 2025, for $18M at an average $116,401 per bitcoin. The company now holds 628,946 BTC worth about $46.1B, the largest publicly traded corporate Bitcoin holding with a 25% year-to-date yield. The post Billionaire Michael Saylor Buys 155 More Bitcoin – Here’s Why it Matters appeared first on Cryptonews.

Some analysts believe Bitcoin’s 4-Year Cycle Is Dead, arguing global liquidity and spot ETF inflows have a greater effect on its price than the halving’s supply shock. The post Bitcoin’s 4-Year Cycle Is Dead, Says Pierre Rochard — Here’s What Drives BTC Price Now appeared first on Cryptonews.

ALT5 Sigma is raising $1.5 billion through a 200 million-share sale to fund a corporate treasury centered on Trump-backed World Liberty Financial tokens. ALT5 Sigma Corporation agreed to sell 200 million shares of common stock for $1.5 billion to jumpstart its World Liberty Financial (WLFI) corporate treasury. According to the Monday ALT5 Sigma announcement, the company has registered a direct stock offering for 100 million shares and a concurrent private placement for an additional 100 million shares. Both offerings are conducted at $7.50 per share, or $750 million each. The announcement follows reports that World Liberty Financial (WLFI), a Trump family-backed crypto venture, is exploring the creation of a publicly traded company to hold its WLFI tokens. The firm is targeting roughly $1.5 billion in fundraising and aims to close the offering on Tuesday. Read more

Ethereum’s Fusaka upgrade arrives in November 2025, quietly boosting scalability and network resilience without changing smart contracts Ethereum’s upcoming Fusaka hard fork is slated for early November 2025, setting the stage for one of the most consequential Ethereum network upgrades in years.  Unlike Pectra, the May 2025 fork that delivered visible changes like account abstraction and higher staking limits, Fusaka operates behind the curtain. It bundles 11 Ethereum Improvement Proposals focused on scalability, node resilience and efficiency, leaving smart contracts untouched.  Read more

Trump family–backed World Liberty Financial is injecting its WLFI token into the balance sheet of Nasdaq-listed ALT5 Sigma through a $1.5 billion share sale.

There are a lot of reasons to be excited about the price potential of Chainlink ($LINK). After all, the writing on the wall hints that Chainlink will be an integral part of the future on-chain financial system. Firstly, only two crypto project CEOs were invited to the White House for President Trump’s crypto summit earlier […] The post Chainlink Price Prediction: Massive Breakout Could Trigger 350% Rally to $100 appeared first on Cryptonews.

The broker has an outperform rating on Coinbase shares with a $510 price target.

The company plans to sell 30 million shares at a price of $32 to $33 a share versus the previous range of $28 to $31.

Analysts remain cautiously optimistic, but expect Ethereum and Bitcoin’s breakout to fuel altcoin season.

From a six-month runway in 2022 to a projected $50 million in 2025 revenue, Pudgy Penguins beat the NFT crash with a risky bet on toys. Just about three years ago, non-fungible token (NFT) brand Pudgy Penguins was nearing bankruptcy — now it’s projected to end the year with $50 million in revenue. CEO and owner Luca Schnetzler (better known as Luca Netz) built a fortune through Instagram before breaking into the toy industry. In the blockchain world, he was among the largest Pudgy Penguins holders, but like many in the community, he wasn’t happy with the collection’s price performance. In April 2022, the project was at an all-time low. He decided to strike, acquiring parent firm Igloo for $2.5 million in Ether (ETH). But soon, Netz had some hard choices to make. The Terra collapse in May 2022 sparked a prolonged bear market. NFT assets tanked in value, threatening to turn Netz’s acquisition into a failure. Read more

The company aims to acquire 5% of all ether supply, worth around $25 billion at current prices.

Ethereum (ETH) was also a top performer, rising 3.3% from Friday.

Support has formed at $3.90 with resistance at the $4.15 level.