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How far will this wave of extravagance extend, and who’s next to don the crown? 👑

Co-CEO Joseph Chalom, a man who speaks with the confidence of a poet quoting Tolstoy, declared the firm will consider buybacks when its stock trades at or below the net asset value of its Ether holdings. “This program provides us with the flexibility to act quickly and decisively,” he added, as if fate itself would pause to let him breathe.

The big, thrilling news? The CoinDesk 20 is down. A whopping… *squints at paper* …1.1%. A devastating forty-four dollars and sixty-five cents. I’ve lost more than that in my couch cushions. This is a catastrophe for people who were planning to buy a slightly nicer cup of coffee tomorrow. ☕➡️🤏

“Bitcoin is volatile,” Pompliano declared with the confidence of a man who has seen too many charts. “In bull markets, we used to see pullbacks of 30%. Now? A modest 10-15%. This is what maturity looks like!” He went on to explain that the influx of institutional money and ETFs has tamed Bitcoin’s wilder tendencies, creating what he calls “muted volatility.” One can almost imagine Bitcoin sitting quietly in the corner, sipping chamomile tea while its institutional overlords pat it on the head. 🫖

By Shayan

Notre chère Aerodrome Finance [AERO], dans sa grande arrogance, a vu une augmentation de 8.28 % de son Intérêt Ouvert (IO) – de quoi faire saliver n’importe quel spéculateur en quête d’aventure.

Forty-two million, vanished! In the grand opera of the markets, this trader’s finale was not a heroic aria but the sound of a margin call-a ghostly whisper from the ether. The platform Lookonchain, that chronicler of digital follies, reports the poor soul re-entered the fray, a glutton for punishment, only for the price to execute a perfect, pitiless plunge. His leverage, a fiction. His fortune, a memory. 6.22 million dollars, gone in a puff of cynical smoke.

Trading volume, like a caffeinated squirrel, spiked beyond 80 million during those oh-so-crucial intraday moments on August 21. Talk about a party!

The EU is accelerating efforts to launch a digital euro amid growing concerns over losing ground as global competition rises. According to an Aug. 22 Financial Times report, the push is in response to increased adoption of stablecoins and new regulatory clarity in the United States after the passage of the GENIUS Act. 📜

The crypto world, always a bit of a wild west, saw another curious move from the Pi Network. They’ve organized a Hackathon, inviting developers to create meaningful Pi Apps that could actually do something useful with the native token, PI. Participants need to go through the usual KYC hoops, but hey, who doesn’t love a good identity check? 🤷‍♂️