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- Gold prices hit record highs in H1 2025 as GLD mirrored the surge, driven by behavioral economics' reflection effect during market volatility. - Geopolitical tensions and the GPR Index fueled gold's appeal, with central banks buying 710 tonnes quarterly to diversify away from U.S. dollar reserves. - GLD attracted 397 tonnes of inflows, reflecting global demand for stagflation and currency risk buffers amid weakening dollar and trade disputes. - Technical indicators and sentiment models suggest gold's res
- CME Group's XRP futures reached $1B open interest in 3 months, fastest growth among crypto derivatives. - Ripple-SEC settlement in May 2025 classified XRP as a commodity, enabling institutional adoption via CFTC-aligned futures. - XRP's cross-border payment utility distinguishes it from Bitcoin/Ethereum, creating dual speculative and functional demand. - Micro contracts and $9.02B cumulative volume highlight XRP's role as a diversified crypto asset in institutional portfolios.
- Solana (SOL) gains momentum as institutional investments and $13.68B in futures open interest signal strong bullish sentiment. - Sharp Technology's $400M Solana treasury with potential $600M expansion highlights growing institutional adoption. - Circle's $750M USDC injection boosts Solana's liquidity, now 71.6% of its stablecoin market. - Upcoming Alpenglow upgrade aims to reduce block finality from 12.8s to 150ms, enhancing Solana's speed advantage. - U.S. July PCE inflation expected above 2.9% YoY, inf
- Shiba Inu (SHIB) faces uncertain price recovery despite strong social media engagement and market cap, as investor caution reduces short-term trading activity. - Tron (TRX) approaches $0.38 target driven by rising DeFi/NFT activity and expanding DApp usage, signaling ecosystem maturity and global partnerships. - BlockDAG disrupts blockchain with 2049% early bonus at TOKEN2049, leveraging DAG architecture for scalability, attracting liquidity and developer attention. - Market dynamics highlight contrastin
- Monero (XMR) faces regulatory bans in EU/US but maintains $257–$259 price range with $4.8B market cap. - Upcoming Seraphis upgrade aims to enhance anonymity sets, countering 2027 EU anonymous account ban risks. - Decentralized mining (19.1% from minexmr.com) and Fluorine Fermi security updates reinforce network resilience. - Privacy demand vs. regulation remains key debate, with 2025 price forecasts ranging $287.53–$473.11.
- 12:13Swedish IT company hit by ransomware attack causing system paralysis in 200 municipal departments, attackers demand 1.5 bitcoinForesight News reported, citing The Register, that Swedish IT provider Miljödata suffered a ransomware attack, resulting in the paralysis of systems serving approximately 200 municipal departments (about 80% of Sweden's 290 municipalities). This has rendered critical services such as HR, sick leave reporting, and work environment management systems inaccessible. The attackers reportedly demanded a ransom of 1.5 bitcoin (approximately $168,000) in exchange for not disclosing potentially stolen sensitive data, such as medical certificates, rehabilitation plans, and work injury information. Miljödata CEO Erik Hallén confirmed the attack on August 25 and stated that they are working with external experts to investigate and restore the systems. So far, no ransomware group has publicly claimed responsibility. Swedish police and CERT-SE (Computer Emergency Response Team) have launched an investigation.
- 12:13Linea Head of Blockchain Technology: LXP-L will return soon and is currently being minted on-chainForesight News reported that the Linea Association stated, "LXP-L + LAM = SAFU." In response, Alain, Linea's Full Stack Blockchain Technology Lead, explained, "LXP-L is about to return and is being minted on-chain. LAM is the Linea Activity Multiplier. All of these are safe." According to Foresight News, LXP-L is a non-transferable soulbound token previously launched by Linea for liquidity managers, used to track liquidity on Linea.
- 12:12Restaking protocol Suzaku completes $1.5 million financingAccording to Jinse Finance, as reported on the official Avalanche blog, the restaking protocol Suzaku has announced the completion of a $1.5 million funding round, which included a seed round, public sale, and grants.