Pluid Weekly Roundup #41

BlackRock's Bitcoin ETF hits $3.3B in daily volume, highest in 6 months NBA Topshot NFT sales reach 6-month high as new season goes live The Arena's $ARENA token officially launches, opening at a $230M FDV Vitalik releases Part 6 of 'The Splurge' blog on "endgame state" Bitcoin breaks $73k for the first time since March 2024 Trump's project WLFI, plans to issue a stablecoin Solayer launches sUSD, a new RWA-backed stablecoin in partnership with OpenEden Consensys lays off 20% of their workforce to streamline operations Shift4, a payments company, introduces crypto options for 200k+ merchants GRASS token launch and airdrop opens at $260M market cap, $1.1B FDV ApeChain TVL surpasses $15M according to data from DefiLlama OpenSea partners with Art Blocks to "power a new chapter for generative digital art" Magic Eden announces integration of Abstract Chain upon mainnet launch Catholic Church introduces mascot 'Luce,' boosting LUCE memecoin to a $75M market cap Donald Trump leads Kamala Harris by 32% on Polymarket Wayfinder Foundation to host PROMPT vote in 2 weeks; 40% of PROMPT to PRIME stakers Vitalik releases Part 5 of 'The Purge' blog on Ethereum bloat reduction AI memecoin leaders lose 50-70% in value, shedding hundreds of millions in market cap Emory University discloses a $15M Bitcoin position, the first to reveal a Bitcoin ETF holding Solana memecoin MOODENG jumps over 300% after Binance listing Sotheby's Vice President profits over $1M from memecoin using an insider wallet Tether CEO confirms no ongoing investigation, calls WSJ claims outdated Virtuals Protocol and LUNA lead AI Agent memecoin meta US government wallet hacked for $20M, says Arkham Kraken launches Ink L2 on Optimism Superchain Fantasy Top introduces viral AI account 'Truth Terminal' as Hero Metalcore to migrate to Solana for Season 2 Microsoft hints at Bitcoin investment in a recent SEC filing Pennsylvania House passes bipartisan digital asset bill to bring regulatory clarity Uniswap adds native bridging for crypto assets and stablecoins for 9 networks Ubisoft's Champion Tactics officially goes live Abstract introduces 'Builder-in-Residence' program Azuki teases episode 2 of its anime, featuring the character artist from Samurai Champloo Pudgy Penguins' Pudgy Toys go live in 2000 Walgreens stores in the US

BlackRock's Bitcoin ETF hits $3.3B in daily volume, highest in 6 months NBA Topshot NFT sales reach 6-month high as new season goes live The Arena's $ARENA token officially launches, opening at a $230M FDV Vitalik releases Part 6 of 'The Splurge' blog on "endgame state" Bitcoin breaks $73k for the first time since March 2024 Trump's project WLFI, plans to issue a stablecoin Solayer launches sUSD, a new RWA-backed stablecoin in partnership with OpenEden Consensys lays off 20% of their workforce to streamline operations Shift4, a payments company, introduces crypto options for 200k+ merchants GRASS token launch and airdrop opens at $260M market cap, $1.1B FDV ApeChain TVL surpasses $15M according to data from DefiLlama OpenSea partners with Art Blocks to "power a new chapter for generative digital art" Magic Eden announces integration of Abstract Chain upon mainnet launch Catholic Church introduces mascot 'Luce,' boosting LUCE memecoin to a $75M market cap Donald Trump leads Kamala Harris by 32% on Polymarket Wayfinder Foundation to host PROMPT vote in 2 weeks; 40% of PROMPT to PRIME stakers Vitalik releases Part 5 of 'The Purge' blog on Ethereum bloat reduction AI memecoin leaders lose 50-70% in value, shedding hundreds of millions in market cap Emory University discloses a $15M Bitcoin position, the first to reveal a Bitcoin ETF holding Solana memecoin MOODENG jumps over 300% after Binance listing Sotheby's Vice President profits over $1M from memecoin using an insider wallet Tether CEO confirms no ongoing investigation, calls WSJ claims outdated Virtuals Protocol and LUNA lead AI Agent memecoin meta US government wallet hacked for $20M, says Arkham Kraken launches Ink L2 on Optimism Superchain Fantasy Top introduces viral AI account 'Truth Terminal' as Hero Metalcore to migrate to Solana for Season 2 Microsoft hints at Bitcoin investment in a recent SEC filing Pennsylvania House passes bipartisan digital asset bill to bring regulatory clarity Uniswap adds native bridging for crypto assets and stablecoins for 9 networks Ubisoft's Champion Tactics officially goes live Abstract introduces 'Builder-in-Residence' program Azuki teases episode 2 of its anime, featuring the character artist from Samurai Champloo Pudgy Penguins' Pudgy Toys go live in 2000 Walgreens stores in the US