according to an official announcement, the US-listed company Worksport (WKSP) announced that its Bitcoin reserves have doubled compared to December last year. Since the first purchase of cryptocurrency, its existing digital asset portfolio - including Bitcoin and XRP - has increased in value by about 15%.

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according to the official announcement, Bithumb has added Treehouse (TREE) Korean won market.

the cybersecurity company Koi Security stated that a malicious operation stole over $1 million in cryptocurrency through hundreds of browser extensions, websites, and malware, using three different attack methods. Koi Security researcher Tuval Admoni said on Thursday that the company named this malicious group "GreedyBear," who "redefined industrial-scale cryptocurrency theft."

according to Bitcoin Magazine, Sazmining announced that it has become the first mining-as-a-service company to integrate the Square payment platform, providing customers with a faster and more reliable way to purchase mining hardware and services. This integration supports credit cards, debit cards, ApplePay, GooglePay, CashAppPay, ACH, as well as Bitcoin, Lightning Network, Tether, and wire transfer payments.

stablecoin payment infrastructure company Blindpay announced the completion of a $3.3 million seed round of financing, with participation from Y Combinator, 468 Capital, Bitso, Transpose VC, Acacia Venture Capital Partners, and YouTube co-founder Jawed Karim, among others. The new funds are intended to support the construction of a global payment infrastructure based on stablecoins, providing tools for enterprises to facilitate cross-border transfers, compliance management, and rapid opening of virtual U.S. accounts.

S&P Global has given a "B-" credit rating to USDS issuer Sky Protocol. According to Sky, this is the first time this rating agency has issued a credit rating for a stablecoin system. According to the official S&P website, a B rating means that the entity is more susceptible to adverse business, financial, and economic conditions, but currently still has the ability to fulfill financial obligations.

the XRPfi protocol Doppler Finance stated in a post that it has raised $3 million in a seed round of financing led by Reforge, with investors including Flowdesk, Auros, CRIT Ventures, HashKey Capital, Keyrock, Digital Currency Group, Tenity, GSR Ventures, G-20 Group, Maven 11, CMCC Global, Cluster Capital, and others.

David Marcus, former head of the Facebook stablecoin project, stated on X platform that Bitcoin is not only the best performing neutral asset in history, but is also becoming the settlement layer of the internet.

 according to TraderT monitoring, the net inflow of Ethereum ETF in the United States was 1.1883 billion US dollars yesterday.

 according to Trader T monitoring, the net inflow of the US spot Bitcoin ETF was $120.75 million yesterday.

WiMi Hologram, a Nasdaq-listed company, released its financial performance report, disclosing that as of August 7, the total assets held by the company including cash, cash equivalents, and short-term investments, including bitcoin-related securities derivatives, reached $455 million. Among them, the total amount of bitcoin-related securities derivatives and short-term investments is approximately $212 million. The company announced that it will increase its capital allocation to blockchain and bitcoin-related cryptocurrency applications.

SharpLink has bought another $21,959 ETH ($85.46 million) in the past 4 hours. SharpLink currently holds 543,898 ETH ($2.12 billion).

 according to on-chain analyst @ali_charts monitoring, whales bought 230 million DOGE in the past 24 hours.

 Michael Novogratz, founder of Strategy, said that the trend of companies holding cryptocurrencies on their balance sheets may have peaked. "The question now is, which existing companies will become monsters."

Pumpfun announced the establishment of the Glass Full Foundation, injecting a large amount of liquidity into the ecosystem token and accelerating the community development in the pump fun ecosystem, aiming to make the Solana ecosystem grow exponentially.

 Hsiao-Wei Wang, co-executive director of the Ethereum Foundation, posted on social media early this morning that the foundation will donate another $500,000 for the legal defense of Tornado Cash founder Roman Storm. Wang said, "Privacy is the norm, writing code is not a crime."

according to official sources, Upbit has launched STORY (IP) spot trading, supporting KRW, BTC, USDT markets.

according to DappRadar data, the NFT trading volume in July surged by 96% to reach $530 million. However, the total number of transactions decreased by 4%, with only 5 million NFTs changing hands that month.

 Tabit Insurance, a global (re)insurance company that supports Bitcoin reserves founded by former Bittrex executives, announced today that it has joined the Texas Blockchain Council (TBC), an industry association dedicated to promoting blockchain innovation and policy development in Texas. Tabit will work with TBC to provide investors in the region with knowledge in the intersection of digital assets and insurance, as well as how BTC holders can obtain regulated income through insurance structures.