The bitcoin treasury management company BitBridge Capital Strategies plans to go public on the Nasdaq. The firm also announced the launch of a new lending product — Bitcoin Respect Loan.
In the release, the company stated that it successfully completed the merger with Green Mountain Merger Inc., which enabled its entry into the stock market. BitBridge shares will begin trading on over-the-counter platforms under the ticker BTTL by the end of Q3 2025.

The bitcoin treasury management company BitBridge Capital Strategies plans to go public on the Nasdaq. The firm also announced the launch of a new credit product — Bitcoin Respect Loan.
In the release, the company stated that it successfully completed the merger with Green Mountain Merger Inc., which facilitated its entry into the stock market. BitBridge shares will begin trading on over-the-counter platforms under the ticker BTTL by the end of Q3 2025.

On August 5, 2025, the spot Bitcoin ETF sector recorded a capital outflow of $196.2 million, according to data from SoSoValue. The leader in capital outflow was the fund from Fidelity Investments under the ticker FBTC, which lost $99.1 million.
In second place for capital outflow is the investment product from the financial giant BlackRock. The spot Bitcoin ETF under the ticker IBIT has lost $77.4 million. At the same time, the mentioned fund remains the leader in assets under management (AUM) with a figure of $83.8 billion.
In third place for capital outflow is the investment fund from Graysc

Rumors have spread in the network about the launch of MetaMask's own stablecoin.
On social network X ( formerly Twitter), there were claims that the company MetaMask is considering launching its own stablecoin mmUSD. The product is allegedly being developed in collaboration with the payment operator Stripe.
The discussion of the initiative first appeared on the Aave Governance forum. This is a site where the local community considers ideas related to the development of the DeFi project and ecosystem integrations. Among other things, on August 5, 2025, a proposal from the TokenLogic initiative

SEC has published clarification regarding liquid staking.
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has published a statement regarding its position on liquid staking. The regulator does not consider this type of activity, as well as the tokens issued by the respective protocols, to be a securities offering.
According to this guideline, projects that issue tokens, as well as users who hold or trade LST assets, should not register these transactions.

SharpLink Gaming has increased its Ethereum portfolio to 521,939 ETH!
SharpLink Gaming reported new Ethereum purchases for the period from July 28 to August 3, 2025. As a result, its portfolio increased to 521,939 ETH.
Some of the crypto assets purchased by the company during the specified period have come to the attention of Lookonchain experts. We highlighted their note earlier.
In total, SharpLink Gaming acquired 83,561 ETH for $264.4 million at an average price of $3,634 per 1 ETH. Over the week, the company's Ethereum portfolio grew by 19%.

Verb Technology Company announced a private placement of shares totaling approximately $558 million. The funds are intended to be directed towards the creation of the first publicly traded treasury reserve Toncoin (TON).
More than 110 institutional and crypto-native investors participated in the funding round. Among them are Kingsway Capital, Vy Capital, Ribbit Capital, Graticule (GAMA), and other market players. The company stated that it will use the majority of the funds raised to acquire Toncoin.

Metaplanet has increased its portfolio of the first cryptocurrency to 17,595 BTC.
He is in the zone of unrealized profit at $231 million.
The company plans to buy up to 270,000 BTC by the end of next year.
The Japanese company Metaplanet purchased 463 BTC for $53.7 million, increasing its portfolio to 17,595 BTC. This was stated by the company's CEO Simon Gerovich.

SharpLink continues to actively accumulate Ethereum. Between August 1 and August 3, 2025, the company spent $108.57 million in USDC to purchase 30,755 ETH, bringing its portfolio to 480,031 ETH.
This asset volume is estimated at $1.66 billion at the time of preparation of the material, according to Arkham Intelligence.
The largest of the recent deals involved the purchase of 6914 ETH for $23.56 million. Additionally, active purchases were recorded on July 31, when SharpLink acquired 11,259 ETH for $43.09 million at an average price of $3828 per coin.

Scott Bessent stated that the United States has opened a new chapter in the development of blockchain.
The government plans to expand the use of decentralized technologies.
He urged businesses to launch projects and hire employees in the USA.
The United States of America has entered the "Golden Age of Cryptocurrency." This was stated by the country's Secretary of the Treasury, Scott Bessen.

The SEC's working group on cryptocurrencies has initiated a series of roundtables in the USA.
They are eager to communicate with startups with teams of up to 10 people that were founded less than two years ago.
Meetings start on August 4 in Berkeley and will end on December 5 in Ann Arbor.
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced the start of a series of roundtables with representatives of the crypto industry. The initiative is led by SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce.
The working group will visit 10 cities in the USA to hear the opinions of founders of projects that were unabl

On August 1st, the price of Bitcoin fell below the mark of $113,000.
Later, the asset's price partially recovered its positions.
Against this backdrop, the volume of liquidations in the crypto market exceeded $700 million in 24 hours.
Most of the losses were incurred on long positions.
On the evening of August 1, 2025, Bitcoin fell below the mark of $113,000 for the first time since July 10. Against this backdrop, the volume of liquidations in cryptocurrency futures exceeded the mark of $700 million in 24 hours.