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Aug 12: L1 and Done - Everybody’s Building a Blockchain Now
Today’s Headlines
- Circle & Stripe Build Layer 1 Blockchains
- Circle’s new Arc chain will use USDC as native gas. Stripe is developing its own L1 with Paradigm after acquiring Privy in June. Between Coinbase, Robinhood, Stripe, and Circle, we’re staring down a four-way fintech L1 showdown.
- Bitmine Hits 1.15M ETH
- Bitmine became the first public company to hold over 1M ETH—worth $5B—after adding 320K ETH in a week. SharpLink isn’t far behind with 598,800 ETH ($2.5B). Companies are accumulating ETH at record speed, with 97% of holders now in profit.
- Treasury Tokenization Expands
- Heritage Distilling (Nasdaq: CASK) is raising $220M ($100M cash + $120M in $IP tokens) for a $360M Story Protocol treasury. Safety Shot Inc. plans to buy $25M in Bonk, even as its stock plunged 50%. Rumble eyes $1.17B acquisition of a Tether-owned AI firm.
- Fall Conference Season Kicks Off
- ETHNYC is live this week, while SALT Wyoming is up next. Token2049 (Singapore) and KBW (Seoul) are on deck in September. EDCON will run Sept. 16–19, and DevCon heads to Buenos Aires in November.
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