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🇺🇸🇮🇷 US and Iran agree to extend 60-day ceasefire that was set to expire today, Al Arabiya reports.

💰 Vivek Ramaswamy's Strive buys 79 Bitcoin for $5 million. Total holdings: 20,246 Bitcoin

💰 BitMine acquired 9,926 ETH over the past week, bringing total holdings to 5,815,164 ETH.

💰 Strategy repurchased $132M of STRC and increased its USD reserve by $150 million.

🇺🇸🇮🇷 "The number one Goal is, and always will be, that Iran cannot have, in any way, shape, or form, a Nuclear Weapon." ~ US President Trump

🇺🇸🇮🇷 Traffic halts in the Strait of Hormuz as 60-day US-Iran ceasefire set to expire today.

🇷🇺 Binance handed Moscow client data used to charge a Russian IT specialist over Ukraine donations, despite having exited Russia in 2023, Reuters reports.

💰 Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong argues agents need programmable, global, low-fee money to operate, declaring "crypto is the currency of AiFi (agentic finance)."

🇺🇸🇮🇷 White House officials are reportedly discussing the use of nuclear weapons against Iran in strategy meetings, according to former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene.

🇺🇸 Key US Events in upcoming week. Housing data — Tuesday FOMC Minutes — Wednesday Philly Fed — Thursday Services PMI — Friday S&P Global Manufacturing — Friday With the S&P 500 already up 13.5% YTD, volatility could be coming.

🇺🇸 Fed will inject $16.97 Billion into the market starting next week.

💰 Ethereum wants massive scaling without sacrificing decentralization or censorship resistance. ~ Vitalik

🇺🇸 Trump is weighing tougher economic pressure on Iran, including sanctions on Chinese oil buyers, banks and other entities helping Tehran evade restrictions.

🇺🇸 Gulf states are reportedly considering reducing the U.S. military presence, amid growing concerns over Trump’s Iran war strategy and regional security, according to washington post.

💰 Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino says the company holds 150 tons of gold and more than 100,000 BTC, with KPMG physically verifying its gold bars.

💰 Binance founder CZ says millionaires will soon be unable to afford one full Bitcoin.

🇺🇸 Billionaire Mark Cuban says computer chips "will be the new crypto."

🇮🇷🇴🇲 Iran reaches agreement with Oman on navigation movement in the Strait of Hormuz.

🇺🇸 Trump is expected to attend a White House meeting with crypto and prediction market executives next Wednesday, August 19.

💰 Billionaire Paul Tudor Jones' $106 billion Investment Corporation reports owning $22.9 million of BlackRock's spot Bitcoin ETF.