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Markets
Ether ETFs Pull $104M, Tripling Bitcoin's Weekly Inflows
BlackRock's ETHA absorbed $96 million while its bitcoin fund IBIT bled $95 million, the second straight week ether products out-drew their bitcoin counterparts.

TradFi & Fintech
Circle Buys IBM Blockchain Patent Portfolio
The USDC issuer says the roughly 1,000-patent haul makes it the leading US blockchain patent holder, with financial terms undisclosed.

CeFi
Magic Labs Sells Wallet Business to Kraken Parent Payward
The embedded-wallet pioneer is rebranding as Newton Labs to focus on an onchain authorization layer that vets transactions against policy before they settle.

Regulation & Politics
Securitize Registers Capital Affiliate as SEC Investment Adviser
Securitize Capital's registration took effect July 22, SEC records show, adding an advisory license to the tokenization firm's U.S. regulatory lineup three weeks after its NYSE debut.

CeFi
BitMart to Wind Down Exchange, End Trading by Aug. 26
The exchange gave no specific reason for the closure, and its BMX token fell about 59% in 24 hours after the announcement.

TradFi & Fintech
Samsung Says Wallet Will Add Stablecoin Support
The announcement at Galaxy Unpacked in London came with no timeline, issuers, or markets — but would put stablecoins on hundreds of millions of phones.

CeFi
BitMEX, Hayes Sued Over 623 BTC Liquidation Claims as Exchange Winds Down
A proposed class action landed in New York federal court the same day BitMEX announced it will close on Sept. 23, reviving allegations the exchange pocketed customer collateral.good job I as

TradFi & Fintech
OCC Denies Wise's US National Trust Bank Charter
The regulator cited money-laundering risk concerns in a rare rejection amid a wave of crypto charter approvals. Wise plans to refile under the GENIUS Act.

TradFi & Fintech
Ondo's Oasis Pro Markets Cleared to Offer Tokenized Stocks in US
The tokenization firm said its broker-dealer subsidiary can now sell tokenized equities, ETFs and funds to American investors under SEC and FINRA oversight.

DeFi
Uniswap Adds Permissioned Pools to Bring Regulated Assets to v4
The v4 hook enforces issuer allowlists onchain at the protocol level, with Superstate, Securitize, and Dowgo as launch partners.
