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The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) today updated its MiCA (Markets in Crypto-Assets) register of crypto asset service providers (CASPs), bringing the total number of EU-authorized CASPs to 331. All six new additions are German cooperative banks, including Raiffeisenbank Aidlingen, Ihre Volksbank, VR-Bank Mittelfranken Mitte, Volksbank Euskirchen, VR Bank Ried-überwald, and Volksbank Backnang. Germany remains the EU leader with 79 CASPs, far outpacing France (35) and the Netherlands (29). Since Germany first took the lead in the EU with 57 CASPs at the end of June, the number of authorizations has continued to rise rapidly. Germany’s Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) previously explained that its leading MiCA authorization count stems mainly from its large financial sector and numerous credit institutions eligible to offer crypto services. Germany’s existing national licensing regime also played a key role during the transition period, as some CASPs obtained authorizations via streamlined processes, driving a significantly faster rollout than other EU member states. No changes were made to asset reference tokens (ARTs), electronic money tokens (EMTs), or the non-compliant entities list in this update: the ART register remains empty, EMTs stand at 43, and the non-compliant entities list stays at 167. Under the EU’s unified crypto regulatory framework, Germany is seizing an early-mover advantage in compliance.

QCP Capital’s market commentary notes that Bitcoin posted its strongest weekly performance since March 2024 last week, surging over 20% and hitting roughly $79,500 at one point. This rally coincided with sharp shifts in interest rate markets: the U.S. 30-year Treasury yield briefly neared its 2007 high of 5.3%, after which the U.S. Treasury Department announced it would raise the size of its long-end liquidity support repo operations from a maximum of $2 billion per operation to at least $4 billion starting September 9. Long-end yields pulled back in response, the U.S. dollar weakened, and Bitcoin rose in lockstep with gold. Position adjustments accelerated the initial breakout, while spot market participation continued to strengthen. U.S. spot Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs together drew around $2.6 billion in net inflows last week, marking their strongest single-week inflow since October 2025. This week, market focus has shifted to three macro variables: PCE inflation data, NVIDIA’s earnings (a signal for the AI investment cycle), and Federal Reserve Chair Waller’s first keynote speech at Jackson Hole (a signal for the monetary policy framework). Waller will deliver his speech at 10 PM ET on Friday, while July PCE data and the second estimate of Q2 GDP will be released on Wednesday. QCP concluded that last week’s market moves were driven primarily by position adjustments and U.S. Treasury market dynamics, and whether this week’s data can offer clearer guidance on the macro backdrop will be the market’s core focus.

Mitsubishi UFJ strategist Derek Halpenny said in a report that the U.S. dollar faces downside risks ahead of remarks by Treasury Secretary Bessent and the Federal Reserve’s Jackson Hole symposium. The U.S. Treasury announced last week it would expand its long-term bond repurchase scale, and Bessent may later release details on fiscal consolidation plans. Fed Chair Wash is scheduled to deliver a speech at Jackson Hole on Friday. Halpenny noted that Wash may continue to provide limited signals about future policy, adding that if no credible fiscal consolidation measures are announced by then, the long end of the bond market could be particularly impacted.

According to Israeli media reports, Iran’s state television aired a news segment detailing methods to contact US President Donald Trump’s son Barron Trump, and mentioned a $10 million bounty. The roughly three-minute report displayed locations and online platforms allegedly linked to the purported operation, while also attempting to map Barron Trump’s social circle and find ways to infiltrate the US Secret Service security system. However, the claims about the operation presented in the report rely heavily on staged visuals and provide no evidence to support the alleged plan to contact Barron Trump. The state broadcaster also released a video days ago offering advice on how to assassinate US First Lady Melania Trump. Barron Trump is Trump’s youngest son and the only child he shares with his third wife, Melania Trump.

According to monitoring by TradingBeats (formerly Hyperinsight), as the HYPE token hits a new all-time high today, the "largest on-chain HYPE long holder" holds a 5x leveraged long position of 1.38 million HYPE, with an unrealized profit of approximately $56.56 million. The address has so far paid $5.03 million in funding fees for this position. The address opened a roughly $40 million 5x leveraged HYPE long position on October 23, 2025, about five hours before Robinhood announced it would list HYPE spot. Due to the extremely precise timing of its heavy entry, the community suspects it had access to non-public information, leading to it being nicknamed the "HYPE listing insider whale".

Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev stated in an interview with the podcast "The Iced Coffee Hour" that he uses Robinhood for personal trading, has traded cryptocurrencies for a period of time, is personally fond of crypto, and enjoys working alongside the community. He also shared his views on Bitcoin, noting that his investment portfolio is quite diversified, he holds a long-term optimistic outlook on Bitcoin, but will not make predictions such as Bitcoin’s price hitting $1 million in the future.