Gemini Obtains MiCA License in Malta

On August 21st, as reported by The Block, LO:TECH, a London-based digital asset exchange company, has successfully completed a $5 million seed round of financing. The lead investor is 13books Capital, with participation from Lightspeed Faction, Veris Ventures, CRIT Ventures USA, as well as angel investors Mark Ransford and Rodney Ngone. The company has indicated that this funding will be utilized to expand its on-chain capital market high-frequency trading business.

On August 21st, Jill Hirzel from Insight Investment declared in a report that the US dollar might weaken. This is because Trump's policies have diminished the allure of US exceptionalism and could result in a reduction of capital inflows into the US. Hirzel said, "Policy uncertainty and a more assertive 'America First' agenda may eat away at the cyclical support for the US dollar, causing it to enter a prolonged period of weakness." Nevertheless, she also noted that investors should be cautious when overly betting on the dollar's decline through short positions. This is because growth outside the US is expected to be at best lackluster, and speculators may already have significant short positions on the dollar. Additionally, before there are signs of economic weakness that are sufficient to worry policymakers, real interest rates adjusted for inflation may still remain high. (FXStreet)

On August 21st, Anatoly Yakovenko, a co-founder of Solana, posted and said, "Kanye could have enabled global fans to record videos of 'Runaway' and have them spliced into a huge synchronous video with more than 100 million people singing together. This video could then be distributed as media. At the same time, he could have distributed all his tokens for free and used them as the currency of a global TikTok competition platform."

On August 21st, Coinbase declared the inclusion of World Liberty Financial USD (USD1) in its asset listing plan.

On August 21st, based on market data, the 24-hour gain of OKB has expanded to 71%. It is currently trading at $226.73 and has hit a new all-time high.

On August 21st, the Nasdaq-listed U.S. coffee chain Reborn Coffee announced its intention to conduct pilot cryptocurrency payments at some of its Southern California stores in 2025 and integrate this feature into its existing Point of Sale (POS) platform. Previously, Reborn Coffee had announced the start of a strategic assessment to consider incorporating regulated digital assets into its financial management framework. The company plans to explore blockchain assets such as Bitcoin and Ethereum in order to optimize fund management efficiency and achieve the diversification of non-operational capital reserves.