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Quick Take

• Headquartered in Hong Kong, Animoca Brands develops and publishes mobile games in addition to other products based on its portfolio of intellectual property
• Coming off of its recent fundraising rounds conducted over the past 3 months, Animoca is one of four unicorns within the NFTs/Gaming vertical
• In total, the firm has deployed capital to at least 56 startups and protocols across sixteen verticals, which The Block has mapped out

Crypto exchange Binance has hired Greg Monahan, a former IRS official, to lead its global money laundering reporting efforts.

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Australia-headquartered bitcoin mining firm Iris Energy has submitted a draft proposal in the U.S. seeking a direct listing on Nasdaq.

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Galaxy Digital announced Monday that it lost $175.8 million in the prior quarter — even with growing trading activity and managed assets.

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OpenSea, one of the largest NFT marketplaces, saw record-high Google search interest coinciding with high trading volume in August.

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Quick Take

• NBA Top Shot trading volumes have declined significantly since they peaked in February, but the digital marketplace remains popular among NFT collectors. 
• The digital trading card platform is on track to generate an estimated $30 million this month based on data collected in the first two weeks of August.

The Galaxy Bitcoin Strategy ETF won’t provide any direct exposure to cryptocurrencies, according to its N-1A.

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The bill aims to establish a safe harbor for non-custodial service providers in the crypto industry.

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DEX aggregator 1inch has expanded to Ethereum scaling solution Optimism. The aim is to lower gas fees and increase transactions per second.

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DeFi protocol Ondo Finance, launched by two former Goldman Sachs employees, has raised $4 million in a seed funding round.

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