📢 Today’s Top Crypto Headlines: 🏦 BitMine Expands ETH Holdings • Despite the downturn, BitMine bought 190,500 $ETH last week. • Now holds 1.71M ETH (~$7.9B) • Maintains $562M cash reserve → capacity for further buys • Total assets down from $8.8B peak due to market dip. 🔥 Institutional Surge into Solana • Sharps Technology closed $400M PIPE deal → building largest $SOL treasury • Backed by ParaFi, Pantera, FalconX, CoinFund & Arrington Capital • Solana Foundation adds $50M token sale at 15% discount • Alice Zhang (Jambo co-founder) joins as CIO • Galaxy Digital, Jump Crypto & Multicoin target $1B Solana vault with Cantor Fitzgerald underwriting • Would surpass Upexi’s 2M SOL ($400M) treasury. 💳 Gemini & Ripple Launch XRP Ventures • New $XRP credit card via WebBank • 4% cashback fuel/EV/ride share • 3% dining, 2% groceries, 1% all else • Up to 10% at select retailers • Gemini adopts Ripple’s $RLUSD as default quote currency for U.S. spot pairs. 🗣️ Vitalik Buterin Critiques Prediction Markets • Says platforms like Polymarket lack yield-bearing features • Notes 4% APY on stablecoins more attractive for hedging • July volume dipped to $1.06B (from $1.16B in June), but traders grew from 242K → 286K. Real-time, AI-powered market insights, only with SWFTGPT! 📲 Listen now: