📄 Crypto Watchlist for this week:

➡️ AI coins – ChatGPT-5 is expected to launch in early August

➡️ $S – Sonic's first major governance vote on institutional expansion will go live soon

➡️ $AERO – Coinbase will integrate Base DEXs into its app next week

➡️ $SILO – Silo Finance will launch auto-leverage in August, enabling one-click access to leveraged yield strategies

➡️ $HOME – Voting for DeFi App's proposal to buy back 1.8% of HOME token supply ends on Aug. 4

➡️ $SOL – Solana's new web3 smartphone called Seeker will start shipping on Aug. 4

➡️ $BTC – US will raise tariffs on almost all countries on Aug. 7

➡️ $ENA – $99M worth of ENA will be unlocked on Aug. 5

➡️ $PTB – Portal to Bitcoin announced plans to launch its token PTB in August

Good week to observe which names hold strength through noise.

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👆 Someone launched a coin called $ALPHA and literally wrote “Alpha” with the price action.

Still a better roadmap than half of CT.

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📉 Crypto dips $110B as recognition accelerates

Markets bled $110B and saw $800M in liquidations after tariff and rate news.
But crypto adoption? Still marching forward.

➡️ White House released a 166-page report Strengthening American Leadership in Digital Finance — CBDCs no, stablecoins yes, dollar everywhere.

➡️ SEC Chair Paul Atkins launched Project Crypto, calling crypto a “once-in-a-generation opportunity.”

➡️ Sygnum report claims U.S. is using stablecoins to fight de-dollarization.

➡️ Jito Labs, VanEck, and Bitwise ask SEC to allow liquid staking in Solana ETFs.

➡️ Visa adds support for USDG, PYUSD, and EURC.

Wet crypto dreams turning real — adoption, integration, and big money.

Now we wait for someone to finally pump our bags.

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🪙 How Figma’s CEO made $9M flipping CryptoPunks

Before the IPO headlines, Dylan Field was already making waves — as one of the earliest Punk collectors in crypto history.

➡️ In Dec 2017, he bought his first Punk (#2466) for just 0.12 ETH ($94)
➡️ On Jan 1, 2018, he went on a buying spree: 8 Punks in a day, including a zombie and an ape
➡️ His biggest move: Alien Punk #7804 for 12 ETH — later sold for 4,200 ETH ($7.7M)
➡️ In Feb 2021, sold Ape Punk for 800 ETH ($1.5M+)
➡️ Reinvested in Wild Hair Punks during the 2021 bull run
➡️ Today, he still holds 14 Punks and hasn’t sold since

One of the rare NFT collectors who made it… and then IPO’d for dessert.

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⚠️ $908K lost in a single phishing approval

458 days ago, a user unknowingly signed a malicious approval. Yesterday, the scammer drained the wallet.

Another reminder: approvals don’t expire and they can cost everything.

How to protect yourself 👇

➡️ Use tools like Revoke.cash to check and remove old approvals.
➡️ Never sign random transactions, especially from unknown dApps or messages.
➡️ Regularly clean your approvals, especially for stablecoins and high-value tokens.
➡️ Set spend limits instead of infinite approvals when possible.
➡️ Use hardware wallets and turn on phishing protection extensions.

It takes 2 minutes to revoke — and can save your entire portfolio.

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⏬ Ethereum gas fees hit a new local low.

Ethereum gas fees have dropped below 0.2 gwei — the cheapest they’ve been in years.

If you’ve been putting things off, now’s the time to move:

➡️ Clear dust from old wallets
➡️ Consolidate tokens or LPs
➡️ Claim airdrops or migrate vaults
➡️ Revoke old contract approvals
➡️ Experiment with DeFi apps cheaply

Low gas isn’t just convenient. It’s opportunity — especially before the next wave of activity hits.

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⏬ Record outflows from ETFs

➡️ $333.19M left Bitcoin ETFs
➡️ $465.06M exited Ethereum ETFs

Significant outflows suggest profit-taking and risk-off sentiment.

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📉 Most altcoin losses start before the buy

What wrecks traders isn’t just bad timing — it’s false assumptions:

➡️ Thinking all coins will revisit ATH
➡️ Ignoring BTC underperformance
➡️ Forgetting that price = narrative, not fundamentals

The best altcoin trades are lonely and boring. Not popular and obvious.

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