Weekly crypto asset flows (CoinShares)
Crypto Fund Inflows Hit Record $1.5B as Bitcoin Futures ETFs Go Live
Bitcoin dominated this week’s inflows, with a 99% share. Last week, bitcoin’s weekly inflows were at $70 million.
Weekly crypto asset flows (CoinShares)

Synchronized swimmers, Copenhagen, Denmark. (Henrik Sorensen/Getty Images)
Solana-Based DeFi Protocol Synchrony Raises $4.2M for Composable Indices
The funding, led by by Sanctor Capital, Wintermute Trading and GBV Capital, will also go toward its marketing operations.
Synchronized swimmers, Copenhagen, Denmark. (Henrik Sorensen/Getty Images)

Solana-based MonkeyBall is bringing soccer to the world of GameFi. (MonkeyBall)
DraftKings Founders Back ‘Play-to-Earn’ Soccer Game With $3M Raise
MonkeyBall, a self-described mashup of “FIFA Street” and “Final Fantasy,” will run on the Solana blockchain.
Solana-based MonkeyBall is bringing soccer to the world of GameFi. (MonkeyBall)

(Stephen Leonardi/Unsplash)
The First ‘Move-to-Earn’ NFT Game Raises $8.3M
With funding from Konvoy Ventures and Pantera Capital, the Solana-based Genopets is merging meatspace and the metaverse.
(Stephen Leonardi/Unsplash)

FTX.US President on Launching Collectibles Arm in Boost to Solana-Based NFTs
FTX.US President on Launching Collectibles Arm in Boost to Solana-Based NFTs
FTX.US, the U.S. wing of Sam Bankman-Fried’s crypto empire, announced its new marketplace, FTX NFTs, will allow users to trade, mint, auction and authenticate Solana-based NFT...
FTX.US President on Launching Collectibles Arm in Boost to Solana-Based NFTs

(Tandem X Visuals/Unsplash)
Solana’s Phantom Adds Safety Rails After Scammers Drain Wallets
Phantom’s security upgrades highlight the tug-and-pull between developers trying to simplify crypto’s user experience and scammers exploiting their shortcuts.
(Tandem X Visuals/Unsplash)

Chart of weekly flows of investor money into crypto funds shows a big uptick last week.
Crypto Funds Double Weekly Inflows to $226M as Ebullience Returns to Bitcoin Market
The jump was largely driven by bitcoin-focused funds, where inflows rose by $156 million to $225 million, the highest in five months.
Chart of weekly flows of investor money into crypto funds shows a big uptick last week.

FTX bought the naming rights to the Miami Heat arena in March. (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk archives)
FTX.US Launches Collectibles Arm in Boost to Solana-Based NFTs
The exchange will allow users to trade, mint, auction and authenticate Solana NFTs. Plans to support Ethereum NFTs are in the works.
FTX bought the naming rights to the Miami Heat arena in March. (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk archives)

Grayscale CEO Michael Sonnenshein speaks at Consensus 2018. (CoinDesk archives)
Grayscale Adds Solana to $494M Digital Large Cap Fund
The asset manager’s bitcoin-heavy fund allocated 3.24% to SOL Friday.
Grayscale CEO Michael Sonnenshein speaks at Consensus 2018. (CoinDesk archives)

Solana logo on a smartphone arranged in the Brooklyn Borough of New York, U.S., on Saturday, July 31, 2021. The Senate's bipartisan infrastructure deal envisions imposing stricter rules on cryptocurrency investors to collect more taxes to fund a portion of the $550 billion investment into transportation and power systems. Photographer: Gabby Jones/Bloomberg via Getty Images
Solana-Based NFT Firm Metaplex Names Adam Jefferies CEO of New Studio
He will be joined by a new board that includes members from Audius, Coinshares, Cultur3 Capital, Phantom and Saber Labs.
Solana logo on a smartphone arranged in the Brooklyn Borough of New York, U.S., on Saturday, July 31, 2021. The Senate's bipartisan infrastructure deal envisions imposing stricter rules on cryptocurrency investors to collect more taxes to fund a portion of the $550 billion investment into transportation and power systems. Photographer: Gabby Jones/Bloomberg via Getty Images