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Bitcoin is up .5% at $21,749 
Ethereum is up 1% at $1711 
and Binance Coin up .5% at $304

New web3 fund Symbolic Capital raises $50M. 

Tether says its not freezing Tornado Cash addresses until it's told. 

Alchemy acquires Chainshot.

Reddit airdrops polygon-based avatars.

Afghan authorities shutter 16 crypto exchanges. Links:<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.ariananews.af/police-close-crypto-currency-exchanges-in-herat/">Police close crypto currency exchanges in Herat | Ariana News</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/08/25/polygon-founders-crypto-vc-firm-raises-50m-fund/">Polygon Founder’s Crypto VC Firm Raises $50M Fund</a></li>
<li><a href="https://decrypt.co/108249/reddit-airdropping-free-polygon-nft-hardcore-users">Reddit Is Airdropping Free Polygon NFT Avatars to Its Most Hardcore Users - Decrypt</a></li>
<li><a href="https://techcrunch.com/2022/08/25/crypto-developer-infrastructure-alchemy-acquisition-deal-ma-chainshot-coding-bootcamp/">$10B crypto developer platform Alchemy buys coding bootcamp in first-ever acquisition | TechCrunch</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.theblock.co/post/165513/tether-says-its-not-freezing-tornado-cash-until-government-tells-it-to">Tether says it's not freezing Tornado Cash addresses until government tells it to</a></li>
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