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A law firm and tokenization platform plan to test issuing catastrophe bonds as digital tokens in 2027, potentially lowering investment minimums and giving investors onchain ownership. This move could make these complex financial instruments more accessible to a broader range of investors.
Pons, a memecoin creation app, generated nearly $6 million in fees in a single day, outpacing major platforms like Pump, Hyperliquid, and even Robinhood Chain. This surge highlights the explosive growth of memecoin trading activity.
Total market cap shed 2.33% to $2.607T, with 24h volume at $74.2B — a marginal decline from yesterday's $80.1B and still 61% below the $192.7B peak on August…
Securitize and Socios have launched a project to tokenize equity in professional sports teams, the first under the EU's DLT Pilot Regime. This allows fractional ownership of sports teams via blockchain technology, making it accessible to a broader investor base.
Russian malware called Sality secretly stole cryptocurrency by replacing copied wallet addresses for 8 years. CrowdStrike and law enforcement have now isolated over 15,000 infected machines.
The London Stock Exchange (LSE) is collaborating with Payward, the company behind Kraken, to bring major UK-listed stocks onchain using the xStocks framework. This move aims to make traditional equities more accessible and tradable in the digital asset space.
Fogo, a Layer 1 blockchain, temporarily halted its mainnet after an attacker received 400 million FOGO tokens, worth around $3 million. The stolen tokens represent 10% of the circulating supply and 4% of the genesis supply.
Robinhood Chain's new Pools feature lets users create and trade tokens with crowd-priced launches or instant pools. The $PONS token on the platform generated $21.7M in fees over the last 30 days, with most revenue used for token buybacks and burns.
A Solana memecoin (GDAdCvjiRoGxA18ya3Qha1DD6bbzbR9Z9AGpMa9Tpump) acquired 81% of the onchain supply of $HIMS, a tokenized version of the public company Hims & Hers, while Wall Street was closed. Crypto analyst 0xSammy highlighted the event on X, calling it one of the wildest onchain occurrences.
Solana's community voted to reduce the supply of SOL tokens, its native cryptocurrency. The change will cut the rate at which new SOL is created by 50% starting in 2027. A separate proposal to burn transaction fees failed to pass.
The volume of tokenized stock transfers on blockchain platforms surged 415% in 30 days to $29.5 billion. Active addresses and holders more than doubled, signaling growing interest in tokenized equities.
Stellar's market for tokenized real-world assets (RWAs) has grown over 400% this year, reaching nearly $4 billion. This surge reflects rising institutional interest in blockchain-based asset tokenization.
A $1.1 million hack on a crypto-linked debit card caused the neobank AVICI's token to drop 49% in 24 hours. The token hit a record low before partially recovering.
Charles Schwab is expanding its crypto trading platform to include Solana, Avalanche, and Chainlink, though no launch date has been announced. This move follows the brokerage's initial offering of Bitcoin and Ethereum trading in 2025.
BitGo is buying NYDIG's institutional trading division for $42.5 million, expanding its derivatives and financing services. This move allows NYDIG to focus on its energy and data-center business while BitGo strengthens its institutional offerings.
Ripple is updating the XRP Ledger to protect against quantum computing attacks, following recent advancements in quantum cryptography. Bitcoin and Ethereum have also announced plans to migrate to quantum-resistant technology. The industry is racing to prepare for 'Q-Day,' the point at which quantum computers can break current encryption.
The Bitwise Solana Staking ETF (BSOL) became the first Solana-based ETF to reach $1 billion in assets under management. This rapid growth highlights the increasing interest in Solana and staking-based investment products.
Solana's first network-wide vote to double its disinflation mechanism passed by a razor-thin margin after key validators from Kraken and Galaxy Digital switched sides. The change will reduce SOL's annual inflation rate from 3% to 1.5%.
Prediction markets are decentralized platforms where users bet on future events, creating real-time data on public sentiment. These markets are challenging traditional institutions by offering more accurate forecasts than polls or experts.
Virtu and Tradeweb successfully completed a repurchase agreement (repo) on the blockchain using the Marshall Islands' digital bond (USDM1) as collateral. The entire transaction took less than 10 minutes on the Canton Network, marking a significant milestone in institutional crypto adoption.
Clearing and custody firm RQD* has raised $74 million in a funding round led by Bain Capital. The company plans to use the capital to expand its digital asset and tokenization infrastructure, positioning itself for the growing institutional interest in tokenized markets.
Radar 50 is a new real-time signal engine covering 50 crypto markets, promising high accuracy. It aims to help traders make faster, data-driven decisions with live market insights.
Grayscale has launched a Zcash (ZEC) ETF, giving brokerage investors exposure to the privacy-focused cryptocurrency. The launch follows a critical privacy flaw in Zcash's code that was recently discovered and patched.
Crypto trading volumes have surged, doubling in just five days. This sudden increase comes as market activity picks up, with August already seeing $490 billion in trading volume. The last time we saw such a rapid rebound in trading activity was in early 2025, following a prolonged bear market.