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Japan’s PM Takaichi Vows Expanded Startup Funding, Including Web3, at WebX 2026

RegulationAug 7

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has reaffirmed the government’s commitment to fostering innovation by pledging to expand funding for startups, including those operating in the Web3 sector. The announcement was made via a video message played at the opening of the WebX 2026 conference, a major annual gathering for blockchain and crypto industry leaders, as reported by Coinpost. New Support Package Targets Startup Growth Takaichi highlighted the ‘Total Support Package for Startups,’ a policy framework established in May 2025, designed to increase financial backing from both government bodies and private financial institutions. She emphasized that the synergy between official policy…

Japan PM’s Actions Suggest Growing Support for XRP in the Region

AltcoinsAug 7

A pro-$XRP crypto analyst on X considers Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s appearance at the $XRP Tokyo conference a significant event towards the cryptocurrency’s potential adoption. According to the analyst, “The Reset Starts From The East.” He stated that the Prime Minister’s appearance coincided with Tokyo’s shift towards digital asset infrastructure. 🚨🇯🇵 JAPAN WILL TRIGGER $XRP AS THE GLOBAL SETTLEMENT STANDARD “The Reset Starts From The East.” It was not a coincidence that Japan's Finance Minister appeared at $XRP Tokyo, while Tokyo completely shifted towards digital asset infrastructure. Right as the RCT is beginning to… https://t.co/zpQkCLgwhk pic.twitter.com/yuVsRNSS3H — Stellar Rippler🚀…

Top Crypto Industry Groups Pen Letter to Senate Leaders Urging Them To Support the Clarity Act

LegalAug 7

Top crypto advocacy groups the Crypto Council for Innovation, Blockchain Association, and the Digital Chamber have said in a letter that they support the latest draft of the Clarity Act. In a letter Friday, the trade associations said that passing the bill is necessary to establish the “first comprehensive federal consumer protection framework for digital asset markets” as more Americans begin to use and invest in crypto. U.S. lawmakers are currently mulling over the latest draft of the Clarity Act — a crypto market structure bill aims to set in stone digital asset regulation. The latest draft bans officials and…

Coinbase CEO Seeks Feedback as Ansem Calls for Faster Token Listings

ExchangesAug 7

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong asked crypto commentator Ansem how Coinbase could improve during a recent appearance on the Market Bubble podcast, prompting feedback centered on product priorities, token listings, and closer engagement with active market participants. The discussion came as Armstrong continued efforts in Washington, where he urged lawmakers to advance the Clarity Act before the Senate’s August recess. Coinbase CEO Receives Product Feedback From Ansem Ansem said Coinbase had made progress by integrating Base into the Coinbase app and Coinbase Wallet. He pointed to features that allow users to interact with onchain applications without first creating a separate wallet…

Tether expands tokenization business into Saudi Arabia, starting with real estate

BlockchainAug 7

Tether, best known for issuing USDT, the world’s most widely used stablecoin, is expanding its push into real-world asset tokenization to bring institutional-grade real estate asset onchain in Saudi Arabia. The company said Thursday that its tokenization platform, dubbed Hadron, will provide the technology to issue and manage tokenized real estate assets for institutional investors in the country. Tether is teaming up with Saudi partners First Data and fintech company BKN301 on the effort. The operating model could later expand beyond real estate into energy, infrastructure finance and other real-world assets, the firms said. The announcement marks Tether's latest effort…

Iran Deal Sends BTC to Two-Week High as Coinbase CEO Calls $60K the Bottom

BitcoinAug 7

Bitcoin trades at $65,437 on June 15, its highest level in nearly two weeks, after the US and Iran reached a deal to end hostilities and reopen the Strait of Hormuz, pulling the energy-supply premium out of oil and sending risk assets sharply higher across every market. $BTC Daily Chart: Price Bounces Into a Cluster of FVGs With MACD Crossing Bullish $BTC Daily Price Action (Source: TradingView) The daily chart shows $BTC recovering from last week’s sub-$60,000 low into a dense zone of Fair Value Gaps stacked between $71,898 and $75,574. The 0.382 Fibonacci retracement sits at $71,898 and the…

Rarible launches on Solana with Claynosaurz NFTs

NFTAug 7

Rarible has launched its $NFT marketplace on Solana after months of development, naming Claynosaurz as its first featured collection. Rarible expands its marketplace to Solana Rarible announced the launch on Thursday, marking its latest expansion beyond the blockchain networks already supported by its $NFT marketplace. We have a surprise… We’ve actually been working on Solana for months. Today, we’re incredibly excited to finally say it: Rarible is now live on @solana. We're kicking things off with @Claynosaurz as the first featured collection on the marketplace. This is just the… pic.twitter.com/PnUKc7b2sj — Rarible (@rarible) August 6, 2026 Claynosaurz, a Solana-based entertainment…

AI microbusinesses could drive $262B in stablecoin volume by 2033: Swyftx

RegulationAug 7

AI-enabled microbusinesses could provide a major boost for stablecoin transaction volumes as the global gig and freelance payment market grows, according to Australian crypto exchange Swyftx. In a second-quarter industry report, Swyftx estimated the global gig and freelance payments market could reach $2.1 trillion by 2033, with AI-native workers accounting for $775 billion. Swyftx’s base-case model projected that $262 billion of the AI-native cohort’s payment volume could be settled in stablecoins, based on an assumed adoption rate of roughly 33%. “We see the vibe-coding and AI economy as a significant potential tailwind for stablecoin use,” Pav Hundal, lead market analyst…

Ripple Developer Clears Up Misconception About XRP Ledger Feature Usage

AltcoinsAug 7

RippleX software developer Mayukha Vadari clarifies a common misconception about $XRP Ledger feature usage, with some assuming transaction volume is a way to measure the utility of an XRPL amendment. In an X post, Vadari stated that transaction volume may not be the best way to measure every amendment. The RippleX developer cited the clawback feature as an example, saying that in this context, the liquidity/market cap of clawbackable tokens will be what to consider, as these tokens would not have launched without the clawback feature. In her view, these tokens might not need to use the transaction much. Clawback…

RWAs become Hyperliquid’s largest trading category

ExchangesAug 7

Perpetual decentralized exchange (DEX) Hyperliquid’s weekly trading volume in tokenized real-world assets (RWAs) exceeded that of all other asset categories combined for the first time. RWAs generated $25.1 billion in trading volume from July 13 to July 19, accounting for 52% of Hyperliquid’s total weekly volume of $48.2 billion, according to Blockworks data. “Hyperliquid’s RWA market alone was larger than the combined crypto perpetual volume of every other DEX,” wrote ARK Invest’s research director for digital assets, Lorenzo Valente, in a Thursday X post. The milestone reflects growing demand for tokenized assets on Hyperliquid. Over the past month, RWA holders…