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RWAs have been one of DeFi’s fastest-growing segments this year, with their total value growing threefold since January, according to fresh data shared today by market analyst Sentora. Currently, total RWA TVL stands at $17.1 billion, up from $7.8 billion noted at the beginning of January this year, as per data from DeFiLlama. RWAs (real-world assets) are tangible, physical assets with economic value (such as real estate properties, commodities, currencies, equities, and others), which are tokenized with the use of blockchain technology. The tokenization involves creating a digital representation of such tangible assets on blockchain to reflect the value and…

A wave of selling rippled through U.S. pre-market trading today as cryptocurrency-linked stocks took a hit. Summary Major U.S. cryptocurrency-related stocks fell in pre-market trading, with MicroStrategy, Coinbase, and Robinhood each dropping as investor sentiment weakens. Smaller crypto-focused firms, including SharpLink Gaming and BitMine Immersion Technologies, also declined sharply, mirroring losses across digital assets. The broader crypto market remains under pressure, with Bitcoin sliding below $104,000 and major tokens like ETH, BNB, and SOL posting steep weekly losses. The U.S. pre-market session started with notable declines among key cryptocurrency-related stocks. Strategy Inc. (ticker MSTR), the largest Bitcoin treasury company, fell…

India’s CCI clears Coinbase’s minority stake in CoinDCX, cementing the US exchange’s return to India and strengthening the local platform’s position in a top crypto adoption market. Summary India’s Competition Commission approves Coinbase’s minority acquisition in CoinDCX, tightening their partnership and formalizing the US exchange’s return to India.​ CoinDCX, hit by a recruiter-led malware breach earlier in the year, is described by Coinbase as financially sound and positioned to scale after the deal.​ India ranks first globally in crypto adoption for a third year, and analysts say the transaction may open the door for more foreign exchange investment into the…

Plume and OpenTrade have announced a partnership with the sole aim of supercharging yields with WisdomTree’s tokenized funds. According to reports, WisdomTree now has up to 14 tokenized funds on Plume that can be held natively in wallets. Meanwhile, Galaxy has promised to allocate $10 million into the WisdomTree Government Money Market Digital Fund. Plume, a permissionless, full-stack blockchain built for real-world asset finance, and OpenTrade have unveiled plans to launch and integrate new yield-bearing vaults via Nest, Plume’s flagship staking protocol, according to documents reviewed by Cryptopolitan. The endeavor will be powered by OpenTrade’s real-world asset (RWA) stablecoin yield…

THORChain has launched a public beta of swap.thorchain.org, a native swap interface positioned as the protocol’s primary front-end for cross-chain cryptocurrency trading. THORChain is a decentralized liquidity protocol for native asset swaps. The interface allows users to exchange digital assets directly between blockchains without wrapped tokens, bridges, or centralized intermediaries. The platform supports swaps of native assets such as BTC, ETH, XRP, BNB, TRX, DOGE, BCH, LTC, AVAX, and ATOM using self-custody wallets. Users are not required to connect a wallet to the website to initiate a swap, reflecting THORChain’s focus on minimizing dependencies at the interface level. All swaps…

Mining difficulty for Bitcoin has risen to 148.2 trillion in the latest 2025 difficulty reset, the highest level since miners’ and adversarial network forces collided in earnest. That is a significant jump in general, as the protocol is setting up for one more leg higher into early 2026. What is also increasing, and steadily rising through 2025, is the difficulty of inserting a new block into the Bitcoin ledger. At the beginning of the year, it was substantially below 110 trillion and rose in tandem with the increasing demand for mining hash power. In competitive situations, some miners increased production to…

Digital currency markets took a hit Tuesday as traders pulled back from riskier investments amid growing worries about whether artificial intelligence company stock prices can hold up. The price of Bitcoin dropped to $103,952 by the end of trading, marking a 2.5% decline for the day and roughly 6% lower compared to where it stood two days earlier. Ether, the digital currency with the second-biggest market value, also fell 2.5% Tuesday and has given up more than 10% across the last two days, sitting at $3,503. Monday saw Ether drop as much as 9%, falling beneath the important $3,600 level…

The cryptocurrency networks and altcoins with the highest number of non-empty wallets have been revealed. Based on unique on-chain wallet address data, the list clearly shows the adoption level of the ecosystems and their changes over the past 30 days. Here are the altcoins with the highest number of token holders currently, according to the latest onchain data, and how this number has changed over the past month: BNB Chain (BNB) – 278.2 million users (+4.0%) Ethereum (ETH) – 276.3 million users (+1.7%) Tron (TRX) – 169.7 million users (0%) Solana (SOL) – 154.5 million users (+1.3%) TON (TON) –…

Forward Industries, a digital asset–focused company that has built a significant position in Solana as part of its ongoing shift, has authorized a $1 billion share repurchase program — a move aimed at returning value to shareholders as it advances its transition into a digital asset treasury model. The share repurchase program, authorized on Monday, allows Forward Industries to buy back its stock on an ongoing basis through open-market purchases, block trades or privately negotiated transactions, the company announced. Forward said the authorization provides flexibility amid market volatility, though share repurchases are typically aimed at returning value to shareholders by…

In a swift and decisive move, South Korean cryptocurrency exchange giant Bithumb has announced a significant rebrand. Effective today, the token formerly known as APENFT will now operate under the new name AINFT. This strategic shift from APENFT to AINFT is more than a simple label change; it signals a potential evolution in the project’s vision within the dynamic non-fungible token (NFT) and digital asset space. What Does the AINFT Rebrand Mean for Investors? The change from APENFT to AINFT took effect at 5:30 a.m. UTC. Bithumb has confirmed that both the trading pair name and the token’s official English…