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dYdX reported more than $1.58 trillion in cumulative trading volume, including $406 billion since its Chain launched, alongside $66.3 million in protocol fees. H1 volume totaled about $32 billion, while 55 governance proposals, 22.3 million cumulative $DYDX buybacks and $48.1 million in staking rewards highlighted community control. Affiliate wallets drove 85% of Q2 volume, Operations cut infrastructure spending by 30%, and the Foundation said Arcus does not change dYdX governance. dYdX Foundation has published its H1 2026 Ecosystem Report, presenting a protocol that continued operating through softer market conditions while expanding community-led programs and financial controls. Trading volume across all…

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has taken one of its biggest steps yet toward bringing Wall Street stocks onto public blockchains. It has unveiled a temporary regulatory framework that will allow certain tokenized U.S. equities to trade using infrastructure borrowed directly from decentralized finance. Former Strategy CEO Michael Saylor has described it as a “major breakthrough.” Why it is a big deal Tokenized stocks themselves are not entirely new. Platforms outside the United States have already experimented with blockchain-based representations of publicly traded companies. The SEC is opening a path for actual secondary-market trading to take place using mechanisms…

Payward, the parent company of Kraken, filed to bring single-stock perpetual futures to US traders, expanding its derivatives offering beyond crypto. The filing covers 10 US stocks, including Tesla, Nvidia, Apple, Microsoft and Amazon. Moreover, Payward is working toward 24/5 trading, extending access beyond regular stock-market hours. Payward Targets Extended Trading “Stock markets close, and the events that move them don’t,” Payward said on X. The company said traders could respond to market-moving news outside regular hours. Payward has filed to bring single-stock perpetual futures to US traders on Kraken.Ten US equities to start: $TSLA $SPCX $NVDA $AVGO $MU $AAPL…

Bitcoin is experiencing a surge in interest in the ETF space, particularly as Eric Balchunas notes the generational shift favoring cryptocurrencies over traditional investments like gold. This observation highlights how Bitcoin’s appeal is growing among younger investors, with implications for future market dynamics. For more details, see Balchunas’ analysis on Twitter. What Happened The crypto market remains in a mixed state, with Bitcoin ETFs capturing significant attention as discussions around their advantages over gold heat up. Balchunas emphasizes that Bitcoin is attracting a younger demographic, which could lead to increased institutional engagement as the asset matures. Given the current landscape…

Even as Nvidia continues to generate remarkable financial results, Michael Burry is intensifying his doubts about the artificial intelligence trade by adding to multiple short positions. In an August 26 Substack post titled “Nvidia, Friends, and the Rebel Alliance,” the investor well-known for his wager against the U.S. housing market increased his short positions in Nvidia, Oracle, Palantir, Nebius, and other companies. With put options excluded, his short stock holdings now make up over 21% of his portfolio. Burry does not contest Nvidia’s operational strength. Rather, he questions whether that strength will last long enough to support its market value.…

Hyperliquid’s $HYPE ETFs went 12 trading sessions without a single inflow from July 17 through Aug. 3, 2026, recording $29.8 million in reported net outflows. The drought counted nine negative sessions and three flat ones. According to Farside Investors, BHYP absorbed $22.5 million of the outflows, far more than THYP’s $5.3 million and HYPG’s $2 million. Farside’s Aug. 3, 2026 entry added a $1 million HYPG outflow; BHYP and THYP were flat. Earlier inflows across the $HYPE ETFs left a deep cushion. Farside’s table through Aug. 3, 2026 showed about $283 million of cumulative reported flows across the category, with…

In brief Andrew Yang said AI safety fears are “real” and urged Congress to regulate frontier models. He called for liability rules, deployment waiting periods, and a kill switch for powerful AI systems. Yang said the issue is bipartisan, citing public concern over AI agents, cyber risk, and job losses. Andrew Yang is calling for a federal crackdown on frontier AI labs, saying researchers are warning that powerful models are advancing faster than the rules meant to contain them. Yang, a former Democratic presidential candidate and founder of Noble Mobile, said the U.S. can compete with China on artificial intelligence…

Hyundai Card appears to be moving toward a much more ambitious phase of its blockchain strategy after successfully testing stablecoin-based corporate payments on Avalanche. Heejung Nam, head of Payments and business development at Hyundai Card, stressed that Hyundai now has to demonstrate that the system can work beyond a relatively small proof of concept. “We have to prove the entire operation model works at scale,” Nam said, according to Avalanche. “What happens if we can scale up? Then the economic model works.” Hyundai is now focused on whether the infrastructure can handle the much larger transaction volumes and operational complexity…

In its latest analysis evaluating the outlook for the cryptocurrency market in the coming years, The DeFi Report argued that Bitcoin may be entering the early stages of a new bull cycle. The platform, which divides the market cycle into four phases – “early bull,” “wealth creation,” “wealth distribution,” and “wealth destruction” – stated that the current market structure is signaling a transition to the first phase. According to The DeFi Report, a critical indicator for confirming the early bull phase will be Bitcoin establishing support around the 50-week moving average at approximately $80,000. The analysis notes that this period…

Salesforce shares jumped about 12% in premarket trading on Thursday after the company raised its annual revenue and profit forecasts and expanded its partnership with Anthropic through a new artificial intelligence integration. The move comes as Salesforce and other software companies have faced heavy pressure from investors concerned that increasingly capable AI models could undermine traditional software businesses. The companies are launching Claudeforce, a plug-in that brings Salesforce capabilities into Anthropic’s Claude AI models. The integration initially includes 37 pre-built sales skills, allowing Claude users to compose emails, update records and perform other actions within Salesforce. Salesforce said the companies…