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AEON, a modular cryptocurrency payment protocol, today announced a strategic alliance with OpenEden, a RWA tokenization platform, to bring the latter’s tokenized money market fund into its crypto trading platform. This is a huge milestone for AEON as this alliance enabled it to integrate its crypto trading applications with traditional financial solutions, providing new opportunities for institutional investors. AEON is a cryptocurrency payment network designed to facilitate digital asset payments and improve real-world engagement. On the other hand, OpenEden is a Singapore-based real-world asset tokenization network that allows investors to invest in US Treasury Bills. Tokenized real-world assets just got…

Foundry USA unexpectedly mined eight Bitcoin blocks in a row, a streak that stood out on explorers’ and social feeds. Controlling roughly a third of the network’s hashrate, the pool’s run was unlikely but still possible. Summary Foundry USA mined eight Bitcoin blocks straight, from heights 910,500 to 910,507, in a run that grabbed crypto feeds. With roughly 36% of the network’s hashrate and about a 30% share of active pool activity, the odds of this streak were around 1 in 12,000 — but still within the realm of chance. The run shows how a few large pools can briefly…

A proposal to pre-mint 60 million crvUSD to bootstrap Curve’s new Yield Basis AMM is sparking debate across the governance forum and social media, raising deeper questions about the DAO’s authority, risk management, and how to safely scale the protocol’s stablecoin footprint. Yield Basis, led by Curve founder Michael Egorov, is a new Curve-native AMM that uses constant leverage to eliminate impermanent loss in Bitcoin pools. To launch its first three pools — wBTC, cbBTC and tBTC — Yield Basis is asking for a 60 million crvUSD allocation, which it says would be borrowed and paired with BTC to create…

Ethereum broke above the $4K resistance, and turned it into a key support level for potential upward continuation. The breakout from a multi-year ascending triangle sees a new target at $4.8K. Rising volume indicates increasing buying interest Ethereum surged past the $4K mark after breaking out from a long-term ascending triangle. The move positions ETH for a potential rally toward $4.8K as bullish momentum builds across the market. Ethereum Clears $4K — $4.8K Target Comes Into Focus Ethereum broke the $4K resistance for the first time in months. This level has been a barrier since 2024, stopping every breakout attempt.…

State Street Investment Management partnered with State Street to educate tradFi on crypto. Summary Stablecoin Standard and State Street IM partnered to educate tradFi on crypto State Street is one of the world’s biggest asset managers, with $4.67 trillion AUM Stablecoins and tokenization have become one of the most attractive crypto segments for tradFi Major institutional players are increasingly focusing on stablecoins. On Tuesday, August 5, State Street, one of the world’s biggest asset managers with $4.67 trillion in assets under management, teamed up with Stablecoin Standard to educate industry players on crypto. This initiative will particularly focus on stablecoins…

Exciting news is now officially circulating within the crypto community! Binance Alpha and Futures are set to add SAPIEN, a significant development that has captured widespread attention. This Binance SAPIEN listing was initially announced via the New Listings Feed on X, marking a major milestone for the SAPIEN project. For many, securing a listing on a top-tier exchange like Binance represents substantial validation and opens up critical new trading avenues. What Does the Binance SAPIEN Listing Uncover for Traders? Binance Alpha functions as an early-stage discovery program. It meticulously identifies promising tokens based on specific, stringent criteria. These criteria primarily…

This is a segment from the Forward Guidance newsletter. To read full editions, subscribe. Yesterday I wrote about how stocks were on the recovery path after last week’s disappointing data. I also said I wasn’t sure how long the rally would last. Go figure, US equities and cryptos are back in the red today. In the first few hours of trading, the S&P 500 was trading 0.5% lower while the Nasdaq Composite had lost 0.6%. BTC was 2% lower over the last 24 hours at that time. Some of the biggest names on Wall Street say stocks have further to…

Bybit’s newest proof of reserves drew the attention of Shiba Inu (SHIB) fans to one number: 2,943,549,207,720 Shiba Inu tokens. That is roughly three trillion coins held on the second largest crypto exchange, confirming that SHIB is still a top player when it comes to user balances. The snapshot, the 25th in Bybit’s audit series, covered holdings across multiple blockchains. Nonetheless, with its trillions, SHIB towered above the rest, making every other balance look small in comparison. The update also provided an updated look at how the larger coins have moved over the past three weeks. Bitcoin holdings climbed 5.61%…

Good Morning, Asia. Here’s what’s making news in the markets: Welcome to Asia Morning Briefing, a daily summary of top stories during U.S. hours and an overview of market moves and analysis. For a detailed overview of U.S. markets, see CoinDesk’s Crypto Daybook Americas.The maturing digital assets market that has sophisticated market making, capital markets, and decentralized finance, is still lacking one key market infrastructure to compete with traditional finance: an institutional-grade credit agency. Architect aims to change this by launching crypto’s first institutional-grade credit ratings service, similar to traditional finance’s Moody’s – because most TradFi ratings agencies just won’t…

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong applauds the exchange’s move to add XRP and Solana to its perpetual futures offering in the United States. For context, Coinbase recently added XRP and Solana to the list of supported assets for perpetual-style futures. Notably, the inclusion of XRP and Solana raises the total number of assets available for perpetual futures to four. The San Francisco-based exchange launched the perpetual futures offering for U.S. customers last month, with initial support for Bitcoin and Ethereum. Less than a month after this launch, Coinbase has now expanded the offering to include XRP and Solana. Reacting, Coinbase CEO…