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The $XRP Ledger continues to make progress in the growing real-world asset (RWA) tokenization market despite $XRP’s price struggles. New data shows impressive growth in several major areas over the past 30 days, as distributed asset value and the number of RWA holders record massive gains. Although a few activity metrics moved lower during the same period, the increase in distributed assets suggests that adoption of tokenized assets on the XRPL continues to move forward. Over the last 30 days, the distributed asset value on the $XRP Ledger rose 28.2% to $484.98 million, which puts the network within reach of…

Deribit will remove its public Proof of Reserves page on Sept. 1, ending a daily check customers could use to verify balance inclusion and compare aggregate liabilities with published wallet holdings. Regulator-required reserve, reconciliation and audit controls will remain, but they do not provide the same daily public visibility. The exchange said the change reflects a wallet infrastructure overhaul during its integration with Coinbase. Deribit said roughly 90% of client assets have moved into Coinbase custody arrangements since Coinbase acquired the derivatives platform in August 2025. Its disclosures name Coinbase at the brand level but do not identify the specific…

The provincial government of Catamarca in Argentina is receiving blockchain and digital governance training from Polkadot. This initiative, launched at Casa de Gobierno, involves around 100 provincial decision-makers, including leaders from various ministries and the National University of Catamarca. The training is significant as it aims to enhance the responsible use of decentralized technologies in public governance, fostering innovation and efficiency in local administration. What Happened In the broader context, the crypto market continues to show mixed signals, with varying momentum across major assets. Polkadot’s involvement in the Catamarca government training initiative highlights the increasing interest in integrating blockchain technology…

Depending on who you ask, the share of tokenized real-world assets actually being used in DeFi is under 1%, or 7%, or 11.7%, or close to 20%. Every one of those numbers was published this year. Every one of them is defensible. None of them measures the same thing. The low one gets most of the airtime: of the roughly $51 billion in tokenized real-world assets on public blockchains, this estimate suggests only a single-digit percentage actually does anything. It gets repeated as proof that onchain finance is still a toy. All this tokenized “value,” and almost none of it…

$XRP is losing momentum as its price continues to retest previous lows, trading as one of the worst-performing assets among the top 10 largest cryptocurrencies by market capitalization in recent days. The negative momentum has also extended to its ETF market as the latest data from SosoValue shows that the $XRP ETF market has recorded its first withdrawal in the last month. $XRP ETFs Record $3.58 Million Outflow The data shows that the broad $XRP ETFs recorded a total net outflow of $3.58 million during their last daily trading session. The total outflow was solely covered by Bitwise, one of…

Chainalysis estimated on Aug. 26 that France generated about $9.4 billion in potentially taxable crypto activity during 2025, placing the country among the world’s 15 largest markets covered by its latest crypto tax study. The estimate included $1.7 billion in crypto income, $2.5 billion in realized gains and $5.2 billion in crypto payments. It arrives as France prepares to receive detailed customer and transaction data under the European Union’s DAC8 tax reporting system and the OECD’s Crypto-Asset Reporting Framework, or CARF. Chainalysis Says Crypto Tax Non-Compliance May Top 90% Ahead of France’s 2027 Reporting RegimeChainalysis said crypto tax non-compliance may…

Upbit and Bithumb, two of South Korea’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges, have seen remarkable trading volumes in some altcoins over the past 24 hours. When data from the trading pairs of the two exchanges were combined, Prom ($PROM) topped the list. $PROM achieved a trading volume of approximately $115.2 million on Upbit and $24.3 million on Bithumb, generating a total volume of $139.5 million across the two exchanges. $PROM was followed by $XRP with a total trading volume of approximately $97.5 million. Boundless (ZKC) saw a total volume of $78.7 million, while zkPass (ZKP) experienced a volume of approximately $67.2 million.…

Tonkeeper, the largest self-custodial wallet in the TON ecosystem, has become Keeper and expanded its support to more chains, including Bitcoin, Ethereum, BNB Smart Chain, Base, Arbitrum, and TRON, the project said Tuesday. According to Andrew Rogozov, CEO and founder of The Open Platform (TOP), Tonkeeper’s role as a home for TON has provided the foundation for Keeper’s next phase. The team said the new brand is aimed at extending its wallet experience beyond TON and establishing Keeper as the default self-custodial option for a multichain crypto economy, where users can hold, trade and spend across different networks. Gloria Ask…

Venture capitalist and early Bitcoin investor Chamath Palihapitiya has identified the two main challenges that Bitcoin and the broader crypto market are facing right now. First, he argued that “marginal liquidity” is flowing into prediction markets and equities rather than cryptocurrencies. Second, he claimed that the energy used for Bitcoin mining could generate “10–20x” more value if redirected toward powering AI infrastructure and tokens. “These changes feel structural, but I could be wrong,” he wrote. It is worth noting that Palihapitiya has long been one of Silicon Valley’s most prominent Bitcoin supporters. The billionaire began buying Bitcoin around 2012. Back…

The $ENA price continues to test investors’ patience. While the token remains stuck near a major support block between $0.067 and $0.087, the broader Ethena ecosystem keeps adding new integrations that paint a very different picture from the chart. June appears to have marked $ENA’s cycle low, yet the token hasn’t attracted the kind of buying pressure that typically follows a major bottom. Instead, August has seen the price continue consolidating around the same support zone, leaving traders waiting for a catalyst strong enough to shift sentiment. Maple Integration Strengthens Ethena’s Stablecoin Ecosystem Although the $ENA price shows weakness, development…