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Tokenized stock transfers more than doubled over the past month to $8.41 billion, according to RWA.xyz data, as activity in onchain equity markets continued to accelerate. The sector’s distributed value also climbed 43% over the same period to $2.16 billion, while the number of holders increased 17% to more than 409,000, according to the data platform. Growth was led by several of the market’s largest tokenization platforms. Figure’s distributed value surged 935% over the past 30 days, while Securitize’s rose 332% and xStocks’ increased around 62%. Ondo remained the largest tokenized stock platform by distributed value at roughly $846 million,…

Privacy-focused browser Brave announced its Basic Attention Token ($BAT) Roadmap 4.0 on July 9, outlining a series of initiatives designed to extend the token’s utility beyond digital advertising into everyday payments and artificial intelligence (AI) integration. The roadmap, published on Brave’s official blog, signals a strategic shift toward making $BAT a more versatile asset in the evolving Web3 ecosystem. Key Initiatives in $BAT Roadmap 4.0 The roadmap introduces several major components aimed at broadening $BAT’s use cases. Central to the plan is support for AI agent payments, leveraging the x402 protocol and the Machine Payments Protocol (MPP). These technologies are…

Blockchain trade association the Digital Chamber filed an amicus brief in the New York lost property case seeking ownership of thousands of dormant Bitcoin addresses. The Monday filing is the second amicus brief in the case. It opposes the claims of ownership, arguing that treating dormant wallets as abandoned property would create a “pervasive cloud on title across self-custody wallets.” Digital Chamber argues that a ruling based on the plaintiffs’ theory would undermine the “foundational principles of digital property ownership, with negative ripple effects reaching the traditional finance industry.” The amicus brief was filed in a lawsuit brought by “Noah…

Kraken leads MiCA-regulated crypto exchanges in liquidity, according to DefiLlama’s MiCA exchange dashboard. The data cited by Wu Blockchain showed Kraken with $399.71 million in spot liquidity and $206.90 million in perpetual liquidity, placing it first in both categories. DefiLlama’s live MiCA-regulated exchanges dashboard later showed Kraken still ahead, with more than $400 million in spot liquidity and more than $220 million in perpetual liquidity. The live figures may change because liquidity data moves with market depth, prices and exchange activity. Coinbase ranked second in the figures cited by Wu Blockchain, with $305.23 million in spot liquidity and $167.39 million…

Coinbase-backed Ethereum layer-2 network Base is set to activate its B20 token standard on mainnet, introducing a native framework for stablecoins, tokenized real-world assets (RWAs) and other fungible tokens. According to Base documentation, B20 is scheduled to go live at 6 pm UTC on the mainnet, enabling developers to begin creating tokens under the new standard. The activation will enable developers to use Base’s native token standard to create stablecoins, RWAs, tokenized equities and other fungible tokens without requiring them to build and audit custom ERC-20 contracts. The standard supports two variants: asset and stablecoin. The asset variant has configurable…

Bitcoin has climbed about 3% to $64,300 after crude oil dropped below $72, and reports that the United States and Iran would continue peace talks revived risk appetite across crypto markets. The rebound followed two volatile sessions in which fresh U.S. strikes on Iranian targets and Tehran’s attacks on American bases pushed WTI crude toward $75 and drove Bitcoin down toward $62,500. President Donald Trump had declared the interim ceasefire “over,” but subsequent reports of continued negotiations helped oil extend Thursday’s losses. WTI still remained on course for a weekly gain of more than 4%, leaving traders alert to another…

London-based asset management firm Abraxas Capital has deposited approximately $140 million worth of cryptocurrency into Spark, a decentralized finance (DeFi) lending protocol, according to data from blockchain analytics platform Onchain Lens. The deposit signals continued institutional appetite for DeFi yield-generating strategies. Details of the Deposit Onchain Lens reported that the deposited assets include 26,500 Ether (ETH), valued at roughly $46.33 million, and 780 Coinbase Wrapped BTC (cbBTC), worth approximately $48.53 million. Additionally, the firm deposited $45.99 million in a combination of USDS and USDT stablecoins. The total value of the deposit is approximately $140 million. The transaction was executed in…

The Federal Reserve has warned that strong artificial intelligence-related demand could keep inflation elevated, while market pricing for a U.S. interest rate hike this year has climbed above 59%. According to the minutes of the Federal Reserve’s June Federal Open Market Committee meeting, policymakers discussed several paths for monetary policy depending on how inflation and the labor market develop. One of the scenarios considered involved inflation staying above the central bank’s 2% target despite a stable labor market, driven by strong AI-related demand, the conflict in the Middle East, or the effects of tariffs. Under those conditions, the minutes showed…

Near Protocol (NEAR) has deployed its version 2.13.0 upgrade to the mainnet, introducing features that include quantum-resistant signatures, dynamic resharding, and gas keys. The announcement was made by Vadim, a former core developer for the Layer 1 blockchain, via a post on X. Key features of the v2.13.0 upgrade According to Vadim, the upgrade incorporates functionalities that most blockchains would typically pursue over a 10-year roadmap. The most notable additions are: Quantum-resistant signatures: A cryptographic measure designed to protect transactions against potential future attacks from quantum computers. Dynamic resharding: A scalability mechanism that allows the network to adjust its shard…

The market capitalization of compliant euro stablecoins grew 128% in the year leading up to the end of the Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA) transition period, according to payments infrastructure firm Decta. Decta said in a Sunday report that the combined market cap of eight MiCA-compliant euro stablecoins rose to $673.9 million on June 28, 2026, from $295.6 million on June 30, 2025. Trading volume rose 43.1% to $67.3 million from $47 million. The number of MiCA-compliant euro stablecoins tracked in the report also rose to eight from five over the period. Decta tracked eight euro stablecoins that were actively…