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Token Terminal has called for every decentralized finance (DeFi) venue to adopt a clear strategy for integrating real-world assets (RWAs). This emphasis on RWA strategies comes as the crypto market showcases mixed signals, highlighting the potential for transformative shifts in asset management within the DeFi sector. You can view the original sentiment shared on Token Terminal’s tweet. The Story So Far The broader crypto market is witnessing varied momentum, with DeFi platforms increasingly under pressure to innovate. Token Terminal’s recent tweet underscores the growing necessity for DeFi venues to have explicit strategies concerning real-world assets. This move is critical as…

Venture capital firms rarely announce a $10 billion bet in a single breath, but that’s exactly what Sequoia Capital just did. The Sequoia Capital AI investment, unveiled around August 6, 2026, marks the firm’s largest commitment ever, pairing traditional artificial intelligence bets with a parallel push into what Sequoia calls “reindustrialization” — a mix of manufacturing, defense technology, energy, and critical minerals. It’s a signal that one of Silicon Valley’s most storied investors no longer sees AI as a purely digital story. Key takeaways Sequoia Capital committed roughly $10 billion to AI and reindustrialization investments, its largest bet ever. The…

$NEAR Protocol has rolled out a fresh approach to staking, one that ties user commitments directly to the infrastructure powering artificial intelligence rather than just network validation. The move introduces two distinct $NEAR Protocol staking models built specifically for AI workloads, according to a report by Coinfomania, and it lands at a moment when blockchain platforms are racing to prove they can host real AI infrastructure rather than just talk about it. Key takeaways $NEAR Protocol has launched two new staking models designed specifically for AI infrastructure. IronClaw staking converts user commitments into hosting credits. $NEAR AI staking turns commitments…

South Korea’s ruling People Power Party (PPP) is set to revisit its position on cryptocurrency taxation during a workshop scheduled for Aug. 27, according to a report from Digital Asset. Party leader Jang Dong-hyeok said the party will share its stance after discussions, noting that the PPP has maintained a general position on digital assets but has not yet clearly responded to proposals from the Democratic Party or the Lee Jae-myung administration. The workshop will include in-depth discussions by standing committees on the issue. Background and Policy Context The government has proposed to begin taxing digital-asset income starting Jan. 1,…

Capital.com’s UAE clients will get access to crypto services through a separately regulated affiliate company, while its CFD business remains within the broker’s existing regulatory structure. Capital Vault UAE will provide execution, settlement and custody after securing a full federal virtual-asset licence issued by the Capital Market Authority (CMA). The licence authorises Capital Vault UAE to deal in virtual assets as an agent or matching principal and to provide custody on behalf of clients. These permissions allow it to execute spot transactions and hold the purchased assets. Once the service launches, UAE clients will be able to buy virtual assets…

Flint’s recent launch on Frontier Traders marks a significant step for Solana in optimizing market-making efficiency. This integration allows market makers to streamline their operations without the need to develop Solana-specific infrastructure. Given that Solana leads all chains in on-chain volume, the implications of this launch could attract more liquidity to the platform. For more details, check the tweet from the Solana Foundation. What Happened Solana’s architecture, characterized by its unique Proof-of-History and Tower BFT proof-of-stake mechanisms, enables the processing of thousands of transactions per second at low costs. This efficiency underpins its leadership in on-chain volume, where Flint’s infrastructure…

The upward movement for the leading cryptocurrency, Bitcoin, was again cut short. Yesterday, after starting the new week above $65,000, $BTC fell to $63,000 due to a sharp sell-off in Asian markets related to chip trading and renewed fears about a Fed interest rate hike. As $BTC continues to experience sharp declines due to macroeconomic developments, a well-known figure has determined the fair value of Bitcoin to be $95,000. Jim Ferraioli, Head of Crypto Research at Charles Schwab, a leading figure in the cryptocurrency market, argued that Bitcoin’s fair value, regardless of its current market price, is around $95,000. Ferraioli…

Uniswap founder Hayden Adams has argued that correlated tokenized-asset pools could move automated market makers into global finance after 10 stock-SPY pools processed $33 million in 12 days. Uniswap founder Hayden Adams, in an Aug. 18 blog post, said tokenization could change which trading pairs attract liquidity and who supplies the capital behind them. Correlated pairs are playing out beautifullyTop 5 tokenized SPY pairs are “bridge” pairs to other common base pairsFrom there its mostly correlated tokenized stocksGlobal, programmable, cheap, 24/7/365 https://t.co/CK4t1s0yEN pic.twitter.com/5yH8f9CIE9 — Hayden Adams 🦄 (@haydenzadams) September 3, 2026 Adams has spent nine years working in decentralized finance…

“Access to JTCC’s supply, one of the world’s largest liquidity streams in the trading card space, gives Deadstock an unfair advantage most platforms can never reach: deep, continuously replenished real-world inventory at scale,” said Jang. The eBay question However, there is an important caveat to this model: liquidity. eBay remains the industry’s dominant source of price discovery and liquidity in the trading card sector. More than $2.62 billion worth of individual trading cards changed hands on the marketplace in 2025, according to GemRate data, including about $837 million of trading-card-game and non-sports cards. The tally doesn’t include sealed boxes, packs,…

US President Donald Trump made another noteworthy statement regarding the cryptocurrency sector, saying that US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman Paul Atkins is working to bring Hyperliquid to the US market. Trump’s statement comes after a meeting held today at the White House with leading figures from the cryptocurrency and finance sectors. The meeting included top regulators such as SEC Chairman Paul Atkins and CFTC Chairman Mike Selig, as well as various executives from the crypto industry. The Trump administration has recently been pursuing a more open regulatory policy towards digital assets, aiming to facilitate the sector’s operation in…