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RWA Market Caps $24B With 85% YoY Growth as Tokenization Goes Mainstream

The tokenized real-world asset (RWA) market has exploded from $5 billion in 2022 to over $24 billion by June 2025, marking 380% growth and cementing RWAs as crypto’s second-fastest-growing sector after stablecoins. Onchain Finance Transforms: RWAs Hit $24B Led by Tokenized Treasuries and Credit According to a comprehensive report by Redstone, and co-authored by Gauntlet and rwa.xyz, the 85% year-over-year expansion reflects a decisive shift from experimental pilots to scaled institutional adoption. Major financial institutions like Blackrock, JPMorgan, and Franklin Templeton are now deploying production-grade solutions, with governments increasingly recognizing blockchain as critical infrastructure for modernizing legacy systems. Tokenized U.S.…

MarketsJul 13

Shibarium on Verge of Crucial Milestone in Q3: Details

Shibarium, the layer-2 blockchain of the Shiba Inu (SHIB) ecosystem, appears set to hit major milestones in the third quarter of 2025. The layer-2 blockchain could process up to 1,400,000,000 transactions by the end of Q3, based on its current growth potential. Shibarium's current metrics point to explosive growth According to data from Shibariumscan, current total transactions stand at 1,344,988,157. Other important metrics on the platform show 11,906,480 blocks and 267,017,597 total addresses. According to U.Today, Shibarium experienced a significant increase in activity in July alone. This has fueled a positive boost in transaction volume and other critical indicators of…

AltcoinsJul 13

Coinbase New Goldman? Pro-Ripple Lawyer and Cathie Wood Explain Why Yes

Coinbase stock COIN surged past the $350 point for the first time since early 2022, closing the week with a 14.6% gain. The chart looks like a full breakout moment, and now the conversation around Coinbase isn't just about crypto trading anymore — it's shifting toward serious comparisons with the traditional financial elite. Cathie Wood, the head of ARK Invest and long-time COIN bull, lit up the conversation with a fresh take saying that Bitcoin holders might soon turn to Coinbase to collateralize crypto and finally access mortgages. The logic? Most of these users have been locked out of legacy…

MarketsJul 13

Virtuals Protocol Now Supports AI Curation with ZAIA Launch

ZAIA offers AI-powered content curation tailored for real creators in the adult content industry through Virtuals Protocol. The platform uses autonomous agents and tokenization to enhance privacy, control, and monetization for adult content creators. The recent launch of ZAIA on Virtuals Protocol has immediately caught the attention, not because of gimmicks or big campaigns, but because of its clear focus: helping content creators in the adult industry through AI-powered curation. This platform is not just a piece of technology. ZAIA is designed to automatically perform content curation, distribution, and monetization functions with an approach that remains pro-creator. Uniquely, this system…

AltcoinsJul 13

Bearish Bets on Strategy Look Alluring, Says 10X Research as MSTR Diverges From Bitcoin's Bull Run

10x Research, led by Markus Thielen, likes bearish options bets on Strategy (MSTR) as the Nasdaq-listed bitcoin BTC$110,090.17 holder's share price diverges from the upward trending BTC price. In a report sent to clients Friday, Thielen recommended a bear put spread on MSTR, involving a long position in the $370 put option and a short position in the $300 put, both expiring on June 27. This strategy will yield maximum profit if MSTR drops to $300 or lower by June 27, representing a bearish bet on the stock price. Put option insures the buyer against potential price drops in return…

BitcoinJul 13

The 6 Doomsday Scenarios That Keep AI Experts Up at Night

At some point in the future, most experts say that artificial intelligence won’t just get better, it’ll become superintelligent. That means it’ll be exponentially more intelligent than humans, as well as strategic, capable—and manipulative. What happens at that point has divided the AI community. On one side are the optimists, also known as Accelerationists, who believe that superintelligent AI can coexist peacefully and even help humanity. On the other are the so-called Doomers who believe there’s a substantial existential risk to humanity. In the Doomers’ worldview, once the singularity takes place and AI surpasses human intelligence, it could begin making…

MarketsJul 13

Stellar (XLM) Welcomes Major Releases, Price up 8%

Stellar (XLM) is trading higher, up 8% in the last seven days. The price is currently at $0.2529, up 2% in the last 24 hours, which has seen new update releases for the Stellar ecosystem. According to a Stellar release, an X handle that shares updates to the Stellar ecosystem, Stellar Core v23.0.0rc2, a preliminary release of protocol 23, is live. This release contains all the protocol changes for the protocol 23 CAPs (CAP-62 to CAP-70, except the rejected CAP-64) and is a release candidate for protocol 23, which will be promoted to "stable" if the protocol 23 upgrade is…

AltcoinsJul 13

Bullish is migrating its entire trading, custody, and settlement infrastructure to Solana

Bullish, the institutionally-focused digital asset exchange with over $1.4 trillion in cumulative trading volume, has announced a migration of its core infrastructure to Solana, the high-performance blockchain network known for its low-latency transaction processing and stablecoin ecosystem. The exchange will begin powering custody, trading, settlement, and payment operations using Solana-native stablecoins, marking one of the most significant institutional shifts toward blockchain-native infrastructure to date. The announcement was made jointly by Bullish and the Solana Foundation on Wednesday, with Solana calling the move a sign that “TradFi and DeFi continue to converge.” Solana as the settlement layer for Bullish Bullish’s decision…

BlockchainJul 13

Bulls Struggle Near $108K As Momentum Weakens Inside Rising Channel

The Bitcoin price today is trading around $107,700 after facing rejection near $108,800, indicating a temporary loss of bullish momentum. Despite a breakout from the $105,000–$106,500 zone earlier this week, the price action is showing signs of short-term exhaustion as indicators turn mixed. The broader structure, however, still remains within a rising channel formation, leaving the door open for a potential push higher—if key support levels hold. What’s Happening With Bitcoin’s Price? BTC price dynamics (Source: TradingView) After breaking above the key resistance band near $106,000, the Bitcoin price action surged to a multi-week high around $108,800. But this sharp…

BitcoinJul 13

Strategy CEO Goes on MSTR Selling Spree

Over the last three months, Strategy CEO Phong Le has gone on an MSTR selling spree over the past three months, according to filings with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Micro Strategy President and CEO Phong Le has sold the majority of his $MSTR stock the last 3 months. I wonder if that means anything https://t.co/Isw431yJrh pic.twitter.com/DPZf7GoIGR — Financelot (@FinanceLancelot) June 29, 2025 The filing shows that Phong Le disposed of 8,400 shares of Class A common stock on June 18. After this transaction, Le Phong still directly owns 16,390 shares of Class A common stock. On…

MarketsJul 13