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Stellar has emerged as the leading public blockchain network for tokenizing non-US government debt, currently hosting approximately $490 million in such assets, according to the latest on-chain data. Since February, the Stellar network has outpaced competitors in this sector, signaling a significant shift for real-world asset (RWA) tokenization beyond the traditional US government debt and US dollar stablecoins. Surge in tokenized global debt Institutional custodians and fund management platforms have increasingly used Stellar to issue and store debt securities denominated in euros, pounds, and a range of other local currencies. This trend underscores a growing global move toward blockchain-based finance,…

Cardone Capital, the U.S. real estate investment firm led by Grant Cardone, has increased its Bitcoin holdings to more than 2,800 $BTC, according to a post on X by the company’s founder. The announcement follows the acquisition of a 282-unit apartment property in Naples, Florida, which the firm says is part of a hybrid strategy combining traditional real estate with cryptocurrency exposure. Real Estate and Bitcoin: A Growing Convergence The Naples acquisition adds to Cardone Capital’s portfolio, which now includes approximately 15,000 housing units and over $5.4 billion in assets under management. Cardone stated that the firm purchased 350 $BTC…

Jito has published JIP-38, a governance proposal that would formally designate the protocol as a token-centric network, under which all major network revenues will flow to the DAO and be governed by $JTO token holders. The only exception is 20% of JTX platform fees, which will continue to be reinvested in JTX development, according to the proposal posted on July 13. JIP-38 is now live. Value should live with the Network. This proposal formally establishes Jito as a token-centric network, committing 100% of the Jito DAO’s revenue share from @JTX_trade to programmatic buyback and burns of $JTO for at least…

PredictionBubbles is a dashboard that maps prediction markets, such as Polymarket and Kalshi, onto one screen. The platform turns its tradable questions into bubbles that show probability, price movement, and volume, offering a discovery view of two venues that have traditionally required users to browse individual markets. The live site lets users size bubbles by open interest, 24-hour volume, or an activity ratio, then filter by category, platform, expiry, probability, and open interest. The format resembles the screeners and heat maps used to scan stocks or crypto assets. In April, ProCap Financial said Kalshi Research would feed real-time prediction market…

A crypto mining pool that once ranked among the industry’s largest is now working through federal bankruptcy court instead of the blockchain. The Poolin bankruptcy filing became public this week after Poolin Technology PTE. LTD. and two affiliated companies sought Chapter 11 protection in New Jersey, setting off a court-supervised sale process that will determine what, if anything, is left for creditors once the mining equipment and remaining assets change hands. Key takeaways Poolin Technology PTE. LTD., Lonestar Taproot LLC and Lonestar Dream, Inc. filed jointly for Chapter 11 on July 22, 2026, in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the…

Binance Dominates the Futures Battlefield Binance controls the largest share of bitcoin futures open interest, according to Coinglass.com futures stats logged on Wednesday. The total value of contracts still outstanding is 148,500 $BTC worth $9.61 billion. CME ranks second at 102,840 $BTC, or $6.66 billion, after posting a 6.82% jump in just one day. MEXC trails with $6.12 billion, while crypto platforms Bybit and Gate each sit near the $4.5 billion mark. CME’s Surge Reveals Who’s Quietly Returning CME trades on a regulated U.S. exchange, making it the preferred venue for institutional capital. Its daily increase outpaced nearly every major…

In brief The odds that the Fed pushes for “no change” on interest rates has fallen sharply on prediction markets in the last 24 hours. The odds of a quarter-point Fed rate hike have jumped: up almost 10% on Polymarket, and around 8% on Myriad. Fed-funds futures put the probability of an increase at 38.8% as of Monday afternoon. The odds that the Federal Reserve does the unexpected tomorrow just went up. Prediction-market traders today sharply raised the implied odds of a Federal Reserve rate hike, one day before the central bank’s two-day July meeting begins. On Polymarket—a prediction market…

$BNB Chain has become one of the busiest destinations for memecoin launches. As more creators look for simple deployment tools, launchpads are evolving beyond basic token creation into complete ecosystems with analytics, automation, and community features. Two projects attracting attention are Four.meme and MemeToro ($MT). While both are built around $BNB Chain, they take very different approaches. One focuses on making launches fast and inexpensive, while the other uses artificial intelligence to reshape how new meme projects are created. Four.meme Helped Standardize $BNB Chain Launches Four.meme has become one of the largest launchpads operating on $BNB Chain. The platform has…

Bitwise CIO Matt Hougan says the SEC could move ahead with crypto rules even while the CLARITY Act remains stuck in Congress, potentially giving the industry a faster route toward regulatory clarity. The timeline is now more concrete than initially expected. The SEC has scheduled an open meeting for August 14 to consider proposing its first formal “Regulation Crypto” framework for certain digital-asset offerings. Scenario 1: SEC Moves Ahead With Regulation Crypto The biggest development could be the SEC formally proposing Regulation Crypto this week. Hougan described the approach as a “bypass road” around the CLARITY Act, arguing that Congress…

Crypto traders are betting that Unitree Robotics will be worth more than four times its IPO valuation when the Chinese robot maker debuts on the public markets. Unitree priced its Shanghai STAR Market offering at 150.80 yuan ($22.37) per share, valuing the company at roughly $9 billion. Pre-IPO perpetual contracts trading through Hyperliquid, however, were between $92 and $94 on Friday, equivalent to a valuation of about $38 billion, blockchain analytics firm Allium said in a report. The premium reflects lofty expectations for one of China’s closely watched robotics companies. Founded in Hangzhou in 2016, Unitree makes four-legged and humanoid…