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Binance has announced the RWUSD stablecoin, offering an attractive 3.36% annual percentage rate ($APR) paid daily. This initiative allows users to earn rewards benchmarked against tokenized U.S. Treasury Bills. The move could significantly shift how traders utilize stablecoins in their portfolios, enhancing their earning potential while holding stable assets. For more details, visit the original tweet here. The Latest Traders scanning the order books got a surprise when Binance revealed RWUSD’s competitive 3.36% $APR, a notable offering in the current crypto landscape. With the broader crypto market exhibiting mixed signals, this promotion may draw attention to RWUSD, encouraging users to…

Blockchain tracking platform Onchain Lens reported that FalconX, a major cryptocurrency trading and custody firm, deposited 120 Bitcoin ($BTC) — valued at approximately $7.82 million — into Coinbase, one of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges. The transaction occurred just 24 minutes before the report, according to the firm’s monitoring data. Large transfers from institutional platforms to exchanges are often interpreted by market analysts as a precursor to selling, as assets moved to a trading venue are typically intended for liquidation. However, such moves can also be part of routine treasury management, over-the-counter (OTC) trading operations, or liquidity provisioning. Context: Why…

Ethereum core developers are under scrutiny for allegedly blocking out dissenting voices against the controversial staking rewards cap proposal (EIP-8363). Pro-crypto attorney Gabriel Shapiro claimed that one Ethereum core developer deleted about 50 EIP-8363 comments. He claimed that critics wrote most of those comments and one Ethereum core developer deleted them. For him, the move suggested that developers were deploying “dirty tactics” as the situation got “out of hand.” Source: X Ethereum EIP-8363 has only 3% support For perspective, the forum in question is called $ETH Magicians. IResearchers, developers, and community members often use it to discuss technical upgrades and…

Standard Chartered-backed Anchorpoint Financial has pushed the public rollout of its Hong Kong dollar stablecoin HKDAP into August after the project missed its previously expected second-quarter and end-of-July timelines. According to the local media outlet the Hong Kong Economic Journal, Standard Chartered Hong Kong and Greater China and North Asia CEO Mary Huen said an announcement related to HKDAP is expected within August, adding that work on the licensed stablecoin has continued since Anchorpoint received its issuer license from the Hong Kong Monetary Authority in April. The latest update follows earlier local media reports that the project would be announced…

Solana [$SOL] has not had a strong price trend in recent weeks. In fact, it shed 4% of its value over the past week. And yet, over the past month, it was up by 4.8%. The recent losses came after the altcoin’s rejection at the $84 local resistance level. Source: CryptoQuant The average order size of executed spot trades has increased over the past six months too. It is calculated by dividing the total trading volume by the number of trades. The hike in average size was likely also a product of a decline in the number of trades. As…

Pons, the token launchpad built on Robinhood Chain, has officially rolled out its V2 upgrade, marking a significant step in bridging traditional finance and decentralized trading. The update, which was previously teased in project disclosures, introduces deeper integration with Uniswap V4, allowing tokens issued through Pons to be paired not only with $ETH but also with tokenized stocks. What’s New in Pons V2? The core enhancement in V2 is the expanded compatibility with Uniswap V4’s liquidity pools. Previously, tokens launched on Pons were primarily paired with $ETH, limiting trading flexibility. With the new integration, project teams can now create trading…

H100 Group completed its previously announced acquisition of NSD AS on Aug. 10, adding 2,455.37 Bitcoin and lifting its total treasury to 3,506.4 $BTC. The Stockholm listed company paid no cash for the transaction, instead issuing shares to the sellers under a Bitcoin for Bitcoin valuation structure, according to its official release. The acquired Bitcoin was valued using a July 31 reference price of SEK 598,926.69, or about $62,900 per $BTC. At Bitcoin’s current price near $65,158, H100’s enlarged treasury is worth roughly $228.5 million. H100 nearly triples its Bitcoin holdings The transaction follows a binding share purchase agreement signed…

In brief SharpLink will stake $200 million of Ether through Lido’s liquid-staking protocol. The move is about 106,000 $ETH, roughly 12% of the ~889,000 $ETH SharpLink held as of early August. wstETH sits across more than 100 protocols with about $10 billion in active-use collateral, so SharpLink keeps earning yield while staying liquid. Miami-based digital asset treasury company SharpLink said Thursday it will stake $200 million of Ethereum through Lido, the largest liquid-staking protocol on Ethereum. The tokens arrive as wrapped staked $ETH (wstETH)—a receipt token representing staked $ETH plus its rewards—and Anchorage Digital will hold them in custody. Myriad:…

Crypto fundraising rebounded sharply in July, with total capital raised reaching $2.235 billion across 46 deals, according to data from RootData. That marks a 148.9% increase from the $889 million recorded in June, signaling renewed investor appetite despite ongoing market volatility. CeFi dominates fundraising activity Centralized finance (CeFi) emerged as the top sector, attracting $1.23 billion across nine deals. This represents more than half of all funds raised during the month, underscoring continued investor confidence in regulated, institutional-grade platforms. Notable deals in this category include infrastructure and lending projects that aim to bridge traditional finance with digital assets. Infrastructure followed…

A recent report by CoinGecko found that Ripple’s cross-border token is the only cryptocurrency besides the market leader to remain among the largest 10 cryptocurrencies every year for a decade. This came despite the asset’s ups and downs, some of which pushed it to new lows. $XRP Remains in Top 10 Before we delved deeper into the report, we have a confession to make. It’s not really a new report. It actually came out over a month ago, but we somehow missed it. Nevertheless, we still think it’s a fun Sunday morning read, so here we go. CoinGecko outlined that…