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On-chain inflows continue to surge, and traditional rails are experiencing mass inflows. The trend is well illustrated by exchange-traded product (ETP) provider WisdomTree’s real-world asset (RWA) fund — the WisdomTree Government Money Market Digital Fund (WTGXX) has exploded in value over the last three months, reaching new highs last week. WTGXX, which represents tokenized U.S. treasuries across several blockchain networks, added another $330 million to its total value locked in just one day last week, taking its total to over $931 million as of today, Aug. 18. The influx marks a 90% increase over the past month, and a 722%…
29 August 2025 – Tether, the largest company in the digital asset ecosystem, today announced an update to its transition plan for five legacy blockchains: Omni Layer, Bitcoin Cash SLP, Kusama, EOS, and Algorand. More than a year ago, in July 2024, Tether announced plans to wind down support by ceasing redemptions and freezing USD₮ tokens on these legacy blockchains starting September 1, 2025. Following the feedback from the communities of these discontinued blockchains, Tether has revised this approach and will not freeze the smart contracts on these networks. While users will still be able to transfer the tokens between…
Ethereum has been climbing steadily since the beginning of the month, gaining strength as market momentum builds. At the time of writing, ETH is trading near $4,477, just shy of the $4,500 resistance. Despite failing to break past this barrier, investor sentiment suggests that the altcoin king may be gearing toward a run to $5,000. Ethereum Investors Are Bullish Ethereum’s sentiment index is currently below 2.00, a level that has historically indicated elevated fear, uncertainty, and doubt among retail investors. When traders lean heavily into FUD, the price often moves in the opposite direction, catching skeptics off guard. This pattern…
A recent Bank of America survey shows that most global fund managers are still hesitant to invest in crypto despite the recent bullish momentum observed in the sector. The study, which included 211 fund managers overseeing $504 billion in assets, found that about three-quarters of respondents have no crypto holdings at all. Meanwhile, crypto allocations among managers who hold these financial instruments are small. On average, these portfolios dedicate just 3.2% to digital assets. Breaking it down, 6% of managers have roughly 2% exposure, 2% hold 4%, and only 1% report allocations above 8%. When averaged across the full group,…
In the landscape of digital assets, a significant novelty is capturing the attention of investors and technology enthusiasts: the tokenization of physical gold on the Bitcoin blockchain. An innovative project, born from the collaboration between TRIO, a native Bitcoin marketplace, and Swarm Markets, has given life to the “Gold on Bitcoin” collection, merging the millennial solidity of gold with the flexibility and accessibility of digital resources. How Gold Tokenization on Bitcoin Works Security and Compliance: The Role of KYC Verification TRIO and the Ordinals protocol: a new frontier for real assets The first steps: six tokenized bars and growth prospects…
The trend of publicly traded companies adopting crypto treasury strategies may have started with Bitcoin, but it has since expanded to a wide variety of digital assets—including the second-largest crypto asset by market cap, Ethereum. Now the race to accumulate ETH is on, led by key figures like Fundstrat’s Tom Lee and Ethereum co-founder Joe Lubin, who are championing public firms as they rally around Ethereum and its future. Per StrategicETHReserve.xyz, public entities with Ethereum treasuries maintain more than 3.7 million ETH valued at nearly $17 billion, as of this writing, and more than 3% of the entire supply. These…
The Stellar Development Foundation (SDF), the organization supporting the Stellar blockchain, invested in UK-based digital asset exchange and tokenization firm Archax as part of a broader partnership to boost tokenized real-world assets (RWAs), the firms said in a press release shared with CoinDesk.Archax has already started using Stellar, integrating the network into its in-house tokenization platform and launching a tokenized Aberdeen money market fund. The firms didn’t disclose the size of the investment. The deal comes as tokenization of traditional financial instruments like bonds, funds and stocks, often dubbed real-world assets (RWA), is gathering speed. Global banks and asset managers…
With the continuous momentum in the tokenization of real-world assets (RWA), Kima Network remains at the forefront of this transformation. Kima Network has now unleashed an innovative settlement model called ‘Delivery vs Payment’ (DvP). This model is designed to inquire the inflow of assets and payments across financial ecosystems. One of many powerful use cases unlocked by Kima? 👇💼 Delivery vs Payment (DvP) is a next-gen settlement layer for real-world assets.It lets assets and payments settle instantly and atomically only when both sides deliver. No escrow. No smart contract risk. Fully cross-chain… pic.twitter.com/WwSmdGqa4i — Kima Network (@KimaNetwork) August 29, 2025…
Ethereum’s recent surge toward its previous all-time high has created extraordinary opportunities for traders and long-term investors alike. On August 17, blockchain analytics platform Lookonchain reported a remarkable story of one trader who transformed a $125,000 stake into $29.6 million in just four months. Ethereum Rally Fuels Record Profit For Hyperliquid Trader This impressive 236x return came from going long on ETH via Hyperliquid, a decentralized perpetual exchange. According to Lookonchain, the trader initially deposited $125,000 across two accounts when Ethereum traded below $2,000. A trader turned $125K into $29.6M in only 4 months by going long on $ETH, a…
U.S. stocks opened the week on a muted note as momentum from the recent market rally appeared to pause ahead of the Federal Reserve’s Jackson Hole symposium. Summary Stocks opened little changed on Monday, with major indices showing potential to pare recent gains. Investors will be watching retail earnings and Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell’s speech. Cryptocurrencies have also dipped amid profit taking deals. The S&P 500 opened 0.1% lower, while the blue-chip index Dow Jones Industrial Average hovered flat, and the Nasdaq Composite gained 0.2%. Stocks were subdued after another week of gains pushed major U.S. indices to a…