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Did Vitalik just pick a side? Inside Ethereum’s layer-2 loyalty test
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Arbitrum launches $40M DeFi incentive amid intensifying L2 race
The DRIP program paves new avenues for decentralized finance, earmarking 80 million ARB tokens for incentive distribution.
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US Treasuries trade on Saturday as banks join Canton blockchain settlement test
A consortium including Bank of America, Citadel Securities, and DTCC completed a weekend US Treasury repo with atomic on-chain settlement using USDC on the Canton Network.
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Analysis
Crypto tokens explode from 20k in 2022 to 18.9M following launchpad frenzy on Solana, Base, BSC
Despite the proliferation of assets, value continues to concentrate in a few hundred coins at the top.
DeFi
DEX trading volume tops $1T for the first time in July, Hyperliquid leads record perp surge
BNB Chain boosted significantly spot trading volumes, while Hyperliquid reigned on decentralized perpetual futures trading.
Hacks
WOO X suffers $14 million breach affecting 9 users, halts withdrawals
The stolen funds were withdrawn from the exchange to various networks, including Ethereum, BNB Chain, Bitcoin, and Arbitrum.
RWA
Solana’s tokenized stocks surpass $100M in less than a month, yet DeFi use still lags
The largest tokenized stocks, TSLAx and SPYx, have less than 10% ratio of DeFi usage compared to their market caps.
Staking
Robinhood launches ETH, SOL staking services for US users with $1 minimum
Robinhood simplifies blockchain participation with ETH and SOL staking, catering to retail investors' convenience.
Trading
OpenAI disavows Robinhood’s ‘OpenAI tokens,’ says demo stock was not approved and has no equity backing
OpenAI’s comment follows Robinhood’s June 30 event in Cannes, France, where CEO Vlad Tenev demonstrated a tokenized stock trade for an “OpenAI” position.
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RWA
Gemini launches tokenized US stock trading in EU starting with MSTR
Crypto
SEC Crypto Task Force discusses securities tokenization with Nasdaq, DeFi startups
Technology
Robinhood reportedly considering Solana, Arbitrum for new blockchain securities platform in Europe
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