Stablecoins
Circle processed $32 trillion in USDC transfers, yet 95% of its revenue relies entirely on interest rates
Coin Metrics found market plumbing drove much of the volume while reserve income supplied 95.2% of Q2 revenue.
Coinbase
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Staking
A validator reward failure on Core DAO triggers exchange transfer blocks and leaves token issuance in question
Coinbase paused CORE sends and receives while LBank suspended deposits, but Core has not quantified the excess rewards.
Tokenization
Crypto stock tokens barely move over weekend, revealing markets become illiquid when Wall Street goes offline
Four Aerodrome pools showed $6.07 million in displayed liquidity while official Aave V3 records listed none of the B20 assets.
Payments
Borrowers can now use $250k in Bitcoin for a house down payment without margin calls, but one trap remains
Price moves will not trigger margin calls, but 60 days of delinquency can put the pledged Bitcoin at risk of sale.
Featured
Deribit moved 90% of client assets to Coinbase, then killed its daily proof-of-reserves check
The Sept. 1 change removes a client Merkle check, leaving VARA reports and audited materials that are less public.
Analysis
Coinbase’s $104M US500 trading spike hits an early reality check
Armstrong’s launch-week chart captured $104 million in turnover, while one later snapshot left persistence to open interest and repeat sessions.
Stablecoins
Ethereum and Solana are hosting trillions in dollar volume, yet their native tokens risk losing direct consumer demand
Paymasters and sponsors can keep native tokens out of sight, but Ethereum and Solana still require fees funded in ETH or SOL.
Digital Asset Treasuries
A 2,712 BTC treasury company just lost its Bitcoin strategy chief with no successor named
The Smarter Web Company has not named who will inherit Jesse Myers’ implementation, analytics and investor-facing duties while directors retain overall strategy and risk authority.
AI
Riot Platforms locked in a $9.1 billion Anthropic deal, but its bridge loan expires before the rent starts
The $573 million Morgan Stanley facility matures in December 2026, while the first 96 MW is not due online until December 2027.
Stablecoins
Circle still tells users to buy Noble USDC on Coinbase after cutoff date passes
Coinbase warned later Noble deposits may not be recoverable, while its notice left the cutoff’s clock time unspecified.
AI
Coinbase and 14 other x402 facilitators failed security tests built for the coming AI-agent economy
The study found vulnerabilities that could leave merchants unpaid, expose facilitator-held assets and force providers to absorb attacker-driven network costs.
AI
Coinbase, Strategy, and Blockstream back AI access push after vetted Bitcoin researcher gets blocked
More than 40 organizations are pressing frontier labs to widen trusted cyber access before offensive AI widens the security gap.
