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Core Blockchain DEX Activity Jumps Over 700%
Activity on the @Coredao_Org blockchain has been a major talking point over the past week, and the latest on-chain data adds further weight to that conversation. According to DefiLlama, volume across Core-based decentralized exchanges has surged by more than 700%, with weekly traded volume crossing the $100,000 mark and nearly 10,000 active accounts recorded in a single 24-hour window.
The figures point to a sharp uptick in user engagement on the network, at a time when decentralized exchanges broadly are capturing a growing share of crypto trading activity. DEX spot volume reached roughly 24% of CEX volume in July 2026, the highest share since tracking began in 2019. Core's move is part of that wider trend, but the scale of the percentage increase on the chain stands out even in that context.
A Broader Ecosystem Push
CoreDAO manages the Core blockchain, an EVM-compatible Layer-1 that integrates Bitcoin's security with smart contract capabilities, using the Satoshi Plus consensus mechanism, which combines elements of Proof of Work and Delegated Proof of Stake. That architecture positions the network to serve as a foundation for Bitcoin DeFi (BTCFi), giving Bitcoin holders access to on-chain yield and trading without relying on centralized intermediaries.
Every part of Core's 2026 roadmap serves one objective: Bitcoin activity must generate revenue, and that revenue must drive $CORE buybacks. The macro shift in 2026 is from demonstrating yield to converting yield into revenue. Rising DEX volume feeds directly into that model, as higher on-chain activity generates transaction fees that flow back into the ecosystem.
Core's rewards come from two primary sources: a fixed block rewards schedule and transaction fees generated by activity on the chain. Together, these form Core's consensus rewards pool, distributed to those who help secure the network through Bitcoin staking, $CORE staking, and Bitcoin mining contributions, creating a flywheel where Bitcoin DeFi activity drives rewards and rewards attract more Bitcoin.
Whether the current volume spike represents sustained momentum or a short-term pulse remains to be seen. But with weekly volumes climbing and active accounts rising, the @Coredao_Org ecosystem is drawing attention at a moment when the broader DeFi market is also gaining ground.
Sources:
DefiLlama: Core Chain DEX Volume
CoreDAO: The CORE Revenue Roadmap
CryptoRank: DEX Spot Volume Reaches Historic 24% of CEX Volume

A Major Step Toward Mainstream Crypto Payments
@BNBChain has officially joined the @Mastercard Crypto Partner Program, marking a notable convergence of decentralized finance and traditional global commerce. The partnership connects BNB Chain's high-speed blockchain network with Mastercard's vast global merchant infrastructure, with the goal of enabling real-time, one-click payments using digital assets.
The collaboration is designed to bring $BNB liquidity directly into the traditional checkout process, reducing friction for consumers who want to spend digital assets at mainstream merchants without complex conversion steps.
Inside the Mastercard Crypto Partner Program
The Mastercard Crypto Partner Program is a global initiative that brings together more than 100 crypto-native companies, payments providers, and financial institutions to create a forum for collaboration as the digital asset space continues to mature. The program is designed to facilitate collaboration on future product development targeting enterprise use cases, including cross-border remittances, B2B transfers, payouts, and settlement.
Digital assets are entering a new phase, where what once ran in parallel to existing financial systems is increasingly being applied to solve practical, real-world needs, from cross-border remittances to B2B money transfers. BNB Chain's entry positions it alongside an established roster of participants. The program gathers more than 85 companies across the blockchain, fintech, and traditional banking sectors, including Binance, Circle, Gemini, PayPal, Paxos, Ripple, BitGo, and Crypto.com.
Through the program, participants will engage with Mastercard teams on the design and direction of future products and services, including solutions that aim to bring the speed and programmability of digital assets together with established card rails and global commerce flows.
For BNB Chain, the partnership is a strategic push to expand $BNB's real-world utility beyond the crypto ecosystem and into everyday consumer spending. By tapping Mastercard's global network, BNB Chain gains a direct route to merchant acceptance at scale, without requiring merchants to overhaul their existing payment infrastructure.
Sources:
Mastercard: Crypto Partner Program Overview
The Block: Mastercard Launches Global Crypto Partner Program
Bitcoin Magazine: Mastercard Launches Crypto Partner Program With 85+ Firms

@PiCoreTeam has confirmed the successful completion of the Protocol 26 Mainnet upgrade and has wasted little time in moving forward. Pi Network started deploying Protocol 27 on Testnet 1 on August 21, allowing developers and node operators to test the new version before its planned Mainnet rollout.
What Protocol 27 Brings
The Protocol 26 upgrade focused on contract security, state management, and cryptographic capabilities, serving as a precursor to Protocol 27. With that groundwork in place, the next version raises the bar further. Protocol 27 introduces more flexible and secure smart contract authentication capabilities, enabling more advanced ways for accounts and applications to authorize transactions. Beyond authentication, it also prepares infrastructure for RPC servers, DEX functions, and AMM liquidity pools.
Pi Network's protocol upgrade sequence follows a mandatory linear path, where each version must be completed network-wide before the next begins. Over the past several months, the network has successfully completed eight protocol upgrades, each designed to improve network stability, enhance compatibility, and introduce the latest features needed to support the continued growth of the Pi ecosystem.
Mainnet Timeline and Next Steps
The Core Team has set September 15, 2026 as the Mainnet target for Protocol 27, giving node operators a clear deadline while simultaneously extending the roadmap to include Protocol 28.0. Testing is underway on Testnet 1, with Testnet 2 to follow before the planned Mainnet rollout.
Pi's 2026 roadmap has been consistently oriented toward expanding utility infrastructure, from SoloHost and distributed computing to smart contract capabilities and identity services. Protocol 27 and the planned Protocol 28 are the foundational protocol-layer upgrades that enable that utility expansion to continue building on a progressively more capable blockchain.
Sources:
Pi Network Targets September 15 for Protocol 27 as Pi Reclaims $1B Market Cap - CryptoNews.net
Pi Network Launches Protocol 27 Testnet with Enhanced Smart Contract Features - KuCoin
Pi Network Protocol 26 Deadline: What Node Operators Must Know - Crypto.news

PoW as the Only Path to Real-Time Decentralization
For @kaspaunchained, real-time decentralization is not an aspiration. It is the network's absolute foundation. The argument is straightforward: the properties that made Bitcoin revolutionary, namely censorship resistance, permissionless settlement, and competitive mining, must be delivered in real time, not eventually. According to the project, only proof-of-work makes this possible.
Kaspa's real-time decentralization (RTD) means the protocol samples the honest majority of the mining network in every consensus round, allowing transactions that would take an hour to confirm safely on Bitcoin to settle in seconds on Kaspa, and delivering censorship resistance within that same window.
Kaspa is a fair-launched proof-of-work blockDAG running at 10 blocks per second, built specifically for real-time decentralization. Rather than a single chain, Kaspa structures its ledger as a blockDAG, where blocks mined in parallel are all accepted and then ordered by consensus. The result is a system that compresses Bitcoin's security model into a dramatically tighter timeframe.
This matters not only for settlement speed but for every context where real-time sequencing is critical, including market resolutions, liquidation cascades, and anywhere a single consensus leader ordering transactions at its own discretion grants them too much power. Real-time sampling of the honest majority can also be used to achieve a trustless real-time data and event feed governed by the mining network.
DAGKnight: Fast When Healthy, Secure When Not
DAGKnight is the consensus protocol upgrade that follows Toccata, and represents a major leap for proof of work and permissionless consensus, described as the only 49% Byzantine fault-tolerant partially synchronous protocol in the oblivious setup.
Under ideal conditions, finality can occur in a fraction of a second. When conditions worsen, the protocol slows down just enough to stay safe without breaking. That adaptive quality is central to Kaspa's positioning: speed for everyday users, and hardened security for those who treat sound money as a wartime asset.
DAGKnight is the first proof-of-work protocol with an ordering rule that is parameterless, scalable, self-stabilizing, and adaptive. Block times are targeted for the 40 to 25 millisecond range, with 10 millisecond block times requiring further algorithmic and performance work, and the upgrade is currently targeted for a 2027 hard fork.
DAGKnight also pairs with the upcoming vProgs upgrade, which introduces zero-knowledge computation at Layer 1, enabling atomic operations such as lending, staking, and swaps in a single transaction.
Sources:
Kaspa Lore: Real-Time Decentralization and DAGKnight
BSC News: What Is Kaspa DAGKnight?

A rally built on roadmap expectations
Cardano's $ADA is trading at $0.2104 with a market capitalisation of $7.88 billion and daily volume of $420.1 million. The token has posted a 21.8 percent gain over seven days, a move that suggests markets are beginning to price in Cardano's scalability path. Yet a 3.2 percent pullback in the past 24 hours is a reminder that the rally remains fragile and sentiment can shift quickly.
The broader market backdrop has helped. Bitcoin hit an intraday high of $79,500 following President Trump's remarks, and Cardano's ADA surged over 15 percent from the $0.18 to $0.19 range toward approximately $0.2175. On-chain activity has supported the move, with daily transactions and active addresses climbing sharply, while open interest has fallen to around $283 million, pointing to spot-led buying rather than heavily leveraged positioning. That composition reduces one source of fragility, but it also means the token needs genuine fundamental progress to hold its gains.
What Dijkstra actually has to deliver
Cardano's proof-of-stake blockchain, where $ADA holders vote on community-proposed upgrades, provides the governance structure through which Dijkstra will be deployed. The network will roll out the Dijkstra era upgrade in two stages: a Q4 2026 hard fork activating Ouroboros Linear Leios, followed by a Q2 2027 upgrade to activate Ouroboros Peras.
The headline feature of Phase 1, Linear Leios, aims to boost network throughput by allowing block producers to publish supplementary Endorser Blocks alongside existing Praos Ranking Blocks. These Endorser Blocks reference additional transactions certified by a stake-based committee, increasing transaction capacity without requiring larger regular blocks or faster block production. Phase 2, targeted for Q2 2027, will activate Ouroboros Peras to speed up settlement through stake-pool voting.
Critically, the Q4 2026 date is not a guaranteed mainnet launch. Intersect has stressed that these dates are code-completion targets, not confirmed mainnet launches, and that each phase must pass through the Preview and Pre-production test networks and an on-chain governance vote before going live. Cardano also plans one constitutional amendment adding Dijkstra parameters, targeted for submission by September 11, 2026.
The bullish thesis on Cardano strengthens only when Dijkstra arrives on schedule and shows up in hard data. Cardano's research-led development and growing smart-contract ecosystem provide a credible foundation, but a roadmap headline alone will not sustain demand. Execution, governance approval, and measurable throughput gains are what will ultimately determine whether this rally marks a turning point or another false start.
Sources
Crypto Briefing: Cardano outlines two-phase Dijkstra upgrade for 2026 and 2027
Coinotag: Intersect targets Cardano's Dijkstra upgrade for Q4 2026 in two-phase plan
Coinpedia: Cardano price prediction for August 2026

The @SuiNetwork Foundation's open-market buyback program is gathering pace, with the total number of $SUI tokens repurchased now approaching a significant milestone.
Daily Purchases Stack Up
On 24 August, the foundation purchased 7,600 $SUI tokens on the open market. That single day's activity brought the week's running total to roughly 57,500 tokens, and the year-to-date figure has now surpassed 516,800 $SUI, collectively valued at over $600,000.
The program is not a one-off intervention. The foundation has described it as an ongoing mechanism tied to the performance of its stablecoin holdings, rather than a single event. Purchases are made daily, with proceeds recycled back into the network rather than held as treasury reserves.
Stablecoin Yield Funds the Loop
The mechanics behind the program centre on the foundation's USDsui stablecoin strategy. The yield generated from reserve assets, which include US Treasury bonds and other liquid instruments, is recycled directly back into the Sui ecosystem through open-market buybacks of $SUI tokens and DeFi liquidity incentives.
The USDsui model generates float yield, which the Sui Foundation uses to buy back $SUI tokens on-chain, with repurchased tokens then distributed to ecosystem participants, DeFi protocols, and validators. The design is intended to redirect value that stablecoin issuers would otherwise retain, putting it to work within the Sui ecosystem instead.
Importantly, this is not a burn program. Unlike traditional buyback-and-burn models, the tokens are not destroyed. Instead, they are returned to the ecosystem, meaning the program does not reduce $SUI's total token supply. By leveraging stablecoin yields, the foundation can fund ecosystem growth without selling $SUI directly, which might otherwise put downward pressure on the price.
The scale of the program will ultimately depend on how much yield the stablecoin reserves generate. A stablecoin with $100 million in reserves generating 4 to 5 percent yield from Treasuries produces roughly $4 to $5 million annually for buybacks. As USDsui adoption grows, so too could the pace of daily repurchases, pushing the program's cumulative total toward and eventually beyond the one million token mark.
Sources:
Crypto Briefing: Sui turns stablecoin reserves into a token buyback machine
Bitcoinist: Sui's USDsui Model Turns Stablecoin Yield Into Ecosystem Buybacks
AMBCrypto: SUI crypto price holds support as buyback programme gathers pace

@Revolut has entered the stablecoin market with the launch of $EURR, a euro-backed digital token that the London-headquartered neobank says is the first step in a broader push to embed crypto-native settlement into its retail banking platform.
A Phased Rollout Across Three Markets
Revolut has begun a phased rollout of $EURR to eligible customers in Denmark, Poland, and Portugal, with wider availability in other EEA markets expected later this year. The token is issued by Stripe-owned Bridge, is fully integrated into Revolut's retail app, and is designed to maintain a value of €1.00, backed by reserves held and managed by Bridge.
Revolut counts more than 80 million retail customers worldwide and over 16 million crypto users. The company says $EURR removes friction when moving value between fiat and blockchain rails. Revolut has described $EURR as the first stage of a broader stablecoin strategy that could eventually cover additional currencies, with the token intended to make stablecoins useful within its ecosystem for cross-border transfers and business transactions, rather than primarily for cryptocurrency trading.
Regulatory Context and the MiCA Opportunity
Revolut is entering a market where Circle's EURC has been the only authorised euro token under MiCA, a situation that European regulation spent two years inadvertently consolidating around a single American issuer. The euro stablecoin market remains under $1 billion, even after MiCA forced unlicensed tokens off regulated platforms.
MiCA requires major stablecoin issuers to hold at least 60% of reserves in EU bank deposits. Tether declined authorisation because its model depends on US Treasuries, leaving Circle as the primary holder of e-money token authorisation in the European regulator's register. That gap is one Revolut is now moving to fill.
Revolut has been assembling the necessary licences for approximately 18 months. It holds a full UK banking licence, an EU banking licence, a MiCA authorisation obtained through Cyprus, and has a US bank charter application pending. $EURR's white paper sets no maximum supply, with issuance dependent on demand from EEA customers, and Bridge required to hold one euro or an equivalent amount of euro-denominated assets for each circulating token.
For Revolut, success will depend on adoption beyond the initial markets and whether customers find a practical reason to use an on-chain euro instead of conventional bank transfers. For the wider market, the larger question is whether euro-backed tokens can loosen the dominance of dollar stablecoins as blockchain payments move closer to traditional finance.
Sources:
Finextra: Revolut rolls out euro stablecoin
Finance Magnates: Revolut Launches Euro Stablecoin With Only EUR 374 in Circulation
The Next Web: Revolut is launching a euro stablecoin into a market MiCA handed to an American company

Bản thiết kế cho stablecoin ổn định do chính phủ phát hành
Sign và BNB Chain đã cùng giới thiệu một khuôn khổ được thiết kế để giúp các chính phủ phát hành stablecoin chủ quyền của riêng mình, kết hợp quyền kiểm soát tiền tệ ở cấp nhà nước với hạ tầng blockchain công khai.
Theo mô hình này, chính phủ đặt ra các quy định: tiêu chuẩn đối với tổ chức phát hành, yêu cầu dự trữ, điều kiện hoàn đổi và cơ chế giám sát. Các tổ chức tài chính được cấp phép sẽ quản lý dự trữ và các hoạt động tiền tệ (fiat) trong phạm vi quản lý đó. Sign cung cấp hạ tầng kết nối giữa các thành phần này, trong khi BNB Chain đóng vai trò là lớp thanh toán công khai.

YOLO Tăng 260% Trong Một Tuần Trên Robinhood Chain
Đồng memecoin YOLO (yolo-2:native) đã thực hiện một trong những động thái ấn tượng hơn trong hệ sinh thái Robinhood Chain, tăng khoảng 40% trong một ngày và kéo dài đà tăng hằng tuần lên gần 260%. Vốn hoá thị trường của token hiện ở quanh mức 11,7 triệu USD.
YOLO đạt đỉnh mọi thời đại ở mức 0,01292 USD trước khi điều chỉnh, dù vậy nó vẫn đang giao dịch cao hơn giá thấp nhất từng ghi nhận tới hơn 2.249%. Động thái này phản ánh làn sóng quan tâm mang tính đầu cơ đã lan rộng qua Robinhood Chain kể từ khi mạng lưới được đưa vào hoạt động.

Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson (@IOHK_Charles) has called on Ethereum's development community to take a closer look at Cardano's technology, saying both ecosystems stand to gain from greater engineering collaboration.
A Case for Cross-Chain Engineering
Speaking in a recent interview, Hoskinson urged Ethereum's development community to remain open to innovations Cardano has developed over the past several years, particularly its approach to implementing smart-contract capabilities on a UTXO-based blockchain. According to Hoskinson, Ethereum developers could explore these innovations to gain access to new capabilities while also strengthening interoperability between the two ecosystems.
Hoskinson described the potential cooperation as a straightforward academic and engineering collaboration rather than a financially driven partnership, arguing that neither ecosystem would need to transfer money or revisit past disagreements before working together. He also believes Cardano could benefit if Ethereum adopted some of its technology, noting that such integration would make it easier for developers to work across Cardano-related projects, including Midnight and other products.
The EUTXO Debate Behind the Push
Hoskinson's comments land against a backdrop of growing tension over architectural credit. His remarks come amid growing debate over Ethereum's interest in UTXO-based designs, a discussion that intensified in July after an Ethereum researcher published a proposal exploring native UTXO-style payment designs whose concepts resemble design principles Cardano has already implemented through its Extended UTXO (EUTXO) architecture.
Cardano's Extended UTXO model extends Bitcoin's original UTXO transaction structure to support smart contracts, an approach Hoskinson has long argued offers more predictable transaction execution than Ethereum's account-based model. He said Cardano's team published a paper called "Chimeric Ledgers" explaining how to run UTXO-based and account-based systems in parallel, work he says predates Ethereum's current proposal by years. However, Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin credited Bitcoin for inspiring Ethereum's exploration of UTXO-based designs rather than directly acknowledging Cardano's work.
Whether Ethereum's developer community responds to Hoskinson's overture remains to be seen. Ethereum is currently exploring ways to incorporate some UTXO-style characteristics into its future architecture while retaining elements of its account-based system, a development that Hoskinson and parts of the Cardano community argue reinforces their view that EUTXO represents an important architectural innovation deserving greater recognition.
Sources:
The Crypto Basic: Cardano Founder Backs Engineering Collaboration With Ethereum
CryptoPotato: Charles Hoskinson Says Ethereum Is Adopting Cardano Ideas Without Credit
The Crypto Basic: Hoskinson Reacts as Buterin Credits Bitcoin, Not Cardano, for Ethereum's UTXO Push

Đòn bẩy tăng lên khi XRP bứt phá
Tỷ lệ đòn bẩy ước tính của $XRP trên Binance đã tăng lên khoảng 0.213, theo nhà phân tích CryptoQuant Arab Chain. Đây là mức cao nhất của token kể từ tháng 1, cho thấy các nhà giao dịch phái sinh đang mở các vị thế lớn hơn đáng kể với vốn vay.
Chỉ số này đo lường mức độ phái sinh mở (open interest) so với dự trữ trên sàn giao dịch. Số liệu càng cao cho thấy nhiều mức độ phơi nhiễm thị trường hơn đang được xây dựng dựa trên vốn đòn bẩy thay vì nắm giữ giao ngay. XRP đã trải qua phần lớn năm 2026 với tỷ lệ đòn bẩy ở mức tương đối trầm lắng, khiến đợt biến động mới nhất này trở thành một bước thay đổi đáng chú ý trong cách định vị thị trường.

The Stellar Development Foundation is building a stronger foothold in the tokenized real world asset space, with fresh data pointing to steady gains across holders, asset values, and stablecoin adoption.
RWA Holders and Asset Values on the Rise
According to rwa(.)xyz, the number of RWA holders on Stellar rose 3.43% over the past 30 days, reaching 19,189 as of August 26. The network's Distributed Asset Value also climbed 8.52% to approximately $3.28 billion.
That growth does not exist in isolation. The Stellar Development Foundation's Q2 2026 report shows tokenized RWAs reached $3.05 billion, doubling in a single quarter, while the broader RWA market grew roughly 50% over the same stretch, meaning Stellar expanded about four times faster than the industry average. Much of that acceleration traces back to Protocol 26, which went live on Stellar's mainnet on May 6, 2026, adding a governed on-chain freeze mechanism so issuers can pause or restrict transfers to stay compliant with regulatory rules.
Unlike single-issuer spikes seen elsewhere in crypto, Stellar's climb came from a spread of institutions. Centrifuge remained active in tokenizing private credit and structured finance products, Matrixdock brought physical gold on-chain, and issuers across the EU, UK, and US launched tokenized US Treasuries and investment funds on the network.
Stablecoin Adoption Adds Another Layer
Stablecoin participation is also expanding. Holder counts rose 2.55% over the past 30 days to 699,620, a sign that the network is attracting a broader retail and institutional base beyond pure RWA activity.
Stablecoin payment volume on Stellar reached $5.5 billion in Q1 2026, an all-time high and up 72% year over year. Institutions including U.S. Bank, Amundi, and Société Générale advanced activity on or around the network that quarter. PayPal has also announced that PYUSD, its fiat-backed stablecoin, will launch on Stellar.
The latest holder data suggests that institutional momentum is continuing to deepen heading into the second half of 2026.
Sources:
rwa(.)xyz: Stellar Network Data
Stellar Development Foundation: Q1 2026 Update
Lumexo: Stellar Hits $3B in Real-World Assets

SoFiUSD, the dollar-pegged stablecoin issued by SoFi Bank, has expanded to the Monad (@monad) blockchain through a distribution arrangement with digital asset infrastructure firm BitGo (@BitGo), broadening the token's presence across crypto markets.
A First for US Banking
SoFi Technologies launched SoFiUSD on December 18, 2025, calling it the first stablecoin issued by a US nationally chartered, FDIC-insured bank on a public, permissionless blockchain. The token went live on Ethereum, built on BitGo's stablecoin-as-a-service platform, and by April 2026 had expanded to Solana as the settlement layer for SoFi's enterprise banking product. The Monad integration marks a further step in that multi-chain rollout.
Nearly 15 million SoFi members can buy, sell, hold, and convert SoFiUSD, with each token redeemable 1:1 for US dollars through SoFi Bank. SoFi differs from crypto-native stablecoin issuers by operating under OCC supervision as a nationally chartered depository institution. That regulatory positioning is central to its pitch: none of the major competing stablecoin issuers hold a US national bank charter, whereas SoFiUSD sits inside a fully regulated bank with FDIC insurance on deposit balances.
BitGo Powers the Infrastructure
BitGo is providing the underlying plumbing for SoFiUSD's expanding distribution. BitGo's Stablecoin as a Service platform, launched in 2025, allows institutional clients to issue US dollar-backed stablecoins using its regulated trust infrastructure, covering token issuance, smart contract management, and reserve custody with automatic rebalancing and daily reconciliation.
SoFi says it aims to use SoFiUSD for traditional finance use cases like cross-border payments and B2B transactions, and plans future features including interest-earning tokenized deposits, FDIC-insured accounts, and 24/7 cross-border transfers. The Monad integration adds another chain to that ambition, giving the token access to a high-throughput network and a growing base of DeFi users.
The broader context matters too. After passage of the GENIUS Act on July 18, 2025, US banks gained a federal path to issue payment stablecoins under their existing regulators. Since then, other banks including Citi and PNC have announced plans to enter the stablecoin space through partnerships with Coinbase's crypto-as-a-service arm. SoFiUSD's continued chain expansion keeps SoFi ahead of that growing field.
Sources:
SoFi Technologies: SoFi Launches Fully Reserved Stablecoin (Official Press Release)
CoinDesk: SoFi Brings Bank-Issued Stablecoin to 15 Million Users
BitGo Holdings Q1 2026 Financial Results (SEC Filing)

BONK Moves Beyond Meme Coin Status
Bonk is pushing further into utility territory with the launch of officially branded games on Betmode, an onchain casino platform. Bonk has announced the launch of BONKplay, an onchain casino powered by Betmode, offering users the chance to win rewards totaling up to $1 million. The new offering adds BONK-themed gaming experiences to Betmode's existing casino library, giving $BONK holders a branded entry point into crypto gambling on Solana.
The move marks a notable step for the project, which has spent much of its existence as a community-driven meme token. It now seeks a more defined role within the broader Web3 gaming ecosystem, following a pattern of attaching itself to real product verticals to sustain community interest and generate ongoing token demand beyond speculation.
Onchain Transparency and a Token Burn Mechanism
A key element of the partnership is how wagers and payouts are handled. Betmode records game activity directly on the blockchain, meaning players can independently verify results without relying on the platform's word. All games at Betmode are powered by blockchain, allowing users to verify results at any time, with transactions logged on-chain and a non-custodial model giving players complete control over their assets.
Beyond the gaming experience, the partnership includes a deflationary component for the token. Up to 10% of the fees collected will be used to buy and burn Bonk tokens, potentially impacting the token's supply dynamics. This mechanism is designed to reduce circulating supply over time and align platform activity with token demand.
Betmode was launched by ONCHAIN Technologies Ltd and is licensed by the Government of Anjouan. The casino ensures a player-first experience that is fully transparent thanks to Web3 technology, with all games powered by blockchain so users can verify results at any time. For Bonk, the expansion into gaming continues a broader trend of meme coins building out real product use cases to sustain ecosystems long after the initial hype cycle fades.
Sources:
Coinfomania: Bonk Launches BONKplay Casino, Offering Up to $1M in Rewards
GottaGamble: Betmode Casino Review

Giám đốc điều hành BitGo Mike Belshe đã cảnh báo rằng các cơ quan quản lý của Mỹ có thể sẽ không chờ Quốc hội hành động về cấu trúc thị trường crypto, lưu ý rằng các cơ quan này có thể định hình bức tranh tài sản kỹ thuật số từ rất sớm—thậm chí trước khi Đạo luật CLARITY kịp tới bàn của Tổng thống.
Bế tắc ở Thượng viện làm gia tăng rủi ro quản lý
Hạ viện đã thông qua Đạo luật CLARITY vào tháng 7 năm 2025 với tỷ lệ 294-134, nhưng các bất đồng trong Thượng viện liên quan đến đạo đức, phần thưởng, DeFi và thẩm quyền quản lý đã ngăn cản việc dự luật được thông qua nhanh chóng. Thượng viện đã hoãn cuộc bỏ phiếu tại sàn trước kỳ nghỉ Hè tháng 8/2026 do bất đồng mang tính đảng phái, và lên lịch bỏ phiếu thủ tục vào ngày 15 tháng 9 năm 2026, cùng với một cuộc bỏ phiếu cloture đòi hỏi 60 phiếu để vượt qua thủ tục ngăn thảo luận (filibuster).

Galaxy Digital has rolled out a crypto-backed portfolio line of credit through its retail platform GalaxyOne, giving eligible US investors a way to access cash without selling their holdings in $BTC, $ETH or $SOL.
How the Credit Line Works
The revolving credit line combines eligible BTC, ETH and SOL under one facility rather than requiring a separate loan for each asset. Staked SOL can also be used as collateral without unstaking, allowing clients to continue earning applicable staking rewards while accessing liquidity.
The product carries no origination fee and an 8.99% APR, offers instant funding in USD or USDC, does not rehypothecate collateral and is initially available in 40 US states. The credit line starts with an initial loan-to-value ratio of 50%, while collateral values are monitored as market prices change.
Funds can go toward tax obligations, real estate, home improvements or other expenses without triggering a taxable sale of the underlying crypto. Collateral pledged to the line is not rehypothecated, meaning Galaxy does not lend or reuse the assets while they back the loan.
Competitive Landscape and Broader Context
The product is supported by Galaxy's institutional infrastructure rather than an external DeFi protocol and is initially available to eligible clients in 40 US states. GalaxyOne Managing Director Zac Prince said the product leverages Galaxy's institutional infrastructure to offer retail borrowers rates, security and flexibility not previously available through a single product.
Galaxy's offering enters a market that already includes several competitors. Ledn offers Bitcoin-backed loans in USD and USDC. Coinbase lets eligible users borrow against crypto at rates advertised as low as 5%. Nexo Credit Line allows users to combine BTC, ETH and other assets as collateral. Galaxy's differentiation is the combination of no origination fee, institutional-grade custody and the ability to use staked SOL as collateral without unstaking.
The credit line is part of GalaxyOne, which Galaxy launched in October 2025 as a platform combining crypto trading, US stock and ETF trading, and cash products. Galaxy has also been expanding its lending activities beyond retail customers. In July, the company launched Galaxy Onchain Financing Rate (GOFR), a managed lending program for institutions, high-net-worth individuals and accredited investors.
Sources:
Galaxy expands retail crypto lending with new BTC, ETH and SOL-backed credit line (The Block)
Galaxy Launches BTC, ETH and SOL-Backed Credit Line on GalaxyOne (Yahoo Finance)
Galaxy Launches 8.99% Credit Line Backed by BTC, ETH and SOL (The Crypto Times)

Vote Falling Short With Days to Go
Cardano's on-chain vote to seat four newly elected Constitutional Committee members is entering its final week, and support from both required voter groups remains well below the thresholds needed for the action to pass.
A live CardanoScan reading on Aug. 25 showed DRep support at 41.7% against a 67% threshold. Stake pool operator support stood at 12.0%, compared with the 51% required. The action needs both groups to clear their respective bars before it expires. The deadline is September 1, identified by Intersect as epoch 653.
Governance actions on Cardano require approval from at least two of the three governance roles: Delegated Representatives (DReps), Stake Pool Operators (SPOs), and the Constitutional Committee (CC). For this particular update committee action, both DReps and SPOs must meet their respective thresholds simultaneously.
What Happens If the Vote Fails
This vote is the switch that would put four winners from Cardano's 2026 Constitutional Committee election into their seats. If it times out without approval, the committee drops from seven active members to three, leaving it two seats short of Cardano's five-member floor.
Under CIP-1694, an undersized committee cannot ratify governance actions that require its approval, which would create a governance bottleneck. What would slow down is most of the heavy decision-making plumbing, including major protocol-parameter changes, constitutional edits, hard-fork coordination, and treasury withdrawals.
Crucially, the impact would be limited to governance, not network operations. The blockchain itself would keep running: blocks would be produced and transactions would clear as usual.
Paths to restore governance would remain available. Intersect has said Info Actions and Update Committee actions stay available in an undersized-committee state, allowing a new committee update to refill seats.
The four elected members, Philip DiSarro, Leandros BSP, Marek Mahut, and the Asia Africa Cardano Coalition, will proceed through Cardano's on-chain governance process. If ratified, the newly elected members will replace the Constitutional Committee members whose terms expire in September, ensuring continuity of one of Cardano's key governance institutions.
Sources:
CryptoSlate: Cardano Committee Vote Nears Sept. 1 Deadline
Intersect Weekly Update: CC Election Results
Cardano Foundation: Governance Overview

The XRP Ledger is pushing further into decentralized finance, with a set of native protocol upgrades designed to give both retail and institutional users access to lending and privacy tools directly on-chain, without relying on third-party smart contracts or bridges.
According to XRPL Foundation community leader and dUNL validator Vet, the proposed amendments cover native lending, privacy capabilities, and digital identity verification. The proposals, which include XLS-65, XLS-66, XLS-0096, and XLS-70, aim to build a comprehensive DeFi stack at the protocol level, eliminating the need for external smart contracts or bridges.
Native Lending Comes to XRPL
The Lending Protocol defined in XLS-65 and XLS-66 introduces pooled lending and underwritten credit directly at the ledger level. Single-Asset Vaults aggregate liquidity, issuing vault shares that can be transferable or non-transferable depending on configuration. XLS-66 then builds on these vaults to enable fixed-term, uncollateralized loans with pre-set amortization schedules.
On the institutional side, the upgrades are already attracting serious commercial interest. A new institutional credit fund backed by Ripple, Clearpool, and Cicada Partners is deploying RLUSD as a primary lending asset on XRPL, shifting the stablecoin from its initial role as a payment-focused asset into the domain of institutional credit collateral. This represents the first institutional lending product to utilize RLUSD on XRPL.
Clearpool, which has facilitated over $930 million in institutional loans since 2021, is responsible for building and managing the lending infrastructure, specifically utilizing its Lending Protocol and Single Asset Vault architecture. Cicada Partners, a firm that has underwritten more than $860 million in credit, manages the sourcing of borrowers, the establishment of loan terms, and ongoing credit risk monitoring. The fund is still being tested as the XRP Ledger lending and vault features await mainnet approval.
Privacy Features Designed for Compliance
Alongside the lending upgrades, a proposed privacy system aims to protect transaction details while keeping regulators and issuers in the loop. Confidential Transfers for Multi-Purpose Tokens (MPTs) enable institutional-grade privacy on XRPL by encrypting transaction amounts and balances using zero-knowledge proofs. Zero-knowledge proofs are in development to balance privacy, compliance, and scalability.
New and upcoming features, including permissioned domains, credential-based access, privacy-preserving transfers, and the XLS-65/66 lending protocol, are designed to meet regulatory and risk-management requirements for on-chain credit and payments. Together, these changes could make XRPL a more complete financial platform for institutions and everyday users alike.
Sources:
Ripple: Institutional DeFi on XRPL
Bitcoin.com News: Ripple Backs RLUSD Lending Push With Clearpool, Cicada
CoinDesk: Ripple Lays Out Institutional DeFi Blueprint for XRPL

Capital Access, Not Bitcoin Price, Is the Core Risk
Strategy holds 840,447 $BTC, making it the largest institutional Bitcoin holder in the world. But a new report from Regime Intelligence, shared with Cointelegraph, argues that the company's principal vulnerability is not a collapse in Bitcoin's price. It is the risk of losing access to capital markets.
Strategy's Bitcoin treasury may be less vulnerable to a crypto market crash than to a prolonged loss of capital-market access, a risk that could threaten its ability to fund roughly $1.76 billion in annual obligations without selling Bitcoin. The company's 840,447 BTC stash sits behind roughly $22 billion in debt and preferred claims, meaning its Bitcoin accumulation model depends on the ability to continually raise fresh capital.
Regime Intelligence's stress test found that Bitcoin would need to fall roughly 96% before Strategy's holdings and reserves would no longer cover its convertible notes. However, that shifts the risk to the other side of the balance sheet, as Strategy must continue servicing roughly $1.76 billion in annual preferred dividends and interest regardless of Bitcoin's price.
Flywheel Mechanics and the Warning Signs to Watch
Regime Intelligence argues the real stress is not whether Bitcoin crashes, but whether Strategy can keep its funding flywheel running. "In my opinion, MSTR's principal challenge is to keep the flywheel running in order to cover the annual debt and preferred charges," said Sherif Saad, the report's author.
During a prolonged Bitcoin decline, the problem becomes more serious if Strategy's share price and mNAV decline at the same time, making raising capital "progressively more difficult or expensive," Saad noted. He pointed to Strategy's preferred share price and its cash reserves as key metrics to watch, noting that cash currently covers about 2.6 times its annualized charges. That coverage ratio matters because it determines how long Strategy can keep paying obligations even if market access tightens.
If financing conditions deteriorate, Strategy's Bitcoin accumulation strategy could reverse, forcing greater reliance on reserves and Bitcoin sales to meet its obligations. CEO Phong Le has already clarified that selling Bitcoin for cash or to manage debt is now considered a viable operational strategy, a shift from a previous stance that viewed such sales as a last resort.
Despite some sales this year, Le reminded investors that the company has accumulated "about 25 times more" Bitcoin than it has sold and told CNBC that the company plans to resume Bitcoin purchases later this year.
Sources:
Cointelegraph: Strategy Faces $1.76B Annual Burden Despite Bitcoin Holdings
Strategy Inc. Q2 2026 Form 8-K, SEC Filing
Strategy Official Press Release: $1.5 Billion Debt Repurchase

POSCO International Brings Real Receivables Onchain
POSCO International, the trading arm of South Korea's steel and industrial conglomerate POSCO Holdings, completed a pilot tokenizing real trade receivables on the Avalanche (@avax) blockchain on August 25. The transaction was carried out in partnership with trade finance platform Olea and asset-backed finance technology firm Intain.
Trade finance firm Olea, backed by Standard Chartered's venture arm SC Ventures, bought the receivables with actual capital. POSCO International America, the company's US subsidiary, partnered with Intain, which operates a Layer-1 network built on Avalanche's infrastructure.
Intain used artificial intelligence to reconcile and verify trade documents before recording the receivables on a shared ledger designed to reduce paperwork and accelerate financing. Documents verified included invoices, purchase orders, credit notes, and shipment records. Once verified, the receivables were registered on Intain's network, creating an immutable ledger of ownership and transaction history.
What Comes Next
POSCO International is pushing deeper into tokenized trade finance, having completed this transaction just one month after a similar pilot on Injective. The back-to-back experiments point to a deliberate strategy rather than a one-off test.
Companies are increasingly testing blockchain rails for payments, collateral, and trade finance, where faster settlement and shared records could free up working capital locked in traditional processes. POSCO, Olea, and Intain said they plan to explore further tokenized trade finance applications, including stablecoin-based cross-border settlement and digital treasury tools.
For Avalanche, the deal adds another enterprise name to a growing list of institutional users deploying its infrastructure for real-world asset tokenization, a segment that has moved well beyond proof-of-concept territory.
Sources:
CoinDesk: South Korea trade giant POSCO brings trade receivables to Avalanche
Crypto Briefing: POSCO tokenizes trade receivables on Avalanche blockchain