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Coinbase has chosen Chainlink to offer price infrastructure for its tokenized stocks, thus allowing shares of companies like Apple and NVIDIA to move around freely in decentralized lending and trading marketplaces. The agreement is of particular importance for crypto users outside the US, as it allows them to take advantage of blockchain-based versions of US stocks the same way as the decentralized finance (DeFi) sector already does with stablecoins and tokenized Treasury bonds. In the case of the entire crypto market, the timing is key. The area of tokenized equities has been among the most developed areas of on-chain finance…

Strategy Inc., formerly MicroStrategy, has raised $2.01 billion through an at-the-market equity offering while reporting no new Bitcoin purchases during the latest weekly window. In an 8-K filed on August 24, the company said it sold 18.26 million shares between August 17 and August 23. The proceeds were used to establish a new “USD Cash” liquidity pool, add $300 million to its USD Reserve, and buy back $136.4 million of preferred shares. Strategy’s Bitcoin holdings remained unchanged at 840,447 BTC. That last detail matters. This is not another Bitcoin accumulation announcement. It is a capital-structure and liquidity story around the…

NoOnes has entered withdrawal-only mode weeks after telling users that an EU sanctions listing named a separate company and did not affect the platform or its operator.The crypto platform strongly recommended that customers remove their full balances no later than Sunday, Aug. 23. That date was, however, not a stated platform shutdown cutoff. NoOnes said users will continue to be able to sign in, view balances, withdraw funds and contact support while it helps them remove their money.Aug. 23 also has separate legal significance. The EU regulation adds “NoOnecrypto INC.” to Annex XLV Part A from that date under a…

US equity markets moving toward 23-hour, five-day trading still leave 53 hours each week without a national quotation, creating a pricing gap for continuous markets. Pyth covers more than 220 US equities on a 24/5 basis, while Hyperliquid uses discovery bounds and Pyth constructed indices to support weekend pricing. HIP-3 markets have exceeded $540 billion in volume, with 407,000 traders and more than $4 billion in open interest. US equity markets are moving toward 23-hour trading, five days a week, but that still leaves 53 hours without a national quotation. Hyperliquid and Pyth are positioning their infrastructure around that remaining…

Flowra has launched its Open Orderflow Auction for Solana, introducing an open block-building system that allows registered searchers to compete for transaction inclusion while giving validators greater control over blockspace and MEV revenue. Flowra has launched its Open Orderflow Auction for the Solana ecosystem, introducing a competitive block-building framework aimed at opening the network’s MEV market to broader participation. The framework is designed to open block building to competitive bidding, improve price discovery in Solana’s MEV market, and help validators capture more revenue. Registered searchers can compete for transaction inclusion through a transparent auction instead of relying on closed orderflow…

Coinbase tokenized stocks are now live on Base, bringing shares of major US companies, including Apple and Nvidia, into the network’s DeFi ecosystem. The products are issued by Coinbase using Base’s B20 token standard and are backed one for one by underlying shares held with regulated custodian Alpaca. Holders have a direct beneficial claim on the corresponding shares. The stocks are available to eligible users outside the US and can be held directly in self custody wallets. Unlike traditional equities, the tokens can trade around the clock through onchain markets. Initial assets include tokenized shares of Apple, Nvidia, Meta, and…

US spot Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs drew a combined $825.8 million in single-session inflows, giving crypto markets another strong signal that regulated demand has returned alongside the latest price rally. Farside Investors data showed spot Bitcoin ETFs taking in $606.3 million for the August 20 session, led by BlackRock’s IBIT with $503 million. Spot Ethereum ETFs added another $219.5 million, led by BlackRock’s ETHA with $173.3 million. That combination matters. Bitcoin remains the dominant institutional crypto product, but Ethereum’s ETF inflow was also large enough to show broader participation. This was not only a BTC allocation day. It was a…

India is set to take a significant step toward modernizing its bond market with the issuance of its first tokenized corporate bonds next month, according to a Reuters report citing three sources familiar with the matter. The pilot, which will test blockchain-based bond trading, marks a notable move by the country to integrate distributed ledger technology into mainstream financial infrastructure. Pilot Details and Participants The initial bonds are expected to be issued by REC, a state-owned power financing company, the sources said. Settlement for the tokenized bonds will likely use India’s central bank digital currency (CBDC), the digital rupee, which…

$XDC Network is adopting the x402 payment standard through a new product called $XDC AI, a marketplace that lets AI agents pay for digital services on their own using $USDC, without a human approving each transaction. The launch was demonstrated at a New York event on July 29, 2026, in front of more than 100 representatives from banks, technology companies, venture capital firms, and family offices. $XDC Network is an enterprise-focused, EVM-compatible Layer 1 blockchain that runs on a Delegated Proof of Stake consensus engine, processing roughly 2,000 transactions per second with 2-second finality. The network has traditionally focused on…

HyperEVM, the Ethereum Virtual Machine environment built on Hyperliquid’s $HYPE-native layer-one blockchain, reached a new milestone on Aug. 23 when daily network fees climbed above $500,000 for the first time. According to DefiLlama data, the network generated $538,080 in fees that day, marking a record high for the platform. What Drives HyperEVM’s Fee Growth? HyperEVM’s fee revenue is generated from transaction costs paid by users interacting with decentralized applications (dApps) and protocols built on the network. The surge in daily fees reflects increased on-chain activity, which can be attributed to a growing ecosystem of DeFi platforms, trading applications, and other…