The $XRP Ledger added about $2.6 billion in tokenized real-world asset value during the past six months, excluding stablecoins, according to data from RWA.xyz. That placed XRPL second among tracked blockchain networks for net RWA inflows during the period. BNB Chain ranked first with about $3 billion, while Stellar followed XRPL with roughly $2.1 billion.
Bitcoin’s [$BTC] latest recovery has improved investor profitability, though historical cycle data indicates the market has not yet crossed a decisive turning point. Profitable supply increased from 46.2% on the 30th of June to 58% on the 21st of July. This was the lowest level in 2026. Over this time, more than 10% of the
Bitcoin is trading near $64,500 this weekend, sitting between $65,000 resistance above and $62,500 support below, the two prices that will define its week. Bitcoin climbed as high as $66,990 on July 21, a one-month high, before slipping back under $65,000 and turning that former breakout line into overhead resistance. Trading volume over the past
Circle has announced a collaboration with OpenZeppelin to develop ChainBench, a benchmark for agent-driven crosschain smart contract generation. This initiative aims to test the robustness of frontier models in writing secure smart contracts. The collaboration was highlighted by crypto commentator @OpenZeppelin on Twitter, indicating a significant step towards improving smart contract security. Breaking It Down
StableChain’s product is Tether’s dollar: gas in $USDT, transfers in $USDT, yield in $USDT. Its native token does none of that, and holders own governance and staking rights over a network whose every cash flow is denominated in someone else’s asset. This is crypto’s value-accrual question in its purest form yet, and it deserves a
François Garcin, the executive that MARA Holdings (NASDAQ: MARA) hired to build its European business and win French sign-off to buy EDF’s Exaion, has sued the company in a New York federal court. Garcin filed a 40-page complaint, claiming more than €11 million in unpaid fees. The case was filed in the Southern District of
Stable exempts $USDT transfers from gas. Plasma ships zero-fee sends. Sui made stablecoin transfers free at the protocol level. Every coverage of every launch asks the same question in passing, someone still pays for blockspace, and then moves on. This guide stops and answers it: five funding models, their failure modes, and how to tell
In 2026, Saylor’s Strategy Still Holds a Significant Lead Strategy, the company Michael Saylor built into the world’s largest corporate bitcoin holder, still sits alone at the top with 843,775 $BTC on its balance sheet. That is roughly $58 billion at current prices, spread across a business that now issues debt and equity almost entirely
Coinbase Warns Crypto’s Protection Could Eventually Break Crypto exchange Coinbase (Nasdaq: COIN) has started preparing its custody systems and infrastructure for a future in which powerful quantum computers could defeat the cryptography protecting Bitcoin, Ethereum and other blockchain networks. Coinbase Chief Information Security Officer Jeff Lunglhofer outlined the company’s position in a July 23 company