RWAs buck DeFi slowdown as tokenized assets gain traction: CoinShares
Tokenized realworld assets moved beyond issuance as RWA deposits more than tripled to $7.4 billion, while lending and trading activity expanded despite a…
Aggressive options trading helped drive the S&P 500’s latest rally. What that means for investors.
The S&P 500 has enjoyed an epic rally over the past five days — but the advance may be more mechanical and driven by options positioning, rather than by an…
Circle shares jump as earnings beat offsets revenue miss, Arc blockchain gains Wall Street backing
Shares jumped 10% in premarket trading as the stablecoin issuer revealed institutional adoption for its layer 1 blockchain Arc. Source：CoinDesk
Forgd brings its crypto market-maker leaderboard to DefiLlama
Forgd’s ratings draw on data from more than 500 token projects and 35 marketmaking firms, but do not solely reflect trading performance. Source：Cointelegraph
Boerse Stuttgart Digital, Tradias close European crypto merger
The completed tieup combines Boerse Stuttgart Digital’s custody business with Tradias’ trading operations under a joint management team. Source：Cointelegraph
Traders are using options to chase a runaway rebound in stocks, pushing the market even higher
Stocks have shot higher over the past four trading sessions, and investors who are worried about missing out are piling into bullish options bets just to try…
Micron’s stock sees choppy trading as China fears loom large
CXMT’s reported expansion plans initially spooked Micron investors, but the company’s shares then erased their intraday losses. Source：MarketWatch
Bitget set to exit Japan, close all remaining positions by year-end
The crypto trading platform, ranked fifth on CoinGecko, stopped accepting new registrations on Sunday and plans to shut down all remaining positions by Dec.…
Bithumb now targets 2028 IP after major internal restructuring
The South Korean crypto trading platform plans to see a preliminary listing review in 2027, but did not identify a proposed listing venue yet. Source：CoinDesk
Onchain, in court: What happened in crypto legal news this week
A case tied to defunct crypto exchange FTX moves forward, a soldier seeks to dismiss over a Polymarket bet and a former congressman was ordered to pay $35,000…
Tokenized stock trading surged 288% in July, but one QQQ token drove most of it
Without that QQQ token, QQQB, July volume for tokenized equities would be roughly $2.03 billion, about 30% below June’s total. Source：CoinDesk
AI stocks may have bottomed out. What investors should watch for next.
Microsoft earnings provided optimism for the AI trade, as did the trading activity surrounding a hedge fund’s fire sale. Source：MarketWatch