According to Foresight News, the Ethereum Community Foundation has announced the launch of BETH tokenization. BETH is a new proof-of-burn token on Ethereum, designed to convert the basic mechanism of burning ETH into an on-chain tokenized form. Each BETH token represents ETH that has been verified as removed from circulation, establishing a transparent and auditable burn record. This development offers new opportunities for developers to design applications based on verifiable burns. When users send ETH to the contract, it is immediately forwarded to a burn address, ensuring its permanent removal from circulation. After successful forwarding, the contract mints an equivalent amount of BETH tokens and sends them back to the sender, maintaining a 1:1 correspondence between burned ETH and minted BETH. Ethereum co-founder and Consensys CEO Joseph Lubin expressed high praise for the team's work and indicated plans for development on tokens such as BETH, BBETH, and BBBeth. Lubin noted that burning ETH could become a highly profitable activity, potentially giving rise to new industries. He also highlighted its potential as an engaging mechanism in Web3 gaming, where players could be rewarded through this process.

According to PANews, a recent report by Outlier Ventures reveals that Web3 startups raised $9.6 billion in venture capital during the second quarter of 2025, marking the second-largest quarterly funding record despite the lowest number of funding rounds in two years. This trend indicates a maturing market where investors are channeling more funds into fewer projects, shifting from hype-driven activities to precise, sustainability-focused investments. Investors are increasingly favoring infrastructure and established teams over scale. Series A funding saw a strong rebound, with the median funding amount climbing to $17.6 million, the highest in over two years. Seed funding also experienced growth, with the median amount rising to $6.6 million. Infrastructure projects, such as validator liquidity, rollups, and computing networks, attracted the majority of the funds, with median funding sizes ranging from $70 million to $112 million.

Ripple has launched a demo that shows how its payment system works using RLUSD and XRP. source: https://www.cryptopolitan.com/ripple-unveils-interactive-demo/

According to Foresight News, a hacker who stole $81.5 million from Orbit Chain in early 2024 has recently transferred 4,320 ETH, valued at $18.81 million, through Tornado Cash. After the theft, the hacker converted most of the stolen funds into ETH at a price of $2,301 per coin. Since then, the value of ETH has doubled. The hacker has laundered a total of 17,242 ETH, worth $66.35 million, through Tornado Cash. The remaining assets, which have not yet been moved, are valued at $61.6 million. The total value of the assets has increased by $46.5 million since the initial theft. Currently, the hacker's address holds 9,511 ETH, valued at $41.6 million, along with 20 million DAI.

According to Foresight News, Hong Kong Legislative Council member Ng Kit Chuang has announced that the city is actively working towards becoming an international digital asset center. He emphasized the importance of balancing innovation with compliance for businesses and expressed confidence that the integration of capital markets with the digital asset industry will bring new momentum to the market. Ng highlighted the potential of DePIN, which combines blockchain with the physical economy, to transform traditional industries such as IoT, energy, and transportation. He noted that Web3 applications are a significant direction for development, with numerous overseas exhibitors at Cyberport developing projects and technologies that integrate Web3 with real-world applications. This is expected to open up new opportunities in the market.

Authorities dismantle VerifTools, a major platform selling fake IDs for cryptocurrency, in joint U. S. -Dutch operation. source: https://coincu.com/358961-law-enforcement-seizes-veriftools-marketplace

According to PANews, Ethereum co-founder Joseph Lubin expressed agreement with Bitmine Chairman Tom Lee's perspective on the X platform, stating that Wall Street will engage in ETH staking due to their current infrastructure costs. Lubin highlighted that Ethereum is poised to replace numerous isolated stacks operated by financial giants like JPMorgan Chase, which manages multiple isolated stacks from its acquisitions over the years. He emphasized the need for Wall Street to fully understand Ethereum's rules, as the financial landscape is evolving. Lubin suggested that traditional financial companies must adapt to decentralized operations, which involves staking, running validators, operating L2/L3 solutions, participating in DeFi, and developing smart contract software for protocols, processes, and financial tools. For JPMorgan Chase, this transition is expected to be relatively smooth, given their exploration and use of Ethereum technology to build private blockchain networks since 2014-2015. Many other financial institutions also possess extensive Ethereum experience. Lubin predicted that ETH's price could potentially increase by 100 times or more, with Ethereum/ETH set to disrupt Bitcoin/BTC's monetary foundation.

According to PANews, the NFT market witnessed a decrease in trading volume over the past week, dropping by 8.53% to $129.6 million, as reported by Crypto.news. Despite the decline in trading volume, the number of NFT buyers increased by 18.06% to 541,831, while sellers grew by 17.05% to 385,179. Additionally, the number of NFT transactions rose by 11.96%, reaching 1,814,788. In terms of network-specific trading volumes, Ethereum recorded $54.5 million, marking an 8.24% decrease from the previous week. Polygon's trading volume increased by 16.12% to $18.9 million. BNB Chain experienced a significant drop of 34.77%, with a trading volume of $13.4 million. Mythos Chain saw a rise of 4.71%, reaching $10.2 million, while Bitcoin's trading volume fell by 30.28% to $7.7 million. High-value transactions during the week included several CryptoPunks sales: CryptoPunks #4619 sold for 96 ETH ($446,764), CryptoPunks #2400 for 73.5 ETH ($324,076), CryptoPunks #5273 for 65 ETH ($283,399), CryptoPunks #1721 for 60 ETH ($274,171), and CryptoPunks #6373 for 55 ETH ($261,046).

According to BlockBeats On-chain Detection, a newly created wallet has received 230,420 SOL tokens, valued at $46.36 million, from a centralized exchange (CEX). The wallet subsequently staked the SOL tokens.

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