XRPL EVM, the sidechain that was supposed to bring Ethereum smart contracts compatibility to the XRP Ledger ecosystem, has 4 chains with $100k TVL. source: https://www.cryptopolitan.com/xrpl-evm-disappoints-tiny-tvl-of-100k/

According to PANews, the artificial intelligence (AI) sector has generated numerous new billionaires this year, marking one of the most significant wealth creation booms in recent history. Major funding rounds for startups like Anthropic, Safe Superintelligence, OpenAI, and Anysphere have led to substantial paper wealth and record-breaking valuations. Data from CB Insights reveals there are currently 498 AI 'unicorn' companies, valued at over $1 billion each, with a total worth of $2.7 trillion. Notably, 100 of these companies were established after 2023. Additionally, there are over 1,300 AI startups valued at more than $100 million. The surge in stock prices of publicly traded AI-related companies such as Nvidia, Meta, and Microsoft, along with infrastructure firms building data centers and computing capabilities, has contributed to this wealth expansion. AI engineers are also receiving substantial salaries, further fueling personal wealth growth. Andrew McAfee, a principal research scientist at MIT, remarked on the unprecedented scale and speed of wealth creation, stating, "Looking back over more than a century of data, we've never seen wealth creation of this magnitude and pace. This is unprecedented."

In the world of cross-border payments, a quiet revolution is taking place. Traditional banking systems have long struggled with inefficiencies—slow transactions, high fees, and a reliance on multiple intermediaries. XRP, the cryptocurrency built on the Ripple network, claims to offer a solution. But can it truly live up to its promise of transforming cross-border payments, […] source: https://zycrypto.com/from-swift-to-xrp-how-ripples-300-bank-partnerships-could-reshape-6-trillion-payments-industry/

The overcollateralized stablecoin is developed by IOG and powered by COTI. source: https://cryptopotato.com/cardano-stablecoin-djed-goes-private-and-open-source/

Blockchain analytics platform Arkham Intelligence reports that his on-chain holdings are now valued at roughly $1. source: https://coindoo.com/vitalik-buterins-ethereum-fortune-soars-past-1-billion/

Ethereum at $4,200 could be best risk-reward play in years source: https://u.today/ethereum-right-now-is-more-asymmetrical-says-pro-xrp-lawyer

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Bitcoin traders are getting excited over a huge short squeeze as BTC price predictions include a return to all-time highs. source: https://cointelegraph.com/news/bitcoin-can-liquidate-18b-with-10-price-gain-traders-see-120k-next?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound

مع انتهاء المعركة القانونية التي دامت لسنوات بين Ripple وهيئة الأوراق المالية والبورصات في أغسطس 2025، وشهد سعر الريبل ارتفاعًا كبيرًا، كثر النقاش في مجتمع العملات الرقمية حول ما إذا كانت Blackrock ستقدم طلبًا لإنشاء صندوق XRP ETF. source: https://www.thecoinrepublic.com/ar/2025/08/10/%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%ba%d9%88%d8%b5-%d9%81%d9%8a-%d8%a7%d8%b3%d8%aa%d8%b1%d8%a7%d8%aa%d9%8a%d8%ac%d9%8a%d8%a9-blackrock-%d9%84%d8%b5%d9%86%d8%a7%d8%af%d9%8a%d9%82-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%a7%d8%b3%d8%aa%d8%ab%d9%85/

With ETH nearing a supply zone, Binance exchange flows pose a short-term challenge to the otherwise bullish macro trend. source: https://cryptopotato.com/two-charts-two-stories-the-strange-divergence-in-ethereums-exchange-data/

Two very different approaches to the same problem: how to make cryptocurrency accessible to the masses.

DeFi TVL hit a new high of $270 billion, but market attention shifted to NFTs; AI enthusiasm cooled, and vulnerability losses increased.

This change stems from technological innovation and is also promoting the deep integration of crypto finance and traditional systems.

As the light of innovation shines, are the shadows that once made us pay a heavy price in the P2P storm - arbitrage mentality, regulatory lags, legal ambiguity, and mass enthusiasm and fragility - quietly clinging to this emerging model?

In recent years, "cryptocurrency-stock linkage" has become one of the hottest trends between the capital market and the crypto world.

RWA, financial system, financing, how to prevent the RWA craze from becoming the next financial bubble? Golden Finance, the real goal of RWA tokenization is not to expand the scale of financing.

We have gone from trading worthless air to today, finally owning hard, durable, and most importantly, on-chain assets that will determine the future of the world.

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Twenty-four blockchain startups raised a combined $1.1 billion in funding this week. Verb Technology secured the largest funding round, raising $558 million.

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