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- Paraguay’s Assunción Innovation Valley tokenizes $6M land into 130,000 shares via Polkadot/Moonbeam, offering voting rights and profit-sharing through smart contracts. - The project integrates a hotel, university, and data center, aiming to democratize global access to infrastructure investments with low entry barriers. - Aligning with a $30T RWA market growth projection, it leverages renewable energy and tax incentives to position Paraguay as a blockchain-driven innovation hub in Latin America. - Regula
- Tether integrates USDT natively on Bitcoin via RGB protocol, enhancing scalability and privacy for institutional transactions. - RGB and Lightning Network enable fast, low-cost stablecoin operations while preserving Bitcoin’s security and censorship resistance. - This shift addresses Bitcoin’s utility gap, supporting hedging, programmable finance, and tokenized assets with regulatory-compliant stablecoin infrastructure. - Tether’s strategy repositions Bitcoin from "digital gold" to a value-transfer proto
- U.S. Q2 2025 GDP grew 3.3% due to tariff-driven import volatility and AI sector surges. - AI investment spiked 195%, boosting tech stocks but leaving other sectors like manufacturing and agriculture struggling with tariffs and high costs. - Fed’s rate cut plans and policy clarity could shift investments toward export-dependent industries, while defensive sectors like healthcare offer stability. - The rebound masks underlying fragility, requiring balanced portfolios to navigate AI optimism and macroeconom
- Hong Kong advances digital asset ambitions despite geopolitical tensions, hosting Bitcoin Asia 2025 amid official caution over Trump family ties. - HKMA finalizes 1250% stablecoin risk rules (2026) and plans first licenses, balancing innovation with prudential oversight. - Global regulatory divergence emerges: US/China restrict stablecoins, while Singapore/Hong Kong adopt structured frameworks for institutional participation. - China restricts domestic crypto but allows Hong Kong as a sandbox, with tech
- U.S. Department of Commerce partners with Chainlink and Pyth to publish key economic data on blockchain, modernizing public data infrastructure. - Real-time indicators like PCE, GDP, and sales data will be distributed via Ethereum, Solana, and Bitcoin, aligning with traditional reporting schedules. - Chainlink Data Feeds and Pyth’s verification system enable DeFi, prediction markets, and automated trading to access tamper-proof macroeconomic insights. - The initiative aligns with the "Deploying American
- Philippine Senator Bam Aquino proposes storing the national budget on blockchain to enhance transparency and accountability in government spending. - The initiative builds on BayaniChain's existing system using Polygon's PoS network to record budget documents like SAROs and NCAs on a public blockchain. - Global trends see nations like the U.S., Vietnam, and India adopting blockchain for tamper-proof governance, with the Philippines aiming to become Asia's blockchain capital. - Success depends on legislat
- The cryptocurrency Fear & Greed Index dropped to 48, remaining in the neutral range (0-100 midpoint), indicating balanced market sentiment. - Composed of six weighted metrics (volatility, volume, social media, etc.), it reflects collective trader psychology but lacks predictive power. - Analysts caution against relying solely on the index, as recent stability near 50 may precede significant market shifts when combined with macroeconomic factors. - Platforms emphasize the index serves only as an informati
- Rain secures $58M Series B led by Sapphire Ventures, totaling $88.5M to build stablecoin infrastructure for global payments. - Its API-first platform enables enterprises to use stablecoins for cross-border transactions, B2B operations, and Visa-processed card payments at 150M+ locations. - Regulatory clarity from U.S. GENIUS Act and EU MiCA frameworks accelerates institutional adoption by addressing compliance and interoperability challenges. - Rain's omni-chain technology and 10x transaction growth sinc
- U.S. August 2025 labor market shows contradictions: jobless claims fluctuated between 229,000-235,000 amid sectoral divides. - Healthcare/social assistance added 78,000 jobs (32.5% above pre-pandemic postings), contrasting federal workforce cuts and durable goods struggles. - Investors prioritize defensive sectors (51.9% of 2023-2025 job growth) and crypto hedges as Fed weighs rate cuts amid "no-hire, no-fire" dynamics. - Policy-driven volatility forces barbell strategies: stablecoins hedge dollar streng
- TRON (TRX) faces a critical $0.3510 resistance in August 2025, with technical indicators like overbought RSI and narrowing MACD signaling potential consolidation or breakout. - Deflationary tokenomics (40B+ TRX burned) and 47.1% staking participation bolster scarcity and security, but a 50% fee cut risks reducing annual burns by 76M tokens. - Institutional adoption grows with $28B TVL and 327M accounts, yet macro risks, whale selling (650M TRX sold), and centralization concerns among staking validators p
- 10:29Bitcoin treasury company Smarter Web Company seeks inclusion in FTSE 100 and explores potential acquisition dealsChainCatcher reported that Andrew Webley, CEO of the UK bitcoin treasury company Smarter Web Company, stated that the company is considering acquiring struggling competitors to expand its capital scale. Smarter Web Company is the largest bitcoin treasury company in the UK, currently holding 2,470 bitcoins, valued at nearly $275 million. Andrew Webley also expressed his hope that Smarter Web Company could enter the FTSE 100 Index—the index of the top 100 listed companies in the UK.
- 10:29UK Bitcoin treasury company Smarter Web Company considers acquiring competitors to expand its Bitcoin treasury holdings.ChainCatcher reported that Smarter Web Company, the largest corporate bitcoin holder in the UK, is considering acquiring struggling competitors to expand its bitcoin treasury. According to data from BitcoinTreasuries.NET, Smarter Web Company is the 25th largest corporate bitcoin treasury in the world and the largest in the UK, currently holding 2,470 BTC worth nearly $275 million. Webley also revealed that the company hopes to enter the FTSE 100 index.
- 10:20Analysis: Bitcoin "sharks" have started buying the dip, accumulating over 65,000 BTC in the past 7 daysChainCatcher reported that the on-chain analytics platform CryptoQuant has released recent research showing that Bitcoin "sharks" are buying the dip. The community typically refers to Bitcoin wallets holding between 100 BTC and 1,000 BTC as "sharks." Data shows that in the past week, shark addresses have increased by more than 65,000 BTC, bringing their total holdings to a record 3.65 million Bitcoin.