Solana Real-World Assets Reach $4B

Solana‘s real-world-asset ecosystem crossed $4 billion in total value on August 23, according to a post from the official Solana account. The milestone came two days after validators activated SIMD-0525 at epoch 1020, cutting the network’s slot time from 400 milliseconds to 350 milliseconds for the first time since launch.  Solanas RWA ecosystem hit a new ATH: $4B+ in total value pic.twitter.com/mfH1wbCoBS  — Solana (@solana) August 23, 2026  In the six days before epoch 1020, Solana Compass network analytics recorded average user throughput of 1,710 transactions per second and 27.7% compute utilization against the 400ms block ceiling.  DISCOVER: Best Meme Coins to Buy in 2026  Solana RWA News: Whats Inside the $4 Billion Figure  Motley Fool‘s analysis of the 30 days ending August 19 put Solana’s RWA inflows at $263 million, while Ethereum‘s RWA ecosystem recorded $337 million in outflows over the same window. The report put Solana’s 30-day growth rate at 10.6%, compared with Ethereums 1.3%.  Tokenized U.S. Treasury products accounted for $1.2 billion of Solana‘s reported RWA ecosystem total, up 16.1% over the same period, according to the same report. Backed Finance’s xStocks product offers more than 60 U.S. stocks and ETFs as SPL tokens, with trading available on Raydium, Jupiter, and Kamino Finance.  Source: RWA.XYZ  Ethereum

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BitMart is talking about reopening before it has answered the withdrawal question

BitMart is exploring a restructuring that could allow parts of the crypto exchange to resume operations, offering an alternative to the full wind-down announced last month as customers continue to report difficulties withdrawing their assets.  Related Person ZachXBT On-chain Sleuth · Crypto Space  On Aug. 21, the exchange said a potential restructuring plan could include a phased resumption of some services alongside distributions to creditors, subject to further legal, financial, operational and regulatory review.  BitMart has appointed White & Case as restructuring counsel and said it expects to provide another update by Sept. 9.  Still, this new proposal does not change the exchanges immediate timetable.  BitMart is scheduled to discontinue spot, futures and other trading services at 01:00 UTC on Aug. 26. Users have also been strongly encouraged to submit withdrawal requests before 05:00 UTC that day, though the exchange has said the latter is a recommended time rather than a hard cutoff.  The deadline comes as BitMart faces growing scrutiny from customers who say withdrawal requests have been frozen, delayed or left unresolved.  Some users have demanded verifiable information about the exchanges reserves and a clear repayment plan, while former employees have also alleged that salaries remain unpaid. BitMart Chief Executive Officer Sheldon Lee has rejected

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Crypto ETFs Lose Their Bull-Market Halo as Outflows Test Demand

Money entering crypto ETFs over their first two years meant institutions were arriving, and institutions arriving meant more demand for crypto. However, mid-2026 has made that relationship considerably more complicated.  Digital asset investment products went through eight consecutive weeks of withdrawals totalling a record $8 billion before inflows returned in July and early August. By August 7, the same products had recorded five consecutive positive weeks, including around $1.05 billion during the first week of August.  U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs show the reversal particularly well. They attracted roughly $865 million between August 3 and August 7, followed by a combined net withdrawal of about $198 million from August 10 through August 12.  ETFs remain a major source of crypto demand. Their behaviour increasingly resembles other large investment vehicles, however: investors buy when risk looks attractive and redeem when it does not.  BeInCrypto asked executives from Wirex, Zoomex and Phemex what recent flows reveal about investor demand, how ETFs have affected crypto trading, and whether another generation of altcoin funds can reproduce Bitcoins success.  Selective Crypto Demand  ETF withdrawals are certainly a measure of changing investor behaviour, although ETF flows should not be treated as a census of institutional activity. Funds are available to many types of

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Strategy Raises $2B Selling MSTR Stock, Establishes 'USD Cash' Pot

In briefStrategy has not bought Bitcoin since June, and has now gone a second straight week without selling any either.It raised $2.01 billion net selling MSTR stock, six times the previous weeks total.Most of that went into USD Cash, a newly created pool the company said may be used to acquire Bitcoin.  Strategy raised just over $2 billion selling its own shares last week without touching its Bitcoin, according to an 8-K filed Monday, and put most of the proceeds into a liquidity account it created the same day.  The Bitcoin treasury company sold 18,261,118 MSTR shares for $2.01 billion net, an average of about $109.88 each, against $96.48 a week earlier. Of that, $136.4 million went to buying back STRC preferred stock and $300 million into its dollar reserve, with the remaining $1.57 billion going into the new account.  Strategy increased USD Reserve to $5.10B, established additional USD Cash of $1.59B, and repurchased $136M of $STRC. As of 8/23/26: Strategy holds ~4% of Total BTC Supply and has ~0% Net Leverage. $MSTR https://t.co/POGGIVBZDK  — Strategy (@Strategy) August 24, 2026  That account, USD Cash, is described in the filing as a separately designated pool of dollar liquidity held for general Bitcoin treasury purposes. The list

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Stablecoins Made It Easier for LATAM Money to Leave. Can It Return?

$544. That is the average withdrawal on Argentine retail crypto rails such as Lemon Wallet. The median transfer is between $150 and $270—closer to rent money than a portfolio shift.  That figure changes the familiar image of capital flight. Money once moved offshore through private bankers and complex accounts. Across Latin America, workers and small businesses can now do it from a phone.  BeInCrypto Intelligences 23-page report, The Exodus Economy, traced six routes money takes out of the region and audited 12 products marketed as dollar accounts. We shared the findings with five industry executives. Their responses point to a difficult question: once digital dollars remove the friction from leaving, what could persuade that money to return?  Why Locals are Sending Money Away from LATAM. Source: BeInCryptoSavers are Paying for an Exit  Brazil shows why returns alone cannot explain the movement. The report sets local savings and dollars to a starting value of 100 in 2016.  Money-earning Brazil‘s benchmark CDI rate grew to about 150 over the next decade, while dollars held without yield ended at 99. Yet Brazilians’ declared offshore wealth reached an estimated $654 billion in 2024.  Argentina shows the risk they were trying to avoid. The same local-savings calculation ended at 44. From

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XRP crashes 37% in one Bitstamp wick while the wider market tells a different story

XRP crashed 37% on Saturday, Aug. 22, but only on Bitstamp.  Related Asset XRP #5 XRP · $1.50 24-hour change: down 0.14% 24H Down 0.14% 7D Up 49.21% 30D Up 36.71%  Bitstamps XRP/USD spot pair reached a one-minute high of $1.69739 at 05:03 UTC, then fell to $1.06689 in the 05:10 candle. That was a 37.15% high-to-low move. The 05:10 candle closed at $1.44837, recovering most of the plunge before the minute ended.  Such a brief, deep move is known as a wick. The cross-venue comparison shows why this one should not be treated as XRPs market-wide return. Krakens XRP/USD ticker showed a rolling 24-hour high of $1.70 and low of $1.3359, a 21.4% range. OKXs XRP/USDT ticker showed a $1.70 high and $1.3757 low, a 19.1% range.  By roughly 01:50 UTC on Aug. 23, CryptoSlates XRP market data showed 10 major spot markets clustered near $1.49 to $1.50. While the sample is not exhaustive and does not reconstruct each venues recovery path, it shows that major spot prices had converged after Bitstamps anomalous low.  Related Company Bitstamp European based cryptocurrency marketplace  Related Company Kraken San Francisco based digital asset exchange  The 37% figure spread across social media, indicating a $0.60 drop and a broader market dip.

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U.S. Mortgage Rates Stay Near 6.7% as Treasury Yields Limit Relief for Buyers

U.S. mortgage rates remain close to 6.7% heading into Monday, Aug. 24, offering buyers only modest relief as elevated Treasury yields continue to keep borrowing costs high. The latest Freddie Mac data put the average 30-year fixed mortgage rate at 6.65%, while faster-moving daily lender data ended last week at 6.77%.  Freddie Mac said the 30-year fixed rate fell from 6.67% a week earlier, marking its second consecutive weekly decline. The average 15-year fixed mortgage rate also edged down to 5.95% from 5.96%. However, the 30-year rate remains slightly above the 6.58% average recorded during the comparable week last year.  Mortgage Rates Are Barely Different From a Year Ago  The FRED chart puts the current mortgage-rate environment into a longer-term perspective. Rather than displaying the mortgage rate itself, the chart measures how many percentage points the 30-year fixed rate has changed from the same period one year earlier.  U.S. 30-Year Fixed Mortgage Rate Year-Over-Year Change, 2021-2026. Source: Freddie Mac via FRED  That year-over-year gap surged toward 4 percentage points in late 2022 as the Federal Reserves inflation fight rapidly pushed borrowing costs higher. The gap then narrowed through 2023 and 2024 and moved below zero for portions of late 2024, 2025 and 2026.  By Aug. 20,

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Token Unlocks This Week: What HUMA, H, and KMNO Holders Should Expect

SOSO, H, XPL, HUMA, FF, CARDS, and KMNO unlocks may add supply pressure. HUMA faces the largest unlock this week, at 16.7% of its circulating supply.Your own token count never changes during an unlock; only the total supply does.  Seven tokens face significant unlocks between August 24 and 30, and if youre already holding one of them, the natural question is simple: does this actually affect you, and if so, how?  This Weeks Unlock Schedule  According to data, the following unlocks are scheduled this week:SOSO (SoSoValue): 23.46 million tokens, 6.35% of circulating supply, August 24H (Humanity Protocol): 266 million tokens, 7.92% of circulating supply, August 25XPL (Plasma): 88.89 million tokens, 3.31% of circulating supply, August 25HUMA (Huma Finance): 459 million tokens, 16.70% of circulating supply, August 26FF (Falcon Finance): 77.14 million tokens, 2.57% of circulating supply, August 29CARDS (Collector Crypt): 28.84 million tokens, roughly 5.5% of circulating supply, late AugustKMNO (Kamino): 229 million tokens, 2.89% of circulating supply, August 30  Does Your Token Count Change?  No. Your own token count never changes during an unlock; only the total supply does. Holding 1,000 HUMA today means holding exactly 1,000 HUMA after the unlock. Nothing is added or removed from your wallet. What does shift is the

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Bitcoin heads towards $80K: What could drive the next move?

Bitcoin is trading above 77.5k, up 1.2% over the past 24 hours and extending last weeks 20% rally, its strongest weekly performance in more than two years.  The move has been driven by a combination of improving liquidity expectations, a lower regulatory risk premium, stronger institutional demand and a wave of short covering.  However, with Bitcoin now approaching 80k, several key events this week could determine whether the rally has further to run.  Why did Bitcoin jump 20%?  Bitcoin surged 20% last week, helped by Treasury Secretary Scott Bessents announcement that the Treasury would increase purchases of longer-dated Treasuries.  Discover more  Merchant Services & Payment Systems  Currencies & Foreign Exchange  Engineering & Technology  The move helped pull long-term yields lower and improved risk appetite, while also raising expectations of easier liquidity conditions.  At the same time, U.S. government debt crossing $40 trillion added to concerns over the fiscal outlook and helped revive the so-called debasement trade, supporting alternative assets such as Bitcoin and gold.  The regulatory backdrop also improved after President Trump renewed his push for clearer rules around digital assets, potentially making it easier for institutional investors to move into crypto.  Institutional demand provided another tailwind. Bitcoin ETFs recorded $1.92 billion in net inflows last week, their strongest weekly inflows since

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XRP Ledger's 25% Drop Triggers Mysterious Transaction Growth

In its most recent network data, XRP Ledger is displaying an odd divergence: while transaction throughput and the number of users interacting with the network are concurrently increasing, a number of traditional activity indicators are sharply declining. The decline in active accounts is the most obvious.  Disparency between indicators  While newly created accounts decreased by the same 25.9% to about 1,500, the metric fell by 25.9 percent to about 10,900. Additionally, payments decreased by 31.6% to roughly 440,000, indicating that regular XRP payment transfers are not the source of the overall activity increase.  Source: XRP Ledger  However, the overall flow of transactions was precisely the opposite. Successful transactions increased by an even greater 65.5% to 1.9 million, while XRPL processed roughly 2.1 million transactions, a 38.5% increase. The number of transactions per ledger increased by 110.6% to 157.33%  On the other hand, active users represent the most unusual figure. The metric increased 166.5 percent to roughly 489,500 despite the drop in active accounts. This disparity implies that the most recent increase cannot be explained by the sudden appearance of hundreds of thousands of new, persistent XRPL accounts.  Rather, the data suggests that network activity has changed in terms of both composition and intensity. Even as the

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