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GameStop Goes Onchain
$GMEB, a tokenized representation of GameStop shares, is now listed on @PancakeSwap. The token was built by @Bstocksfinance on the @BNBCHAIN network, giving crypto traders direct exposure to one of the most closely watched and volatile stocks in traditional markets.
The listing means traders are no longer bound by U.S. stock exchange hours. With no market hour restrictions, there is no closing bell — users can trade when they want. That is a meaningful shift for an asset like GameStop, where price action can be rapid and sentiment-driven.
bStocks are tokenized U.S. securities issued as BEP-20 tokens on BNB Chain, with each token backed 1:1 by a real U.S. share held with a regulated custodian and verifiable via a Proof of Collateral page. Importantly, bStocks do not grant voting rights or direct legal shareholder status in the underlying companies.
Part of a Broader Tokenized Equity Push
The $GMEB listing is the latest addition to a rapidly expanding bStocks catalogue on @PancakeSwap. Binance reported that bStocks added $565.9 million in outstanding tokenized-equity value within seven weeks of its June 11 launch, having crossed $500 million in assets under management on July 28 after starting with just $5.6 million.
PancakeSwap has been expanding its tokenized equities offering, listing additional bStocks on BNB Chain to give users 24-hour access to shares of high-profile companies. The broader RWA tokenization sector grew from approximately $21 billion to an estimated $27.5 to $29 billion during Q1 2026 alone, excluding stablecoins, a rise of roughly 30 to 38% in a single quarter.
Analysts note that while tokenized real-world assets offer enhanced liquidity and capital efficiency, they introduce distinct structural risks. bStocks do not grant voting rights or direct legal shareholder status, and investors remain exposed to smart contract vulnerabilities, potential tracking errors relative to primary markets, and evolving regulatory frameworks across international jurisdictions.
Sources
bStocks Are Live on PancakeSwap (PancakeSwap Official Blog)
PancakeSwap Expands Tokenized Equity Offerings with 10 New bStocks on BNB Chain (Yahoo Finance)
PancakeSwap Crosses $50M in Total Volume for Tokenized Assets (Crypto Briefing)

A New Data Standard for Prediction Markets
@Kalshi has launched its live order book on @DoubleZero Edge, offering what the company describes as the world's first machine-readable institutional data feed for prediction markets. The move marks a notable step in Kalshi's push to make its platform accessible to professional trading desks that require more than standard retail-grade connectivity.
The integration is built on a private global fiber network combined with multicast technology, allowing real-time, normalized prices across sports, economic indices, and crypto perpetual futures to be delivered simultaneously to multiple recipients. The platform works by sending data over a private fiber network using multicast, a method commonly used in traditional financial markets to simultaneously distribute data to multiple participants. That approach directly addresses a long-standing gap: unlike traditional finance, where exchanges rely on specialized networks to deliver data at high speed, crypto markets still largely depend on the public internet, a setup that can introduce delays and inconsistencies.
Built for Quant Desks and Programmatic Market Makers
The practical impact of the integration is aimed squarely at institutional participants. Quantitative desks and programmatic market makers will be able to move away from the constraints of Kalshi's legacy JSON API, replacing it with a low-latency feed suited to automated and high-frequency strategies. High-frequency trading firms and quant funds running automated strategies benefit most from faster data delivery, since even small speed improvements can matter significantly when competing for arbitrage opportunities or executing time-sensitive trades.
DoubleZero Edge's infrastructure is designed with this use case in mind. It delivers raw block data through a private global fiber network instead of standard internet routing, and multicast transport sends one data stream to multiple recipients simultaneously, conserving bandwidth and accelerating propagation.
The Kalshi and DoubleZero Edge partnership fits into a broader pattern of institutional infrastructure being layered on top of prediction markets. Kalshi is the first CFTC-regulated prediction market and perpetual futures exchange, and as institutional interest in prediction markets accelerates, Kalshi's regulatory standing as a CFTC-regulated exchange makes it a natural venue for that demand. Earlier this year, Tradeweb and Kalshi announced a strategic partnership with the goal of expanding institutional access to Kalshi's prediction market data and analytics through Tradeweb's global electronic trading platform.
The DoubleZero Edge integration now adds a raw data layer to that institutional stack, giving professional participants the feed quality they need to build systematic strategies directly on prediction market prices.
Sources:
CoinDesk: Wall Street Trading Tech Comes to Crypto as DoubleZero Rolls Out High-Speed Data
Tradeweb: Strategic Partnership with Kalshi to Expand Institutional Access to Prediction Markets
Kalshi Institutional

أندو تستهدف قاعدة سوق عمرها 20 عامًا
كتبت @OndoFinance هذا الأسبوع إلى لجنة الأوراق المالية والبورصات الأمريكية (SEC)، طالبةً بشكل رسمي إلغاء القاعدة 611 من اللائحة NMS، وهي اللائحة المعروفة عادةً بقاعدة «الـتداول-الأبْتَرْ» (Trade-Through Rule). ويجادل البروتوكول بأن القاعدة، التي سارية منذ 2005، لم تعد مناسبة للغرض وتمنع على وجه التحديد تفاعل الأسهم المُرقمنة (المُرمّزة) والأسهم غير المُرقمنة مباشرةً داخل هيكل سوق موحّد واحد.
في جوهرها، تم اعتماد القاعدة 611، والتي يُشار إليها غالبًا بقاعدة حماية الأوامر أو قاعدة الـتداول-الأبْتَرْ، في عام 2005 باعتبارها حجر الزاوية في اللائحة NMS. وهي تتطلب عمومًا من مراكز التداول وضع السياسات والإجراءات والحفاظ عليها وإنفاذها بشكل معقول لمنع تنفيذ الصفقات بأسعار أقل من الاقتباسات المحمية المعروضة من مراكز تداول أخرى. وتقول أندو إن هذا الإطار يخلق ساحة لعب غير متكافئة يجعل تسعير طلبات الاقتباس (RFQ) للأسهم المُرقمنة غير قابل للتطبيق.

Hong Kong now has its first regulated stablecoin. Anchorpoint Financial Limited, a joint venture between Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong), HKT, and Animoca Brands, has unveiled HKDAP (HKD At Par): a Hong Kong dollar-backed stablecoin designed to enable fast settlement and cross-border transactions.
From Sandbox to Live Licence
Anchorpoint was granted a stablecoin issuer licence by the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) under the Stablecoins Ordinance, which came into effect on 1 August 2025. The three partners were not newcomers to the process. Standard Chartered, Animoca Brands, and HKT had been collaborating within the HKMA stablecoin issuer sandbox, launched in July 2024, to explore the potential of stablecoins.
HKDAP is backed 1:1 by high-quality HKD assets under Hong Kong's Stablecoins Ordinance, which sets strict rules for fiat-referenced tokens. Behind Anchorpoint stand three distinct capabilities: Standard Chartered brings banking compliance, HKT provides payment distribution, and Animoca Brands contributes the Web3 ecosystem, meaning the stablecoin is connected from day one to a bank vault, a payments gateway, and an onchain application network.
Institutions First, Retail to Follow
Anchorpoint launched HKDAP with a phased approach beginning in the second quarter of 2026, positioning the token as a new settlement rail for digital markets. The initial rollout targets institutional users and corporate treasuries, bridging the gap between traditional finance and the onchain economy.
To make HKDAP more widely available over time, Anchorpoint is adopting a business-to-business-to-consumer (B2B2C) approach, working with authorised distributors that already have large customer bases to make it easier for the public to access the stablecoin. Retail applications are planned for later in 2026, with guardrails being developed to support that expansion.
Standard Chartered CEO Bill Winters has said Hong Kong's push into stablecoins and tokenised deposits could "lay the foundation for a new era of digital trade settlement," positioning them as a new medium for cross-border commerce. Animoca's chairman Yat Siu has also highlighted the unique position of HKD stablecoins, which are indirectly pegged to the U.S. dollar, as a regulated alternative outside the U.S. market.
Sources:
Standard Chartered: Anchorpoint granted stablecoin issuer licence by HKMA
Crypto.news: Anchorpoint to launch regulated HKD stablecoin HKDAP
CoinDesk: Hong Kong awards first stablecoin licences

A new cat-themed memecoin is making noise on @RobinhoodCrypto's blockchain. Thinking Cat (@thinkingcatRH), trading under the ticker $HMM, has surged more than 100% in 24 hours to post a new all-time high, driven by social media momentum and rising on-chain activity. Over the past seven days, the token is up more than 2,000%, with its market cap sitting just under $20 million.
A New Challenger on Robinhood Chain
The rally puts $HMM firmly in the spotlight on a chain that has become known for its memecoin culture as much as its original purpose. Robinhood Chain launched on July 1 as a permissionless Ethereum layer-2 built for tokenized real-world assets, but it quickly became a hotbed for speculative trading. Its first major breakout asset was a cat-themed memecoin that surged above a $200 million valuation. $CASHCAT and other memecoins became the chain's first liquidity engine, raising questions about growth, risk, and long-term credibility.
$CASHCAT is the original token from the chain's first launchpad, while $HMM is the main cat coin from PONS, the current dominant launchpad on the network. Some traders are already drawing comparisons to the early days of Solana's memecoin scene. Just as the Solana ecosystem was ignited by BONK before Dogwifhat took the next major run, the Robinhood Chain trenches were ignited by $CASHCAT and may be followed by another cat as one of the main runners.
Is $HMM the Next $CASHCAT?
With a price increase of over 2,300% in the last seven days, Thinking Cat ($HMM) is outperforming both the broader cryptocurrency market and comparable meme tokens. The most active trading pair, HMM/WETH, is available on Pons.family, with over $2.4 million in 24-hour trading volume.
Whether $HMM can sustain this momentum remains to be seen. $CASHCAT itself offers a cautionary tale. The original cat-themed token that dominated Robinhood Chain's first trading days has recovered 120% over the past week, clawing back part of the slide that followed July's launch frenzy. Even as launchpad activity and many early tokens have faded, Robinhood Chain's total value locked has climbed to about $774 million and tokenized real-world assets to $100 million. The memecoin cycle on this chain has proven both fast-moving and unforgiving for late entrants.
As always with memecoins, the risks are substantial. Price action is driven by narrative and social momentum rather than fundamentals, and sharp reversals can follow peaks quickly.
Sources:
Thinking Cat (HMM) Price and Market Data - CoinGecko
CASHCAT Jumps 120% in a Week as Robinhood Chain TVL Hits $774 Million - CoinDesk
Robinhood Built an RWA Chain. Memecoins Took It. - Crypto.news

"NEAR Intents" تصل إلى 25 مليار دولار من إجمالي الحجم
حصلت منصة "NEAR Intents" التابعة لـ $NEARProtocol على أكثر من 25 مليار دولار في إجمالي حجم المعاملات التراكمي، ما يؤكد التبنّي السريع لطبقة التنفيذ عبر السلاسل باستخدام النوايا. تُعد هذه المحطة علامة على تسارع حاد في النمو: إذ وصلت "NEAR Intents" إلى 5 مليارات دولار في نوفمبر 2025، ثم تضاعفت إلى 10 مليارات دولار بحلول يناير 2026، ولا تزال في حالة نمو مركّب منذ ذلك الحين. ووفقًا لـ Crypto Briefing، كانت المنصة تضيف ما يقارب 1 مليار دولار من حجم المعاملات أسبوعيًا في بعض الأوقات خلال بداية هذا العام، ما يعكس استمرار الطلب على التنفيذ عبر السلاسل دون جسور.

تعمل @BNBCHAIN على طرح إطار أمني جديد على مستوى النظام البيئي، يجمع معيارًا أمنيًا رسميًا يُسمى BNB-SS مع توسعة في سوق AvengerDAO. تطرح هذه المبادرة 11 من أبرز شركات الأمن في الصناعة تحت سقف واحد، بهدف منح كل مشروع يتم بناؤه على BNB Chain إمكانية الوصول إلى أساس حماية ثابت ومتسق.
إحدى عشرة شركة، إطار عمل واحد
يشمل السوق الموسع @HashDit و@CertiK و@zokyo_io و@salus_sec و@Beosin_com و@GoplusSecurity و@blocksecteam و@pessimistic_io و@sherlockdefi و@getfailsafe و@firepanhqin. إن حزم هذا العدد الكبير من مقدمي الخدمات في عرض واحد يُعد تحولًا ملموسًا عن النهج الأكثر تشتتًا الذي كان يحدد عادةً أمن سلاسل الكتل، حيث يتعين على المشاريع طلب عمليات التدقيق والمراقبة والاستجابة للحوادث من مزودين مختلفين بشكل مستقل.

مؤشر أسعار المستهلكين يهبط إلى 3.4%، بما يتماشى مع التوقعات
أصدرت وزارة العمل الأمريكية، مكتب إحصاءات العمل، تقرير مؤشر أسعار المستهلكين (CPI) لشهر يوليو 2026 في 12 أغسطس، وجاءت القراءة الرئيسية تمامًا كما كانت الأسواق تتوقع. بلغ توقع مؤشر CPI على أساس سنوي 3.4%، مقابل قراءة سابقة بلغت 3.5%. وقد لوحظ ارتفاع المؤشر الذي يتم متابعته عن كثب بنسبة 0.1% في يوليو بعد انخفاض بنسبة 0.4% في الشهر السابق، وفقًا للتوقع الوسيط في استطلاع بلومبرغ لآراء الاقتصاديين. وتشير قراءة متوافقة مع التوقعات إلى أدنى مستوى لمؤشر CPI خلال أربعة أشهر، بما يوفر إشارة متواضعة لكن ذات دلالة بأن ضغوط التضخم ما تزال تتراجع عن قممها الأخيرة.

تراقب أسواق العملات الرقمية عن كثب صدور تقرير مؤشر أسعار المستهلك الأمريكي لشهر يوليو 2026 (CPI)، ولا يوجد رمز لديه ما يخسره أكثر من $XRP. ومن المتوقع أن تُظهر الأرقام، الصادرة عن مكتب إحصاءات العمل في 12 أغسطس، أن التضخم الإجمالي بلغ 3.4% على أساس سنوي، وهو انخفاضٌ طفيف عن قراءة يونيو البالغة 3.5%.
$XRP يتمسّك بمستوى $1.00
بينما نتجه إلى إصدار البيانات، يواجه $XRP ضغطًا ملحوظًا. اعتبارًا من 11 أغسطس، كان $XRP يتداول قرب $1.01، منخفضًا بنحو 2.7% خلال الـ24 ساعة الماضية. بلغ الرمز ذروته قرب $1.16 في أواخر يوليو قبل تراجعٍ مستمر أبقى السعر محصورًا إلى حد كبير ضمن نطاق $1.00 إلى $1.04 خلال أوائل أغسطس. وهذا يجعل مستوى $1.00 آخر خط دفاع مهم للثيران قبل ظهور بيانات اليوم.

تدفع <span>@Polkadot</span> رسالة واضحة في 2026: يجب أن يتحكم المستخدمون، لا الخوارزميات، في الإنترنت. تتموضع شبكة متعددة السلاسل كبديل للنموذج الذي تهيمن عليه المنصات والذي حدّد الويب خلال العقدين الماضيين، عبر نقل سلطة الحوكمة مباشرة إلى أيدي حاملي رموز $DOT.
الحوكمة من خلال حاملي الرموز، لا اللجان
في قلب هذا التحول يوجد OpenGov، إطار الحوكمة على السلسلة لدى Polkadot. تم تصميم نظام حوكمة Polkadot لتمكين مجتمع أصحاب المصلحة من تشكيل مستقبل الشبكة، حيث يوفّر OpenGov نموذجًا أكثر شمولًا وكفاءةً مقارنةً بسابقيه. والأهم أن OpenGov تفكك المجلس المركزي وأسند تخصيص الموارد مباشرة إلى حاملي الرموز.

From Crypto Market Maker to Multi-Asset Trading Powerhouse
@wintermute_t is pushing well beyond its crypto roots. The London-based algorithmic trading firm is pursuing a $1 billion expansion strategy aimed at bridging digital asset liquidity with traditional financial markets, using high-frequency trading systems and AI-powered data centers as its engine.
The five-year funding plan centres on building high-performance computing infrastructure capable of supporting autonomous trading across equities, commodities, and foreign exchange. The ambition is significant: by 2027, Wintermute expects more than 50 percent of its revenue to come from non-digital markets, putting it in direct competition with established proprietary trading firms such as Jane Street and Virtu.
The strategy is already taking concrete shape. In August 2026, Wintermute announced that its affiliate Wintermute USA LLC had registered as a broker-dealer with the SEC and FINRA, marking a formal expansion into U.S. regulated markets. The registration establishes Wintermute USA LLC as a regulated proprietary trading firm, enabling it to provide liquidity to national securities exchanges and OTC counterparties, trade traditional equities and equity options, and act as an Authorized Participant for exchange-traded products, including those tied to digital assets.
Competing With Wall Street's Elite
The registration enables Wintermute to act as an authorized participant for crypto ETPs, meaning it can create and redeem ETF shares directly with issuers, a role that gives it structural access to the arbitrage mechanism that keeps ETF prices aligned with their underlying assets. This places Wintermute alongside established APs such as Jane Street, Virtu, and Goldman Sachs.
Globally, the Wintermute group facilitates over $10 billion in average daily trading volume and provides liquidity across more than 60 centralized and decentralized exchanges. That existing infrastructure gives the firm a credible foundation from which to compete in traditional markets, where speed, scale, and system reliability are the primary differentiators.
Wintermute CEO Evgeny Gaevoy has framed the move as a long-term structural bet. "Our long-term conviction has always been that digital asset markets will evolve in more than one direction," Gaevoy said. "Digital assets and traditional finance will continue to develop in parallel, intersect in new ways, and ultimately integrate more deeply. As the landscape evolves, the firms that succeed will be those that have technical and operational know-how to operate in both."
If the revenue targets hold, Wintermute's transformation from a crypto-native market maker into a diversified, AI-driven trading firm could serve as a template for others in the digital asset industry looking to expand their reach into conventional financial markets.
Sources:
Wintermute launches U.S. broker-dealer to expand regulated institutional reach (PR Newswire)
Wintermute gets SEC approval to trade stocks (Crypto.news)
Wintermute Expands Into US Securities Markets With Broker-Dealer Registration (DailyCoin)

بنك إنجلترا ينقل مختبر الجنيه الرقمي إلى المرحلة الثانية
لقد قامت هيئة تنظيم بنك إنجلترا بتطوير برنامج مختبر الجنيه الرقمي (Digital Pound Lab) إلى المرحلة الثانية، حيث اختارت شبكة @0xPolygon كبنية تحتية بلوكتشين لدورة جديدة من الاختبارات. يشكل المختبر جزءًا من الأبحاث المستمرة لدى بنك إنجلترا حول كيفية عمل عملة رقمية للبنك المركزي بالتجزئة (CBDC) محتملة إلى جانب أنظمة الدفع القائمة والناشئة. وقد استقدم المختبر باستمرار شركاء من القطاع الخاص لإجراء اختبارات ضغط لحالات الاستخدام في العالم الحقيقي.

«ستراتيجي» تتيح دفاترها الائتمانية للعامة
أطلقت شركة «ستراتيجي» ما تسميه «نموذج ائتمان البيتكوين»، وهو لوحة معلومات موجهة للجمهور تهدف إلى تزويد المستثمرين بمشهد حي عن الصحة الائتمانية التي تدعم خزانة البيتكوين بقيمة 53.5 مليار دولار (BTC). تتعقب الأداة فروقات الائتمان ومخاطر عدم كفاية الضمانات عبر التزامات الشركة مجتمعةً البالغة 21.95 مليار دولار من الديون والأسهم الممتازة، باستخدام معدل عائد سنوي لبيتكوين بنسبة 10% (ARR) كحالة مرجعية لتقييم الملاءة.
تُشفّر اللوحة ألوان كل أداة عبر ثلاث فئات: درجة استثمارية (Investment Grade) وعائد مرتفع (High-Yield) ومتعثّر (Distressed). كما تحسب سعر أرضية البيتكوين (BTC) المطلوب لضمان بقاء الخزانة مضمونة بالكامل، ما يمنح المحللين والدائنين تصورًا أوضح عن الأماكن التي قد ينشأ فيها الضغط عبر هيكل رأس المال.

Large Transaction Count Hits Five-Month Peak
Chainlink recorded 246 transactions worth at least $100,000 within a single 24-hour window, according to on-chain analytics platform Santiment. That marks the highest daily count of large transactions the network has seen in five months, pointing to a meaningful pickup in activity from major holders.
The surge is not an isolated event. Crypto analyst Ali Martinez, citing Santiment data, noted that large LINK holders added more than 14 million tokens over a three-week period, with accumulation extending a broader rise in balances held by major wallets during subdued price action.
Whales Now Hold Nearly Half of Total LINK Supply
Wallets holding between 100,000 and 10 million $LINK now control 466.31 million tokens, equivalent to 46.57% of the token's total supply. Santiment attributes the growing concentration to rising whale balances rather than a redistribution from smaller holders.
The trend has been building for months. According to Santiment, wallets in this tier accumulated an additional 32.93 million LINK over the past month, marking a 7.7% increase in holdings. Santiment noted that these whales usually accumulate during weak market conditions instead of chasing price rallies.
The number of wallets holding at least 100,000 LINK has also climbed to a new all-time high of 805 wallets, underscoring the breadth of large-holder interest. On the network side, Chainlink's Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol has processed more than $18 billion in cross-chain volume, with weekly transfers above $1.3 billion and roughly 78% quarterly growth.
As with all on-chain balance metrics, wallet-level data does not distinguish open-market purchases from internal transfers or custody reorganisations, so the figures should be read as indicative rather than definitive. Even so, the combination of rising large-transaction counts and growing whale balances gives the current accumulation signal more weight than either data point would carry alone.
Sources:
CoinPedia: Chainlink Whales Now Control 46% of Total LINK Supply
CoinPedia: Chainlink Whale Activity Hits 5-Month High as Large Holders Increase LINK Balances

يُظهر $XRP ارتفاعًا حادًا في مشاركة الشبكة رغم أن سعره لا يزال يكافح من أجل الثبات فوق مستوى 1 دولار.
وفقًا لبيانات Santiment التي شاركها المحلل علي مارتينيز، ارتفعت العناوين النشطة على سجل XRP من 23,642 في 1 أغسطس إلى 43,543 بحلول 11 أغسطس، بزيادة قدرها 84.18% خلال أقل من أسبوعين. ويمثل هذا القفز واحدًا من أبرز الارتفاعات القصيرة الأجل في تفاعل الشبكة التي سُجلت هذا العام.
حجم المعاملات يرتفع بشكل ملحوظ أعلى بكثير من المتوسطات الأخيرة
نمو العنوانات هو جزء من القصة فقط. ففي 5 أغسطس، عالج سجل XRP أكثر من 2.8 مليون معاملة، مسجلاً زيادة بنسبة 86% عن الأسبوع السابق وأكثر من 81% فوق متوسطه خلال 30 يومًا. ظلت أعداد المعاملات اليومية مرتفعة طوال الأسبوع، وتراوحت بين 1.3 مليون و2.8 مليون، ما دفع متوسط السبعة أيام للارتفاع بشكل كبير فوق خط الأساس لستة أشهر البالغ 1.83 مليون، وفقًا لـ The Crypto Basic.

هاشي تيستنت ينشر أرقاماً قوية في وقت مبكر
سجّلت شبكة سوي هاشي تيستنت أكثر من 1.1 مليون إيداع و165,000 عملية سحب خلال ثلاثة أسابيع فقط منذ بدء البث المباشر، ما يشير إلى طلبٍ مبكرٍ قوي على البروتوكول قبل إطلاق الشبكة الرئيسية المخطط له.
كان لوتيرة النشاط تأثيرٌ ملحوظٌ على بيتكوين سيجنت، وهي شبكة الاختبار العامة التي يستخدمها المطورون للتجربة في معاملات بيتكوين دون المساس بالسلسلة الرئيسية. ووفقاً لسوي، تم توليد أكثر من 50% من المعاملات التي جرت على بيتكوين سيجنت خلال الأسبوعين الماضيين بواسطة اختبارات هاشي. وقد دفعت موجة المرور هذه نشاط سيجنت إلى ما يقارب خمس مرات خط الأساس قبل الإطلاق.

أسواق العملات المشفرة عالقة في حالة من التباطؤ البطيء، ويعتقد أحد أبرز مزودي السيولة في الصناعة أن تفسير ذلك يقع إلى حد كبير خارج مجال الأصول الرقمية نفسه.
يقول سبنسر هالارن، رئيس أسواق في GSR، إن تباطؤ سوق العملات المشفرة يعود جزئياً إلى انتقال رأس المال نحو استثمارات الذكاء الاصطناعي. وفي مقابلة حديثة، قال إن التباطؤ الذي يفرض قبضته على الأصول الرقمية يُعزى إلى حد كبير إلى أن رأس المال يتم تدويره بهدوء نحو بنية تحتية للذكاء الاصطناعي، مما يسحب السيولة من أسواق العملات المشفرة في الوقت الذي كان فيه المستثمرون يأملون في موجة جديدة صعوداً.

BlackRock has cut the in-kind conversion minimum for its iShares Bitcoin Trust ($IBIT) from $25 million to $1 million, a 96% reduction that opens the mechanism to a significantly broader pool of institutional participants.
What the Change Means
In-kind conversion lets an authorized participant hand over actual bitcoin and receive IBIT shares in return, rather than settling the transaction in cash. At $25 million, in-kind conversion was effectively reserved for large market makers and institutional trading desks capable of moving that much bitcoin at once. Dropping the threshold to $1 million brings a far broader set of authorized participants and mid-sized institutions into the mechanism.
The tax efficiency is the real story: institutions holding appreciated $BTC can now swap into IBIT shares without triggering a taxable cash-sale event, at a threshold accessible to RIAs and family offices, not just Wall Street trading desks.
The change was disclosed in an updated IBIT filing and relates to in-kind creation and redemption activity, not retail holders directly swapping ETF shares for Bitcoin. Investors cannot transact directly with BlackRock, as authorized participants continue to act as intermediaries.
BlackRock Eyes Further Reductions
BlackRock slashed IBIT's in-kind conversion minimum from $25 million to $1 million, per Robbie Mitchnick on Bloomberg TV's ETF IQ, August 10, 2026. Mitchnick has signaled BlackRock intends to push the threshold toward zero, a trajectory that would turn IBIT into a frictionless BTC-to-share conversion vehicle embedded in standard brokerage infrastructure.
The practical effect is a tighter link between IBIT's share price and the underlying spot price of bitcoin. Regulators cleared issuers to offer in-kind creation and redemption for spot bitcoin ETFs earlier in 2026. The move comes against a backdrop of strong product momentum: IBIT captured $479 million across a three-day stretch last week, good for roughly 76% of total spot bitcoin ETF inflows during that window.
What the lower threshold does change is the choice set: going forward, more Bitcoin holders can consider the ETF path without an insurmountable size barrier.
Sources:
TFTC: BlackRock Cuts IBIT In-Kind Bitcoin Minimum 96% to $1 Million
Bitcoin.com News: BlackRock Cuts IBIT Bitcoin Conversion Minimum From $25M to $1M
CoinTribune: BlackRock Slashes Bitcoin ETF Conversion Threshold to $1 Million

تكامل واحد لمحافظ العملات وعمليات الدفع عبر السلاسل
يفتح Polygon (‏@0xPolygon‏) حزمة Open Money Stack أمام الشركات المعتمدة، لتمكينها من إنشاء محافظ مضمنة غير محدودة مباشرة داخل تطبيقاتها الحالية. المحافظ غير احتجازية، ما يعني أن المستخدمين يحتفظون بالتحكم في أموالهم، كما تدعم أرصدة العملات المستقرة دون الحاجة إلى مغادرة التطبيق أو إدارة عبارة مرور (seed phrase).
عرض Polygon واضح وبسيط: تكامل واحد يتولى البنية التحتية للمحافظ والمدفوعات عبر السلاسل معًا، بدلًا من إجبار المطورين على ربط مقدمي خدمات طرف ثالث متعددين. كما يصف Polygon الأمر، تم تصميم المنصة لربط الوصول إلى العملات الورقية، والمحافظ، وتنسيق المعاملات عبر السلاسل، والتسوية على السلسلة ضمن واجهة برمجة تطبيقات واحدة.

A Wallet Built Into Barça Mobile
FC Barcelona's Barça Mobile is adding a digital wallet to its app, backed by a trio of blockchain and fintech partners: the Stellar Development Foundation, Wirex, and Crossmint. The move is being led by New Era Visionary Group, the official telecom operator and partner of FC Barcelona.
These collaborations will support the development of a digital wallet integrated directly into the Barça Mobile app, designed to complement its core mobile services with payments, rewards, and future digital utility for subscribers around the world. Rather than a standalone product, the wallet will form part of the broader Barça Mobile app experience.
It is intended to help subscribers manage digital services in one place, starting with connectivity and extending to payments, loyalty benefits, travel, and future cross-border digital services.
How the Partners Divide the Work
Each partner brings a distinct role to the infrastructure. The Stellar network will serve as the blockchain layer for the wallet, supporting fast and cost-efficient digital transactions and cross-border value transfers. Through its open and globally focused ecosystem, the Stellar network brings the infrastructure needed to support efficient value movement at international scale.
Wirex will provide payments and card infrastructure, giving Barça Mobile subscribers practical, everyday spending functionality. Crossmint, meanwhile, handles wallet technology and user onboarding, simplifying access for fans who may have little prior experience with digital wallets.
New Era Visionary Group is working with all three partners to ensure the digital wallet infrastructure is scalable, secure, and ready for a global fanbase. The partnership reflects a broader trend of major sports clubs embedding financial and blockchain services directly into their fan-facing platforms, rather than launching separate standalone products.
No launch date for the wallet feature has been announced publicly at the time of writing.
Sources:
Wirex: Official announcement on Barça Mobile partnership