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Early traction builds on Stellar rails
@Zebec_HQ says its enterprise payroll product on @StellarOrg has signed up nine business accounts within two months of launch, generating an annualized run-rate of roughly $4 million in $USDC payroll. The figures offer an early read on real-world demand for on-chain payroll infrastructure at a time when stablecoin adoption in corporate payments is accelerating.
Zebec's enterprise dashboard is designed for HR managers overseeing large, distributed teams, letting employers stream salaries and contractor payments in stablecoins directly into workers' digital wallets. The Stellar deployment, announced in March 2026, marked Zebec's first expansion beyond the Solana blockchain, where its streaming payroll infrastructure was originally built.
Stellar's architecture suits the use case. Transaction costs on the network run below one cent, and the network processes more than 250,000 USDC transactions daily, providing the liquidity base needed for high-frequency payroll operations.
Ecosystem add-ons broaden reach
Zebec has been layering on integrations since launch. A MoneyGram offramp gives workers cash-out access through MoneyGram's global agent network. Privy wallet infrastructure handles onboarding, while Tangem hardware wallet support adds a physical self-custody option for employees. Euro-denominated payouts are available through AllUnity's EURAU stablecoin, expanding the product beyond dollar-only settlement. Zebec Cards support for onramping and treasury management is flagged as the next item on the roadmap.
The additions reflect a broader pattern in enterprise stablecoin payroll, where coverage of local fiat offramps and wallet flexibility often determine whether a product gains traction in non-US markets. Zebec has positioned itself as Stellar's designated payroll infrastructure provider, with @StellarOrg selecting the firm in that role as part of a wider push to attract institutional use to the network.
Sources:
Zebec: Enterprise Payroll on Stellar launch post
Crypto Economy: Zebec launches enterprise payroll on Stellar
Edgen: Stellar taps Zebec for USDC payroll

Stellar RWA Value Hits All-Time High
Real-world asset (RWA) value on the Stellar (@StellarOrg) network reached $3.22 billion, according to rwa.xyz tracking data, marking the highest level ever recorded on the platform. The figure represents an 8.4% gain over the prior 30 days, continuing a run that has seen the network hit three separate billion-dollar milestones in a single calendar year. Stellar crossed $1 billion in January, $2 billion in April, and $3 billion in June 2026.
@Spiko_finance leads all platforms on the network at $1.5 billion in tokenized assets. The Paris-based regulated investment platform has built a multi-currency RWA stack that includes EU Treasury Bills, EUR short-duration bonds, USD equivalents, U.S. T-Bills, and UK T-Bills. It is followed by Franklin Templeton (@FTDA_US), @Ondo, and Realiz. Franklin Templeton's BENJI token, which represents shares of its OnChain US Government Money Fund, has grown to become one of the largest single positions on the network.
Stellar's purpose-built compliance features and low cost structure give it structural advantages for the specific use case of regulated asset settlement. The DTCC, the institution overseeing more than $114 trillion across U.S. capital markets, has also selected Stellar as one of the first public blockchains for tokenization.
Stablecoin Growth Outpaces RWA Metrics
While RWA figures hit a new record, stablecoin activity on Stellar is expanding even faster. Stablecoin market cap rose 57.6% to $503.5 million over the same 30-day window, and monthly transfer volume climbed 21.7% to $6.6 billion. MoneyGram also launched MGUSD on Stellar, bringing a regulated digital dollar to a cash network serving more than 60 million customers.
RWA transfer activity cooled compared to the prior month, even as the number of holders approached 19,000, pointing to a broadening holder base even as short-term transaction volumes moderated. Stellar's overall RWA growth rate is running roughly four times faster than the broader RWA tokenization market.
Sources:
Stellar Development Foundation: Q2 2026 Network Report
Crypto Briefing: Stellar Network RWA Market Cap Surpasses $3B
Sentora Research: Stellar, The Blockchain Wall Street Was Quietly Waiting For

El número de titulares y el volumen de transferencias aumentan en tándem
La actividad de activos del mundo real en @BNBCHAIN se está acelerando con fuerza. El número de titulares de RWA en la red alcanzó 524.752, frente a aproximadamente 400.000 solo tres días antes, según datos de rwa.xyz. En los últimos 30 días, el conteo de titulares se ha más que triplicado, subiendo casi un 219%.
La transferencia de volumen refleja el mismo impulso. La red registró 24,78 mil millones de dólares en transferencias de RWA durante el último mes, un aumento de casi el 1.179%. La red actualmente alberga 1.284 activos tokenizados con un valor combinado de 5,76 mil millones de dólares, que abarcan acciones tokenizadas a través de bStocks, listados de Ondo Finance y Tether Gold.

Fake World Assets (@token_works), el protocolo de NFT gacha basado en Ethereum que brevemente se ubicó como el mayor consumidor de gas de la red a finales de julio, se está expandiendo hacia nuevos territorios con una función tipo launchpad llamada FWAir, diseñada para llevar colecciones de NFT completamente nuevas a la plataforma.
TokenWorks permitirá que los artistas lancen nuevas colecciones de NFT directamente en la piscina aleatoria de Fake World Assets a través de FWAir, ampliando el protocolo del equipo de dos personas, que antes se centraba en negociar NFT existentes para emitir nuevos. Bajo el modelo, los creadores establecen un precio por cada NFT y los patrocinadores respaldan cada uno con esa cantidad en $ETH. Las colecciones que alcancen su objetivo de financiación se lanzarán directamente en la piscina de FWA, mientras que los patrocinadores recibirán reembolsos si no se cumple el objetivo.

@solana ha consolidado su posición como el principal destino para el trading spot on-chain, registrando $45.6 mil millones en volumen de DEX durante los últimos 30 días, más que cualquier otra blockchain, según datos de DefiLlama.
BNB Chain mantiene el segundo lugar, Ethereum cae al tercero
@BNBCHAIN ocupa el segundo lugar con $38 mil millones en volumen mensual de DEX, una posición a la que ha subido de forma constante después de superar a Base en volúmenes mensuales en junio y a Ethereum en julio. Ethereum ocupa el tercer puesto con $24.2 mil millones, y Base está en el cuarto con $17.9 mil millones. En conjunto, las dos principales cadenas por sí solas representan más de $83 mil millones en actividad mensual de trading spot.

@NEARProtocol AI ha lanzado la versión 1.2 de @IronClawAI, su plataforma de agente segura de código abierto, ampliando el entorno de ejecución con soporte para múltiples usuarios, mayor conectividad con herramientas y defensas más sólidas contra la inyección de prompts.
Conectividad abierta de herramientas a través de MCP
La incorporación principal en la versión 1.2 es el soporte para cualquier herramienta compatible con MCP, desde CRM hasta APIs internas. La integración de IronClaw del Protocolo de Contexto del Modelo (MCP) permite a los usuarios conectarse a servidores MCP para obtener capacidades adicionales, con una arquitectura de plugins que permite incorporar nuevas herramientas y canales WASM sin reiniciar el agente. Esa flexibilidad permite a los equipos integrar el agente en la infraestructura de herramientas empresariales existente sin tener que reconstruir su pila.

Jane Street Group reported holding more than 1.2 million shares of @Bitwise's spot XRP ETF as of June 30, 2026, up from just 20,605 shares three months earlier. The position was valued at roughly $14 million, representing a nearly 60-fold increase in a single quarter.
The jump appeared in the trading firm's second-quarter Form 13F filed with the SEC. The filing shows three separate entries for the Bitwise XRP ETF: the largest consisting of 1,205,000 shares held outright, a second as a call option covering 15,100 shares, and a third with 67 shares.
Broad Exposure Across XRP ETF Issuers
The firm also reported exposure to XRP-related funds from Franklin Templeton, Grayscale, Canary Capital, and 21Shares. The scale of Jane Street's holdings this quarter makes it one of the largest and most diversified institutional participants in the emerging spot XRP ETF market, with its cross-product disclosure representing one of the most extensive institutional XRP ETF filings to date.
As of May 2026, seven XRP ETFs are available in the United States: Bitwise (XRP), Canary Capital (XRPC), Franklin Templeton (XRPZ), Grayscale (GXRP), REX-Osprey (XRPR), 21Shares (TOXR), and Bitwise 10 Index (BITW). Together they hold over $1.2 billion in assets and have locked more than 840 million XRP tokens.
Market-Making Context
The filing highlights Jane Street's position in the XRP ETF market, but its role as a major market maker that actively trades ETFs and options means the holding should not necessarily be viewed as a simple long-term directional bet on $XRP. As one of the largest ETF liquidity providers globally, @JaneStreetGroup routinely holds inventory across the products it facilitates, and 13F disclosures reflect end-of-quarter snapshots rather than strategic investment intent.
Activity around spot XRP ETFs has intensified throughout 2026 as more institutional players file regular 13F disclosures, with Jane Street's wide-ranging positions across all major issuers reinforcing its role in building liquidity for the broader XRP ETF ecosystem.
Sources:
CryptoNews: Jane Street Reports Major Position Across XRP ETF
CoinTurk: Jane Street Discloses $14 Million in Bitwise XRP ETF
XRP ETF Tracker: Live AUM, Holdings and Flows

La actividad de derivados se dispara junto con la recuperación del precio de agosto
El interés abierto en los futuros de @chainlink alcanzó aproximadamente $277 millones el domingo, el nivel más alto en al menos seis meses, según datos de Santiment. La métrica mide el capital mantenido en posiciones activas de derivados y ha aumentado con fuerza junto con la recuperación de $LINK durante agosto.
El token cotizaba cerca de $9.54 en el momento de la lectura, por encima de mínimos de alrededor de $7 a finales de junio. Esa recuperación se ha mantenido durante la semana. Chainlink subió más de 7% en un solo período de 24 horas, operando cerca de $9.48, con un rango diario de $8.76 a $9.72. LINK ha avanzado 12.3% en los últimos siete días y tiene una capitalización de mercado de aproximadamente $6.97 mil millones.

@OndoFinance has released a fresh set of ecosystem metrics, painting a picture of rapid growth across its suite of tokenized real-world asset products. The headline figure: its tokenized equities platform, Ondo Stocks, has reached $27 billion in ecosystem-wide cumulative trading volume over 10 months, with $1.01 billion in total value locked.
Ondo Stocks Crosses $1 Billion in TVL
Ondo Stocks now holds $1.01 billion in total value locked, less than a year after the platform launched in September 2025. It spans more than 440 US stocks and ETFs across Ethereum, BNB Chain, and Solana. The ecosystem's holder base has also grown sharply. Holders crossed 200,000, growing 20% in the last 30 days, with holder growth and transfer velocity both accelerating, indicating new participants are entering the market.
Monthly transfer volume across the ecosystem reached $2.82 billion, up 25.37% month over month, against 89,485 monthly active addresses. On the fixed-income side, Ondo's US Dollar Yield product (USDY), a tokenized note backed by short-term US Treasuries and bank demand deposits, has reached $2.15 billion in total asset value. USDY's total asset value has more than doubled since the start of 2026.
Ondo Perps Scales Quickly After Launch
@OndoPerps launched in July and has since climbed steadily up the rankings of onchain derivatives venues. The recently launched Ondo Perps perpetual futures venue has cleared more than $8 billion in cumulative volume, recording over $5 billion in the last 30 days, alongside peak open interest of $87 million.
Ondo Perps is built for non-US traders and offers perpetual futures on tokenized assets with up to 20x leverage and around-the-clock trading. A key part of its pitch is capital efficiency. Rather than requiring cash or stablecoins to back positions, Ondo Perps lets traders post tokenized stocks and other assets directly as margin, keeping their holdings working instead of selling them or parking money elsewhere. According to the company, that model is drawing institutional interest, with traders using its tokenized equities as collateral in decentralized futures markets.
Taken together, Ondo framed the figures as evidence of a tokenized asset market that is maturing rather than simply scaling, with secondary liquidity deepening across both centralized and decentralized venues.
Sources:
Ondo Finance official press release via PR Newswire
TheStreet: Ondo Perps tops $8B trading volume within weeks of launch
TipRanks: Ondo Finance posts rapid growth as tokenized equities and treasuries pass key volume milestones

BUZZ HPC Lands Largest AI Contract Yet
@HIVEDigitalTech has signed a five-year, $350 million GPU cloud services agreement through its wholly owned subsidiary BUZZ High Performance Computing, the company announced on August 17. The deal, struck with an undisclosed investment-grade enterprise customer, adds roughly $70 million in annualized recurring revenue and lifts BUZZ HPC's total annualized revenue run rate to approximately $180 million, according to the official press release.
The agreement calls for BUZZ HPC to deploy a dedicated AI infrastructure cluster of 2,016 NVIDIA Blackwell Ultra GPUs housed in GB300 NVL72 rack-scale systems, interconnected with NVIDIA Quantum-X800 InfiniBand networking and VAST Data's high-performance storage platform. The system is designed in accordance with NVIDIA's reference architecture to support large-scale AI training, inference, and enterprise workloads.
British Columbia Site and Path to $200 Million Target
The cluster will be deployed at the Bell AI Fabric facility in Merritt, British Columbia, a site powered entirely by renewable hydroelectric energy and equipped with closed-loop liquid cooling. Deployment is expected to be completed in the fourth quarter of 2026, at which point HIVE projects its daily HPC and AI revenue will reach approximately $500,000. Capital expenditure for the buildout totals around $185 million, funded through a $35 million upfront customer deposit, proceeds from HIVE's June 2026 zero-percent convertible bond, and equipment financing. HIVE will retain ownership of the NVIDIA infrastructure on completion.
The new contract follows a $220 million sovereign AI cloud deal signed in June at the same Merritt facility, which involved NVIDIA Grace Blackwell systems deployed for Bell and Cohere. Together, the two agreements bring BUZZ HPC within striking distance of HIVE's stated $200 million annualized GPU cloud revenue target for year-end.
HIVE's pivot mirrors a broader shift across the Bitcoin mining sector. Peers including IREN, Hut 8, and TeraWulf have each struck multi-billion-dollar AI and cloud compute agreements in recent months, repurposing their power and data center assets for long-term AI infrastructure revenue. HIVE shares rose more than 8% following the announcement.
Sources:
HIVE Digital Technologies Official Press Release
The Block: Bitcoin miner HIVE inks five-year $350 million AI cloud contract
Investing News Network: HIVE BUZZ HPC $350 Million AI Cloud Agreement

Data from the @dfinity dashboard on August 17 showed a sharp spike in Internet Computer's Cycle Burn Rate, climbing to roughly 0.30 TCYCLES per second. That compares with a recent baseline of 0.03 to 0.05 TCYCLES per second, representing a 6 to 10 times increase from normal operating levels.
The trigger was a deliberate load test run by Toko App, an NFT application built on the Internet Computer ($ICP) network, designed to stress-test the protocol's fleet management capabilities. The test was expected to run for most of the day.
What a Higher Burn Rate Actually Means
The spike is more than a technical footnote. On the Internet Computer, cycles are consumed whenever canisters, the protocol's smart contract units, execute programs, store data, or process messages. A higher burn rate therefore signals real computation being performed on the network, not speculative activity.
Crucially, generating cycles requires burning $ICP tokens through the Cycles Minting Canister process. ICP is burned when it is converted into cycles, which are used to pay for on-chain compute, storage, and bandwidth on the Internet Computer. Those tokens are permanently removed from circulation, creating a direct deflationary effect on supply.
As the ecosystem expands and more developers join, the cycle burn rate accelerates, which could push the token into a deflationary phase and drive further upward price pressure as ICP supply diminishes.
The Mission 70 Connection
The timing matters because of Mission 70, @dfinity's flagship tokenomics initiative for 2026. The Internet Computer's Network Nervous System has approved Mission 70, a set of changes to voting and node-provider rewards designed to cut ICP inflation by at least 70% by the end of 2026.
The plan involves a dual approach of reducing token supply and increasing demand. On the supply side, DFINITY intends to cut governance voting rewards and node provider incentives, aiming for a 44% reduction in token issuance. On the demand side, the foundation is betting on AI adoption and on-chain usage to consume $ICP tokens as cycles, fostering a deflationary effect.
Events like the Toko App load test illustrate how the demand side of that equation can work in practice. Even a temporary increase in network activity translates directly into accelerated token burns, reinforcing the deflationary mechanics that Mission 70 is designed to embed structurally.
Whether burn rates at this elevated level persist beyond isolated tests remains to be seen. But the metric itself is one of the clearest real-time indicators of genuine network demand on the Internet Computer.
Sources:
Internet Computer Network Dashboard, @dfinity
Mission 70 White Paper, Dominic Williams, DFINITY Foundation
ICP Extends Rally as Mission 70 White Paper Targets 70% Inflation Cut, Yahoo Finance

HashKey and OneInfinity Target Real-World HKDAP Use Cases
@HashKeyGroup has announced a partnership with OneInfinity, the digital asset arm of Hong Kong insurer OneDegree, to develop practical applications for HKDAP, the city's regulated Hong Kong dollar stablecoin. Under the agreement, HashKey Exchange will provide compliant conversion between HKDAP and fiat currencies for eligible users.
The two firms plan to explore cross-border business payments and are studying whether HKDAP can be used for insurance premium settlement in Hong Kong. HashKey's MENA unit is also in scope, with plans to support exchange between HKDAP and both the US dollar and UAE dirham.
HKDAP, which stands for "HKD At Par," pegs each token one-to-one to the Hong Kong dollar. Anchorpoint Financial, one of the first two licensed stablecoin issuers in Hong Kong, issued the token, and its first minting and redemption cycle marked the first circulation of a regulated HKD stablecoin under Hong Kong's Stablecoins Ordinance on a live public blockchain.
A Growing Ecosystem Around Hong Kong's Regulated Stablecoin
The HashKey-OneInfinity tie-up adds to a broadening network of institutions moving to integrate HKDAP into financial workflows. Standard Chartered-led Anchorpoint launched beta access for HKDAP following its Hong Kong issuer licence secured earlier this year, with HashKey Exchange and OSL Group joining as authorised distributors, enabling institutional and professional investors to mint and redeem HKDAP tokens.
Three companies own the Anchorpoint venture: Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong), telecom operator HKT, and Animoca Brands, with Standard Chartered holding the largest stake. For now, only institutions, corporates, and professional investors can convert between fiat and HKDAP. Anchorpoint plans to expand HKDAP to retail users by late 2026, targeting broader financial applications.
HKDAP enters a market that dollar tokens dominate almost entirely, with USD-pegged stablecoins accounting for roughly 99% of global stablecoin value. Its case rests on local settlement, regulated cross-border payments, and niche institutional use, exactly the areas the HashKey-OneInfinity partnership is targeting. The MENA corridor adds a notable dimension, positioning HKDAP as a potential bridge between Hong Kong, the Middle East, and the broader dollar economy.
Sources:
CoinDesk: Standard Chartered-led Anchorpoint launches Hong Kong dollar stablecoin
PR Newswire: Anchorpoint and HashKey Exchange Partner on HKDAP Beta Access
TechTimes: Hong Kong Dollar Stablecoin HKDAP Goes Live on Ethereum

Digital asset infrastructure firm Fireblocks (@FireblocksHQ) has appointed Elad Roisman as its chief regulatory and policy officer, effective immediately, bringing one of the most recognisable names in US securities regulation into a senior executive role at a major crypto company.
A Deep Regulatory Pedigree
Roisman is no stranger to Washington. He was appointed by President Donald Trump to the US Securities and Exchange Commission, sworn in on September 11, 2018, and was later designated Acting Chairman of the Commission, effective December 24, 2020. As a Commissioner and Acting Chairman, Roisman played an instrumental role in shaping the agency's rulemaking, enforcement and international work. According to the original announcement, during his SEC tenure he voted on more than 100 rulemakings and over 1,000 enforcement actions.
Before moving to Fireblocks, Roisman was a partner at elite law firm Cravath, Swaine and Moore. There he served as Co-Head of the Digital Assets Practice and was also a member of the Corporate Governance and Board Advisory Practice and the Financial Institutions Group. His work at Cravath covered a broad range of complex regulatory and strategic initiatives, advising public and private companies on disclosure, compliance, and general corporate law, as well as applying his deep knowledge of market structure regulation to advise fintech companies, investors, exchanges, and other financial institutions.
Roisman also testified before the US House Financial Services Committee in June 2025. The hearing examined the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act of 2025, which sets forth a proposed digital asset market structure framework. That appearance further underscored his standing as a subject-matter expert at the intersection of policy and crypto.
What the Role Means for Fireblocks
Roisman will lead regulatory strategy from Washington, D.C., serving as the firm's primary liaison to regulators on both sides of the Atlantic as stablecoin legislation and broader market structure rules continue to take shape. The hire reflects a broader trend of crypto companies building out senior government-affairs functions as the regulatory environment in the US and Europe moves from ambiguity toward concrete frameworks.
For Fireblocks, which provides custody, transfer and settlement infrastructure to financial institutions and crypto-native firms, having a former SEC Acting Chairman in-house represents a significant addition at a moment when regulatory relationships are becoming a competitive differentiator.
Sources:
SEC.gov: Elad L. Roisman biography
Cravath, Swaine and Moore: Elad Roisman profile
Cravath: Roisman testimony on Digital Asset Market Clarity Act of 2025

NAVI Prime busca el aislamiento de capital en el lending de DeFi
@Navi_protocol ha presentado NAVI Prime, un protocolo modular de préstamos construido sobre @SuiNetwork, diseñado para lo que el equipo describe como un aislamiento de capital de alta convicción. El lanzamiento marca una salida deliberada del modelo de pool de liquidez unificado que ha definido gran parte del lending de DeFi hasta la fecha.
En lugar de agrupar todos los activos en un único mercado compartido, NAVI Prime crea mercados de préstamos individuales, cada uno con sus propias reglas de garantía y parámetros de riesgo. La idea central es sencilla: al separar los mercados, las pérdidas o la volatilidad en una agrupación no pueden propagarse a otra. Por lo tanto, los activos de mayor calidad pueden alcanzar una mayor eficiencia de capital sin verse arrastrados por el perfil de riesgo de las garantías de menor calidad que se encuentran en el mismo pool.

La actividad de transacciones alcanza nuevos máximos
La red @Hedera está registrando sus cifras de mayor rendimiento hasta la fecha. Las transacciones diarias han promediado aproximadamente 291.200 durante las últimas dos semanas, alcanzando un récord de 346.943 el 12 de agosto. El hito subraya la filosofía de diseño de alto rendimiento que ha definido a Hedera desde el lanzamiento de su red principal. La red está diseñada para alcanzar hasta 10.000 transacciones por segundo, con finalidad lograda en un plazo de entre tres y cinco segundos. Esa combinación de velocidad y bajo costo la ha convertido en una opción competitiva para casos de uso empresariales y de desarrollo, que van desde el seguimiento de la cadena de suministro hasta los micropagos.

La IA encarnada se une a la liquidez descentralizada
Ravn Robotics ha lanzado oficialmente su token $RAVN en el $XRP Ledger de @Ripple, aportando una nueva categoría de activos del mundo real a la red: software de IA encarnada construido para máquinas autónomas. Ravn Robotics desarrolla software de IA encarnada para robots, drones, sistemas no tripulados y máquinas industriales que necesitan percibir, razonar, coordinar y actuar en el borde. El enfoque de la empresa se sitúa firmemente en la capa de inteligencia, proporcionando software de autonomía que ayuda a los sistemas en movimiento a comprender su entorno, adaptarse a la incertidumbre y ejecutar misiones sin depender únicamente de la conectividad en la nube.

El secretario del Tesoro, @ScottBessent, ha confirmado que el Departamento del Tesoro de EE. UU. está trabajando activamente para implementar el marco establecido por la Ley GENIUS, después de su aprobación en el Congreso y la firma de @POTUS. El movimiento vuelve a poner en el foco la agenda regulatoria de las criptomonedas en Washington y plantea una pregunta concreta: ¿podría el impulso de la Ley GENIUS ayudar a impulsar la Ley más amplia de Claridad del Mercado de Activos Digitales en el Senado?
Qué hace la Ley GENIUS
La Ley GENIUS, abreviatura de la Ley de Guía y Establecimiento de Innovación Nacional para las Stablecoins de EE. UU., fue firmada por el presidente Trump el 18 de julio de 2025, creando un marco regulatorio federal para las stablecoins de pago. Representa un momento histórico para la industria: este hito de proyecto de ley sobre stablecoins es la primera gran legislación cripto en los Estados Unidos.

A Long Road Back to Britain
@Binance is preparing to seek formal authorisation from the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), positioning itself to re-enter the British market after years on the sidelines. The exchange's FCA authorisation was pulled in June 2021, and any unused permissions were formally cancelled in June 2023. From October 2023, Binance stopped accepting new UK users after its financial promotions approver lost the ability to act on its behalf, cutting off a key route to British customers.
The world's largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume is now eyeing a comeback in Britain, and the timing is deliberate. A new digital asset framework is coming into force that creates a clear, if demanding, path for exchanges that want to operate legally in the UK.
What the New UK Regime Means for Exchanges
In February 2026, the government introduced the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Cryptoassets) Regulations 2026, ushering in a new regulatory regime for cryptoassets. The FCA then published Policy Statement PS26/9 on 30 June 2026, completing the core rules and guidance for the UK mandatory cryptoasset authorisation regime.
The application window is due to open on 30 September 2026 for a five-month period. Firms that apply for authorisation during this period will benefit from a transitional regime under which they can engage in regulated activities while their application is assessed. The window closes on 28 February 2027, and any firm that misses it will be required to halt operations until it secures approval.
All firms, including those already registered under anti-money laundering regulations or authorised to provide payment services, will need to obtain FCA authorisation, as there will be no automatic conversion. The full regime goes live on 25 October 2027, at which point full authorisation becomes mandatory.
For Binance, a successful FCA application would mark one of its most significant regulatory milestones in years, reopening access to one of Europe's largest retail crypto markets. The outcome will also be watched closely as a signal of how global exchanges fare under what is shaping up to be one of the most detailed crypto licensing frameworks anywhere in the world.
Sources:
Crypto Briefing: Binance Plans Return to UK Market
Farrer & Co: UK Cryptoasset Regulation, FCA Rules from 2027
Fintech Global: FCA Unveils Full Digital Assets Regime

Dogecoin ($DOGE) ha atravesado unos meses difíciles. La moneda meme original ha caído aproximadamente un 3.2% en los últimos 30 días y un 32.9% en los últimos 90 días. Sin embargo, según varias medidas, el activo se está manteniendo mejor de lo que sugieren las cifras de titulares.
El volumen de operaciones y la capitalización de mercado siguen siendo sólidos
A pesar de la caída, Dogecoin aún mantiene un volumen de operaciones de alrededor de $266.5 millones y tiene una capitalización bursátil de $10.9 mil millones, lo que le da una tasa de rotación del 2.44%. Los datos de CoinGecko muestran que el volumen de operaciones de Dogecoin en las últimas 24 horas llegó recientemente a aproximadamente $262.7 millones, lo que representa un aumento del 64.7% respecto al día anterior, señalando un repunte en la actividad del mercado. Ese nivel de liquidez mantiene $DOGE entre los activos con mayor volumen negociado en el mercado cripto en general.

A Year to Forget for Pi Network
The $PI token of Pi Network (@PiCoreTeam) is enduring one of the more painful slides in the altcoin market. According to CoinGecko, the token is down 57% year-to-date, down 77% over the past 12 months, and now trades at roughly a 97% discount to its lifetime peak. CoinGecko data shows PI reached an all-time high of $2.99 and is currently trading more than 97% below that level.
The scale of the decline puts PI in a difficult position. Those who bought near the top have seen the vast majority of their holdings erased, and even those who accumulated during subsequent dips have found little relief. The token's market capitalization has shrunk accordingly, leaving PI as a shadow of what it once appeared to be at launch.
Supply Pressure Adding to the Pain
Beyond broader market weakness, PI faces a structural headwind that is unlikely to ease quickly. Scheduled monthly token unlocks are adding downward pressure, with roughly 128 million PI worth approximately $10.5 million at current prices set for release in July 2026. Fewer than 77 million coins were released in June, while July saw 103.7 million. August is slated for 128 million PI unlocks, with another 132.7 million expected in September, an escalating supply that could increase selling pressure from investors who have been waiting to access their holdings.
Uncertainty surrounding Pi Network, including delayed communications and a lack of clarity on the roadmap and tokenomics, continues to keep potential buyers at bay. The token is also facing multiple structural bottlenecks, including insufficient liquidity, pricing disagreements, and compliance obstacles.
Opinion in the market is split. Given the sharp losses already priced in, some holders argue the token has found its floor. Others prefer caution, pointing to the ongoing unlock schedule and thin trading volumes as reasons why further downside cannot be ruled out. With no clear catalyst visible on the near-term horizon, the debate over where PI goes from here is likely to continue.
Sources:
CoinGecko: Pi Network (PI) Live Price and Market Data
Capital.com: Pi Network Price Analysis and Token Unlock Schedule
BigGo Finance: Pi Network Token Unlock Cloud and Price Action