#OpenDigest | 21 August 2026
Each week, we bring you the biggest headlines, sharpest insights, and key updates on stablecoins, tokenized RWAs, and the OpenEden ecosystem.
đŁ Stablecoin & RWA Market Pulse
âTotal stablecoin market cap: $303.079B
âTotal RWA on-chain market cap: $38.32B
âTotal stablecoin holders: 280.89M
âTotal RWA assets holders: 2,522,832
đŁ Top Headlines
â Andrew Baehr, managing director of asset management at GSR, said that tokenization has clear institutional use cases, including tokenizing short-term fixed-income products for collateral.
â Bitwise CIO Matthew Hougan said investors may be underestimating blockchain transaction activity by 10 to 100 times as tokenized markets expand and AI agents trade on usersâ behalf.
â HSBC and Standard Chartered completed the first live interbank transaction on Swiftâs new blockchain-based ledger, using tokenized deposits for real-time cross-border settlement.
â Shinhan Asset Management, which oversees more than $96 billion, said it has signed a four-party MOU with the Solana Foundation, etherfuse, and Orca, to issue a tokenized fund.
â X is in talks to explore how stablecoins can be used to pay royalties to influential users for uploading content.
â Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev is urging US regulators to create a framework for tokenized stocks as the company expands the products overseas. He said that tokenized stocks could enable real-time settlement and 24/7 trading.
đŁ OpenEden's Updates
â At Conviction VN 2026, our Founder and CEO, Jeremy Ng, CFA, highlighted 24/7 fiat rails, deeper secondary liquidity, and integration with DeFi markets, as key factors that will increase utility and drive tokenization at scale.
â On her panel at HSC Conference Ho Chi Minh, our Chief Strategy Officer, Stephanie Chew, shared how TBILL can serve as collateral across trading workflows, allowing investors to put their Treasury exposure to work on-chain.
â Read the full digest on our X: https://x.com/OpenEden_X/status/2091114253961089053?s=20
Each week, we bring you the biggest headlines, sharpest insights, and key updates on stablecoins, tokenized RWAs, and the OpenEden ecosystem.
đŁ Stablecoin & RWA Market Pulse
âTotal stablecoin market cap: $303.079B
âTotal RWA on-chain market cap: $38.32B
âTotal stablecoin holders: 280.89M
âTotal RWA assets holders: 2,522,832
đŁ Top Headlines
â Andrew Baehr, managing director of asset management at GSR, said that tokenization has clear institutional use cases, including tokenizing short-term fixed-income products for collateral.
â Bitwise CIO Matthew Hougan said investors may be underestimating blockchain transaction activity by 10 to 100 times as tokenized markets expand and AI agents trade on usersâ behalf.
â HSBC and Standard Chartered completed the first live interbank transaction on Swiftâs new blockchain-based ledger, using tokenized deposits for real-time cross-border settlement.
â Shinhan Asset Management, which oversees more than $96 billion, said it has signed a four-party MOU with the Solana Foundation, etherfuse, and Orca, to issue a tokenized fund.
â X is in talks to explore how stablecoins can be used to pay royalties to influential users for uploading content.
â Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev is urging US regulators to create a framework for tokenized stocks as the company expands the products overseas. He said that tokenized stocks could enable real-time settlement and 24/7 trading.
đŁ OpenEden's Updates
â At Conviction VN 2026, our Founder and CEO, Jeremy Ng, CFA, highlighted 24/7 fiat rails, deeper secondary liquidity, and integration with DeFi markets, as key factors that will increase utility and drive tokenization at scale.
â On her panel at HSC Conference Ho Chi Minh, our Chief Strategy Officer, Stephanie Chew, shared how TBILL can serve as collateral across trading workflows, allowing investors to put their Treasury exposure to work on-chain.
â Read the full digest on our X: https://x.com/OpenEden_X/status/2091114253961089053?s=20