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Crypto treasury companies hit $340 billion market cap as altcoin DATs outperform

By: Ivan Wu and Bryan Samsoedin β€”
Cumulative market capitalization for these companies is up 10% since mid-August and hovers around $340 billion.

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Bitcoin and gold move in lockstep as debasement trade gains more steam

By: Ivan Wu and Bryan Samsoedin β€”
Bitcoin's 90-day Pearson correlation coefficient with gold hits all-time high while the Fear and Greed Index sits at 68.

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Robinhood Chain hits record $989 million in daily DEX volume as TVL grows

By: Ivan Wu and Bryan Samsoedin β€”
Robinhood Chain DEX volume hit a record in the month of August as utility tokens gain ground on memecoins.

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Solana fees hit record as validators double pace of inflation cuts

By: Ivan Wu and Bryan Samsoedin β€”
Less new supply of SOL will reach the market every year, which also means validators will earn less for the same amount of work.

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Crypto exchange volumes double in five days as market activity rebounds

By: Ivan Wu and Bryan Samsoedin β€”
Monthly volume tells a similar story, with $490 billion traded so far in August compared to $670 billion in July.

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Robinhood Chain TVL surges 45% in August as tokenized RWAs lose ground

By: Ivan Wu and Bryan Samsoedin β€”
Stablecoin market cap on the chain has reached $640 million, the bulk of which has come from USDe.

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Tokenized equities triple market share as Ondo, Binance and xStocks dominate

By: Ivan Wu and Bryan Samsoedin β€”
Tokenized stock market share has grown to 15%, up 3x from the start of the year, with the total market cap around $2.8 billion.

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Robinhood Chain TVL surges 45% in August as tokenized RWAs lose ground

By: Ivan Wu and Bryan Samsoedin β€”
Stablecoin market cap on the chain has reached $640 million, the bulk of which has come from USDe.

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Tokenized equities triple market share as Ondo, Binance and xStocks dominate

By: Ivan Wu and Bryan Samsoedin β€”
Tokenized stock market share has grown to 15%, up 3x from the start of the year, with the total market cap around $2.8 billion.

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Ethereum staking climbs to 34% as proposal targets validator rewards and ETH treasury firm yields

By: Ivan Wu and Bryan Samsoedin β€”
Researchers recently filed EIP-8361, a "tapered issuance burn" that destroys a growing share of validator rewards as the staking ratio rises.
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Robinhood Chain hits 11.6 million daily transactions as USDe fuels TVL growth

By: Ivan Wu and Bryan Samsoedin β€”
There is a clear divergence for Robinhood Chain in the number of transactions and TVL growing against a stagnating user base.
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New Bitcoin addresses jump as Coldcard exploit pushes users to move funds

By: Ivan Wu and Bryan Samsoedin β€”
The number of new Bitcoin addresses climbed from 260,000 to 330,000, a sharp break from the decline that has held for most of the year.
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Robinhood shrugs off crypto slump as Coinbase activity remains tied to trading cycle

By: Ivan Wu and Bryan Samsoedin β€”

Robinhood and Coinbase saw crypto trading activity slump alongside broader market conditions, but one managed to offset that weakness.

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DEXs capture record 24% of spot crypto trading as CEX volumes sink

By: Ivan Wu and Bryan Samsoedin β€”

Spot exchange volume is on track to set a new 12-month low at $670 million, down from its annual high of $2.23 trillion.

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Pump.fun token graduation rate jumps after BOOST changes launch incentives

By: Ivan Wu and Bryan Samsoedin β€”

BOOST comes into effect after a token has already bonded, so it doesn’t mechanically lift the share of tokens that reach the threshold.

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Ethereum L2 ecosystem loses momentum as TVL drops to 2-year low

By: Ivan Wu and Bryan Samsoedin β€”

Total value locked in Ethereum Layer 2s has slid back to roughly $5 billion, a level last seen in 2023.

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Robinhood Chain deposits climb but volume and users fade after memecoin-fueled launch

By: Ivan Wu and Bryan Samsoedin β€”

The number of active accounts on Roinbhood Chain averaged around 275,000 per day, down by 7% week-over-week.

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Tokenized equity perps drive RWA trading boom to $470 billion monthly volume

By: Ivan Wu and Bryan Samsoedin β€”

Within the broader RWA category, tokenized equities have been the more popular asset class to trade over tokenized commodities.

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Solana, Hyperliquid ETFs dominate altcoin fund flows despite flying under the radar

By: Ivan Wu and Bryan Samsoedin β€”

Solana ETFs boast an impressive $904 million AUM, while the Hyperliquid funds have $350 million in net inflows.

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Kalshi, Polymarket open interest falls 20% as World Cup frenzy winds down

By: Ivan Wu and Bryan Samsoedin β€”

Sports accounted for 80% of both Kalshi and Polymarket's total volumes throughout the weekslong World Cup tournament.

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β€˜Stablecoin’ Google searches down 54% as supply growth stalls after 2025 boom

By: Ivan Wu and Bryan Samsoedin β€”

The decline in search volumes this month coincides with aggregate stablecoin supply having reversed its 10-month expansion.

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Bitcoin miners face deepening margin squeeze as revenue falls below production costs

By: Ivan Wu and Bryan Samsoedin β€”

An estimated 20% of miners are now unprofitable at current prices, and the stress shows up at the network level, too.

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World Cup boom sends Polymarket volume up 300% while Kalshi sets open interest records

By: Ivan Wu and Bryan Samsoedin β€”

Kalshi's aggregated OI reached a record $1.16 billion last week, the first time the platform’s OI surpassed the billion-dollar mark.

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Pump.fun activity craters 80% in three months, dragging Solana fees lower as traders rotate into perps

By: Ivan Wu and Bryan Samsoedin β€”

The platform's fall from grace is best reflected in the PUMP token itself, which is down 40% in the last six months alone.

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Spot HYPE ETFs near $900 million in volume as early demand signals institutional interest

By: Ivan Wu and Bryan Samsoedin β€”

Volume across the three products has been uneven, with BHYP and THYP accounting for the bulk of activity while HYPG continues to ramp.

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SpaceX IPO fuels $1.4 billion trading frenzy on Hyperliquid as SPCX perp becomes HIP-3’s biggest market

By: Ivan Wu and Bryan Samsoedin β€”

Stock-linked HIP-3 markets have generated more than $18.8 billion in volume so far this month, eclipsing crude oil and Brent perps combined.

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Tokenized equities reach $5.5 billion market cap, fueled by SpaceX IPO access and exchange expansion

By: Ivan Wu and Bryan Samsoedin β€”

The growth of the fourth-largest RWA category signals a structural demand trend as crypto users want access to equity markets.

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Crypto VC deal count slumps to five-year low as investors grow more selective

By: Ivan Wu and Bryan Samsoedin β€”

Monthly venture deal count in crypto fell to roughly 50 deals in May, a level not seen since before 2021.

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Hyperliquid hits record share of global perps market as HIP-3 tops $62 billion monthly volume

By: Ivan Wu and Bryan Samsoedin β€”

Despite the bullish sentiment on HIP-3, Hyperliquid's pure crypto volumes are down significantly year over year.

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Crypto derivatives activity slumps to late-2023 levels, but US perp market opportunity emerges

By: Ivan Wu and Bryan Samsoedin β€”

The composition of that volume remains heavily concentrated among a handful of exchanges, with Binance maintaining its dominant share.

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Tokenized PokΓ©mon card marketplaces hit record $7.4 million as hype peaks ahead of 30th anniversary

By: Ivan Wu and Bryan Samsoedin β€”

On-chain PokΓ©mon card revenue has surged 337% as 30th-anniversary mania lifts tokenized markets.

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DeFi TVL slides 14% since KelpDAO exploit as risk appetite retreats

By: Ivan Wu and Bryan Samsoedin β€”

DeFi outflows have deepened five weeks after the KelpDAO breach exposed new infrastructure risks.

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Ethereum leads $65 billion RWA race as blockchains compete for institutional tokenization flows

By: Ivan Wu and Bryan Samsoedin β€”

The distributed market structure suggests the RWA landscape has not yet consolidated around a clear winner.

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Stablecoin supply tops $300 billion but growth stalls as Tether gains at rivals’ expense

By: Ivan Wu and Bryan Samsoedin β€”

The bank-issued and GENIUS Act-compliant stablecoin entrants have had a harder start than many expected.

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Ethereum’s onchain conviction grows as staked ETH rises, even as price underperforms

By: Ivan Wu and Bryan Samsoedin β€”

A contracting float against any meaningful demand recovery has historically been a constructive setup for price.

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Ethereum closes gap with Solana as DEX volumes converge near $45 billion

By: Ivan Wu and Bryan Samsoedin β€”

The current near-parity gives both chains another chance to position themselves to capture volume when onchain activity rotates back.

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Bitcoin dominance rebounds above 58% signaling crypto market consolidation phase

By: Ivan Wu and Bryan Samsoedin β€”

Dominance peaked near 62%–63% last year before a sustained drawdown through late 2025, bottoming near 54%–55%.

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Grayscale’s Zcash Trust volume doubles as ZEC’s shielded supply hits record highs

By: Ivan Wu and Bryan Samsoedin β€”

It will be worth watching whether ZCSH can sustain over $2 million in daily volume into the new month.

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Circle tops crypto stocks with 30% gain as stablecoin growth outpaces Coinbase slump

By: Ivan Wu and Bryan Samsoedin β€”

Every crypto-related stock in the market now has its own differentiated business models that respond to different drivers.

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PokΓ©mon TCG marketplaces near record as tokenized collectibles show staying power

By: Ivan Wu and Bryan Samsoedin β€”

The tokenization layer of these platforms is being used as a liquidity wrapper, as opposed to a purely speculative venue.

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Ethereum DEX aggregator market grows more competitive as Kyber, CowSwap rise

By: Ivan Wu and Bryan Samsoedin β€”

Kyber currently leads with ~30% market share, followed by CowSwap at 22%, while 1inch has seen its share decline to 15% over the same period.

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HIP-3 open interest tops $2 billion as demand for 24/7 tokenized equity exposure surges

By: Ivan Wu and Bryan Samsoedin β€”

On Hyperliquid, just three of the top 10 markets by volume are crypto pairs and the rest are tokenized equity or commodity futures.

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CME Bitcoin futures activity slumps to 14-month low as basis trade unwind drains institutional demand

By: Ivan Wu and Bryan Samsoedin β€”

CME has lost its position as the largest Bitcoin futures exchange to Binance for the first time since November 2023.

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Crypto card boom hits $600 million monthly volume as USDC gains ground on USDT

By: Ivan Wu and Bryan Samsoedin β€”

Stablecoin composition of card volume is worth watching as a proxy for geographic and demographic shifts in users.

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Bittensor breakout fuels AI token rally as distributed training gains credibility

By: Ivan Wu and Bryan Samsoedin β€”

The price of TAO nearly doubled in March, as the market is catching up to a realization of what the Bittensor network can do.

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Hyperliquid gains ground on centralized exchanges as perps market share nears 6%

By: Ivan Wu and Bryan Samsoedin β€”

The platform's share of total perp futures volume has climbed to just under 6% in March with monthly volumes approaching $200 billion.

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Monad tops $350 million TVL milestone as low fees, falling FDV signal caution

By: Ivan Wu and Bryan Samsoedin β€”

Monad still accounts for less than 0.4% of the approximately $91 billion total TVL tracked across all chains.

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