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BNB Chain Pasteur Upgrade Nearly Doubles Throughput
BNB Chain's Pasteur hard fork went live August 25, lifting test throughput from 1,237 to 2,324 TPS while tightening bridge and validator security.
Fasset Reaches $1B Valuation on a $68M SBI-Led Round
Fasset's $68M Series C led by SBI Group values the stablecoin neobank at $1B, lifting its 2026 total to $119M across 100+ banking corridors.
Laser Digital Wins Japan's First Crypto Nod in 4 Years
Nomura's Laser Digital Japan registered as a Crypto Asset Exchange Service Provider on August 21, the country's first new approval since October 2022.
Grayscale Zcash ETF Filing Moves to Amendment Five
Grayscale filed a fifth amended S-3 for a Zcash ETF on August 21, naming NYSE Arca, ticker ZCH, and a 2.5% sponsor fee for a first-of-its-kind US fund.
Shinhan Tests a Won-Denominated Tokenized Fund on Solana
Shinhan Asset Management, which oversees $96.6B, signed a four-way pact with the Solana Foundation, Etherfuse, and Orca to pilot a tokenized won fund.
World Chain Ships EIP-7928 Access Lists Before Ethereum
World Chain went live August 17 streaming EIP-7928 block access lists every 200ms, targeting 1 gigagas per second with no new validator hardware.
Injective Is the First Blockchain SEC Transfer Agent
Injective Institutional Services is now an SEC-registered transfer agent, making Injective the first layer 1 able to keep securities records onchain.
Ripple Payments Reaches Korea's Jeonbuk Bank
Jeonbuk Bank becomes the first Korean regional bank to deploy Ripple Payments, cutting cross-border settlement from days to seconds for local exporters.
Ethereum Hegota Upgrade Shortlists 66 EIPs for 2027
Ethereum's 2027 Hegota upgrade is down to 66 candidate EIPs, with FOCIL the only one locked in and a three-proposal package aiming at native privacy.
UBS Bitcoin ETF Call Options Jump 24-Fold in Q2 Filing
UBS reported 1.95 million IBIT call underlying shares at June 30, up from 80,000 in March — a 2,337% increase disclosed in its latest 13F filing.
Ether.fi Neobank Adds Tokenized Stocks, Metals, Loans
Ether.fi's Summer release brings 90+ tokenized assets, Aave-backed borrowing near 4%, and 30+ fiat rails to its 500,000 self-custody members.
Fidelity Ether ETF Staking Would Pay Quarterly Cash
Fidelity's amended FETH filing would stake up to 100% of the fund's ether, keep 85% of gross rewards, and pay holders quarterly cash distributions.
Coinbase Wins Abu Dhabi License for Tokenized Stocks
Coinbase secured Financial Services Permission from Abu Dhabi's FSRA to arrange deals, custody tokenized securities, and issue digital shares.
Solana Slot Times Fall to 350ms on the Road to 200ms
Solana cut testnet slot times to 350ms on August 6, the first of four steps toward 200ms blocks, with Agave v4.2 mainnet targeted for August 17.
Zama Brings FHE Privacy Tokens to 70M Revolut Users
Zama's FHE confidentiality token listed on Revolut across the EEA on August 11, reaching 70 million customers with zero fees and self-custody withdrawals.
Jupiter Lend v2 Lets One Solana Deposit Earn Twice
Jupiter Lend v2 lets deposits double as trading liquidity, so the same capital earns lending interest and swap fees across $1.9B in deposits.
XRP Ledger Amendments Add Confidential Token Transfers
Six XRP Ledger amendments up for validator vote would encrypt token balances while keeping selective visibility for regulators and auditors.
JPYC Raises $38M to Take Yen Stablecoins Into Logistics
Japan's first registered stablecoin issuer extended its Series B to $38 million, led by logistics group AZ-COM Maruwa, bringing total funding to $106M.
Mastercard Pilots Shared Identity Checks for Stablecoins
Mastercard and Borderless.xyz are piloting Crypto Credential for cross-border stablecoin flows, testing a single-audit compliance model with 3 partners.
Cloudflare Wallets Give AI Agents a Spending Limit
Cloudflare launched stablecoin wallets and cloudflare.pay handles so AI agents can buy APIs and content under spending caps and approved-merchant rules.
Wells Fargo Brings Tokenized Deposits to 24/7 Payments
Wells Fargo will launch tokenized deposits this fall on its own blockchain, starting with US dollar to sterling transfers for corporate clients.
Project Agorá Settles Real Money Across Six Currencies
28 banks and 5 central banks moved $1M of real tokenized money across six currencies in BIS Project Agorá, settling in about 80 seconds on average.
BlackRock Expands Tokenized Cash for Stablecoin Reserves
BlackRock added two blockchain-based money market vehicles built to qualify as GENIUS Act reserve assets, from a cash business managing $1.073 trillion.
Solana Pay Targets 330,000 Merchants in South Korea
Korean payments firm KSNET signed an MOU with the Solana Foundation to bring Solana Pay to 330,000+ merchants processing $4 billion in monthly volume.