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The veteran asset manager advised investors to hedge against macroeconomic risks around rising government debts.

BNB, the native token powering the Binance ecosystem, has reached a new milestone amid renewed market interest and institutional activity. On July 28, the digital asset briefly hit a record price of $854 before easing to approximately $847.5 at the time of writing. This latest surge marks a 7% daily increase and caps a month-long […] The post BNB hits new ATH above $850 driven by institutional buyers as Wall Street warms to token appeared first on CryptoSlate.

The Plasma network will hold $1 billion in stablecoins at launch and offer fee-free stablecoin transfers.

The European Central Bank may rely on regulated euro stablecoins and private innovation to counter the dominance of US dollar stablecoins, says adviser Jürgen Schaaf. A central bank digital currency (CBDC) alone will not be enough to challenge the rise of US dollar-pegged stablecoins, according to an adviser to the European Central Bank (ECB). In a blog post published Monday on the ECB’s website, adviser Jürgen Schaaf outlined a range of strategic options for the European Union to address the rapid rise of dollar-based stablecoins. Among those options were regulated euro-pegged stablecoins, distributed ledger technology (DLT) applications and the ongoing development of the digital euro. Read more

A $1 billion ether treasury could generate as much a $50 million in annual yield, the report said.

The payment services giant will allow businesses to accept 100 cryptocurrencies.

The VIX has declined sharply since April, recently hitting a five-month low ahead of the seasonally bullish August.

Ethereum leads the DeFi boom with nearly 60% market share, while advanced yield strategies and rising activity on Solana and Sui drive cross-chain growth.

Hedera (HBAR) was also among the top performers, gaining 11.9% over the weekend.

Michael Saylor’s Strategy did not purchase any Bitcoin last week, reporting just two acquisitions in July totaling 10,445 BTC, a 39% drop from June. Michael Saylor’s Strategy, the world’s largest public holder of Bitcoin, reported no Bitcoin buys last week despite the asset seeing volatility after breaking all-time highs in mid-July. Strategy’s Bitcoin (BTC) holdings remained unchanged at 607,770 BTC as the company opted not to buy more BTC last week, according to a US Securities and Exchange Commission filing on Monday. The price of Bitcoin climbed from about $118,000 to more than $119,000 over the course of the week, despite Strategy’s inactivity and a reported 80,000 BTC sale by an early investor on Friday, according to data from CoinGecko. Read more

A popular crypto analyst on X sees ETH reaching $8,000 to $13,000 in Q4; meanwhile, SharpLink Gaming adds $295 million worth of ether to its treasury.

The macro and regulatory backdrop has intensified investor interest in the sector and provided a fresh tailwind for mining firms, the report said.

The expansion brings tokenized versions of credit and U.S. Treasury funds to Avalanche as part of the network's institutional finance push.

Grove will deploy capital to two Janus Henderson products on the Avalanche blockchain, targeting US Treasurys and collateralized loan obligations. Grove, an institutional-grade credit protocol backed by Steakhouse Financial, is targeting $250 million in real-world assets (RWAs) on the Avalanche blockchain — a move that will significantly expand the network’s tokenization footprint. As part of this effort, Grove is partnering with the tokenization platform Centrifuge to launch two Janus Henderson products on Avalanche. Janus Henderson is a $373 billion asset manager known for its mutual funds, exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and alternative investments Initially, Grove will deploy capital to the Janus Henderson Anemoy AAA CLO Fund (JAAA) and the Janus Henderson Anemoy Treasury Fund (JTRSY). Read more

MetaMask Stablecoin Earn now offers users interest on USDC, USDT and DAI via Aave’s lending markets.

Monero is facing a controversial, economically powered hashrate takeover attempt by Qubic, a mining pool and crypto network led by Iota co-founder Sergey Ivancheglo. Privacy-focused Monero is facing what appears to be an attempted network takeover by former top mining pool Qubic, prompting community backlash and concerns over hashrate centralization. As of Monday, Qubic had fallen from the top spot on the Monero (XMR) mining pool rankings to seventh, according to MiningPoolStats data. After the community noticed the pool looked to be openly performing a network takeover, the pool’s hashrate plummeted until it fell into its current position as the seventh-largest XMR mining pool. In a June 30 blog post, Qubic revealed that it had begun incentivizing Monero CPU mining via its own network. The mined XMR would then be used to fund buybacks and token burns for the Qubic ecosystem. “QUBIC miners now perform real-world tasks (Monero mining) that generate real market value, which in turn strengthens the QUBIC economy...

Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs broke records in July with $11.2 billion monthly inflows, as ETH funds continue to outpace Bitcoin.

The non-bank lender will allocate nearly all of a $450 million private placement to Sui’s native token

The Series A funding round was led by Pharsalus Capital and included contributions from Circle Ventures, The Operating Group and XVC Tech

Binance Smart Chain’s native token BNB has hit a new all-time high, as other major altcoins begin to climb.