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Why tokenised treasuries now dominate the real-world-asset market
Tokenised treasuries and money-market funds account for 10 of the 22 programmes in our RWA tracker and the overwhelming majority of value on-chain. The reason is regulatory, not technological, and the concentration carries a cost.
IX Swap: the small-cap AMM solving liquidity for tokenised securities
A positive CryptoxInsights review of IX Swap: a compliant AMM for tokenised securities, wallet-level whitelisting, and a credible attempt to solve secondary liquidity for private-market tokens.
Ethereum's Fusaka upgrade lands, cutting L2 data costs and lifting validator limits
Ethereum's Fusaka hard fork went live in July 2026, expanding blob capacity for rollups via PeerDAS and further tuning the validator set. Layer-2 fees dropped sharply within hours of activation.
Bitcoin ETF flows flip positive after prolonged outflows, led by Fidelity and ARK
US spot bitcoin ETFs returned to net inflows after a prolonged outflow streak, with Fidelity's FBTC and ARK's ARKB leading the recovery even as bitcoin traded in a tight band around $64,000.
Coinbase becomes the first cryptocurrency exchange to join the S&P 500
On 19 May 2025 Coinbase became the first crypto exchange added to the S&P 500, replacing Discover Financial and cementing digital assets' place in mainstream portfolios.
Stablecoin issuer Circle raises $1.05 billion in an upsized IPO and doubles on debut
Circle, the issuer of USDC, priced its upsized IPO at $31 to raise $1.05 billion, then surged around 168% on its NYSE debut, one of the standout crypto listings of 2025.
Winklevoss-founded Gemini raises $425 million and pops on its Nasdaq debut
Gemini Space Station, the Winklevoss twins' crypto exchange, raised $425 million in its IPO priced at $28 and rallied on its Nasdaq debut, part of a wave of 2025 crypto listings.
Mike Novogratz's Galaxy Digital debuts on the Nasdaq in a bumper week for crypto
Galaxy Digital moved its listing to the Nasdaq via a direct listing in May 2025, opening at $23.50, after a drawn-out SEC process, and positioned itself around crypto and AI infrastructure.
Bitcoin trades the rate path as August policy expectations swing
Bitcoin's August trading has tracked shifting expectations for the next policy decision more closely than any crypto-native catalyst, with options positioning clustered around the meeting date and spot volumes thinning between it.
Solana exchange-traded products draw steady inflows as the altcoin ETP field widens
Exchange-traded products tracking Solana have accumulated inflows in a steadier, smaller-ticket pattern than the bitcoin funds did at the same stage, suggesting allocation through model portfolios rather than tactical trading.
Staked ether products clear their last regulatory hurdle
Regulatory clearance for staking within exchange-traded ether products introduces reward pass-through alongside slashing exposure and redemption-liquidity mismatch that plain spot funds avoid.
Rollup fees collapse, and the business model question gets sharper
Expanded data availability has driven layer-2 transaction fees to negligible levels, cutting sequencer revenue and reopening the question of how rollups fund themselves long term.
Decentralised compute networks meet real AI demand, and the metrics get testable
Decentralised GPU networks are reporting paid workloads rather than pilots, making utilisation rates and paid inference hours the metrics that separate genuine demand from emissions-funded activity.
Bitcoin miners pivot toward power contracts and hosted compute
Compressed hashprice has pushed listed bitcoin miners to monetise grid interconnection and power contracts through hosted compute, diversifying revenue away from block rewards.