
4th Week of August 2026 Period: Aug 26, 2026 – Sep 1, 2026 Data Cutoff: Sep 1, 2026 Core Narrative Over the past week, the crypto market experienced a sharp reversal, shifting rapidly from frenzy to

Tokenized stocks were supposed to bring equities onchain. Robinhood Chain's latest meme cycle is testing a more unconventional proposition: what if equities also become infrastructure for

Two versions of money are competing to move onto blockchains. One came from crypto. The other is coming from banks. Stablecoins such as USDT and USDC have already demonstrated that dollar-denominated

Overview United States digital asset infrastructure leader Coinbase (NASDAQ: COIN) advanced sharply in recent market sessions, surging roughly 10 percent to lead gains across the financial technology

Overview As Bitcoin (BTC) surged through the 69,000 dollar resistance benchmark, United States listed cryptocurrency equities mounted an explosive rally during the August 19 trading session.

Overview A stablecoin's circulation grew 19%. Its onchain transaction volume grew 151%. Its issuer's revenue grew 7%. All three numbers come from the same quarterly report, and the gap between them

Stablecoin infrastructure and tokenized finance continued expanding globally as major payment networks, banks, and blockchain institutions accelerated integrations between traditional finance and on-c

Miden plans to introduce USDCx alongside its zero-knowledge blockchain mainnet near the end of August 2026. The stablecoin will be issued natively by Miden through Circle’s xReserve infrastructure and

Similar to DEXs, decentralized lending is also one of the key components of DeFi. If the DeFi Summer of 2020 was fueled by competition among various DEXs, triggering a liquidity race, then the integra

The opening of the last bull market was led by liquidity mining, inaugurating the "DeFi Summer." Therefore, many believe that this round of the bull market will still be initiated by the DeFi

In 2020, DeFi began to flourish, and in 2021, DeFi Summer ignited the market. In 2022, the total value locked reached a historic high of $219.47 billion. So, what exactly is decentralized finance?1. W