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XRP network activity surged, with the number of active addresses rising 654.71% from 47,180 to 356,070. Such a sharp jump typically points to a rapid increase in network participation. Historically, spikes of this magnitude have often been accompanied by heightened price volatility.

The NUVA project said it has integrated Chainlink’s data infrastructure as it targets the $19B tokenized real-world asset (RWA) market. The collaboration brings Chainlink’s decentralized oracle network to the NUVA platform to support key functions such as on-chain asset pricing and data verification. The move extends Chainlink’s infrastructure footprint in RWA tokenization and is aimed at improving the reliability and transparency of on-chain asset data.

The crypto market saw a major influx of capital totaling $2.6 billion. Against that backdrop, Bitcoin surged 24% over a short period. The move signaled a sharp rebound in market sentiment, with heavy buying triggering a rare single-day spike in Bitcoin.

Bitmine Immersion Technologies (BMNR) disclosed that its Ethereum (ETH) holdings have reached 5.85 million tokens. The company said its combined crypto and cash holdings total $14.9 billion. The figures outline the company’s current asset mix and scale as part of its public financial disclosures.

Vivek Ramaswamy’s asset manager Strive has purchased 1,100 Bitcoin valued at about $85 million. The transaction has been publicly reported. It was described as a large, institutional-scale on-chain or over-the-counter buy.

South Korea’s Shinhan Bank said it will issue won-pegged real-world asset (RWA) tokens on the Solana blockchain to tap a tokenization market valued at $30 trillion. The move brings traditional financial assets into Solana’s public-chain ecosystem, marking further adoption of on-chain RWA use cases by major financial institutions. The initiative is expected to expand enterprise use cases on Solana and increase the amount of on-chain assets.

On-chain data show whale address 0x2160 is using a lending loop strategy to go long $BNB. The address withdrew 8,474 $BNB ($5.9M) from Binance and deposited it into Venus. It then borrowed 2.6M $USDT from Venus and sent the funds to Binance to buy more $BNB.

Grayscale’s Zcash ETF is set to launch on August 25, 2026. Anticipation around the rollout has helped lift ZEC futures open interest above DOGE and BNB.

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BTC perpetual futures contracts have officially begun trading, while token public offerings remain at the proposal stage and have not moved into implementation, according to Japan’s CRYPTO TIMES. The report also cited uncertainty in the U.S. regulatory environment that could affect the crypto market. Overall, it said infrastructure for BTC-related derivatives continues to advance, while primary-market fundraising activity remains constrained by policy factors.