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Circle Adds Native USDC, EURC and CCTP Support to Plasma
The deployment gives developers Circle-issued dollar and euro tokens plus a burn-and-mint route for moving USDC across supported chains.
Circle Targets Sept. 16 for Arc Public Mainnet Launch
Official materials name Circle and 11 founding validators, while an Arc documentation page describes approximately 20 validators at launch.
Solana
Bitwise Solana ETF Is First to Cross $1 Billion
Glassnode reported $138 million of Solana ETF inflows over 10 days, while BSOL captured nearly four-fifths of cumulative flows among six products tracked by Farside.
Ethereum
Ether Products Lead $600M Crypto ETP Flow Rebound in July
Bitcoin products still took 78.5% of the $133.3 billion traded in global crypto ETPs during July, even as ether led the money coming in.
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Circle Adds Native USDC, EURC and CCTP Support to Plasma
The deployment gives developers Circle-issued dollar and euro tokens plus a burn-and-mint route for moving USDC across supported chains.
Circle Targets Sept. 16 for Arc Public Mainnet Launch
Official materials name Circle and 11 founding validators, while an Arc documentation page describes approximately 20 validators at launch.
BIP-110 Bitcoin Fork Stalls at Two Blocks as Its Only Miner Quits
OCEAN will refund roughly 0.3 BTC to miners whose hashrate its Stratum templates sent to the breakaway chain for about 18 hours.
Circle Names BlackRock, Visa, ICE and DTCC Among 11 Founding Arc Validators
Circle's own disclaimer says Arc will be "operated by a permissioned validator set" and has not been reviewed by the New York State Department of Financial Services or any other regulator.
South Korea Super-App Toss to Run Won Stablecoin Pilot on OP Stack
Optimism says Toss is the fourth regulated financial institution in a year to pick the OP Stack, after Bitpanda, Kraken and Mitsui.
Robinhood Launches Robinhood Chain Mainnet, Adds Stock Tokens, Onchain Lending, and Agentic Crypto Trading
At a London keynote, the trading platform opened its Arbitrum-based Layer 2 to the public, rolled out new stock tokens and a Morpho-powered lending product, and confirmed launches in Canada and Singapore alongside plans for crypto trading in the UK.
Canton Network Tops Blockchain Fee Rankings With $60M in 30 Days
Canton Network, the privacy-enabled institutional blockchain built by Digital Asset, generated $60.2 million in fees over the trailing 30 days, outpacing Tron's $27.6 million and Ethereum's $11.3 million by a wide margin, according to DefiLlama data.
Sophon Shuts Down Its zkSync Chain and Rebuilds as a Consumer App Studio on Base
Sophon is decommissioning its zkSync-based Layer 2 chain and pivoting to Soph+, a consumer product studio building exclusively on Base. The shutdown caps a chain that raised $60 million through node sales but attracted fewer than 200 daily users and generated roughly $30 in daily fees.
Ethereum Foundation Cuts 20% of Staff in Sweeping Reorganization
The Ethereum Foundation has eliminated 54 positions, about 20% of its workforce, as part of a restructuring tied to its updated spending mandate. Vitalik Buterin announced a 40% annual budget cut targeting a reduction in treasury spend from 15% to 5% by 2030. Arkham Intelligence places EF's ETH holdings at approximately $209 million, a nearly six-year low.
MoneyGram Becomes Solana Validator, Joins Institutional Developer Platform
MoneyGram has launched an active validator node on Solana and joined its institutional developer platform, making Solana the payments giant’s third blockchain validator commitment alongside Tempo and Midnight. The move deepens a blockchain infrastructure push that began with Stellar remittances in 2021.