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DEX Spot Volume Hit a Record 24% of CEX Volume in July
Decentralized exchanges took their largest share of spot trading since tracking began in 2019 — in a month when overall volumes sank to a two-year low.
Uniswap Adds Permissioned Pools to Bring Regulated Assets to v4
The v4 hook enforces issuer allowlists onchain at the protocol level, with Superstate, Securitize, and Dowgo as launch partners.
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DEX Spot Volume Hit a Record 24% of CEX Volume in July
Decentralized exchanges took their largest share of spot trading since tracking began in 2019 — in a month when overall volumes sank to a two-year low.
Uniswap Adds Permissioned Pools to Bring Regulated Assets to v4
The v4 hook enforces issuer allowlists onchain at the protocol level, with Superstate, Securitize, and Dowgo as launch partners.
Ondo Enables Tokenized Stock Collateral on OndoPerps
Ondo Stocks holders can now back perpetual futures positions with SPYon and QQQon, subject to an initial $100,000 per-asset notional cap.
Cloudflare Launches Monetization Gateway for Stablecoin Payments via x402
Cloudflare opened a waitlist for its Monetization Gateway on Wednesday, letting customers charge for web pages, datasets, APIs or MCP tools with payments settling in stablecoins over the x402 protocol. Will Papper, formerly of Syndicate, joined the company as product manager for Agent Payments to lead the effort.
Spark, Uniswap, and Sky Launch $150M Liquidity Migration to Build Shared Stablecoin FX Layer
Spark, Uniswap, and Sky are launching shared stablecoin liquidity infrastructure, beginning with a $150 million USDS migration to Uniswap v4 pools designed to serve a multi-issuer stablecoin economy.
Uniswap Adds No-Code Token Auction Tool to Its Web App
Teams can now launch token auctions directly from the Uniswap Web App using Continuous Clearing Auctions, with no code required.
0x Opens Swap API to AI Agents Paying $0.01 Per Request in USDC
AI agents can now access 0x Protocol's Swap API by paying $0.01 per request in USDC directly from their own wallets, with no API key required, via the HTTP 402 and x402 standard built with Alchemy AgentPay.
Circle Publishes Official USDC Spec for Machine Payments Protocol, Enabling Crosschain Agent-to-Agent Commerce
Circle published a formal USDC method specification for the Machine Payments Protocol on Monday, standardizing how AI agents and automated services settle payments in USDC across EVM-compatible blockchains and Solana. The spec introduces the first crosschain MPP payment profile via Circle Gateway and adds USDCx on Stacks.
Securitize Wraps Roubini's SEC-Registered ETF as Dubai VARA Digital Security
Securitize has been selected to tokenize economist Nouriel Roubini's Atlas America Fund into USAFi, a digital security issued under Dubai's VARA regulatory framework with BNY custody, designed for 24/7 institutional-grade collateral portability.
Micron Stock Goes On-Chain 48 Hours Before Earnings as Backpack Securities Lists $MU on Solana
Sunrise and Backpack Securities tokenized Micron Technology ($MU) stock on Solana on Monday, landing the asset on-chain 48 hours before the chipmaker's fiscal Q3 earnings report. Each MU token is backed 1:1 by a real share held in custody and redeemable through Backpack Exchange into a traditional brokerage account.