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Cloudflare Launches Stablecoin Wallets for AI Agents, Opens cloudflare.pay Handles
DeFi

Cloudflare Launches Stablecoin Wallets for AI Agents, Opens cloudflare.pay Handles

Account owners hold stablecoins and issue capped Virtual Wallets to their agents. Handle reservations open Tuesday; funding, onramps and agent spending arrive “in the coming months.”
Western Union and Rain Launch Stablecoin Card in 37 Markets
TradFi & Fintech

Western Union and Rain Launch Stablecoin Card in 37 Markets

Stablecard holds remittances as USDPT, the Anchorage-issued Solana token Western Union launched in May, and spends the balance anywhere Visa is accepted. The stablecoin behind it has $7.4 million in circulation.
Wells Fargo to Launch Tokenized Deposits for Corporate Clients This Fall
TradFi & Fintech

Wells Fargo to Launch Tokenized Deposits for Corporate Clients This Fall

The bank will start with a limited U.S. dollar-to-British pound corridor and widen it through 2027. It names neither the blockchain it is using nor whether the ledger is permissioned.
BitMine Buys 10,399 More ETH but Reported Holdings Fall to $11.3B
TradFi & Fintech

BitMine Buys 10,399 More ETH but Reported Holdings Fall to $11.3B

Cash and marketable securities dropped to $173 million from $268 million after BitMine repurchased another 4.5 million shares, lifting buybacks since July 1 to 16.1 million.
Robinhood's Second Venture Fund Targets Y Combinator Startups in $200 Million IPO
TradFi & Fintech

Robinhood's Second Venture Fund Targets Y Combinator Startups in $200 Million IPO

Retail investors can request RVII shares at an expected $25 apiece through Aug. 12, ahead of an NYSE listing set for Aug. 13 — five months after Robinhood's first venture fund raised $658.4 million to buy into companies like OpenAI and Stripe.
DEX Spot Volume Hit a Record 24% of CEX Volume in July
DeFi

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.
RWAs Topped Half of Hyperliquid's Volume for Two Straight Weeks in July
Markets

RWAs Topped Half of Hyperliquid's Volume for Two Straight Weeks in July

Perpetual futures tied to stocks, indexes and commodities out-traded crypto pairs on the largest perps DEX for the first time, less than a year after builder-deployed markets went live.
Crypto Card Volume Hits $748.7M in July, a Fifth Straight Monthly Gain: Paymentscan
TradFi & Fintech

Crypto Card Volume Hits $748.7M in July, a Fifth Straight Monthly Gain: Paymentscan

Spending on crypto payment cards jumped 19% to a monthly record, with RedotPay handling more than half the volume as flows into stablecoin neobanks crossed $1 billion for the first time.
Strategy Sells 1,638 Bitcoin for $105M, Splits Proceeds Between Dividends and STRC Buyback
CeFi

Strategy Sells 1,638 Bitcoin for $105M, Splits Proceeds Between Dividends and STRC Buyback

The company raised its USD Reserve to $4.0 billion from $3.0 billion three weeks earlier, funding the increase with $250 million from the sale of 3,011,361 MSTR shares.
Coldcard Thefts Near $114 Million as Fourth Attack Wave Hits
Security

Coldcard Thefts Near $114 Million as Fourth Attack Wave Hits

A firmware bug that shipped in 2021 made Coldcard seeds guessable, and attackers have drained more than 1,800 BTC since Thursday. The latest sweep can still be outbid in the mempool, giving some victims a window to rescue their coins.