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DeFi
Hayden Adams Says AMMs Will Win The Biggest Markets. A Former XTX Trader Says They're Going To Zero
The Uniswap founder's first blog post since 2019 argues tokenized stocks will trade against index funds instead of dollars. The replies split between investors who called the thesis disruptive and traders who asked who would want to sell NVIDIA for SPY.
Tokens
Aligned Details ALIGN Airdrop 20 Months Later
The ZK infrastructure firm set unlock schedules and claiming networks for 8.74% of supply. It has not dated the token launch, and the site it built for its public auction now says the sale was canceled.

TradFi & Fintech
Tenev Pushes for Tokenized Stocks in America
The Robinhood CEO published a case for US equity tokenization five days after the SEC shelved its innovation exemption for a second time.
Regulation & Politics
SEC Proposes Token Offering Rules With $75 Million Exemption
The proposal pairs two registration exemptions with a conditional safe harbor that would take the "investment contract" label off a token, and preempts state securities law. All three sitting commissioners backed it in a vote held outside a public meeting.
DeFi
Omnichain Launchpad Printr Shuts Down, Cancels Token Launch And Airdrop
Printr said it will cease all operations by Aug. 31 and will not hold the token generation event or airdrop it had promised. The launchpad raised $4.5 million last October and collected 84% of its lifetime fees in a single month.
Tokens
Ansem Launches Site Where Teams Buy His Attention With Airdrops
Projects launching on ansem.io hand at least 3% of supply to holders of his memecoin and burn $ANSEM to rank higher. Every coin created there is a pump.fun token.
TradFi & Fintech
Deel Takes Its DLUSD Stablecoin Wallet to More Than 80 Countries
The payroll platform's dollar balance, issued through Stripe's Bridge and settled on Tempo, is now live across Latin America, Africa, the Middle East and Asia-Pacific. The US, UK, EU and Australia remain excluded.
NFTs & Web3
Neynar Seeks a New Owner for Farcaster Seven Months After Buying It
Protocol fees fell from $35.43 million in the first quarter to $376,740 so far in the third, according to DefiLlama. Neynar says it will return most of its remaining balance sheet and its team will disband.
DeFi
Search Interest in Prediction Markets Falls 83% From Its World Cup Peak as Kalshi Pulls Away
Google Trends set its five-year high for "prediction market" the week the 2026 World Cup opened, and its single-day high on the day of the final. Category volume hit a record in July. August is pacing lower on both, and Polymarket is falling behind Kalshi faster than the mindshare data suggests.
DeFi
Compound Foundation Names Coinbase And Anchorage Alumni To Run $52 Million Institutional Push
The DAO approved the two-year budget in May with 1.88 million COMP in favor and none against. Compound holds about $1.2 billion in deposits, against Aave's $14.8 billion.



