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Markets
Plasma’s XPL Token Hits $5 Billion Valuation in Pre-Market Debut
Plasma Foundation’s new governance and utility token, XPL, began pre-market trading on the Hyperliquid derivatives platform on 22 Aug 2025

Markets
Ethereum Surges Above $4,800, Nears Record High
Ethereum rallied past $4,800 on Friday, reaching its highest price since late 2021 and coming within 1% of the cryptocurrency’s record peak of $4,878

DeFi
Ethena Labs Launches Eligible Asset Framework, Approves Binance Coin to Back USDe Perpetual Futures with Potential XRP and HYPE Onboarding
Ethena Labs' Risk Committee has introduced the Eligible Asset Framework to expand the range of approved assets backing the perpetual futures segment of USDe collateral

Regulation & Politics
VanEck Seeks SEC Approval for First Solana Staking Token ETF
Asset-manager VanEck filed a Form S-1 with the U

Markets
Corporate Treasuries Hold $17.6 Billion in Ethereum Led by BitMine; Peter Thiel Boosts Stakes as ETH Price Rises 20%
Corporate treasuries have collectively accumulated over 4

Regulation & Politics
Philippines Bill Seeks 10,000-Bitcoin Reserve for National Security
Philippine Congressman Migz Villafuerte has filed House Bill 421 seeking to establish a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve managed by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas

Regulation & Politics
EU Weighs Ethereum or Solana as It Fast-Tracks Digital Euro
European Union officials have accelerated work on a digital version of the single currency after the United States enacted its ‘Genius Act’, a federal law that sets ground rules for dollar-backed stablecoins

TradFi & Fintech
UAE’s RAKBANK Opens Crypto Trading With Binance Coin
RAKBANK, one of the United Arab Emirates’ largest lenders, has launched in-app cryptocurrency trading, making Binance Coin (BNB) and seven other digital assets available to retail customers

Regulation & Politics
Philippines House Proposes Strategic Bitcoin Reserve
Lawmakers in the Philippines have introduced a bill calling for the creation of a strategic Bitcoin reserve, according to multiple announcements on 22 Aug 2025

DeFi
Coinbase Rolls Out In-App DEX Trading to All Base Tokens
Coinbase has started introducing decentralized-exchange (DEX) trading inside its main platform, giving customers direct access to every token issued on Base, the company’s Ethereum layer-2 network





