RWA volume beat bitcoin on Hyperliquid — the buyback shrank
Hyperliquid RWA perps overtook bitcoin in 2026, but HIP-3 fee-sharing cut HYPE buyback revenue 43%.
DEX just hit a record 24% of CEX volume — for the wrong reason
DEX spot volume hit 24% of CEX volume in July 2026, the highest ratio on record, per The Block and DefiLlama.
HYPE ETFs led every non-BTC fund in June. Then: $0 days.
JPMorgan says HYPE ETF inflows stalled in August 2026 after leading non-BTC funds, as competition mounts.
Some Coldcard seeds have just 40 bits of randomness, not 128
Coldcard hardware wallets generated Bitcoin seeds with as few as 40 bits of entropy instead of 128, a 2021 RNG flaw.
Solana's burn rate could jump 14x — but SOL still won't go
SGP-0003 (SIMD-0553 + SIMD-0550) would raise daily SOL burns from ~650 to 9,000 SOL and double the disinflation rate —
43 days to stake — and Sygnum says most of it isn't new demand
Sygnum Bank breaks down Ethereum's record 43-day validator entry queue: how Pectra consolidation, churn limits, and
Tether earned $1.5B in Q2 — its reserve buffer still halved
Tether Q2 2026: $1.5B operating profit while excess reserves fell from $8.2B to $4.1B due to gold and BTC declines.
Base and Arbitrum now hold 80% of L2 liquidity — and that's
Arbitrum leads DeFiLlama TVL at ~$17B while Base tops L2BEAT TVS at $11.5B. We compare fees, security Stage ratings,
0.14% just reset the Ethereum and Solana ETP fee floor
Morgan Stanley's MSSE and MSOL launch with 0.14% fees, staking rewards, and key ETF risk disclosures.
Base now secures more than Arbitrum. That changes the L2 map
Compare Arbitrum, Optimism, Base, and zkSync by TVL, security stage, usage, bridging, and DeFi fit.
WLD up 8% on a filing where the fee still isn't set
GWLD filed by Grayscale on Nasdaq: first spot WLD ETF. WLD rose ~8% on the news; fee, seed, and APs still undisclosed.
Van Rossem passed. SPOs came within 1.7 points of blocking it.
Van Rossem hard fork (July 2026) upgraded Cardano via on-chain vote: five CIPs, VRF fix. ADA wallets unaffected.