Coinbase tokenized stocks on Base hit $1.5B in 30-day DEX volume, up 313%
Tokenized stocks issued by Coinbase on Base traded $1.5 billion on DEXs in 30 days, up 313%, led by NVDAc, METAc and GOOGLc.
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Ethereum Foundation Launches zkAPI for Anonymous Pay-Per-Use APIs
The Ethereum Foundation and Open Anonymity Project launched zkAPI on Ethereum mainnet, letting users pay for metered APIs with zero-knowledge proofs instead of an identity.
Open USD strips out stablecoin fees and hands equity to its users
Open USD went live on Sept. 30 with no minting or redemption fees and most reserve revenue going back to partners, a direct challenge to the fee-based economics of USDT and USDC.
Citi and Coinbase just made stablecoins invisible inside ordinary bank accounts
Citigroup and Coinbase now convert stablecoins into dollars, and dollars into stablecoins, automatically for business clients, making crypto payments ordinary banking plumbing.
How Ethereum plans to hit 8-second finality by 2030
Vitalik Buterin says Ethereum could reach 8-32 second finality by 2030 with 4-8 second slots, as apps compute offchain and the chain verifies proofs.
Not a stablecoin: Canada’s six biggest banks explore a tokenized Canadian dollar
Canada's six largest banks are jointly exploring a tokenized Canadian-dollar deposit system, and it is not a stablecoin. How the two
Binance buys $100 million Circle stake days after Arc mainnet launch
Binance bought $100 million of Circle stock alongside a five-year USDC promotion deal, per an SEC filing, closing a day after Circle's Arc blockchain went live.
98% of VVV Sits in 100 Wallets: Why Retail Isn’t What’s Moving This Record Price
VVV hit a record $34.51, but the 100 largest wallets hold about 98% of the supply, so the rally is driven from the top rather than by retail buying.
World splits in two: World Money separates finance from identity
World has split its identity and financial services into two apps, with World Money handling payments, trading and earning in more than 150 countries.
Crossmint leans on SEC ‘collectibles’ guidance as Visa reclassifies memecoin card purchases
Crossmint says its digital-goods procedures have not changed as Visa reportedly directs processors to stop coding memecoin purchases under MCC 5815.