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Tokenized Equities Triple Market Share as Ondo, Binance and xStocks Lead
<p>Tokenized equities, blockchain-based tokens that track the price of listed company shares, are drawing sharper attention as their share of on-chain real-world asset activity expands, with Ondo Finance, Binance and xStocks emerging as the most visible names shaping the segment.</p>
Tokenization Stocks Slip as SEC Delay Slows Wall Street Push
<p>The catalyst was the SEC’s decision to delay an open meeting scheduled around crypto rules , which was expected to advance proposals connected to token market structure. The delay removed a near-term policy checkpoint that traders had priced into tokenization names.</p>
Bitcoin Slips Toward $64,000 Ahead of Wednesday Inflation Test
<p>Bitcoin is slipping toward the $64,000 area as traders trim risk ahead of Wednesday’s inflation report, the near-term macro event most likely to set the tone for short-term BTC direction.</p>
Bitcoin, Ether ETFs Draw $1.1B in Best Inflow Week Since April Despite Low Volume
<p>The combined $1. 1 billion in weekly net inflows into Bitcoin and ether exchange-traded funds marked the best stretch for the products since April, according to reporting from The Block .</p>
Bitcoin Falls Below $68,000 as Middle East Tensions Rise
<p>Bitcoin was trading under the headline threshold as geopolitical stress around Middle East shipping routes pushed investors toward a broader risk-off stance, leaving crypto to react more like a macro-sensitive asset than an isolated digital market.</p>
Coinbase Opens U.S. Equities to U.K. Users as BTC Nears $65K
<p>Reporting on the regulatory clearance behind the rollout was covered in coverage of Coinbase’s U. K.</p>
Crypto Fear and Greed Index Falls to 26 as Panic Sentiment Grips Market
<p>The Crypto Fear and Greed Index has dropped to 26, placing overall market sentiment in fear territory and signaling that traders remain defensive despite the reading edging up from recent lows.</p>
Coinbase To Launch US500 Stock Index Perpetual-Style Futures For U.S. Traders On August 17
<p>The exchange has been building out perpetual-style contracts tied to traditional markets, an effort it detailed in its announcement of perpetual-style equity index futures . The US500 product applies that structure to a U.</p>
Coinbase Shares Fall 5% After Hours as Q2 Results Miss Expectations
<p>Coinbase shares fell about 5% in after-hours trading after the exchange’s second-quarter results missed expectations, an immediate market reaction that put the crypto-linked stock in focus for investors heading into the next session.</p>
ETH Liquidations Could Hit $1.016B Below $1,825 on Major CEXs
<p>ETH liquidations on major centralized exchanges could reach $1. 016 billion if Ethereum falls below $1,825, a scenario-based threshold that has put leveraged long positions back in focus for traders tracking exchange liquidation risk.</p>
SKHYNIX Contract Holdings Reach $571M on Hyperliquid, $115M on Binance
<p>SKHYNIX contract holdings reached $571 million on Hyperliquid and $115 million on Binance, leaving the decentralized venue with roughly $456 million more in positioning than the centralized exchange. The two figures put combined SKHYNIX contract holdings at about $686 million across the pair.</p>
Apple Nears $5T Market Cap as Polymarket Sees 79% Top-Spot Odds
<p>Apple’s market capitalization is sitting near US$5 trillion, and the prediction market Polymarket is currently pricing a 79% chance that the iPhone maker finishes July as the world’s most valuable company.</p>
Binance Launches TMFUSDT, TBTUSDT, and BITOUSDT Perpetual Contracts
<p>Perpetual contracts have no expiry date, allowing positions to remain open indefinitely so long as margin requirements are met. Full trading terms for each contract are published on Binance’s perpetual trading parameters page.</p>