Beyond the Crypto Horizon investigates the changing world of cryptocurrencies through project research, news aggregation, and weekly fundraising updates.
Brazil’s central bank (BCB) has released the latest figures for its IBC-Br economic activity index, which showed a 1.1% year-on-year increase in July but a 0.5% monthly decrease.
The average overall price of land in Japan as of July 1 was up 1.5% from a year earlier, marking the sharpest growth since 1992, boosted by solid housing demand and inbound tourism, government data showed Tuesday.
China’s retail sales, a major gauge of consumption, rose by 3.4% in August from a year earlier, missing the 3.82% forecast in a poll by financial data provider Wind and down from July’s 3.7% growth, data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) showed on Monday.
The US Senate has confirmed cryptocurrency-friendly Stephen Miran to a position at the Fed.
AIOZ Network launched AIOZ Stream, a decentralized peer-to-peer streaming protocol on its DePIN, giving creators onchain ownership and token-native monetization.
Boundless, the zero-knowledge compute marketplace incubated by RISC Zero, has officially launched its mainnet on Base, giving every blockchain access to verifiable compute.
Base creator Jesse Pollak said the Coinbase-backed network is exploring issuing a native token, but stressed that plans are still at an early stage. If issued, the token would be built on Ethereum, with Base working alongside regulators on compliance for its distribution.
The Avalanche Foundation has appointed UK lawmaker and blockchain policy advocate Chris Holmes to its board.
A short list of the upcoming TGEs, primary listings, product releases:
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Native Markets officially wins Hyperliquid’s USDH stablecoin ticker with plans to deploy USDH HIP-1 and an ERC-20 token in the coming days.
Monero rallies 7% despite suffering an 18-block reorg that reversed 117 transactions in the latest attack by Qubic.
MetaMask has launched its own stablecoin called MetaMask USD (mUSD).
Ethereum Foundation have released a roadmap outlining the current progress in creating comprehensive end-to-end privacy on the blockchain. The roadmap focuses on three main areas: private records, private reads, and private evidence, with the goal of making private actions on the Ethereum network ubiquitous, cheap, and compliant.
21X partnered with Chainlink to tokenize securities.
Velora (formerly ParaSwap) is rebranding PSP to VLR, introducing gas-free migration, steering to Base and rewards tied to income.
Native USDC and CCTP V2 are now available on HyperEVM.
Sharps Technology has partnered with Bonk to host a portion of their SOLs in BonkSOL.
PayPal is expanding its peer-to-peer service to include cryptocurrency transfers, allowing US users to send digital assets like Bitcoin and ether across PayPal, Venmo, and other crypto-compatible wallets.
Robinhood has filed with the SEC to launch a new venture capital fund, which aims to give everyday investors access to private companies before they go public.
Crypto Finance, a subsidiary of Deutsche Börse Group, unveiled AnchorNote, a system designed for institutional clients who want to trade digital assets without moving them out of regulated custody.
ORQO Group launches with $370 million in assets, combining 4 traditional finance and crypto firms under one umbrella with a new Abu Dhabi-based entity.
PostFinance, Sygnum Bank and UBS executed what they and the Swiss Bankers Association (SBA) describe as the first legally binding interbank payment using bank deposits on a public blockchain.
Ripple announces $25M commitment in RLUSD to support American small businesses and veteran career programs.
Google launched an open-source AI payments protocol supporting credit cards and stablecoins, built with Coinbase, the Ethereum Foundation and over 60 partners.
Prenetics Global reported that it bought 228 BTC for balance and is going to buy 1 BTC per day.
Capital Group increased their investment in Treasury stocks that purchase BTC from $1 billion to over $6 billion.
Hyperscale Data Invests $100M in BTC treasury.
Singapore Gulf Bank (SGB) and Cactus Custody, owned by Matrixport, announced a partnership to offer institutions 24/7 regulated storage of fiat assets and will allow customers to manage cash and digital assets on one platform.
Strive and Asset Entities have officially formed a board of directors for a new BTC treasury company and announced a $950 million capital investment, of which $500 million will go towards share repurchases to buy BTC.
Alchemy Pay in partnership with xStocks launched a fiat-to-RWA investment platform, a global product offering direct fiat access to regulated tokenized assets.
ETFs
Bitwise has filed with the SEC to launch an Avalanche ETF.
Rex-Osprey says its XRP ETF, XRPR is set to launch this week, marking the first US ETF to offer spot exposure to the world’s third-largest cryptocurrency by market cap.
Regulations
Pakistan invites global crypto firms to go legit under its new national licensing regime.
Fundraising and M&As
The Chiliz Group acquires OGesports.
Sonic Labs invests in FinChain to accelerate RWA development at Sonic.
Circle is investing in Hyperliquid and exploring incentive programs in HyperEVM.
On-chain data
Pump.fun has surpassed Hyperliquid in daily revenue, generating $3.12M compared to $2.78M:
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The stablecoin supply on Ethereum hits an all-time high of $168B.
Beyond the Crypto Horizon investigates the changing world of cryptocurrencies through project research, news aggregation, and weekly fundraising updates.
