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Markets

Memecoins Are No Longer a Joke, Galaxy Digital Says in New Report

Galaxy’s Will Owens says memecoins have become a lasting part of crypto, reshaping culture, trading and infrastructure while fueling activity on Pump.fun.

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Finance

Circle Expands $635M Tokenized Treasury Fund to Solana Amid Rapid RWA Growth

USYC, Circle’s tokenized money market fund, is currently the fifth largest offering in the rapidly growing $8 billion tokenized treasuries sector.

(Sandali Handagama/ CoinDesk)

Tech

The Protocol: Solana’s Firedancer Proposes Uncapping Block Compute-Unit Limit

Also: Denials of Bitcoin Hard Fork, UN Experiments With Blockchain, and Gate Rolls Out Token Launcher.

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Finance

Solana Gets Another Treasury Firm with $2B Plan Backed by DeFi Protocol Marinade

VisionSys AI is the latest to join the roster of Solana-focused digital asset treasury companies, which collectively hold $3 billion in tokens.

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Markets

Crypto's Value Lies in Trillion-Dollar Markets, Bitwise Says

The value of crypto comes from the massive markets it aims to disrupt, not small, niche plays, the report said.

Bitwise Chief Investment Officer Matt Hougan (CoinDesk Archives)

Finance

Republic to Tokenize Animoca Brands Equity on Solana to Broaden Investor Access

Tokenizing Animoca's private equity will expand global access while adhering to existing securities rules, Republic said.

Yat Siu, co-founder and executive chairman of Animoca Brands. (Shutterstock/CoinDesk, modified by CoinDesk)

Markets

Here’s What Happens to Solana, Litecoin ETFs in U.S. Government Shutdown

Issuers race against the clock as SEC faces possible furloughs and decision deadlines pile up in October.

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Finance

Keel Debuts as Sky's Solana-Focused 'Star' With a $2.5B Roadmap to Boost RWAs and DeFi

The new protocol will channel USDS stablecoin reserves into Solana-based lending markets and real-world asset strategies.

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Tech

Firedancer Devs From Jump Crypto Push Solana Toward Bigger Blocks

Jump Crypto’s Firedancer development team has submitted a proposal, known as SIMD-0370, that would remove the block-level compute unit limit.

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Markets

Ether Falls to $4K, BTC, XRP Slide as U.S. Government Shutdown Risks Mount

The White House is preparing for potential job cuts, as Congress must pass a funding measure to prevent the government from running out of money by the end of September.

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