Ethena and Securitize unveil a new blockchain for Real-World Assets (RWA) and digital money. The new chain will be optimized for launching both permissionless and permissioned RWA applications, leveraging Arbitrum’s tech stack and Celestia for data availability.

As of 2025, the total value of tokenized real-world assets (RWAs) has reached an astonishing $247 billion, with approximately $100 million in new assets added each month. In this report, we break down the sector by both asset class and underlying technology

Over the past year, there has been a significant decline in developer activity. The industry has seen a drop of more than 50% in code commits and a 40% decrease in the number of active developers.

Gold smuggling costs Ghana $2 billion in lost revenue. The head of the national company announced an initiative to put the tracking on an immutable ledger. The move aims to recapture that loss, stabilize the national currency, and ensure fair pricing.

The new initiative brings stablecoins closer to everyday utility with one of the world's most trusted payment brands.

Robinhood, a popular mobile stock and crypto trading platform, is partnering with a prediction market platform to offer event outcome betting within its app. The craze for prediction markets continues to grow after Polymarket's huge success.

Hardware wallet provider Ledger evaluated it's competitor's Trezor Safe wallet family and reported on a potential risk in Trezor’s Safe 3 model.

The Swiss National Bank President Martin Schlegel dismissed Bitcoin as a "niche phenomenon," reaffirming the bank's commitment to traditional assets like gold.