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Digital assets rebounded strongly this week as institutional adoption accelerated across tokenisation, market infrastructure and regulation.
Bitcoin gained 10.1% to $86,432 despite the Federal Reserve raising rates and the US Senate failing to advance the Clarity Act.
The European Central Bank moved towards investing directly in tokenised securities through its own funds portfolio.
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission introduced a temporary pathway for on-chain trading of listed US stocks, while the SEC and US CFTC confirmed that digital asset rulemaking will continue despite the legislative setback.
Meanwhile, Google and Apple are recruiting for expertise across stablecoins, tokenised deposits and blockchain-based financial infrastructure.
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Digital assets remained relatively stable this week whilst institutional adoption continued across payments, market infrastructure and regulation.
U.S. Bank completed a live cross-border transaction using its proprietary stablecoin.
Nasdaq agreed to invest $100m in Kraken parent Payward.
UK's House of Lords backed plans for a comprehensive UK digital asset strategy.
PayPal and MoonPay. expand PYUSD into stablecoin infrastructure platform.
MoneyGram launches its first stablecoin-backed Visa in Colombia.
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Digital assets held relatively steady this week, while institutional activity broadened across investment products, trading and tokenisation.
US spot Bitcoin ETFs attracted nearly $1 billion of inflows, Bank of America and Goldman Sachs were among 21 institutions backing a new stablecoin venture, and Standard Chartered expanded institutional Bitcoin and Ether trading in the UAE.
Elsewhere, Securitize and Socios.com announced plans for tokenised professional sports equity, while Bitwise Asset Management. launched an institutional real-world asset lending vault on Morpho.
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Bitcoin gained approximately 24% in August, delivering its strongest month since November 2024.
ICE and tZERO Group, Inc. partnered on infrastructure for an NYSE-affiliated tokenised securities platform.
BitGo Inc acquired NYDIG’s institutional trading business for up to $57.5m, expanding its derivatives, financing and capital markets capabilities.
Sberbank forecast Russia’s regulated crypto trading market could reach $46.4bn in its first year, while Polymarket sought $1bn at a $21bn valuation.
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Digital assets rallied sharply this week as Bitcoin posted its second-best weekly gain since early 2021 and briefly climbed above $80,000.
Standard Chartered and HSBC completed the first live cross-border transaction using tokenised deposits through Swift’s blockchain-based ledger.
Coinbase launched tokenised US equities on Base, while Franklin Templeton expanded distribution of its tokenised money market fund through HashKey in Asia.
Bitcoin.com also integrated USDU, the first USD-backed stablecoin registered with the Central Bank of the UAE as a Foreign Payment Token.
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Digital assets infrastructure moved deeper into traditional financial markets this week, as institutional adoption expanded across market infrastructure, tokenisation and banking.
Nasdaq agreed to acquire LeveL Markets and Securitize reported roughly $5bn of assets managed onchain, while Bullish executed tokenised equity trades with 24/7 stablecoin settlement.
Elsewhere, tokenised real-world assets on Solana reached a record $3.9bn and Bank Leumi בנק לאומי outlined plans to offer direct Bitcoin and Ether trading, extending institutional adoption across both blockchain markets and traditional banking.
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Digital assets strengthened over the past week as institutional demand improved, with US spot Bitcoin ETFs recording approximately $855m of net inflows - their strongest week since April.
Beyond markets, adoption across traditional finance continued to broaden:
Schroders received approval to launch its first tokenised fund share class with J.P. Morgan's Kinexys.
Robinhood secured FCA registration to offer crypto services in the UK.
Visa brought stablecoin capabilities into a payments network spanning 195+ countries and territories.
Wells Fargo outlined plans for tokenised corporate deposits.
The week’s developments reflected continued investment in the infrastructure connecting digital assets with established banking, asset-management and payments networks.
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Digital assets this week saw US spot crypto ETFs record their largest daily outflows since February 2026, with investors withdrawing $964m in a single session.
Beyond investor positioning, developments across the industry continued to reshape digital asset markets.
BNY launched blockchain transfer agency capabilities for tokenised funds.
Mastercard completed its acquisition of stablecoin infrastructure provider BVNK.
Tokenised real-world assets reached a record $32.1bn market capitalisation.
Decentralised exchanges captured a record 24% share of global spot trading.
The week's developments highlighted the continued evolution of digital asset market infrastructure, even as institutional capital flows became more cautious.
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Digital assets were relatively unchanged this week, while activity across the industry continued to broaden.
S&P Global and Pantera Capital launched a new fundamentals-based digital asset index.
Sberbank confirmed plans to launch crypto trading infrastructure in December 2026.
Ondo, Securitize and Crypto.com all expanded the ecosystem through new execution, investment management and custody capabilities.
The week's developments reflected continued progress across the infrastructure supporting digital asset markets, even as prices remained broadly stable.
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This week's digital asset news was dominated by the continued build-out of financial market infrastructure.
Over the past seven days:
A report by Barclays and PwC concluded that tokenisation could add £33bn to the UK economy by 2035.
Circle received federal trust bank approval for its USDC infrastructure.
Swift expanded its blockchain settlement programme with BNY, State Street and other major financial institutions included.
ESMA launched its first coordinated supervisory action under MiCA following the ending of the transition period on 1 July.
Gemini launched commission-free US stock trading alongside digital asset investing.
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Digital assets posted slight losses after last week’s rally, as initial optimism over a US-Iran peace deal cooled as talks stalled and uncertainty continued.
Forecasts of rate hikes from the Federal Reserve also spooked markets, leading to greater risk-off behaviour from investors.
However, there was still a raft of positive adoption news from across the world, as tokenisation efforts increased:
The Bank of England unveiled a more supportive policy position on UK stablecoins,
Ethereum benefitted from a new “node” of developers,
Baillie Gifford and BNY launched the UK's first fully native tokenised fund, and much more.
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