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The founder of the venture capital firm Theory Ventures, Tomasz Tunguz, stated that the fastest-growing market globally is not AI, but the crypto market formed by real-world assets (RWA) on the blockchain. He noted that RWA enables stocks and commodities like oil and copper to be traded on-chain, taking on almost all public price discovery during commodity exchange closures.Tunguz mentioned that RWA, through perpetual contracts for stocks, provides pre-IPO pricing for Anthropic, OpenAI, SpaceX, and Cerebras, and brings international access channels. He cited data indicating that the perpetual price of Cerebras before its IPO differed from the Nasdaq opening price by less than 1.3%, with SpaceX having a perpetual open interest of approximately $215 million and a cumulative trading volume of about $2.2 billion before its IPO. A report from Pantera Capital in September 2026 showed that the trading volume of perpetual contracts for stocks on Hyperliquid and Lighter reached $67.8 billion in June, which is 16 times that of tokenized stock spot trading.He also stated that stablecoins have become one of the top ten buyers of U.S. Treasury bonds, surpassing China, Norway, and Switzerland, and are used to settle transactions of the aforementioned tokenized assets. Institutions such as JPMorgan, HSBC, BlackRock, Citigroup, Goldman Sachs, Franklin Templeton, Robinhood, and Stripe are advancing RWA.

According to Bitcoin Magazine, Market Disruptors podcast host Mark Moss stated that despite the recent interest rate hike by the Federal Reserve, Bitcoin continues to rise. He believes that most people misinterpret the reasons for the long-term increase in interest rates, suggesting that a booming economy could be one of the answers, and noted that Bitcoin benefits from both currency devaluation trades and an optimistic technological future.Moss pointed out that the United States is facing $40 trillion in debt, and that a monetary reset is a process rather than a single event. He outlined four ways to address the debt issue, focusing on the trends from 2029 to 2030. He also discussed stablecoins and the Genius Act, believing that approximately 6 billion people worldwide want to hold U.S. dollars.He mentioned that institutions are buying Bitcoin while retail investors are selling, and referenced Bitcoin's S-curve and compound annual growth rate, providing a price target of $1 million.

According to the official announcement from USA₮, Anchorage Digital Bank released a reserve report showing that as of August 31, the circulation of USA₮ reached 175.73 million, an increase of nearly 10 times from 17.5 million at the end of January, with total reserve assets of 176.4 million USD and the value of over-circulated tokens at 660,000 USD.USA₮ is issued by the federally chartered bank Anchorage Digital Bank, supported by Tether, and complies with the requirements of the GENIUS Act.

The final annualized quarterly rate of real GDP in the United States for the second quarter was 2.2%, higher than the expected 1.5%, and the previous value was 1.5%.

Dan Tapiero, founder and CEO of 50T Funds, stated that the core assets in the digital asset space have entered a new bull market phase. He pointed out that the real revenue growth within the industry comes from stablecoins, tokenization, and companies like Kraken, Ledger, and Polymarket, which form the underlying fundamentals supporting the current market.Tapiero mentioned that Hyperliquid has been leading this bull market. Regarding investment choices, he revealed that he had previously opted not to invest in FTX, Celsius, and BlockFi due to valuation issues; he is currently raising $500 million for the 50T Fund and has invested $42 million in MoonPay. On a macro level, he is focused on themes such as Japan's 30-year government bonds and believes that in currency devaluation trades, Bitcoin and gold will hold an advantage in the long term.

According to The Block, Polymarket has appointed former Goldman Sachs partner Lisa Mantil as Head of Institutional Growth.It is reported that Mantil will be responsible for products, infrastructure, and liquidity related work aimed at investment managers, banks, and corporate trading desks.

Citrini analyst Jukan cited Anthropic-related data from TickerTrends and expressed doubts. The data shows that as of September 24, 2026, Anthropic's annual recurring revenue (ARR) is approximately $76.8 billion, with a quarter-over-quarter increase of only 1.8%; OpenAI's annual recurring revenue is approximately $50.44 billion, with a quarter-over-quarter increase of 13.4%.Jukan believes that even based on this set of data, Anthropic's growth rate has clearly declined, OpenAI's growth is also slowing down, and he questions the reliability of TickerTrends data.

Stablecoin issuer Circle is hiring a "Senior Director, Ecosystem Growth, South Korea" in South Korea, responsible for developing market entry strategies, tracking regulatory dynamics, and establishing partnerships within the domestic financial and digital asset industry.The position requires candidates to have over 13 years of business development experience, familiarity with stablecoins, DeFi, and institutional financial liquidity, and fluency in both Korean and English. Circle previously stated that its strategy in South Korea is not to directly issue a Korean won stablecoin, but to collaborate with local Korean won stablecoin issuers to provide infrastructure connecting to the US dollar stablecoin.

According to DefiLlama data, the DeFi TVL of the Robinhood chain is currently reported at 1.027 billion USD, with a growth of 60.47% over the past month, ranking first among leading blockchains in growth rate.In terms of DEX trading volume, the network achieved a trading volume of 1.397 billion USD in the past 24 hours, ranking second in the entire network, second only to Solana. The Robinhood chain went live in early July, and in less than 3 months since its launch, it has become a mainstream blockchain in crypto in terms of TVL and trading activity.

According to DefiLlama data, the DeFi TVL of Arc, the public chain under Circle, reached 494 million USD on the 10th day after its mainnet launch, with a growth of 44.52% in the past week, ranking first among leading blockchains in growth rate.In terms of DEX trading volume, the network achieved 55 million USD in transactions in the past 24 hours.

According to Bitcoin.com, the market capitalization of the privacy coin sector has increased from $11.97 billion to $36.51 billion over the past five months, an increase of $24.54 billion, or approximately 205%. Among them, Zcash (ZEC) saw an increase of $20.27 billion, while Monero (XMR) increased by $4.33 billion.In January, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) concluded its investigation into the Zcash Foundation without recommending any enforcement action. On August 25, digital asset management company Grayscale converted the Zcash Trust into the ZCSH spot ETF and listed it on NYSE Arca, becoming the first publicly listed privacy coin spot ETF in the United States. On September 8, Digital Currency Group (DCG) exchanged ZEC for approximately $100 million in ZCSH ETF shares. During the same period, the price of ZEC rose from $319 to $1,507, while XMR increased from $330 to $555.

According to Glassnode's latest report "The Week On-chain - Escape Velocity," among the major exchanges tracked by Glassnode, Gate has risen 4 positions in the BTC spot trading volume rankings over the past two years, achieving the largest increase on the list and ranking third globally. During the same period, Gate's market share of BTC spot trading volume within the statistical scope surged from 2% to 9.1%, a net increase of 7.1 percentage points, the highest growth among all exchanges.The report indicates that Gate's rise is characterized by long-term effectiveness and sustainability. Over the past 24 months, Gate has remained in the top three for BTC spot trading volume for 9 months, demonstrating a continuously strengthening market competitiveness. As an exchange leading in both ranking improvement and market share growth among major platforms, Gate's trading activity and market participation in the BTC spot market continue to expand.Glassnode also pointed out that the 24-hour spot trading volume across all exchanges has rebounded by 121% from the low in August, and the returning funds are flowing to multiple trading platforms. Against the backdrop of an overall recovery in market activity, Gate's simultaneous improvement in market share and global ranking is particularly remarkable, fully showcasing its sustained growth momentum and increasingly expanding industry influence in the BTC spot market.

The International Monetary Fund stated that the Middle East war, which began at the end of February, has significantly altered the trajectory of global economic growth through disruptions in energy, commodities, and supply chains.

Token Terminal data shows that Uniswap has accounted for over 99% of the Robinhood stock token DeFi deposits on the Robinhood Chain, with Uniswap v4 at approximately $53 million, v3 at about $25 million, and v2 at around $173,700.The total related deposits have increased by 532.8% over the past 30 days.

UBS strategists pointed out that Meta's new consumer-facing AI entity, Muse, is very popular, indicating that the demand for products in the AI supply chain will increase. The strategists stated that the competition in the AI product sector is fierce, which will drive the demand for computing power and AI infrastructure, benefiting leading companies in the semiconductor and hardware industries.

The report believes that if the privacy sector can capture 5% of the offshore wealth market (valued at approximately 11 to 16 trillion dollars), the market capitalization of this sector will reach 550 billion to 800 billion dollars, representing a growth potential of 18 to 27 times compared to the current approximately 30 billion dollars.Ethereum and Solana have both incorporated privacy features into their roadmaps, and a16z has also listed privacy as the most important competitive advantage for 2026.

According to data from RWA Foundation and USDD officials citing Token Terminal, the decentralized stablecoin USDD has experienced strong growth in the past week, with a daily market value increase of 12.8 million dollars, second only to Ethena (35.8 million dollars) and StablR (18.7 million dollars), ranking third among stablecoin issuers.Currently, the circulation of USDD is 1.54 billion dollars, ranking 10th among all stablecoins, with a protocol TVL reaching 2.29 billion dollars.