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According to the official announcement, Coinbase will launch Grass (GRASS) on August 26, 2026.If liquidity conditions are met and trading is supported, the GRASS-USD trading pair will open later today.

According to CoinDesk, Coinbase Chief Policy Officer Faryar Shirzad wrote an article for CoinDesk rebutting the arguments made by the American Bankers Association (ABA) against the stablecoin reward provisions in the Clarity Act. ABA CEO Rob Nichols claimed that only minor wording changes were needed to strengthen the bill and warned that allowing stablecoin rewards would lead to a loss of deposits for community banks.Shirzad pointed out that Coinbase has been paying stablecoin rewards for USDC for over four years, while community bank deposits grew by 26% from June 2019 to March 2026, amounting to approximately $482 billion.Shirzad cited research from Charles River Associates and the Economic Advisory Council stating that there is no significant correlation between stablecoins and bank deposits. He emphasized that the credit card industry was built on reward mechanisms, and the banking industry itself relies on this model. The current text of the bill was reached after months of negotiations between Senators Tillis and Alsobrooks and bank representatives, clearly delineating the boundaries: prohibiting returns on idle funds but allowing compensation for real activities.Shirzad believes that the Clarity Act will grant banks the broadest statutory powers since the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act of 1999, including custody, staking, lending, payments, clearing, and market-making, with community banks benefiting the most. He called on all parties to accept this compromise and work together to advance the bill.

Coinbase posted on platform X that U.S. borrowers can now use Bitcoin as collateral for a mortgage down payment without having to sell their Bitcoin or face a margin call. Coinbase One members can receive up to $10,000 back upon completing a transaction.

According to official news, BNB Chain announced its participation in the Mastercard Crypto Partner Program, collaborating with the Mastercard ecosystem to promote the application of digital assets in global payments and everyday business scenarios.

AI Economic Settlement Agreement AEON disclosed that since its launch of the x402 AI payment architecture on the BNB Chain, it has processed over 1.4 million x402 transactions on the BNB Chain, with a total settlement amount exceeding 14.73 million USD. This agreement mainly supports AI Agents in autonomously completing instant verification and settlement of on-chain assets. Relevant transaction data is currently open for real-time tracking on BNB x402scan (https://bnbscan.ai/).

According to on-chain analyst Yu Jin's monitoring, 14.65 million EIGEN, worth 3.09 million dollars, that Polychain redeemed from staking 3 months ago, was transferred to Coinbase Prime 6 hours ago.Out of the 131.8 million EIGEN redeemed by Polychain at the end of May, 46.86 million EIGEN was re-staked 1 month ago, 14.65 million EIGEN was transferred to Coinbase Prime today, and the remaining 70.29 million EIGEN is still stored in the address.

Analyst Ted (@TedPillows) stated that the Coinbase Ethereum premium has turned positive, indicating that institutions are accumulating. In related discussions, market participants noted that a positive premium means that U.S. demand is beginning to re-emerge, and Ethereum is showing some strength.The Coinbase premium is typically used to measure the premium or discount level of asset prices on the Coinbase platform relative to other major trading platforms. When this indicator turns from negative to positive, it is often interpreted as U.S. investors, particularly institutional funds, being relatively active in buying, providing support for spot demand. The recent rebound in Ethereum-related premiums is viewed by some observers as one of the signals of marginal improvement in liquidity.

Coinbase's policy head Faryar Shirzad stated that Coinbase has submitted a joint request for comments to the CFTC and SEC regarding the definition of perpetual derivatives products and alternative compliance pathways. He emphasized that it is essential to address the complexities of definitions and overlapping regulatory jurisdictions so that the U.S. can bring relevant activities under domestic regulation.Shirzad pointed out that clarifying the rules helps safely open relevant opportunities to U.S. consumers and maintain the competitiveness of the U.S. against foreign jurisdictions that already have significant first-mover advantages in this field. This response focuses on product definitions and compliance arrangements, aiming to promote the regulation of perpetual derivatives in the U.S.

Digital asset management company Bitwise announced the launch of a Tokenized Stock Automated Portfolio (ATP), allowing eligible investors to hold and automatically rebalance a basket of U.S. stocks directly in their crypto wallets. These products utilize tokenized U.S. stocks recently launched by Coinbase, with rebalancing executed by portfolio technology provider Glider based on a model designed by Bitwise, currently available only to qualified investors outside the U.S.The first portfolios cover configurations focused on AI, robotics, and an expanded version of the "Big Seven" U.S. stocks, which includes weighted allocations to Apple, Microsoft, Nvidia, Alphabet, Amazon, Meta, and Tesla, along with SpaceX. Bitwise Chief Investment Officer Matt Hougan stated that for over a century, accessing professional models meant handing assets over to funds, whereas ATP allows investors to keep their assets in their own wallets while the model actively seeks them out.The announcement came a day after Coinbase launched tokenized stocks for Apple, Nvidia, Meta, and Alphabet on the Base network. Bitwise is an asset management company managing approximately $9 billion in assets and has recently ventured into on-chain asset management businesses such as DeFi treasury curation. Glider is a specialized firm in automated portfolios and earlier this year collaborated with Ondo Finance to provide personalized portfolios using its tokenized stock products.

According to The Block, Bitwise has launched Automated Token Portfolios, allowing eligible non-U.S. users in supported jurisdictions to automatically replicate and rebalance professionally designed Coinbase tokenized U.S. stock portfolios while maintaining self-custody in their own wallets.The portfolio is supported by Coinbase and implemented through Glider, initially focusing on themes such as Mag 7, SpaceX, leading companies in robotics, and AI. The product charges a 0.15% methodology access fee, excluding transaction fees and platform fees.

According to CoinDesk, Chainalysis organized a multi-day operation called "Operation Lighthouse," utilizing blockchain intelligence to investigate networks disseminating child sexual abuse materials. The operation is headquartered at the National Cyber Crime Forensics and Training Alliance in New York and collaborates with global law enforcement agencies such as Europol, the Australian Federal Police, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, and the UK's National Crime Agency.The operation investigated over 29,000 cryptocurrency addresses and digital identifiers, identified more than 100 related forums and hubs, and generated over 14,000 investigative leads, with suspects located in 125 countries, some of whom are registered sex offenders. Several cryptocurrency companies participated, including payment company Block and nonprofit organizations like the Internet Observation Foundation.Gavin Sather, Senior Project Manager for Anti-Child Exploitation at Binance, stated that the transparency of blockchain makes it difficult for criminals to hide their crimes for long periods.

Binance and Coinbase are currently leading the recent market rebound. Data shows that as of August 21, on the largest single day of stablecoin inflows recently, Binance had a net inflow of approximately $2.026 billion, while Coinbase had a net inflow of approximately $1.447 billion. The combined stablecoin inflows from the two trading platforms accounted for more than half of the total market inflows.A large inflow of stablecoins into trading platforms indicates an increase in potential buying pressure, and Binance and Coinbase may be becoming the main forces driving the recent rise in the cryptocurrency market.

The blockchain network BNB Chain has enabled the Pasteur hard fork on the BNB Smart Chain (BSC) mainnet. The upgrade involves cross-chain bridge validation, validator authorization, staking, and governance security, while enhancing block capacity without changing the 450 milliseconds block time.This upgrade includes BEP-682, BEP-695, and BEP-675, which respectively involve duplicate validator entries, validator key rotation and penalty governance, and block submission processes. In the internal testing environment QANet, the new process increased throughput from 1,237 transactions per second to 2,324 transactions per second, but the related data comes from controlled tests and not mainnet measurement results.

According to monitoring by Lookonchain, the Bitcoin mining company Metaplanet purchased 43,000 BTC at an average price of $96,191, investing $3.48 billion.And 1 hour ago, it deposited 1,000 BTC, worth $79.77 million, into Coinbase Prime.

Jeonbuk Bank has partnered with blockchain payment company Ripple to deploy its cross-border payment system, providing faster and cheaper remittance services for business clients such as import and export companies, tech startups, and online content creators, replacing the traditional transfer method that takes several days via the SWIFT network.Meanwhile, the Pakistan Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (PVARA) has opened the application portal for crypto licenses. Companies providing virtual asset services on or before March 5 must submit a No Objection Certificate (NOC) application by September 5, or they will cease operations. PVARA stated that the licensing window is officially open, providing a clear path for businesses to enter Pakistan's regulated virtual asset market.In addition, Laser Digital, a digital asset subsidiary of Nomura Group in Japan, has received approval from the Financial Services Agency (FSA) to become the first platform to obtain a crypto exchange license in four years, the last being Binance Japan in October 2022.

Coinbase Markets stated that it will regularly monitor the assets on the exchange to ensure they meet listing standards. Based on recent review results, Coinbase will suspend trading of IoTeX (IOTX) on September 23, 2026, at around 2 PM Eastern Time.

Coinbase launches tokenized cash stock services on the Layer 2 network Base, allowing users to trade tokens of listed companies backed by real equity.

According to Onchain Lens monitoring, a wallet suspected to be related to Multicoin Capital (0x76d...6045) transferred 106,100 HYPE to Coinbase Prime a few minutes ago, worth approximately 8.41 million USD.

According to official news, Coinbase will launch spot trading for Basecat (BASECAT) and DebtReliefBot (DRB).If liquidity conditions are met and the relevant regions support trading, the BASECAT-USD and DRB-USD trading pairs will be opened today.

According to Reuters, the cryptocurrency advocacy organization Stand With Crypto, supported by Coinbase, announced endorsements for 32 incumbent congressional candidates for the midterm elections in November. All 32 candidates voted last year in favor of sending the cryptocurrency industry's top legislative priority, the CLARITY Act, out of the House of Representatives, which is currently stalled in the Senate due to opposition from some lawmakers.The list includes key allies in the cryptocurrency industry such as Republican Representatives Tom Emmer and Bill Huizenga, as well as Democratic Representatives Ritchie Torres and Josh Gottheimer, some of whom are facing fiercely competitive races.Mason Lynaugh, Executive Director of Stand With Crypto, stated, "In 2024, we proved that crypto voters are real, and in 2026, we want to demonstrate our organizational mobilization ability; our advocates are a voting bloc that can truly impact outcomes."Stand With Crypto was launched by Coinbase in 2023 to influence elections by mobilizing voters rather than through large-scale campaign spending, and it claims to have over 3 million registered "advocates." In 2024, the cryptocurrency industry invested $170 million to support congressional candidates, most of whom won, and pushed Congress to pass the GENIUS Act for stablecoin regulation. During this midterm election cycle, the cryptocurrency industry has already invested nearly $200 million through channels such as the Fairshake super PAC to continue solidifying its influence in Congress.