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Bitcoin has spent years sitting outside decentralized finance. Wrapped versions solved part of that problem, but they fragmented liquidity across dozens of incompatible bridges. Coinbase and Chainlink are now testing a different approach on Robinhood’s new Layer 2. NEW: @Coinbase’s cbBTC is expanding to @RobinhoodCrypto, powered by Chainlink CCIP as its exclusive cross-chain infra.

On August 25, 2026, 39 state bankers associations announced the BankChain Alliance. The group plans a permissioned blockchain network that banks own and govern themselves. Alliance figures put its reach at 3,283 banks holding roughly $21.8 trillion in assets. Those numbers draw on FDIC Call Report data from March 31, 2026. The Texas Bankers Association helped organize the effort, and the alliance registered in Texas.

Hedera has announced that it will fund $15,000 in bounty prizes at ETHOnline 2026. The network published the breakdown across four tracks on ETHGlobal’s prize page. ETHOnline 2026 runs from September 4 to September 16 as a fully online, async event. ETHGlobal lists a total prize pool above $100,000 for the hackathon. Hedera joins a sponsor roster that includes Chainlink, Uniswap Foundation, The Graph, Ledger, 1inch, World Network, and 0G Labs.

Monolith emerged from stealth this morning. The firm is developing an end-to-end onchain venue for US institutional commodity derivatives. Its thesis targets two specific market issues: valuable assets sit idle because collateralizing them often takes far too long and risk moves continuously, yet markets have artificial closing windows. Monolith wants to compress the collateralization process from weeks into hours and enable that capital to be hedged and traded continuously via perpetual futures.

World Liberty Financial launched USD1 natively on the Canton Network on August 25, 2026. The move targets a specific gap in institutional tokenization. Trillions in Treasurys and government debt already move onchain. However, the cash side of those trades still routes through legacy systems. USD1 is now positioned as the dollar leg that settles in the same transaction as the asset. .@WorldLibertyFi's U.S. dollar stablecoin, $USD1, is now natively issued on Canton.

Revolut now issues its own euro. The company started a phased rollout of EURR, a euro-pegged stablecoin, to a select group of customers in three European markets. The launch pushes Europe’s most valuable fintech into a category that dollar tokens have controlled for years. It also lands one week before Revolut removes USDT from its European app entirely.

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Galaxy One introduced its Crypto Portfolio Line of Credit this week. The product lets eligible clients borrow cash against Bitcoin, Ether, and Solana. Notably, the line carries an 8.99% APR and charges no origination fee. Galaxy funds approved draws instantly in either USD or USDC. Additionally, the company accepts staked SOL as eligible collateral. The offering opened in 40 U.S. states at launch. Galaxy One is the retail app operated by Nasdaq-listed Galaxy Digital, the firm led by Mike Novogratz.

Coinbase tokenized stocks went live natively on Base on Monday, August 24, 2026. Four tickers launched first: NVDAc, METAc, AAPLc and GOOGLc. Each one tracks Nvidia, Meta, Apple and Alphabet respectively. Coinbase says thousands more equities will follow over time. The launch pushes tokenized equities out of walled-garden exchange products and into open DeFi rails.

Most blockchain companies build a chain first and hunt for users second. LayerZero ran that sequence backward. Before bringing its new Layer-1 to market, the team walked the architecture into Citadel Securities. The New York Stock Exchange and the DTCC saw it too. Then it asked a blunt question. “We have this. Does this matter to you?” Simon Baksys told Genfinity’s Ryan Solomon. Baksys serves as Chief Business Officer at LayerZero. The answer came back unequivocally yes.