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Ondo Finance surpasses $4 billion in tokenized real-world assets, ranking #1 out of 203 platforms tracked by RWA.xyz, with 484 tokenized assets and more than 565,000 holders GREENWICH, Conn. , Nov. 5, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Ondo Finance , the leading tokenizer of institutional-grade financial products, today announced it has become the largest tokenization platform in the world, according to the same RWA.xyz data.Tokenized real-world assets (RWAs) have become one of the fastest-growing corners within global finance. More than $39 billion in RWAs (which exclude stablecoins) are now held onchain, up from roughly $4 billion at the start of 2025, according to RWA.xyz . The current market capitalization of Ondo tokenized products now exceeds $4 across 484 distinct real-world assets, ranking first among the 203 tokenization platforms RWA.xyz tracks and accounting for roughly 10% of all non-stablecoin tokenized value. Ondo Finan...

Singapore, Singapore, October 29th, 2026, Chainwire Crypto projects will be able to lock AVA to have their token accepted as payment on Travala. Travala , the Binance-backed crypto travel booking platform, today announced AVA+ Partners, a new program that will provide crypto projects with a route to having their token accepted as a payment method on Travala by buying and locking AVA, the token at the heart of the Travala ecosystem. The program, which is currently in development, will require partner projects to hold AVA for as long as their token is accepted on Travala while receiving partner rewards throughout the partnership. AVA+ Partners involves three steps for crypto partner projects: Buy AVA. Partner projects acquire AVA on the open market. Buy NFT. Partner projects acquire a Travel Tiger NFT. Activate & Lock. Partner projects activate a Smart Diamond membership and lock AVA in a dedicated AVA+ Partners smart contract for as long as the project’s token is accepted on...

Singapore, Singapore, October 20th, 2026, Chainwire The discretionary buyback represents close to 1% of circulating supply and precedes four planned product milestones culminating in Grvt 2.0. Grvt , a self-custodial trading platform built on its own zero-knowledge (ZK) chain, announced that the Foundation's token issuer has completed its first GRVT token buyback, purchasing and burning 1.1 million GRVT tokens on the open market. The transaction permanently removed close to 1% of GRVT's circulating supply at the time of purchase. It marks the first of five milestones ahead of the planned launch of Grvt 2.0 at the end of November 2026. A Discretionary Buyback with On-Chain Verification The Foundation's token issuer intends to conduct further buybacks on a monthly basis. Each transaction remains entirely at the issuer's discretion, with no predetermined purchase amount or guaranteed schedule. Buybacks are executed through an independent execution partner, with purchased t...

Willemstad, Curaçao, October 15th, 2026, Chainwire 1win , a crypto entertainment platform, has launched the two-week public sale for $1WIN , a Solana-based token that extends the company’s existing gaming ecosystem with Web3 utility, user rewards, and revenue-linked token mechanics. The public sale is now live, with 130 million $1WIN available at $0.03 USDC per token through an oversubscription model, with the Token Generation Event (TGE) occurring on October 30th. Participants can deposit USDC into the sale pool during the two-week sale window, with a minimum contribution of $10 and no maximum contribution. Rather than operating on a first-come, first-served basis, final token allocations will be determined proportionally after the sale window closes in order to encourage fair distribution for all users. If demand exceeds the number of tokens available, each participant will receive a proportional allocation based on their contribution, with any unused USDC refunded. $1WIN...

October 9, 2026 – MEXC ,a pioneer in 0-fee digital asset trading, and Payward, the parent company of Kraken, shared their perspectives on the convergence of crypto and traditional finance during a TOKEN2049 Singapore panel. MEXC CEO Vugar Usi Zade and Payward Co-CEO Arjun Sethi , discussed how broader market access, retail demand and collaboration between platforms could shape the future of global trading. Crypto and TradFi Move Closer Together An important theme was the shift toward more connected, always-on markets. Vugar said blockchain infrastructure is challenging traditional market structures built around fixed trading hours, while users increasingly expect access to different asset classes through a more seamless experience. “Over the next five years, we’ll see a convergence toward a singular platform where asset classes and investments can move quickly and smoothly,” said Vugar. “Retail will be the main driver.” Arjun highlighted ...

MIAMI Cryptoraisa has hit a major new milestone in its ecosystem's development: based on September results, total payouts to platform participants topped $3 million, setting a new monthly record. The jump in payout volume comes amid increased activity in Exchange Pools, the expansion of the Cryptoraisa community, and growing volumes of liquidity deployed across the ecosystem. Over $3 Million in Payouts in a Single Month During September, Cryptoraisa processed payouts totaling more than $3 million, marking the largest monthly figure since the platform launched. The new record reflects the growing scale of the ecosystem and the activity of its participants. As liquidity volumes grow, Cryptoraisa keeps building out the technology infrastructure responsible for resource allocation, transaction processing, and how the platform's various components interact. The Exchange Pools Ecosystem At the core of Cryptoraisa is the Exchange Pools infrastructure: a system of...

  Mutsamudu, Comoros, September 25, 2026 – MEXC, a pioneer in 0-fee digital asset trading, recorded the deepest combined BTC and ETH futures order book depth within the 0.03% band, and the lowest median slippage for a $300,000 silver futures sell order among all surveyed exchanges, according to TokenInsight's Crypto Exchange Liquidity Report for September 2026. The report provides a systematic assessment of liquidity performance across nine major global crypto exchanges based on order book depth, trading slippage, and bid-ask spread, covering BTC and ETH across spot and futures markets, as well as XAU (gold) and XAG (silver) futures.   Top-Tier BTC and ETH Spot Liquidity At the 0.01% price band, MEXC's combined BTC and ETH spot order book depth reached approximately $1.35 million, tied with another exchange for the deepest spot liquidity in the report. At the wider 0.03% band, MEXC's combined BTC and ETH spot order book depth stood at $3.58 million, ...

Paris, France, September 17th, 2026, Chainwire Following June's launch with Morpho and Steakhouse, Zama extends confidential access to 16 curated vaults across five curators and five asset classes, and opens the Zama Swap Protocol for confidential swaps between positions. Zama , the fastest growing confidentiality protocol for onchain finance, today announced a major expansion of confidential access to onchain yield in partnership with Morpho, alongside five of the leading DeFi curators: Steakhouse Financial, Armitage by Wintermute, Flowdesk, RockawayX, and Bitwise. The launch adds 16 confidential vaults across 5 asset classes (USDC, USDT, WBTC, AUSD, and TGBP), and opens the public launch of the Zama Swap Protocol, allowing users to confidentially swap between confidential assets on Ethereum. This launch builds on the confidential Steakhouse USDC Prime vault Zama launched with Morpho and Steakhouse in June 2026, which grew from zero to $40 million in TVL within seven weeks and e...

GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands, September 10th, 2026, Chainwire BTCC , the world's longest-serving cryptocurrency exchange, has launched its "Trade To Win" trading competition to celebrate TOKEN2049 Singapore 2026. Featuring a $1,000,000 prize pool and a Tesla Cybertruck as the top prize, the campaign is one of the exchange’s most rewarding trading competitions to date. As the platinum sponsor of TOKEN2049 Singapore , BTCC launched this competition to reward its global community and bring its 0-Barrier Trading theme to life at one of the world’s largest crypto events. Participation in this trading competition is easy. Users just have to sign up for the campaign, trade futures, and accumulate trading volume to climb the leaderboard. The top 300 traders by cumulative futures trading volume by campaign end on October 13, 2026 will earn tiered rewards. The champion will take home the headline prize, a Tesla Cybertruck. The top six traders will also each receive a TOKEN2049 Singa...

Eightco treasury composition as of September 2, 2026: $90M OpenAI equity (indirect), $18M Beast Industries equity, 16,278 ETH, nearly 302 million WLD holdings, and $122M cash and equivalents, totaling approximately $380 million Eightco recently repurchased over 25 million shares of common stock in the last month under its previously announced $125 million share repurchase program Eightco previously participated in World Foundation's $52.5M funding round, led by Pantera with participation from Bain Capital Crypto, Selini Capital, Susquehanna Crypto, and additional investors Eightco provides indirect exposure to some of the most innovative private companies including OpenAI and Beast Industries EASTON, Pa., Sept. 3, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Eightco Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: ORBS) ("Eightco" or the "Company") today provided an update on its total holdings, highlighting its position across digital assets and strategic investments in leading private technology companies. Ov...

Singapore, Singapore, August 27th, 2026, Chainwire TermMax , a fixed-rate lending protocol built by Term Structure Labs, announced on August 26 that it has received a strategic investment from YZi Labs . Terms were not disclosed. TermMax was selected for YZi Labs’ EASY Residency Season 3 and has raised more than $8 million to date. Its earlier backers include Cumberland DRW — which led the 2023 seed round — HashKey Capital, Decima Fund, Longling Capital and MZ Web3 Fund. The protocol has been live on mainnet since April 2025 and now runs across 10 EVM-compatible chains, with 60 fixed-rate markets, 40 strategy vaults, tens of millions of dollars in total value locked and more than 1.5 million registered wallets. Keyrock, Hardcore Labs, Edge Capital and Origami serve as Curators, managing strategy vaults on the protocol. The $TMX token completed its TGE on August 25. The investor’s own public position points to the gap this investment is meant to fill. In an August...