Premarket movers:
Tesla leads gains among Mag 7 stocks after the electric vehicle maker plunged about 15% on Thursday (Tesla +1.3%, Microsoft +1.1%, Alphabet +0.7%, Meta +0.7%, Amazon +0.5%, Apple +0.2%, Nvidia -0.4%)
Amkor Technology (AMKR) rallies 11% after the company announced a $1.5 billion multi-year binding agreement with Nvidia to develop advanced semiconductor packaging and test technologies for next-generation AI and accelerated computing platforms.
Intel (INTC) gains 4% (well below the kneejerk surge 12% higher) after the chipmaker’s third-quarter forecast was much stronger than analysts’ expectations. The results highlighted both the durability of AI-related demand, as well as the success of Intel’s turnaround.
MaxLinear (MXL) slides 11% after the semiconductor device company reported second-quarter results that were only modestly ahead of expectations. While its third-quarter revenue forecast was stronger than expected, its view for adjusted gross margin was largely in line at the midpoint of the range.
Oracle (ORCL) is up 2.6% after the software company said it had been awarded a 10-year IDIQ contract by the US Department of Defense under its Enterprise Software Initiative. The contract is valued at $3.31 billion for the first five years and up to $6.99 billion if options are exercised.
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reply @catidenover Robinhood Chain supports WETH as the default pair — AAPL isn't an available option. I can deploy tokenization/TOKENIZATION on Robinhood paired with WETH instead, just confirm and I'll launch it.
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BYBIT: Bybit expands Dual Asset with xStocks, offering yield on tokenized stocks like SpaceX, Nvidia, Apple, and Amazon
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BYBIT: Bybit expands Dual Asset with xStocks, offering yield on tokenized stocks like SpaceX, Nvidia, Apple, and Amazon
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Anchorage CEO says tokenized deposits are the most underestimated area in crypto today
This is an article based on a Talking Tokens podcast interview. To get the full Talking Tokens episode, subscribe to our Newsletter or check it out on Spotify, Apple Podcasts or YouTube. It’s only been a year since the GENIUS Act was passed, and the stablecoin market cap has nearly doubled to north of $300 billion. For @Anchorage Digital’s CEO and co-founder Nathan McCauley (@nathanmccauley), and its head of policy Kevin Wysocki (@KevWysocki), that number represents more of a starting line than a milestone. “When we get [the Clarity Act] across the finish line, it's gonna lead to more capital in this space and more growth and more projects," Wysocki said on @StrataMedia_'s @_TalkingTokens podcast. Armed with a federal charter since 2021, Anchorage has been able to observe crypto’s growing appeal for institutions longer than most of its kind. And its nature as a national trust bank proved a staunch source of credibility with the kinds of institutions now racing to build strategies around stablecoins and tokenization. Still, both McCauley and Wysocki feel the sheer pace of change is what best characterizes the past year. "What we're seeing right now is an absolute acceleration," McCauley said. "When America sets the standards, a lot of other countries fall in line," Wysocki added. "And that's what we've seen when we've talked to other central banks around the world." Today, as asset managers launch new crypto ETFs or tokenizing existing funds, large banks and financial institutions are building products around stablecoins, tokenized deposits, and real-world assets. "There were more [proof of concepts] than funds tokenized onchain for about half a decade," McCauley said. "You can really experiment as much as you want, but it's not true innovation until it's in production. We're now in a moment that matters." One of the clearest examples of the ongoing shift is money transfer giant Western Union, which is working with Anchorage to upgrade its remittance infrastructure around a new digital dollar. This means people around the world who receive remittances will be able to hold on to a dollar-backed stablecoin instead of converting it immediately to their local currency - a product that effectively doubles as a US dollar storage. It's an old use case being upgraded with new infrastructure, McCauley noted, which is the kind of proof point he thinks will open the floodgates for the next wave of entrants. McCauley’s framework for who (and what) comes next predicts three waves. Initially, first movers like @Tether will continue to lead in market share and provide GENIUS-compliant stablecoins. The second wave would be financial companies like fintechs, remittance platforms and banks, which are building stablecoin rails into their core infrastructure. The third wave, still in its early days, would be Fortune 500 companies and major tech platforms that realize their embedded ecosystems are a natural fit for stablecoin-based transactions. However, one area that McCauley feels is most underestimated by the broader market is tokenized deposits. “I think probably the biggest delta right now [...] are the discussions around tokenized deposits,� McCauley said. “The tokenized deposit idea is accelerating very rapidly and is on every bank's mind.� In theory, this involves banks taking their own deposit base, putting it onchain, and circulating it with the same properties as a digital asset with instant, global access and programmability. "[Banks] can imagine using the tokenized deposit for internal accounting, internal transparency, even settling with international counterparties instantly," he said. "If I do tokenized deposits, I know I can improve the cost basis of my own operations - that's the first level of it being compelling." Anchorage is building infrastructure for both sides of this potential market. The firm has so far issued five stablecoins, added settlement, trading and tokenized deposit capabilities to its custody business, and is positioning itself as the infrastructure layer for institutions entering the space. Looking forward, McCauley is most excited about agentic banking. While the technology’s near term use cases are modest, with AI agents having spending limits, handling basic transactions, automating recurring payments and so on, he believes eventually more agent-to-agent payments will be settled over stablecoins. McCauley's analog for what comes next is Ransom Olds, the creator of the Oldsmobile, who spent years campaigning for cities to build roads because he had a great car and nowhere to take it. He argues stablecoins are the car. The roads are the 5,000 U.S. banks, the fintechs, the global payment networks, the settlement systems, and the dispute resolution infrastructure that all need to be built and integrated before the full vision is realized. "That's gonna be decades of work, decades of innovation," he said. "In a real sense, it's always gonna be day one in stablecoin land." Today’s episode is sponsored by Anchorage Digital, America's first federally chartered digital asset bank and provider of regulated stablecoin issuance. To find out more, visit anchorage.com.
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TSMC sube los precios de los chips hasta un 10% — y Nvidia, AMD y Apple lo pagan
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🚨 US MARKET WRAP: WALL STREET REBOUNDS AS AI-DRIVEN CHIP RALLY RESUMES, WITH THE NASDAQ 100 SURGING 1.9%.
🚨 SEMICONDUCTOR STOCKS JUMP 5.2% AS INVESTORS RETURN TO AI NAMES; NVIDIA LAUNCHES NEW CHIP DESIGNS, WHILE INTEL ADVANCES FURTHER WORKFORCE CUTS.
🚨 APPLE PREPARES TO LAUNCH 'APPLE UPGRADE,' A DEVICE LEASING PROGRAM THAT COULD RESHAPE HOW IT SELLS IPHONES AND OTHER HARDWARE.
🚨 RISING OIL PRICES AND GEOPOLITICAL TENSIONS LIFT BOND YIELDS, KEEPING INFLATION AND FED RATE HIKE CONCERNS IN FOCUS.
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quote: .@SuperRare is for shipping.
Over the last 3 months we have been heads down and shipped a ton of new features on SuperRare. We’re laser focused on building the best collecting experience on the internet powered by @ethereum
1) New homepage
It’s been way too long since the website got a refresh. We rearchitected the homepage to give collectors a better sense of what's happening in realtime, what’s trending, and what's happening on the platform today.
2) Hype machine
Sharing a art is a big part of the collecting experience. We now auto generate Instagram Story cards, X post images, and square share images. Download or copy and send it on the tl.
3) Normie onboarding
Sign in with email or social accounts and start collecting in seconds. Literally.
4) Meatspace art
Art is art. Digital or physical, it all has a special place in our lives. We now support physical works on the site and are building out a print integration to allow anyone to sell museum grade prints of their work.
5) Editions
1/1 grails are my favorite but not everyone can yolo a few racks on a single artwork. Editions give artists a way to connect with collectors at a variety of price points.
6) Charge it
Buy artwork with a credit card or Apple Pay, no need to think about crypto.
7) Live auction chat
Everyone loves a troll box. We added ephemeral chat to live auctions so artists can jump in and chat with collectors during an auction. Chat also supports slash commands for faster bidding and sharing.
8) New notification engine
Fully rearchitected notification system that updates you about new offers, bids, sales, follows, collaborations, and new work. Save the app to your homescreen for notifications on the go!
9) Collab SZN baby
Collaborations are now fully supported to allow collectors to better understand when a piece is co-created.
This isn’t even the full list but I need to get back to my agents and keep shipping.
We're building the best place on the internet to discover, collect, and experience art.
Stay $RARE. | Ethereum is for shipping.
Here are some of the things the Ethereum ecosystem launched, upgraded, and announced over the past month.
0/ @RobinhoodApp launched Robinhood Chain (@RobinhoodCrypto) on mainnet, an Ethereum Layer 2 built on the @arbitrum stack, enabling 24/7 trading of tokenized stocks and ETFs for users in over 120 countries through Robinhood Wallet. The network surpassed $1B in DEX volume in just over a week.
1/ @aztecnetwork achieved Stage 2 rollup decentralization under @l2beat's framework, removing governance control over its core protocol and taking another step toward trust-minimized infrastructure.
2/ @VitalikButerin shared updates to Ethereum's evolving technical roadmap, outlining the next phase of Lean Ethereum and the protocol's long-term direction.
3/ @ethlabs_org launched as a non-profit R&D lab for Ethereum and ETH. Their mission is to make Ethereum the settlement layer of the global economy.
4/ @ethereuminsti launched as an independent non-profit dedicated to accelerating the institutional adoption of Ethereum, its L2s, applications and overall ecosystem.
5/ @aave introduced Stable Vaults, fixed-rate stablecoin yield vaults designed for seamless integration into consumer applications.
6/ @zama launched the First DeFi Yield Venue for Confidential USDC (cUSDC) in partnership with @Morpho and @SteakhouseFi, bringing private stablecoin lending to Ethereum.
7/ @swissknifexyz launched a new Privacy Protocol Tracker, making it easier to compare fees, wait times, supported chains, and other metrics across Ethereum privacy protocols.
8/ Global tickets for @EFDevcon 8 went live, alongside speaker applications for this year’s conference in Mumbai, India.
9/ @Optimism and @toss__official signed an agreement to explore bringing the Korean Won onchain, expanding blockchain-based financial infrastructure for one of South Korea's largest fintech platforms.
10/ @OctantApp completed Epoch 12, its first full quadratic funding round using a zero-knowledge vote coprocessor and new voting application, distributing 88.1 WETH to Ethereum public goods projects.
11/ @0xprivacypools launched the trusted setup ceremony for Privacy Pools V2 ahead of its next protocol deployment.
12/ Gwei Name Service launched an ownerless, immutable Ethereum naming system built without administrative ownership.
13/ @ammalgam launched on Ethereum mainnet, introducing oracle-free lending without impermanent loss.
14/ @lodestar_eth added support for Fast Confirmations, allowing Ethereum node operators to confirm transactions in a single slot using validator attestations.
15/ @PrivacyBoost introduced preconfirmations for private transfers, allowing transfers to be treated as usable in around one second before final settlement.
16/ The @ethereumfndn published Ethereum Basics for Governments and Institutions, a new primer introducing Ethereum as a credibly neutral digital public utility for policymakers and enterprise leaders.
17/ @OndoFinance launched @OndoPerps, enabling tokenized stocks to be used as collateral for perpetual futures across equities, commodities, and indices.
18/ @base introduced Base Privacy, giving enterprises infrastructure to trade, pay, and settle onchain with built-in confidentiality and compliance features.
19/ @BGDA_UK launched BAGEY, a natively tokenized UK regulated fund on Ethereum where the blockchain serves as the legal register of record.
20/ @sparkdotfi launched the Stablecoin FX Layer on @Uniswap v4, introducing shared liquidity infrastructure that lets stablecoins access a common liquidity layer.
21/ @Trueo_ launched user-created prediction markets, allowing anyone to create a market by asking a question and letting participants trade on the outcome through a fully onchain prediction market.
22/ @kpk_io integrated @OpenCover Covered Vaults, allowing depositors to add opt-in onchain insurance to curated vaults, with coverage underwritten by @NexusMutual.
23/ @PropellerSwap launched Turbine on Ethereum mainnet, enabling large trades to settle with lower slippage by sourcing liquidity across onchain, offchain, and peer-to-peer markets.
24/ Hosted by @web3privacy, the Neocypherpunk Summit brought together around 1,000 builders and researchers in Berlin to advance privacy, open-source infrastructure, and human rights.
25/ @eth_systems launched as a company building modular privacy infrastructure for institutional Ethereum.