Robinhood Crypto Volume Rebounded 61% in August as Bitstamp Led Activity
Robinhood’s crypto notional volume reached $17.5 billion in August, up 61% from July but down 38% year over year. Bitstamp supplied about 58% of the total.
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Liquid Network Restarts After 4,000-BTC Exploit, but Peg-Outs Stay Closed
Liquid Network is producing blocks again and SideSwap reopened markets and peg-ins, but peg-outs remain disabled after an Elements bug created unbacked L-BTC and released nearly 4,000 BTC.
Nasdaq’s $100 Million Kraken Bet Is Really About Market Plumbing
Nasdaq Ventures’ $100 million Payward investment ties Kraken’s distribution to a Q2 2027 tokenized-equity target and a new cross-venue surveillance agreement.
The SEC’s Transfer-Agent Rewrite Puts Tokenized Shares on the Rulemaking Agenda
The SEC’s September 1 proposal would modernize transfer-agent rules for electronic recordkeeping and blockchain-based securities, while asking how ownership records should work when shares move onchain.