Key Points: Canadian fintechs raise $1.62 billion; digital assets lead funding.
Investors focus on blockchain and AI tech solutions.
KPMG forecasts continued investment growth in H2 2025.
KPMG’s Canadian Fintech Pulse report reveals $1.62 billion was raised by Canadian fintech companies in H1 2025

Key Points: Main event involves Aave’s leadership addressing misinformation, affecting market perceptions.
Aave’s Stani Kulechov claims WLFI proposal approval.
Miscommunication highlights governance complexities in decentralized finance.
Stani Kulechov, Aave’s founder, dispels claims of a

Key Points: Ethena Labs’ USDe supply hits $12 billion, rapid growth from $10 billion.
Achieved significant position as third-largest stablecoin.
Market reactions indicate bullish sentiment in the DeFi sector.
Ethena Labs announced on August 24, 2025, that their USDe stablecoin’s supply reached an

Key Points: Aave’s WLFI partnership faces scrutiny over token allocation and revenue share.
Conflicting statements fuel market uncertainty around Aave’s valuation leap.
Market responses highlight volatility driven by high-profile announcements.
On October 2024, Aave and WLFI’s purported partnershi

Key Points: Basel-based regulations effective January 1, 2026.
Applies to Bitcoin, Ethereum, stablecoins, and RWAs.
Aligns Hong Kong’s banking system with global crypto standards.
The Hong Kong Monetary Authority announced it will fully implement banking capital regulations based on the Basel

Key Points: Main event: ChainCatcher partners with Alibaba Cloud, focusing on Web3 infrastructure.
Traders see a 90% likelihood of Fed interest rate cuts.
No immediate market impacts linked to ChainCatcher and Alibaba’s collaboration.
The Federal Reserve’s potential rate cut in September sees a 90

Key Points: Grayscale and six others revise XRP spot ETF filings following SEC feedback.
Expert calls it a good sign for approval.
XRP gained over 7% upon the filing news.
Leading asset management firms Grayscale, Bitwise, Canary, and others have revised S-1 filings for XRP spot ETFs in response t

Key Points: Trump family-linked WLFI launches on Ethereum.
Community-driven token unlock mechanism.
Ethereum anticipated gas usage spike noted.
World Liberty Finance (WLFI), associated with the Trump family, announces its ERC-20 token launch on Ethereum, set to begin trading on September 1, 8 PM

Key Points: Huaxing Capital allocates $100 million to BNB, impacting institutional trust.
Pioneering BNB allocation by Hong Kong-listed firm.
Supports Web3 initiatives and promotes BNB Chain projects.
Huaxing Capital Ltd. and YZi Labs announced a strategic partnership to allocate $100 million to B

Key Points: Main event: CFTC partners with SEC for crypto regulation.
Public comments open until October 20.
Focus on federal spot trading of digital assets.
The CFTC, led by Acting Chairwoman Caroline D. Pham, announced a new crypto asset regulatory phase on August 22, 2025, in collaboration with

Key Points: Secured $7.4 million funding co-led by Avalanche and Sugafam.
Focus on gamified learning and native token integration.
COLS token to be launched on Avalanche’s blockchain.
Cointel has secured a $7.40 million funding round led by Avalanche and Sugafam Inc., aiming to expand its

Key Points: The Federal Reserve’s Lisa Cook faces mortgage fraud allegations.
No direct crypto market impact observed.
U.S. Department of Justice responds to allegations.
Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook resists calls to resign amid allegations of past mortgage fraud, following public

Key Points: DigiFT secures $25M funding led by SBI Holdings, with strategic backing.
The financing aims to enhance on-chain financial services.
Strong institutional support highlights tokenization’s potential benefits.
DigiFT, an on-chain RWA exchange, announced the completion of a new strategic f

Key Points: Federal Reserve highlights stablecoin regulation, tariff-induced inflation, and potential rate cuts.
Fed maintains rates at 4.25%-4.5% amid inflation uncertainty.
Genius Act hints at increased adoption of stablecoins.
The Federal Reserve’s recent meeting minutes, released

Key Points: Beijing court sentences Liu for using USDT in money laundering.
Three-year, six-month sentence for Laundering.
Court warns against illicit crypto transactions in China.
The Beijing Second Intermediate People’s Court sentenced Liu to 3.5 years for using USDT transactions to conceal

Key Points: U.S. Treasury seeks stablecoin demand to bolster U.S. bonds.
Increased stablecoin role in Treasury market.
Potential for lower U.S. borrowing costs and yields.
U.S. Treasury, led by Secretary Janet Yellen, involves major stablecoin issuers like Tether and Circle in discussions to

Key Points: Scott Bessent leads Federal Reserve Chair interviews with 11 candidates.
Process includes insights into monetary and regulatory policy.
No market impact data is available as of now.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has commenced interviews with 11 potential candidates to succeed