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BlackRock's Tokenized Fund Passed $2.5 Billion. The Interesting Number Is What It Is Used For.
RWA tokenization has pushed BlackRock's BUIDL past $2.5bn as the wider tokenized real-world asset market moves toward $20bn in assets.
Twenty-One Banks Are Building a Stablecoin. The Token Is Not What They Are Competing For.
A bank stablecoin consortium including Goldman, Citi, BofA and UBS plans a USD token for H1 2027, competing with Qivalis and Open USD for the rails.
Two Institutional Bids Are Buying Crypto, and They Behave Nothing Alike
Crypto's institutional demand splits between $103bn in ETFs and corporate treasuries holding 845,050 BTC and 5.93m ETH — with opposite behaviour.
93% of Last Week's Crypto Venture Money Went to Companies That Move Regulated Dollars
Crypto VC funding reached $292.35m across ten deals in the week to 5 September, with 93% going to payments and banking infrastructure rather than tokens.
IBIT Took $117 Million on a Friday Nobody Was Watching
IBIT inflows of over $117 million on Friday extended a bitcoin ETF run of three consecutive positive weeks and $103 billion in total assets.
One Company Now Holds 5.93 Million Ether. That Is Roughly 5% of the Supply.
BitMine's Ethereum treasury reached 5.93 million ETH after adding 28,086 tokens, with total crypto and cash holdings of $15.7 billion.
A Third Straight Week of Inflows, and the Year-to-Date Ledger Is Finally Close to Even
Bitcoin ETF weekly inflows reached $986.85m in the week to 4 September, with ether funds adding $218.41m for a combined $1.2bn and a three-week streak.
$103 Billion in Assets, and the Daily Flow Swung by a Billion Dollars in Three Sessions
Bitcoin ETF assets under management reached $103bn after $3.8bn of three-week inflows, but daily flows swung from -$236m to +$731m within three sessions.
We're Back": Strategy Buys 4,603 Bitcoin After a Ten-Week Pause, and the Tranche Is Already Underwater
Strategy bought 4,603 BTC at an average $80,318 between 24 and 30 August, lifting holdings to 845,050 BTC. The tranche is already down about $9m.
$731 Million in One Day: Bitcoin ETFs Post Their Biggest Session Since January
US spot bitcoin ETFs drew $730.9m on 3 September, the largest single day since 14 January. BlackRock's IBIT took about $454m of it.
Ten Companies Hold Nearly a Million Bitcoin. Their Cost Bases Tell Very Different Stories.
The ten largest corporate bitcoin holders own about 992,000 BTC. At $76,597 Strategy is near breakeven while Metaplanet sits roughly 29% underwater.
Bitcoin ETFs Just Had Their Best Month Since October 2025. September Started With an Outflow.
US spot bitcoin ETFs took in about $3.5bn in August 2026, the strongest month since October 2025. Then September opened with a $201.8m outflow.