• Bitcoin ended the seven-day period at $64,232, up 1.1% from last week’s edition, as the market remained relatively range-bound despite continued macro and geopolitical uncertainty.
• Ether outperformed Bitcoin over the period, rising 2.4% to $1,858.
• Overall digital-asset market capitalisation increased 0.5% to approximately $2.19tn, while Bitcoin dominance rose 0.3 percentage points to 58.8%.
• Macro conditions remained an important constraint on risk appetite, with investors continuing to assess the outlook for US interest rates alongside elevated geopolitical uncertainty and energy prices.

Nasdaq acquires LeveL Markets to expand digital liquidity infrastructure

• Nasdaq agreed to acquire LeveL Markets, a US institutional equities execution venue serving more than 2,500 clients, including around 300 institutional buy-side firms.
• LeveL will sit within Nasdaq’s newly created Digital Liquidity Networks business, which brings together liquidity platforms, tokenisation capabilities and financial-technology infrastructure as Nasdaq develops its “always-on” markets strategy.

Solana tokenised RWA assets reach record $3.9bn

• The value of tokenised real-world assets represented on Solana reached approximately $3.9bn, extending the network’s rapid growth in institutional and real-world asset activity during 2026.
• The expansion follows increased issuance across tokenised funds, credit and equities, as public blockchains compete to become infrastructure for traditional financial assets.

Securitize reports roughly $5bn of assets managed onchain in first quarterly results

• Securitize reported approximately $5bn of assets managed on blockchain in its first quarterly results since its New York Stock Exchange debut.
• The BlackRock-backed tokenisation platform reported second-quarter revenue of $14.4m and a net loss of $21.7m, while its onchain asset base provides a measurable indication of the scale being reached by regulated tokenised investment products.

Bullish executes tokenised equities with 24/7 stablecoin settlement

• Bullish executed trades in tokenised BLSH shares on its regulated digital-asset exchange, with transactions settling against a US dollar stablecoin on a near-instant, 24/7 basis.
• The issuer-sponsored tokens represent direct ownership of Bullish ordinary shares rather than synthetic or third-party wrapped exposure, with the shares recorded on Solana.
• The transactions demonstrate how tokenisation can extend beyond issuance into secondary trading and settlement, combining regulated securities, public blockchain infrastructure and stablecoin-based cash settlement.

Bank Leumi plans to launch direct Bitcoin and Ether trading

• Bank Leumi plans to offer customers direct trading in Bitcoin and Ether, extending digital-asset access through one of Israel’s largest incumbent banking groups.
• The service is expected to be offered through Leumi’s digital-banking infrastructure, allowing eligible customers to access crypto alongside existing banking and investment services rather than through a standalone crypto exchange.

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