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According to The Block, K33 research director Vetle Lunde stated that by the end of the first half of 2026, the Norwegian sovereign wealth fund's indirect Bitcoin exposure through holdings in companies such as Strategy, Metaplanet, MARA, Coinbase, Block, and Tesla has risen to 11,549 BTC, a record high valued at approximately $725 million. This exposure grew by 21.2% in the first half of the year and by 60.5% over the past year, marking the sixth consecutive reporting period of increase.Among these, Strategy accounts for nearly 86% of the fund's indirect Bitcoin exposure, corresponding to approximately 9,914 BTC. As of June 30, the Norwegian sovereign wealth fund held about 1.17% of Strategy's shares, valued at $357.3 million at that time. Metaplanet corresponds to 671 BTC, MARA corresponds to 421 BTC, and Coinbase, Block, and Tesla correspond to 183 BTC, 120 BTC, and 97 BTC, respectively.K33 pointed out that this exposure is likely not the result of the fund actively allocating to Bitcoin, but rather an indirect effect of its broadly diversified investment portfolio. Currently, the related Bitcoin exposure accounts for about 0.03% of the fund's total assets.In addition, the fund has also gained indirect ETH exposure through the Ethereum treasury company BitMine for the first time. As of June 30, it held 6.15 million shares of BitMine, valued at $88.3 million, accounting for about 1.16% of the company's shares; based on BitMine's current ETH holdings, this corresponds to an indirect exposure of approximately 67,340 ETH.

According to The Defiant, the Government Pension Fund Global of Norway disclosed in its quarterly holdings document for the period ending June 30 that it holds 6,151,062 shares of BitMine Immersion Technologies (BMNR), with a market value of approximately $81.87 million.The fund did not list BitMine in its holdings report as of December 31, indicating this is a new disclosure, and the specific purchase time and cost have not been announced. It is reported that the total size of the fund reached 22.683 trillion Norwegian kroner as of June 30, with 72.1% allocated to stocks.

Investment firm Neoclassic Capital announced on X that it will co-lead the seed round financing for the tokenized real-world asset (RWA) data platform RWA.xyz. RWA.xyz has not yet disclosed further details about this round of financing.RWA.xyz is building an industry-standard data platform and real data source for tokenized real-world assets. According to RootData, previous investors in RWA.xyz also include Nascent, Archetype, The Venture Dept., and others.

Forward Industries has resumed purchasing SOL. As the largest holder of Solana, the company acquired an additional 254,000 SOL at an average price of $75 between July and August 3, bringing its total SOL holdings to over 7.8 million.

According to BeInCrypto, Nasdaq-listed company Forward Industries reported a net loss of $69 million for the third quarter of fiscal year 2026, primarily due to impairment losses resulting from fair value adjustments of its Solana assets in accordance with U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles. The company held approximately 7.55 million SOL at the end of the quarter, with the per-share SOL holding increasing by 9% quarter-over-quarter to 0.073; during the quarter, it increased its holdings by over 500,000 SOL through purchases and staking, and repurchased 2.5 million shares of stock.Revenue for the quarter increased more than fourfold year-over-year to $10.8 million, mainly from SOL staking and other financial services income. As of August 3, the company held approximately 7.8 million SOL, with the per-share SOL holding rising to 0.0754. After the earnings report was released, FWDI's stock price fell slightly by 1.36% in after-hours trading.

Securitize, a tokenization platform, announced its Q2 2026 financial report. The report shows that the average tokenized asset under management reached a record $4.3 billion in the quarter, a year-on-year increase of 16%, with approximately $1 billion in new tokenized assets added during the period. The aggregated trading volume reached $5.3 billion, a year-on-year increase of 147%. The asset management scale of the fund services business is approximately $24.3 billion, serving 663 active funds.The company's total revenue decreased by 5% year-on-year to $14.4 million, with revenue from the tokenization business falling by 12% to $7.8 million, while revenue from the asset services business grew by 3% to $6.6 million. The net loss widened to $21.7 million, and adjusted EBITDA turned from a profit of $1.8 million in the same period last year to a loss of $5.5 million.Securitize went public on the New York Stock Exchange on July 2 through a merger with Cantor Equity Partners II, with the stock ticker SECZ. The company stated that it had approximately $350 million in cash and no debt entering the third quarter.

The TRON DeFi Summer S2 event is currently ongoing. Users can stake TRX through JustLend DAO to exchange for sTRX, continuously accumulating returns while maintaining asset liquidity; the Energy generated from staking can also be rented to users with on-chain demand, forming a revenue cycle within the TRX ecosystem.As the largest single prize pool of this season, the 1.2 million USD TRX incentive pool remains open. Users can enter JustLend DAO through the Binance Wallet DeFi section, and by depositing 500 TRX, they can unlock basic staking returns and a Boosted APR of over 20%, and additionally share rewards daily. The S2 season covers core asset pools such as TRX, USDD, JST, and SUN.

According to the latest exchange report released by CoinDesk, the Gate RWA perpetual contract market continues to grow, with the total trading volume in July rising to $460 billion, setting a new historical high. Gate ranks among the top three global centralized trading platforms with a market share of 4.39%, continuously strengthening its market layout in the RWA derivatives trading field.In terms of spot trading, Gate ranks as a top global spot trading platform with a Grade A rating in July, achieving a spot trading volume of $35.8 billion and a market share of 4.93%, placing it fourth globally. In the derivatives sector, Gate's futures trading volume in July reached $276 billion, with a derivatives market share of 9.08%; the open interest market share reached 11.2%, ranking it among the top two retail trading platforms. Meanwhile, in the comprehensive ranking of spot and derivatives trading volume, Gate has consistently remained in the global top four, further reflecting the platform's activity and comprehensive trading capability in the global crypto asset trading market.As of July, Gate's global user count has exceeded 58 million, supporting over 4,900 trading pairs and more than 12,500 stock assets. Additionally, Gate launched the gStocks tokenized securities service in July, supporting 1:1 fully reserved stock assets, 24/7 trading, and unified account management, further expanding the connection between traditional financial assets and the digital asset ecosystem. As of July 27, Gate's overall reserve rate reached 117%, covering nearly 500 types of user assets, with BTC and ETH reserves continuing to grow. With a robust increase in asset reserves, Gate is continuously optimizing its existing product ecosystem, leading the development of global digital assets and innovative applications.

According to official news, the global instant delivery track RWA project CCC (Courier Cycle Coin) completed a deep strategic signing ceremony for cross-shareholding with Binance's ALPHA zone Anome on August 5, 2026, achieving deep cooperation. At the same time, both parties jointly launched the three-party co-branded card pre-sale signing ceremony with the global Caishendao organization, completing the inaugural signing ceremony.It is reported that CCC integrates RWA and DeFi, puts the cash flow of electric vehicle rental business on-chain for rights confirmation, and realizes the same source of currency and stock through token dividends, driving business expansion and ecological market value growth with physical profits, thereby building a complete closed-loop operation system.

The real-world asset (RWA) lending protocol Multipli announced on platform X that its native ecosystem token MULT community sale has started. The sale is conducted through the on-chain token sale platform SONAR built by Coinbase's Echo, prioritizing the community.The Pre-Open phase is now open, from August 7, 2026, 13:00 UTC to August 14, 2026, 13:00 UTC. Users holding rewards such as ORBs and Crystals can enjoy additional benefits, with support for participation using USDC and USDT. Multipli is supported by institutions such as Pantera Capital and Sequoia.

According to BeInCrypto, CoinShares and Token Terminal have released a latest report showing that in the past year (from Q2 2025 to Q2 2026), the deposits of tokenized real-world assets (RWA) in the DeFi sector grew from $2.3 billion to $7.4 billion, more than doubling year-on-year, while total DeFi deposits during the same period declined by about 15%.The growth is mainly concentrated in yield-bearing products, including tokenized government bonds and multi-strategy funds (such as JTRSY, BUIDL, sUSDS), with Aave, Morpho, and Kamino providing the deepest liquidity. Meanwhile, on-chain RWA spot trading volume increased by about 220% year-on-year, while the native cryptocurrency spot trading volume on decentralized exchanges fell by about 70%.

RWA e-commerce financing platform Dow Protocol announced the completion of a $10.5 million seed round financing, with participation from MH Ventures, Mapleblock, Animoca Brands, Arcane Group, HSKChain, Essentia Partners, and Quartet Group.According to reports, Dow Protocol builds a PayFi RWA structure for e-commerce operating capital, specifically addressing the working capital needs of e-commerce merchants. Dow Protocol allows merchants to receive funds within seconds by providing loans in advance based on the merchants' accounts receivable and credit risk data through asset service providers. The repayment and risk system is natively integrated into the e-commerce platform, with funds automatically deducted from the merchant's platform balance.

The Hyperliquid Research Collective (HRC) released its Q2 2026 report stating that trading of real-world asset (RWA) perpetual contracts on the Hyperliquid platform continues to grow, with HIP-3 related trading volume increasing from 1.8% in previous quarters to 20.7%, and further reaching 32.2% in Q2, with quarterly trading volume reaching $213 billion, accounting for nearly one-third of the platform's total trading volume.The report indicates that during Q2, the Hyperliquid ecosystem gained more attention from traditional finance, with 3 HYPE ETFs beginning to trade, providing investment channels for institutional investors who cannot directly hold tokens. Meanwhile, fund management companies like Hyperliquid Strategies continue to build HYPE reserves, with current funds and related treasury holding approximately 7.7% of the HYPE supply. In terms of data, HYPE rose 79% in Q2, reaching a historic high of $76.9, while Bitcoin fell 14% during the same period. Hyperliquid protocol revenue recovered after hitting a low in April, with monthly revenue at the end of the quarter reaching $169 million, and cumulative protocol revenue surpassing $1 billion, of which $141 million was returned to holders through buybacks.