1. Total market value of DeFi tokens: 149.088 billion US dollars
2. The trading volume of decentralized exchanges in the past 24 hours was US$27.307 billion
Trading volume of decentralized exchanges in the past 24 hours Data source: coingecko
3. Assets locked in DeFi: US$141.597 billion
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Top 10 DeFi Projects with Locked Assets and Locked Amounts Data Source: defillama
1. Total NFT Market Value: US$23.039 Billion
NFT total market value, top ten projects by market value Data source: Coinmarketcap
2. 24-hour NFT trading volume: 3.577 billion US dollars
NFT total market value, market value ranking of the top ten projects Data source: Coinmarketcap
3. Top NFTs in 24 hours
The top ten NFTs with the highest sales growth in 24 hours. Data source: NFTGO
Trump will sign an executive order to allow cryptocurrencies to be included in 401(k) pension plans
Golden Finance reported that US President Trump will sign an executive order to relax investment restrictions on 401(k) retirement accounts. The order will direct the Department of Labor to reassess the alternative asset investment guidelines under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, allowing alternative assets such as private equity, real estate, and cryptocurrencies to be included in the approximately $12.5 trillion retirement account system. The Department of Labor will also clarify the fiduciary responsibilities associated with the management of funds that include alternative assets. (Bloomberg)
1. Trollface creator says he has no interest in participating in the Solana chain Meme coin based on his work
1. Market news: Ripple will spend $200 million to acquire stablecoin platform Rail
Golden Finance reported, market news: Ripple will spend $200 million to acquire stablecoin platform Rail. 2. The ZKsync Community Initiates a Proposal to Allocate 8.5 Million ZK to Fund Guardian Operations On August 7th, the ZKsync Guardian team submitted a proposal in July 2025 to allocate a total of 8.5 million ZK tokens for Guardian salaries and administrative expenses over two years, from September 2024 to September 2026. This proposal would revoke the existing 2 million ZK limited minting authority (V1) and activate a new 8.5 million ZK limited minting authority (V2), to be managed by the ZKsync Guardians. Of this, 3.75 million ZK would be allocated for compensation in 2024-2025, 3.75 million ZK would be allocated for 2025-2026, and 1 million ZK would be allocated for administrative expenses. 3. Ant Digit: Jovay, its self-developed public blockchain, is expected to launch on its mainnet at the end of September and will not issue a token. According to Golden Finance, Ant Group Vice President and President of Ant Digit's blockchain business, Bian Zhuoqun, revealed today that Ant Digit's self-developed public blockchain, Jovay, is scheduled to launch at the end of September 2025 and will be capable of processing real transactions. On April 30th of this year, Ant Digit unveiled its Layer 2 blockchain, Jovay, and explicitly stated that it is a compliant, institutional-grade blockchain and will not issue a token. Bian Zhuoqun stated that Ant Digit is committed to becoming a gateway connecting Web2 and Web3, providing more trusted assets for Web3 and attracting more compliant capital to Web2. She cited data predicting that the global tokenization market is expected to reach $16 trillion by 2030. Ant Digit is currently expanding its RWA asset portfolio in new energy, computing power, finance, and other fields.
4. Solana's Launchpad revenue totaled $67.38 million over the past 30 days.
Golden Finance reported that Blockworks data showed that Solana's Launchpad revenue totaled $67.38 million over the past 30 days.
5. JPMorgan Chase appointed Kara Kennedy as global co-head of its blockchain division Kinexys.
Golden Finance reported that according to Bloomberg, JPMorgan Chase has appointed Kara Kennedy as the new global co-head of its blockchain division Kinexys. Kennedy will co-lead the division with Naveen Mallela, responsible for asset tokenization and blockchain project prototype development. Previously, Kennedy served as Head of Digital Asset Product Strategy at JPMorgan Securities Services.
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