TokenWorks Reverses Policy on Fake World Assets, Pledging 80% of Fees to Token Buybacks After Market Crash
August 20, 2026
TokenWorks has pledged 80% of future protocol fees to FWA buybacks and committed 327 ETH after its token plunged over 40% due to holder outrage over revenue allocations.
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Cloudflare Unveils Stablecoin Wallets to Fuel Autonomous AI Agent Commerce
August 20, 2026
Cloudflare has introduced Cloudflare Wallets and cloudflare.pay handles, allowing autonomous AI agents to hold stablecoin balances and pay for APIs, tools, and digital content securely.
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Mastercard Expands Crypto Credential System to Cross-Border Stablecoin Pilot with Borderless.xyz
August 20, 2026
Mastercard is partnering with Borderless.xyz to test its Crypto Credential verification system on cross-border stablecoin transactions. The pilot aims to eliminate redundant compliance checks across international payment networks.
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Web3 Gaming Studio Proof of Play Shuts Down, Open-Sourcing Pirate Nation Assets
August 20, 2026
Proof of Play, the studio behind fully onchain game Pirate Nation, is shutting down after struggling to build a scalable business model. The team has open-sourced its code and released assets under a CC0 public domain license.
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Laser Digital Partners With ZIGChain to Expand Emerging-Market Private Credit
August 20, 2026
Nomura subsidiary Laser Digital backs ZIGChain by buying ZIG tokens and governing risk for an emerging-market private credit vault pipeline.
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Circle Unveils Institutional Heavyweights as Founding Validators for New Arc Blockchain
August 20, 2026
Circle has announced 11 major financial and technology partners, including BlackRock, Visa, and Mastercard, to serve as founding validators for its permissioned Arc Layer 1 blockchain network.
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Dinari Expands Tokenized U.S. Stock Trading to Eligible Domestic Investors
August 20, 2026
Dinari has opened tokenized stock trading to eligible U.S. investors, offering access to 724 tokenized stocks and ETFs with native USDC dividend payouts directly from self-custody wallets.
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Ethereum Staking Yield Burn Faces Intense Backlash Ahead of Core Developer Decision on EIP-8363
August 20, 2026
Aave's Stani Kulechov and ether.fi's Mike Silagadze lead mounting opposition against EIP-8363, a proposal to burn Ethereum staking yield, ahead of a key developer decision.
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Uniswap Launches ‘Pools.trade’ Memecoin Launchpad on Robinhood Chain, Debuting $FRONG Token
August 20, 2026
Uniswap Labs has officially launched pools.trade, a dedicated memecoin launchpad on the Robinhood Chain, led by the viral $FRONG token holding a $12.1M valuation.
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Sentora Launches Morpho Lending Vault Backed by Wellington Management’s Native Onchain Credit Strategy
August 20, 2026
Sentora has launched a Morpho lending vault allowing users to borrow PYUSD against mWIN, a tokenized credit strategy managed by Wellington Management, featuring $9.6 million in stablecoin deposits.
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