a16z crypto's latest report reveals that while tokenized assets surged to $34 billion, over 70% lack native on-chain utility. Only 5% of tokenized Treasuries enter DeFi, exposing a composability gap.
New on-chain data shows Ethereum L2 solutions now outperform mainnet in throughput and cost: Optimism and Arbitrum combined TPS of 17 vs. mainnet's 12, with average fees at just $0.19, 22x cheaper than mainnet's $4.17.
Justin Sun delivered a keynote at GWDC Korea, saying global Web3 regulation is moving from design to implementation. Stablecoin market surged to $320B. TRON joined the Linux Foundation AI Council alongside OpenAI and JPMorgan.
Okta has introduced an early beta of Human Principal, a product aimed at linking AI agents to a verifiable human identity. According to Techub, developers can use World ID to confirm that a real person is behind an AI agent, then cryptographically bind that proof to a device so the agent can interact with downstream services on the user’s behalf. Okta said the launch addresses a shift in identity risk as AI agents proliferate and begin accessing services autonomously. In that setting, traditional authentication methods are no longer enough to handle newer forms of risk. Human Principal is designed to connect an agent’s identity with a verifiable human. Okta also said World ID’s privacy-preserving design and decentralized properties are central to verifying human identity in this model.
Polymarket's "Will Xi Jinping meet with Cheng Li-wun?" market settles with $1.23M volume. All No positions went to zero; top 50 No holders lost over $204K combined, with LBZone losing $51K alone.
Coinbase has launched 'Coinbase for Agents', allowing AI agents to trade, pay, and manage assets directly within user accounts, subject to set permissions. The product is available via MCP and CLI, supporting ChatGPT, Claude, and developer tools. Three key use cases: portfolio rebalancing, capital efficiency, and data-driven trading.
GrantiX has launched its $GRANT token following its TGE and sold-out IDOs, with listings now live on BitMart and BingX. The Arbitrum-based SocialFi project says it has processed over 20,000 donations on-chain.
Justin Sun has sued World Liberty Financial in federal court, accusing the Trump-backed DeFi project of freezing his tokens through a blacklist mechanism. Eric Trump backed WLFI and mocked the case as more absurd than a $6 million taped banana.
