US spot Ethereum ETFs recorded a net outflow of $11.42 million on Aug 3, per SoSoValue. BlackRock's ETHA posted the largest outflow at $9.03 million, followed by Grayscale ETHE at $7.84 million and Fidelity FETH at $0.93 million. BlackRock ETHB led inflows at $5.78 million, with Morgan Stanley MSSE adding $0.6 million.

WebX 2026, held in Tokyo on July 13 and 14, centered on three recurring themes across seven sessions over two days. Speakers largely agreed that tokenization has moved past the question of whether it works and into a new phase where liquidity and real use cases matter more. JPMorgan’s Onyx was cited as processing billions of dollars a day, while Franklin Templeton was described as operating across 10 public blockchains for 10 years. A16z framed the market gap with a comparison between roughly $15 billion in tokenized money market funds and Treasury bills and a $13 trillion traditional liquidity market, putting penetration below 0.2%. Ondo’s tokenized stock platform, meanwhile, has surpassed $1 billion in TVL. Another thread at the event focused on AI and on-chain finance, with public blockchains described as neutral settlement layers that can impose enforceable rules on AI agents through smart contracts. Japan formed the third major theme, with discussions repeatedly returning to a possible crypto ETF opening as early as 2028, plans to bring the Japanese government bond repo market on-chain, and the role of tax policy and distribution, including the current top 55% tax rate and whether crypto products could be included in NISA-style long-term investment frameworks.

PANews’ weekly roundup showed that blockchain funding stayed subdued from July 27 to Aug. 2, with six disclosed deals totaling $41.5 million, while capital in the broader private market continued to cluster around AI, robotics and computing infrastructure. In crypto, funding was concentrated in security, execution infrastructure and AI-related Web3 projects. V12 raised a $10 million seed round led by Electric Capital, Birdai Labs secured $4 million for onchain execution infrastructure, and Axis Robotics closed a $12 million seed round led by Hack VC. Perceptron Network and ALPHEA also announced financing tied to decentralized AI data and distributed AI infrastructure. Outside crypto, the biggest checks went to major AI model companies and robotics platforms. Amazon disclosed that it had completed a total of $50 billion in investment in OpenAI and separately invested $11.3 billion in Anthropic and $13.7 billion in OpenAI during the second quarter. Moonshot AI reportedly raised $3.5 billion at a $35 billion valuation. Simile, Fish Audio, Modus and Pangram all announced new rounds, while Standard Bots, Enigma and Quantum Dynamics highlighted continued investor appetite for physical AI and robotics deployment. The period also saw M&A activity from Metaplanet and Fanatics, alongside fresh financing in nuclear power, bot detection and AI-focused funds.

Stand With Crypto said supporters of the Clarity Act have contacted members of the U.S. Congress 1 million times, with only seven days left before the Senate begins its Aug. 7 recess. The group described the period as a critical window and urged advocates to keep contacting senators while Congress remains in session. Public supporters of the bill include BlackRock, Fidelity, Goldman Sachs and Franklin Templeton. At the same time, Galaxy Research cut its estimate for the bill’s chances of passing in 2026 to 30% from 50%, citing unresolved disputes, Senate voting requirements and a tightening legislative calendar. Separately, New York Attorney General Letitia James on July 27 urged Congress to strengthen crypto regulation and warned that the Clarity Act could limit state and local enforcement against fraudulent platforms.

XRP spot exchange-traded funds recorded total net inflows of $7.6949 million on July 31, according to data from SoSoValue cited by ChainCatcher. The biggest daily inflow went to the Bitwise XRP ETF, which added $7.1184 million and brought its cumulative historical net inflow to $511 million. Franklin XRP ETF ranked second with $576,500 in daily net inflows, lifting its historical total to $426 million. As of press time, total net assets across XRP spot ETFs stood at $989 million, while the XRP net asset ratio was 1.49%. Historical cumulative net inflows for the category reached $1.509 billion.

SoSoValue data showed that XRP spot exchange-traded funds posted a combined daily net inflow of $5.9834 million on July 30, Eastern Time. Bitwise XRP ETF (XRP) led the day with $3.0344 million in net inflows, bringing its historical cumulative net inflows to $504 million. Franklin XRP ETF (XRPZ) followed with $2.949 million in daily net inflows and cumulative historical net inflows of $425 million. As of press time, total net assets across XRP spot ETFs stood at $1.004 billion, with an XRP net asset ratio of 1.48%. Historical cumulative net inflows for the category had reached $1.502 billion. The figures were cited by ChainCatcher, based on data from SoSoValue.

Real-world assets became one of crypto’s hottest narratives in July, with on-chain RWA supply rising to a record $32 billion, up about 22% from the start of the month and above the previous peak set in April. Yet the surge in issuance has exposed a harder question for the sector: what happens after assets are tokenized? Data cited from BeInCrypto Intelligence, RWA.xyz, DWF Labs and Stacks contributor Edgy points to the same problem. More than 70% of tokenized assets worth over $100,000 saw no on-chain transfer over a week, while roughly 87% of the market remains outside lending, collateral, or active trading flows. In other words, scale has grown much faster than utility. That split is also visible across the leading platforms. Securitize has built the largest footprint, with more than $4.9 billion in tokenized assets, but its DeFi utilization sits at about 0.7%. Ondo Finance manages nearly $3.5 billion and has broad multichain distribution, yet utilization is only around 2.7%. Maple Finance, by contrast, runs a smaller $2.3 billion asset base but reports more than $1.6 billion in active loans and a 62% utilization rate. The gap reflects differences in product design, securities compliance rules, and missing market infrastructure. As the market moves past the issuance race, competition is shifting toward distribution, liquidity, and real on-chain use.

XRP spot exchange-traded funds recorded total daily net inflows of $584,700, according to data from SoSoValue cited by ChainCatcher. The entire amount came from Franklin XRP ETF (XRPZ), which was the only product to post positive net inflows during the period. Franklin’s fund has now reached $422 million in historical total net inflows. As of press time, total net assets across XRP spot ETFs stood at $989 million. The XRP net asset ratio was reported at 1.48%. Historical cumulative net inflows for the broader XRP spot ETF segment reached $1.496 billion. The figures point to a day in which fund flows were concentrated in a single product rather than spread across the category.