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🔥 SEC clears Franklin Templeton funds to use onchain BENJI system for cash management

The SEC has issued a no-action letter to Franklin Templeton, clearing the way for the firm’s traditional registered funds to invest in its blockchain-based OnChain U.S. Government Money Fund.

📝 In the letter the SEC cites Section 17(f) and Rule 17f-2 of the Investment Company Act of 1940, enabling registered funds to hold shares of the onchain money market fund for cash management without meeting certain physical-vault requirements.

❗️"Essentially, it opens the door for Franklin’s registered funds (mutual funds, ETFs, etc) to hold its OnChain fund despite not technically satisfying 1940 Act custody rules," — Bloomberg analyst James Seyffart said on X.


The decision effectively lets conventional Franklin funds access some of the operational advantages of its OnChain U.S. Government Money Fund (FOBXX), often called BENJI, including faster transaction processing and more frequent pricing updates.

🤑 Franklin’s onchain fund relies on an integrated record-keeping system that combines internal book-entry data with transaction records on the Stellar blockchain, the agency noted, while the firm’s affiliated transfer agent maintains full control over private keys, administrative functions and the official shareholder file, allowing it to correct errors or restore records if needed.

Under the arrangement, Franklin Templeton Investor Services will create and control blockchain wallets on Stellar for the investing funds and keep the private keys.

Franklin Templeton’s blockchain-based custody plan gets SEC staff backing, paving the way for future digital asset growth and investment opportunities
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🎮 A father wouldn't let his son play Roblox, so he built him his own copy

Melbourne indie developer Adam Lyttle didn’t want his son playing Roblox because he couldn’t be sure who he was interacting with. Instead, he created his own browser-based obstacle-course game with the same addictive mechanic instead.

"The game is populated with recordings of other play throughs (giving the illusion of playing with others). And there’s even a chat from the bots talking to each other. He can talk with the bots and they chat back using ChatGPT," — Adam said.


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🤖 Quantinuum and Oracle Announce Multi-Year Partnership to Bring Quantum Computing to Oracle's Cloud Platform

Under the partnership, OCI customers will be able to directly access Quantinuum’s Helios, the most accurate commercial quantum computer in the world, through OCI’s quantum service, alongside OCI’s high-performance computing (HPC) and GPU infrastructure.

Together, Quantinuum and Oracle plan to explore how hybrid quantum-AI infrastructure could address some of the most computationally intensive challenges facing enterprises and broaden access for universities and research institutions advancing scientific discovery and education. The partnership reflects a shared vision that the future of enterprise computing will be built on the convergence of AI, classical supercomputing, and quantum computing.

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🇺🇸 Green District Files Plans for First Integrated Urban Smart City in Orlando's Historic Parramore Neighborhood

The Green District Smart City Live Local Master Plan has been filed with the City of Orlando, marking the first step in a roughly $2 billion revitalization effort for the historic Parramore community in Orlando. This full master plan is designed as a destination that brings together housing, tourism, transportation, jobs, education, culture, technology, public safety and economic mobility in one place, positioning downtown Orlando as a leader in smart city innovation.

The Green District Smart City project will be anchored by two Smart Hub parking structures located at 17 N. Westmoreland Drive and 320 W. Clear Lake Street, combining retail, multi-modal transit, and EV charging. The integrated transportation system is designed to move both Orlando residents and visitors throughout Downtown Orlando and to major regional destinations. A third facility will support health, wellness, and emergency response alongside AAM operations.

Construction is expected to begin in summer 2027.

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🤖 Grayscale Says AI Could Drive New Demand for Public Blockchains

AI could create new demand for public blockchain networks as AI systems become capable of making payments, managing assets, and acting independently on behalf of users, according to research from Grayscale.

📝 In a report, Zach Pandl, Grayscale’s Head of Research, argued that AI and public blockchains could address complementary infrastructure needs that traditional systems were not originally designed to handle.


The research identifies three areas where Grayscale believes AI adoption could increase demand for blockchain technology: agentic finance, verifiable digital records for computation and reputation, and decentralized alternatives to centralized AI systems.

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🇺🇸 Trump Enlists Private Sector to Boost Cyber-Offensive Arsenal

The US government is partnering with private-sector firms to launch cyber attacks abroad, expanding the scope of national security operations that until now have been largely conducted by government agencies.

📝 Through Executive Order 14390 of March 6, 2026 (Combating Cybercrime, Fraud, and Predatory Schemes Against American Citizens), I directed the Federal Government to take various actions to combat cyber‑enabled crime harming American citizens.

This memorandum expands the fight against TCO-perpetrated cybercrime by incorporating the ingenuity of the private sector.


Private companies under the direct control and oversight of the federal government will be able to conduct offensive cyber operations aimed at disrupting criminal organizations that target Americans, according to a National Security Presidential Memorandum signed by President Donald Trump.

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🤑 Marketnode to Offer BNY Investments Funds on Stellar Network

Marketnode, Asia-Pacific’s trusted digital market infrastructure operator, will offer on-chain access to select BNY Investments’ funds on The Stellar Network, expanding its shelf of multi-asset investment opportunities for institutional and accredited investors.

🔜 This collaboration builds on Marketnode’s strategic alignment with Stellar Development Foundation (SDF), which is designed to securely integrate real-world investment products on-chain and establish scalable pathways for investor access.

🔜 Extending the synergies of this collaboration, Marketnode will introduce tokens to represent select BNY Investments funds on-chain through its digital infrastructure, supporting distribution efficiency and enhancing security.

"This collaboration is another step towards bringing the world's financial system on-chain. The Stellar network offers institutions the configurability they need to issue and manage assets and blockchain infrastructure they can count on with 99.99% uptime.

The Stellar network was where the first tokenised money market fund was launched and has become the network for regulated finance because Stellar can help institutions save time and money in a way that is more efficient than with traditional financial systems," — said Raja Chakravorti, Chief Business Officer at SDF. 🚀


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🚆 Experimental Chinese Bullet Train Breaks Its Own Acceleration Record, Hitting 800 km/h in Five Seconds

It could potentially pave the way for ultra-high-speed transportation. Chinese researchers showed the train couldn't only reach extreme speeds, but also come to a controlled stop with its braking system.

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🇷🇺🛰 ‘Much faster than originally planned’: Ukraine warns of Russian rival to Musk’s Starlink

Russia is rolling out its own version of the Starlink satellite internet system faster than expected and plans to have nearly ​300 satellites in orbit by 2027, according to a Ukrainian intelligence ‌official. Russia launched the first 16 satellites of Rassvet in March. Bureau 1440 reported the successful launch of a second package of satellites in July.

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🇳🇬🏦 Nigeria Central Bank Widens Access to Open Market Operations

Nigeria’s central bank expanded eligibility for participation in Open Market Operations, allowing individuals, corporates and non-bank financial institutions, in addition to banks, to trade in the securities.

The Central Bank of Nigeria also lifted its suspension of tenored repo operations, and may now inject liquidity into the market for anything from four to 90 days. In addition, it removed limits on access to the bank’s discount window for participants in the foreign-exchange market and government bond auctions.

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🇺🇸 Trump Trade Enforcers Deploy AI to Crack Down on Tariff Dodging

The Trump administration is developing an AI-powered “detective border” to crack down on trading partners suspected of enabling China to skirt tariffs on US imports.

📝 In a report, the White House Office of Trade and Manufacturing Policy accused dozens of countries of being part of China’s “shadow transshipment network,” sorting them “according to the scale of China-linked trade, the depth of their economic integration with China, and the weak-link advantages that make them susceptible to rerouting activity.”


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🇧🇲🤑 Bermuda Adopts Stellar Blockchain for Financial Infrastructure

Bermuda is advancing its use of blockchain technology by integrating the Stellar network into its financial infrastructure, a move that could strengthen the reliability and efficiency of financial services on the island.

➡️Denelle Dixon highlighted Bermuda’s adoption as an example of how blockchain infrastructure can become embedded within financial operations.

She indicated that the technology is intended to operate reliably in the background, allowing financial services to benefit from blockchain capabilities without requiring users to interact with the underlying technology directly.


❗️The development is significant for Bermuda, which has established itself as a financial center with a regulatory framework that can support experimentation with emerging financial technologies.

➡️ By incorporating blockchain into existing financial infrastructure, the jurisdiction could demonstrate how distributed ledger technology can be applied to conventional financial services at an institutional level.

The Bermuda initiative could provide a practical model for other jurisdictions exploring how blockchain networks can be integrated into regulated financial systems and used to improve efficiency. 🚀

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Aug 13, 2026:

D’CENT is now the first hardware wallet to support XLMFi


With stellardefihub now accessible through D’CENT Wallet, XLM holders can explore Stellar DeFi, including institutional-grade vaults from SentoraHQ


More ways to put your $XLM to work and our journey with Stellar is just getting started


https://x.com/dcentwallets/status/2087827750573035784?s=46
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❤️ WhatsApp rolls out new feature that flags potential scam messages

WhatsApp has begun rolling out a new optional "Scam Alert" feature, which uses a local machine learning model to warn users when scammers are targeting them.

"Today, we're sharing an early look at Scam Alert, a new, optional feature that runs an on-device machine learning model to alert a user about potential scam messages," — WhatsApp said.


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🤑 XRP Holders Can Now Trade Options Using Flare’s FXRP as Collateral

XRP holders can now use Flare’s FXRP as collateral to trade options and perpetual futures on decentralized exchange Derive.

❗️According to Flare, users mint FXRP, a token representing XRP on the Flare blockchain, through its FAssets bridge that converts tokens like Bitcoin, XRP, and Dogecoin into ERC-20 tokens on the Flare network. They can then deposit the token into a Derive Portfolio Margin V2 account and trade derivatives from their own wallets.

“Options are often the last major market to develop around an asset, and XRP has been waiting for the infrastructure,” — founder and CEO of Derive, Nick Forster, said in a statement.

FXRP gives one of crypto’s largest holder bases a credible path onchain, and adding Derive’s options markets means that capital can now be hedged, used to earn premium and traded with the same sophistication available around other major assets.”


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⚡️🇺🇸🇦🇺Trump Agreed to Consider Australia Tariff Request, Albanese Says

US President Donald Trump has agreed to Australia’s request to “consider full exemption or, at the very least, no increase” to the tariffs imposed by the US, Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said.


Albanese said he discussed Australia’s free trade agreement with the US, as well as the country’s record dealing, during a phone call with Trump on Thursday night.

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🤑 Stellar Protocol 28, Adapter, is on the way 🚀

This upgrade introduces enhancements that make it easier to write smart contracts on Stellar, as well as a change under the hood that helps the network reach consensus faster as it continues to scale.

What this upgrade includes:

💸CAP-83 improves consensus performance under load.
💸CAP-85 introduces atomic upgrades for fleets of contracts.
💸CAP-86 makes contract data migrations easier.

❗️The full timeline:

→ Aug 13: Core stable release
→ Aug 13-21: Infra and SDK releases
→ Aug 27, 1700 UTC: Testnet vote
→ Sept 16, 1700 UTC: Mainnet vote

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⚡️SEC cancels long-awaited proposal of Reg Crypto, postponing meeting without new date

The SEC was on the verge of revealing its first major rulemaking effort in the digital assets sphere, having been set to propose its "Regulation Crypto," but the agency cancelled the Friday meeting in an end-of-day statement on Thursday.

"Due to an unforeseen scheduling issue," the SEC is moving the meeting to "a later date," according to a statement from an agency spokesperson.


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🛰🇻🇳Starlink's high-speed, low-latency internet is now available in Vietnam!

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