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DefiLlama and Forgd have launched Universal Token Ratings, a standardized system that scores 128 tokens from 0 to 100 and assigns letter grades from AAA down to CCC. The grades combine each project's public disclosures with live on-chain and market data, and update continuously, so a token's rating shifts as its fundamentals change rather than sitting in a static report. Forgd, a Web3 investment bank, and DefiLlama pitch it as the first standard in digital assets that continuously verifies whether a token's real market performance matches what the project has disclosed. Projects that are not yet covered can formally apply to disclose their information and get rated, and the full methodology behind the requirements is published openly on the platform. For a market long criticized for opaque tokenomics and cherry-picked metrics, a continuously updated, disclosure-based rating gives allocators and researchers a common yardstick to compare tokens on more than price.

Banks spent years fighting stablecoins. Now they're issuing them, but not the way you'd think Europe builds real euro coins (Revolut, Qivalis, SocGen) as MiCA pushes USDT out. The US giants dodge stablecoins entirely and build tokenized deposits, same money on-chain, locked inside the bank. From enemy to issuer, and a quiet fight over who owns settlement.

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The Biggest Airdrops That Haven't Happened Yet 10 of the biggest Web3 projects still have no token. ~$38B in combined valuation between them. Polymarket tops the list at $15B with a confirmed airdrop. MetaMask's MASK is next. Some are already live to farm. Check the full list.

Tokenized Card Boom: Who Controls Gacha Market Tokenized trading cards did $327M in volume over the last 30 days, up 8.3%, with the market splitting between five protocols. On the surface it looks like Courtyard's game: 44.5% of all volume, $145M in flow. But volume only tells half the story. The other half is who actually makes money. Courtyard runs a thin 2.14% take-rate, so all that flow turns into just $3.1M in fees. Collector Crypt moves less ($123M) but charges 9.21%, pulling $11.2M, more than three times Courtyard's revenue.

📊Top Chains by 30D TVL Growth Robinhood Chain leads with +84%, its TVL topping $540M, powered mostly by Morpho, its largest protocol, fueled by stablecoin inflows led by Ethena's USDe.

📊 Local Memecoin Seasons Are Back DEX activity accelerated sharply last week, with daily trading volume rising from $3.3B to a peak of $12.9B, nearly a 4x increase.

Fasset Hits $1B Valuation in $68M SBI-Led Round Stablecoin neobank Fasset raised $68M led by Japan's SBI Group at a $1B valuation, just three months after its $51M Series B and taking its 2026 funding to $119M.