Chainlink, Pyth & The US Government ON CHAIN!

He promised a lot and boy did we get a lot. Donald Trump embraced the crypto industry and told us we could have everything we wanted. Mind you, we also got a lot of things we could really have done without. The TRUMP and MELANIA memecoins spring to mind here, along with the nagging sense that maybe, just maybe, it was all about the money and not the tech for DJT. But, perhaps it’s time to rethink that assumption.

That’s because, in an extraordinary move last week, the US government announced that it would begin putting economic data on chain, starting with the GDP and PCE figures, with more to follow. In the words of Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, this was done in order to ‘make America’s economic truth immutable and globally accessible like never before.’ Amen.

This data will be deployed across a number of blockchains, although the real headline-grabber was the news that oracle networks Chainlink and Pyth would be responsible for fetching and verifying that data. It all feels a little too good to be true.

So, in today’s video, we dig into this story and find out what it all means for the cryptos in question and the industry more broadly. We look at why the US government is taking this step, who stands to benefit, and what comes next. If nothing else, it all suggests that the Trump administration is a lot more serious about blockchain and crypto than perhaps we gave them credit for.

You can watch that video here.

📈 Crypto Market Forecast 📈

It has been exactly one week since September started, and so far crypto prices have been holding up pretty well. Both Bitcoin and TOTAL (the total market cap of all cryptos combined) are in the green at the time of writing, while investors and analysts are slowly but surely starting to consider the possibility that September may not be as bearish as almost everyone expected it would be.

But, it’s only been one week, and a lot could change in the next three, especially because there is no shortage of macro and crypto catalysts that could move the markets. Last week was wild in this sense, and this week will be savage. For starters, the PPI for August will come out on Wednesday, and the CPI for August will come out on Thursday (as seen in this handy calendar).

These inflation prints will be more significant than usual, because they will be occurring just days before the Fed’s next meeting on September 17th, when it’s expected to cut interest rates. Naturally, a lower-than-expected inflation print would increase rate cut odds, or at least keep them where they are, while a higher-than-expected inflation print could dampen the dovishness.

Despite this volatile macro backdrop and the supposed seasonality of September, we’ve seen crypto projects and companies make big announcements left and right, which is interesting as they often tend to wait for more optimal market conditions in order to maximize attention and inflows. One example is the launch of World Liberty Financial’s WLFI token last week.

It looks like the crypto industry is determined to raise the bar up to 11 this week, because REX Shares and Osprey Funds are reportedly planning on listing their spot Dogecoin ETF in the coming days. They’re able to do this using something called the 40 Act, which is basically a legal loophole to list spot ETFs, and yes, that’s how they launched the staked spot Solana ETF.

The timing of this announcement is also interesting, and not just because it was made in early ‘Rektember’. The announcement also comes shortly after it was revealed that the NASDAQ was starting to scrutinize crypto treasury companies. It’s possible that we will start seeing more altcoins launch ETFs via the 40 Act loophole so that these TradFi flows continue.

On that note, you might have heard that the SEC and CFTC recently put out a joint statement which essentially calls on any TradFi exchanges interested in listing cryptos to contact these regulators to set things up. In other words, the SEC and CFTC will soon begin allowing TradFi exchanges to list cryptos, which will have fascinating effects on crypto market structure.

The only thing more fascinating than that is the list of 20 proposed rule changes from the SEC, which it has apparently been working on since the spring. This underscores how quickly and intently the SEC has been moving to change crypto regulations, but it looks like it could be another few weeks or even months before many of these rule changes are implemented.

Between now and then we’re likely to see Congress vote on the CLARITY Act, specifically the Senate, which is next up to vote on the bill. According to pro-crypto US Congressman French Hill, the CLARITY Act could become law in the next few weeks. It’s believed that the Senate will vote on it later this month, and it’s likely we will see speculation around it hit the markets much sooner.

In sum then, the crypto market looks like it's up for another action-packed week. Although many crypto investors seem to be sitting on their hands out of fear that September will be as bad as history suggests, the crypto industry and even pro-crypto regulators have been powering ahead with announcements. Will they be enough to trigger a proper rally? We will see soon enough…  

🦖 Pokémon RWAs 🦖

What comes to mind when you hear crypto people talking about ‘real world assets’ (RWAs)?

Is it tokenised gold, real estate or maybe stocks?

After all, it’s the one category in crypto that’s supposedly set to benefit the most from institutional adoption – besides stablecoins of course. Surely the only RWAs worth paying attention to are the ones that TradFi has been peddling for ages. There’s no way tokenised RWAs can refer to something else, right?

Well, what if we told you there’s a more exciting version of RWAs from a category that’s err…. more Gen Z?

One that’s outperforming the S&P 500 with over 46% annual returns and a market size north of $7 billion. One that has increased in value by 3,261% over 20 years. One that’s made of paper/cardboard and loved by children (or rather adult children). One which Logan Paul wore as a necklace while walking into the ring at Wrestlemania.

Yeah, we’re talking cards. Pokémon cards.

Over the last week, crypto natives have gone crazy over tokenised Pokémon cards and the protocols that issue them. This surge in attention has largely come from the price performance of $CARDS, the native token of a Solana-based RWA collectibles marketplace called Collector Crypt. The token, which debuted a week ago, gave pre-sale and early post-TGE buyers a 10x return on their investments.

This price rise is partly because Collector Crypt is one of the first Pokémon card RWA protocols to launch a native token. It’s also the most successful trading card RWA platform on Solana. Not to mention, Collector Crypt’s CEO Tuomas Holmberg recently hinted that the protocol revenue could potentially be used to fuel buybacks of the token in addition to buying more Pokémon cards for its treasury.

That said, this attention isn’t just limited to Collector Crypt. In fact, the Pokémon RWA space as a whole has seen consistent growth over the past year. While Courtyard, a collectible RWA platform on Polygon, dominated trading volumes for Pokémon cards in the first half of the year, the latter half was predominantly led by Solana-based marketplaces. Specifically, the three major ones were Collector Crypt, Phygital and TCG Emporium. Data from Dune shows that these three marketplaces have cumulatively recorded over $162 million in trading volume and $11 million in gross revenue over the past year.

A closer look at the data will also show that more half of the volume on these platforms comes from one particular feature – pack ripping. This feature, which employs a gacha mechanism, lets users gamble on blind boxes/packs which offer a small chance to receive super rare cards. It also gives users an option to instantly sell the revealed card back to the platform at 80-85% of market value. Collectors, in hopes of securing a rare card at a discounted price, often rip multiple packs and re-sell lower rarity cards back to the platform. On a psychological level, the unpredictability of the gacha system triggers a similar dopamine high experienced by gamblers at a casino.

This is probably why these platforms tend to generate high volumes and revenue despite their relatively small user base. For instance, Collector Crypt has recorded a volume of over $81 million on its gacha feature. With a unique wallet count of 4,358, this gives us an average spend of $18.5K per wallet. That’s no small feat.

So, what drives users to spend money on these platforms instead of their web 2 or real-life counterparts?

On paper, the main drivers are enhanced liquidity, lower fees and global access. However, as one experienced X user points out, this is far from the truth. The X user, who goes by the name Simple Peanut, is a veteran of both the TCG card and crypto worlds. They claim that these platforms do not offer any revolutionary features, but rather are simply the byproduct of spillover volume from the broader collectibles market. They note that the current market boom is probably the result of factors like a positive risk-on environment and new-found demand in the Chinese markets for Pokémon cards. In their opinion, the real path to long-term relevance for trading card RWA platforms is to focus on integrating crypto-native features at the heart of the product - whether this be allowing users to take loans against their tokenised Pokémon cards, creating verifiable randomness or enabling fractional ownership.

On that note, it might also be wise to look towards the future. Just as the market for Pokémon collectibles thrives today, the future of RWA collectibles could include crypto-native brands and IPs. These could be licensed figurines or trading cards from brands like Chimpers and Pudgy Penguins. Collectible RWA marketplaces like Segmint and Dyli almost exclusively focus on web3-native RWA collectibles. Being early could make all the difference.

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📖 Quote of the Week 📖

You can’t control the market. You can only control how you respond to it. Respond wisely.

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Team Coin Bureau

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