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ChainCatcher News: Tether announced that its gold token, Tether Gold (XAU₮), has been launched on BNB Chain, bringing this leading tokenized gold asset into a broader crypto ecosystem. Each XAU₮ token represents 1 ounce of physical gold (London Good Delivery standard), stored in Swiss vaults, and is supported by a 1:1 reserve verified through independent audits. Data shows that in 2025, the price of gold rose by approximately 64%, marking the largest annual increase in 40 years and driving up demand for safe-haven assets. During the same period, the market size of gold-backed stablecoins grew from about $1.3 billion to over $4 billion, with XAU₮ accounting for approximately 60% of the market share. This deployment allows users to gain direct exposure to physical gold within the BNB Chain ecosystem without the need for traditional custody, premiums, or settlement processes. At the same time, Tether enables liquidity interoperability of XAU₮ across more than 12 blockchains through the USDt0 cross-chain network, enhancing issuance, transfer, and settlement efficiency. Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino stated that this move aims to integrate gold assets into the modern digital financial system, providing them with instant settlement and global circulation capabilities. BNB Chain commented that this integration will further strengthen its ecosystem in the real-world assets (RWA) sector.

12:00-21:00 Keywords: Fannie Mae, MARA, BlackRock1. BlackRock transferred 15,405 ETH and about 1,133 BTC to a certain exchange's Prime address.2. Byte Team open-sourced an AI team brain, DeerFlow 2.0.3. Fannie Mae will accept crypto assets as mortgage collateral for the first time.4. Reflection AI, backed by Nvidia, has raised its financing target to $2.5 billion, with a valuation of $25 billion.5. Brazil passed a new law incorporating confiscated crypto assets into public security special funds.6. Bitcoin mining company MARA sold 15,133 Bitcoins and will repurchase $1 billion in convertible senior notes.7. A certain exchange, in collaboration with Better, launched a crypto-backed mortgage service supporting BTC and USDC as collateral.

According to Odaily, Polygon has officially announced that Revolut’s on-chain transaction volume has exceeded $1.2 billion. This European fintech company is further deepening its investment in blockchain. Revolut has previously submitted applications to the US Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, seeking to obtain a national banking license in the US and operate under the name Revolut Bank US, NA. If granted the charter, Revolut will be able to directly access the Fedwire and ACH systems, provide FDIC-insured deposit services, and conduct business across all 50 states under a unified federal framework.