A MarketWatch survey reveals that 72% of people believe continuous wealth growth brings more happiness than spending money.

On stage at Solana Breakpoint in Abu Dhabi, Abra Founder and CEO Bill Barhydt unveiled AbraFi, a new Solana-native protocol designed to bridge real-world assets with scalable, onchain financial instruments.

Real-world assets onchain grew from $85M in 2020 to $21B+ by 2025 (245×). Private credit (~61%) and U.S. Treasuries (~30%) now dominate, spanning credit, sovereign debt, commodities & real estate across blockchains like Avalanche, Solana & Tezos.

Crypto.com and LuLu Financial Holdings (LuLuFin) have partnered to develop regulated digital asset services across global markets, starting in the UAE.

Flare’s DeFi ecosystem just took a major step forward. Enosys has officially launched Enosys Loans, the first Collateralized Debt Position (CDP) protocol on the network—bringing a trustless, overcollateralized, XRP-backed stablecoin into Flare.

Bhutan has officially brought its national gold reserves into the digital age. Gelephu Mindfulness City (GMC), the country’s flagship innovation district, today unveiled TER, a sovereign-backed digital token fully collateralized by physical gold.