On-chain Weekly Digest: Aave Launches Horizon RWA Market with Over $50M in TVL
Moonbirds ecosystem surges as Footballdotfun expands rewards, U.S. Government begins publishing economic data onchain via Chainlink and Pyth...
On-Chain Overview
With ETF flows turning positive and macro signals supporting a softer stance, Solana leads in DEX activity, Aave’s Horizon marks progress in RWA adoption, and new narratives across DAT, AI, and Prediction Markets offer fresh opportunities for selective positioning and proactive research.
Crypto market weakened last week as total market cap fell 3.84% and DEX volume dropped 10.4%, though Solana DEX activity rose 1.84%, maintaining its lead amid declining Hyperliquid revenue.
（Data accurate as of: Sep 1, 2025, 6:00 am, UTC）
Altcoin, Meme coin, NFT and RWA
Memes and NFTs all declined this week—meme volume plunged 25.1% and NFT market cap fell 5.54%—while tokenized RWA assets bucked the trend with a 6.16% gain.
（Data accurate as of: Sep 1, 2025, 6:00 am, UTC）
Macro, Stocks & Commodities
Gold and Nasdaq rose this week while the S&P 500 remained flat; bond yields and DXY dipped, VIX climbed, and oil prices slightly declined, reflecting cautious macro sentiment.
（Data accurate as of: Sep 1, 2025, 6:00 am, UTC）
Key Events of the Week
RWA | Aave Launches Horizon RWA Market with Over $50M in TVL (31 Aug)
Aave launches Horizon, a new RWA-backed lending market on Ethereum with over $50 million supplied and $7 million borrowed, showcasing the growing role of real-world assets as productive DeFi collateral.
NFT | Moonbirds ecosystem surges as Footballdotfun expands rewards (26 Aug)
Following last Wednesday’s announcement that @footballdotfun would extend rewards to @mythicbirbs and @oddities_xyz, all three core Moonbirds ecosystem projects have seen a notable price surge.
NFT | OpenSea launches MCP to power real-time onchain access for AI agents (28 Aug)
OpenSea introduces MCP, an open standard that lets AI agents instantly access NFT, token, and wallet data across 20+ chains—enabling plug-and-play trading, research, and portfolio tools with zero infrastructure overhead.
Crypto Macro | U.S. Government begins publishing economic data onchain via Chainlink and Pyth (29 Aug)
The U.S. government has begun publishing official economic data like GDP and PCE onchain using Chainlink and Pyth oracles, boosting transparency, enabling smart contract automation, and signaling deepening integration of blockchain infrastructure into public institutions.
DAT | Trump Media, Crypto.com to Build $6.4B CRO Treasury Firm, CRO Jumps 25% (26 Aug)
Trump Media will buy CRO worth $105 million while Crypto.com takes $50 million in DJT stock as part of a partnership that makes the Cronos token central to Truth Social’s rewards system.
Wrapping Up
From a market data perspective: Crypto market cap dropped 3.84% and DEX volume declined 10.4% last week, but Solana DEX volume rose 1.84%, surpassing Ethereum to become the top chain by DEX activity.
From a market events perspective: Aave’s Horizon RWA platform launch, and U.S. onchain macro data releases underscore the growing relevance of RWA, blockchain-integrated public infrastructure, and selective platform momentum.
