CZ Rings Nasdaq Opening Bell for BNB Standard

Changpeng Zhao (CZ) celebrated a milestone for the BNB ecosystem as he attended the Nasdaq opening bell ceremony alongside BNB Standard, highlighting the growing convergence between crypto and traditional finance. BNB held steady at $742.93, bucking slight declines among other majors, while BSC Total Value Locked stood at $5.52B. Across the broader market, regulatory and corporate treasury moves took center stage as the US OCC invited community banks to issue stablecoins and Anthropic filed publicly for an IPO.

• CZ participated in ringing the Nasdaq opening bell with BNB Standard ($BNC), marking a historic TradFi milestone nine years after BNB launched.
• BNB rose 0.58% over the past 24 hours to trade at $742.93 with $73.65M in trading volume.
• Binance launched the Alpha Trading Competition for Axis Robotics (AXIS), offering $200K in rewards.
• BSC Total Value Locked reached $5.52B, down 4.66% over 24 hours, while opBNB recorded $1.09M in TVL.
• The US OCC urged community banks to become payment stablecoin issuers as it finalized rules under the GENIUS Act.
• Strive executed a $511M Bitcoin purchase, bringing its holdings within 1,000 BTC of Metaplanet.
• Strategy halted weekly Bitcoin purchases to allocate $205M toward repurchasing its STRC preferred stock.
• Anthropic filed publicly for a Nasdaq IPO under ticker 'ANT', reporting over $16B in revenue and an $80B net loss for the first half of 2026.
• The NBA signed a CFTC memorandum of understanding, selecting Kalshi and Polymarket as preferred prediction market exchanges.
• The crypto Fear & Greed Index fell four points from 54 to a neutral reading of 50 as Bitcoin traded at $80,105.24.