Vault Lazy Summer na Arbitrum spojený se Summer.fi utrpěl odhadovanou ztrátu 6 milionů USD po šíření DeFi nákazy z neúspěšného lending trhu. Ztráta nebyla způsobena přímým útokem na Summer.fi, ale na navázané protokoly a kolaterál.
A Lazy Summer Protocol vault connected to Summer.fi suffered an estimated $6 million loss after exposure to a failed DeFi lending market on Arbitrum, renewing scrutiny of automated yield products and the risks embedded in multi-protocol strategies.
The affected product was the Lazy Summer Arbitrum USDC Vault, which had allocated funds into Silo Finance’s Swaap Lend susdx 127 USDC market. According to Summer.fi’s post-mortem, the loss was not caused by a direct exploit of Summer.fi’s user interface or Lazy Summer’s vault contracts. Instead, it resulted from a chain of external failures that began with the Nov. 3 Balancer V2 Composable Stable Pool exploit and later spread through connected DeFi markets.
Balancer estimated the original exploit at roughly $94.8 million. The attack affected several liquidity pools and contributed to stress in Stables Labs’ USDX asset, which began losing its peg on Nov. 6. The problem then reached Silo’s susdx/USDC lending market, where the affected Lazy Summer vault had deployed capital.
Contagion Through the Yield Stack The core issue was a mismatch between the real economic value of the impaired Silo position and the value being reported on-chain. Summer.fi said Silo’s market continued to report values that did not properly reflect the deterioration in USDX-linked collateral. As a result, the Lazy Summer vault continued treating its position as more valuable than it actually was.
That pricing failure created a withdrawal imbalance. Users who exited the vault before the loss was fully reflected could withdraw against inflated valuations, leaving remaining depositors exposed to the eventual shortfall. The vault’s ordinary accounting mechanisms did not immediately distribute the loss because the underlying Silo market had not properly recognized it.
Summer.fi said deposits into the affected Arbitrum vault were blocked on Nov. 6, with notices posted on the vault interface, Discord and X. A snapshot of affected users was also completed the same day. The team later began work on recovery-monitoring contracts designed to automatically withdraw any available liquidity from Silo if funds become accessible.
Governance Response and Market Impact The Lazy Summer DAO has moved to offboard the affected Silo market from its strategy set. On Nov. 13, the DAO published SIP2.39 to remove the Silo susdx/USDC market, and the proposal passed on Nov. 21. The DAO is also evaluating emergency controls, a rebuilt Arbitrum strategy set without USDX exposure, stronger risk disclosures, possible compensation and an insurance fund.
The incident is significant because it highlights a risk that is harder for ordinary users to assess: vaults can suffer losses even when their own smart contracts work as intended. Automated yield products depend on external lending venues, collateral assets, liquidity pools and oracle feeds. A failure in any part of that stack can impair depositors.
For DeFi investors, the Summer.fi-linked loss is a warning against treating curated vaults as simple yield products without protocol-level risk. For risk managers, it raises questions about oracle assumptions, depeg monitoring, emergency withdrawal controls and whether vaults should continue accepting withdrawals when an underlying market’s reported value becomes unreliable.
The $6 million loss is small compared with the largest DeFi exploits, but its market relevance is broader. It shows that DeFi contagion can move quietly through yield infrastructure, reaching users who may never have interacted directly with the compromised protocol. As vault products target more passive users and institutional allocators, transparency around hidden strategy exposure is likely to become a more important competitive and regulatory issue.
GateToken (GT) dokončil on-chain burn za 2. čtvrtletí 2026, při němž bylo spáleno 2 570 063,3829548 GT v hodnotě přes 17,75 milionu USD. Celkem už bylo spáleno 189 947 219 GT, tedy více než 1,311 miliardy USD.
PANews July 6 news, according to an official announcement, the on-chain burn of GateToken (GT) for the second quarter of 2026 has been officially completed, with a total of 2,570,063.3829548 GT transferred to the burn address, valued at over 17.75 million USD. Since the Gate Chain mainnet launched in 2019, GT has been subject to a continuous burn mechanism. To date, a cumulative total of 189,947,219 GT has been burned, with a cumulative burn value exceeding 1.311 billion USD (based on quarterly average price). The total token supply has been significantly reduced by approximately 63.32% from the initial 300 million.
As the sole gas token of Gate Layer, GT’s usage frequency is steadily increasing. As the underlying infrastructure, Gate Layer provides high-performance network support for applications such as Gate Perp DEX, Gate Fun, Gate Meme Go, and Gate Swap. Additionally, Gate is continuously enriching its product ecosystem. Gate Stocks has established a 7×24-hour trading service system covering the three core markets of US stocks, Hong Kong stocks, and South Korean stocks, encompassing more than 12,500 stocks and ETF assets globally. It supports fractional share trading with a minimum investment of 0.01 share and offers dividend entitlements. The platform also supports cross-broker transfers for US and Hong Kong stocks, as well as corporate actions such as stock splits and reverse splits, further optimizing the stock investment service experience. Gate will continue to implement a long-term, stable GT burn mechanism, forging a tighter positive cycle between the token economic model, real usage demand, and ecosystem expansion.
Lighter (LIT) vyskočil o více než 20 % na 2,6 USD po úpravě tokenomiky, která zavádí trvalé spalování a nový staking model. Burza už odkoupila asi 15,5 milionu LIT.
Lighter (LIT) surged more than 20% on Monday to $2.6, its highest level since January, after the perpetuals exchange unveiled a tokenomics overhaul that adds permanent burns and a revamped staking model.
The move made LIT the top gainer among the 100 largest cryptocurrencies. It extended a rally that has lifted the token roughly 40% over the past week, far outpacing the broader market.
Lighter (LIT) Token Price Performance. Source: BeInCrypto MarketsFollow us on X to get the latest news as it happens
Lighter Introduces Tokenomics UpdateLighter has bought back LIT with exchange revenue after its token launch. The exchange said it has repurchased about 15.5 million LIT, or roughly 6.3% of the circulating supply. Lighter said it plans to use the buybacks to permanently reduce the LIT supply through burns.
The burns will run by sending LIT to a burn address on the Ethereum (ETH) mainnet. Lighter plans its first burn in the weeks after the second quarter closes. It noted it may burn undistributed LIT rather than the exact repurchased tokens.
“This is economically equivalent for LIT holders and allows Lighter to manage treasury operations efficiently and avoid unnecessary costs,” the exchange said.
Staking Rewards Shift to ReserveLighter also changed how it funds staking rewards. Since launching its staking program in January, it has distributed about 3.72 million LIT using pre-TGE revenue, including roughly 170,000 LIT through its fee credits program.
That approach is ending. The exchange will now fund staking rewards using its remaining ecosystem tokens, which total 250 million LIT.
The protocol is targeting a 6% annualized staking yield. With about 125 million LIT currently staked, that would distribute roughly 7.5 million LIT per year.
LIT still trades well below its $7.86 record set in December. Whether the new model sustains demand may hinge on trading revenue holding up in the months ahead.
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Aave V4 překročil 250 milionů USD v depozitech, ale část růstu tvoří přesun z V3, ne jen nové peníze. Celková likvidita zůstává pod tlakem, i když vklady cbETH rostou.
Aave [AAVE] V4 has reached an important adoption milestone, highlighting continued demand despite a challenging DeFi environment. The protocol has now surpassed $250 million in deposits, reflecting strong early traction for its upgraded lending infrastructure.
This growth was driven by improvements in capital efficiency, enhanced risk parameters, and expanded lending options to attract additional liquidity. As well as growing the amount of deposits, it is also essential that the quality of these deposits remain high.
Source: Aave on X Some portion of the deposits to V4 were due to users moving their previous positions from V3. Yet, they did not all represent new capital entering the Aave ecosystem.
Despite this, there have been positive signs indicating that new deposits continue to flow into the platform. This is in addition to the migrated assets. For Aave to be able to sustain further growth, they need to continue to draw new capital into the platform.
Should V4 continue to outperform V3 in terms of true net additions of liquidity, then Aave can solidify its position as the dominant liquidity provider within DeFi.
Broader liquidity tells a different story Although Aave V4 continues to see record-breaking deposit numbers, the overall trend in liquidity is much more nuanced. The TVL previously reached an all-time high of about 13.4 million ETH. However, it fell dramatically due to the recent downturn in markets.
TVL has since bounced back to about 7.4 million ETH. Still far from the previous highs, this indicates that significant amounts of capital have been slow to recover even with improvements in investor sentiment.
Source: DeFiLlama That said, withdrawals are still outpacing some portion of the influx of new capital into V4, which is limiting how much liquidity grows as a whole.
While V4 has seen continuous updates to its protocols and has seen a recovery in TVL. Still, these indicators suggest a resilient position by V4 for future growth but do not show that V4 is structurally weak.
Moreover, cbETH deposits across Aave have increased lately. Deposits held near $18-$20 million through May before increasing to early July levels of approximately $70 million.
Source: TokenLogic This rapid increase indicates a strengthening demand for liquid staking collateral; additionally, it reinforces the liquidity and lending capacity of Aave.
Whether Aave can expand once again as a larger ecosystem will be determined by the ability to continue seeing net positive flows to the platform over time, excluding internal migration.
Final Summary Aave V4 growth depended on sustained net new liquidity, not internal capital migration. Aave’s liquidity was strengthening as cbETH deposits continued to rise across the protocol.
SOL za týden vzrostl o 15 % a síť zpracovala 137,5 milionu transakcí, blízko letošních maxim. Testy upgradu Alpenglow ukazují finalitu kolem 110 milisekund.
6 July 2026 | 00:18 Solana is one of the best performers among major cryptocurrencies this week, and the price move has usage data and a concrete upgrade behind it rather than just market sentiment.
Key Takeaways SOL gained 15% weekly, reclaiming its 50-day average. Daily transactions sits around 137.5 million, near yearly highs. Alpenglow test data shows finality near 110 milliseconds. The 100-day average at $80.54 is the level to watch. SOL trades at $80.98 at the time of writing after a 15% weekly gain according to CoinMarketCap data, the strongest in the top ten. The bounce started from the June low near $62 and has now done something the March and May rallies could not: it climbed back above the 50-day moving average at $75.31 and is sitting right at the 100-day at $80.54, the line that rejected the last two recovery attempts.
SOL/USD daily technical chart on Coinbase. The simple way to read the chart: below $75, the recovery failed. Above $80.54 with a daily close, SOL escapes the zone that has capped it since April, and the next meaningful level is the 200-day average near $93. The momentum gauge (RSI) sits at 62.5, its highest reading of the year, which signals genuine buying pressure but also means the easy part of the bounce is likely behind. SOL remains far below its January level near $150, so this is a recovery inside a down year, not a new high.
The Network Is Busier Than the Price Suggests Here is the part that separates Solana’s bounce from a generic altcoin pop. Data from Artemis shows the network processed 137.5 million transactions on July 4 after reaching 158 million on 29th of June, close to the year’s highs near 160 million set in February, and sharply up from the 90–100 million range where activity sat through the spring. Usage began climbing in June, before the price did.
Solana daily transaction volume trends from January to July 2026. That sequence matters. When transactions rise while price falls or stagnates, it means people are using the chain for reasons other than speculation, trading, payments, applications, and when price later catches up, the move rests on real activity rather than pure sentiment. It is the healthiest pattern an on-chain chart can show, though not a guarantee: transaction counts include plenty of low-value activity, so the signal is directional, not precise.
Alpenglow: The Upgrade Behind the Story The third dataset explains why developers are paying attention. Test results from Alpenglow, the largest upgrade in Solana’s history, show the network confirming transactions for a majority of validators in roughly 110 milliseconds, with even the slowest full-network confirmation near 270 milliseconds. A detailed breakdown by Solana infrastructure firm Helius puts those numbers in context: about 65% of the network’s stake finalizes within 50 milliseconds of the raw network delay, meaning most validators vote almost the instant data arrives, and total finality runs at roughly twice the physical speed limit of the internet itself. In plain terms, the protocol overhead is nearly gone; what remains is mostly the time light takes to cross oceans.
Alpenglow latency breakdown for a leader node in Zurich / Source: dwf-labs The comparison numbers make the leap concrete. Solana’s current true finality takes about 12.8 seconds, and as TheStreet notes, a typical Visa authorization takes one to three seconds. Alpenglow targets 100 milliseconds when at least 80% of validators respond in the first voting round, and 150 milliseconds on its fallback path, faster than the quickest competing blockchain’s self-reported 400 milliseconds, per Helius.
The upgrade also changes the economics of running the network. Validators currently pay roughly 1 SOL per day in on-chain voting fees, their single largest operating cost. Alpenglow moves voting off-chain, and Helius estimates that eliminating those fees would cut the minimum stake needed for a validator to be profitable from around 4,850 SOL (roughly $800,000) to about 450 SOL (roughly $75,000), a change that could meaningfully broaden who can afford to help secure the network.
Co-founder Anatoly Yakovenko told Consensus Miami the upgrade could reach the main network as soon as this quarter, calling it a pivotal step toward making the chain reliable enough for time-sensitive financial applications. The upgrade replaces two of Solana’s founding technologies with a leaner voting system, and validators approved it with over 98% support.
Not everyone is uncritical. Experts interviewed by The Defiant have questioned whether such speeds are achievable globally without trade-offs, noting that physics itself limits how fast data crosses oceans and that the data-relay design carries real-world unpredictability. The test histogram partially answers this, the speeds hold for most of the network, but the slowest tail is real, and mainnet conditions are harsher than test clusters.
Solana enters July with three things pointing the same direction: the strongest weekly price gain among majors, network usage near yearly highs that started rising before price did, and a dated catalyst in Alpenglow’s targeted Q3 mainnet launch. That alignment is rare in the current market and explains the outperformance.
For now SOL still trades roughly 45% below its January level, the 100-day average directly overhead has ended two rallies already this year, and upgrade timelines in crypto slip more often than they hold. The next daily close above $80.54, or the failure to get one, could show whether this week was the start of something or the third rejection at the same wall.
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Spotové ETF na Hyperliquid zaznamenaly za týden končící 4. července čisté přílivy kapitálu ve výši 4,32 mil. USD, což je jejich nejslabší týden od spuštění v polovině května 2026. Dohromady už drží 2,28 % obíhající nabídky $HYPE.
The spot @HyperliquidX ETFs posted net inflows of $4.32M for the week ending July 4, marking their weakest weekly performance since launching in mid-May 2026. While still positive, the figure represents a notable cooldown from the pace that made these products some of the most closely watched new ETFs in crypto this year.
A Strong Start That Has Slowed The suite of spot $HYPE ETFs, which includes Bitwise's BHYP, 21Shares' THYP, and Grayscale's HYPG, had an explosive debut. The products crossed $100M in combined net inflows within just 10 trading sessions of their mid-May 2026 debut, a pace that, on a market-cap-adjusted basis, no prior altcoin ETF had matched. Inflows accelerated sharply early on, jumping from $6.89M in the partial launch week to $68.02M for the full week ending May 22, a near 10x week-over-week surge.
The momentum continued into June. Spot Hyperliquid ETFs attracted $111M in net inflows on June 29 alone, even as U.S. spot Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs faced significant outflows. That single-day figure dwarfs the entire week's tally reported this week, underscoring how sharply the pace has moderated.
Despite the slower week, the ETFs have seen remarkably few down days. According to @BSCNews, the products have recorded only two days of net outflows since launch (June 5 and June 30), a sign of durable if cooling institutional interest.
Supply Lock-Up Continues Perhaps more telling than weekly flow figures is the cumulative supply impact. The spot $HYPE ETFs now collectively hold 2.28% of $HYPE's current circulating supply, a meaningful concentration that reduces the float available to open-market participants. The two leading funds have attracted over $137M in total, validating institutional demand for the asset.
Part of the structural appeal for ETF investors is $HYPE's built-in buyback mechanism. Hyperliquid runs a mechanism called the Assistance Fund, with 99% of trading fees from the exchange's perpetual and spot markets flowing into it, and the fund spending that money buying $HYPE on the open market. That dynamic, combined with ETF inflows locking up supply, has drawn comparisons to the demand structures seen in early Bitcoin and Ethereum ETF cycles.
Whether this week's softer inflow number signals a sustained deceleration or simply a pause after June's record-setting activity remains to be seen. What is clear is that the $HYPE ETF category, barely two months old, has already redefined expectations for altcoin ETF launches.
Sources:
CNBC: Bitcoin is cratering, but a new Wall Street crypto hype is on the rise
CryptoNews: Hyperliquid Price Prediction 2026
FXStreet: Hyperliquid Price Forecast, Easing ETF Flows
Pump.fun s PumpSwap dosáhl přibližně 1,769 miliardy USD 24hodinového objemu a předstihl Uniswap i PancakeSwap. Platforma tak ovládla obchodování napříč všemi chainy.
A memecoin launchpad that didn’t exist two years ago just out-traded every decentralized exchange on the planet. Pump.fun, operating through its integrated DEX called PumpSwap, recorded approximately $1.769 billion in 24-hour trading volume, placing it ahead of Uniswap, PancakeSwap, and every other competitor across all chains.
How a memecoin machine became a trading giant Pump.fun launched on January 19, 2024, with a straightforward pitch: let anyone create and trade memecoins without needing to seed liquidity pools upfront. That low barrier to entry turned it into the dominant launchpad for Solana’s memecoin economy almost immediately.
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The real strategic move came in March 2025, when the platform introduced PumpSwap, its own built-in DEX. Instead of sending users to Raydium or other external exchanges once tokens graduated from the bonding curve, Pump.fun kept the trading activity in-house.
That decision is now paying off in spectacular fashion. The ~$1.769 billion daily volume isn’t even the platform’s all-time high. Back in early January 2026, Pump.fun hit a $2.03 billion single-day volume, suggesting this isn’t a one-off spike but a sustained pattern of massive trading activity.
The revenue engine behind the volume By mid-March 2026, the platform’s cumulative revenue crossed the $1 billion mark. In the 30 days leading up to its record volume event, Pump.fun generated approximately $39 million in revenue, with daily revenue running around $1.13 million.
A significant piece of Pump.fun’s economic model is its aggressive buyback program for the native $PUMP token. The platform spent roughly $332 million, equivalent to about 2.328 million SOL, buying back more than 106 billion $PUMP tokens. That effort reduced the circulating supply by approximately 30%.
The $PUMP token itself launched through a public sale from July 12-15, 2025, priced at $0.004 per token.
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Litecoin za posledních šest měsíců přidal 22 milionů nových adres a celkem jich má už 409 milionů. To naznačuje silný organický růst sítě i přes tlak na cenu $LTC.
Something is building inside the @Litecoin ecosystem. The chain has now reached a total of 409 million unique addresses, with some 22 million of those created in just the past six months. That works out to roughly 5.37% of all $LTC addresses ever created, generated in half a year.
On-Chain Data Points to Real Momentum Address growth of this scale is one of the cleaner signals of organic network expansion in crypto. It suggests new participants are arriving, not just existing holders reshuffling funds. According to BitInfoCharts data, active Litecoin addresses grew roughly 7.5% between February 2026 and recent weeks, even as the token's price remained under pressure. The same data shows around 180,915 transactions processed in a 24-hour window, with an average fee of just $0.0023, figures that support Litecoin's payment-focused use case.
On-chain charts show that $LTC consistently ranks second only to $BTC in daily transactions, maintaining roughly 30 to 40% of Bitcoin's transaction count over the past four years. That kind of sustained throughput gives the address growth figure more weight. It is not simply a vanity metric.
A Broader Ecosystem Building Behind the Numbers The address surge is arriving at a moment when the wider Litecoin ecosystem is expanding on multiple fronts. A mid-year review highlighted that the network surpassed 400 million lifetime transactions, with hashrate growing nearly four times since the 2023 halving. Nasdaq-listed Lite Strategy also invested $1 million into LitVM, a zero-knowledge Layer-2 aiming to bring smart contracts and DeFi to Litecoin without altering its base layer.
On the institutional side, the Canary Litecoin ETF (LTCC) launched and began trading, giving institutions and retail brokerage clients regulated exposure to $LTC for the first time, though assets under management remain modest at around $5.5 million. MEI Pharma also acquired 929,548 Litecoin, establishing a $110.4 million Litecoin treasury.
Address growth alone does not guarantee price performance. As of late June 2026, Litecoin was trading around $42, down roughly 45% year-to-date, though it remains one of the more liquid assets in the market with over a decade of uninterrupted operation. Still, the pace at which new addresses are being created points to a network that is broadening its base regardless of near-term price action.
Sources:
StealthEX: Litecoin Price Analysis and 2026 ETF Outlook
CoinPedia: Litecoin Retail-Driven Growth
CoinMarketCap: Latest Litecoin Network Updates
LitecoinVM staví na Litecoinu EVM-kompatibilní Layer 2 se smart kontrakty, DeFi a tokenizací aktiv bez zásahu do hlavní sítě. Testnet LiteForge už zpracoval přes 75 milionů transakcí a mainnet má přijít později v roce 2026.
Litecoin's first smart contract layer takes shapeLitecoin ($LTC) has spent 14 years doing one thing well: fast, cheap payments. That scope is now expanding. @LitecoinVM, an EVM-compatible zero-knowledge rollup, is building a Layer 2 that brings smart contracts, DeFi, and real-world asset tokenization to Litecoin without touching its base layer.
LitVM is an EVM-compatible, zero-knowledge Layer 2 rollup designed to bring smart contracts and DeFi to Litecoin without altering its base layer. It operates as a Layer 2 rollup that posts proofs to Litecoin's existing blockchain, requiring no hard fork, soft fork, or consensus change. The network is built on a modular stack comprising Arbitrum Orbit, Espresso's decentralized sequencing, Succinct's SP1 zkVM for zero-knowledge validity proofs, and BitcoinOS' Grail Bridge for trustless LTC bridging.
The network's native gas token is zkLTC, Litecoin trustlessly bridged to LitVM, meaning every transaction on the network is powered by $LTC rather than a speculative token. The testnet, known as LiteForge, launched in April 2026 and has already processed over 75 million transactions. If mainnet fees remain in a similar range to testnet levels, LitVM would be competitive with the cheapest Layer 2s on Ethereum.
Institutional backing and a mainnet timeline LitVM is backed by Litecoin creator Charlie Lee, who has joined as an adviser and investor, with support from the Litecoin Foundation. On the institutional side, Lite Strategy, Inc. (Nasdaq: LITS), the first U.S. public company to adopt Litecoin as its primary treasury reserve asset, announced the closing of a $1.0 million lead strategic investment in ZK Innovations Inc., the developer of LitVM. The deal was structured as a SAFE at a $50 million post-money cap and includes a token warrant for up to 2% of LitVM's supply at launch, plus governance rights and a Strategic Advisory Committee seat.
Charlie Lee, the creator of Litecoin and a member of Lite Strategy's board, said the programmable layer could open the door to new applications while preserving Litecoin's security and decentralization. The mainnet launch is pending the completion of multiple independent security audits and is expected later in 2026. If LitVM delivers, Litecoin's long-established reputation for reliability could become the foundation for a broader Web3 ecosystem, rather than just a payments rail.
Sources
Lite Strategy press release via Manila Times: $1M investment in LitVM
The Crypto Times: LiteForge testnet launch and early transaction data
CoinMarketCap: LitVM joins CMC Labs accelerator
Ethereumův hard fork Glamsterdam dorazil do finálního devnetu se 10 uzamčenými EIP a vývojáři jej označují za největší změnu protokolu od The Merge. Mainnet se čeká nejdříve mezi zářím a prosincem 2026.
Glamsterdam, @ethereum's next major hard fork, has reached its final devnet stage with ten Ethereum Improvement Proposals (EIPs) locked in. Core developers call it the most significant protocol change since The Merge.
Two EIPs Driving the UpgradeTwo proposals sit at the heart of the upgrade. Enshrined Proposer-Builder Separation (ePBS), defined in EIP-7732, integrates the block-building process directly into the Ethereum protocol. This removes the current 80 to 90 percent reliance on third-party relays like MEV-Boost, reducing centralization risks and ensuring a fairer, more transparent distribution of Maximal Extractable Value (MEV).
The second headliner is EIP-7928, Block-Level Access Lists (BALs). Block-level Access Lists let blocks declare the accounts and state they will touch, enabling faster parallel execution and raising the L1 transactions-per-second ceiling.
Beyond the two headliners, the package also contains EIP-7708 (ETH transfers and burns emit a log), EIP-7778 (block gas accounting without refunds), EIP-7843 (a SLOTNUM opcode), EIP-7954 (raising the maximum contract size from roughly 24 KiB to 32 KiB), EIP-7975 (eth/70 partial block receipt lists), EIP-8024 (backward-compatible SWAPN, DUPN and EXCHANGE opcodes), EIP-8037 (state-creation gas-cost increase), and EIP-8159 (eth/71 Block Access List Exchange).
Gas Limit and TimelineTogether, the two headline proposals clear a path toward a dramatically higher gas ceiling. The 200 million gas limit is the design target for what Glamsterdam unblocks, not a value the fork itself enforces. Validators set the limit via standard gas-vote signaling, which they currently coordinate around the 60 million range, and would step it up only as nodes prove they can handle the larger blocks without degraded propagation.
The final devnet is the last major engineering phase before client releases, security reviews, and public testnets. Holesky and Hoodi will fork before mainnet, and only after multi-client stability holds for several epochs across those networks. Past forks have run two to four months of public-testnet seasoning, putting a mainnet window broadly between September and December 2026.
Ethereum Foundation contributors note Glamsterdam is proving trickier and slower than Fusaka, so a slip remains possible. No firm mainnet activation slot has been set. What is clear is that $ETH's base layer, if the upgrade lands on schedule, will be materially more capable heading into 2027.
Sources:
The Defiant: Ethereum's Glamsterdam Upgrade Enters Final Devnet Phase
Datawallet: Ethereum Glamsterdam Upgrade and EIPs Explained
Kiln: Glamsterdam, Ethereum's Next Hard Fork Explained
Cardano spouští testnet RealFi fáze 1 6. července, který má propojit DeFi s reálnou ekonomikou a využít nevyužitou on-chain likviditu v půjčkách a úvěrech. Charles Hoskinson jej označil za největší upgrade v historii sítě.
@Cardano's RealFi Phase 1 testnet goes live on July 6, opening the first public testing window for what founder @IOHK_Charles has called the largest upgrade in the network's history. The project aims to bridge decentralized finance with the real-world economy by putting idle on-chain liquidity to work in lending and credit markets. Hoskinson says RealFi is moving from the concept stage to actual implementation, with mainnet deployment expected to follow the testnet shortly after.
What RealFi Is Trying to Solve The core argument behind the initiative is direct: stablecoins have scaled as money but not as capital, leaving hundreds of billions of dollars sitting idle with no utility and no impact on the real economy. RealFi is @realfi_co's answer to that problem, with the testnet designed to let users stress-test the protocol's core features before a mainnet rollout. During Phase 1, participants can explore the platform, use its core features, and share feedback that will directly shape the protocol, framing the process as collaborative infrastructure-building in public.
Founder Charles Hoskinson called it "the largest upgrade" in the project's history, with the ambition of transforming hundreds of billions in idle stablecoins into productive capital for real-world economic impact. The broader RealFi vision extends beyond DeFi-native users. The milestone represents a significant step toward Cardano's long-standing mission of bringing financial services to unbanked populations while connecting blockchain liquidity with real-world economic activity.
A Busier Technical Calendar for $ADA The RealFi testnet is not the only upgrade on Cardano's near-term roadmap. Concurrently, the Protocol Version 11 (van Rossem) hard fork, for which major exchanges including Binance and Coinbase are already prepared, promises cheaper smart contracts and ZK-ready cryptography. Hoskinson has reiterated that Cardano's long-term fundamentals remain intact, pointing to continued progress across RealFi, the Midnight privacy chain, and Bitcoin DeFi as evidence that the ecosystem is expanding despite temporary setbacks.
For now, attention is on July 6. The Phase 1 testnet is open to the public, with @realfi_co inviting users to test core features and shape the protocol ahead of a mainnet launch that Hoskinson says is not far behind.
Sources:
The Crypto Basic: Hoskinson Says Largest Upgrade in Cardano History Is Imminent
CryptoPotato: Why Is Cardano (ADA) Up 15% in a Week?
DigitalToday: Cardano Nears Biggest Upgrade, Hoskinson Says ADA Fundamentals Solid
Cardano Foundation zkoumá integraci s Open USD, novou iniciativou s více než 140 zakládajícími partnery včetně Visa, Mastercard, BlackRock a Stripe. Cardano zatím mezi veřejnými launch partnery není, mezi něž patří i Ripple a MoonPay.
The @Cardano_CF has signaled it is exploring integration with OpenUSD (OUSD), the newly announced stablecoin consortium that counts Visa, Mastercard, BlackRock, and Stripe among its more than 140 founding partners. The development positions Cardano as a potential participant in what is shaping up to be the broadest cross-industry stablecoin alliance assembled to date.
Brale as the Bridge The Foundation's current connection to OpenUSD runs through @brale_xyz. The Cardano Foundation's formal tie to OpenUSD currently runs through Brale, a compliant stablecoin issuance platform that secured a launch partner slot in the new consortium. The Foundation highlighted that relationship publicly, welcoming the announcement of OpenUSD and Brale as a launch partner. Brale already maintains a working relationship with the Cardano ecosystem, having partnered with the Cardano Foundation in 2025 to support compliant and native stablecoin issuance on the network.
The Foundation made clear that Brale is not the end of the story. It is exploring additional integration options, signaling that Brale may represent only one of several possible pathways into the OpenUSD ecosystem, with further details to be shared as discussions progress.
What OpenUSD Is, and Why It Matters for $ADA Open Standard, the company behind OpenUSD, announced the stablecoin with Stripe, Visa, BlackRock, and over 140 other businesses signed on as partners. Once live, OpenUSD will let businesses mint and redeem the stablecoin with no fees or volume caps, while returning most reserve earnings back to participating partners. Unlike most existing stablecoins, it will be run by Open Standard, a separate company whose board is made up of its partner businesses. Open USD is expected to go live later in 2026.
Cardano is not listed among OpenUSD's public launch partners, which include Visa, Mastercard, Ripple, MoonPay, Stripe, and more than 140 other companies. Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson went further than the Foundation in explaining the gap, tying Cardano's absence not to any external rejection but to internal governance choices made by the network's delegated representatives, known as DReps, who had previously rejected proposals specifically designed to accelerate commercialization.
Being part of a major stablecoin initiative like OUSD could significantly boost Cardano's DeFi activity, liquidity, and overall network utility, while the outcome of these integration efforts could influence Cardano's competitive position against other blockchain networks already in the consortium, such as Solana and Polygon. The Foundation says more integration options are being actively explored, with details to come.
Sources:
Fortune: Stripe, Visa and over 140 businesses to launch Open USD stablecoin
Brale: Brale x Cardano Foundation Native Stablecoin Infrastructure
Cryptonomist: Cardano Open USD Integration
Cardano navrhuje zvýšit limit čisté změny financování z 350 milionů ADA na 500 milionů ADA, tedy o 43 %, aby více financovalo infrastrukturu, DeFi a ekosystémové projekty. V síti zároveň přibylo 14 783 nevyprázdněných peněženek a ADA se vrátila na zhruba 0,20 USD.
Cardano’s [ADA] treasury has become a central mechanism in developing the ADA ecosystem and funding long-term development. As governance expands in the Voltaire era, there is a need to evaluate if current spending limits are adequate. Therefore, Cardano has proposed to increase the Net Change Limit (NCL).
If the NCL increases from 350 million ADA to 500 million ADA, this represents a 43% increase in the treasury’s ability to fund infrastructure, DeFi, and the ecosystem projects.
Source: X The treasury currently contains approximately 1.47 billion ADA, with only approximately 68 million ADA withdrawn to date. This indicates that funding capability consistently exceeds usage.
While these numbers provide insight into the potential size of the treasury, they also highlight the importance of governance. Currently, DRep voting represents over 5 billion ADA. However, proposal ratification is averaging around 56%.
Looking ahead, stronger oversight and efficient capital deployment will determine whether the higher limit accelerates growth or reduces fiscal discipline.
On-chain activity begins to validate the outlook Whether that additional treasury flexibility translates into long-term growth now depends on how the broader Cardano ecosystem responds. Since the 23rd of June bottom, the network has added 14,783 non-empty wallets, reversing the previous slowdown in holder growth.
This represents a reversal of the earlier slowing rate of addition of new holders. Notably, ADA simultaneously recovered to about $0.20, rebounding 35% from its late‑June low. Such a recovery supports the idea that there is increasing participation and less speculation at this time.
Source: Santiment Notably, the continued increase in the number of wallets indicates users are continuing to enter or rebuild their positions even during the current volatile market conditions. This change occurred while the overall ecosystem was experiencing an unusually high level of uncertainty over several weeks.
Sustained growth in the number of holders, combined with a definitive recapture of $0.20, will further support the notion that recent capitulation has shifted to a larger-scale accumulation phase.
Taken together, Cardano requires efficient treasury execution and growing network participation to sustain its emerging recovery.
Final Summary Cardano could strengthen ecosystem growth if higher treasury funding is matched by disciplined governance and efficient capital allocation. ADA wallet growth and a price recovery toward $0.20 suggest confidence is gradually returning across the network.
Stellar bude 8. července hlasovat o upgradu Protocol 27 „Zipper“, který z delegování autentizace udělá nativní funkci sítě. Zlepší také bezpečnost a otevře cestu k levnějším, flexibilnějším účtům.
What Zipper Actually ChangesStellar's Protocol 27, named Zipper, is set for a mainnet validator vote on July 8. The upgrade centres on a single but consequential change: making authentication delegation a first-class feature on Stellar, meaning one account can officially authorise another to act on its behalf.
Before Zipper, delegation existed on Stellar only as an accidental side effect. Developers who tried to use it faced a tangle of manual steps, extra simulation passes, and bloated transaction sizes, so most teams avoided it entirely. Zipper turns that workaround into a clean, supported tool.
In practical terms, the upgrade opens the door to features that have been difficult or impossible to build cleanly until now. Cheaper transactions and more flexible account designs, including social recovery, delegated signing keys, and modular multisig, become practical to build. Transactions also become smaller and cheaper because all delegated signers bundle into a single authorisation entry instead of requiring separate ones.
On the security side, CAP-0071-02 adds address-bound Soroban credentials, closing a narrow replay vulnerability where accounts sharing private keys could be exposed to cross-account signature reuse.
Laying the Ground for Protocol 28Zipper's significance extends beyond what it ships on day one. CAP-0071-01 is explicitly foundational to CAP-0072, which adds contract-based authentication to classic Stellar accounts. The delegation mechanism introduced here is the same one that more visible features in future protocols will depend on.
The Stellar Development Foundation has confirmed that Protocol 28 will bring contract-based authentication to classic Stellar accounts, the standard ones most users hold today, and the delegation mechanism in Zipper is a direct prerequisite for that. In effect, what validators are being asked to approve on July 8 is as much an infrastructure decision as a feature release.
The release timeline ran as follows: Stellar Core shipped June 5, RPC and Galexie on June 10, SDKs between June 5 and 11, Horizon on June 12, and the testnet upgrade on June 18, ahead of the mainnet protocol vote on July 8.
Sources:
Stellar Development Foundation: Zipper, Protocol 27 Upgrade Guide
Stellar Docs: Software Versions and Protocol Features
GitHub: Stellar Core v27.0.0 Release Notes
Zcash (ZEC) za týden přidal 13,3 % na 462,33 USD, zatímco vývojáři připravují upgrade Ironwood (NU6.3) na mainnet kolem 21. července 2026. Ten má uzavřít kompromitovaný Orchard pool a nahradit ho novou auditovanou verzí.
Key Highlights ZEC is currently priced at $462.33 as of July 4, marking a 13.3% increase over the last week A critical vulnerability discovered in the Orchard shielded pool during May caused prices to plummet over 50% Engineers released a fix and revealed the Ironwood upgrade (NU6.3) plans on June 6 Ironwood closes the compromised Orchard pool and launches a new audited version, with mainnet scheduled for July 21 Market analyst Ali Charts identifies a bounce from key support levels with potential targets around $680 Zcash has posted a solid 13.3% gain across the last seven days, with ZEC currently trading at $462.33 on July 4. This upward movement arrives as development teams prepare for the Ironwood network upgrade, which is set to go live on mainnet approximately July 21, 2026.
Zcash (ZEC) Price This recent surge marks a significant turnaround from a challenging period. ZEC experienced a steep decline exceeding 50%, dropping from approximately $630 to between $250 and $300 after security concerns emerged in late May. The subsequent bug fix and transparent upgrade timeline have since fueled price recovery.
On May 29, security specialist Taylor Hornby, contracted by Shielded Labs, uncovered a critical vulnerability within the Orchard shielded pool’s elliptic curve implementation. The flaw existed in the halo2_gadgets crate and permitted attackers to substitute incorrect base points, leading the circuit to validate fraudulent proofs.
Given that Orchard’s architecture conceals sender, receiver, and transaction amounts, any forged notes generated within the pool would be indistinguishable from legitimate ones. This vulnerability had existed undetected since Orchard’s initial deployment in May 2022.
Core development teams verified the security issue within hours of disclosure. A soft fork was implemented to halt new Orchard operations around June 1. Subsequently, a hard fork designated NU6.2 was executed on June 3, restoring complete Orchard capabilities after approximately one day of suspended shielded transactions. Both Zcash Open Development Lab and Shielded Labs have stated they discovered no signs the vulnerability was actively exploited.
Ironwood Closes the Legacy Orchard Pool Revealed on June 6, Ironwood arrives as NU6.3 and represents collaborative work from ZODL, Tachyon, Valar Group, the Zcash Foundation, and Shielded Labs. This upgrade introduces a fresh Ironwood shielded pool constructed on the corrected circuit, complete with formal verification protocols and external security audits.
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Zcash Shielded Labs said the Ironwood upgrade may be pushed back as exchanges, wallets and mining pools need more time to complete migration.
The upgrade is meant to replace the Orchard privacy pool after a… pic.twitter.com/lWaKojZsqy
— Coin Bureau (@coinbureau) July 3, 2026
Simultaneously, the original Orchard pool will be permanently closed. New incoming transfers are prohibited, internal movements are restricted, and existing funds can only migrate to the Ironwood pool or transparent addresses.
By preventing new value from entering the legacy pool, any hypothetical counterfeit notes become isolated. This enables full node operators to independently verify the total circulating supply without relying solely on developer attestations.
Ironwood additionally implements ZIP 2005, which modifies the note format to enable potential recovery measures in the event of future quantum computing threats.
Testnet activation occurred around July 3–4. Mainnet deployment is projected for approximately July 21. Node operators running outdated zcashd versions must transition to Zebra or upgraded clients before that deadline.
Technical Analysis: $500 Resistance Level Critical Market analyst Ali Charts observed that ZEC has successfully rebounded from the channel’s middle support zone and, should current momentum persist, the next significant price objective lies around $680 at the channel’s upper boundary.
Zcash $ZEC has successfully bounced from the channel’s mid-range support.
If momentum continues, the next major target sits at the top of the channel near $680. pic.twitter.com/AMUulFc30V
— Ali Charts (@alicharts) July 5, 2026
Critical Price Zones Under Observation Market observers have pinpointed $500–$520 as the crucial resistance band. Breaking above and holding this range would bolster the technical argument for continued recovery. Conversely, a sustained drop below $380 might trigger a pullback toward $340.
Source; TradingView Moving average indicators across various timeframes maintain a bullish configuration. Momentum oscillators show neutral readings, which technical analysts interpret as consolidation phases rather than trend reversals.
Investor and entrepreneur Chamath Palihapitiya has publicly highlighted Ironwood’s supply transparency features as a significant advancement for the cryptocurrency.
Formal verification documentation is expected to be released before mainnet activation, and wallet providers, exchanges, and infrastructure services must complete their integration updates within the remaining two and a half weeks.
NEAR Protocol v upgradu 2.13 přidal kvantově bezpečné podpisy podle FIPS 204 a tato změna je pro uživatele transparentní. Ripple mezitím spustil vícefázový plán, aby byl XRP Ledger připraven na postkvantovou éru do roku 2028.
Multiple networks move at onceIn the span of just two weeks, three major blockchain projects have taken concrete steps toward quantum-resistant infrastructure. @trondao deployed post-quantum signatures on testnet, @NEARProtocol shipped quantum security as part of its 2.13 upgrade, and the $XRP Ledger continued advancing a structured, multi-phase post-quantum roadmap. The moves reflect a broader shift across the industry: networks are no longer waiting for a cryptographic emergency to begin hardening their systems.
NEAR Protocol's upgrade 2.13 adds FIPS-204, a NIST-approved signature scheme built to withstand quantum attacks. NEAR's account model, controlled by rotatable access keys, enables a seamless rotation to quantum-safe signing. The protocol-level upgrade is designed to be transparent to users, meaning NEAR token holders and decentralized application users need take no action.
On the $XRP side, Ripple has introduced a multi-phase roadmap to prepare the XRP Ledger for a post-quantum future, with a target for full readiness by 2028. The approach involves active testing of quantum-resistant cryptography and a hybrid rollout that runs alongside existing systems, with Ripple working alongside Project Eleven to accelerate development including validator testing and early custody prototypes. The roadmap also includes a contingency plan to enable a secure migration to quantum-safe accounts if current standards are compromised before the 2028 target.
Why the urgency now The push responds in part to research from Google Quantum AI suggesting that quantum computers could crack current blockchain cryptography with fewer resources and on a faster timeline than previously estimated, with some scenarios placing a credible threat window as early as 2032. If future quantum computers became capable of breaking current encryption standards, cryptocurrency wallets and blockchain infrastructure could face serious vulnerabilities, and although experts continue debating the timeline, many believe preparation must begin years before such systems become commercially viable.
Zcash's Tachyon upgrade is also targeting quantum readiness, according to CoinDesk Research, adding another major protocol to a list that is growing quickly. The broader crypto industry is grappling with the same problem at different speeds. Algorand integrated post-quantum state proofs as far back as 2022, while Bitcoin's debate remains largely at the discussion stage given the complexity of coordinating protocol changes across a decentralized network with no central team. The pattern is clear: projects with more centralized coordination are moving fastest, while the more decentralized networks face a longer road.
The industry's posture has shifted from reactive to proactive. Waiting for Q-Day, the theoretical moment when quantum computers can break current public-key cryptography, is no longer considered an acceptable strategy for infrastructure built to last decades.
Sources
Ripple: Post-Quantum Readiness on the XRP Ledger
CoinDesk: Ripple wants the XRP Ledger to be quantum-proof by 2028
CryptoWisser: NEAR Protocol Upgrade 2.13 is Live on Testnet
Peněženka spojená s útokem na Step Finance se po zhruba pěti měsících znovu aktivovala a prodala 261 933 SOL za asi 21,4 milionu USD. Poté prostředky převedla na Ethereum, nakoupila 12 128 ETH a uložila je do Tornado Cash.
The wallet associated with the Step Finance attack has become active again after approximately five months of inactivity.
According to on-chain data, the attacker sold all of their 261,933 SOL, generating approximately $21.4 million. They then bridged these funds to the Ethereum network, purchased 12,128 ETH, and deposited the assets into the privacy protocol Tornado Cash.
This transaction is considered a classic money laundering tactic aimed at covering up the trail of funds obtained from the attack. On the SOL side, it is stated that the $21.4 million in selling pressure was absorbed by the market and the potential risk of a sell-off for Solana investors has been eliminated.
However, the most noteworthy point was the transfer of funds to the Ethereum network and their conversion to Tornado Cash. This move is expected to make tracking the assets more difficult.
In late January 2026, Step Finance suffered a devastating security breach when hackers gained access to the platform’s treasury and fee wallets by taking over administrative devices. The attackers withdrew approximately 261,854 SOL, initially worth between $27 and $30 million, causing the value of the STEP token to drop by over 80%.
*This is not investment advice.
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Jito má tržní kapitalizaci zhruba 351 milionů USD a jeho MEV klient běží na více než 95 % aktivního stakeu Solany. V říjnu 2024 protokol inkasoval 78,9 milionu USD na MEV poplatcích.
If you wanted to build a toll booth on Solana, Jito already beat you to it. The protocol, which operates at the intersection of liquid staking and maximal extractable value infrastructure, has cemented itself as the closest thing Solana has to a monopoly on validator-level revenue capture.
As of early July 2026, Jito’s governance token JTO sits at a market cap of roughly $351 million, backed by a circulating supply of approximately 491 million tokens. Its MEV-optimized validator client is now running on more than 95% of Solana’s active stake, up from figures that sat between 60% and 94% in prior periods.
What Jito actually does, and why it prints money Think of Jito as a two-sided business. On one side, it runs JitoSOL, a liquid staking token that lets holders earn staking yields without locking up their SOL permanently. On the other side, it operates MEV infrastructure that allows validators to capture tips from traders who want their transactions prioritized.
JitoSOL currently holds around $2.92 billion in total value locked, with more than 14.5 million SOL staked through the protocol.
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October 2024 alone saw $78.9 million in MEV fees flow through the protocol. MEV fees have risen 42% as on-chain activity on Solana has accelerated through 2025 and into 2026.
Jito operates through two distinct entities: Jito Labs, the engineering and product arm, and the Jito Foundation and DAO, which governs the protocol and controls token-level decisions.
JTX: the new piece of the puzzle On June 26, 2026, Jito Labs launched early access to JTX, a self-custodial trading terminal built on top of Solana’s decentralized exchange ecosystem. The product is designed to improve liquidity routing across both spot DEX venues and perpetuals markets.
Approximately 80% of JTX protocol revenue is directed back to JTO holders through buybacks. Rather than accruing value to a foundation treasury or a VC cap table, the majority of trading fee revenue would actively reduce circulating supply, creating mechanical buy pressure on the token.
Jito already sits at the base layer of Solana’s validator infrastructure. Adding a trading terminal means it can now capture value at the application layer too.
What this means for investors and the broader Solana ecosystem Jito has outpaced competitors like Marinade in both the staking and MEV markets. The 95%-plus validator adoption figure means that when block producers on Solana choose how to order transactions, the overwhelming majority are using Jito’s tooling to do it.
For JTO holders, the current setup offers a few distinct value drivers. Staking yields flow through JitoSOL and benefit from MEV tip capture on top of base staking rewards. The JTX buyback mechanism creates a direct connection between trading volume growth and token supply reduction.
Jito’s revenue is deeply tied to Solana network activity and MEV opportunity. A sustained drop in on-chain trading volume would compress fee flows quickly. Regulatory scrutiny on MEV practices, which has already begun in Ethereum circles, could eventually extend to Solana as well.
A $351 million market cap against a protocol that handles $2.92 billion in staked assets and captured nearly $79 million in MEV fees in a single month is a ratio worth examining.
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Injective spustil MCP server, který umožňuje AI agentům vytvářet, nasazovat a ověřovat chytré kontrakty pomocí běžných promptů. Součástí je 22 nástrojů pro tržní data, obchodování, převody i bridging.
Imagine telling your AI assistant to deploy a smart contract the same way you’d ask it to book a dinner reservation. That’s essentially what Injective just built.
The blockchain network’s Model Context Protocol (MCP) server enables AI coding agents to build, deploy, and verify smart contracts on Injective using natural language prompts. No manual transaction construction required.
What the MCP server actually does The MCP server acts as a bridge between AI models and Injective’s onchain modules, converting what an AI agent wants to do into the precise blockchain operations needed to make it happen.
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It ships with 22 tools covering market data, trading, transfers, and bridging. The server uses AES-256 encryption for key security.
Injective CEO Eric Chen framed the philosophy behind the launch pretty clearly.
“Agents shouldn’t need to understand transaction construction to trade onchain. With the MCP Server, any AI agent can go from intent to signed trade in seconds.”
The bigger picture: an AI-native blockchain stack The MCP server isn’t a one-off product launch. It’s part of a growing ecosystem of AI-focused developer resources that Injective has been assembling.
An Injective Documentation MCP server provides example prompts for users, including prompts for deploying EVM smart contracts. Meanwhile, an agent-skills repository includes the injective-evm-developer package, which facilitates EVM smart contract development on the network.
Stitch these pieces together and you get an end-to-end workflow. A coding agent can reference documentation, write a contract, deploy it to the blockchain, and verify it, all through the MCP server tools.
What this means for investors and developers For traders, the MCP server’s trading tools mean AI agents can execute perpetual futures trades, access market data, and manage transfers autonomously.
The open-source nature of the MCP server is worth noting. By making the tools publicly available, Injective is inviting the broader developer community to build on top of the protocol, audit the code, and extend its capabilities.
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PANews news, July 5 — Token Unlocks data shows that tokens including PUMP, HYPE, APT and others will see large unlocks next week, specifically:
Pump.fun (PUMP) will unlock approximately 82.5 billion tokens on July 12 at 10:00 PM Beijing time, representing approximately 29.23% of the circulating supply and worth approximately $125 million;
Hyperliquid (HYPE) will unlock approximately 452,000 tokens on July 6 at 8:00 AM Beijing time, representing approximately 0.2% of the circulating supply and worth approximately $30.9 million;
Aptos (APT) will unlock approximately 11.31 million tokens on July 12 at 10:00 PM Beijing time, representing approximately 0.66% of the circulating supply and worth approximately $6.9 million;
RedStone (RED) will unlock approximately 40.85 million tokens on July 7 at midnight Beijing time, representing approximately 9.8% of the circulating supply and worth approximately $4.1 million;
Movement (MOVE) will unlock approximately 165 million tokens on July 9 at 8:00 PM Beijing time, representing approximately 4.29% of the circulating supply and worth approximately $2 million;
Linea (LINEA) will unlock approximately 1.08 billion tokens on July 10 at 7:00 PM Beijing time, representing approximately 3.63% of the circulating supply and worth approximately $2.7 million;
io.net (IO) will unlock approximately 13.29 million tokens on July 11 at 8:00 PM Beijing time, representing approximately 3.61% of the circulating supply and worth approximately $2.3 million.
Kaspa aktivovala hard fork Toccata, který přidává na Layer 1 programovatelnost, nativní KRC-20 tokeny a ověřování ZK důkazů. Síť tak míří od platební vrstvy k programovatelnému proof-of-work Layer 1.
Kaspa ($KAS) has activated the Toccata hard fork, an upgrade that marks a fundamental shift for what has long been marketed as the fastest pure proof-of-work blockchain. The fork moves Kaspa well beyond its payments-layer origins, introducing programmability directly at the base layer without abandoning the BlockDAG architecture or proof-of-work consensus that define the network.
Covenants, native tokens, and ZK proofs land on Layer 1 The centrepiece of the upgrade is the addition of covenants, programmable rules attached directly to transactions. Previously, Kaspa's UTXO model only controlled who could spend coins. After Toccata, developers can create conditions that determine how and when coins are spent, opening the door for smart wallets, escrow services, time-locked vaults, and decentralised finance applications.
The hard fork also introduces native KRC-20 tokens and covenant programming via the SilverScript compiler, transforming Kaspa from a fast payments layer into a programmable proof-of-work Layer 1 that can support DeFi and NFTs directly on its base layer. Previously, KRC-20 tokens operated through inscription-style mechanisms, relying on off-chain indexing and external infrastructure, which introduced inefficiencies and limitations. Under the new regime, token creation, transfers, and atomic operations become part of consensus rules, giving users lower fees, trustless atomic swaps, and seamless integration without bridges or wrapped assets.
The third pillar is zero-knowledge infrastructure. The Toccata upgrade adds zero-knowledge proof verification opcodes at the protocol level, enabling native ZK proof verification on Layer 1. With ZK verification primitives, Kaspa can serve as a settlement layer for ZK rollups: Layer 2 solutions can perform heavy computation off-chain and submit only compact validity proofs to Layer 1.
Core developer Michael Sutton has described Toccata as the point where Kaspa's high-frequency monetary base layer meets programmability in two layered forms: native L1 covenant systems, and based ZK systems built on top of the same foundations.
Two EVM-compatible Layer 2s already building on top The Toccata upgrade is complemented by two distinct Layer 2 solutions, Kasplex and Igra, with independent testing showing that both achieve full EVM compatibility and significant cost advantages, positioning them as viable alternatives to Ethereum for developers. Kasplex operates as a traditional rollup offering immediate EVM compatibility and faster finality, while Igra operates as a decentralised rollup built directly on Kaspa's BlockDAG, offering L1-backed security and community-node processing from day one.
On the Layer 1 covenant path, developers can write covenant-based applications directly on Kaspa using the SilverScript compiler, implementing advanced UTXO-based workflows and programmable transaction constraints within Kaspa's scripting environment. For more complex applications, the ZK infrastructure introduced in Toccata enables developers to build ZK applications that inherit transaction ordering from Layer 1 while performing computation externally and submitting cryptographic proofs back to the chain, supporting rollups, canonical bridges, and other proof-based applications anchored to Kaspa's DAG.
The upgrade represents a decisive architectural bet: that bounded, UTXO-native programmability can attract serious developer activity without the global-state overhead that comes with a full virtual machine. Whether that gamble pays off will depend on how quickly the ecosystem around Toccata's new primitives matures.
Sources
Kaspa Covenants++ Toccata Hard Fork Outlook, Michael Sutton (Medium)
Kaspa Toccata Hard Fork Deep Dive, Gate Blog
Kaspa Official Developer Docs
WLD patří mezi nejhorší kryptoměny tohoto cyklu, za týden klesl asi o 8 % a za měsíc téměř o 23 %. Ani plánované snížení denního unlocku o 43 % trh zatím neuklidnilo.
Worldcoin's $WLD token has emerged as one of the worst performers in the current crypto cycle, slipping roughly 8% on the week and nearly 23% on the month even as many major altcoins stage a recovery.
A Planned Supply Cut Has Not Steadied the Price The losses have come despite a significant supply-side development from @worldnetwork. On July 24, 2026, the WLD token unlock rate will decrease by 43% under the existing unlock schedules. In practice, this will reduce the unlock rate across all token allocations from about 5.1 million WLD per day to about 2.9 million WLD per day. The cuts are split between two groups: the aggregate daily unlock rate drop includes a 50% cut in daily community token unlocks and a 32% reduction in daily team and investor unlocks.
The July 24, 2026, unlock rate decrease will happen automatically, coded into the on-chain contracts from the start. The team has framed the event as a tokenomics milestone, arguing that the most aggressive phase of emissions is now behind the project. Markets, however, have not yet responded with enthusiasm.
Supply Overhang and Regulatory Pressure Weigh on $WLD WLD has lost over 45% of its value since the start of 2026 and trades roughly 97% below its March 2024 peak near $11. The persistent underperformance reflects two structural headwinds. First, the token's circulating supply is already large: a total of 4.9 billion WLD, representing 49% of the token's 10 billion maximum supply, has been unlocked so far, with approximately 3.3 billion WLD in actual circulation. Even after the July 24 reduction, the market will still absorb nearly 2.9 million new WLD tokens daily, meaning demand must keep pace to prevent further price erosion.
Second, regulatory risk remains a persistent overhang. Worldcoin faces significant regulatory headwinds concerning its biometric data collection, with operations suspended or investigated in countries including Kenya, Spain, Indonesia, and Thailand.
Market reaction will ultimately depend on whether demand for WLD, from governance, staking, ecosystem incentives, or speculative flows, grows faster than the slowed unlock curve. Until that demand materialises, WLD's ongoing downtrend and weak sentiment may continue to weigh on price action, limiting the near-term impact of the reduced token unlocks.
Sources:
World Network: Tokenomics Milestone, WLD Unlock Rate to Decrease by 43% in July
BeInCrypto: Worldcoin Cuts Token Unlock By Half, Will WLD Price Rally?
Crypto.news: Worldcoin Eases Off the Gas as WLD Unlock Rate Drops 43%
Na Hyperliquidu se u perpetual kontraktu na zlato během minuty propadla cena asi o 100 USD pod 4 090 USD, než se rychle vrátila. Příčinou byla tenká likvidita a arbitrážní boti pak odchylku srovnali.
Gold dropped approximately $100 on Hyperliquid’s perpetual futures contract on July 4, with prices dipping below $4,090 before snapping back. The whole thing played out in roughly a minute. The flash crash occurred on Hyperliquid’s XAU perpetual contract, a synthetic instrument that tracks the price of gold using oracle feeds rather than physical delivery. Arbitrage bots and market makers quickly moved to close the gap between Hyperliquid’s price and the oracle reference, stabilizing the contract.
Hyperliquid’s gold perp was operating in thin liquidity conditions when this crash hit. Market makers and arb bots identified the price deviation from the oracle and bought the dip to restore equilibrium. But “self-corrected” doesn’t help the trader who got liquidated during the 60-second window when prices were in freefall.
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This isn’t Hyperliquid’s first rodeo with sudden price dislocations on non-crypto assets. Back in late May, the SPACEX-USDH pre-IPO perpetual contract crashed 45% after an oracle mishandled data related to a stock split. That incident liquidated $1.51 million across 1,393 positions. The gold crash appears smaller in absolute dollar terms, but the pattern is familiar: thin liquidity plus oracle-dependent pricing plus leverage equals occasional chaos.
Hyperliquid’s commodity ambitions Hyperliquid now supports over 300 perpetual and spot markets, spanning crypto tokens, commodities like gold and silver, and even indices. HIP-3 permissionless markets hit a record daily trading volume of $5.2 billion in early 2026. In January, Hyperliquid’s native HYPE token surged 24% partly driven by soaring silver futures volume on the platform.
What this means for investors For traders using leverage on commodity perps, the lesson is straightforward: position sizing matters more on platforms where a $100 wick can materialize and vanish in under a minute. Stop losses on thin markets can become stop-market orders that execute far from your intended exit. The gap between “the system eventually self-corrects” and “traders don’t get hurt” remains significant, and it widens every time someone adds leverage to a synthetic gold position during off-hours on a holiday weekend when traditional venues are closed and the usual liquidity providers aren’t active.
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Hyperliquid nyní drží 8,7 % globálního open interestu na trhu perpetual futures a jeho open interest přesahuje 4,3 miliardy USD. Poplatky protokolu dosahují anualizovaných 1,3 miliardy USD.
Hyperliquid, a decentralized platform for perpetual futures, now accounts for 8.7% of the global open interest in the perpetual futures market, combining centralized exchanges (CEXs) and decentralized exchanges (DEXs). The platform’s open interest stands at over $4.3 billion, with protocol fees reaching an annualized $1.3 billion, fully distributed to HYPE stakers. This growth has led market participants to consider a potential migration from traditional CEXs to DEX platforms like Hyperliquid. Prominent market-making firms such as Jump, Wintermute, and GSR are actively involved, running dedicated wallets on the platform.
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The shift in market share echoes the previous transition seen in 2020 when DEX spot trading captured and maintained over 8% market share. The presence of major firms as validators further strengthens Hyperliquid’s competitive position in the market. Alongside these developments, HYPE token valuations have been approaching all-time highs, suggesting confidence in the platform’s continued expansion.
Key Takeaways Hyperliquid’s significant share of global perpetual open interest suggests a shift in market dynamics, with decentralized platforms gaining traction. The participation of major firms as validators indicates institutional confidence in Hyperliquid’s market structure. The consistent rise in HYPE token value appears supportive of market sentiment favoring the platform’s growth prospects. What to Watch Observers are closely monitoring whether Hyperliquid’s growth will spur further movement of participants from CEXs to DEXs. Key indicators include any changes in market share metrics or notable shifts in validator participation. Developments such as partnerships with large enterprises or increased regulatory scrutiny could influence market dynamics significantly. Watch for announcements from Hyperliquid or shifts in CEX strategies that might affect the decentralized market landscape.
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Travel platform Travala announced in a post on X that users can now book over 2.2 million hotels globally using XRP, in what it called a significant stride in crypto's adoption in everyday payments.
In a statement, Travala reiterated the original design intent of XRP as it was "built to move value fast," making its use for hotel bookings in line with that vision. The travel platform said users can now secure hotel bookings with instant confirmation and without the involvement of banks.
This development means XRP holders can pay for accommodation across a global hotel network, expanding XRP's use case into one of the largest consumer industries: travel and hospitality. As a result, users will be able to book over 3 million travel products globally with XRP on Travala.
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This new real-world payment integration highlights XRP's growing use case beyond trading markets.
XRP utility expands with paymentsIn a major milestone reached early this year, the x402 facilitator went live on the XRP Ledger in February, allowing AI agents to pay for services using XRP and RLUSD with no need for API keys or accounts.
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Agents can pay per request via x402, with volume settling on the XRP Ledger. Fast forward to the present, nearly a million agent transactions have settled through the XRPL x402 facilitator, implying more agents, merchants, and volume are entering the XRP Ledger.
Ripple is expanding XRP and RLUSD utility for AI-agent payments, having introduced the XRPL AI Starter Kit in June — a set of developer tools for building AI agents that can send payments on the XRP Ledger.
As AI agents begin transacting on behalf of businesses, Ripple has joined the ecosystem supporting Mastercard's Agent Pay for Machines initiative, helping validate new use cases, establish common rules, and accelerate adoption while continuing to build the infrastructure for trusted agent-driven payments, with the XRP Ledger and RLUSD laying the foundation for the future of commerce.
XRP za první tři červencové obchodní dny vzrostl o více než 13 % na téměř 1,18 USD. Pomohl mu posun CLARITY Act v Senátu USA a příliv 6,55 mil. USD do investičních produktů navázaných na XRP.
Key Highlights XRP jumped more than 13% during the initial three trading days of July, advancing from approximately $1.03 to nearly $1.18. Legislative advancement of the CLARITY Act through the U.S. Senate enhanced positive sentiment surrounding XRP’s regulatory environment. Investment products tracking XRP attracted $6.55M in single-day inflows, with total cumulative inflows reaching $1.49B. Historical data reveals July as a consistently profitable month for XRP, averaging 10.4% gains since 2013. Technical analysis identifies critical resistance at $1.20, while support at $1.15 provides downside protection. XRP launched into July with impressive momentum, posting gains exceeding 13% within a mere three-day span. The digital asset advanced from lows near $1.03 to approach $1.18, capturing fresh interest from market participants.
XRP Price This upward movement coincided with a wider cryptocurrency market rebound. The aggregate crypto market capitalization increased 0.86% to reach $2.18 trillion. Bitcoin surged beyond $62,000, while Ethereum advanced above $1,700.
Disappointing U.S. employment figures contributed to the bullish market sentiment. The American economy generated merely 57,000 positions in June, significantly undershooting the anticipated 110,000. This development strengthened expectations for more accommodative monetary conditions moving forward.
Market analyst ChartNerd (@ChartNerdTA) highlighted a significant long-term technical formation via X, identifying an 8.5-year cup and handle pattern emerging on XRP’s price chart. He cautioned that overlooking XRP at the $1 level “could prove costly,” suggesting that sustained Fibonacci support within the handle formation could establish a pathway toward upper resistance zones. His analysis referenced Fibonacci extension targets at $8, $13, and $27.
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Ignoring $XRP around $1 on the macro could prove costly. Price is approaching FIB support within the handle structure under 8.5 years of resistance
If FIB support and the GC hold, it opens the path to attack resistance. FIB extensions = $8/$13/$27 https://t.co/r8v5HKDfij pic.twitter.com/s8yb16b4Sj
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Legislative Developments Strengthen XRP Sentiment Advancement of the CLARITY Act through the U.S. Senate emerged as a primary catalyst for XRP’s appreciation. This proposed legislation carries implications for the regulatory classification of digital assets under American law.
Market participants reacted favorably to XRP’s inclusion within the SEC/CFTC Digital Commodities classification framework. This development prompted capital reallocation into XRP positions. Additionally, Ripple co-founder Chris Larsen’s financial stake in American Perpetuals Exchange Corporation — an entity associated with Senator Kirsten Gillibrand’s son — attracted market attention throughout this timeframe.
Investment Fund Activity Supports Bullish Momentum XRP-focused investment vehicles registered $6.55M in daily inflows as of July 2. Total cumulative inflows climbed to $1.49B, while net assets under management stood at $987.91M.
Source: SoSoValue Spot Bitcoin ETFs similarly reversed their outflow trend on July 2, posting $221.72M in daily net inflows. This marked the conclusion of a 10-day withdrawal period, elevating cumulative net inflows to $51.08B. Ethereum spot ETFs contributed $29.08M in net inflows during the identical session.
Historical performance data compiled by CryptoRank demonstrates July’s track record as a consistently profitable period for XRP across seven consecutive years. Average July performance since 2013 registers at 10.4%. Notably, during July 2020, XRP surged more than 48%.
Examining the four-hour timeframe, XRP traded around $1.1714. The Relative Strength Index registered 79.91, positioning the asset within overbought parameters. The Chaikin Money Flow indicator displayed 0.21, signaling continued accumulation pressure.
Immediate resistance is established at $1.20, where a decisive breakthrough could enable progression toward $1.25. Should prices retract beneath $1.15, the subsequent support zone emerges at $1.10.
Útočník na Step Finance prodal ukradené SOL za zhruba 21,4 milionu USD, nakoupil ETH a prostředky poslal přes Tornado Cash. Podle on-chain dat tak pokračuje praní výnosů z útoku.
The person (or persons) who drained Step Finance of roughly 261,854 SOL tokens has moved to the next phase of every crypto heist playbook: the laundering stage. The exploiter sold a significant chunk of stolen SOL, bridged $21.4 million to Ethereum, purchased ETH, and funneled the proceeds through Tornado Cash.
What happened at Step Finance Step Finance, a DeFi portfolio management platform built on Solana, was hit on January 31 when attackers gained unauthorized access to treasury and fee wallets. The haul came to approximately 261,854 SOL, worth somewhere between $27 million and $30 million at the time of the breach.
The attack vector was compromised executive team devices, likely through phishing or social engineering. The smart contracts worked fine. The people managing them did not.
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Total losses ballooned to around $40 million when accounting for the full impact, with only about $4.7 million recovered through partnerships and features like Token22. That recovery rate, roughly 12% of total losses, is not exactly a victory lap.
By late February, Step Finance ceased operations entirely. Its affiliates, SolanaFloor and Remora Markets, also shut down as the fallout spread. The project announced plans for a buyback based on a pre-hack snapshot of the STEP token.
Following the money across chains The on-chain data, flagged by Arkham Intelligence, paints a clear picture of the attacker’s exit strategy. After sitting on the stolen SOL, the exploiter began selling, converting roughly $21 million worth of tokens before bridging $21.4 million over to Ethereum.
Once on Ethereum, the funds were swapped into ETH and then routed through Tornado Cash. The US Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned Tornado Cash back in 2022, though those sanctions have faced significant legal challenges. The protocol continues to function because it’s a set of smart contracts on Ethereum that nobody can unilaterally shut down.
What investors should watch The $4.7 million recovery represents a fraction of total losses, and the movement of funds through Tornado Cash suggests that further recovery through on-chain means is unlikely without law enforcement intervention. Historically, funds that make it through mixing protocols are rarely clawed back unless the attacker makes an operational mistake later, like cashing out through a centralized exchange with KYC requirements.
The planned STEP token buyback based on a pre-hack snapshot is worth monitoring, though with the project’s operations ceased and affiliates shut down, the entity executing any buyback may have limited resources to work with.
The attacker’s decision to convert stolen SOL into ETH before laundering signals a practical reality about cross-chain liquidity. Ethereum’s deeper liquidity pools and more established mixing infrastructure make it the preferred destination for laundering large sums, which means that exploits on alternative L1s frequently end up impacting Ethereum’s on-chain analytics landscape as well.
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Hyperliquid za 24 hodin zaznamenal čisté přílivy 116 milionů USD do přemostěných aktiv, což posílilo likviditu v DeFi. Aktivita na platformě roste spolu se zájmem uživatelů.
Hyperliquid, a decentralized perpetual futures platform, experienced significant activity as $116 million in net inflows into bridged assets occurred within 24 hours. This surge reflects a notable increase in DeFi liquidity and user engagement on the platform, aligning with recent trends in real-world asset activity. Hyperliquid’s native token, HYPE, has been near $65, marking a significant growth trajectory with returns exceeding 1,800% since its launch in November 2024. The platform’s expansion, including partnerships like the upcoming launch with VALR for cross-asset perpetual contracts, has further solidified its competitive position in the market.
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Key Takeaways Market activity suggests strong interest in Hyperliquid, consistent with pricing supportive of YES outcomes for reaching higher price targets. The recent net inflows may indicate increasing confidence in Hyperliquid’s growth potential and market positioning. Current market pricing implies a mixed outlook on Hyperliquid reaching specific price targets by the end of 2026. What to Watch Watch for further developments regarding Hyperliquid’s partnerships and volume, as these could impact price predictions. The upcoming launch with VALR and any new institutional engagements could significantly influence confidence in Hyperliquid’s price trajectory. Observers should also watch for any regulatory developments or shifts in market sentiment that could alter the current pricing landscape.
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Ethereum zveřejnilo plán Lean Ethereum s cílem dosáhnout zhruba 10 000 TPS na Layer 1 a postupně zavést kvantově odolné zabezpečení. První krok má přijít v upgradu Glamsterdam v druhé polovině 2026.
Ethereum just published its most ambitious technical blueprint in years. The “Lean Ethereum” initiative, first introduced by Ethereum Foundation researcher Justin Drake, lays out a decade-long framework to rebuild the network’s consensus, data, and execution layers from the ground up.
The target numbers are eye-catching: roughly 10,000 transactions per second on Layer 1 mainnet, scaling up to approximately 1 million TPS across Layer 2 solutions. For context, Ethereum currently processes somewhere in the neighborhood of 15-30 TPS on mainnet.
What the strawmap actually says The roadmap has been formalized through what the Ethereum Foundation calls a “strawmap,” a draft strategic framework showcased at an internal workshop in January 2026. Seven distinct protocol upgrades are planned through 2029. The priorities break down into three buckets: scaling, improved user experience, and hardening Layer 1 systems against emerging threats, with quantum computing resistance sitting at the top of that last category.
The Lean Ethereum architecture itself rests on three pillars: lean consensus, lean data, and lean execution.
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Near-term, the “Glamsterdam” upgrade is slated for the latter half of 2026. It represents the first concrete implementation step in this broader vision.
The quantum clock is ticking The Lean Ethereum roadmap maps out incremental introductions of post-quantum cryptography through successive hard forks stretching into the late 2020s. Quantum-resistant cryptographic signatures will gradually replace current standards, staged across multiple upgrades rather than attempting a single massive migration.
Key developments supporting this transition include work on the zero-knowledge Ethereum Virtual Machine, or zkEVM, which enables cryptographic proofs that certain computations were performed correctly without revealing the underlying data. Client-side proving, another focus area, would let users generate these proofs on their own devices rather than relying on centralized infrastructure.
Privacy gets a seat at the table The Lean Ethereum framework elevates privacy from a nice-to-have to a core protocol consideration, woven into the roadmap alongside the scaling and security work. Ethereum has historically treated privacy as something to be handled by application-layer solutions built on top of the protocol.
The initiative coincides with Ethereum’s 10th anniversary in 2025.
What this means for investors Roadmaps are not releases. Ethereum has a long history of ambitious timelines that slip, sometimes by years. The original transition to proof-of-stake, initially expected around 2019, didn’t ship until September 2022.
A credible path to 10,000 TPS on Layer 1 would fundamentally change Ethereum’s competitive positioning against faster Layer 1 alternatives like Solana and Sui. The Layer 2 scaling target of 1 million TPS creates a clearer investment thesis for L2 tokens and the broader ecosystem of applications built on top of them.
Investors watching this space should pay less attention to the roadmap’s ambition and more attention to whether Glamsterdam ships on time later this year. Seven upgrades through 2029 requires coordination across multiple independent client teams, thousands of validators, and a governance process that moves at the speed of rough consensus.
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Vitalik Buterin uvedl, že Ethereum vstupuje do fáze „Lean Ethereum“ a během příštích 3 až 4 let projde postupnou přestavbou protokolu. Mezi klíčové změny patří důkazy STARK, postkvantová kryptografie a nové škálování.
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin published a post stating that Ethereum researchers recently held a meeting in Berlin, continuing discussions with client teams initiated in Svalbard in April, to update the blockchain’s long-term protocol roadmap. Vitalik noted that "Lean Ethereum" is not a single upgrade, but a series of protocol evolutions to be rolled out gradually over the next 3 to 4 years—its impact is comparable to The Merge as Ethereum’s second major iteration, while the current phase may mark its third major evolution. He outlined core upcoming changes for Ethereum: replacing direct execution verification with recursive STARK proofs, integrating post-quantum cryptography, adjusting the consensus mechanism to a decoupled design of available chain and finality, and implementing multi-dimensional gas models alongside state structure restructuring. At the state level, Ethereum may form a "two-tier state structure" around 2030, consisting of ~2TB of traditional dynamic state and ~100TB of new scalable state to support scaling needs across different application scenarios. Vitalik emphasized that privacy capabilities will no longer be an add-on feature, but a core goal of protocol design. The system will also rely more on formal verification to boost security, and push the EVM toward higher-level abstractions, with the underlying layer potentially transitioning gradually to RISC-V or leanISA architectures. Key parameters including gas limits, blob sizes, and block times will be adjusted multiple times over the next few years, as Ethereum continues scaling via client optimizations and protocol upgrades. Vitalik concluded that Ethereum is entering a phase of continuous restructuring and scaling, aiming to complete underlying system upgrades without disrupting the existing application ecosystem.
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The U.S. CLARITY Act has made further progress, while the county sheriffs' organization has shifted to a neutral stance.
The Major County Sheriffs Association (MCSA) has shifted its stance on the CLARITY Act from opposition to neutrality. In a letter to Senate Banking Committee Chairman Tim Scott and Senator Elizabeth Warren, the organization noted that some of its concerns about Section 604 of the bill have been addressed. Previously, the MCSA had warned that the provision could undermine, to some extent, law enforcement capabilities targeting illegal financial activities related to crypto assets. Section 604 is tied to the Blockchain Regulatory Certainty Act, with its core focus on limiting liability for developers of decentralized protocols. Supporters argue that developers should not be held liable as intermediaries for user actions, while law enforcement agencies had earlier raised fears that the provision could create regulatory and enforcement "loopholes" that would hinder investigations into cases like money laundering, ransomware, drug trafficking, and terrorist financing. Despite the neutral stance, the MCSA still calls for including local law enforcement agencies in relevant research and coordination mechanisms in future revisions to boost digital asset crime investigation capabilities. Analysts say this change removes a key obstacle to the CLARITY Act’s progress, boosting its feasibility of advancing to a Senate vote. However, opposition from the banking sector to stablecoin yield products and DeFi regulation remains a major uncertainty.
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Perspective: The next phase of tokenization will be "customized investment portfolios", rather than just improving settlement efficiency.
Thomas Sy, head of multi-asset solutions at New York Life Investment Management (NYLIM), stated that the next core application of tokenization will be "personalized portfolio construction" rather than just improving settlement efficiency or extending trading hours. NYLIM manages approximately $807 billion in total assets, with about $110 billion overseen by Sy’s team. He noted that blockchain technology will enable asset management firms to customize complex portfolio strategies for different investors at scale—a capability the traditional financial system currently struggles to deliver. Sy added that the future of asset management will center on "high customization," and blockchain is the only technological path capable of achieving this at scale. He emphasized that tokenization is not limited to putting ETFs, bonds or private credit on the blockchain; the key is to restructure the very way portfolios are built. He also pointed out that current portfolios often mix ETFs, bonds and private assets, but personalized strategies are difficult to scale due to operational complexity. Tokenization is expected to "embed customization logic into the assets themselves," reducing operational costs and boosting efficiency. Additionally, Sy said stablecoins have become a key entry point for traditional finance to access on-chain markets. Currently, the stablecoin market capitalization exceeds $300 billion, and they are being used for cross-border payments and fund management. He believes this trend will gradually drive institutional demand for on-chain yield-generating assets. On decentralized finance (DeFi), NYLIM is still researching related applications, but Sy stressed that institutional participation requires more mature infrastructure, including improved tokenized collateral, clearing mechanisms and prime brokerage systems.
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US national debt has hit $39 trillion, sparking long-term concerns, with analysts warning the risk of an unsustainable fiscal path is rising.
The size of U.S. national debt has risen to around $39 trillion, with public debt equivalent to the total U.S. GDP. Annual interest payments have reached roughly $1 trillion, exceeding the defense budget. The U.S. Treasury system traces its origins to the debt consolidation reform promoted by Alexander Hamilton in 1790, when the federal government assumed the war debts of individual states and promised full repayment, thereby establishing the U.S. credit system and laying the foundation for the global status of the U.S. dollar and U.S. Treasuries. Today, U.S. Treasuries are regarded as one of the core assets of the global financial system, underpinning the reserve currency status of the U.S. dollar and widely held by central banks and financial institutions worldwide. However, as the debt scale continues to expand, market concerns about its long-term sustainability have intensified. According to calculations from the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton Budget Model (PWBM), when the debt-to-GDP ratio exceeds around 210%, the fiscal system may face unsustainability risks. Currently, the U.S. ratio stands at roughly 100%, and the U.S. Congressional Budget Office projects it could rise to 175% by 2056. Analysts note that in scenarios of rising healthcare spending and persistent fiscal deficits, this risk threshold could be reached earlier, and the long-term stability of the debt structure is facing more stringent market and policy tests.
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According to CNN, mourning events for late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei are ongoing in Tehran and multiple Iranian cities, drawing an estimated millions of participants, and will run through July 9. Meanwhile, the international community is uncertain about his successor. Reports indicate his son Mojtaba Khamenei has not made a public appearance, sparking concerns over the power transition and actual governance. Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has also warned of security threats targeting the country in the coming days. On the regional front, abnormal shipping activity has been observed in the Strait of Hormuz, with multiple vessels turning back while attempting to transit, and the situation remains uncertain. Separately, U.S. President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have held a phone call and agreed to meet in the U.S. soon, with outside attention focused on further coordination between the two countries amid tensions with Iran.
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Bitcoin broke through $63,000 this morning, erasing all losses from the end of June, with XRP leading gains among major cryptocurrencies.
Bitcoin rose above $63,000 earlier today for the first time in two weeks, up roughly 3.6% from last week and nearly erasing losses from late June. The rally unfolded during thin trading volume for the U.S. Independence Day holiday, with low liquidity widely seen as amplifying short-term volatility. Among major cryptocurrencies, XRP gained 5.3% to reach $1.18, notching a nearly 10% weekly rise and lifting its market cap to around $73 billion, overtaking USDC to become the fifth-largest crypto asset. On-chain data shows XRP holders’ average losses have hit an extreme historical level, leading some traders to view this as a sentiment reversal signal. Ether (ETH) climbed 3.2% to approximately $1,793, with a weekly gain of ~11.5%; Dogecoin (DOGE) rose 2.6%; Solana (SOL) added around 13.2% week-over-week, extending the broader rebound trend. Analysts attribute the rally to Federal Reserve officials signaling easing inflation pressure, weaker non-farm payroll data, and short covering, with Bitcoin bouncing rapidly from below $60,000 to above $63,000. The market’s future trajectory will hinge on upcoming U.S. inflation data and the return of institutional liquidity after the holiday.
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Blockchain trading and payments firm BTSE Group recently launched cryptocurrency trading platform BTSE Indonesia in Jakarta via a joint venture with PT Aset Kripto Internasional, and completed the rebranding of local licensed platform NVX. It is understood that BTSE will provide trading infrastructure and liquidity support, while the local Indonesian team will handle marketing, business partnerships, sales, and user growth. BTSE Indonesia stated that it has received approval from Indonesia’s Financial Services Authority (OJK) to operate as a regulated digital financial asset trading platform. The license is also expected to support its future expansion into cryptocurrency futures and other businesses in compliance with local regulatory requirements. Official data shows that Indonesia’s cryptocurrency trading volume from January to November 2024 reached 556.5 trillion Indonesian rupiah (equivalent to approximately $31.2 billion), with registered cryptocurrency users hitting 22.11 million as of November 2024.
BNB Chain spustil BNB Agent Studio 1. července na mainnetu BNB Smart Chain, který umožňuje nasadit autonomního AI agenta jediným promptem. Platforma automaticky řeší peněženku, identitu i platby a celý proces trvá zhruba 15 minut.
BNB Chain just made deploying an autonomous AI agent about as complicated as ordering a coffee. The network launched BNB Agent Studio on July 1, bringing a one-prompt deployment tool to its Smart Chain mainnet that handles the entire backend stack automatically.
The pitch is straightforward: tell the platform what you want your agent to do, and it handles everything from wallet creation to identity registration to payment infrastructure. The whole process takes roughly 15 minutes, according to BNB Chain, using developer tools like Claude Code or Cursor.
What’s actually under the hood AWS Bedrock AgentCore powers the automated infrastructure setup, which is notable because it means BNB Chain is leaning on Amazon’s enterprise-grade AI tooling rather than building everything from scratch.
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Each agent deployed through the studio comes equipped with several built-in capabilities. There’s automatic wallet provisioning so agents can hold and transact with crypto. ERC-8004 handles on-chain identity, giving each agent a verifiable, transferable identity that functions as a digital asset. And x402 payment capabilities allow agents to process crypto payments autonomously.
The combination means these agents can self-fund their operations, maintain functionality during infrastructure disruptions, and have their ownership transferred like any other digital asset.
Building on the Agent SDK foundation BNB Agent Studio builds on the previously released BNB Agent SDK, which established modular standards for agent identity, payments, memory, and commerce on the chain.
BNB Chain is targeting specific use cases with this launch, particularly automated market trading and financial management.
The team has committed to releasing updates every two weeks, which signals they view this as an iterative product rather than a finished one.
What this means for investors and the BNB ecosystem The platform launched on July 1, and there are no publicly available adoption metrics, TVL figures, or transaction volume data to evaluate yet. The x402 payment standard and ERC-8004 identity framework are also relatively untested in production environments.
Investors should watch for two signals in the coming weeks: the number of agents deployed through the Studio, and whether any of those agents generate meaningful on-chain activity. The bi-weekly update cadence also means the feature set could evolve quickly, so what launches today may look very different by Q3.
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Robinhood Crypto přijímá technologii Chainlink oracle pro datové feedy a cross-chain komunikaci na platformě tokenizovaných akcií. Integrace má podpořit spolehlivější tržní data a bezpečné převody mezi blockchainy.
Chainlink has recently returned to the spotlight with notable technical momentum and developments on the institutional adoption front. Following a rebound from a key support zone, LINK signaled upward price momentum, while Robinhood Crypto’s selection of Chainlink as the underlying infrastructure for its tokenized stock platform also drew significant attention.
Support-driven rebound stands out in price actionAt the time of writing, LINK was trading at $7.89, with a 24-hour trading volume of $204.7 million and a market capitalization of $5.74 billion. Despite these figures, LINK had declined 5.6% over the previous 24 hours.
Crypto analyst Globe Of Crypto noted that a falling wedge formation on the daily chart, and the price’s bounce from its support line, signal renewed buying interest. This pattern suggests that buyers are defending a critical level, which could increase the probability of a short-term bullish breakout.
On the daily chart, Globe Of Crypto observed that the reaction from the falling wedge support indicates that buyers are maintaining a crucial zone. Should this momentum continue, the likelihood of a breakout would increase.
From a technical perspective, overcoming the wedge’s upper boundary would be seen as a trend reversal signal. If initiated, such a move could pave the way for a stronger LINK recovery. Analysts now identify the $14 level as a key threshold to monitor in the days ahead, and stress that rising trading volumes and sustained buying will be essential for this scenario.
Robinhood Crypto highlights Chainlink partnershipChainlink data revealed that Robinhood Crypto has adopted Chainlink’s oracle technology for both data feeds and cross-chain communication. This decision marks a significant step for Robinhood as it accelerates its expansion into tokenized finance.
This infrastructure, set to be deployed for Robinhood Stock Tokens, aims to provide millions of users with more reliable market data and enable secure cross-chain transactions. Robinhood, a US-based fintech company best known for its retail-focused investment platforms, stands to enhance its services with this integration.
Mini glossary: An oracle is infrastructure that brings off-chain data to smart contracts. CCIP, or Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol, is a Chainlink-based solution designed to facilitate data and asset transfers between different blockchains.
The collaboration between Chainlink and Robinhood signals ongoing institutional interest in bridging traditional financial systems with decentralized technologies. This integration is expected to improve Robinhood’s security, interoperability, and transparency as the company expands into tokenized markets.
Market focus remains on $14 resistance levelDespite recent developments, LINK’s price action has yet to achieve a decisive breakout. While Bitcoin’s upward move has echoed across the crypto market and impacted altcoins, Chainlink’s short-term trajectory depends on whether it can surpass the falling wedge resistance on strong trading volume.
A breakout above this resistance would bring the $14 price target into sharper focus. However, volatility remains high across the market, and price forecasts for LINK are subject to ongoing uncertainty.
Disclaimer: The information contained in this article does not constitute investment advice. Investors should be aware that cryptocurrencies carry high volatility and therefore risk, and should conduct their own research.
Revolut do 31. srpna vyřadí USDT a do konce července zastaví vklady; po termínu je automaticky převede na fiat měnu. Krok souvisí s tlakem regulace MiCA.
Europe’s largest fintech platform, Revolut, will drop Tether’s USDT by 31st of August. However, USDT deposits will be disabled from the platform by the end of this month.
The tech giant informed users that those who fail to transfer their funds by the end of August will have their USDT automatically exchanged to fiat.
The move is likely informed by regulatory pressure, according to analyst Max Karpis. He noted,
Revolut is delisting USDT on 31 Aug 2026 (regulatory/risk reasons). Not long ago, they expanded support to include zero-fee transfers and 1:1 USDT/USDC swaps. Now a reversal. Compliance hits again.
EU’s crypto regulatory framework, MiCA, is now in effect. Hence, the move is likely to block non-compliant stablecoins and tokens.
Tether CEO deems MiCA as ‘dangerous’ for stablecoins Interestingly, Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino has been open about not seeking MiCA approval. In fact, he argued that the regulation is “bad” and “dangerous” for stablecoins.
The problem I have with MiCA is that it’s very dangerous for stablecoins. What will happen next year is that a few banks in Europe will go belly up because of MiCA’s requirement that 60% of stablecoin reserves be kept in uninsured cash deposits in European banks.
He also noted that only small banks accept crypto firms, as major ones like UBS are unwilling to accept stablecoin business. For Ardoino, this would be risky as a +20% redemption on USDT could quickly trigger a banking crisis.
He believes that MiCA is designed to position the Digital Euro to control fund flows. Hence, he opted to keep USDT safe for emerging markets that rely heavily on it.
Whether the same risk applies to Circle’s USDC or Euro stablecoin EURC is not clear. However, Circle has MiCA approval and seems to have benefited last month as the MiCA transition period came to an end.
According to Visa data, USDC saw $1.21T in transfer volume in June, doubling Tether’s USDT. This was the second highest monthly transfer volume following February’s record $1.28T amid growing adoption across most blockchains.
Source: Visa In fact, less than a week into July, USDC’s volume was 3x that of USDT, underscoring a likely shift tied to the MiCA framework. Users across the EU or those sending money to the continent may be opting for USDC instead of USDT.
The shift was also evident across US dollar and Euro-based stablecoins. The latter grew 11x while USD-based stablecoin volumes shrank.
Source: TRM Labs Tether’s USDT still dominates the stablecoin market in terms of supply though. It remains to be seen whether Circle will close the gap as Revolut and other EU platforms continue to delist USDT.
Final Summary Revolut will delist USDT by August 31st and stop accepting deposits from the stablecoin by the end of July. USDC transfer volume hit $1.21T, doubling Tether’s USDT, further underscoring MiCA’s impact on stablecoin adoption.
Deposits on Aave's newly launched Monad market surpassed $100 million on Saturday morning, according to TokenLogic on X, roughly two days after the lending protocol went live on the network.
Aave (AAVE), the largest decentralized lending protocol, deployed V3 on Monad on Thursday, bringing lending, borrowing, and its GHO stablecoin to the chain for the first time. The market launched with support for 12 assets, including USDT0, USDC, GHO, WETH, and Coinbase's cbBTC.
Deposits topped $75 million within the first 24 hours, Aave said Friday.
Monad (MON) is the high-throughput, EVM-compatible Layer 1 network built by former Jump Trading developers that launched its mainnet and MON token on Nov. 24 of last year. The network claims 10,000 transactions per second and 800-millisecond finality.
The early inflows are substantial relative to the size of Monad's DeFi ecosystem. The entire network held about $359.5 million in total value locked as of June 8, according to a LlamaRisk assessment posted to Aave's governance forum, meaning the new Aave market attracted the equivalent of more than a quarter of that figure in two days.
The deposits are also heavily subsidized. Under the deployment proposal authored by TokenLogic in May, the Monad Foundation committed $15 million in incentives over the first 12 months and agreed to acquire and hold 10 million GHO for more than six months, while the Aave DAO pledged another 500,000 GHO to support the stablecoin's adoption on the network.
Risk service provider LlamaRisk backed the deployment with conservative initial parameters, citing Monad's roughly seven months of operating history. The risk firm noted that network activity had compressed after a strong start, with liquidity concentrated in established protocols like Uniswap, Curve, and Morpho.
Notably, Monad received Aave V3.7 rather than the protocol's latest version. Aave V4 launched on the Ethereum mainnet in late March with a new hub-and-spoke architecture, and Aave Labs founder and CEO Stani Kulechov told The Block at the time that the team was pursuing a controlled rollout, as it had with prior versions. The governance proposal leaves it to the Monad Foundation to decide whether and when to migrate to V4.
Aave V4 separately crossed $250 million in deposits on Saturday, per Kulechov. "This is a remarkable milestone for Aave," Kulechov wrote on X. "Can't wait to see Aave to grow towards [$1 billion] with more crypto-backed loans and expanding to securities backed-lending."
In a statement on the Monad deployment, Kulechov said "the next generation of blockchain applications depends on fast execution and deep, reliable liquidity." Keone Hon, co-founder and general manager of the Monad Foundation, said Aave is a lending standard trusted by institutions and that the deployment puts Ethereum's core liquidity primitives on a faster chain.
The launch extends a multichain expansion that saw Aave go live on OKX's X Layer in March. Per the governance proposal, the next phase on Monad is expected to add Pendle PT assets and Fastlane's shMON liquid staking token.
The deployment caps an active week for the Monad ecosystem: MetaMask launched its Money Account product on Tuesday with Monad as its "home chain."
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Solana za tři roky ztratila 68 % validátorů, zhruba z 2 500 na asi 800 po čistce spuštěné v roce 2025. Debata o decentralizaci se tím znovu vyostřuje ve srovnání s Ethereum s více než 900 000 validátory.
Solana has lost 68% of its validators in three years, dropping from around 2,500 to about 800 after a purge launched in 2025. Joseph Chalom, co-CEO of Sharplink and former BlackRock executive, contrasts this decline with Ethereum’s over 900,000 validators. This battle of figures reignites the debate on the true decentralization of major blockchains. Will institutional investors decide in favor of robustness over speed?
In brief Joseph Chalom, co-CEO of Sharplink and former BlackRock executive, states that Ethereum’s 900,000 validators outperform Solana’s 800. Electric Capital counts 1,012,824 developers who have contributed to Ethereum, including 232,000 active over the past twelve months. Sharplink held 886,725 ETH at the end of June 2026, one of the largest corporate ether reserves. Why does Chalom oppose Ethereum and Solana validators? Joseph Chalom, co-CEO of Sharplink and former Head of Digital Asset Strategy at BlackRock, challenges the persistent idea of a cultural problem at Ethereum, a criticism circulating for several months in the crypto community.
He also contrasts the network’s more than 900,000 active validators with the roughly 800 still counted on Solana, a gap he considers decisive for the future of smart contracts.
This confrontation comes as Solana has just reinforced its on-chain governance with the Solana Governance Proposals, a mechanism that redistributes voting power between validators and token holders. However, Chalom believes this effort does not compensate for the erosion in the number of validators.
Electric Capital indeed counts more than one million cumulative contributors to Ethereum’s code since its creation, including about 232,000 who remained active over the past twelve months. On Solana, however, 92% of applications still run on a single software client, a concentration Chalom considers risky for network resilience in the event of a major bug.
What are the stakes for decentralization after Solana’s validator purge? Solana had about 2,500 validators three years ago before introducing a pruning process in 2025 aimed at removing inactive or poorly performing nodes. This choice thus reduced their number to about 800, a purge its supporters describe as a qualitative improvement.
Chalom recalls that his years at BlackRock showed him the large institutions’ constant preference for network neutrality and resistance to capture by a single actor. Sharplink also illustrates this conviction through its ether treasury strategy, raised to 886,725 ETH at the end of June, and its financial support to Ethlabs, a research center founded by former Ethereum Foundation members.
Yet a historical figure of the Ethereum Foundation acknowledged that the network still lacks a clear value proposition to convince new investors. Meanwhile, the Solana team defends a lighter and faster network, better suited, according to them, for high-frequency trading and applications aimed at the general public.
This numbers duel illustrates two opposing visions of decentralization, between robustness of numbers and operational lightness. Three factors will influence what follows: institutional appetite for Ethereum ETFs, the trajectory of Solana validators after its purge, and the growing role of tokenization. The standards battle is just beginning.
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Solana has recently emerged as a focal point in the cryptocurrency market, attracting attention with both surging transaction volumes and new proposals that could significantly impact the network’s future token supply. According to market data, activity on the blockchain has picked up notably, with analysts maintaining a long-term bullish outlook for the ecosystem.
Transaction volume sees explosive growthMarket expert Zensei reported that Solana’s transaction volume soared by 170.3% year on year for April, May, and June. By comparison, growth on the Hyperliquid platform was limited to just 9.1% in the same period, underscoring that Solana’s rate of increase was nearly 19 times greater than its peer network.
Solana is recognized for its high speed and low transaction fees, which have kept users and capital engaged on the network. As transaction flows intensify, investor attention has shifted from mere price trends toward the protocol-level changes driving the uptick in activity.
According to DeFi Dev Corp, approximately 60,000 new SOL tokens are minted daily on the Solana network, while only 650 SOL are being burned in return.
Technical outlook: $270 resistance comes into focusVuori Trading notes that after its recent correction, SOL appears to have entered a recovery phase and may be embarking on the fifth wave of the Elliott Wave cycle. If the current market optimism persists, $1,259 is cited as a potential medium-term target for Solana. The present pullback is interpreted as a fourth-wave correction rather than a breakdown in trend.
Technical indicators point to $107.94 as the main support level. Meanwhile, $270 stands out as the primary resistance zone. A decisive move above $270 could reinforce upward momentum, while a dip below $107.94 would increase the risk of a deeper correction.
The Relative Strength Index (RSI) remains one of the key metrics closely monitored by traders. With RSI nearing levels historically associated with the end of major declines, several analysts are watching SOL’s price structure with heightened attention.
Mini glossary: The Elliott Wave Theory proposes that price moves in repeating wave patterns, aiding technical analysis. RSI measures the speed and strength of price movements, helping identify overbought or oversold conditions in assets.
New proposals could reshape supply dynamicsBeyond technicals, proposed protocol upgrades within the Solana community may bring lasting changes to the token’s economic structure. DeFi Dev Corp revealed that with approximately 60,000 new SOL entering circulation daily versus only 650 SOL burned, the current supply inflation remains pronounced.
Currently, three SIMD proposals aim to address this disparity. SIMD-550 seeks to accelerate the reduction in inflation, effectively decreasing the future supply of new tokens. On the other hand, SIMD-123 is designed to increase institutional staking via validator pools, thereby reducing the circulating supply of SOL.
Vuori Trading emphasizes that the recent pullback appears more like a routine correction than a trend reversal, with the potential for higher levels to be retested if overall market support continues.
If these proposals are accepted, the Solana network could see lower inflation, higher staking participation, and more tokens burned as network usage grows. Market participants are closely watching governance decisions, the network’s capacity to accommodate rising activity, and SOL’s price behavior above the $270 mark.
Disclaimer: The information contained in this article does not constitute investment advice. Investors should be aware that cryptocurrencies carry high volatility and therefore risk, and should conduct their own research.
Optimism čelí největší zkoušce svého modelu sdílení příjmů, protože Base může omezit nebo ukončit své příspěvky do Collective. To by oslabilo financování RPGF i plánovaných buybacků OP od roku 2026.
Optimism’s grand experiment in Layer 2 economics has always rested on a simple premise: if you build on our stack, you pay rent. The OP Stack’s revenue-sharing framework, known as the Law of Chains, requires participating Superchain members to contribute the greater of 2.5% of their sequencer revenue or 15% of net sequencer profits to the Optimism Collective.
That model has historically generated an estimated $4.5 million annually for the Collective’s treasury, with the lion’s share coming from one chain in particular: Base, Coinbase’s Layer 2 juggernaut. But cracks in the arrangement are starting to show, and the implications for the OP token could be significant.
How the royalty machine works The Law of Chains was introduced in July 2023 to standardize how Superchain members share revenue with the broader Optimism ecosystem. The structure is straightforward but clever in its design. Chains pay whichever amount is larger: 2.5% of gross sequencer revenue or 15% of net sequencer profit.
For chains running lean operations with tight margins, the 15% net profit threshold kicks in. For those printing money on transaction fees, the 2.5% gross revenue floor ensures Optimism always gets its cut.
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OP Mainnet itself operates differently, contributing 100% of its net sequencer revenue to the Collective. That distinction matters because it positions the flagship chain as the ecosystem’s largest benefactor, not just another tenant.
The funds flow into two primary channels. First, they support Retroactive Public Goods Funding, or RPGF, which is Optimism’s signature initiative for rewarding builders who create value for the ecosystem after the fact. Second, governance has begun directing portions of revenue toward OP token buybacks starting in 2026.
Base’s complicated relationship with the Collective Base has been the Superchain’s revenue engine. Historical estimates pegged Base’s annual contribution to the Optimism treasury at roughly $4.5 million alone. In Q1 2026, Base’s contribution to the Collective came in at approximately $1.4 million, distributed specifically through RPGF.
That Q1 figure, annualized, would suggest around $5.6 million per year. But the context around Base’s anticipated exit from revenue sharing complicates that projection considerably. If Base moves toward greater independence from the Superchain’s financial obligations, the revenue base supporting Optimism’s public goods funding and token buyback programs shrinks materially.
The OP token and market implications For OP holders, the revenue-sharing framework creates a direct link between Superchain adoption and token value. More chains building on the OP Stack means more sequencer revenue flowing to the Collective, which in turn funds buybacks and ecosystem development.
The governance decision to begin directing revenues toward OP token buybacks in 2026 is particularly notable. The Law of Chains isn’t enforced by smart contracts at the protocol level. It’s a governance framework, which means compliance is ultimately a function of incentive alignment rather than immutable code.
Investors watching this space should track two metrics closely. First, the number of new chains joining the Superchain and their aggregate sequencer revenue growth. Second, whether existing large contributors like Base maintain their financial commitments or negotiate alternative arrangements.
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Hexens našel v Aptosu kritickou chybu, která mohla ohrozit až 70 miliard USD v krypto infrastruktuře. Zranitelnost byla opravena a žádné prostředky se neztratily.
Ethical hackers from security firm Hexens discovered a flaw in the Aptos blockchain that was patched but could have put up to $70 billion in digital assets at systemic risk, including stablecoins and cross-chain bridges.Researchers simulated the attack with a over-90% success rate under real network conditions, using a well-provisioned server setup that cost just $3,000 to simulate about 1/3 of the validator network, and the attack required no insider access or special permissions.The vulnerability was reported through emergency security channels on Feb. 25, and a patch was deployed within days to prevent any funds from being lost.A $3,000 server was enough for a blockchain security researcher to simulate an attack path they say could have put as much as $70 billion in crypto infrastructure at risk.
At the center of the disclosure was a flaw in Aptos, a layer-1 blockchain built on Move, the smart contract language used by Aptos and Sui, that stems from Facebook’s shelved Diem project.
In late February, researchers at the blockchain security firm Hexens reported a critical vulnerability in the Aptos Move virtual machine, the execution environment that processes smart contracts on the chain, to the project’s development team. Hexens identified what it described as a "stale-cache bug" leading to a type-confusion vulnerability, a condition in which software can be tricked into treating one type of onchain resource as another.The
Aptos team did patch the vulnerability when it was flagged, and no funds were lost.
“Aptos Labs was notified of a potential issue through our bug bounty program on February 25 that was already being triaged internally at the time," an Aptos spokesperson told CoinDesk. "A fix was developed, tested, and deployed to mainnet within hours of discovery. No users or funds were impacted at any point."
The Aptos spokesperson also disputed the practical exploitability of the bug to CoinDesk. "Our analysis determined the bug would have extremely low exploitability in real world conditions."
However, the details of what researchers found offer a sobering look at how close the ecosystem came to a potentially industry-altering event.
The sensitivity of this class of bug comes down to how the Move language handles authority. Protocol permissions in Move, including the right to mint a stablecoin, control a bridge, or administer a lending market, are often stored directly as onchain resources. If those resources are compromised, the damage does not stop at one protocol. It extends to everything that trusts them.
Hexens' researchers offered a practical analogy to the bug: it is roughly comparable to a bug on an Ethereum-style chain that would allow attacker-controlled code to write into storage belonging to other contracts, bypassing the type-system guarantees that Move was specifically designed to uphold.
Mudit Gupta, CTO at Polygon, independently reviewed the proof-of-concept materials and said the exploit held up. "It ran as claimed, and the exploit made sense," he told CoinDesk. "It required a few conditions to be met, which it seems like they did on the mainnet."
Meanwhile, Grego AI, which independently verified Hexens' proof-of-concept, calculated that approximately $250 million in Aptos-native TVL was directly at risk based on the near-90% success rate, separate from broader cross-chain exposure.
The $70 billion riskThe vulnerability, discovered by Vahe Karapetyan, CTO and co-founder of Hexens, could, if left unchecked, have exposed a far larger systemic risk surface across bridges, stablecoins, DeFi protocols and centralized exchanges, costing billions and creating a crisis far beyond Aptos itself.
And all it would've taken was a few thousand dollars' worth of servers.
The total cost to spin up the infrastructure needed to run this experiment was approximately $3,000 for a server that simulated an environment designed to approximate Aptos mainnet conditions. Although if a malicious attacker were to actually go through the exploit, it would have required considerably less, without requiring validator access, insider knowledge or privileged protocol permissions.
The team ran the exploit path roughly 20 times in a simulated environment and succeeded 17 or 18 times. The two or three failed attempts didn't stop the network, meaning the attacker could have simply had another window to try again.
The simulation was built to closely approximate real network conditions, using a cluster of more than 30 validator nodes, a mainnet-shaped stake distribution, organic transaction traffic and heavy execution contention. The Hexens team also tested what they call "non-armed calibration techniques": dry runs that measured mempool and block-construction conditions before committing to an armed attempt. The firm said those steps materially reduced the uncertainty introduced by the exploit's probabilistic elements, making the attack path more reliable in practice.
Based on public data collected at the time of reporting, Hexens assessed direct and first-order protocol exposure on Aptos, covering DeFi protocols, tokenized assets, stablecoin infrastructure and liquid-staking systems, at low single-digit billions.
In such exploits, however, the broader risk could've been greater, as blockchain-level compromises rarely stop at the affected chain.
Hexens assessed that the broader first-order systemic risk was approximately $70 billion — a huge number that includes value accessible through bridges, cross-chain messaging systems, stablecoin administration flows and centralized exchanges.
Grego AI noted that the exploit could also be used to steal protocol capabilities, including those held by LayerZero, Wormhole and USDC's CCTP. "If malicious actors had access to this bug, they would have been able to take all [the] TVL that they want[ed]," said Justus Hanna, CEO at Grego AI.
The simulation shows the industry remains vulnerable to hidden bugs in the blockchain technology.
If an attacker had actually found and exploited the bug, in theory, it could have easily dwarfed the massive $1.5 billion stolen in a Bybit hack last year. Most recently, in June, Zcash (ZEC) plummeted 38% after developers revealed a critical bug that had lurked undetected in its privacy pool for four years, one that could have allowed an attacker to print unlimited counterfeit tokens without anyone knowing. Before that, nine-figure bridge hacks and protocol exploits drained liquidity pools and rattled confidence in the infrastructure underpinning the broader market.
It’s worth noting that $70 billion is an estimate based on minting a mammoth amount of USDC stablecoin and using Circle's Cross-Chain Transfer Protocol (CCTP) to move it across chains. If a malicious attacker did this, and given how large the number is, it’s also likely a company like Circle would halt USDC transfers, although that has come under scrutiny recently as the stablecoin issuer said it doesn't freeze assets without legal authorization. So, in theory, if everyone stepped in, the entire $70 billion figure likely wouldn't be achieved—but it would still have rocked the industry nonetheless.
What this proof-of-concept testing demonstrated was access to the kinds of authority that sit at the top of cross-chain systems: bridge capabilities, signer capabilities, master-minter roles and protocol accounting state. Researchers said they validated a takeover of a master-minter-style role and demonstrated the use of a legitimate administration path, stopping short of actually minting tokens but showing why such roles belong in the threat model. The dominant vector into the broader surface runs through centralized exchanges, specifically the Aptos bridge pathways that connect onchain activity to exchange deposit crediting.
Response and disclosureThe same day Hexens filed its report, a "SEAL911" emergency warroom was opened to coordinate the response. SEAL911 is a volunteer security group that has become a key first-responder layer across the crypto ecosystem.
The vendor was notified hours after the warroom opened, and four major downstream projects were alerted that afternoon, each receiving local-runnable proof-of-concept material and analysis of relevant authority patterns.
A public pull request reflecting the patch became available on February 27. Aptos stated that a private-validator patch had been deployed before the public commit.
Hexens, meanwhile, says it has not received a technical rebuttal or evidence-based argument disputing the demonstrated impact classes. The firm claims that the main concern relayed back to the researchers involved the probabilistic aspects of the exploit, precisely what the team's calibration work was designed to address.
While no funds were stolen, the simulation showed that in a blockchain-level compromise, rate limits, issuer freezes, bridge controls, exchange monitoring and validator patches are not secondary safeguards. They can become the boundary between a contained bug and a market-wide exploit.
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Building the Zcash Machine: Tachyon and Quantum Readiness
Building the Zcash Machine: Tachyon and Quantum Readiness
Zcash’s Tachyon upgrade aims to scale shielded payments, improve quantum readiness, and test whether its funding, security, and governance can hold.
Jun 30, 2026
Zcash’s Tachyon upgrade aims to scale shielded payments, improve quantum readiness, and test whether its funding, security, and governance can hold.
Why it matters:
Zcash’s Tachyon upgrade aims to scale shielded payments, improve quantum readiness, and test whether its funding, security, and governance can hold.
PI za posledních 7 dní klesl asi o 9 % a patří k nejslabším z top 100 na CoinMarketCap. Tlak zvyšuje více než 127 milionů PI, které se mají odemknout během 30 dnů.
PI Posts Worst Weekly Return in CMC Top 100@PiCoreTeam's native token $PI has emerged as the weakest performer across CoinMarketCap's top-100 assets over the past seven days, shedding approximately 9% during the period. The decline extends a painful run for the token: Pi Network reached an all-time high of $2.99 and is now trading roughly 96% below that peak. The price has been testing key support near $0.12 amid heavy token unlocks.
A persistent supply overhang is a central concern. Over 127 million PI tokens are set to unlock within 30 days, creating significant sell-pressure risk, and technicals remain bearish with price below the 20-day, 50-day, 100-day, and 200-day EMAs. The backdrop is notable given that the @PiCoreTeam launched three new products on June 28 during its annual Pi2Day event. The launches, branded PiVerify, Pi Sign-in, and SoloHost, are intended to pivot the project toward AI and identity infrastructure. PiVerify opens the network's KYC system, used to verify over 18 million users, to external businesses that must pay for the service in PI tokens. Despite the product announcements, the token failed to find buying support, with price continuing to drift lower through the week.
JTO and CC Round Out the Weekly Laggards@jito_sol's $JTO and @CantonNetwork's $CC followed PI as the next worst performers on CMC's top-100 list over the same period. Jito is a liquid staking and maximum extractable value (MEV) protocol for the Solana network, designed to help decentralize Solana by spreading stake across the network. JTO serves as the governance token of the Jito protocol, putting decision-making in the hands of the community. The token faces its own structural headwinds: network stress events on Solana can weigh on sentiment and TVL across Solana DeFi, directly hurting Jito's fee income, while ongoing token unlocks continue to add sell-side pressure.
The broader picture reflects a difficult stretch for mid and large-cap altcoins, with token unlock schedules and weak demand compounding downside pressure across several projects in the top 100.
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CoinMarketCap: Latest Pi Network Updates
CoinGecko: Pi Network (PI) Price and Market Data
CoinMarketCap: Jito (JTO) Price and Market Data
Memecoin TRUMP přinesl Donaldu Trumpovi zisk 636 milionů USD, zatímco téměř 1 milion držitelů dohromady prodělal 3,81 miliardy USD. Podle Nansenu je 988 905 peněženek v minusu.
President Donald Trump’s memecoin has generated a reported $636 million payout for him while nearly 1 million buyers have collectively lost $3.81 billion, according to newly analyzed blockchain data and financial disclosures.
Summary
Nansen said nearly 989,000 TRUMP memecoin wallets lost a combined $3.81 billion by the end of June. Trump’s 2025 financial disclosure reported a $636 million payout from the TRUMP memecoin and at least $1.4 billion in crypto-related income. The disclosure has renewed political scrutiny, with Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand pushing for stricter ethics rules in pending crypto legislation. According to a report by The New York Times, citing blockchain analytics firm Nansen, 988,905 wallets that bought the Official Trump (TRUMP) memecoin had recorded cumulative losses of $3.81 billion through the end of June. Nansen said the figure includes both realized losses and paper losses held by investors who have not yet sold their tokens.
The analysis followed the release of Trump’s 2025 financial disclosure, which showed he received a $636 million payout tied to the TRUMP memecoin. The filing also disclosed at least $1.4 billion in crypto-related income during the reporting period, largely connected to licensing agreements linked to the memecoin and token sales by Trump-backed World Liberty Financial (WLFI).
Unlike retail buyers, Trump benefited from trading activity regardless of whether the token price rose or fell because the venture generated revenue from transactions, The New York Times reported. During the token’s launch, Trump repeatedly promoted the memecoin on Truth Social, encouraging supporters to purchase it.
Three days before his January inauguration, Trump introduced the TRUMP memecoin, describing it on social media as a way for supporters to join his community. Since then, the token has fallen sharply from its peak. Nansen said the memecoin traded at about $1.76 on Friday, roughly 97% below its all-time high of $75.35.
Retail investors absorbed most of the losses According to Nansen, roughly two out of every three wallets that purchased the TRUMP token have lost money. The firm also found that fewer than 500,000 wallets generated about $4 billion in combined profits, with gains concentrated among a relatively small group of early participants who entered before the price surged.
The report said automated traders and experienced crypto investors typically capitalize on the rapid price swings common in memecoins by buying early and selling into retail demand. Nansen concluded that most profits were captured by this smaller group, while later buyers accounted for the majority of losses.
One investor interviewed by The New York Times, Nicholas Pinto, said he invested roughly $500,000 in the TRUMP token after supporting Trump in the 2024 election and estimated he had lost about half of that investment. Pinto argued that Trump’s public position encouraged confidence among buyers and described the project as “almost a legal scam.”
Responding to criticism, White House spokeswoman Anna Kelly told The New York Times that Trump had made the United States the “crypto capital of the world” and said his actions were taken in the interests of the American people.
Crypto earnings continue to draw political scrutiny In a recent CNBC interview, Trump said he was unaware that his crypto ventures had generated at least $1.4 billion, adding that he could know the exact amount if he wanted to and insisting there was nothing improper about earning money from digital assets. He also said he had no plans to distance himself or his family from their crypto businesses.
World Liberty Financial has also faced losses among investors. According to Nansen, 85% of the 26,663 WLFI wallets it tracked were underwater, recording combined losses of about $83 million compared with roughly $23 million in profits. The firm noted that the actual losses are likely much larger because many secondary-market transactions on exchanges cannot be traced publicly.
The financial disclosure has also intensified political debate in Washington. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand recently renewed her call for ethics rules that would prohibit government officials and their spouses from creating or promoting crypto memecoins while Congress considers the CLARITY Act.
According to Gillibrand, Senate negotiations are also examining stablecoin yields, anti-money laundering safeguards, and ethics provisions before lawmakers move the legislation forward.
Spotové bitcoinové ETF v USA zaznamenaly za dva týdny odliv ve výši přes 2 miliardy USD, přičemž nejvíce utrpěl BlackRock IBIT s 1,3 miliardy USD za jediný týden. I tak zůstávají ETF v čistém součtu silně v plusu.
US spot Bitcoin ETFs hemorrhaged more than $2 billion in net outflows across a two-week stretch in late May and early June, part of a broader 13-day redemption streak that ultimately drained approximately $4.4 billion from the products.
BlackRock’s IBIT, the largest spot Bitcoin ETF by assets, was the primary source of the bleeding. The fund saw $1.3 billion in outflows in a single week, with multiple individual trading days exceeding $500 million in redemptions.
What triggered the exodus The outflows didn’t happen in a vacuum. Bitcoin’s price declined from early-year highs above $80,000 to a range between $60,000 and $73,500 during the same period.
Analytics firms including SoSoValue, CoinShares, and Glassnode tracked the selling in real time. The consensus explanation involves a cocktail of factors: shifting market sentiment, geopolitical tensions, rising Treasury yields, and recalibrated expectations around interest rate cuts.
Post-rally profit-taking played a role too. Bitcoin had a strong run earlier in the year, and a portion of the selling likely reflects investors simply locking in gains rather than making a broader bearish call on the asset class.
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Ethereum ETFs weren’t spared either. Those products faced their own extended outflow period, though Bitcoin funds dominated the overall redemption numbers by a wide margin.
Context matters more than the headline number Total assets under management across spot Bitcoin ETFs sat near $100 billion to $103 billion before the May pullback began. That means the two-week outflow represented roughly 2% of total AUM. The broader 13-day streak, at $4.4 billion, still only accounted for about 4% to 4.5% of the total pie.
Bloomberg Intelligence analysts made a similar observation. With nearly $100 billion still parked in these products, the vast majority of investors held firm. The outflows, in their view, amounted to constrained noise rather than a structural shift in demand.
Cumulative inflows into spot Bitcoin ETFs since their January 2024 launch had reached approximately $58 billion by April 2026. Even after the May-June selling, the products remained firmly in net-positive territory on a lifetime basis.
Signs of a floor emerging By early July, the selling pressure showed signs of exhaustion. After ten consecutive days of outflows, Bitcoin ETFs recorded a modest net inflow of roughly $221 million to $222 million.
What this means for investors The outflow episode highlights a tension that will define Bitcoin ETFs going forward. These products make it extraordinarily easy to buy Bitcoin exposure. They also make it extraordinarily easy to sell.
Traditional Bitcoin holders who custody their own assets face friction when selling: transfers, exchange deposits, withdrawal limits. ETF holders can redeem with a single click during market hours. That convenience cuts both ways, and it means ETF flow data will increasingly serve as a real-time sentiment gauge for institutional Bitcoin appetite.
The competitive landscape among ETF issuers also matters here. BlackRock’s IBIT bore the brunt of the outflows in part because it holds the most assets. When large institutional investors rebalance or de-risk, they sell what they own the most of.
For investors watching from the sidelines, the key metric to track isn’t any single day’s flow number. It’s the cumulative inflow trend over rolling three-month and six-month windows. At $58 billion in lifetime inflows, the structural bull case for Bitcoin ETF demand has significant cushion.
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Iran just turned one of the world’s most important shipping chokepoints into a geopolitical loyalty program. And it takes Bitcoin.
Iran’s ambassador to China, Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli, announced during the World Peace Forum in Beijing on July 4 that China and other allied nations will receive reduced transit fees for navigating the Strait of Hormuz. The waterway has become what Tehran now classifies as a matter of “national security” following a four-month conflict involving the United States and Israel.
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The toll booth at the center of global trade Tehran is reportedly considering imposing tolls on vessels traversing the strait, with fees rumored to reach up to $2 million per ship. Iran has signaled it will accept payments in Bitcoin and USDT, the Tether stablecoin. The fee reductions for China and allied nations function as a tiered pricing system. Iran plans to collaborate with Oman to ensure smooth transit operations under the new arrangement.
Why crypto fits Iran’s playbook Iran has operated under heavy US and international sanctions for years, which severely restrict its access to the traditional banking system. Bitcoin and USDT allow value transfer without relying on intermediary banks that might freeze or flag transactions. Stablecoins like USDT offer dollar-equivalent value without actually touching the US banking system.
Earlier in 2026, Tehran allowed selective transit of Chinese vessels through the strait during a period of broader blockades, illustrating the deepening bilateral relationship between the two countries. Iran has also been mining Bitcoin domestically for years, using its subsidized energy to power mining operations.
What this means for crypto investors No significant price movements in either Bitcoin or USDT were reported in direct response to the announcement.
The risk side is equally important. US regulators and Treasury officials have been cracking down on sanctions evasion through crypto. Tether, which has previously cooperated with law enforcement to freeze wallets, could find itself in an uncomfortable position between compliance and its largest growth markets.
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Litecoin has once again entered the spotlight, but this time, it is not a dramatic price surge capturing attention. Instead, the regulatory landscape is at center stage. The Litecoin Foundation announced that Litecoin is now officially compliant with the European Union’s Markets in Crypto Assets (MiCA) regulation. As the EU rolls out its comprehensive crypto asset framework, this move could strengthen Litecoin’s standing within regulated markets.
MiCA compliance takes priority over price actionAccording to the Litecoin Foundation, Litecoin is now recognized under a legitimate legal framework in the EU and meets MiCA’s requirements. The Foundation, established in 2017, is recognized as a core supporter of the Litecoin ecosystem’s development.
Glossary: MiCA is the EU’s unified regulatory framework for crypto asset issuers and service providers. Its aim is to standardize rules across member states while strengthening investor protection.
The Litecoin Foundation characterized this step as a significant signal of credibility, stronger consumer protection, and increased regulatory clarity.
Despite the major regulatory milestone, market reaction remained muted. At the time the announcement was published, Litecoin was trading at $42.56, marking a 0.35% decline over the past 24 hours. While the news sparked community interest, there was no noticeable upward momentum in the price.
A look at technical charts shows Litecoin consolidating around the $42 range. The cryptocurrency is struggling to push past resistance at $45.12, as investors remain cautious amid broader market conditions. For now, the news alone has not triggered a decisive shift in price action.
Key technical levels shape the outlookFollowing a sharp drop in June, Litecoin’s daily chart reveals a sideways trend. Technical indicators such as On Balance Volume have begun turning upward after recent lows, signaling a possible easing of selling pressure. This suggests a gradual return of buyer appetite could be on the horizon.
Yet, the technical picture has not produced a clear breakout. If Litecoin’s price can surpass and hold above $45.12, a recovery toward higher resistance levels becomes more likely. On the other hand, a dip below the $42 support zone, especially alongside negative overall sentiment, could spark renewed selling pressure.
Derivatives and on chain data confirm cautionMarket analytics reveal that investors have not rushed to reprice Litecoin following the regulatory news; instead, most are maintaining existing positions. According to data from Coinglass, the total open interest in Litecoin futures has remained flat at around $290 million, indicating that new leveraged bets have not entered the market.
IndicatorLevelInterpretationPrice$42.56Trading in a narrow rangeResistance$45.12Critical upside thresholdSupport$42Key level to monitor on the downsideOpen InterestAround $290 millionLimited appetite for new riskLiquidation data from the past 24 hours also reveals no clear dominance between buyers and sellers. DefiLlama figures show active address counts have stayed close to recent averages, suggesting that user engagement on the network remains steady even as prices trade sideways.
Overall, market indicators highlight that investors in Litecoin are seeking stronger confirmation signals before making major moves.
Greater regulatory clarity could support Litecoin’s long term outlook. Still, for any short term price direction to emerge, investors are likely waiting for higher trading volumes and a convincing move above key resistance levels.
Disclaimer: The information contained in this article does not constitute investment advice. Investors should be aware that cryptocurrencies carry high volatility and therefore risk, and should conduct their own research.
Americké spotové $XRP ETF zaznamenaly už devátý týden po sobě čisté přílivy, tentokrát 17,19 mil. USD. Kumulativně od listopadu 2025 přiteklo přes 1,47 mld. USD.
Nine Consecutive Weeks of Net InflowsUS spot $XRP ETFs have logged another week of positive flows, absorbing $17.19M in net inflows over the period according to SoSoValue data cited by @BSCNews. The result extends the streak to nine consecutive weeks of net inflows, a run that has played out even as the broader token price has faced headwinds.
Notably, the weekly total held up despite two individual days of net outflows within the same period, pointing to resilient baseline demand from investors using the ETF wrapper to gain exposure to $XRP.
Context: A Persistent Inflow Trend XRP spot ETFs have drawn net inflows for several straight weeks, pushing the cumulative total past $1.47 billion since their November 2025 launch. The products launched to strong early demand, and the inflow run has continued even through periods of price weakness for the underlying token.
Spot XRP ETFs absorbed net inflows for consecutive weeks while the token fell, which is the opposite of the reflexive "price up, flows up" loop that usually drives these products. Consecutive weekly inflows during a price drawdown point to accumulation rather than momentum chasing, since allocators are adding on weakness instead of buying strength.
The five US-listed spot XRP ETFs have seen Franklin Templeton's XRPZ, Bitwise's XRP, and Grayscale's GXRP among the leading contributors to inflows in recent weeks, according to SoSoValue data. Retail investors account for 84% of XRP ETF inflows, while larger institutional capital remains a key variable to watch.
The latest weekly figure of $17.19M is modest relative to the peak weeks earlier in 2026. XRP ETFs posted a 2026 weekly record of $60.5 million in inflows during the week ending May 15, even as Bitcoin and Ethereum saw significant outflows in the same period. The current pace is more measured, but the unbroken streak of positive weekly flows remains the headline for the asset class.
Sources:
XRP's ETF Inflow Streak: 24/7 Wall St.
Spot XRP ETFs Attract Biggest Inflows Since January: CoinDesk
Will XRP Break Its Downtrend in July 2026: Phemex
Australská poslankyně Sally Sitou v parlamentním registru uvedla jako jediný kryptoměnový majetek XRP u CoinSpot. XRP se tak dostalo do oficiálních finančních záznamů australského parlamentu.
XRP has made its way into Australia’s financial parliamentary record. In the Australian Parliament’s Register of Members’ Interests, Labor MP Sally Sitou indicated her only cryptocurrency holding is XRP with local exchange CoinSpot.
Australian MP Lists XRP The filing identifies the digital currency as “Cryptocurrency (Ripple).” No Bitcoin and no Ether. Only XRP, included in the financial records of one of the world’s 15 largest economies.
The filing also shows that Sitou has physical gold through ABC Bullion and holds a wide-ranging portfolio of Australian and U.S. equities like the Commonwealth Bank, BHP, Meta Platforms and Costco. XRP is currently the sole listed digital asset.
Australian MP XRP Filing This disclosure sits inside a broader shift in how Australia treats crypto. The country’s Digital Assets Framework Bill Passed Parliament in April 2026, requiring exchanges and tokenized custody providers to obtain an Australian Financial Services License. Ripple is already pursuing that license, an early sign of its intent to entrench itself in the country’s regulated market.
Australia’s approach to regulation has changed significantly. In under a year, the nation moved from years of legislative silence to a well-organized licensing system for crypto firms.
The shift provides Ripple, the company behind XRP, an obligation as well as an opportunity. The moved has drawn wide attention on X, citing a continuation in adoption.
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Australia has officially disclosed XRP holdings in a Member of Parliament’s Register of Interests.
XRP is now publicly listed as part of a lawmaker’s financial assets in one of the world’s largest economies.
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— John Squire 🇺🇸 (@TheCryptoSquire) July 4, 2026
White House Official’s XRP Filing & XRP’s Track Record Sitou’s revelation was not the only one capturing attention. Ian Kelley, who serves as the War Room Director at the White House and is also a Special Assistant to the President, reported XRP in a public financial filing after his appointment in January 2025.
His filing places the holding in a Coinbase wallet, valued between $1,001 and $15,000. Unlike Sitou, Kelley holds a broader crypto portfolio, Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana, Chainlink, and Cardano all appear alongside XRP.
Each asset in Kelley’s portfolio falls within the same $1,001 to $15,000 disclosure range. Neither filing reveals the exact number of tokens held. But both put XRP on the record in two separate governments on two separate continents.
Political financial disclosures carry weight. They are sworn documents. When a lawmaker or White House official lists an asset, it signals more than personal preference, it normalizes that asset within the official financial order.
For XRP, appearing in two such filings in a single week adds to a growing pattern of political legitimacy. The company’s pursuit of an Australian Financial Services License shows it is tracking the regulatory door as it opens.
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Ethereum vzrostlo o více než 6 % na zhruba 1 715 USD, podpořené přílivem 29,08 milionu USD do spotových ETF. Na měsíčním grafu se navíc objevil vzácný buy signál TD Sequential.
Ethereum surged above $1,700 on July 3, trading close to $1,715 after a rise of more than 6% in the past 24 hours. The move marked a notable recovery from recent downward pressure and brought the cryptocurrency back into the spotlight at a closely watched technical level.
Spot ETF inflows and a critical price thresholdAlongside Ethereum’s climb, US spot Ethereum ETFs saw a sharp uptick in inflows. Data from SoSoValue showed a total net inflow of $29.08 million into these ETFs on July 2. BlackRock’s ETHA fund accounted for the bulk of this movement with $29.74 million in net inflows, while Grayscale’s ETHE fund recorded $2.75 million in net outflows on the same day.
Market analyst Daan Crypto Trades noted that Ethereum jumped 10% on a weekly basis, retesting the $1,750 level that marked the February lows. According to the analyst, holding above this level signals a strengthening price structure and points to a key technical threshold for the asset.
Daan Crypto Trades highlighted that reclaiming the $1,750 zone could be seen as a sign of strength, though he indicated he would keep watching the price action around resistance as the close approached.
Rare technical indicator flashes buy signalA TD Sequential buy signal also appeared on Ethereum’s monthly chart, grabbing market attention due to its infrequency. Technical analyst Ali Charts commented that this signal, while rare, could mean sellers are becoming exhausted on longer time frames.
Mini glossary: The TD Sequential is a technical indicator developed by Tom DeMark, designed to identify points where a market trend may be weakening and potential reversal zones may emerge. It does not, however, confirm a trend reversal on its own.
Historical data shows that previous monthly TD Sequential buy signals have preceded rallies of 235% in 2022 and 182% in 2025. However, analysts caution that a single signal does not guarantee the start of a new uptrend.
Ali Charts emphasized that July began with a strong technical signal for Ethereum, with the market now closely monitoring the TD Sequential buy setup on the monthly chart.
Technical indicators and on-chain market flowsOn the technical side, Ethereum’s MACD histogram entered positive territory at 19.33, with the MACD line moving above the signal line. Despite these moves, both indicators remained below the zero line. The RSI climbed to approximately 51.85, rising above both its moving average and the neutral 50 threshold.
The price recovered from a double-bottom formation around $1,565. In the near term, the first resistance level for Ethereum lies at $1,800, followed by a significant barrier at $2,000. The liquidity concentration between $1,740 and $1,750 is also drawing attention for short-term price action.
In derivatives markets, open interest surged 10.64% to $24.54 billion. Trading volume rose 14.48% to $44.74 billion. Funding rates spiked 113.86%, suggesting a notable increase in leveraged long positions.
On-chain analyst Darkfost from CryptoQuant observed that ETH withdrawals from Binance hit their highest level in three years, exceeding 166,000 in just 24 hours. In contrast, PelinayPA noted that Binance’s net flow stood at a positive 12,938 ETH, meaning more ETH was deposited than withdrawn. On the institutional side, BitMine added 27,084 ETH to surpass a total holding of 5.7 million ETH, while SharpLink acquired 10,000 ETH valued at $16.1 million during the recent drop.
Disclaimer: The information contained in this article does not constitute investment advice. Investors should be aware that cryptocurrencies carry high volatility and therefore risk, and should conduct their own research.
Charles Hoskinson říká, že upgrade Ouroboros Leios zvýší propustnost Cardana až 60× a přiblíží ho výkonem k XRP Ledgeru. Testnet už běží a mainnet má přijít později letos.
Charles Hoskinson believes the network’s Ouroboros Leios upgrade will increase transaction capacity, positioning Cardano alongside some of the industry’s fastest blockchain networks, including the XRP Ledger (XRPL).
Hoskinson made the assertion during a virtual interview with David Gokhshtein on The Breakdown podcast. During the discussion, he revealed that Leios technology could boost Cardano’s throughput by as much as 60 times its current capacity.
“Leios will be 60x in terms of throughput inside the system,” he said, highlighting the upgrade’s potential to significantly increase the number of transactions Cardano can process per second.
If Cardano reaches that level, Hoskinson believes the network will “be as performant as the XRP Ledger (XRPL).”
Cardano Aims to Match XRPL’s Speed and Efficiency For years, the XRPL has built its reputation on fast settlement times and high transaction throughput, making it a preferred option for payments and cross-border transfers.
The network typically settles transactions within three to five seconds and supports a throughput of up to 1,500 TPS. Notably, the blockchain surpassed 120 TPS in March 2026 while processing around 650 transactions during peak activity.
Against this backdrop, Hoskinson’s latest remarks suggest that Cardano no longer views transaction speed as a competitive disadvantage. Instead, he believes the introduction of Leios will place the network on par with leading blockchain platforms in terms of performance and scalability.
Preserving Decentralization and Security Notably, Hoskinson stressed that Cardano achieved these throughput gains without sacrificing its core principles, particularly decentralization and security.
The blockchain industry has long struggled to balance scalability, decentralization, and security, a challenge commonly known as the blockchain trilemma. Many networks improve performance only by compromising one of the other two elements.
However, Cardano aims to prove that such trade-offs are not inevitable. With Leios, Cardano hopes to deliver the speed required for mainstream adoption while preserving the principles that have guided the ecosystem since its inception.
Current Status of Leios Meanwhile, the Ouroboros Leios upgrade officially launched its public testnet on June 23, 2026. Named Musashi Dojo, the testnet represents the first time the protocol has operated in a live network environment.
Looking ahead, Cardano plans to deploy Leios on the mainnet later this year, marking what could become one of the network’s most significant scalability upgrades to date.
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Německé spořitelny a družstevní banky začnou nabízet obchodování s kryptoměnami klientům institucí s přibližně 80 miliony bankovních vztahů přímo v bankovních aplikacích. DZ Bank už v meinKrypto nabízí BTC, ETH, LTC a ADA.
Germany’s savings and cooperative banks are rolling out crypto trading to retail clients, wiring Bitcoin (BTC) into the apps of institutions that hold roughly 80 million customer relationships in a country of 84 million people.
The Sparkassen serve about 50 million customers, per DSGV data, and the cooperative banks another 30 million, per BVR figures. Both groups dismissed the asset class as too risky just four years ago.
German Banks That Rejected Crypto Trading Now Court MillionsAccording to Bloomberg, both groups are building in-house services rather than steering clients to outside exchanges. DZ Bank’s meinKrypto platform already runs inside the VR Banking App, offering BTC, Ethereum (ETH), Litecoin (LTC), and Cardano (ADA).
BaFin licensed meinKrypto under the EU’s Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) framework in late December 2025, per DZ Bank’s announcement. Boerse Stuttgart Digital handles custody, keeping the whole chain under German supervision.
DekaBank is building the equivalent product for the roughly 340 savings banks, with a phased launch later this year. Each of the almost 650 cooperative banks and every Sparkasse opts in individually. DZ Bank product specialist Markus Bärenfänger expects hundreds to join.
Germany’s Local Banks Bring Crypto Trading to Millions in Major Mainstream Adoption PushThe reversal is stark. The savings banks considered crypto trading in 2021, then shelved it over incalculable risks. MiCA has since opened the door for Germany’s largest financial institutions.
Trust Advantage Collides With Total Loss WarningsThe trust math explains the bet. Germans trust their primary bank twice as much as specialized crypto platforms, 38% to 19%, per a Boerse Stuttgart Digital survey. However, only about a quarter have invested in crypto, in line with broader European adoption figures.
That trust is precisely what worries critics. Co-Pierre Georg, professor at the Frankfurt School of Finance & Management, argues that traditional bank customers may not grasp the risks.
“It is concerning that the floodgates to the cryptocurrency market are now being opened by savings and cooperative banks,” Co-Pierre Georg, professor at the Frankfurt School of Finance & Management, via Bloomberg.
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Even the savings banks’ own lobby group, DSGV, calls crypto a highly speculative investment carrying the risk of total loss. It frames the service as suitable for self-directed investors only.
Timing sharpens the debate. Bitcoin trades near $62,483 after falling roughly 50% from its October 2025 record of $126,080.
Bitcoin Price Performance. Source: BeInCryptoThe German lenders also join a wider European shift. UBS opened crypto trading for private clients in January.
For local banks, the payoff may be relevance rather than revenue. Westerwald Bank chief Ralf Kölbach warns that lenders skipping crypto lose younger, tech-savvy customers.
The bigger test is whether bank-branded credibility can survive the market’s next deep drawdown.
The fintech giant of Europe, Revolut, has announced the delisting of Tether’s USDT stablecoin. This move hinges on regulatory changes under the European Union’s Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) framework affecting the crypto industry.
Revolut Moves To Delist Tether’s USDT The company has sent out emails to users with a timeline to sell their USDT before it is withdrawn from eligible accounts.
As explained in the notice, Revolut said, “We’re delisting USDT from our crypto offering.” It also warned users that “From 31 August 2026 12:00 PM GMT, you’ll no longer be able to hold USDT in your Revolut account.”
It will be rolled out in phases. Customers will be able to keep buying USDT until July 6th. After 30th July, the new USDT deposits will not be accepted. Users will continue to be able to sell their tokens or send them to supported external crypto wallets until Aug. 31.
Revolut also urged customers to “Review your holdings before 31 August 2026 12:00 PM GMT.” This provides a couple of weeks for them to consider their options.
If you still have USDT in eligible accounts at the end of the deadline, they will no longer be in crypto. According to Revolut’s crypto delisting policy, any remaining balance will be automatically converted to the base currency that the account is denominated in at the market price of USDT when the delisting is activated.
Tether’s MiCA License Setback Revolut’s decision comes in response to stricter implementation of EU’s MiCA regulations. Stablecoin issuers and crypto services in the bloc must now adhere to new licensing, reserve, disclosure and supervisory requirements.
Tether has not been granted a MiCA licence for USDT. Previously, Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino had said that the framework was not designed for the world’s largest stablecoin due to MiCA’s requirement for reserves. This raised questions around the stablecoin reserve composition, liquidity management, and redemption risks.
Following the July 1st enforcement date of MiCA, Revolut joins the growing list of platforms restricting customers’ access to USDT in Europe. Also, it’s important to note that these restrictions will only affect notified users of Revolut. Hence, it will not impact on the availability of USDT in the jurisdictions in which the stablecoin remains supported.
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Solana se odtrhla od poklesu altcoinů díky silné aktivitě na blockchainu a přílivu kapitálu. Hodnota tokenizovaných aktiv na síti dosáhla 3,5 miliardy dolarů a SOL se vyšplhal na 83 dolarů.
While most altcoins plunge and see their market capitalization fall to its lowest level since December 2023, Solana follows a radically different trajectory. Unlike a pressured market, the network attracts capital at a sustained pace and fuels renewed interest around its SOL token. This decoupling, rare in the crypto ecosystem, intrigues both investors and analysts alike. Behind this resistance are two distinct drivers: a fundamental dynamic supported by the network and a speculative momentum that further strengthens its attractiveness.
In brief Solana stands out from the altcoin slump thanks to strong growth in its on-chain activity and a continuous inflow of capital. The tokenization of assets and DeFi accelerate network adoption, with record volumes and a number of active addresses now exceeding Ethereum’s in this segment. Memecoins and Pump.fun revive speculation, generating a new wave of liquidity that supports demand for the SOL token. Prediction markets enrich the ecosystem, while signals from derivative markets suggest caution regarding SOL’s ability to extend its rally. The Explosion of Tokenized Assets and DeFi on Solana Solana’s bullish momentum found its initial anchor point on June 23, a key date marking a historic milestone for the blockchain. On-chain data reveal the following financial milestones :
The cumulative volume of tokenized stock transfers on the network officially exceeded $10 billion, driven by the introduction of SpaceX company stock trading by the Backpack platform ; The total value of tokenized assets on Solana, excluding stablecoins, reached an all-time high of $3.5 billion, up from just $2.7 billion a month earlier ; The network now has 294,274 active addresses dedicated to the tokenization industry (S&P 500 stock indices, Nasdaq-100, and corporate credits), significantly ahead of its main competitor Ethereum, which records 204,955 on its side. While the rest of the crypto market sank into a prolonged bearish trend, Solana thus began an upward trajectory completely disconnected from the traditional altcoin sector indices. This technical and operational leadership, supported by the integration of corporate credit tokens and leading stock indices, enabled SOL to break major resistance levels.
By capturing the majority of active addresses in the sector compared to the Ethereum ecosystem, the blockchain transformed its infrastructure into an unmissable liquidity hub, propelling the price of SOL to its highest level in 30 days, settling at 83 dollars.
The Fervor of Memecoins and the Return of Pump.fun to the Forefront Beyond the fundamentals of tokenization, the retail market injected a second wave of liquidity through a surge of intense activity on the memecoin segment. The trigger was the launch of the The Black Bull (ANSEM) token via the Pump.fun platform, which immediately rekindled speculators’ interest. This asset reached a market capitalization of $60 million within two days, before continuing its run to hit an all-time high of $112 million.
The project’s deployment remained opaque, the anonymous developer having chosen to allocate about 65% of the total supply directly to the public wallet of crypto influencer Ansem, a distribution that nonetheless mobilized 74,000 unique addresses during its first three days of existence.
This sectoral effervescence directly benefited the network’s native infrastructures, foremost among them the PUMP token of the Pump.fun platform, whose weekly gains of 27% allowed it to re-enter the top 100 largest global crypto capitalizations with a valuation of $630 million.
Such enthusiasm demonstrates the return of strong liquidity. Retail investors massively choose Solana for its speed of execution. This speculative frenzy, although volatile, fuels a daily transaction volume that mechanically supports demand for the SOL token, essential for paying gas fees, reinforcing buying pressure on the spot market against exhausted sellers.
The Conquest of Prediction Markets and Derivative Arbitrage Meanwhile, the ecosystem diversifies in a more strategic way with the launch of the “World” prediction markets integrated directly into the Phantom wallet, aiming to capture the enthusiasm of bettors with the World Cup frenzy, in direct competition with Polymarket.
This project collected nearly $890,000 in total value locked (TVL) in just forty-eight hours, while the Jupiter aggregator deployed its own version of prediction markets in beta testing phase. Thus, this extension of use cases towards prediction markets brings a new utility dimension to the network, attracting a betting audience that generates constant financial flows decoupled from the classic cycles of decentralized finance.
All these factors outline a complex outlook for Solana, dependent on the long-term viability of these capital flows. While on-chain activity proves particularly vibrant, examining derivative markets invites a much more nuanced analysis of the forces at play. Indeed, the appetite for leverage has cooled sharply, with the annualized funding rate for SOL perpetual futures contracts falling to 3% after peaking at 11% when the price broke through 75 dollars.
Knowing that a healthy bull market generally requires a funding rate between 6% and 12% to offset capital costs, this marked decline indicates strong hesitation among traders to bet on an immediate rise to 90 dollars. The short-term future will thus depend on the network’s ability to convert speculative enthusiasm into sustainable commitment, under the risk of seeing this decoupling fade amid the persistent gloom of the overall crypto market.
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Diplômé de Sciences Po Toulouse et titulaire d'une certification consultant blockchain délivrée par Alyra, j'ai rejoint l'aventure Cointribune en 2019. Convaincu du potentiel de la blockchain pour transformer de nombreux secteurs de l'économie, j'ai pris l'engagement de sensibiliser et d'informer le grand public sur cet écosystème en constante évolution. Mon objectif est de permettre à chacun de mieux comprendre la blockchain et de saisir les opportunités qu'elle offre. Je m'efforce chaque jour de fournir une analyse objective de l'actualité, de décrypter les tendances du marché, de relayer les dernières innovations technologiques et de mettre en perspective les enjeux économiques et sociétaux de cette révolution en marche.
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