Jul 19 Sunday
Abraxas Capital deposited 3 million USDC into Hyperliquid and increased its short positions by 796.4 BTC and 31,600 ETH, valued at approximately $51.5 million and $59.2 million respectively. The short positions have significantly increased over the past two days.
Cardano activated the Van Rossem hard fork on July 18, 2026, upgrading to protocol version 11 without downtime. The upgrade includes five Cardano Improvement Proposals, reduces Plutus smart contract costs, enhances ledger security, and introduces new cryptographic tools.
The USD/JPY pair rose 20 pips to 162.56, approaching the previous high of 162.83. The data was reported by Gate exchange.
According to Gate data, US stock index futures opened nearly unchanged on Monday. The market shows no significant movement at the start of the trading week.
NetMind AI has launched a one-click agent team on the narra.nexus platform. The team can be accessed via cloud, macOS, or local setup.
ForeGate has announced a $60,000 cash prize pool for the World Cup final, with top traders eligible to win Michael Owen autographed jerseys and footballs.
Bitcoin price fell amid growing regulatory concerns. The decline reflects market sensitivity to potential policy changes.
President Donald Trump signed the GENIUS Act a year ago, initiating the first federal regulatory framework for stablecoins in the US. The Act requires federal agencies like the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation to finalize rules on issuer reserves, governance, and operations.
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MicroStrategy CEO Michael Saylor published 110 reasons why the BIP-110 proposal for a temporary Bitcoin fork is a bad idea. He stated he shares the proposal's objectives but disagrees with the remedy.
MicroStrategy CEO Michael Saylor published 110 reasons why BIP-110, a proposed temporary Bitcoin fork, is a bad idea. He stated that he shares the objectives but disagrees with the remedy.
Chain enables real-time conversion of stablecoins to fiat, directly settling to any Visa or Mastercard card. The system removes intermediaries, streamlining payments.
The Sandbox will celebrate International Chess Day tomorrow by hosting a special event in collaboration with Anichess. The event aims to bring chess into the metaverse.
8400万 BANK tokens were transferred from a suspected BANK Foundation wallet to a new address, then to Aster deposit address. BANK token price surged over 3 times recently to about $0.16.
Michael Saylor, Executive Chairman of MicroStrategy, argues that the BIP-110 proposal to temporarily block spam data from the Bitcoin blockchain would undermine network neutrality and set a dangerous precedent for censorship. He emphasizes that such a move could compromise the core principles of decentralization.
On Polymarket, the 'First Blood in Game 2' sub-market for the Dota 2 match between Vici Gaming and Team Yandex saw Vici Gaming's win probability surge from 50% to 90% within an hour, a 40% swing. The sudden shift may be linked to breaking news.
Kraken Pro has introduced European cash-settled options contracts for Bitcoin and Ethereum, available to eligible professional and institutional clients. The contracts are linearly structured, USD-settled, and support weekly, monthly, quarterly, and semi-annual expiries via request-for-quote (RFQ) trading.
An unknown entity withdrew 31 BTC ($1.98M) from Wasabi Mixer, converted to 1059 ETH, and deposited into Polymarket. The entity then purchased $1.16 million worth of "Spain to win 2026 FIFA World Cup" YES shares via account "yamal19".
Tether and other foreign stablecoin issuers may have until July 2028 to meet GENIUS Act requirements or risk delisting from U.S. centralized exchanges. Compliance could require OCC registration, adherence to U.S. freeze and seizure orders, and potential changes to USDT’s reserve structure.
According to Coinglass data, if Bitcoin falls below $61,440, cumulative long liquidation intensity on major centralized exchanges could reach $942 million. Conversely, if Bitcoin breaks above $67,512, cumulative short liquidation intensity could reach $904 million.
Brian Trunzo, chief growth officer at Succinct Labs, argues that the rise of autonomous AI agents necessitates the use of zero-knowledge proofs. He believes math is the only hope to counter the destruction of the internet by AI.
Japan has officially recognized cryptocurrencies as financial products, while South Korea is planning pilot programs for tokenized treasury bonds. Additionally, Russia has opened USDT and USDC trading to qualified investors, Coinbase has opened registration for Chinese users, and Bybit has launched in Indonesia.
Event prediction platform Kalshi gained 3 million new users during the World Cup. The platform allows users to bet on outcomes of various events.
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Cardano's Van Rossem hard fork activated Protocol Version 11, the network's first upgrade approved entirely through onchain governance. The upgrade introduces new Plutus capabilities and cost-model improvements to lower smart-contract execution costs, laying groundwork for the Dijkstra era.
The GENIUS Act, enacted one year ago, requires U.S. regulators to finalize stablecoin rules by July 2028. Tether's USDT must comply or risk being delisted from U.S. crypto platforms.
TikTok is trialing a voluntary AI likeness detection tool with a small user group. The tool aims to identify and flag deepfake content that uses creators' likenesses without consent.
WEMIX3.0 Mainnet experienced a temporary delay in block production. The network has now resumed normal operations, including transaction processing.
Strategy founder Michael Saylor posted a Bitcoin tracker hint on social media, asking 'What's next?'. Following past patterns, the company may disclose its Bitcoin holdings changes the next day.
Bubblemaps data shows that among 164,538 traders of the top 50 meme coins on Robinhood Chain, 63% are at a loss and 37% are profitable. Only 46 traders have profits over $1 million, while 5 traders have losses exceeding $10 million.
The event features AI predictions, match odds, live streaming, and X Space AMA, with rewards including red packets and goal airdrops. It runs until July 20, 21:30 UTC+8, and compares AI predictions with tarot and astrology.
Circle President Heath Tarbert stated that the company is playing the long game and believes the stock will recover if they achieve their mission. He also noted that USDC's network effects, backed by $73 billion in circulation and native support on 34 chains, are hard to replicate.
The Financial Services Commission's Securities Information Monitoring System has begun sanctions proceedings against Dunamu, operator of Upbit. The action follows the Virtual Asset User Protection Act, which lacks explicit penalties for hacking incidents, leaving sanctions scope uncertain.
Project Eleven has introduced a zero-knowledge proof system to recover quantum-vulnerable bitcoins proposed for freezing under BIP-361, including those held by Satoshi Nakamoto. The prototype is faster than previous solutions but remains unaudited and requires controversial blockchain rule changes.
Project Eleven funded a proof that uses a wallet's key-derivation path to prove ownership after quantum attacks. The tool runs in 243 milliseconds on a laptop but cannot recover Satoshi Nakamoto's 1.1 million bitcoins.
CryptoQuant analyst Darkfost reports that Bitcoin is building a key support zone between $59,000 and $70,000, one of the most fiercely defended price ranges in history. About 50% of the total Bitcoin supply has changed hands above $59,000, driven mainly by short-term holders, with market participants showing divergent behaviors of panic selling and accumulation.
Electronic Transactions Association CEO Jason Oxman said members may recognize Bitcoin's disruptive potential. This could lead to more partnerships between traditional payment providers and Bitcoin startups.
An address opened a $2.155 million TWAP short position on CXMT (ChangXin Memory Technologies) on Hyperliquid, with 300,000 CXMT at an average price of $7.1825. Only 1.14% of the order has been filled, and the account margin stands at $15 million.
Crypto KOL Ansem has set a $750 price alert for Zcash, noting the cryptocurrency has been consolidating for nearly a year. He stated that if Zcash breaks to new highs, the next wave of the trend will be very strong, and not taking a position would be a mistake.
Michael Saylor expressed concerns that the BIP 110 proposal offers a solution more dangerous than the problem itself. He emphasized that Bitcoin must maintain network neutrality and will present 110 reasons why the principle of neutrality is crucial for protecting Bitcoin as a global, open, decentralized monetary network.
Doctor Profit closed all crypto short positions, including Bitcoin shorts opened between $115,000-$125,000 and $79,000-$82,000, as well as over 100 altcoin shorts, all at significant profit. He then bought Bitcoin spot at $64,000, planning to invest 5% of allocated funds daily if price stays between $54,000 and $64,000, increasing buys near $54,000, citing herd behavior and structural factors like regulatory clarity and institutional adoption.
As of June 23, 2026, Foundry Digital, AntPool, ViaBTC, and F2Pool collectively control over 70% of Bitcoin's hashrate, with shares of 31%, 18%, 13%, and 10% respectively. The Nakamoto coefficient stands at 3, meaning only three pools are needed to exceed half of the block production.
The Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) sent an investigation report to Dunamu, operator of Upbit, following a 44.5 billion won hacking incident. The FSS is investigating possible violations of the Virtual Asset User Protection Act, but final sanctions will be determined by the Sanctions Review Committee and other bodies after Dunamu's response.
The Zakura client is the first live component of Zcash's plan to scale from about one private transaction per second to Visa-level throughput. It aims to achieve 50,000 transactions per second for privacy-preserving payments.
Zcash has launched Zakura, a new full node developed by a team independent of the Zcash Foundation, as a fast-sync branch of Zebra. The node aims to boost network throughput to Visa and Mastercard levels by reducing validation data and eliminating wallet performance bottlenecks, supporting the Ironwood (NU6.3) upgrade activating on July 28.
Glassnode's lead analyst CryptoVizArt noted that during Bitcoin's rebound from $57,000, new chips shifted to buyers in the $62,000-$65,000 range. He warned that if Bitcoin fails to break $66,000, the risk of forming a temporary top increases.
Ostium's liquidity pool lost 23,752,746 USDC on July 15 after an attacker compromised off-chain price infrastructure and submitted fraudulent price reports. The protocol stated that trader collateral and open positions remain safe, as they are held in isolated smart contracts.
South Korea's Financial Services Commission (FSC) announced plans to build an AI-based virtual asset supervision system, including real-time market monitoring and second-level price manipulation analysis. Since the Virtual Asset User Protection Act took effect two years ago, the FSC has investigated about 40 unfair trading cases and reported or notified over 30 cases to judicial authorities, focusing on short-term manipulation and pump-and-dump schemes.
Two newly created wallets sold 72 BTC worth $4.66 million. They then opened a 20x leveraged long position on 12,000 ETH, valued at $22.4 million.
According to DefiLlama data, Robinhood Chain's 24-hour DEX trading volume reached $528.5 million, surpassing Base's $434.6 million. It now ranks fourth among all chains.
AltLayer (ALT) will unlock approximately 246.59 million tokens on July 26 at 8:00 Beijing time, valued at about $1.57 million. The data comes from Web3 asset data platform RootData.
According to Web3 asset data platform RootData, Arrow Finance, a native CDP protocol on Robinhood Chain, gained the most new X followers from Top accounts in the past week. New followers include analyst 0xWizard, SpiderCrypto, and KOL 0xSun.
CryptoQuant analyst Darkfost indicates that the Bitcoin bear market, lasting about 9 months, may be entering its final phase. The short-term holder cost basis has fallen below the long-term holder cost basis, triggering a 'bear market nearing end' signal, though the bottom is not yet confirmed.
The Coinbase Bitcoin Premium Index has been negative for 62 consecutive days from May 19 to July 19, with the latest reading at -0.0633%. This surpasses the previous record of 40 consecutive negative days set earlier this year.
On July 9, 2026, Hyperliquid co-founder Jeff Yan said on the VALR podcast that the crypto sector fails to attract enough high-quality entrepreneurs due to the AI boom and social pressure for prestige. He urged young people to identify real-world problems and join the on-chain finance renaissance.
The total weekly trading volume of South Korea's top five digital asset exchanges fell to approximately 8.06 trillion won, marking the lowest level since May 2023. Upbit maintained the largest market share at 63.57%, while Bithumb and Coinone saw slight increases.
Data from Coinglass shows Hyperliquid whale positions total $5.705 billion, with longs at $2.8B (49.08%) and shorts at $2.905B (50.92%). A whale address 0x66f8..a9 is long BTC at $63,957.5 with 40x leverage, unrealized PnL of $1.3193 million.
The attacker of the Bonk treasury transferred another 400 billion BONK (worth about $1.11 million) to Coinbase about 5 hours ago. Of the 4.426 trillion BONK moved in the governance attack, 2.426 trillion have been sent to centralized exchanges. BONK's price has dropped 41% since the attack.
According to Coinglass data, total liquidations across all crypto exchanges reached $72.33 million in the past 24 hours, with long liquidations at $29.20 million and short liquidations at $43.13 million. Bitcoin short liquidations accounted for $12.67 million, while Ethereum short liquidations were $9.94 million, and the largest single liquidation order occurred on Binance's ETHUSD_PERP contract worth $1.764 million.
A Broadridge survey of 200 North American financial executives found 84% view tokenization as strategically important. Nearly one-third plan to increase investment in tokenization projects by 26% to 50% or more within two years.
Token Terminal data shows tokenized stock spot DEX volume reached $1.8B over 90 days, with lending deposits at $23M. BNB Chain and Solana dominate trading, while xStocks leads lending collateral.
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong changed his X profile picture to a newly purchased CryptoPunk, causing the Base chain meme coin BRIAN to plummet. The token's market cap fell about 86% to $1.5 million in 24 hours, with trading volume of $13.2 million across 30 Uniswap pools.
Abbott Laboratories reported better-than-expected Q2 earnings and raised its 2026 guidance, driven by strong performance in diagnostics and medical devices. The stock surged 10.71% following the announcement.
According to Coinglass data, if ETH drops below $1,767, the cumulative long liquidation intensity on major CEXs could reach $470 million. Conversely, if ETH breaks above $1,940, the cumulative short liquidation intensity could reach $351 million.
Strategy founder Michael Saylor published 110 reasons against BIP 110, which restricts data storage like inscriptions. He argued Bitcoin should stay conservative at the base layer and prioritize neutrality over purity.
A Bitcoin whale moved 583.23 BTC (worth $37.57 million) to a new wallet, according to on-chain analyst Onchain Lens. The address originally acquired 852.469 BTC about 8 years ago at an average price of $18,300, and has been gradually distributing holdings to multiple wallets and exchanges.
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Strategy Executive Chairman Michael Saylor published an article opposing BIP 110, which would restrict certain Bitcoin transactions via consensus changes. Saylor argued that disputed uses should be governed by market mechanisms and node policies, not protocol-level restrictions.
Zebec's ZBCN buybacks scale with SuperApp and Enterprise usage, with repurchased tokens removed from circulation. The DAO will vote on burning the tokens after new listings.
ForeGate will host a 48-hour non-stop livestream from July 18 to 20 for the World Cup Final. The event includes AI predictions, guest discussions, and giveaways.
Spectre AI will deploy its Market Intelligence Agentic Telegram tools to the public. The service will offer free and pro token holding tiers.
Rep. William Timmons stated that the CLARITY Act is 'on the one-yard line,' indicating its near passage. He urged fellow lawmakers to finalize the bill, which aims to provide regulatory clarity for digital assets.
According to Coinglass, if Bitcoin falls below $61,359, the cumulative long liquidation intensity on major centralized exchanges could reach $667 million. Conversely, if Bitcoin breaks above $67,139, the cumulative short liquidation intensity could reach $628 million.
Dathon Pwn claims to have discovered a BIP 110 late upgrade vulnerability that could cause a hidden chain split. Nodes upgrading from old software may retain chain history, while newly deployed BIP 110 nodes reject it.
Leonidas' DOG Mode client reopens a philosophical debate over censorship and free markets in Bitcoin governance. The client challenges the network's default relay policies, questioning who truly governs Bitcoin.
The AI Screener team announced that the project's final phase is approaching. The launch is expected to occur soon.