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08:22 Regulation

Cumberland receives full Singapore MPI licence for crypto payment services

Cumberland wins full Singapore MPI licence Cumberland said it has received a Major Payment Institution licence from the Monetary Authority of Singapore, allowing its local unit to offer regulated digital payment token and cross-border money transfer services under the Payment Services Act. The crypto trading and liquidity arm of DRW had received in-principle approval in March and said the full licence supports its expansion of compliant services for institutional clients in Singapore.

08:20 Market

Binance to remove six margin trading pairs on July 17

Binance to delist six margin trading pairs on July 17 Binance said it will remove the cross-margin pairs 1INCH/USDC, LPT/USDC, MAGIC/USDC, MASK/USDC and SUSHI/USDC, plus the isolated-margin pair USDP/USDT, at 3 p.m. Korea time on July 17. Borrowing for USDP/USDT isolated margin will be suspended from 3 p.m. on July 14, and when the change takes effect, positions will be auto-liquidated and open orders canceled. Assets will remain tradable on other Binance pairs.

06:46 Prediction Markets

Gibraltar Brings In First Dedicated Rulebook for Prediction Markets

Gibraltar launches first dedicated prediction market regime Gibraltar’s Prediction Market Regulations 2026 took effect on July 13, making the territory the first jurisdiction to create a purpose-built rulebook for prediction markets instead of treating them under general gambling law. All event contracts must be approved by the Gambling Authority, and two operators — ADI Predictstreet and WagerWire’s Wire Markets — will fall under the new regime, setting Gibraltar apart as European regulators move to tighten scrutiny of the sector.

05:16 Regulation

South Korea to draft digital asset law and seek rules for won stablecoins and spot ETFs

South Korea to draft digital asset law and open path to spot Bitcoin ETFs South Korea said it will draft a Basic Digital Asset Act this year to formalize won-denominated stablecoins and overhaul rules for the digital-asset industry, as part of its 2026 economic growth strategy announced July 14. The government is also seeking revisions to the Capital Markets Act to allow spot ETFs for digital assets such as Bitcoin, while reviewing rules for cross-border stablecoin transactions and related foreign-exchange law changes.

04:00 Regulation

US transfers $297M in seized Bitcoin and Ether to Coinbase Prime

US moves $297M in seized BTC and ETH to Coinbase Prime The US government transferred 3,940 BTC worth $243.95 million and 30,014 ETH worth $53.09 million to Coinbase Prime on Monday, Arkham data shows, reviving speculation the seized assets could be sold. The Bitcoin came from funds seized from Ryan Farace and BTC-e, while the Ether was linked to Brian Krewson; a sale would appear to clash with Donald Trump’s March 2025 order to keep seized Bitcoin in a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve, though the transfers do not confirm any sale.

21:07 Regulation

New Hampshire signs HB 639, expanding legal protections for blockchain activity

New Hampshire signs blockchain rights law Gov. Kelly Ayotte has signed HB 639, the “Blockchain Basic Laws” act, giving legal protections in New Hampshire to crypto self-custody, blockchain developers, miners, validators, entrepreneurs and businesses, while allowing a special blockchain dispute docket in superior court. The bill’s sponsor, Rep. Keith Ammon, said it is meant to position the state as a national leader in blockchain innovation.

21:01 Market

Circle Rises on Trust Bank Approval, but USDC Competition Keeps Pressure on Stock

Circle jumps on trust bank approval, but bearish signals remain Circle (CRCL) rose nearly 5% Friday to $66.14 after U.S. regulators approved its national trust bank, but the stock is still down about 20% this year and the chart remains under pressure. The article points to a broken head-and-shoulders pattern, Chaikin Money Flow at -0.38, and stronger stablecoin rivals including OUSD and USDG; Robert W. Baird kept a Buy rating on July 13 but cut its target from $138 to $100.

20:16 Security

Bonzo Lend Loses About $9.05M After Hedera Oracle Verification Flaw

Bonzo Lend loses $9.05M in oracle exploit on Hedera Bonzo Lend was drained of about $9.05 million on July 11 after an attacker exploited a verification flaw in Supra’s Hedera oracle contract, using 250 SAUCE worth only a few dollars as collateral to inflate its price and borrow 6.63 million USDC and 34.52 million wrapped HBAR. A second wallet borrowed about $1 million more before claiming to be a white hat and offering to return the funds; the protocol remains paused.

20:15 Web3

Sablier Labs Stops Product Development and Puts Business Into Maintenance Mode Until 2028

Sablier Labs halts product development, enters maintenance mode until 2028 Sablier Labs has stopped active product development and put its token-streaming and vesting business into maintenance mode until June 2028, CEO Paul Berg said. Existing streams, vesting plans and airdrops will keep running because the smart contracts are on-chain and permissionless, but since July 13, 2026 the official interface no longer allows open-ended payment streams or new vesting streams and airdrops that end after June 2028. The firm also moved its main EVM contracts to GPL immediately, allowing unrestricted forks and deployments.

20:01 Infrastructure

Aave makes Chainlink CCIP its default layer for cross-chain activity

Aave makes Chainlink CCIP its default cross-chain infrastructure Aave has expanded Chainlink’s CCIP to become the default cross-chain layer across its ecosystem, adding deposits, withdrawals, Stable Vaults, asset transfers, and vault rebalancing to infrastructure that already handled GHO transfers and governance messaging. The change puts one interoperability system behind activity across the Aave App, including Stable Vault operations between Ethereum, Base, and Arbitrum.

17:01 Security

BlueMove says overflow bug led to $500K SUI drain, amid insider speculation

BlueMove offers bounty after $500K SUI drain from locked pools BlueMove says an attacker exploited a long-standing arithmetic overflow bug in its legacy AMM contract to drain liquidity from 389 pools, taking about 700,000 SUI, or roughly $500,000. The DEX offered the exploiter a 30% white hat bounty to return the funds, said it will compensate affected users if no deal is reached within 48 hours, and added that the project will shut down going forward.

14:45 Regulation

Bolivia studies possible USDT role in national payment system, minister says

Bolivia weighs adding USDT to national payment system Bolivia is technically assessing whether USDT can be integrated into the national payment system and circulate alongside the US dollar and the boliviano, Acting Economy Minister Jose Gabriel Espinoza said. He added that no rollout can happen before a full crypto framework is in place, with rules aligned to FATF anti-money laundering requirements as Bolivia remains on the watchdog’s grey list.

14:18 Court

U.S. Court Admits Chainalysis Reactor Analysis Under Daubert in Bitcoin Fog Case

U.S. court admits Chainalysis Reactor under Daubert in Bitcoin Fog case A U.S. court found Chainalysis Reactor’s blockchain tracing methodology reliable enough for expert evidence in United States v. Sterlingov, where prosecutors alleged Roman Sterlingov ran the Bitcoin Fog mixer. Judge Randolph Moss said the tool’s clustering and attribution methods were transparent, testable and broadly accepted, rejecting the defense claim that Reactor was a “black-box” algorithm.

13:18 Payments

Kraken launches debit card for eligible users in the UK and EEA

Kraken launches debit card for UK and EEA users Kraken has rolled out the Kraken Card for eligible customers in the UK and EEA, letting them spend crypto and cash balances directly anywhere Mastercard is accepted. The debit card supports more than 600 currencies, converts funds near real-time at checkout, and offers up to 2% cashback paid weekly in Bitcoin, euros, or pounds, with no Kraken transaction or ATM fees.

12:22 Bitcoin

Dormant Bitcoin Wallet Moves 2,931 BTC Worth About $188 Million After Nearly Eight Years

Dormant Bitcoin wallet moves 2,931 BTC to new address A Bitcoin wallet inactive since Oct. 23, 2018 moved all 2,931 BTC, worth about $188 million, to an unmarked address on July 12 at around 3:41 p.m. ET, Onchain Lens said, citing Arkham data. The recipient wallet had not moved the funds at the time of reporting, and no exchange or OTC affiliation was identified, leaving the transfer classified as wallet-to-wallet rather than a confirmed exchange inflow.

11:46 Market

Binance futures volume rose to $1.61 trillion in June as crypto spot trading weakened

Binance futures volume hits $1.61T in June Binance’s futures trading volume jumped 80% month over month to $1.61 trillion in June, its highest level of 2026, according to CryptoQuant analyst Maarten Regterschot. The exchange far outpaced OKX at $609 billion and Bybit at $434 billion, even as broader crypto activity stayed weak and centralized exchange spot volume fell to $3 trillion in Q2, the lowest in two years.

11:31 Security

OKX to Halt Solana USDC Deposits and Withdrawals on July 14 for Wallet Maintenance

OKX to pause Solana USDC deposits and withdrawals on July 14 OKX said it will suspend USDC deposits and withdrawals on the Solana network from July 14 at 14:30 UTC+8 for wallet maintenance, while trading will remain available. The exchange gave no end time and said services will resume after the work is completed, potentially without a separate announcement. Users were told not to send Solana-based USDC during the pause because transfers could risk lost funds.

11:02 Regulation

Webull EU gets Dutch MiCAR approval for crypto custody rollout

Webull EU wins Dutch MiCAR approval for crypto custody launch Webull EU said it has received MiCAR approval from the Netherlands’ AFM, allowing it to launch regulated crypto-asset custody services in the Netherlands later this year and expand across the EU through passporting once approved. Client assets will be custodied by Webull EU, while trade execution will run through Coinbase Luxembourg S.A., making Webull one of the first dual-regulated investment firms in the Netherlands with MiCAR authorization.

11:01 DeFi

Uniswap votes may connect Robinhood Chain fees to UNI burns

Uniswap votes could tie Robinhood Chain trading to UNI burns Uniswap founder Hayden Adams said July 12 the protocol is generating about $5.2 million in daily fees, driven largely by Robinhood Chain, where Uniswap trading hit roughly $500 million a day within eight days of launch and topped $1 billion cumulatively by July 10. Governance is now weighing whether to extend UNIfication fee-to-burn mechanics to v4 pools and apply protocol fees on Robinhood Chain, moves that could route this new revenue into UNI burns.

10:48 DeFi

Aave stewards raise PT-USDG cap on Ethereum as deposits outgrow prior limit

Aave V4 stewards move to raise PT-USDG supply cap on Ethereum Aave’s V4 activation process on Ethereum is in another round of cap adjustments, with recent deposit growth tied to PT-USDG-24SEP2026 on the Global Dollar Hub rather than any exploit. The spoke held about 18.62M PT-USDG as of today, roughly 60.8% of the token’s 30.6M total supply, above the previous 15M cap; because the asset is used as collateral only, a supply-cap increase without a borrow-side change is the expected response.

09:46 Security

Ethereum Foundation says AI agents found and helped disclose bug in libp2p code

Ethereum Foundation says AI agent fleet found protocol bug in libp2p The Ethereum Foundation’s Protocol Security team said it is using coordinated AI agents to test critical protocol code and has already found real vulnerabilities, including a remotely triggerable panic in the libp2p gossipsub library used for Ethereum’s peer-to-peer communications. The issue has been fixed and publicly disclosed as CVE-2026-34219, while the team said the main challenge is triaging AI findings to separate real bugs from false positives.

08:05 Payments

Lawson to Trial JPYC Stablecoin Payments at Tokyo Store in August

Lawson to test yen stablecoin payments at Tokyo store in August Lawson will start a proof-of-concept in early August at its Takanawa Gateway City store in Tokyo, letting shoppers pay with yen-pegged stablecoin JPYC by showing a wallet barcode that staff scan at the POS. Lawson says it is Japan’s first stablecoin payment trial directly tied to a POS system, and will use it to test transaction speed and integration stability before deciding on a wider rollout.

08:05 Regulation

China weighs new judicial rules for virtual currency money laundering cases

China proposes tougher judicial rules for crypto money laundering cases Chinese legal experts have proposed new judicial guidelines to tighten virtual currency money laundering enforcement, including mandatory dual probes into both laundering and the underlying crime, wider use of blockchain analysis tools, and updated evidence standards that would recognize verifiable on-chain records and compliant analytics reports in court. The plan also calls for a national system to manage, value and dispose of seized crypto assets, plus stronger cross-border asset recovery cooperation.

08:05 Ethereum

Cambridge Study Says Ethereum’s Energy Use Fell 99.98% After 2022 Merge

Cambridge report says Ethereum cut power use about 99.98% after The Merge The Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance said Ethereum’s September 2022 shift to proof-of-stake slashed network power demand by roughly 3.5 orders of magnitude, from about 2.4 GW before The Merge to 7.87 GWh per year, or around 0.90 MW per day. The report also estimates emissions fell from 10.3 MtCO2 to 2.37 ktCO2e after the consensus change.

08:05 Tokenization

Progmat shifts ¥452 billion in tokenized securities from Corda to Avalanche L1

Progmat migrates ¥452B+ security-token platform to Avalanche L1 Progmat has moved more than ¥452 billion in security-token assets from Corda 5 to a dedicated Avalanche Layer 1, shifting all active projects on the platform and adding EVM support via Solidity contracts. The company said right transfers are now three to five times faster, with transaction finality below two seconds, while existing institutional controls and services were preserved with minimal disruption.

08:05 Companies

American Bitcoin to Report Q2 on Aug. 3 as Mining Growth Faces BTC Price Pressure

American Bitcoin sets Q2 earnings for August 3 after reverse split and stock drop American Bitcoin will report Q2 2026 results before markets open on August 3, with a call at 8:30 a.m. ET, as investors gauge whether higher mining capacity offset weaker Bitcoin prices. In Q1, the miner produced a record 817 BTC and cut cost per coin 23% to about $36,200, but still posted an $81.8 million net loss after a $117.2 million digital asset loss. The update follows a 1-for-15 reverse split, after which ABTC fell more than 23% in adjusted trading.

07:32 Court

Turkey charges 504 suspects in alleged 40 billion lira crypto-linked laundering network

Turkish prosecutors charge 504 in alleged 40 billion lira laundering network Istanbul prosecutors have accused 504 people of running an alleged money laundering scheme that moved nearly 40 billion Turkish liras from illegal betting through shell companies, jewellery stores, payment providers, POS terminals and crypto transfers. The 1,548-page indictment says the network used a digital accounting platform called M80 and sent part of the proceeds abroad after converting them into cryptocurrencies; prosecutors are seeking up to 34.5 years for alleged ringleader Türker Ak and up to 31 years for alleged manager Murat Dönmezoğlu.

07:17 Regulation

FBI warns Kentucky residents of scams demanding crypto to avoid fake legal trouble

FBI warns of rising crypto payment scams targeting Kentuckians The FBI’s Louisville field office says scammers posing as police or other government officials are pressuring Kentucky residents to send crypto, often via crypto ATMs, by claiming they face arrest warrants or jury duty problems. The agency said IC3 logged 475 such complaints in Kentucky in 2025, with losses above $3.15 million, while nationwide complaints topped 39,949 and losses exceeded $833 million.

05:15 Regulation

Thailand expands anti-money laundering checks to USDT and large cash transactions

Thailand to audit high-volume USDT transfers in anti-money laundering push Thailand’s central bank and the Securities and Exchange Commission will audit high-volume stablecoin transactions, with a focus on USDT, as part of a broader crackdown on money laundering and the country’s “gray money” economy. The move expands compliance checks across banks, cash networks, currency exchanges and gold trading, while cash deposits above 5 million baht ($150,000) will require full disclosure and high-value cash transactions will need source-of-funds declarations.

04:15 Security

Gwalior accountant loses ₹21.06 crore in alleged fake crypto trading scam

Gwalior CA loses ₹21.06 crore in fake crypto trading scam A 70-year-old chartered accountant in Gwalior, Ashok Vijayvargiya, lost ₹21.06 crore ($2.2 million) after fraudsters befriended him on social media and lured him onto a fake crypto trading platform with fabricated early gains. Madhya Pradesh’s State Cyber Cell has filed a case and is tracing 20 bank accounts, three WhatsApp numbers, and the scam portal’s URL to try to freeze linked funds.

03:16 Court

Armenian man pleads guilty in US over $15 million Ryuk bitcoin ransomware scheme

Ryuk ransomware suspect pleads guilty in $15M bitcoin extortion case Karen Serobovich Vardanyan, a 34-year-old Armenian national extradited from Ukraine, pleaded guilty on July 8 in Oregon to conspiracy and computer fraud for helping operate a Ryuk ransomware campaign that prosecutors say collected about 1,610 BTC worth more than $15 million from US victims. He agreed to pay over $1.1 million in restitution and faces up to 15 years in prison at sentencing.

01:46 Court

Ripple Weighed Shutting Down After SEC XRP Lawsuit, Garlinghouse Says

Ripple nearly shut down after SEC sued over XRP, Garlinghouse says Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse said the company came close to shutting down after the SEC sued Ripple, him, and co-founder Chris Larsen in 2020 over XRP sales. In a July 8 podcast interview, he said Ripple considered dissolving and distributing its XRP to shareholders, but kept operating despite about $150 million in legal costs and years of stalled U.S. business.

18:20 Tokenization

BlackRock’s BUIDL tops $900 million on Avalanche after a $436 million weekly increase

BlackRock’s BUIDL passes $900M on Avalanche after $436M weekly jump BlackRock’s tokenized Treasury fund BUIDL climbed from about $464 million to more than $900 million on Avalanche in seven days, a 105% increase that makes Avalanche the fund’s second-largest network after Ethereum. RWA.xyz data shows BUIDL now totals about $2.87 billion across chains, though BlackRock and Securitize have not disclosed whether the Avalanche surge came from new subscriptions, transfers, or both.

18:20 Stablecoins

Stablecoin supply falls $10 billion from May peak in biggest monthly drop since Terra-Luna

Stablecoin market posts biggest monthly dollar drop since Terra-Luna The stablecoin market fell by about $7.7 billion in June, taking the decline since May’s peak to roughly $10 billion, the largest monthly dollar drop since the May 2022 Terra-Luna crash. USDT slipped to about $184 billion from $190 billion in May, while USDC fell to around $73 billion from just under $80 billion in March 2026, as reduced on-chain liquidity weighed on supply. Analysts said the pullback looks temporary, but shrinking supply could remove a tailwind for crypto markets until new demand appears.

18:20 Ethereum

Draft EIP-8287 outlines privacy-native fungible token standard for the EVM

Ethereum draft EIP-8287 proposes privacy-native fungible tokens on EVM A new draft, EIP-8287, proposes a standard interface for privacy-native fungible tokens on the EVM, replacing public balances with encrypted UTXO notes and Groth16 proofs while keeping totalSupply publicly verifiable. The proposed IPERC20 standard drops ERC-20 functions like balanceOf and allowance, adds private mint, burn and transfer flows, and binds each asset to a compliance blacklist root so frozen notes cannot be spent.

18:20 Mining

Bitfufu June Bitcoin Output Slips to 125 BTC as Managed Power Capacity Declines

Bitfufu’s June BTC output falls as managed power capacity drops Bitfufu produced 125 BTC in June, with daily output falling to 4.2 BTC from 5.7 BTC in May as its managed power capacity declined to 273 MW from 346 MW. Of the total, 70 BTC came from self-mining and 55 BTC from cloud mining services, while total hashrate under management stood at 15.3 EH/s. Self-owned hashrate still rose 9.4% to 3.5 EH/s after the company deployed 1,200 S21 XP miners.

18:20 DeFi

Aave Labs seeks Avalanche launch for V4 with up to $15 million in incentives

Aave V4 expansion to Avalanche proposed with $15M incentive package Aave Labs has proposed activating Aave V4 on Avalanche, starting with one Liquidity Hub and three Spokes under the protocol’s Hub-and-Spoke architecture. The plan includes Avalanche Foundation incentives of up to $15 million tied to launch milestones and growth KPIs, with an RWA hub slated for a later phase. The proposal now moves to community feedback, risk review by LlamaRisk, then ARFC Snapshot and a final AIP vote if approved.

18:20 Bitcoin

Saylor and Adam Back reject BIP-110 proposal to curb Ordinals activity on Bitcoin

Saylor and Back oppose proposed Bitcoin fork to curb Ordinals spam Michael Saylor and Adam Back have publicly opposed BIP-110, a Bitcoin proposal introduced in December 2025 to temporarily restrict non-monetary transactions such as Ordinals-style inscriptions. Saylor said the fork could invalidate ordinary transactions and hurt Bitcoin’s credibility, while Back called it an attempt to “police other people” that clashes with Bitcoin’s permissionless, censorship-resistant ethos.

18:20 Court

Bitcoin Policy Institute Seeks Role in New York Suit Over 39,069 Dormant Bitcoin Addresses

Bitcoin Policy Institute moves to join $293B dormant wallet lawsuit The Bitcoin Policy Institute filed on July 10 to intervene as a defendant in a New York case seeking legal title to 39,069 dormant bitcoin addresses, arguing its own long-term self-custodied treasury could be exposed if the plaintiffs win. Justice Kathy J. King is set to hear BPI’s request, Ian Cohen’s amicus bid, and John Doe 33’s motion to dismiss on July 14.

18:20 Companies

Morgan Stanley’s tracked Bitcoin holdings rise above 5,700 BTC after two weeks of inflows

Morgan Stanley’s tracked Bitcoin holdings top 5,700 BTC Morgan Stanley added nearly 1,000 BTC over the past two weeks, pushing its tracked balance to 5,761 BTC worth about $369.9 million, Arkham data shows. The inflows came in multiple transfers from Coinbase Prime rather than a single purchase, though Arkham said it cannot confirm whether they were direct buys, client subscriptions, or other inflows into an investment vehicle. Morgan Stanley expanded its crypto offering with Galaxy Digital in June.

18:20 Stablecoins

IMF paper says dollar stablecoins may widen FX access while raising run risks

IMF paper warns dollar stablecoins can speed currency runs An IMF working paper says dollar stablecoins can widen access to foreign currency in economies with fixed or tightly managed exchange rates when official dollar access is rationed, but they may also amplify exits from local currencies during severe stress. The paper found stablecoins can act as parallel FX benchmarks, and said regulators may need temporary limits on unusually large or panic-driven transactions.

18:20 Infrastructure

Hedera deploys v0.74 upgrade as Binance US adds HBAR staking and USDC withdrawals

Hedera rolls out v0.74 upgrade as Binance US adds HBAR staking Hedera deployed network upgrade v0.74, briefly halting exchange trading before services returned within hours, while Binance US launched HBAR staking and native USDC withdrawals. HBAR traded around $0.0702 after the updates, holding in a $0.0696-$0.0712 range on roughly $46-$48 million in volume as analysts tracked staking flows, token unlocks and RWA-related adoption for the next directional move.

18:20 Companies

Crypto Startups Report Nearly $255 Million in Funding in the First 11 Days of July

Crypto startups disclosed nearly $255M in funding in early July Between July 1 and July 11, 11 crypto deals were tracked, with seven disclosed raises totaling nearly $255 million. The biggest rounds went to Gauntlet at $125 million and EDX Markets at $76 million, while SBI Holdings was the most active investor with two deals. No corporate placements were recorded in the period, and Paradigm separately announced a new $1.2 billion fourth fund.

18:20 DeFi

Aave governance feedback supports standardized technical framework for asset listings

Aave community backs Technical Asset Listing Framework Aave community feedback supports introducing a standardized Technical Asset Listing Framework to set a common technical baseline for new listings across chains and asset types. The proposal would separate technical eligibility from market risk while keeping coordination between technical reviewers, risk providers, and governance, with focus on continuous monitoring, oracle quality, bridge security, deployment-specific reviews, and privileged access controls.

18:20 AI & Crypto

Robinhood says it will add external AI agents for crypto trading

Robinhood plans AI agent support for crypto trading Robinhood said on July 10 it will soon let eligible U.S. users connect external AI agents to its platform to automatically execute cryptocurrency trades. The tools are meant to help users build personalized strategies, manage assets and place trades within preset risk limits without constant account monitoring. Robinhood did not give a launch date.

18:20 ETF & Funds

Morgan Stanley Proposes Low-Fee Ethereum and Solana ETFs With Staking Features

Morgan Stanley files low-fee Ethereum and Solana ETF plans Morgan Stanley is lining up spot Ethereum and Solana ETFs with a 0.14% fee, direct token holdings, staking rewards and institutional custody as it pushes for market share in a more crowded crypto ETF market. The proposed funds, MSSE and MSOL, would trade on NYSE Arca, stake 50%-80% of ETH and up to 100% of SOL under normal conditions, and remain preliminary with no launch date yet.

18:20 DeFi

Aave DAO Clears V3 Deployment Steps for zkSync Era Expansion

Aave DAO approves Aave V3 deployment steps for zkSync Era Aave DAO approved steps to deploy Aave V3 on zkSync Era, extending the lending protocol to another ZK-rollup network. The move brings Aave’s borrowing and lending markets into a lower-cost scaling environment and adds to its multi-chain expansion, though the article notes initial pool parameters will determine how quickly meaningful liquidity builds.

18:20 Altcoins

Lighter Plans First Revenue-Funded LIT Burn of 15.5 Million Tokens

Lighter to burn 15.5M LIT in first revenue-funded supply cut Lighter said it will carry out its first revenue-funded LIT burn, removing about 15.5 million tokens, or 6.3% of circulating supply, after repurchasing them with trading revenue through the end of Q2 2026. The move is the first under Lighter’s late-June tokenomics overhaul, which redirects buybacks into permanent burns, and the exchange said it will publish the Ethereum transaction hash once the burn settles on-chain.

18:20 Tokenization

Backpack starts 24/7 trading in tokenized U.S. equities for international investors

Backpack opens 24/7 trading for tokenized U.S. stocks outside the US Backpack has launched 24/7 trading for international investors in tokenized U.S. equities, starting with SpaceX (SPCX), Micron Technology (MU) and SanDisk (SNDK). The company said buyers hold the actual securities, with each position backed 1:1 by shares held in U.S. custody, including rights to dividends and corporate actions. The Solana-based tokens can be funded with stablecoins or fiat and converted back into traditional securities.

18:20 Security

Crypto hacks reached 207 cases in H1 2026 as losses stayed under $1 billion

Immunefi logs record 207 crypto hacks in H1 2026, losses at $972M Immunefi said 207 successful crypto attacks were recorded in H1 2026, the highest six-month total on record, but losses were about $972 million, less than half of H1 2025 and still below $1 billion. The data points to more frequent but less destructive hacks, with the median loss per incident falling from $6 million in 2022 to $1.5 million in 2025; smart contract exploits made up 125 of the 207 attacks.