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International oil prices jump more than 7% intraday, with WTI at $84 International oil prices were sharply higher intraday, with Brent crude up 7% at $87.69 a barrel and WTI crude rising 7.3% to $84 a barrel.

Six anonymous addresses withdrew a combined 4.452 million KAITO worth about $5.61 million from Binance over the past four days, according to EmberCN. EmberCN added that KAITO rose about 35% over the same period, from $0.93 to $1.26. Over the past month, the token has surged about 193%, climbing from $0.43 to $1.26.

Solana Policy Institute urged swift passage of the CLARITY Act in a letter to U.S. Senate Republican Leader John Thune and Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer, The Block reported. SPI said, "Now is the time to act," and added that passage of the CLARITY Act would give U.S. developers, institutions and consumers the legal certainty needed to remain globally competitive.

DCG mining unit Fortitude files SEC paperwork for merger tied to IPO Digital Currency Group’s mining subsidiary Fortitude said it filed paperwork with the U.S. SEC for a merger with Nasdaq-listed HeartSciences. Fortitude had previously said it planned to pursue an IPO through a merger with HeartSciences.

Sentora CLO says SEC remarks on crypto vaults signal DeFi regulatory formalization Michael Bassett, chief legal officer at institutional DeFi platform Sentora, said remarks by U.S. SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce on crypto vaults and on-chain lending signaled that discussions about bringing DeFi into the regulatory fold were gaining momentum, rather than pointing to tighter regulation. Bassett said Peirce had reaffirmed the SEC’s existing view that activity implemented on-chain does not automatically fall outside the scope of federal securities laws. He added that the more important point was the SEC’s public acknowledgment that crypto vaults and on-chain asset management strategies require separate regulatory discussions. Bassett said the SEC wants to develop a regulatory framework through dialogue with the industry that addresses both innovation and investor protection, and described the remarks as a meaningful signal about the future regulatory direction rather than a new rule or enforcement action. Peirce had previously said that simply depositing crypto assets on-chain does not automatically exempt related activity from federal securities laws.

Tether’s stablecoin USAT will be issued on the Celo network, The Block reported. On Celo, USAT will support native minting and burning functions as well as gas fee payments, marking its second expansion to a network outside Ethereum.

Ethereum Institutional, an independent nonprofit focused on institutional adoption of Ethereum, said it has completed its first ecosystem funding round aimed at expanding institutional uptake of ETH. More than 100 individuals and crypto institutions took part in the round, including BitMine, SharpLink, Ethereum co-founders Joseph Lubin and Mihai Alisie. The investment size was not disclosed. Ethereum Institutional said it plans to expand cooperation with banks, asset managers, custodians, financial infrastructure firms, fintech companies and sovereign wealth funds, while stepping up support for tokenization, stablecoins, market infrastructure and on-chain payments.

Up to 10 Democratic U.S. senators may support the CLARITY Act, Bloomberg reporter Steven Dennis said. Formal backing has not been confirmed so far, though some senators are said to be open to supporting the bill.

White House crypto official says BRCA amendment diverges from administration stance Patrick Witt, executive director of the White House crypto council, said an amendment to the Blockchain Regulatory Certainty Act, or BRCA, incorporated into the CLARITY Act is nowhere close to the White House and U.S. Treasury Department’s position, according to Cointelegraph. BRCA was originally introduced as a standalone bill and has since been folded into the CLARITY Act. The provision would establish legal protections to ensure non-custodial blockchain software developers are not treated as money transmitters.

US stocks open lower The three major U.S. stock indices opened lower today. - S&P 500: -0.16% - Nasdaq: -0.19% - Dow Jones: -0.86%

MoonPay has launched Paybox, a generative AI payments platform that connects ChatGPT and Claude through custom connectors, The Block reported. Paybox lets AI prepare payment flows for services such as flight bookings, restaurant reservations and online shopping, with users giving final approval through a passkey. Users can also set transaction limits and use an autonomous mode that allows AI to complete payments without approval. Built on a non-custodial structure, Paybox combines a crypto wallet and payment card in a single vault. That setup allows users to make AI-driven payments across blockchain and DeFi services, as well as services supporting the "x402" agent payment standard.

Circle’s senior director for EU strategy and policy, Patrick Hansen, said about 35 regulated electronic money tokens, or EMTs, issued by 21 entities currently exist in the EU, but only USDC, USDG and EURC comply with the Markets in Crypto-Assets regulation, or MiCA, among the world’s top 50 stablecoins. Hansen added Europe should boost its competitiveness and strengthen international regulatory coordination in future reviews of the MiCA framework.

AEON says cumulative on-chain transaction volume tops $475 million Web3 payment layer AEON said through its official channel that its cumulative user base has surpassed 2.3 million, monthly on-chain transaction volume exceeds $30 million, and cumulative transaction volume has topped $475 million. AEON added that it is developing a native payment layer for autonomous AI agents and supporting the AI economy with trusted decentralized financial infrastructure. The network is also being upgraded to connect agent-to-agent, or A2A, transactions and agent-to-merchant, or A2M, transactions with real-world commerce, while the company plans to expand the network with the goal of building financial infrastructure that allows AI agents to make payments and conduct transactions without human intervention.

DCG urges U.S. Senate to swiftly pass CLARITY Act Digital Currency Group (DCG), a crypto investment firm, said it sent a letter to U.S. Senate leadership urging the swift passage of the CLARITY Act. DCG said that, as a company that has spent more than a decade investing in digital assets, nurturing businesses and building the ecosystem, Congress should establish clear legal standards rather than relying on an enforcement-led regulatory approach. DCG added that a clear regulatory framework is needed to preserve the competitiveness of the U.S. blockchain industry and prevent talent and innovation from moving overseas. Passing the CLARITY Act would help resolve legal uncertainty in the digital asset industry and create conditions for the United States to continue leading global blockchain innovation, DCG said.

Trump says U.S. will hit Iran hard after missile interception President Donald Trump said the U.S. will respond forcefully after U.S. forces intercepted ballistic missiles Iran fired toward Jordan, according to a Fox News interview on July 29. Trump said, "We will hit them hard, and they will be hit very hard." He said U.S. forces responded within minutes to the surprise attack and intercepted all missiles while they were in flight, adding that he personally watched video showing U.S. personnel reporting missile coordinates in real time during the operation. Trump also said overnight U.S. airstrikes carried out with Saudi Arabia against Iran-backed Iraqi Shiite militias were conducted in prior coordination with the Iraqi government. He described the militias as a scourge on the world and added he is considering further warnings to Iranian proxy forces.

Trump says U.S. will strike Iran in response to attack on American targets in Jordan President Donald Trump said the U.S. will carry out military strikes against Iran in response to an attack targeting American assets in Jordan.

Ethereum Foundation appoints SEAL 911 founder pcaversaccio to board The Ethereum Foundation said it has appointed pcaversaccio, the founder of SEAL 911 and a longtime contributor to the Ethereum ecosystem, to its board. SEAL 911 is a Telegram bot that connects users with a trusted security community during emergencies such as vulnerability exposure and rug pulls. The foundation said it expects pcaversaccio to help lead the ecosystem’s long-term development, citing a track record of upholding Ethereum’s core values.

Charles Schwab’s asset management unit, Schwab Asset Management, said it has changed the name of its crypto-themed ETF with $232 million in assets under management, while keeping its investment strategy and management approach unchanged. The Schwab Crypto Thematic ETF has been renamed the Schwab Crypto Thematic Natural Language Processing ETF, while its ticker, STCE, investment objective, annual expense ratio of 0.30%, and underlying index all remain the same.

TradFi-based perpetual futures open interest has more than doubled since May to top $2 billion, according to CryptoQuant’s proprietary data. Binance accounted for about 35% of the overall TradFi market, marking the largest share, CryptoQuant said.

BTC may be nearing the end of its bear market, with a trend reversal becoming more likely as the downtrend gradually weakens, according to a CryptoQuant analysis. CryptoQuant said declines following Bitcoin’s all-time high have been getting shorter while rebounds have been growing larger. The drop in early July fell only slightly below the low seen in early February, and BTC has since held relatively steady around $60,000, suggesting selling pressure is easing. It added that technical indicators were also constructive, with the MACD and RSI showing a bullish cross, bullish divergence, and oversold signals consistent with bottom formation. Still, CryptoQuant said a final wave of selling remains possible and projected the ultimate bottom could form around $51,336. It added that the area near $50,000 overlaps with a major historical support zone, holders’ average cost basis, and the 200-week moving average, creating conditions similar to past bear-market bottoms.

BNY Mellon brings blockchain-based transfer agency system to $8.6 trillion fund services business BNY Mellon has introduced a blockchain-based transfer agency system for its $8.6 trillion fund services business, Solid Intel reported. The new system is designed to manage fund transaction records and investor ownership records on-chain.

Whale Alert reported that 250,760,000 USDT has been transferred from OKX to an unknown wallet. The transaction is valued at about $251 million.

Selini Capital founder Jordi Alexander denied recent claims that the crypto venture capital firm was conducting large-scale sales of HYPE. In a post on X, Alexander said Selini Capital’s HYPE holdings are being used across the ecosystem for fee staking, liquidity provision, HyperEVM arbitrage and HYPE bidding, rather than being held for simple sale. Alexander added HYPE is currently trading at a fair value based on its fundamentals, while further upside will depend on whether higher TradFi trading volumes can translate into actual protocol fee growth. Earlier, Lookonchain said an address linked to Selini Capital deposited 495,000 HYPE worth $26.8 million to OKX five hours earlier.

Crypto exchanges are rapidly expanding into tokenized traditional financial assets as competition intensifies with traditional finance and decentralized exchanges, Cointelegraph reported. The market capitalization of tokens tied to traditional assets including precious metals, U.S. stocks, commodities, global indices and foreign exchange rose about fivefold to $6.6 billion in June this year from $1.4 billion in January last year. The survey covered major exchanges including Binance, OKX, Bybit, Bitget, Gate and MEXC. Precious metals tokens led the market’s early growth, but U.S. stock products later gained traction quickly. By mid-2026, U.S. stock perpetual futures had surpassed precious metals products in both trading volume and open interest, amid strength in semiconductor-related names and expectations for IPOs. Most trading was concentrated in perpetual futures, while spot trading remained relatively limited. Cointelegraph said the derivatives-heavy market structure reflects investors’ preference for leverage as well as exchanges’ ability to list perpetual futures without directly holding tokens tied to the underlying assets.

Bybit announced the addition of GRVT spot trading at 5:00 a.m. UTC on July 30.