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Decentralized auction platform Bounce Brand, formerly Bounce Finance, said via its official X account that it now supports on-chain auction infrastructure on Robinhood Chain, Robinhood’s Ethereum layer-two network. According to CoinMarketCap, AUCTION was trading at $3.32, up 0.22%, at the time of writing.

An Ethereum whale address beginning with 0xaE0 that had been dormant for 11 months transferred 9,000 ETH worth about $17.19 million to crypto market maker and OTC platform Cumberland about an hour ago. Exchange deposits are typically interpreted as being intended for a sale. In the address's last transaction 11 months ago, the whale deposited 50,000 ETH worth about $200 million to FalconX in 13 transactions.

A whale wallet that had steadily accumulated Bitcoin over the past six years transferred 800 BTC, worth about $52.2 million, to crypto market maker and OTC trading platform Cumberland about one hour ago, according to Onchain Lens. Deposits to trading venues are typically interpreted as potential selling activity. Onchain Lens said the whale externally moved a total of 2,000 BTC worth about $130 million today, including the transfer to Cumberland and another 1,200 BTC, worth about $78.3 million, to a new address.

Jesse Pollak, a developer at Coinbase’s Ethereum layer-two network Base, said on X that Coinbase and Base plan to launch tokens backed one-for-one by real-world stocks. Pollak said Robinhood Chain made a strong move by launching stock tokens in an EVM environment. While Base had lagged in the segment, Pollak said Coinbase and Base would address that. Pollak added that tokens linked one-for-one to real-world stocks would offer advantages in credibility, capital efficiency and institutional adoption.

The following shows estimated liquidation volumes and position ratios for major crypto perpetual futures over the past 24 hours: - BTC: $82.72 million liquidated (69.46% shorts) - ETH: $69.75 million liquidated (60.27% shorts) - SOL: $8.67 million liquidated (72.97% shorts)

UnitedStables, the issuer of stablecoin U, announced it has adopted Chainlink (LINK) as U’s official data and cross-chain infrastructure. As a result, U can use Chainlink data feeds to provide accurate pricing information to more than 20 major lending protocols. The company also plans to use Proof of Reserve to disclose the reserves backing the stablecoin on a near-real-time basis, increasing transparency.

Strategy’s BTC strategy manager Chaitanya Jain said the company could pay dividends for about 1.8 years with its current dollar reserves alone, and for 31 years at the current payout level if its BTC reserves are included. Strategy currently holds total reserves of $3.225 billion and 843,775 BTC, worth about $55.1 billion.

DEXE has fallen by 4.56% in the past five minutes on the COINNESS market. Currently, DEXE is trading at $34.41.

A Washington state court in the U.S. issued a preliminary injunction against decentralized prediction market platform Kalshi and found its activities amount to illegal gambling under state law, The Block reported. A preliminary injunction is a court order that temporarily bars certain conduct until a final ruling is issued. As a result, Kalshi’s services are increasingly likely to be temporarily suspended in Washington state. Kalshi told The Block, "state governments do not have jurisdiction to regulate prediction markets. Several courts have already made that clear."

South Korean exchange Upbit announced it will temporarily suspend STX deposits and withdrawals starting at 12:00 a.m. UTC on July 29.

Blockchain mobility service MVL said on July 21 it plans to launch its self-developed layer-one blockchain, Ambient Protocol, next year. After the Ambient Protocol mainnet launch, the existing MVL token is set to be rebranded as AMB in 2027.

Circle, the issuer of the dollar-pegged stablecoin USDC, minted another 250 million USDC on the Solana blockchain, according to Onchain Lens. Circle has issued about 71.01 billion USDC on Solana so far this year.

Mining Automatic and its owner, Jhon Shaikh, have reached a partial settlement with the U.S. SEC over some charges, Cointelegraph reported. The SEC had previously sued them on fraud charges, alleging they misappropriated $22 million from more than 380 investors through a cryptocurrency mining investment program.

The Bank of Korea-led first-phase CBDC pilot test was carried out after only a preliminary security review, without formal inspections or checks, Maeil Business reported. According to data South Korea’s Financial Supervisory Service submitted to the office of Rep. Lee Heon-seung of the People Power Party, no separate security inspection or review by financial authorities was conducted during the three-month first-phase CBDC pilot program led by the Bank of Korea from April through June last year. After security concerns emerged during real transactions, the Bank of Korea moved to explain the issue in its results report. Criticism followed that the explanation amounted to self-assessment rather than independent third-party verification.

South Korean stocks have posted volatility of more than 60% this year, exceeding that of Bitcoin, Bloomberg reported. The outlet said the roller-coaster moves in South Korea’s stock market were driven by Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix. Fueled by the AI boom, the two companies’ shares rose sharply over a short period, and their combined market capitalization now accounts for more than 50% of the Kospi, according to Bloomberg. It added that the market value of the two companies, referred to locally as "Samjeonix," still makes up a majority of the Kospi, with the share rising further when listed affiliates are included. Bloomberg also said South Korean retail investors tend to pursue high returns and take on risk. Because many move in the same direction at similar times, they are nicknamed "ants" in South Korea, the report said. When share prices fall, fear-driven selling can emerge all at once, while rallies can draw in retail buyers worried about missing the opportunity, even at elevated prices, amplifying stock-price volatility further.

CoinMarketCap’s Altcoin Season Index fell one point from yesterday to 50. The index compares the price performance of Bitcoin with that of the top 100 coins by market capitalization, excluding stablecoins and wrapped coins. An altcoin season is identified when 75% of those top 100 coins have outperformed Bitcoin over the past 90 days. If not, the market is considered to be in a Bitcoin season. A reading closer to 100 indicates a stronger altcoin season.

An anonymous whale address starting with 0x4cee bought 10,501 ETH worth $20 million on Binance, according to an analysis by on-chain analyst EmberCN. The wallet deposited 20 million USDC to Binance around 30 minutes earlier and withdrew an equivalent value of ETH 15 minutes later. Exchange withdrawals are typically interpreted as a sign of holding intent.

Bitcoin Japan, a subsidiary of Japan-listed Metaplanet, plans to issue 9.66 billion yen ($59.5 million) in convertible bonds to build a cryptocurrency reserve, Wu Blockchain reported. Under the convertible bond issuance agreement, Bitcoin Japan plans to allocate at least 662 million yen ($4 million) of the proceeds to an initial BTC purchase. Metaplanet, meanwhile, is the world’s third-largest corporate BTC holder with 43,000 BTC worth about $2.8 billion.

Senior U.S. officials expect President Donald Trump to decide within days whether to expand military operations against Iran and resume a full-scale campaign, Fox News reported. The officials stressed no final decision has been made. If Trump orders a resumption of full-scale military operations, officials said the scale and intensity would far exceed airstrikes that began on July 7 and continued for nine days. The earlier strikes mainly targeted Iranian military assets tied to operations around the Strait of Hormuz. One official confirmed the U.S. military has largely avoided targets near Tehran or Iranian nuclear facilities so far, and said that could change if full-scale fighting resumes.

Solv Protocol said a security incident occurred in the BTC+ smart contract on BNB Chain, formerly Binance Smart Chain, but user assets remain safe. According to Solv, the attacker stole the deployer key, changed the minting proxy contract and issued BTC+ without authorization. The response came around three hours after the incident, and all unauthorized BTC+ tokens have since been frozen and burned. BTC+-related services are currently suspended temporarily for final security checks. Solv added "receipt token" in describing BTC+ as a token that proves investment in a vault, a BTC deposit yield product. Solv also said BTC+ has no official liquidity pool on decentralized exchanges and urged users to buy and hold BTC+ only through official channels. The protocol said it has strengthened deployer security, replaced all related access permissions and signing keys, and is conducting a new smart contract audit with an outside security firm. A detailed report on the incident and response measures will be released later, Solv said.

The London Stock Exchange plans to introduce 24-hour trading starting next year, as it looks to regain competitiveness and recapture retail investor interest lost to around-the-clock cryptocurrency exchanges, the Financial Times reported. Under the plan, the LSE aims to launch an after-hours trading platform in the first half of next year, allowing securities trading after the market close, initially focusing on ETP products including ETFs tracking UK and U.S. stock markets.

Layer-1 blockchain Sui has surpassed 4.5 billion cumulative transactions as of today, according to blockchain data monitoring platform Chainspect. Based on CoinMarketCap data, SUI was recently trading at $0.7634, up 1.33%.

An anonymous new address starting with 0x2e8 withdrew 74,033 ETH, worth about $136.17 million, from Gemini and staked the entire amount, according to Lookonchain.

CoinMarketCap’s in-house crypto fear and greed index rose two points from yesterday to 37, indicating a slight improvement in market sentiment while remaining in the fear zone. The index signals extreme fear as it approaches zero and extreme optimism as it nears 100. CoinMarketCap calculates the gauge based on price movements in the top 10 cryptocurrencies by market capitalization, market volatility, derivatives-market indicators including the put/call ratio, the stablecoin supply ratio (SSR), and CoinMarketCap’s own search data.

Spot CVD is an order-book analysis chart for the BTC/USDT spot trading pair. The upper panel shows the Volume Heatmap, while the lower panel represents cumulative volume delta, or CVD. - The Volume Heatmap tracks trading volume at each price level. The background color becomes brighter when the price stays in a specific range for an extended period or moves sharply. Areas closer to brighter colors may act as support or resistance. - The cumulative volume delta, or CVD, indicates buy and sell orders by order size. As buy orders increase, the corresponding colored line rises. The yellow line represents orders between $100 and $1,000, while the brown line represents large orders between $1 million and $10 million.