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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.

Patrick Witt, chief of staff of the White House crypto committee, said a scheduled military training exercise had been postponed, allowing him to remain involved through the Senate legislative process for the Clarity Act. Witt said he had spent the past year working to help pass the bill in line with President Donald Trump’s policy of making the United States the global center of cryptocurrency. He added that he had been set to take part in mandatory training with the Georgia Army National Guard ahead of the bill’s Senate review, but the delay now allows him to continue supporting the legislative process.

A wallet believed to belong to BitMEX co-founder Arthur Hayes bought another 1,332.5 ETH worth about $2.53 million around three hours ago.

Bitcoin has reentered an undervalued zone, according to on-chain analyst Darkfost. In a post on X, Darkfost said BTC’s market value to realized value, or MVRV, percentile fell below 10% in February when Bitcoin dropped under $60,000, a level classified as a capitulation, or selloff, zone, and a similar pattern has reappeared since June. Darkfost said the indicator does not simply compare market capitalization with realized value like the standard MVRV metric. Instead, it shows where the current MVRV stands within its full historical distribution in percentile terms. Darkfost added this helps reduce the impact of Bitcoin’s long-term growth and changing market cycles, allowing for a clearer view of whether the market is relatively undervalued at present. The current MVRV percentile stands at around 5%, which Darkfost said suggests the current price is in a significantly undervalued range by historical standards. Based on past cases, Darkfost added, such low-percentile zones have repeatedly coincided with periods when long-term price bottoms were forming.

The White House has agreed on an ethics provision in the Clarity Act, a crypto market structure bill, and shared the details with some Republican senators, Crypto In America host Eleanor Terrett said on X. While the specifics of the agreement have not yet been confirmed, the industry expects revised bill language could be released soon. CoinNess previously said the White House had been set to discuss the ethics provision, a key sticking point in the Clarity Act, with senators. Market participants view an agreement on the ethics provision as significantly improving the bill's chances of passing the Senate. The Senate is scheduled to begin its summer recess after the first week of August, leaving only a matter of weeks to process the bill this year.

Amid an ongoing debate over lowering the XRP Ledger’s reserve requirement, members of the community have voiced opposition, arguing that security should take priority. VET, an XRPL validator, said on X that the XRP Ledger required a base reserve of 1,000 XRP to create an account in 2012, when the structure was closer to an account-creation fee than today’s partially refundable reserve. After the reserve was lowered to 200 XRP, the current system took shape, VET said, adding the reserve was designed to protect network resources such as storage and memory from spam and DDoS attacks. VET also said the reserve remains important for the network as storage and memory costs are still high, particularly with the spread of AI. VET said the current base reserve for an XRPL account is 1 XRP, while holding RLUSD or USDC requires a 0.2 XRP reserve. Although VET said there had previously been support for lowering the reserve because of XRP’s price increase and better server performance, any further reduction should not proceed without evidence that the same level of security can be maintained. VET also argued claims that a $1 reserve is blocking user adoption are groundless, adding that if users find even a mostly refundable cost at account closure burdensome, the bigger reasons they are not choosing XRPL should be addressed first.

South Korea’s government will hold a forum today, chaired by Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs Koo Yun-cheol, to begin legislative discussions on the second-phase Digital Asset Basic Act covering stablecoins, Edaily reported. The deputy prime minister will attend what the outlet described as the first government-hosted and government-organized forum on stablecoin legislation. With the U.S. GENIUS Act set to take full effect in January and dollar stablecoins expected to spread further, the government and the ruling Democratic Party plan to push for passage of the bill within this year. In the government’s 2026 economic growth strategy announced jointly on July 14 by the Ministry of Economy and Finance, South Korea’s Financial Services Commission and other related agencies, authorities said they plan to pursue legislation for the Digital Asset Basic Act in the second half of this year to subdivide the digital asset industry, establish a regulatory framework for business conduct, and build a legal foundation for regulatory formalization of stablecoins.

Hana Financial Group and Dunamu recently held a private meeting attended by senior executives from both sides and shared a joint vision for collaboration that goes beyond a simple equity investment or a partnership on won deposit and withdrawal accounts to help reshape the future of finance. According to Yonhap News, the meeting was attended by top officials including Hana Financial Chairman Ham Young-joo, Vice Chairman Lee Eun-hyung, and Dunamu Vice Chairman Kim Hyung-nyeon. Under the theme, 'Time together, future together, opening the future of digital finance together,' the participants discussed the significance of their strategic alliance and reaffirmed their commitment to stronger cooperation. Before the meeting, the two sides had also formed a consensus on expanding cooperation into areas including won-based stablecoins, security tokens, and real-world asset tokenization. Earlier, Hana Bank unexpectedly announced in May it would acquire a stake of around 1 trillion won ($720 million) in Dunamu, the operator of South Korean crypto exchange Upbit. That made Hana Bank Dunamu's fourth-largest shareholder with a 6.6% stake.

Major cryptocurrencies including BTC, ETH, ADA and XRP have moved into profit territory, raising the possibility of heavier short-term selling pressure from profit-taking, according to on-chain analytics firm Santiment. Santiment said on X that the 30-day market value to realized value, or MVRV, for BTC, ETH, ADA and XRP had all moved above the neutral 0% line, meaning the average investor who bought those assets over the past month had returned to a profit. The firm said the shift coincided with improving market sentiment as BTC recovered to around $65,000 last week. Easing inflation, a renewed appetite for risk assets and ETF inflows led the market rebound, Santiment said. Still, the firm said the market now faces a new crossroads. Once 30-day MVRV turns positive, investors who entered the market recently may have a greater incentive to lock in gains, potentially tilting supply and demand in favor of sellers. Santiment added that while no overheating signal has appeared yet, the market is also past the stage where fear-driven buying was easy. The MVRV rebound trend remains intact, but if upside momentum weakens, short-term selling pressure could expand quickly.

The White House said the U.S. will impose an additional 50% tariff on some Canadian products. The measure will take effect on Aug. 19.

Grayscale has filed an S-1 with the U.S. SEC to launch a Worldcoin (WLD) ETF, Unfolded reported.

The three major U.S. stock indices closed lower today. - S&P 500: -0.19% - Nasdaq: -0.05% - Dow Jones: -0.59%

About 130,000 of the 194,000 addresses that participated in Polymarket’s World Cup winner prediction market posted losses, accounting for 66.7% of all participants, according to blockchain analyst defioasis. Most lost under $100, but 43 addresses each recorded losses of more than $100,000, bringing total losses to over $15 million. Meanwhile, total profit came to around $22 million, with 54 addresses each posting gains of more than $100,000. Defioasis said profits were also concentrated among a small number of addresses.

Coinbase Vice President Ryan VanGrack said in an interview with CNBC, "암호화폐를 좋아하든 싫어하든 이 산업이 규제되길 바라야 한다."

Veteran trader Peter Brandt sees the BTC bear market forming a bottom on Oct. 4 and analyzed that BTC could temporarily fall below $50,000 before entering a recovery, according to Cointelegraph.

Bitcoin mining stocks surged on expectations for AI business expansion after Hut 8 (HUT) and IREN, formerly Iris Energy, announced major AI infrastructure contracts, Cointelegraph reported. Hut 8 disclosed a $9.8 billion AI data center lease agreement, while IREN unveiled a $2.8 billion AI cloud services contract. Shares of related companies including Cipher Digital, CleanSpark and MARA Holdings rose more than 11% in early trading.

Bitcoin mining company LM Funding America announced it will rebrand as PowerCompute on July 22 local time. The company’s stock ticker will also change to PWCM from LMFA. LM Funding America said the move is part of a strategic shift to expand its high-performance computing and AI infrastructure businesses using its existing 26-megawatt power infrastructure. The company added it will continue its strategy of holding Bitcoin on its balance sheet.

NEAR Protocol co-founder Illia Polosukhin said AI-powered hacking began to intensify in earnest in October last year, making it difficult for traditional code reviews alone to keep up, The Block reported. Illia Polosukhin stressed the need to use AI to make formal verification faster and cheaper and to mathematically prove that code works as intended.

Bitmine Chairman Tom Lee said the company spent about $86 million to repurchase 5.5 million shares of Bitmine common stock at an average price of $15.62. As a result, the pace of ETH purchases slowed somewhat, according to Decrypt. Bitmine bought an additional 7,430 ETH last week, worth $14 million, marking one of its smallest weekly purchases since the company began its ETH treasury strategy.

The U.S. SEC said it has charged Florida resident Zan Shaikh and his company, Mining Automatic, with a $22 million cryptocurrency mining investment fraud. The SEC said Mining Automatic raised about $22 million from more than 380 investors from June 2023 to May 2025 while promoting guaranteed monthly returns from cryptocurrency mining. The regulator said only about 13% of the funds raised was used for actual mining operations, with the rest diverted to marketing, recruiting new investors, and personal and other business expenses.

Major crypto venture investors including Coinbase Ventures, Animoca Brands, a16z crypto and Tether have remained active despite the broader downturn in the crypto venture market since last year, according to CryptoRank. CryptoRank data showed Coinbase Ventures participated in about 33 investments, Animoca Brands in about 19, and a16z crypto in about 18. At the same time, investment in the DeFi sector fell for a third straight quarter, with second-quarter funding this year hitting its lowest level since the fourth quarter of 2023. The data suggested investor sentiment toward DeFi projects has become more conservative.

Ansem, the meme-coin trader who inspired the Solana-based meme coin ANSEM, said on X the infrastructure and market sentiment are now in place to bring retail investors into this cycle. Ansem said Bitcoin is down about 50% from its all-time high, but industry infrastructure and user experience have improved significantly since the last cycle. Those improvements include a more mature mobile trading environment, easier cross-chain functions and lower barriers to entry for new users. Ansem added institutional interest in real-world assets, a regulatory framework under the CLARITY Act, and steadily strengthening crypto strategies at traditional technology companies such as Robinhood and Stripe are also supporting the market environment. According to Ansem, those conditions could attract both institutional investors and high-risk retail investors, and further gains in mobile application layout design could bring in more new users who had previously hesitated because of complex interfaces.