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Amending the Criminal Procedure Act is necessary to enable the seizure of self-custodied virtual assets, Digital Asset reported, citing a legislative proposal from a working-level official at South Korea’s National Tax Service. According to the outlet, Jang Hee-won, a team leader at the National Tax Service, and three other authors said in a paper published in June that existing legal interpretations of Article 120 of the Criminal Procedure Act, which defines the execution and disposition of search and seizure warrants, may prevent self-custodied digital assets from being properly seized if applied without change. They argued that when a suspect or owner holds access tools such as a private key, a warrant should specify the type and amount of digital assets to be seized, the confirmed address, the receiving address, the transfer method, and the custody method after transfer. They also proposed transferring the assets to an address jointly managed by the court and investigative authorities, rather than to a wallet controlled by a single agency, citing theft and other risks.

Stablecoin supply on Solana excluding USDC and USDT reached a record $4.81 billion, according to SolanaFloor. USD1, with $1.02 billion, and USDG0, with $1.0 billion, led the increase in supply.

Circle President Heath Tarbert has sold $30.77 million worth of CRCL stock since June last year, Wu Blockchain reported, citing filings with the U.S. SEC. The sales were carried out in 10 open-market transactions, and there are no disclosed open-market purchases. Tarbert currently holds about 503,000 shares.

According to CoinNess market monitoring, BTC has fallen below $64,000. BTC is trading at $63,953.27 on the Binance USDT market.

U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs posted net inflows for a second straight week, but the amounts remain too small to view as a recovery in institutional demand, CoinDesk reported. According to SoSoValue data, spot BTC ETFs drew $75.67 million last week and $197.4 million a week earlier. That followed eight straight weeks of net outflows totaling more than $8 billion. CoinDesk said the combined net inflows over the past two weeks were only slightly above the smallest weekly net outflow recorded during the previous eight-week stretch, which was $226.84 million. Until weekly net inflows consistently outpace the scale of recent outflows, claims that institutional capital has meaningfully returned to BTC are closer to expectation than data-backed evidence, CoinDesk said. Separately, digital asset research firm BRN said ETF flows should be watched first, adding that a net inflow trend would need to persist for several weeks before it could be seen as a signal of structural re-entry by institutional capital.

Among eight CoinNess-affiliated chart masters, one projected a decline in Bitcoin's price direction this week, while seven expected gains. Their target prices range from a high of $70,000 to a low of $61,000. Vote through the link for the price direction and target outlook closest to your own view. We will give coffee coupons to 100 winners selected by lottery.

The following are the 24-hour long/short ratios for BTC perpetual futures on the world’s three largest crypto futures exchanges by open interest: Overall: 49.55% long, 50.45% short - Binance: 49.12% long, 50.88% short - OKX: 49.52% long, 50.48% short - Bybit: 49.59% long, 50.41% short

Pump.fun, a Solana-based memecoin issuance platform, generated about $893,000 in fee revenue over the past 24 hours, surpassing Tron and Hyperliquid, according to SolanaFloor on X. Data shared by SolanaFloor showed Pump.fun recorded the largest revenue at about $893,000, followed by Tron at about $664,000, Hyperliquid at about $607,000, and Grayscale at about $480,000.

Spot trading volume on decentralized exchanges totaled $136 billion in June, marking the lowest monthly level since April 2025, Unfolded reported, citing Artemis data.

Hyperliquid (HYPE) said on its Telegram channel it plans to expand HIP-4 prediction market creation rights to general users through a future network upgrade. The feature will first be tested on the testnet before being rolled out to the mainnet. Creators will be able to open markets based on templates set through validator voting, and creating a market will require staking 500,000 HYPE. Staked tokens may be slashed following a validator vote if a market is designed ambiguously, settled differently from the template standards, or left unresolved for more than one week despite requiring settlement. The details may still change as feedback is collected.

Aurora, a NEAR-based EVM scalability network, has completed its recovery and is now processing transactions normally, according to Onchain Lens. Earlier, Onchain Lens said Aurora’s mainnet had gone down today at 2:16 a.m. UTC.

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

Avery Ching, CEO of Aptos Labs, said the CLARITY Act under discussion in the U.S. Congress could become a catalyst for financial institutions and companies to enter the digital asset market. Speaking on the YouTube channel '3PROTV,' Ching analyzed how the introduction of digital asset regulation in the U.S. could affect financial markets. Ching added the GENIUS Act and the CLARITY Act would serve as the two main pillars supporting the growth of the digital asset industry and become its most important legal foundation. Over the next five years, Ching said the biggest changes in financial markets would be asset digitization and the spread of AI technology. Ching said an era is coming in which U.S. Treasuries, money market funds, stocks and other assets are traded more conveniently as digital assets through blockchain technology. Separately, Aptos (APT) recently joined as a core blockchain partner for OpenUSD (OUSD), a next-generation stablecoin.

An anonymous whale address ended a five-year dormant period and transferred a total of 700 BTC ($45.3 million) to two new addresses, according to Onchain Lens, which shared the update on X. Of that amount, 2.319 BTC was moved to an address beginning with bc1qqq, while 697.68 BTC was transferred to an address beginning with bc1q7r.

Pudgy Penguins (PENGU) has launched Pudgy Penguins plush toys at Target stores across the U.S., Cointelegraph reported. The rollout marks the project’s biggest push into the offline retail market.

Hong Kong dollar (HKD)-based stablecoin HKDAP is expected to launch later this month, BlockBeats reported, citing a local media outlet. According to the report, Anchorpoint Fintech, led by Standard Chartered Hong Kong, plans to jointly announce the launch of the Hong Kong dollar-pegged stablecoin by the end of July, potentially within the next two weeks. Anchorpoint Fintech is one of two issuers to receive the first stablecoin issuance licenses approved by the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) in April.

An analysis of 52 cases involving digital assets used in violations of South Korea’s Foreign Exchange Transactions Act found that the total scale of the crimes reached about 3.1 trillion won ($2.2 billion), excluding acquittals, Digital Asset reported. According to the outlet, 17 of the 52 cases involved digital assets being used to mediate exchanges between the Chinese yuan and the South Korean won, the largest category. Illegal remittance cases involving Vietnam ranked second with 13 cases, while seven cases each were tied to the Philippines and casinos, and to swap crimes targeting the kimchi premium. Four other cases involved gift certificates, duty-free goods and so-called suitcase traders, while others included XRP exchange and small-sum overseas remittance cases. Of 95 defendants in total, including 93 individuals and two corporations, only one was ultimately acquitted. Among the 94 convicted defendants, 46, or 48.9%, received suspended prison terms, 28, or 29.7%, were fined, 19, or 20.2%, received prison sentences, and one, or 1.0%, received a suspended sentence for a fine.

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong said on X that BTC price moves in line with inflation concerns. He said the hash power or energy devoted to mining does not determine BTC price, and even if miners exit, network difficulty adjusts to keep block production at the same pace. Over the long term, Armstrong said, BTC price is closer to an indicator of how much people worry about inflation, adding those concerns are unlikely to fade easily as fiscal deficits persist across democratic countries. Earlier, former Facebook executive Chamath Palihapitiya had argued that energy used for Bitcoin mining is shifting to AI as AI investment expands.

Binance announced it will end support for the Moonriver (MOVR) and Moonbeam (GLMR) legacy mainnets and migrate the tokens to the Base network. According to the announcement, deposits and withdrawals of MOVR and GLMR via the Moonriver and Moonbeam mainnets will be suspended starting at 11:00 a.m. UTC on July 21. After the migration is completed, deposits and withdrawals through the Moonriver and Moonbeam mainnets will no longer be supported.

The following shows estimated liquidation volumes and position ratios for major crypto perpetual futures over the past 24 hours: - BTC: $20.88 million liquidated (63.02% shorts) - ETH: $27.29 million liquidated (52.94% shorts) - BANK: $13.19 million liquidated (74.87% shorts)

Aurora, an EVM scalability network based on NEAR, has been down since 2:16 a.m. UTC on July 20, according to Onchain Lens.

South Korea’s financial authorities are set to hold a policy meeting with the ruling Democratic Party at the National Assembly Members’ Office Building at 2:00 a.m. UTC today to explain the government’s draft Basic Digital Asset Act, Chosun Biz reported. Attending from the authorities will be Financial Services Commission Chairman Lee Eog-weon and Financial Supervisory Service Governor Lee Chan-jin, while lawmakers from the Democratic Party’s National Policy Committee will also take part. According to the outlet, the bill’s two main issues are whether to require a bank-led consortium for won-based stablecoins and whether to cap major shareholders’ stakes in exchanges. An official at a ruling-party lawmaker’s office on the National Assembly’s Political Affairs Committee said some compromise proposals appear to be emerging on existing issues, adding the government draft would likely need to be released by around early August at the latest for the legislation to pass within the year.

South Korea’s Korea Exchange triggered a sell-side sidecar after the KOSPI fell more than 5%.

Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin deserves a "crypto hero" award, Galaxy Digital CEO Mike Novogratz said, according to CoinMarketCap. Novogratz added Buterin’s reduced recent activity has hurt the Ethereum ecosystem.

South Korean exchange Upbit announced it will temporarily suspend PROS deposits and withdrawals at 3:00 a.m. UTC on July 26 due to a hard fork of Pharos (PROS).