The EU's MiCA regulation enters full force on July 1, 2026, forcing non-compliant stablecoins like USDT off regulated exchanges while USDC remains. Exchanges face high authorization bars, narrowing the market to a handful of licensed players.
CryptoComLearn published a list of 10 memecoins to watch, highlighting names such as PENGU, BONK, WIF and FARTCOIN based on liquidity, community strength, trading activity and brand recognition.
Meta software engineer Raymond Zeng earns $306,500 annually but takes home only $4,000 monthly after aggressive saving. He aims to retire by 30 with $1.6 million, following the FIRE movement.
Crypto markets opened the day with a heavy policy, exchange and security agenda. U.S. Senate Republicans released a new 616-page version of the Clarity bill, adding ethics provisions that would bar public officials and their spouses from issuing or sponsoring digital assets, while allowing investment holdings under disclosure and divestment or blind-trust requirements. The ethics section includes a sunset date of Jan. 20, 2029, and the proposal is still being negotiated ahead of a possible Senate vote as early as next week. Elsewhere, BitMEX said it will shut down on Sept. 23, 2026 at 12:00 Beijing time and has already stopped registering new users. The exchange said new position openings will be restricted from Aug. 26, 2026, with users only allowed to reduce positions before any remaining positions are forcibly closed at shutdown. Kazakhstan also approved rules for “strategic digital mining,” tying electricity allocations to transfers of part of miners’ output into a structure that will help build a national strategic crypto reserve. On the security front, the AFX-operated cross-chain bridge in the Arbitrum ecosystem was attacked at 5:30 a.m. Beijing time on July 23, with about 24.15 million USDC stolen. Blockaid said it is working with the Arbitrum team and affected protocols to help freeze funds, while Offchain Labs co-founder Steven Goldfeder said Arbitrum’s native bridge was not exploited. Grayscale, Bitwise and CryptoQuant analysts also published fresh views on Bitcoin market conditions, ETF flows and signs of a possible bottom.
More than $230 million in token supply is set to enter circulation this week, led by H, PARTI, JUP, TRUMP, WLD, RAIN, and SOL. The scheduled releases are drawing attention for their potential effect on liquidity and short-term price moves.
Japanese financial giant SBI Holdings has issued a ¥10 billion blockchain bond that offers investors XRP rewards along with fixed interest. The bond will be issued on BOOSTRY's ibet for Fin platform, bypassing traditional settlement systems.
SBI Holdings is launching a 10 billion yen on-chain bond for retail and corporate investors in Japan, offering a 3-year term, projected annual yields of 1.85% to 2.45%, and XRP rewards for qualified subscribers.
A broad set of market, security, regulatory, and infrastructure developments emerged between late July 22 and early July 23. Binance said it will add 10 tokenized bStocks securities as eligible collateral and open margin trading for their related pairs, while Upbit designated Zilliqa’s ZIL as a closely watched asset and suspended deposits and withdrawals after security concerns tied to its wallet or distributed ledger. Zilliqa then disclosed a serious Ledger app nonce flaw affecting native, non-EVM ZIL transactions, saying private keys could be recovered from around five affected signatures. Security incidents also hit B² Network and an AFX-operated bridge in the Arbitrum ecosystem. Elsewhere, Payward said xStocks is expanding tokenized equities beyond U.S. names, Sui launched the Hashi Bitcoin interoperability testnet, BNY Mellon outlined plans for round-the-clock Treasury settlement, and several firms including OpenAI, Alphabet, Revolut, Tesla, and Samsung disclosed major product, spending, or financial updates. The flow also included U.S. legislative movement on the Clarity bill, SEC commentary on on-chain vaults and lending strategies, whale ETH purchases, and fresh market views from Grayscale and Bitwise.
