The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is set to hold a public meeting on Aug. 14 to consider a proposed "Regulation Crypto" framework that would let some crypto projects raise capital without completing a full securities registration process. If advanced for public comment, it would become the SEC’s first formal, durable rulemaking effort aimed specifically at the crypto sector. The proposal would also outline a route for projects to exit SEC oversight once developers stop actively managing the network and the project becomes decentralized. SEC Chair Paul Atkins has previously said the exemption period could last as long as four years, though no fundraising cap was disclosed. On the litigation front, a federal judge in Connecticut ruled that Kalshi’s sports-event contracts are not swaps under the Commodity Exchange Act, meaning the Commodity Futures Trading Commission did not obtain exclusive jurisdiction on that basis. The decision lands as Kalshi remains under pressure in New York, where the CFTC said it used “emergency powers” to require the prediction-market operator to continue operating after the company sought assistance following a lawsuit from New York Attorney General Letitia James. Elsewhere, the market snapshot showed broad declines among major tokens over the past 24 hours, while project, funding, security and AI headlines spanned Bitwise layoffs, a reported COLDCARD Mk3 wallet flaw, Hyperliquid and Robinhood Chain user metrics, and a string of new financings across crypto, AI and financial infrastructure.

A wide set of crypto, equity and AI developments shaped the July 27 news cycle. BitMart said it will wind down its exchange in phases, with new registrations, deposits and fresh orders already set to stop and all trading services ending on Aug. 26, 2026, while withdrawals remain open. Around the same time, Odos and Dango each published shutdown timetables, including read-only periods, trading cutoffs and fund withdrawal arrangements. Elsewhere, ChangXin Technology is set to list today at RMB 8.66 per share, with single-lot profit estimates ranging from roughly RMB 12,000 to RMB 20,200 based on different IPO gain benchmarks cited by Chinese media. Robinhood is also in talks with Crypto.com over a prediction-market partnership, according to The Wall Street Journal, and Binance Research said Gen Z is now the largest user group for its equity-linked products, contributing $80 billion in cumulative trading volume. The broader digest also covered Nvidia’s open-weight AI letter, OpenAI and Anthropic’s reported lobbying on open-source models, expected record earnings at SK hynix, Storj Labs’ Chapter 11 filing, a suspected security incident on WEMIX 3.0, and Fidelity’s call for the U.S. Senate to pass the CLARITY Act.

Bo Shen has launched a public bounty of 10% to 20% of recovered funds to help reclaim about $42 million in crypto stolen from his personal wallet in November 2022.

Binance said it will adjust the tick size, or minimum price movement unit, for 31 spot trading pairs at 05:00 UTC on July 22, 2026, according to an official announcement cited by Odaily. The affected pairs include AUCTION/USDC, AUCTION/USDT, BB/TRY, BB/USDC, BB/USDT, BERA/TRY, BERA/USDC, BERA/USDT, EPIC/USDC, EPIC/USDT, ETHFI/USDC, ETHFI/USDT, FIL/FDUSD, FIL/USDC, FIL/USDT, GLMR/USDT, GTC/USDT, HFT/USDT, LQTY/USDT, PEPE/JPY, QI/USDT, RARE/TRY, RARE/USDC, RARE/USDT, RESOLV/TRY, RESOLV/USDC, RESOLV/USDT, STRK/TRY, STRK/USDC, STRK/USDT, and ZIL/USDT. Binance said the change is intended to improve market liquidity and trading experience. Existing spot orders will not be affected, though users were advised to adjust trading bots to avoid unnecessary trading disruptions.

A social media post claiming Circle acquired Liquity pushed LQTY up more than 11% to $0.295, even as the announcement was widely seen as a likely April Fools' joke. Liquity has not issued further clarification.

Bo Shen has launched a public bounty, offering 10% to 20% of recovered funds to help trace and reclaim about $42 million in crypto stolen from his personal wallet in 2022.

LQTY, the governance token of Liquity protocol, is now trading just 1.94% above its all-time low of $0.25, after a 99.6% plunge from its peak of $62.97. With 96.2 million tokens in circulation, the token faces severe downside risks.

KuCoin data shows LQTY hit an all-time high of $62.97 and is now down 99.60% from that peak. Its all-time low is $0.25, with the current price up 1.94% from the bottom. Circulating supply stands at 96,221,324 tokens out of a 100 million maximum.