Gate Cryptocurrency News and Market Analysis

Small Bitcoin holders moved coins on July 31 at a rate not seen since the collapse of FTX, as news spread that Coldcard hardware wallets had been generating guessable keys for five years. Transfers of less than 1 BTC totaled 39,600 BTC on that day, according to CryptoQuant Head of Research Julio

NICE Credit Rating placed SK Siltron on credit downgrade review watch on the 3rd, following Doosan's announcement to acquire a 70.61% stake from SK. SK Siltron currently holds an A+ (stable) corporate bond rating. The review stems from the removal of a 1-notch rating uplift tied to potential

South Korean individual stock wealth rankings underwent significant reshuffling as of July 31, according to financial data provider FnGuide, driven by the artificial intelligence and semiconductor rally. Samsung Electronics Chairman Lee Jae-yong retained the top position with holdings valued at 46.2

The Ethereum network generated $1.79Bn in application layer fees during Q2 2026, but captured only $88.4M in Real Economic Value at the L1 level—a 4.9% value capture ratio, according to on-chain analyst @Tanaka_L2 in a July 31 breakdown. The divergence stems from Layer 2 rollup scaling, which now

SushiSwap launched Sushi Launch on August 03, 2026, a token issuance platform built exclusively on Robinhood Chain that enables users to create tokens paired with tokenized real-world assets including equities, with each token automatically supported by a live Sushi V3 liquidity pool from

Foreign investors sold 103.23 trillion won in Korean stocks from May through July, while retail investors absorbed 82.87 trillion won of the selling pressure during the same period, according to Korea Exchange data. The shift occurred as retail buying momentum weakened in late July, with the KOSPI i

Micron (MU) stocks dropped nearly 2% in premarket trading on Monday, extending a turbulent stretch after the stock plunged 29% in July — its worst monthly performance since June 2005. The decline followed a 5.2% drop in South Korea's KOSPI index, where Samsung Electronics fell 8.8% and SK Hynix decl

The Senate left the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act off Monday's floor schedule, with five days remaining until the August 7 recess. The House-passed bill, designed to divide cryptocurrency oversight between the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission,

Klarna (NYSE: KLAR) closed at $18.94 on July 31, 2026, down from a post-IPO high of $45.48 since its September 2025 NYSE listing, per stockanalysis.com. On July 28, 2026, Klarna became the exclusive lessor behind Apple Upgrade—the programme that replaced Apple's iPhone Upgrade Program—underwriting e

Cyprus-regulated brokers serving Spanish retail clients received notice on June 10 that perpetual futures, spot-quoted futures, and similar leveraged products can fall under Spain's rules for contracts for difference. The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission issued Circular C785 at the

The USD-KRW exchange rate traded at 1,429.80 won as of 3:30 PM on the 3rd, up 5.80 won from the prior Seoul close of 1,424.00 won, as market participants remained cautious following coordinated foreign exchange interventions by US, Japanese, and South Korean authorities. Japan's Ministry of

Hong Kong-licensed cryptocurrency exchange HashKey Exchange received approval from JPMorgan Chase to open a client money account, its parent company HashKey Holdings announced Monday. The account will support client fund segregation and settlement through JPMorgan's banking infrastructure. HashKey H

Bithumb announced a plan to complete its initial public offering (IPO) by 2028, with a submission for preliminary listing review to the Korea Exchange planned for next year. The crypto exchange unveiled a three-phase roadmap on its website, outlining internal control enhancements this year, prelimin

Vertiv (NYSE: VRT) closed at $241.57 on July 31, 2026, roughly 36% below its May peak of $376.23, despite raising full-year 2026 guidance and reporting a project backlog above $15 billion. The decline followed the company's July 29 Q2 2026 earnings report, which showed net sales of $3,274 million—ab

Hyperliquid (HYPE), Succinct (PROVE), and Ethena (ENA) will release tokens worth around $630.2 million in the first week of August 2026. The unlocks include 433,000 HYPE tokens on August 6, 208.33 million PROVE tokens on August 5, and 171.88 million ENA tokens on August 5. These scheduled releases a

Ripple announced strategic investments in ZILO and Licuido to expand the institutional infrastructure supporting the XRP Ledger (XRPL). The investments bring regulated transfer agency, digital asset issuance, and collateral mobility capabilities to Ripple's ecosystem. Ripple aims to position XRPL as

Bitfinex whales closed massive long positions in Solana as the cryptocurrency traded around $70. August started with over $16 million in long liquidations according to CoinGlass, representing the largest daily elimination of bullish positions in nearly a month, while short liquidations totaled