Crypto Markets & On-Chain Ecosystem Developments

According to BlockBeats, Polymarket announced today that starting August 7, it will upgrade its crypto derivatives market settlement mechanism from single-price snapshots to time-weighted average price (TWAP) to protect market integrity. The 5-minute markets will use a 30-second TWAP window,

Fhenix and Canopy announced a technical partnership on July 30, 2026, to embed confidential computation directly into the Canopy Stack, enabling developers to build sovereign onchain applications that keep user data encrypted during processing. The collaboration removes the need for teams to

According to founder Stani Kulechov, Aave announced it will gradually phase out 75 reserve assets with low usage rates across its platform. The removal includes 50 assets from Aave's main network and 25 from other blockchains including Sonic, Scroll, zkSync, Metis, Soneium, and Aptos. The

According to FinanceWire, Vida Global (NYSE American: VIDA) announced on July 30 that it will pay its global workforce in Bitcoin using Voltage Credit over the Lightning Network, while maintaining all accounting in US dollars. The company will issue Bitcoin salary payments on a rolling credit

According to reports from July 30, Fhenix and Canopy have formed a technical partnership to integrate fully homomorphic encryption directly into the Canopy Stack, enabling developers to build sovereign onchain applications with encrypted user data processing. The collaboration removes the need for s

According to Nadal News, Quantum Solutions' subsidiary GPT Pals Studio Limited sold 1,000 ETH for $1.9 million starting in June to support AI data center operations. The sale marks the company's second ETH divestment, bringing cumulative sales to 1,904 ETH. Based on CoinGecko data, Quantum Solutions

U.S. spot XRP ETFs crossed $1.5 billion in cumulative net inflows as of July 29, 2026, according to data from SosoValue. The milestone reflects sustained institutional buying through periods of price instability and subdued retail activity. Franklin Templeton's XRPZ was the only XRP ETF to record fr

According to Seoul police, 71 investors in South Korea lost 3.4 million XRP (approximately $8.5 million) to a fraudulent staking website impersonating Flare Network last October. The fake site, Fxrpntwork.com, operated for only eight days in October before shutting down on October 23, with

According to SosoValue, U.S. spot XRP ETFs reached $1.5 billion in cumulative net inflows as of July 29, 2026. Franklin Templeton's XRPZ was the only XRP ETF to record fresh capital during the latest trading session, now managing $254.35 million in assets with approximately 542,900 XRP tokens

According to CoinGlass data, approximately $286 million in cryptocurrency positions were liquidated within 24 hours around the Federal Reserve meeting, affecting over 87,000 traders. Long positions accounted for $186 million of the liquidations, while short positions accounted for $100

Ark Invest sold shares of Bitmine Immersion Technologies, Bullish, and Block as crypto-related equities extended losses across U.S. markets. The firm simultaneously purchased roughly $43.5 million in crypto stocks over a three-day period, including 122,544 Coinbase shares valued at nearly $18.6 mill

According to BitcoinTreasuries.NET, MicroStrategy will hold its Q2 2026 earnings call at 5 p.m. ET today (July 30), discussing finances, bitcoin strategy, and capital markets. The company's bitcoin holdings have increased by 215,000 BTC to 843,800 BTC since last year's earnings call.

Gate News bot message: Gate market data shows that BTC has broken through 65,000 USDT, with the current price at 65,019.7 USDT.

Robinhood reported its best quarter on Wednesday, with net revenue of $1.31 billion, up 32% year over year, and net income of $573 million, up 48%. Total platform assets reached $369 billion with record net deposits of $21.7 billion. The company now operates 13 separate business lines, each

The Crypto Fear and Greed Index remained at 35 points compared to the previous day, signaling continued cautious sentiment in cryptocurrency markets according to CoinMarketCap's calculation. The unchanged level reflects low investor risk appetite amid ongoing market uncertainty. The 35-point