Crypto Markets & On-Chain Ecosystem Developments

According to Trader T, U.S. Bitcoin spot ETFs recorded net inflows of $203.2 million yesterday (July 21), with BlackRock's IBIT leading at $163.94 million. Fidelity's FBTC, Ark's ARKB, and Grayscale's GBTC Mini also posted positive inflows during the

According to an OKX survey of 1,400 U.S. crypto traders, 70% were willing to allow AI to manage their portfolios autonomously, either with full self-directed control or automatic decision-making within self-set risk limits. Younger respondents showed higher willingness to cede control; 38% of Gen

Alchemy CEO Nikil Viswanathan announced on X on July 21 that Robinhood Chain, just two weeks after going live, has climbed to No. 1 on Electric Capital’s real-time developer activity rankings; as of the time of reporting, it remains number one on the leaderboard. According to research from Bernstein, TVL exceeded $323 million. Electric Capital Leaderboard Data: Alchemy CEO Announces the Top Spot According to an announcement by Alchemy CEO Nikil Viswanathan on X on July 21, 2026, Robinhood Chain

According to PeckShield, Balance Coin, an algorithmic stablecoin designed to maintain a US dollar peg, crashed on Wednesday following a reported $915,000 exploit of 42DAO, the decentralized autonomous organization governing Balance Protocol. The token fell from $0.9954 to $0.001358, according to Coi

According to the FBI's July 20 public service announcement, scammers are impersonating personnel from the FBI and Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) to target people who have already lost money to fraud. The criminals use AI-generated videos and fake websites to appear legitimate, falsely

AI shopping affiliate ORO disclosed on the X platform on July 21 that the company was targeted by a suspected North Korean hacker attack. On July 13, it lost 147k Alpha tokens, worth about $630k. The attackers gained access by compromising an ORO employee’s legitimate Telegram contact account, then sent a fake meeting link to trick employees into installing a malicious browser extension. After collecting data for nearly a month, they stole it. Attack method: impersonated Microsoft Teams link, ma

According to CNBC and SpotGamma data, Bitcoin rallied to its highest level since mid-June on Tuesday (July 21), with Coinbase (COIN) jumping 9.61% to $175.85 as options traders positioned heavily bullish on the crypto recovery. Coinbase options trading showed 114,000 call contracts versus 50,000

According to BlockBeats, Pakistan's Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has established a dedicated cryptocurrency investigation unit under the National Command & Control Center on July 22 to combat financial crimes involving digital assets. Muhammad Athar Waheed, head of FIA's Counter-Terrorism

According to official announcement, Gate Launchpool Period 367 ANTFUN staking event runs from July 21 to August 4 (UTC+8). Users can stake USDT, GUSD, or ANTFUN to share 3,756,574 ANTFUN airdrops. Total stakes across three pools currently reach approximately $74 million, with the GUSD pool

According to RootData, Hyperliquid (HYPE) will unlock approximately 9.92 million tokens worth around $602 million on July 29, 2026 (UTC+8).

According to an official statement, Solana perpetual protocol FlashTrade discovered an unauthorized $98,000 withdrawal on July 22 and suspended trading, deposits, and withdrawals. Trading has since resumed while deposits and withdrawals remain paused for approximately 24 hours to complete fund

According to Hyperinsight, a newly-activated whale address established a 181.3 BTC long position with 40x leverage overnight, worth approximately $12.04 million. The address received around $464,000 from three sources yesterday evening, swapped UBTC to USDC, and deployed the funds into BTC

According to Hyperinsight monitoring, a new address received approximately $464,000 from three sources yesterday evening and entered a Bitcoin futures contract. The address initially opened a short position of 68.1 BTC, then switched directions multiple times before committing to a long position.

According to Cointelegraph citing River data, 49.6 million Americans now hold Bitcoin, surpassing the 28.8 million people who own gold as of July 22.

According to SolanaFloor, Ramp launched stablecoin accounts on Solana on July 22, enabling enterprises to hold USDC or USDT while leveraging existing approval and accounting workflows. The accounts support round-the-clock cross-border payments for the platform's user

According to ChainCatcher citing DeFiLlama data, Bitget received $692 million in net inflows over the past 30 days, ranking first among centralized exchanges (CEX). OKX and Bitvavo followed with $492 million and $57.32 million in net inflows

Jack Mallers stepped down as CEO of Twenty One Capital on July 20, 2026, to focus full-time on bitcoin payments company Strike. The departure coincided with the collapse of a Tether-engineered three-way merger involving Twenty One Capital, Strike, and bitcoin miner Elektron Energy. XXI shares fell o

According to Cointelegraph, as of July 22, the Ethereum validator activation queue has climbed to approximately 2.5 million ETH. New validators awaiting activation are facing a wait time exceeding 43 days.

David Anthony Rodriguez, a former Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department deputy, received 12 months in federal prison on Monday for submitting a false search warrant affidavit to obtain cellphone location data. Rodriguez pleaded guilty in July 2025 to conspiracy against rights after

According to Move Industries CEO Torab on July 22, the developer team clarified it has no affiliation with Movement Labs, which filed for bankruptcy. Movement is now a global fintech company operating licensed stablecoin payment channels, Torab stated. He also disclosed concluding an East Africa