Crypto Markets & On-Chain Ecosystem Developments

According to Coinglass data cited by ChainCatcher, Bitcoin futures open interest grew 5.83% in the past 24 hours, reaching $49.862 billion. Binance holds the largest share with $9.175 billion, followed by Gate at $4.424 billion and Bybit at $4.265 billion, while OKX accounts for $2.666 billion.

According to Lookonchain, 18 minutes ago on July 21, newly created wallet 0xf23c transferred 7,000 ETH (worth approximately $13.46 million) from Binance and staked the assets.

The Shilin District Court on July 20 sentenced a fraud leader identified by surname Shih to 22 years in prison for orchestrating the Cointhink Technology cryptocurrency scam that defrauded 1,539 investors of more than $37.14 million (NT$1.2 billion). Prosecutors determined the fraud ring

According to Shilin District Court, on July 20, the mastermind of Cointhink Technology, identified by surname Shih, received a 22-year prison sentence for leading a cryptocurrency fraud ring that defrauded over 1,539 investors. The syndicate laundered $71.3 million through Tether's USDT by falsely a

Bitcoin, gold, Nasdaq 100 ETF (QQQ), and South Korea's KOSPI showed synchronized movements in early July 13-20 trading before diverging sharply later in the period, per Digital Asset analysis of Binance API data. Bitcoin rebounded to a period high while QQQ and KOSPI reversed gains; gold remained ra

According to Digital Asset's analysis based on Binance API data from July 13 to 20, Bitcoin outperformed other major assets, gaining 4.68% to reach $65,224 while gold remained relatively flat with a 0.29% gain. In contrast, the Nasdaq-100 tracking asset QQQ fell 2.05% and South Korea's KOSPI index d

According to SolanaFloor, Circle minted approximately 750 million USDC on Solana in the past 24 hours.

According to CryptoQuant analyst Axel Adler Jr., miner-associated OTC addresses have reduced their Bitcoin holdings from approximately 500,000 BTC to 140,000 BTC since November 2021, marking a decline of nearly 72% over the past four years. The continuous drawdown indicates that miner reserves are g

On July 21, 2026, the KeSPA Cup League of Legends event delivered a marquee matchup—two major South Korean esports powerhouses, Gen.G and T1, went head to head. Based on Gate prediction market data, the current market assigns T1 a 64% chance of winning, while Gen.G has a 37% probability. A gap of nearly 30 percentage points like this is uncommon in direct showdowns between top esports teams. What exactly drove the market’s capital distribution to such an extent? And what differences exist betwee

NEAR Protocol rolled out a mainnet upgrade on July 20, 2026, that activates quantum-safe signing and dynamic resharding simultaneously. The upgrade introduces a National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)-approved post-quantum digital signature scheme, making NEAR one of the first

According to Foresight News, CoinW announced on July 21, 2026, that it has upgraded its platform token to CoinW Coin (CWC), marking a new round of ecosystem strategy expansion. The newly upgraded CWC will serve as the core value carrier connecting trading platforms, payment settlement, and

According to NEAR Protocol's official announcement on July 20, the network's mainnet upgrade has activated quantum-safe signing with NIST-approved post-quantum digital signature schemes, making NEAR one of the first blockchains to deploy quantum-resistant cryptography in production. The upgrade

According to Onchain Lens, Abraxas Capital withdrew 20,000 ETH from Aave today (July 21), valued at approximately $38.47 million.

According to Guru Club, on July 15, Chanxin Technology's perpetual futures contract launched on Hyperliquid at $7.2 per share, roughly 52 yuan. This values the chipmaker at approximately 3.5 trillion yuan, or about six times the 579 billion yuan

Gate News: According to the latest Gate TradFi data, ZHIPU (ZhiPu 02513.HK) has surged by 40% in a short period. Current volatility is significantly higher than recent averages, indicating increased market

According to BlockSec, Wanchain's Cardano cross-chain bridge suffered an attack on July 21, with approximately 515 million NIGHT tokens stolen from the bridge vault. BlockSec's investigation identified the root cause as a signature message encoding vulnerability in the TreasuryCheck validator.

According to CryptoQuant analyst Axel Adler Jr., stablecoins have experienced net outflows for 35 consecutive days as of July 21, with recent figures falling below -$100 million. Bitcoin is currently trading near $65,000, and the continuous outflow of stablecoins from exchanges suggests weakened

According to Binance's official announcement, the exchange will suspend Zcash (ZEC) deposits and withdrawals on July 28, 2026 at 8:00 PM (UTC+8) to support the network upgrade and hard fork. The Zcash project is scheduled to execute the network upgrade and hard fork at block height 3,428,143,

According to Foresight News, Hylo, a Solana-based yield protocol, has launched xBTC anti-liquidation leverage tokens. Users holding the tokens gain 3x Bitcoin exposure. The protocol plans to expand leverage tokens to crypto assets, yield-bearing assets, equities, and commodities in the