Crypto Markets & On-Chain Ecosystem Developments

Gate News: According to the latest Gate TradFi data, COCOA (Cocoa) has dropped by 4% in a short period. Current volatility is significantly higher than recent averages, indicating increased market activity.

U.S. spot cryptocurrency exchange-traded funds recorded net inflows on Friday July 17, with Bitcoin ETFs attracting $132.3 million and Ethereum ETFs posting $36.7 million. The combined $169 million reflected continued investor allocation to regulated digital-asset vehicles. Institutional demand

Input Output will transfer development of six core Cardano software components to independent specialist firms from August, continuing into 2027. The transition includes the Haskell node, Plutus smart-contract platform, Daedalus wallet, Hydra layer-2 system, Mithril protocol, and developer

According to Input Output, Cardano will hand development of six core software components to independent specialist firms starting from August 2026, with the transition continuing into 2027. The components include the Haskell node (which validates blocks and maintains consensus), Plutus

According to BlockBeats, on July 20, the account that drained 4.426 trillion BONK tokens from Bonk's treasury via a governance proposal completed its liquidation, depositing the final 400 billion BONK ($1.17 million) to Coinbase 30 minutes ago. The total liquidation of tokens extracted 13 days

From 08:30 to 08:45 (UTC) on July 20, 2026, the BTC 15-minute candlestick returned -0.50%, with a price range of 63,733.8–64,282.1 USDT and an amplitude of 0.85%. BTC fell about 0.69% over the past 24 hours, dropping from $65,106 to around $64,246. As geopolitical risk heats up, short-term volatility has increased, but the overall decline remains relatively mild, and market participation is low. The main driver behind this unusual move is the continued escalation of the military conflict between

Cardano activated its van Rossem hard fork on July 18, 2026, completing the network's first protocol upgrade whose final approval and execution were determined entirely through its decentralized onchain governance system. The upgrade took effect at 21:44:51 UTC at the boundary of epoch 644,

According to the GENIUS Act signed into law in July 2025, Tether's USDT must secure a compliant regulatory route in the United States by July 18, 2028, or risk removal from American crypto exchanges. The legislation established a three-year transition period for payment stablecoins; after the

Cardano activated its van Rossem hard fork on July 18, 2026, completing the network's first protocol upgrade whose approval and execution were determined entirely through decentralized onchain governance. The upgrade moved the blockchain to Protocol Version 11 at 21:44:51 UTC at epoch 644, while

According to ChainCatcher, Gate gStocks recently introduced tokenized stock products backed by 1:1 native stock reserves. SOXLG (leveraged semiconductor ETF) is trading at $139.46 with a 3.40% gain, while INTCG (Intel) is at $96.36, up 3.20%. The platform offers 24/7 trading, fractional shares

Cryptocurrency payments company BitPay announced that its Dutch subsidiary, BitPay B.V., has received authorization as a Crypto-Asset Service Provider from the Dutch Authority for the Financial Markets under the European Union's Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation. The authorization enables BitPay t

Rapper Drake lost a $1.5 million USDT bet on Argentina after Spain defeated the South American team 1-0 in the World Cup final on July 19. The wager, placed through crypto casino Stake at +245 odds, would have returned approximately $5.175 million if Argentina had won. Spain's Ferran Torres scored t

BitPay's Dutch subsidiary has received Crypto-Asset Service Provider authorisation from the Dutch Authority for the Financial Markets, enabling the company to offer regulated cryptocurrency and stablecoin payment services across all EU member states under a single

According to Slow Mist, a malicious extension named juannegro.solidity has been discovered in the TRAE AI code editor's plugin marketplace. The extension masquerades as a legitimate Solidity plugin but functions as a cross-platform malware delivery tool. Once installed, it establishes persistent

The 2026 World Cup in the US, Canada, and Mexico ended with Spain lifting the trophy in the west—but the data trails left in Crypto prediction markets are still fermenting. The two major platforms Polymarket and Kalshi have combined for a total trading volume of $5.5 billion on World Cup final contracts; Polymarket’s World Cup champion contracts alone have累计成交 $4.28 billion. This makes the World Cup champion prediction the platform’s highest-volume single event contract in history, surpassing th

Franklin Templeton expanded its BENJI tokenized money market fund, valued at approximately $1.5 billion, to BNB Chain, marking another step in the asset manager's broader blockchain strategy. The move extends one of the world's largest tokenized investment products to an additional public blockchain

Binance and Bybit recorded combined stablecoin outflows exceeding $2.3 billion over the past 30 days, according to data reported by Coinpedia. Binance accounted for approximately $1.55 billion of the outflows, while Bybit recorded roughly $786 million during the same period. The outflows reflect a b

Bitcoin whale wallets holding between 1,000 and 10,000 BTC accumulated approximately 66,700 BTC over the 60 days ending July 19, representing one of the strongest buying waves of the year. The accumulation occurred while Bitcoin price remained stable between $64,500 and $64,700 in mid-July,