Crypto Markets & On-Chain Ecosystem Developments

South Korea's ruling party and government held a policy meeting on the 20th where Financial Services Commission (FSC) Chairman Lee Eok-won and National Policy Committee members discussed the urgent need for Digital Asset Basic Act legislation. Rep. Park Sang-hyuk, the ruling party whip on the Nation

According to Lookonchain monitoring, trader 0xbf73 opened a 10x leveraged long position on 764 million PUMP tokens valued at $1.53 million. The liquidation price for the position stands at $0.0016194. This follows Ansem's purchase of PUMP tokens using 1,500 SOL worth

According to PANews, Pudgy Penguins announced today (July 20) that Pengu plush toys are now available at all Target stores across the United States. This follows the launch of the project's TCG card game, Vibes Series 3, at Target stores last

Gate News report: On July 20, according to Gate market data, as of the time of writing, ACE (Fusionist) is trading at $0.09357. It is up 54.70% over the past 24 hours, with a high of $0.10593 and a low of $0.06223. The 24-hour trading volume is $1.276 million. The current market cap is approximately $9.7945 million. Fusionist is an independent WEB3 game that delivers AAA-quality experiences through Unity and HDRP technology. It offers three interconnected game modes for different types of player

According to ChainCatcher, OneKey founder Wang Yishi highlighted on X that third-party input methods and applications may continuously access user clipboard content, potentially exposing sensitive information like seed phrases. Multiple users subsequently reported that after copying content or

According to RootData statistics, from March to May, within just two months, a total of 62 crypto projects were recorded as entering a shutdown list, equivalent to an average of one project shutting down per day. The shutdown projects include early ZK-Rollup protocol Loopring, as well as well-funded projects like Yupp, an AI+Crypto infrastructure project led by a16z. RootData data: 62 projects shut down as of 2026, shutdown timeline and funding scale Based on RootData’s records, the following ar

The 2026 World Cup final has ended. Spain scored the only goal of the match in extra time at the 106th minute through Ferran Torres, beating defending champions Argentina 1-0 to win the World Cup for the second time in their history. Canadian singer Drake placed a bet worth 1.5 million USDT on Argentina to win in regular time via the crypto platform Stake before the match, but the entire wager failed. Ferran Torres Breaks Through at the 106th Minute of Extra Time Spain’s only goal came at the 10

According to ChainCatcher, Social Capital founder Chamath Palihapitiya identified two major structural headwinds for bitcoin bulls on social media. First, marginal liquidity is flowing toward prediction markets and equities rather than crypto assets. Second, energy used for bitcoin mining could be w

South Korean courts convicted 94 of 95 defendants across 52 virtual asset foreign exchange violation cases from 2017 to 2026, with illegal transactions totaling approximately 3.1 trillion won. The cases involved unregistered foreign exchange operations using digital assets to facilitate

According to RootData, a Web3 asset data platform, Walrus (WAL) will unlock approximately 38.33 million tokens worth about $1.11 million on July 27 at 10 a.m. Beijing time.

According to GMGN data, over the past 24 hours, Jimothy led the popular token sector with $16.28 million in trading volume and a market cap of $7.34 million, but declined 27%. The second-largest performer, ANSEM, rose 19.3% to reach a $300 million market cap with $12.57 million in 24-hour volume.

Jason Oxman, CEO of the Electronic Transactions Association (ETA), which represents payment giants such as Visa, MasterCard, Amazon, and PayPal, said in an interview with CoinDesk that the traditional electronic payments industry is seeing Bitcoin’s disruptive potential, and collaboration with startups will only increase. Oxman said ETA’s role is to facilitate electronic transactions, which will be adopted in whatever form customers or merchants consider most suitable. BitPay became the first Bi

According to CryptoQuant analyst Darkfost, reported by ChainCatcher, short-term holder cost basis has fallen below long-term holder cost basis, a signal suggesting the bear market may be entering its final phase. The metric recently reached $69,000, down from $112,500. Darkfost clarified that this s

According to Hyperinsight monitoring, ZHIPU dropped sharply over 17% on Hyperliquid on July 20, hitting a low of $120.7 within one hour before Hong Kong market open, with declines extending into the afternoon session. A major whale (starting with 0xddb) holding 7,300 contracts in 10x leveraged

Gate News, July 20, according to Gate行情 data: as of the time of writing, BANK (Black Flag DAO) is trading at $0.23. Within the past 24 hours, it has risen 109.42%, with a high of $0.24 and a low of $0.09. The 24-hour Filled Amount is $18.0096 million. Current market cap is approximately $98.0116 million. Lorenzo Protocol is an institutional-grade asset management platform committed to building the financial services infrastructure needed for on-chain investment products—an essential foundation f

According to blockchain analyst Ai Yi's monitoring via Polymarket data, user yamal19 won $1.135 million by betting on Spain to win the World Cup final against Argentina on July 20.

According to Coinglass data cited by ChainCatcher, the crypto derivatives market saw $116 million in liquidations over the past 24 hours. Long positions accounted for $52.92 million in losses, while short positions saw $62.71 million

Allbridge Core, a cross-chain stablecoin bridge, paused its protocol on Sunday after a security incident that drained $1.65 million. The attack targeted Allbridge Core's Solana deployment, with the attacker using a flash loan manipulation technique to exploit stablecoin pool exchange rates. This inc