Crypto Markets & On-Chain Ecosystem Developments

According to Blockworks co-founder Jason Yanowitz, approximately 250 liquidity funds are currently active in the cryptocurrency industry, out of an estimated global total of around 800 such funds. Yanowitz noted that his firm's list includes 470 funds, though 40–50% of funds in the space do not

AZ-COM Maruwa Holdings, a major logistics services company in Japan, will adopt the JPYC stablecoin for payments to business partners. According to a report from Nikkei Asia, the company plans to use the stablecoin to pay fees and salaries to roughly 2,300 business partners and individual

According to Onchain Lens, Allbridge Core paused its cross-chain bridge protocol on Sunday (July 20) following a $1.65 million flash loan exploit. The attacker used a $1.12 million flash loan from Solana-based Kamino protocol to manipulate the bridge's stablecoin liquidity pool ratios by rapidly

According to 10x Research, bitcoin ETFs saw net inflows in July (as of July 20), reversing June's $4.7 billion net outflow—the largest single-month outflow since launch. In June, BTC touched a cycle low of $58,559. Bitcoin has since recovered to $63,899 in July's inflow

According to Nikkei Asia, AZ-COM Maruwa Holdings, a major Japanese logistics services company, plans to adopt JPYC stablecoin to pay fees and salaries to approximately 2,300 business partners and individual contractors, including truck drivers. The company is considering a partnership with JPYC

According to Virtuals Protocol's weekly report, Agent trading volume on Robinhood Chain surpassed $150 million this week, with over 4,500 agents now live. The protocol noted that the ecosystem reached the first $100 million in trading volume within two weeks, then accelerated to $150 million in

According to Polymarket, the prediction market for whether the U.S. government will ban open-source AI models shows a 16% probability for "Yes." Per the market's settlement rules, if the federal government restricts public access to or use of open-source AI models via legislation, executive

According to OKX market data, PUMP intraday surge exceeded 21% on July 20, reaching a high of 0.002072 and trading at 0.001997 as of reporting. Earlier, Ansem posted on X that he purchased PUMP tokens around 0.001675.

From 03:30–03:45 UTC on July 20, 2026, BTC briefly rose by 0.34%, with a price fluctuation range of 64,665.5–64,902.9 USDT and an amplitude of 0.37%. Gold surged by 3.84% on the same day, but BTC’s 24h move was only +0.05%, with thin trading volume (only 179 1-hour candlesticks). With geopolitical uncertainty at a high level, the market is in a wait-and-see mode, and neither bulls nor bears have a clear directional consensus. The main driver of this uptick is the sharp escalation of the US–Iran

According to DefiLlama, Gate recorded net inflows of $64.55 million in the past 7 days, ranking first globally among centralized exchanges.

Gate News message, a dormant whale has transferred 700 BTC after remaining inactive for five years. The holdings were originally purchased for $22.34 million and are currently valued at $45.3 million. The transferred funds have been distributed to new addresses: 2.319 BTC was sent to

According to PANews, Hyperliquid announced that HIP-4 will support permissionless market deployment on testnet first, followed by mainnet in future network upgrades. Deployers must stake 500,000 HYPE, with staking locked for 6 months. If markets are undefined, settlements fail to meet

The NFT project “Pudgy Penguins” announced on July 20 that its Pengu plush toy has officially arrived in the toy sections of all Target stores across the United States. Previously, on June 20, Pudgy Penguins’ trading card game Vibes Series 3 entered Target’s nationwide retail channels. Pengu plush toys go on sale at Target in the U.S. on July 20 (Source: Pudgy Penguins) According to Pudgy Penguins’ official announcement, the timeline for its 2026 U.S. physical retail expansion is as follows: Jun

According to Foresight News, Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong commented on recent discussion about Bitcoin's valuation drivers. Armstrong stated that Bitcoin mining energy consumption does not determine price since network difficulty automatically adjusts to maintain block timing. Long-term, Bitcoin pri

According to CoinAnk, in the past 24 hours, the network recorded approximately $158 million in liquidations. Short liquidations amounted to $80.28 million, while long liquidations reached $77.57 million, with Ethereum accounting for $37.2 million and Bitcoin $26.78 million in liquidations.

According to Security Alliance's Lazarus Group member database, Mauro Liu, a North Korean-linked hacker connected to a Consensys breach earlier this year, previously held positions at Ankr, Blueberry Protocol, Clover Network, Harmony, and DEPO. The hacker, operating under the alias Tyler Knapp,

According to Foresight News, on July 15, two developers at vladfun hardcoded their own token into the platform's frontend at launch, making it the only visible token while hiding other creators' tokens. The Robinhood Chain token platform discovered the malicious code within 2 hours, immediately

According to TenArmor, a suspicious attack targeting RWT on the Binance Smart Chain has been detected, resulting in losses of approximately $118,000.

According to The Hong Kong Economic Times, Anchorpoint and Standard Chartered plan to announce the launch of HKDAP, a stablecoin pegged to the Hong Kong Dollar, by late July within two weeks. Anchorpoint, founded by Standard Chartered, was among the first two stablecoin issuers licensed by the Hong

On-chain sleuth ZachXBT recently criticized all hardware wallets in the community as “completely garbage,” saying they shouldn’t be used to sign important transactions or store assets. He suggested replacing hardware wallets with a dedicated old iPhone (fully disconnected from everyday web browsing and app downloads) as a cold wallet. ZachXBT’s criticism isn’t just about private-key storage security—it also highlights the risk that users can be tricked into authorizing malicious content in compl