Crypto Markets & On-Chain Ecosystem Developments

According to Blockchain Association CEO Summer Mersinger speaking at the Injective Summit on Thursday, the U.S. Senate is expected to vote on the Digital Asset Market Clarity (CLARITY) Act as soon as next week, with ethics provisions emerging as the primary sticking point between Republican and

In the past 24 hours as of 4:16 p.m. Beijing time on July 16, Bitcoin fell 0.71% to $64,418.58, while Ethereum declined 2.49% to $1,875.89. The MarketVector Digital Asset 100 Index dropped 1.16% to 12,825.74, with the small-cap segment down 0.40% to 2,197.47 and mid-cap index falling 0.97% to 2,578.

According to Globenewswire, Nasdaq-listed TON Strategy Company announced on July 17 that it has completed its exit from traditional social e-commerce and software businesses inherited from Verb Technology, and will refocus on Gram (TON ecosystem token) asset management and TON ecosystem support.

T. Rowe Price officially launched its first actively managed multi-token spot crypto ETF today (July 16), trading under ticker TKNZ on NYSE Arca. The fund, filed nearly nine months ago in October 2025, allows the $1.9 trillion asset manager to actively adjust portfolio allocations based on market

The US Senate unanimously passed a bipartisan resolution on Wednesday declaring that former FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried should not receive executive clemency. The nonbinding resolution, S.Res. 772, was introduced by Senators Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.) and Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.), chair and ranking me

According to Etoday, on July 17, South Korea's Financial Commission announced new regulations that will include cryptocurrency assets transferred in telecom fraud cases within victim compensation scope. Frozen crypto assets will be returned by asset type and quantity; if assets differ in form, compe

The US Senate unanimously passed resolution S.Res. 772 on Wednesday, with bipartisan support declaring that former FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried should not receive executive clemency. Introduced by Senators Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.) and Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.), the nonbinding resolution reflects

Tokenization platform Tradable announced Thursday plans to bring up to $1 billion in private credit assets onto the Stellar blockchain, expanding institutional access to tokenized real-world assets. The company said $500 million in notional value is expected to be available when the initiative

According to Bloomberg ETF analyst Eric Balchunas, DTCC Digital Assets head Nadine Chakar stated on the Trillions program that DTCC processes $4 quadrillion in settlement annually. No existing blockchain can handle this scale, so DTCC is collaborating with Canton, Stellar, and others to advance

According to ChainCatcher, tokenization platform Tradable plans to bring up to $1 billion in private credit assets to the Stellar blockchain to expand institutional access to tokenized real-world assets (RWA). The initiative will launch with $500 million in notional value assets, scaling to $1 billi

Glacis Labs closed a $6.8 million seed funding round in March led by Lightspeed Faction, with participation from Franklin Templeton, Coinbase Ventures, A.GAIN, Protein Capital, and Techni Ventures. The startup has unveiled ZeroDelta, its multichain clearing platform, which matches, nets, and

IndexFair founder Konstantin Ulanov argues that crypto exchange rating lists should disclose both the evidence supporting their rankings and any commercial relationships influencing them. IndexFair does not currently publish crypto scores, with its public ratings limited to gambling while crypto

According to ChainCatcher, the U.S. Treasury Department today sanctioned 4 cryptocurrency wallets linked to Iran's central bank, prompting Tether to freeze $131 million in USDT. The action brings the total frozen amount to approximately $475 million.

According to ChainCatcher, U.S. spot Ethereum ETFs recorded inflows of $96 million in the first three trading days of this week, with BlackRock's fund capturing the majority of capital. The Robinhood Chain ecosystem's growing demand also supported Ethereum's

Cyperchat, a Web3 social infrastructure platform, announced a strategic partnership with Anubis Chain, a Layer 1 blockchain network, on July 14, 2026. The collaboration integrates zero-knowledge proof technology into social networking and decentralized application experiences to expand

Cyperchat announced on July 14 a strategic partnership with Anubis Chain, a Layer 1 blockchain network, to expand privacy-focused Web3 services by integrating zero-knowledge proof technology. According to the announcement on X, the collaboration combines Cyperchat's social platform—which offers

Ripple CTO Emeritus David Schwartz and former SEC official Marc Fagel disputed on X on July 13 over whether the SEC treated XRP as a security during its case against Ripple. Fagel argued the SEC case targeted Ripple's XRP sales practices rather than the crypto token itself, while Schwartz rejected t

On July 13, Ripple CTO Emeritus David Schwartz disputed former SEC official Marc Fagel's claim that the SEC's case targeted only Ripple's sales practices, not XRP itself. According to Schwartz, the SEC applied a broader Howey theory treating XRP holders as partners in a shared venture expecting

Ondo Finance launched tokenized stocks backed by The Depository Trust Company infrastructure on July 16, marking the first use of DTC Tokenized Entitlements in tokenized securities. The ONDO token surged past $0.38 following the announcement, its first notable price movement in weeks. The launch