Crypto Markets & On-Chain Ecosystem Developments

According to reports by Wu Blockchain and The Defiant, on-chain investigator ZachXBT criticized hardware wallets as "complete garbage" in recent social media posts, saying he does not recommend using them and calling Ledger the worst among major providers. His comments followed a $282 million

According to its official statement on X on July 15, Nasdaq called tokenization a 'natural extension of regulated markets' that bridges mainstream finance and digital asset ecosystems while preserving trust and improving how capital moves and settles. The statement came after the Depository

According to ChainCatcher, Binance Futures will launch three perpetual contracts today (July 16): MUUUSDT at 17:00, SOXSUSDT at 17:05, and TZAUSDT at 17:10 UTC. All contracts support a maximum leverage of 25x.

According to BlockBeats, on July 16, Perp DEX Ostium's trading remained halted following a security incident, with user collateral frozen in the platform's smart contract. Positions remain open but cannot be modified, and the funds have not moved from the frozen smart contract. PeckShield

According to Guru Club, Hyperliquid launched perpetual contracts for Changxin Technology on July 15, pricing them at $7.2 per share ahead of the company's July 16 A-share IPO debut at 8.66 yuan (approximately $1.22). The contract pricing implies a total market value of approximately 3.5 trillion yua

According to CoinGlass data cited by ChainCatcher, Ethereum (ETH) futures contracts saw a 24-hour trading volume decline of 4.19%, with current total volume at $42.96 billion. Binance accounted for $11.25 billion, OKX for $8.41 billion, and Gate for $5.314 billion of the total volume.

Tradable, a real-world asset platform specializing in tokenized financial products, plans to migrate up to $1 billion in private credit assets onto the Stellar blockchain. The initiative aims to expand institutional access to blockchain-powered finance while improving settlement efficiency, asset

On July 15, South Korea's Democratic Party lawmaker Min Byung-deok called for accelerating domestic won stablecoin discussions during a policy seminar in Seoul, warning that the U.S. is preparing to deploy stablecoins globally. According to Min, the U.S. GENIUS Act regulating stablecoins will take e

According to Stellar, Tradable announced plans on July 15 to migrate up to $1 billion in private credit assets onto the Stellar blockchain to enhance institutional access to blockchain-powered finance. The real-world asset (RWA) platform, which previously tokenized approximately $1.7 billion in inst

According to attorney Seo-hee Han, who spoke yesterday (July 15) at a Seoul seminar, the strategic intent of the U.S. Clarity Act is to incentivize digital asset activities to shift onshore by offering benefits to entities that remain in the U.S. and imposing costs on those that operate outside the

According to HTX DAO's official announcement, the second quarter HTX token burn was completed on July 15. A total of 7,474,935,439,560 HTX tokens were destroyed in this round, worth over $13.6 million. Cumulatively, the DAO has burned and donated 117.79 trillion HTX tokens.

According to Odaily, Visa and Artemis jointly released research report "Agentic Payments from the Ground Up" recently, revealing that AI agentic payments are transitioning from theory to real-world commerce. The report categorizes agentic payments into two types: macro commerce, where AI agents com

According to U.Today, Volvo Group's logistics management head Ivan Branco recently disclosed that the company is developing a proprietary cryptocurrency for supplier transaction settlements. The company tested the digital currency in a closed environment to unify transaction processes between

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) suspended an emergency rule filed by derivatives platform Kalshi on Tuesday, blocking the forced liquidation of sports event contract positions held by Michigan residents and requiring Kalshi to follow normal procedures. Kalshi submitted the emerg

Gate News: According to the latest Gate TradFi data, GAS (Gasoline) has dropped by 6% in a short period. Current volatility is significantly higher than recent averages, indicating increased market activity.

According to ChainCatcher, Cascade's CLS vault experienced a security vulnerability on July 16, resulting in approximately $1.3 million in losses. Discord administrator MAX announced that the platform has suspended all trading and withdrawals. The multi-asset perpetual contract platform has