Crypto Markets & On-Chain Ecosystem Developments

According to Bitwise, crypto equities returned 23% in the first half of 2026, beating every major asset class except emerging market equities, while crypto asset prices fell 36%. Ryan Rasmussen, head of research at the asset manager, said crypto fundamentals held up through the price drawdown.

According to CoinMarketCap, today's top gainers among the market's 100 largest cryptocurrencies by market cap are: Pump.fun (PUMP) rose 11.10% to $0.001661; ether.fi (ETHFI) gained 8.36% to $0.4358; Zcash (ZEC) increased 6.76% to $574.23; MemeCore (M) climbed 5.74% to $1.29; Ondo (ONDO)

According to Summer.fi's official blog, on July 15 the company announced it will close Summer.fi and shut down its parent Labs company following an attack on Lazy Summer Protocol on July 6. Attackers manipulated the price of two USDC Vaults on Ethereum mainnet in a single transaction, stealing

Crypto markets surged following the June Consumer Price Index report, which showed inflation fell 0.4% month over month, the largest monthly decline since April 2020. Bitcoin climbed from around $62,000 to $64,900, while Ethereum jumped 7% to $1,884, as approximately $300 million in short

According to HyperliquidNews on X, BackedFi purchased 500 HYPE tokens today to acquire a new Solana spot trading code (solana:Xsc9qvGR1efVDFGLrVsmkzv3qi45LTBjeUKSPmx9qEh), worth approximately $34,200.

According to PPP, a smart money address purchased $150,000 worth of predictions that England will not win the semi-final against Argentina on July 16 at 3:00 AM Beijing time in Atlanta. The same address has generated total profits exceeding $3.11

According to ChainCatcher, U.S. June CPI declined 0.4% month-over-month, marking the largest monthly drop since April 2020; the annual rate fell from 4.2% in May to 3.5%, below the 3.8% forecast. Core CPI decreased to 2.6%, also below expectations. Following the data release, Bitcoin surged from

According to BlockBeats, on July 15, Uniswap proposed extending protocol fee collection and UNI burn mechanism to Robinhood Chain across v2, v3, and v4. Protocol fees generated on Robinhood Chain will be deposited into the TokenJar contract on that chain, while Searchers can exchange fees by

According to CoinDesk, BlackRock's digital assets under management fell from $79.6 billion a year ago to $48.8 billion as of July 2026, a decline of nearly 39%. The drop reflects approximately $45.8 billion in market depreciation that outweighed about $15.1 billion in net inflows during the

Circle suspended Heka Funds' minting and redemption services in December 2023 after concluding the Malta-based arbitrage fund may have been manipulating the market to benefit Tether, according to arbitration documents made public in a Boston federal court on Tuesday. The suspension followed Circle's

According to arbitration filings made public on Tuesday in Boston federal court, Circle suspended Heka Funds' minting and redemption services in December 2023 after determining the Malta-based fund may have been manipulating markets to benefit Tether, its largest competitor. Tether's cumulative

A UK government-commissioned review published Tuesday by the Home Office recommends the Judicial College train all judges and magistrates to handle cases involving cryptocurrency money laundering and AI-enabled fraud. The review, chaired by barrister Jonathan Fisher KC and titled 'Fraud in the

According to the Independent Review of Disclosure and Fraud Offences published Tuesday, the Judicial College should prepare all judges, including magistrates, to handle a rising tide of cases involving cryptocurrency money laundering and AI-enabled fraud. The review, chaired by barrister Jonathan

According to BlockBeats, Multicoin Capital managing partner Tushar Jain shared his valuation thesis for HYPE on July 15, setting a base-case target of $319 per token and advocating for a phased accumulation strategy. Jain recommended investors abandon attempts at perfect market timing in favor of a

According to Bitcoin News, Senator Cynthia Lummis said Congress is working with the White House to establish digital asset ethics guidelines that will "stand the test of time," and stated that lawmakers should not target Trump's cryptocurrency holdings. Lummis noted that blind trusts remain under co

According to BlockBeats, on July 15, Binance Alpha launched its first Alpha Points redemption activity. Users can exchange 5 Alpha Points for $5 USDT vouchers for football prediction markets. Participation requires holding at least 50 Alpha Points and completing prediction market trades

According to EmberCN, Pump.fun completed its first team and investor token unlock on July 15, 2026, distributing 57.279 billion PUMP tokens valued at $86.49 million across 121 individual wallets. This marked the official commencement of a three-year vesting cycle following the platform's one-year lo

According to Foresight News, Bybit launched Direxion Daily South Korea Bull 3X ETF (KORU) perpetual futures today with maximum 20x leverage. The exchange is offering limited-time fee incentives: 0% for limit

According to ChainCatcher, Starknet opened its privacy development stack to developers, launching a privacy SDK and wallet API. The tools enable applications, wallets, and protocols to integrate private balance and transfer functionalities on top of STRK20, along with related DeFi

According to MetaMask, Robinhood Chain is now supported on the MetaMask wallet.