Crypto Markets & On-Chain Ecosystem Developments

According to Tether's blog, on July 29, Tether Data's AI research project QVAC open-sourced VisionPsy-Nano, a compact vision-language model designed for edge deployment with approximately 460 million parameters. The model brings multimodal understanding capabilities previously requiring cloud

According to Bitcoin News, New Hampshire Governor Kelly Ayotte signed HB 639 into law to strengthen legal protections for Bitcoin and digital assets. The legislation protects self-custody rights, exempts miners from money transmitter licensing requirements, and prohibits state and local

According to BlockBeats, pcaversaccio (pc) joined the Ethereum Foundation Board on July 29 on a voluntary basis with a one-year term. pc is a long-term Ethereum ecosystem contributor and co-founder of SEAL 911, and previously served as a member of the EF Silviculture Society, which provides

Gate News message, an analysis of major crypto projects backed by leading VC funds reveals a stark contrast between capital raised and revenue generated. The projects collectively raised $6.3 billion in funding but produced approximately $40,000 in fees over the past 30 days. The findings

According to Santiment Intelligence, Cardano (ADA) and Bittensor (TAO) rose on Wednesday ahead of the Federal Reserve interest rate decision, with prediction markets pricing a 25-26% probability of a surprise rate hike. ADA gained 6% in 24 hours to trade

Russia's Federal Security Service charged Telegram founder Pavel Durov with facilitating terrorist activity and placed him on an international wanted list, prompting TON-linked GRAM to fall 2.91% to $1.4060 on the daily chart. The FSB alleged Telegram failed to remove content used by terrorist

According to Bitcoin.com, digital asset wealth platform Nexo announced completion of its European Economic Area (EEA) operational restructuring to comply with the EU's Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCAR). Rather than pursuing a single MiCAR license, Nexo partnered with two BaFin-regulated in

According to Elliptic, on July 29, daily average trading volume for the ruble-pegged stablecoin A7A5 has plummeted approximately 96% since its July 2025 peak, as U.S., U.K., and EU sanctions have frozen USDT with A7A5 traces on compliant exchanges and prompted Uniswap to delist the token. The stable

Uniswap founder Hayden Adams on Tuesday publicly defended the protocol's newly activated v4 fee structure against claims that the change reduces liquidity provider earnings. The defense followed Uniswap governance's approval of protocol fee activation across selected v4 pools on multiple

A Florida resident lost $420,000 to scammers posing as federal law enforcement officers in January 2025. The victim was convinced they were under investigation for international money laundering after receiving calls from individuals claiming to represent the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, the

According to PANews, on July 29, a whitehats team participating in SecondFi's Asset Recovery Fund transferred part of the recovered assets to the recovery fund address established by EMURGO for transparent tracking of asset recovery progress. The address is read-only and users should not transfer fu

On Tuesday, Uniswap founder Hayden Adams publicly defended the protocol's newly activated v4 fees, arguing that a 5-basis-point protocol fee on a 30-basis-point pool represents roughly 14% of total swap fees and does not reduce liquidity provider earnings. Adams characterized protocol fees as

According to OSL HK's official confirmation, XRP was approved for retail trading on its Flash Trade platform in Hong Kong, with XRP/USD and XRP/HKD trading pairs now available. XRP is trading around $1.09, up 3% over the past 24 hours. The listing places XRP alongside BTC, ETH, and SOL among the

According to Vanda Research, retail traders significantly cut their net buying activity during the World Cup period from June 11 to July 19, with daily retail net buying of single stocks reaching its lowest level since 2020. The 21-day average remained well below recent norms. During the same

According to Foresight News, citing a Forbes report, Bitcoin has risen approximately 15% from recent lows of $57,000 ahead of the Federal Reserve's interest rate decision on Wednesday. The move comes as Fed Chair Kevin Warsh prepares to chair his second rate-setting meeting, which analysts

Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps fired ballistic missiles at a U.S. base near Jordan's Muwaffaq Salti Air Base at 5:45 p.m. ET on July 28, all intercepted by Patriot systems with no casualties, U.S. Central Command said. Iran claimed retaliation for U.S. actions against its interests. The st

The Korea Exchange halted trading on both the Kospi and Kosdaq indices on Wednesday after both benchmarks fell more than 8%, marking the first time in Korean market history that circuit breakers triggered on consecutive trading days. Kosdaq dropped 8.05% to 649.00 at 12:19 p.m. local time,

According to an SEC Form 144 filing dated July 28, Grayscale CEO Peter Mintzberg filed notice to sell 2,611 shares of the Grayscale XRP Trust ETF (GXRP) for $53,394.95, or $20.45 per share. Mintzberg is the third Grayscale insider to file such notice; Barry Silbert and Craig Salm filed similar notic