Crypto Markets & On-Chain Ecosystem Developments

According to CoinDesk, on July 29, BNY Mellon is migrating its core Transfer Agent (TA) business to blockchain to establish a single on-chain shareholder registry for approximately $8.6 trillion in assets and 7.6 million accounts, aiming to reduce intermediaries and reconciliation costs. Initial

Onchain Lens partnered with TxFlow_L1, a Layer 1 blockchain focused on financial execution, launching an early access trading campaign announced via tweet on July 28, 2026. The collaboration aims to increase awareness of TxFlow_L1's ecosystem while providing selected early participants access to a p

According to Onchain Lens, the data platform has partnered with TxFlow_L1, a newly launched Layer 1 blockchain for financial execution, on July 28. TxFlow_L1 integrates perpetual futures, spot trading, real-world assets (RWAs), and prediction markets into a single native liquidity pool, aimed at

The Consumer Federation of America estimated that cryptocurrency scams cost Americans $80.7 billion in 2025, based on FBI figures that reported $11.37 billion in crypto-related fraud losses to the agency last year. The association of non-profit consumer groups applied a 7.1x multiplier derived

According to Arkham, BlackRock's Bitcoin spot ETF IBIT experienced approximately $60 million in net redemptions this week, while the firm's clients simultaneously purchased over $20 million in Ethereum. The data suggests some institutional investors are reducing Bitcoin exposure while increasing Eth

According to the Consumer Federation of America, cryptocurrency accounted for more than half of all scam losses reported to the FBI in 2025, with official losses reaching $11.37 billion, up 22% from 2024. Applying a 7.1x multiplier based on a Bureau of Justice Statistics survey showing only 14% of f

According to Cointelegraph, South Korea's Financial Services Commission is proposing comprehensive cryptocurrency asset legislation that would cover stablecoins and crypto exchanges. Lawmakers are also considering abolishing the 22% crypto asset tax originally scheduled for implementation in 2027.

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