Crypto Markets & On-Chain Ecosystem Developments

Onchain security firm Blockaid verified 212 blockchain exploits in the first half of 2026, totaling $1.1 billion in losses. The incident count represented 3.4 times the number of high-threshold exploits recorded across all of 2025.

From 04:00 to 08:00 UTC on July 29, 2026, BTC traded within the range of 63,598.9–63,765.5 USDT. The volatility was 0.26%, and the return % slipped slightly by 0.01%. Despite tighter short-term fluctuations, BTC is still up about 1.47% over the past 24 hours, bouncing from a $62,744.9 low to around $64,433.4 as the market tries to balance risk-off sentiment with expectations for macro policy. The main driver behind this move is the escalation in the U.S.-Iran conflict. Iran’s “raids-style” missi

From 04:00 to 08:00 (UTC) on July 29, 2026, ETH fell 0.03% over 4 hours. The price ranged from 1884.4 to 1895.96 USDT, with an Ampl of 0.61%. Overall, it showed a narrow-range consolidation pattern. The 24-hour rise was 0.74%. Market volatility was limited, and trading sentiment remained relatively muted. The main driver behind this mild pullback comes from structural pressure at the Order Book level. The buy/sell depth ratio was only 0.33. The total volume of sell orders in the top 5 levels was

Zcash developers activated the Ironwood upgrade at block height 3,428,143 as part of the NU6.3 network upgrade, replacing the Orchard shielded pool with a formally verified alternative. The replacement followed researcher Taylor Hornby's discovery in late May of an infinity bug in Orchard that

From 07:45 to 08:00 (UTC) on July 29, 2026, ETH/USDT inched up by 0.46% over 15 minutes. The price ranged from 1,914.06 to 1,925.63 USDT, with an Ampl of 0.60%. Overall volatility was limited, reflecting a small positive deviation within a narrow range. Market participation was low, with a Filled Amount of only 4,541.91 units, suggesting this move mainly reflected price drift under low activity rather than broad market consensus. The primary driver behind this deviation was Lido’s announced Ethe

The Zcash Ironwood upgrade activated at block height 3,428,143 as part of the NU6.3 hard fork, replacing the Orchard shielded pool after researchers discovered an "infinity" bug in late May that posed a theoretical risk of undetectable counterfeit ZEC creation. Zooko Wilcox, Shielded Labs

According to blockchain security firm Blockaid, the first half of 2026 saw 212 blockchain exploits totalling $1.1 billion in losses, marking a record surge in incidents. DPRK-linked actors, including the Lazarus Group sub-group TraderTraitor, were responsible for approximately $609 million, or 55% o

According to CryptoQuant analyst Axel Adler on July 29, Bitcoin traded near $64,000 amid weakening prices, but on-chain data showed exchange inflows remained neutral with no clear selling pressure. Bitcoin's 30-day exchange inflows totaled approximately 60,000 BTC, about 24% below the one-year

According to Allium, on Tuesday, a pre-market trading glitch caused SK Hynix stock to plunge 30% at market open in South Korea. Although prices recovered shortly after, the sharp move cascaded into crypto markets. Derivative contracts linked to SK Hynix on Hyperliquid fell roughly 20%, forcing over

According to BlockBeats citing Hyperinsight monitoring, trader Loracle's SKHX long position accumulated significant losses on July 29. The position, established on June 24 with 2x leverage at an average price of $1,229.4 with a size of approximately $2.548 million, saw unrealized losses of

According to Cointelegraph, the UK Financial Conduct Authority's Stablecoin Sprint policy report released on July 29 identifies cross-border payments as the clearest near-term use case for stablecoins, while domestic retail adoption in the UK is expected to develop more slowly. Stablecoins show the

According to MPost, on July 29, 2026, ten European financial institutions formally established Regulated Layer One (RL1) as a Luxembourg-based European Cooperative Society (SCE) to build institutional-grade distributed ledger technology (DLT) infrastructure for regulated markets. Founding members in

On July 29, 2026, the third round of the LCK regular season officially kicked off. As the first matchup of the Legend Group (Legend Group), T1 vs. KT Rolster’s “broadcast-press rivalry” was scheduled as the second match of the day. This match is not only a direct clash between two longtime powerhouses, but it will also directly shape the initial landscape of the postseason berth race. From the format perspective, starting this season LCK adopts a single-season system: after the first two rounds,

Bitcoin's price climbed above $66,000 in mid-July as US spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded approximately $980 million in net inflows from July 14 to 22, reversing a sharp $425 million outflow on July 13. The recovery has reignited market debate over three factors supporting a second-half rally thesis:

According to Paysafe Investors, U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs saw $980 million in net inflows from July 14 to 22, reversing earlier outflows. However, this recovery follows a $4.9 billion net outflow in Q2, suggesting limited institutional rebound so far. The Bitcoin market is also watching the Federal

According to Solana's official announcement, the mainnet's 100M CU (compute unit) block has officially gone live. Under the SIMD-0286 proposal, the block compute unit limit has been increased from 60 million to 100 million, representing a 66% capacity increase.

According to MGBX's official announcement, the exchange launches three perpetual futures trading pairs—BITOUSDT, TBTUSDT, and TMFUSDT—today (July 29) at 18:00 SGT. Maximum leverage support is set at 25x.

Gate News message, six stablecoins have obtained licenses to operate in the European Union under MiCA regulations. The licensed stablecoins include $USDC, $EURC, $EURCV, $EURI, $EURQ, and $USDG. Under MiCA framework, dollar-denominated stablecoins continue to lead in terms of market