Crypto Markets & On-Chain Ecosystem Developments

According to CryptoQuant analyst Axel Adler Jr., on July 30, Bitcoin's market pressure index rose to 16 for the second time in three days, driven primarily by price volatility rather than exchange fund flows or leverage data. The index previously reached 52 on July 28. The pressure index comprises t

According to ChainCatcher, Alchemy Pay has obtained a Money Transmitter License (MTL) in Michigan, bringing its total state-level MTL licenses in the U.S. to 19. The license expands the crypto payments company's compliant coverage across core U.S. economic

Gate News bot message: Gate market data shows that BTC has broken through the $64,000 USDT level; the current price is $64,007.6 USDT.

ARK Invest research associate Lorenzo Valente stated on Wednesday that crypto is entering its biggest consolidation phase, claiming Hyperliquid and Pump.fun account for roughly 67% of crypto application revenue and nearly 80% when Ethena is added. A review of DefiLlama data shows the three

Polymarket announced on July 30, 2026, the formation of the Polymarket Institute, a research organization dedicated to advancing scholarly understanding of prediction markets through global fellowships and open data access. The Institute addresses growing demand for rigorous, independent

According to MetaversePost, Polymarket announced the launch of Polymarket Institute on July 30 to advance independent academic research on prediction markets. The organization will be led by Brian Jabarian, a faculty member at Carnegie Mellon University's Heinz College, who will direct the

Robinhood Markets reported Q2 earnings that surpassed Wall Street expectations on Wednesday, with total net revenues reaching $1.31 billion, up 32% year-over-year and above analyst forecasts of $1.28 billion. Earnings per share came in at $0.62, beating expectations of $0.43, while net income

According to ARK Invest research director Lorenzo Valente, crypto is entering its biggest consolidation phase in history, with three protocols now generating nearly 80% of all application revenue. Perpetual futures platform Hyperliquid (HYPE) and memecoin launchpad Pump.fun (PUMP) together drive

Onchain perpetuals exchange Ostium confirmed its July 15 exploit, which drained 23.75 million USDC from its OLP vault, resulted from a compromise of off-chain infrastructure rather than smart contract vulnerabilities. In a post-mortem published Wednesday, the protocol stated that attackers

Gate News message, a whale address bc1qyr has deposited 625 BTC valued at $39.96 million into a CEX after remaining inactive for over a year. The whale has held BTC for more than a year and has experienced a loss exceeding $20 million during this holding

Hungary has repealed legislation requiring certain cryptocurrency transactions to undergo mandatory third-party validation, removing an additional layer of oversight that operated alongside the European Union's Markets in Crypto-Assets regulation. According to the government, the previous