Crypto Markets & On-Chain Ecosystem Developments

According to CoinGlass, digital asset long positions worth $447 million were liquidated in the past 24 hours on July 28, the largest amount in 33 days. Bitcoin fell to $63,555, down 2.42% from 24 hours earlier, according to CoinMarketCap. Ethereum declined 3.29%, while XRP

According to t54 Labs, the company launched the XRPL AI Hub on July 28, a unified platform connecting AI agents, applications, payment services, and developer infrastructure operating on Ripple's XRP Ledger. The hub enables developers to track AI agent payment activity, view available services, and

According to CoinGlass, SK Hynix perpetual futures on decentralized exchange Hyperliquid plunged 18% to $927 on July 28 before rebounding to $1,123 within 2 minutes. The sharp price swing triggered liquidations of long positions totaling $179,830 over the one-hour period, ranking sixth among all ass

Lotus Technology Inc., Finloop Finance Technology Holding Limited, and FOMO Pay have signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding to explore real-world asset tokenization and blockchain-based payment solutions in the luxury mobility sector. The collaboration will focus on digital asset

According to the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC), more than $1.2 trillion in U.S. Treasury cash transactions are already centrally cleared through the Fixed Income Clearing Corporation (FICC) each day. The organization reported that 79% of surveyed FICC Government Securities

According to CryptoInAmerica, Republican Senator Tom Tillis began working on an ethics clause compromise for the CLARITY Act on July 28 to secure bipartisan support for the cryptocurrency regulatory bill. Democrats have criticized the ethics provisions proposed by the White House and Republican

Prediction markets show strong consensus for a Fed hold ahead of the July 28-29 FOMC meeting, with Kalshi pricing no rate change at 73% and a 25-basis-point hike at 26%. CME FedWatch similarly shows a 66.3% hold probability. However, Citadel Securities' Frank Flight has broken from consensus,

According to ChainCatcher, AI data center provider Core Scientific purchased 301 Bitcoin, bringing its total holdings to 848 BTC as of July 28, 2026. The company now ranks 49th on the Bitcoin 100 list.

According to former Secret Network Foundation head Lisa Loud, the Secret Network community is proposing a one-time token issuance to restructure the network's tokenomics following Secret Labs' exit. The proposal aims to dilute existing token supply to 20% of its current level while maintaining the c

On July 28, 2026, 13:30–13:45 (UTC), BTC plummeted 0.51% within 15 minutes. The price fell from about 63,392 USDT to 62,889.7 USDT, with a range of 0.79%. Over the past 24 hours, BTC dropped from a $65,710 high to $62,974, a decline of 4.10%. Market volatility has surged significantly, and short-term risk appetite has rapidly cooled. The main drivers behind this move are multiple overlapping macro negative factors. On one hand, expectations for Fed rate hikes have sharply warmed: the probability

Bitcoin broke below $64,000 for the third time since July 24, triggering approximately $100 million in liquidations within a single hour. The drop followed three failed attempts to clear resistance at $65,500 and coincided with South Korea's KOSPI plunging 8.02% to trigger its eighth circuit

From 13:30 to 13:45 (UTC) on July 28, 2026, ETH saw a short-term dip of 0.77% within 15 minutes. The price range was 1860.69 to 1887.23 USDT, with an amplification of 1.41%. Prior to that, over the previous 24 hours, ETH fell from the $1977 high by about 3.38% to around $1890, with relatively low trading volume and limited market participation—showing the characteristics of a low-volatility technical pullback. The main driver of this move is the pressure effect on risk assets in a strengthening

According to Bitcoin.com News, Senator Jon Husted (R-OH) publicly endorsed the CLARITY Act on July 28, stating the U.S. needs clear regulatory frameworks to stay competitive in digital assets. Meanwhile, Galaxy Research lowered its estimate for the bill's 2026 passage to 30%, down from a

According to the International Monetary Fund's Financial System Stability Assessment report published this month, Brazil's crypto-based cross-border flows have surpassed traditional capital volumes, yet regulatory protections remain insufficient. The IMF highlighted that stablecoin-driven flows have

According to a recent report from Iproup, BIND Group and Petersen Group are developing Argentine peso-pegged stablecoins through subsidiaries to offer programmable money to institutions. BIND Group, which manages over $2 billion in

Lido has launched its Core 2.0 protocol upgrade on July 28, introducing native 0x02 validator support and triggering a validator consolidation that will reduce Ethereum's beacon chain by approximately 29%. The Curated Module v2 (CMv2) enables migration of over 265,000 existing validators from

Three cryptocurrency investors sued Apple on July 24, 2026, alleging combined losses of approximately $1.835 million in Bitcoin after downloading a counterfeit Sparrow Wallet application that allegedly passed the company's App Store review process. James Ramirez, Christopher Ellis, and Jalen

According to Foresight News, Tether and Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) signed a Memorandum of Understanding to explore digital asset education, tokenization, and blockchain-based securities market infrastructure in Nairobi. The partnership aims to develop and implement distributed ledger