Crypto Markets & On-Chain Ecosystem Developments

According to ChainCatcher, AEON, an AI Agent economy settlement protocol, announced it has surpassed 2.3 million users, with monthly average transaction volume exceeding $30 million and cumulative transaction amount reaching $475 million. The protocol continues expanding Agent-to-Agent (A2A) and Age

According to analyst Murphy cited by BlockBeats, Bitcoin spot market chip concentration within a 5% price range rose to 12% as of July 28, up from 10% in May. The metric measures the density of holdings in a specific price zone; when concentration is high, minor price movements can trigger larger

According to ChainCatcher, Solana plans to raise its mainnet block compute limit from 60 million CU to 100 million CU within 24 hours, an increase of approximately 66%. The upgrade, identified as SIMD-0286, is expected to activate at the start of

According to CryptoQuant data, Ethereum withdrawals from BitMart surged to a 12-month high after the exchange reopened withdrawals within the last day. BitMart announced on July 26 that it would wind down trading entirely, halting registrations, deposits, and new orders effective immediately. Full t

According to its Financial System Stability Assessment released Thursday, the International Monetary Fund said Brazil's US dollar-pegged stablecoins have grown rapidly since 2017 and require stronger oversight. The IMF noted that cross-border crypto flows have been steadily increasing and are two to

On July 28, 2026, Ondo Finance launched Ondo Network, an offchain execution network that replaces its originally planned Ondo Chain layer-1 blockchain. The shift reflects a strategic decision based on user feedback that institutional adoption was bottlenecked by execution speed and privacy rather th

Senate Majority Leader John Thune delayed debate on the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act, shifting legislative focus toward federal nominations and a Russia sanctions bill. Bitcoin fell below recent support levels during a sharp selloff across Asian equity markets, extending losses from the

According to Foresight News, Cobo launched Settlement Network (SN), a stablecoin settlement infrastructure for institutions. The platform enables fiat and stablecoin settlement with simultaneous execution: fiat deposits into a Cobo-facilitated bank

Gate News: According to the latest Gate TradFi data, COFFEE (Coffee) has surged by 6% in a short period. Current volatility is significantly higher than recent averages, indicating increased market activity.

According to DWF Labs, Robinhood Chain became the largest tokenized stock platform by holder count in late July, just four weeks after launch. The network reached 328,000 holders, representing 44% of the 752,000 total tokenized equity holders across all platforms—up 92% over 30 days. However, Robin

Bitcoin slipped toward $63,000 on Tuesday, July 28, with the Crypto Fear & Greed Index dropping to 29 as the market derisked ahead of the Federal Reserve's decision on Wednesday. BTC traded around $63,458, down 0.4% on the day and 2.7% on the week. US spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded roughly $465

According to ChainCatcher, Kenya's National Treasury has lowered the minimum paid-in capital requirement for stablecoin issuers by 40% to approximately $2.32 million, down from the roughly $3.9 million threshold in the March 2025 draft regulations. Under the new framework, Kenya's Central Bank

Lido launched Curated Module v2 on Monday to improve validator efficiency and decentralization on its staking infrastructure. The liquid staking protocol, which lets users earn Ethereum staking rewards through its stETH token, added support for Ethereum's 0x02 withdrawal credentials. The upgrade

SWIFT shared a post on X describing its blockchain-powered ledger vision for multi-rail cross-border payments, highlighting seamless interoperability and integration with existing banking infrastructure. The announcement has drawn comparisons to Ripple, whose Ripple Payments platform has enabled mul