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Galaxy Digital has committed $5 million to a Bitcoin Quantum Readiness Initiative to fund developers working on quantum-resistant security protections. The US-based crypto financial services firm is addressing a vulnerability affecting approximately 6.9 million BTC — about one-third of all mined Bit

According to Foresight News, Garrett Hughes, former head of engineering at Dune, has joined Phantom as head of engineering. Hughes served as Dune's engineering lead from June 2023 to June 2026, overseeing the development of applications, APIs, and growth engineering

According to Aave, the protocol's V4 deposits exceeded $300 million today, with active loans surpassing $100 million for the first time. Aave community lead Nick Rea confirmed both metrics reached all-time highs, marking a significant milestone for the lending

According to ChainCatcher, Pump.fun announced the launch of BOOST, a new token launch mechanism designed to inject additional liquidity into every new token on its platform. The protocol previously lost over $100 million in annual liquidity to dead pools when tokens migrated from bonding curves to d

According to Foresight News, the Polygon Foundation announced that the Ithaca hard fork will go live on Polygon mainnet on July 29 at 22:00 UTC, corresponding to block 50,185,000. The upgrade introduces an automatic failover mechanism that maintains transaction flow during rare validator stalls,

According to Foresight News, Lightning Labs launched the Alpha version of Wavelength on July 22, a non-custodial API enabling developers to integrate Bitcoin Lightning Network payments into applications and user systems. Wavelength is now live on Signet and testnet, with mainnet access to be

Alchemy CEO Nikil Viswanathan announced on X on July 21 that Robinhood Chain, just two weeks after going live, has climbed to No. 1 on Electric Capital’s real-time developer activity rankings; as of the time of reporting, it remains number one on the leaderboard. According to research from Bernstein, TVL exceeded $323 million. Electric Capital Leaderboard Data: Alchemy CEO Announces the Top Spot According to an announcement by Alchemy CEO Nikil Viswanathan on X on July 21, 2026, Robinhood Chain

According to SolanaFloor, Ramp launched stablecoin accounts on Solana on July 22, enabling enterprises to hold USDC or USDT while leveraging existing approval and accounting workflows. The accounts support round-the-clock cross-border payments for the platform's user

Jack Mallers stepped down as CEO of Twenty One Capital on July 20, 2026, to focus full-time on bitcoin payments company Strike. The departure coincided with the collapse of a Tether-engineered three-way merger involving Twenty One Capital, Strike, and bitcoin miner Elektron Energy. XXI shares fell o

According to Bitcoin.com News, Falcon Finance launched a USDf payment card today (July 22) enabling users in over 90 jurisdictions to spend the stablecoin online, offline, and via mobile wallet. Users can mint USDf by depositing eligible collateral or acquire it from secondary markets. The card

XRP Ledger recorded over 1 million transactions attributed to AI agents, according to J. Ayo Akinyele, RippleX's head of engineering, in a statement on X on July 21. The milestone reflects growing experimentation with autonomous software capable of initiating blockchain transactions and paying for d

According to J. Ayo Akinyele, RippleX's head of engineering, the XRP Ledger crossed 1 million agentic transactions on July 21. The milestone reflects growing adoption of AI agents capable of autonomously initiating blockchain transactions and paying for digital services without manual approval. Rip

According to Bitcoin Magazine, Block founder Jack Dorsey announced the launch of Buzz on July 22, an open-source decentralized messaging application built on the Nostr protocol. Buzz is designed to rival team collaboration platforms like Slack, supporting chat, project management, and AI agent

According to The Defiant, Ondo Finance deployed its tokenized stocks as collateral on perpetual futures platform OndoPerps on July 22. The platform now supports SPYon and QQQon—tokenized ETFs tracking the S&P 500 and Nasdaq-100 indices—as margin. Users can pledge Ondo Stocks without converting to st

According to BlockBeats, on July 22, Ethereum Improvement Proposal EIP-8222 proposes using STARK-based encryption to weaken the traceability links between staking deposit addresses, validators, and withdrawal credentials, aiming to enhance on-chain privacy for institutional stakers. Sygnum Bank

According to PANews, Pump.fun launched BOOST mode today (July 22) to address liquidity loss during token migration. Co-founder Alon stated the new mechanism increases liquidity by approximately 20% for each newly migrated token without altering the bonding curve or trading experience. Over time, the

According to Polygon Foundation on X, the Ithaca hard fork has been successfully deployed on the Amoy testnet and will go live on Polygon mainnet at block height 50,185,000, expected at 22:00 Beijing time on July 29. The upgrade aims to enhance payment reliability with automatic failover during

Satsuma Technology shareholders voted 90.6% on July 21 to wind down the company and sell its 668 bitcoin holdings. The liquidation plan calls for disposing of bitcoin assets, settling liabilities, and distributing remaining proceeds to shareholders, with a London Stock Exchange delisting targeted ar

According to RippleX Head of Engineering Ayo Akinyele, XRP Ledger agentic payment transactions have surpassed 1 million, with the network potentially reaching 100 million within two years. Agentic payments are transactions initiated by AI software on behalf of users without manual approval,

Arcus, a decentralized exchange backed by Robinhood Crypto, launched tokenized stocks and perpetual futures on Robinhood Chain. The platform, built by the team behind dYdX, previously launched spot markets when Robinhood Chain went live on July 1. The expansion adds access to more than 95 stock toke