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Binance announced it will delist seven spot trading pairs at 3:00 a.m. UTC on July 24: ACX/USDC, ALGO/BTC, CVC/USDC, LPT/USDC, ONG/BTC, RVN/USDC and XRP/BNB.

According to CoinNess market monitoring, BTC has risen above $66,000. BTC is trading at $66,009.9 on the Binance USDT market.

DEXE has fallen by 4.15% in the past five minutes on the COINNESS market. Currently, DEXE is trading at $34.76.

HashKey Global MENA, the global cryptocurrency exchange under HashKey Group, received approval from Dubai’s Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority on July 17 to expand its business scope. With the approval, HashKey Global MENA can legally provide virtual asset derivatives services within VARA’s jurisdiction and plans to support Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) perpetual futures trading.

Global cryptocurrency exchange MEXC has released its July proof-of-reserves report, which was audited by blockchain security and audit firm Hacken. According to the report, MEXC’s July BTC reserve ratio stood at 281%, up 12 percentage points from 269% a month earlier. The reserve ratio was 119% for USDT, 115% for USDC, and 114% for ETH, with reserve ratios for major assets all above 100%. MEXC regularly publishes monthly reserve reports. The exchange said it plans to protect user assets through its futures insurance fund and the parallel operation of a guardian fund holding dual reserves in USDT and BTC.

South Korean exchange Bithumb announced it will temporarily suspend Terra network withdrawals for Luna 2.0 (LUNA2) starting at 12:00 a.m. UTC on July 24.

South Korean exchange Bithumb announced a temporary suspension of deposits and withdrawals for MEV due to network issues on Meverse.

An early Bitcoin investor who had held 5,000 BTC for 12 years sold the final 1,000 BTC about two hours ago, fully exiting the position, according to on-chain analytics firm Lookonchain. The investor bought the 5,000 BTC 12 years ago at $332 per coin for a total of $1.66 million. Sales began on Nov. 26 last year, and the full 5,000 BTC was sold at an average price of about $87,151 per coin. Total proceeds came to about $436 million, generating a profit of about $434.34 million and a return of roughly 262x.

BTC holdings at over-the-counter addresses linked to Bitcoin mining companies have fallen about 72% to 139,700 from 500,000 in November 2021. On-chain analyst Axel Adler Jr. said the decline in miner holdings has continued steadily for more than four years, with their Bitcoin inventories gradually being depleted. Miner BTC inventories are typically seen as a source of potential selling pressure. Their declining holdings therefore suggest selling pressure from miners may be weaker than before.

A newly created wallet beginning with 0xf23c withdrew 7,000 ETH worth about $13.46 million from Binance and staked the entire amount, according to Lookonchain.

South Korean exchange Upbit announced it will temporarily suspend MON deposits and withdrawals starting at 11:00 a.m. UTC on July 23 to support the Monad network upgrade.

Bitcoin options implied volatility has fallen to a record low, and similar readings over the past year were followed by sharp declines, according to an analysis. Chloe, an analyst at crypto exchange HTX with Chinese roots, said the crypto market this week has entered a typical low-volatility, high-event-risk phase. Bitcoin one-week options implied volatility stands at 33%, while one-month implied volatility is at 34%, both at record lows below 40%, Chloe said. Similar levels were seen three times over the past year, and each was followed by a sharp decline about two weeks later, according to Chloe. Chloe added low implied volatility means options investors are assigning a low probability to future market swings, and it should not necessarily be seen as a leading indicator of a price decline.

London-based asset manager Abraxas Capital withdrew 20,000 ETH worth about $38.47 million from Aave, according to Onchain Lens.

About 515 million NIGHT, worth roughly $10 million, was drained after Wanchain’s Cardano- BNB Chain bridge was exposed to a hacking attack, blockchain security firm BlockSec said. The Midnight Foundation said the incident was limited to the Wanchain-based Cardano-BNB Chain bridge and was unrelated to the Midnight network itself. Following the hack overnight, NIGHT fell about 30%. According to CoinMarketCap, NIGHT was recently trading at $0.01942, down 27.08%.

Giovanni Cunti, CEO of Gate Europe, the European unit of crypto exchange Gate, said obtaining a MiCA license does not guarantee long-term survival in the European market for crypto firms, according to Cointelegraph's 'Chain Reaction' podcast. Cunti, a crypto executive with Chinese roots, said many companies that have secured MiCA licenses may not be able to bear the costs and resources needed to sustain their businesses over the long term. He added that high operating costs and regulatory compliance burdens will continue even after a license is obtained.

Bitcoin has moved out of its capitulation phase and is recovering upward momentum, according to on-chain analytics firm Swissblock. Swissblock added, "Bitcoin is back in a transition phase." It said upward momentum is returning, although no signal strong enough to confirm a trend reversal has emerged yet. As a result, the firm said this phase could mark the start of a new uptrend or a pause before the bear market continues.

South Korean exchange Bithumb announced it will temporarily suspend deposits and withdrawals for Monad (MON) at 10:00 a.m. UTC on July 23 due to a network upgrade.

The following are the 24-hour long/short ratios for BTC perpetual futures on the world’s three largest crypto futures exchanges by open interest: Overall: 51.44% long, 48.56% short - Binance: 52.72% long, 47.28% short - OKX: 52.07% long, 47.93% short - Bybit: 52.29% long, 47.71% short

Hanwha Group has become the largest single shareholder in Securitize after securing a 9.6% stake, according to an Etoday report citing a U.S. SEC filing. The group holds a total of 15,689,509 Securitize shares through affiliates and managed funds, exceeding Blockchain Capital’s 6.0% stake and co-founder Carlos Domingo’s 5.4% stake. Securitize is an RWA infrastructure company that supports the issuance and distribution of traditional assets such as securities and funds, and it helps operate BlackRock’s tokenized fund BUIDL. Hanwha Group has invested a total of 655.8 billion won ($473.6 million) this year in Xangle, Crithus, Digital Asset and Dunamu, building a Web3.0 portfolio spanning data, wallets, institutional networks, trading, custody and tokenization. Hanwha Investment & Securities said the Securitize investment was not part of a group-wide joint strategy and described it as a pre-IPO financial investment. The company added it will review whether to sell when a disposal window opens, while leaving open the possibility of using the stake strategically in the digital asset and RWA sectors.

The UK Parliament’s All-Party Parliamentary Group on Digital Assets has launched an inquiry into local crypto industry access to banking services, The Block reported. The probe will focus on difficulties crypto firms face in opening and maintaining bank accounts, as well as banks’ restrictions on cryptocurrency transactions.

Kalshi spokesperson Jacki McGavick said on X that state governments have no authority to regulate prediction markets and that several courts, including the Third Circuit Court of Appeals, have made that clear. McGavick added it was disappointing that Washington state kept wasting taxpayer money. The comments were a rebuttal to a recent ruling by a Washington state court that issued a preliminary injunction against Kalshi and found the company’s service constituted illegal gambling under state law. A preliminary injunction is a temporary measure that bars specific conduct until a final ruling, raising the possibility that Kalshi’s service could be suspended in Washington state.

Spot CVD is an order-book analysis chart for the BTC/USDT spot trading pair. The upper section shows the Volume Heatmap, while the lower section shows cumulative volume delta, or CVD. - The volume heatmap in the upper section tracks trading volume at each price level. The background color becomes brighter when the price stays in a specific range for an extended period or makes a large move. Brighter zones may act as support or resistance. - The cumulative volume delta indicator in the lower section reflects buy and sell orders by order size. As buy orders increase, the line in the corresponding color moves higher. The yellow line represents orders between $100 and $1,000, while the brown line represents large orders between $1 million and $10 million.

U.S. spot Ethereum ETFs recorded $38 million in net inflows on July 20, according to Farside Investors, marking a second straight trading day of net inflows after last Friday. - BlackRock ETHA: +$34.3 million - Fidelity FETH: +$2.8 million - 21Shares: +$0.9 million

U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded $226.8 million in net inflows on July 20, Farside Investors data showed, marking a fifth straight trading session of net inflows. - BlackRock IBIT: +$116.5 million - Fidelity FBTC: +$24.1 million - Bitwise BITB: +$8.8 million - ARK Invest ARKB: +$72.7 million - VanEck HODL: +$1.8 million - Morgan Stanley MSBT: +$6.9 million - Grayscale GBTC: -$45.4 million - Grayscale Mini BTC: +$41.4 million

ENS DAO said on its official X account that a proposal to launch a new security council, which will operate for the next two years, has passed a governance vote. The council will consist of eight members and will have the authority to cancel malicious governance proposals after they pass but before they are executed. Decisions will be made through a "5-of-8" multisig structure requiring approval from at least five of the eight members.