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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has included three crypto-related items in its 2026 regulatory plan, according to The Block. The agenda includes a new proposal to amend regulations for exchanges and broker-dealers to accommodate digital assets. U.S. SEC Chairman Paul Atkins explained that the commission is embracing innovation to attract more financial products into the country. He added that the SEC is establishing clear rules for capital raising through cryptocurrencies and providing clear standards on how market participants can custody and support the trading of token securities on-chain.

A wallet associated with the World Liberty Financial (WLFI) Foundation deposited 170 million WLFI, worth approximately $10.22 million, into Binance about 20 minutes ago, according to EmberCN. The firm noted that barring any other significant developments, the deposit is likely intended for the seventh-month reward distribution for its USD1 deposit product.

An address associated with London-based asset management firm Abraxas Capital has deposited 8,000 ETH, worth approximately $14.15 million, into the decentralized lending protocol Aave, according to Onchain Lens.

Bitcoin's (BTC) dominance has fallen to a one-month low of 54%, leading to an expansion in altcoin market share, according to a CryptoSlate analysis of CoinGecko data. The report noted that BTC dominance recently dropped from 58.12% to its current level. In contrast, the combined market capitalization of altcoins, excluding BTC, Ethereum (ETH), and stablecoins, has risen from 19.39% to 24.68%. The Fear & Greed Index, a measure of market sentiment, also increased from 12 to 24 this week. CryptoSlate explained that this trend reflects a shift of investor funds toward yield-bearing tokens, Solana ecosystem infrastructure projects, and certain bullish altcoins such as HYPE.

An address believed to belong to crypto asset management firm CoinShares has deposited 63,000 ETH, worth $111.56 million, to Coinbase, according to Onchain Lens. Deposits to exchanges are typically interpreted as an intention to sell.

Whale Alert reported that 400,000,000 USDT has been transferred from an unknown wallet to Poloniex. The transaction is valued at about $400 million.

Decentralized exchange (DEX) aggregator 1inch announced on July 7 that it has appointed Holly Atkinson as its new Chief Product and Technology Officer (CPTO). Atkinson previously served as a blockchain architect at The Sandbox (SAND) and worked on metaverse technology at Boson Protocol (BOSON). The 1inch team stated that Atkinson will oversee the project's product strategy and be responsible for launching its core routing infrastructure and the shared liquidity protocol, Aqua.

Real-world asset (RWA) tokenization platform Ondo Finance (ONDO) has officially launched Ondo Perps, its in-house perpetual futures platform for RWA assets. The platform offers up to 20x leverage on perpetual futures for stock tokens and currently supports trading for 24 assets, including precious metals, commodities, ETFs, and U.S. stocks.

The three major U.S. stock indices opened mixed today. - S&P 500: -0.05% - Nasdaq: -0.48% - Dow Jones: +0.33%

Tether has announced a $20 million investment in Mercado Bitcoin, Brazil's largest cryptocurrency exchange. The exchange is securing the funds as part of its strategic growth plan. The new capital will be used to expand payment infrastructure, broaden token investment offerings for retail and institutional clients, advance on-chain capital markets, and pursue strategic partnerships and international expansion.

Justin Sun, founder of Tron (TRX), announced on X that the total value locked (TVL) of USDD on the Tron-based DeFi protocol Just (JST) has surpassed $400 million. USDD is a native stablecoin in the Tron ecosystem that maintains its $1 peg through reserves held by the Tron DAO, which include BTC, TRX, and USDT.

On-chain analyst EmberCN reported via X that an AKE market maker is selling 9.825 billion AKE, worth approximately $2.24 million, through transfers to Binance Alpha and on-chain. The price of AKE has since fallen 33% from $0.0003 to $0.0002. The analyst added that this follows a similar sale three days ago, when 3.944 billion AKE ($1.22 million) were transferred to Binance Alpha and sold. At that time, the price fell 40% from $0.0005 to $0.0003.

Asset management firm Vanguard, which oversees approximately $12 trillion in assets, has posted a public job opening for a "Head of Digital Assets" on its official website. According to the listing, the executive-level position within the Personal Wealth division will be responsible for overseeing the company's digital asset strategy and execution. Key duties include determining how Vanguard will engage with Bitcoin, tokenized real-world assets (RWA), stablecoins, and the broader blockchain market, as well as presenting a long-term roadmap. The move follows Vanguard's decision last December to allow the trading of cryptocurrency ETFs on its platform.

Bitcoin mining company CleanSpark (Nasdaq: CLSK) announced that it mined a total of 614 BTC in June and sold 429 of them. As a result, the company held 13,924 BTC at the end of June.

U.S. institutional crypto platform EDX Markets announced it has secured $76 million in a Series C funding round led by major Japanese financial firm SBI Holdings. EDX Markets plans to use the funds to expand its trading, clearing, and settlement capabilities, develop new products, and grow its global business. The company previously applied for a charter from the U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) to establish a trust bank, EDX Trust.

An address believed to belong to Bitwise, a spot Bitcoin ETF issuer and asset manager, withdrew $2.4 million worth of HYPE from crypto market maker Wintermute, according to an analysis by Onchain Lens. In addition to market making, Wintermute provides services including institutional liquidity and over-the-counter (OTC) trading.

Bitwise's XRP ETF has become the first of its kind to surpass $500 million in cumulative net inflows, The Crypto Basic reported. According to data from SoSoValue, the fund has not experienced a single month of net outflows since its launch last November. The next largest fund by cumulative net inflows is Canary Capital's XRPC with $466.97 million, followed by the Franklin Templeton XRP ETF (XRPZ) at $413.23 million.

The combined market capitalization of the dollar-pegged stablecoins USDT and USDC has fallen by $11 billion over the past two months, from $268 billion to $257 billion, CoinDesk reported. The outlet noted that while the two stablecoins' share of the total crypto market cap has remained relatively stable, there is a continuing trend of investors selling crypto for stablecoins and then moving those funds out of the on-chain ecosystem rather than reinvesting in risk assets.

Bitcoin surged as much as 7.7 times to a high of $126,200 after Strategy's first major sale in 2022, The Crypto Basic reported. At the time, Strategy (Nasdaq: MSTR) sold 704 BTC for $11.8 million as part of a tax strategy but soon after repurchased 810 BTC, maintaining its accumulation policy. The outlet noted that, excluding this transaction, Strategy had not made any other significant sales until recently. It further analyzed that if this pattern were to repeat, a simple calculation suggests Bitcoin could rise to around $484,800.

New York Stock Exchange-listed Bitcoin miner Hyperscale Data (GPUS) announced that its subsidiary, Alt Capital Group (ACG), purchased an additional 115.9205 BTC on the open market between June 30 and July 6. The company added that the combined BTC holdings of ACG and another subsidiary, Sentinum, now total 899.6503 BTC, valued at approximately $57.2 million as of July 5.

Blockchain security firm SlowMist reported on X that 182 security incidents in the first half of the year resulted in approximately $956 million in losses. While the number of incidents increased compared to the same period last year (121), the total value lost saw a significant decrease from $2.373 billion. By ecosystem, Ethereum recorded the highest losses at $134 million, followed by BNB Chain at $36.35 million and Arbitrum at $4.93 million. The DeFi sector was the most affected, with 116 incidents accounting for about $490 million in losses. Cross-chain bridges saw 20 incidents totaling roughly $346 million, with the Kelp DAO exploit alone responsible for about $292 million of that figure. The most common attack methods were contract and logic vulnerabilities (85 incidents), followed by the theft of private keys and credentials (17 incidents) and supply chain attacks (12 incidents).

Cryptocurrency market maker Wintermute has diagnosed Bitcoin's recent rebound as a "relief rally" driven by macroeconomic shifts, rather than a transition to a structural bull market. Wintermute stated that a combination of internal and external factors has fueled the crypto market's recovery, including an easing macroeconomic environment, the Fed's dovish stance, reduced geopolitical tensions in the Middle East, and the launch of a dedicated organization for institutional Ethereum engagement. The firm explained that these developments are sufficient to account for the recent gains without needing to search for a larger structural cause, concluding that the market is not currently in a structural bull market. Wintermute also noted that ETF fund flows have not yet improved to show net inflows. While calling the rebound a meaningful signal, the firm advised a cautious approach until sustained ETF inflows are confirmed.

Nasdaq-listed Bitcoin (BTC) mining company Bitdeer has unveiled its new Sealminer A4 Ultra Hydro mining rig on X. The machine features a hashrate of one petahash per second (PH/s) per unit. In high-performance mode, the rig exceeds 1 PH/s with a power efficiency of 10 joules per terahash (J/TH). According to a video released by the company, the number of miners needed to achieve a 1 PH/s hashrate has decreased from 1,000 in 2015, 71 in 2017, and 10 in 2021 to just a single unit today. A petahash per second is a unit of mining speed that represents the scale of hash calculations a miner performs per second.

Questions are rising about the sustainability of Bitcoin's recent rally amid a decline in futures open interest and slowing spot demand, CoinDesk reported. The cryptocurrency has retreated after hitting a two-week high of $64,500 yesterday. According to the report, the combination of falling open interest, sluggish ETF inflows, and a persistently negative Coinbase Premium is fueling skepticism. Furthermore, the liquidation of over $500 million in Bitcoin futures positions in the last 24 hours suggests that the price gains seen in July may have been driven by a short squeeze.

An AI model has correctly identified a 2024 governance proposal that Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin posted anonymously to the community. The discovery comes after Buterin publicly questioned whether AI tools could break online anonymity and challenged anyone to find a proposal he had written. Buterin announced on July 7 that a winner had emerged. He explained that he originally wrote the proposal in Chinese, used the qwen2.5 model to translate it into English, and then manually corrected all errors. Franklin Wang, CEO of the decentralized exchange (DEX) Liquid and the winner of the challenge, said his team used a proprietary AI model called "Coinvest." Wang noted that the content of the proposal revealed Buterin's distinct writing habits.