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UnitedStables, the issuer of stablecoin U, announced it has adopted Chainlink (LINK) as U’s official data and cross-chain infrastructure. As a result, U can use Chainlink data feeds to provide accurate pricing information to more than 20 major lending protocols. The company also plans to use Proof of Reserve to disclose the reserves backing the stablecoin on a near-real-time basis, increasing transparency.

Strategy’s BTC strategy manager Chaitanya Jain said the company could pay dividends for about 1.8 years with its current dollar reserves alone, and for 31 years at the current payout level if its BTC reserves are included. Strategy currently holds total reserves of $3.225 billion and 843,775 BTC, worth about $55.1 billion.

DEXE has fallen by 4.56% in the past five minutes on the COINNESS market. Currently, DEXE is trading at $34.41.

A Washington state court in the U.S. issued a preliminary injunction against decentralized prediction market platform Kalshi and found its activities amount to illegal gambling under state law, The Block reported. A preliminary injunction is a court order that temporarily bars certain conduct until a final ruling is issued. As a result, Kalshi’s services are increasingly likely to be temporarily suspended in Washington state. Kalshi told The Block, "state governments do not have jurisdiction to regulate prediction markets. Several courts have already made that clear."

South Korean exchange Upbit announced it will temporarily suspend STX deposits and withdrawals starting at 12:00 a.m. UTC on July 29.

Blockchain mobility service MVL said on July 21 it plans to launch its self-developed layer-one blockchain, Ambient Protocol, next year. After the Ambient Protocol mainnet launch, the existing MVL token is set to be rebranded as AMB in 2027.

Circle, the issuer of the dollar-pegged stablecoin USDC, minted another 250 million USDC on the Solana blockchain, according to Onchain Lens. Circle has issued about 71.01 billion USDC on Solana so far this year.

Mining Automatic and its owner, Jhon Shaikh, have reached a partial settlement with the U.S. SEC over some charges, Cointelegraph reported. The SEC had previously sued them on fraud charges, alleging they misappropriated $22 million from more than 380 investors through a cryptocurrency mining investment program.

The Bank of Korea-led first-phase CBDC pilot test was carried out after only a preliminary security review, without formal inspections or checks, Maeil Business reported. According to data South Korea’s Financial Supervisory Service submitted to the office of Rep. Lee Heon-seung of the People Power Party, no separate security inspection or review by financial authorities was conducted during the three-month first-phase CBDC pilot program led by the Bank of Korea from April through June last year. After security concerns emerged during real transactions, the Bank of Korea moved to explain the issue in its results report. Criticism followed that the explanation amounted to self-assessment rather than independent third-party verification.

South Korean stocks have posted volatility of more than 60% this year, exceeding that of Bitcoin, Bloomberg reported. The outlet said the roller-coaster moves in South Korea’s stock market were driven by Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix. Fueled by the AI boom, the two companies’ shares rose sharply over a short period, and their combined market capitalization now accounts for more than 50% of the Kospi, according to Bloomberg. It added that the market value of the two companies, referred to locally as "Samjeonix," still makes up a majority of the Kospi, with the share rising further when listed affiliates are included. Bloomberg also said South Korean retail investors tend to pursue high returns and take on risk. Because many move in the same direction at similar times, they are nicknamed "ants" in South Korea, the report said. When share prices fall, fear-driven selling can emerge all at once, while rallies can draw in retail buyers worried about missing the opportunity, even at elevated prices, amplifying stock-price volatility further.

CoinMarketCap’s Altcoin Season Index fell one point from yesterday to 50. The index compares the price performance of Bitcoin with that of the top 100 coins by market capitalization, excluding stablecoins and wrapped coins. An altcoin season is identified when 75% of those top 100 coins have outperformed Bitcoin over the past 90 days. If not, the market is considered to be in a Bitcoin season. A reading closer to 100 indicates a stronger altcoin season.

An anonymous whale address starting with 0x4cee bought 10,501 ETH worth $20 million on Binance, according to an analysis by on-chain analyst EmberCN. The wallet deposited 20 million USDC to Binance around 30 minutes earlier and withdrew an equivalent value of ETH 15 minutes later. Exchange withdrawals are typically interpreted as a sign of holding intent.

Bitcoin Japan, a subsidiary of Japan-listed Metaplanet, plans to issue 9.66 billion yen ($59.5 million) in convertible bonds to build a cryptocurrency reserve, Wu Blockchain reported. Under the convertible bond issuance agreement, Bitcoin Japan plans to allocate at least 662 million yen ($4 million) of the proceeds to an initial BTC purchase. Metaplanet, meanwhile, is the world’s third-largest corporate BTC holder with 43,000 BTC worth about $2.8 billion.

Senior U.S. officials expect President Donald Trump to decide within days whether to expand military operations against Iran and resume a full-scale campaign, Fox News reported. The officials stressed no final decision has been made. If Trump orders a resumption of full-scale military operations, officials said the scale and intensity would far exceed airstrikes that began on July 7 and continued for nine days. The earlier strikes mainly targeted Iranian military assets tied to operations around the Strait of Hormuz. One official confirmed the U.S. military has largely avoided targets near Tehran or Iranian nuclear facilities so far, and said that could change if full-scale fighting resumes.

Solv Protocol said a security incident occurred in the BTC+ smart contract on BNB Chain, formerly Binance Smart Chain, but user assets remain safe. According to Solv, the attacker stole the deployer key, changed the minting proxy contract and issued BTC+ without authorization. The response came around three hours after the incident, and all unauthorized BTC+ tokens have since been frozen and burned. BTC+-related services are currently suspended temporarily for final security checks. Solv added "receipt token" in describing BTC+ as a token that proves investment in a vault, a BTC deposit yield product. Solv also said BTC+ has no official liquidity pool on decentralized exchanges and urged users to buy and hold BTC+ only through official channels. The protocol said it has strengthened deployer security, replaced all related access permissions and signing keys, and is conducting a new smart contract audit with an outside security firm. A detailed report on the incident and response measures will be released later, Solv said.

The London Stock Exchange plans to introduce 24-hour trading starting next year, as it looks to regain competitiveness and recapture retail investor interest lost to around-the-clock cryptocurrency exchanges, the Financial Times reported. Under the plan, the LSE aims to launch an after-hours trading platform in the first half of next year, allowing securities trading after the market close, initially focusing on ETP products including ETFs tracking UK and U.S. stock markets.

Layer-1 blockchain Sui has surpassed 4.5 billion cumulative transactions as of today, according to blockchain data monitoring platform Chainspect. Based on CoinMarketCap data, SUI was recently trading at $0.7634, up 1.33%.

An anonymous new address starting with 0x2e8 withdrew 74,033 ETH, worth about $136.17 million, from Gemini and staked the entire amount, according to Lookonchain.

CoinMarketCap’s in-house crypto fear and greed index rose two points from yesterday to 37, indicating a slight improvement in market sentiment while remaining in the fear zone. The index signals extreme fear as it approaches zero and extreme optimism as it nears 100. CoinMarketCap calculates the gauge based on price movements in the top 10 cryptocurrencies by market capitalization, market volatility, derivatives-market indicators including the put/call ratio, the stablecoin supply ratio (SSR), and CoinMarketCap’s own search data.

Spot CVD is an order-book analysis chart for the BTC/USDT spot trading pair. The upper panel shows the Volume Heatmap, while the lower panel represents cumulative volume delta, or CVD. - The Volume Heatmap 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 moves sharply. Areas closer to brighter colors may act as support or resistance. - The cumulative volume delta, or CVD, indicates buy and sell orders by order size. As buy orders increase, the corresponding colored line rises. The yellow line represents orders between $100 and $1,000, while the brown line represents large orders between $1 million and $10 million.

Patrick Witt, chief of staff of the White House crypto committee, said a scheduled military training exercise had been postponed, allowing him to remain involved through the Senate legislative process for the Clarity Act. Witt said he had spent the past year working to help pass the bill in line with President Donald Trump’s policy of making the United States the global center of cryptocurrency. He added that he had been set to take part in mandatory training with the Georgia Army National Guard ahead of the bill’s Senate review, but the delay now allows him to continue supporting the legislative process.

A wallet believed to belong to BitMEX co-founder Arthur Hayes bought another 1,332.5 ETH worth about $2.53 million around three hours ago.

Bitcoin has reentered an undervalued zone, according to on-chain analyst Darkfost. In a post on X, Darkfost said BTC’s market value to realized value, or MVRV, percentile fell below 10% in February when Bitcoin dropped under $60,000, a level classified as a capitulation, or selloff, zone, and a similar pattern has reappeared since June. Darkfost said the indicator does not simply compare market capitalization with realized value like the standard MVRV metric. Instead, it shows where the current MVRV stands within its full historical distribution in percentile terms. Darkfost added this helps reduce the impact of Bitcoin’s long-term growth and changing market cycles, allowing for a clearer view of whether the market is relatively undervalued at present. The current MVRV percentile stands at around 5%, which Darkfost said suggests the current price is in a significantly undervalued range by historical standards. Based on past cases, Darkfost added, such low-percentile zones have repeatedly coincided with periods when long-term price bottoms were forming.

The White House has agreed on an ethics provision in the Clarity Act, a crypto market structure bill, and shared the details with some Republican senators, Crypto In America host Eleanor Terrett said on X. While the specifics of the agreement have not yet been confirmed, the industry expects revised bill language could be released soon. CoinNess previously said the White House had been set to discuss the ethics provision, a key sticking point in the Clarity Act, with senators. Market participants view an agreement on the ethics provision as significantly improving the bill's chances of passing the Senate. The Senate is scheduled to begin its summer recess after the first week of August, leaving only a matter of weeks to process the bill this year.

Amid an ongoing debate over lowering the XRP Ledger’s reserve requirement, members of the community have voiced opposition, arguing that security should take priority. VET, an XRPL validator, said on X that the XRP Ledger required a base reserve of 1,000 XRP to create an account in 2012, when the structure was closer to an account-creation fee than today’s partially refundable reserve. After the reserve was lowered to 200 XRP, the current system took shape, VET said, adding the reserve was designed to protect network resources such as storage and memory from spam and DDoS attacks. VET also said the reserve remains important for the network as storage and memory costs are still high, particularly with the spread of AI. VET said the current base reserve for an XRPL account is 1 XRP, while holding RLUSD or USDC requires a 0.2 XRP reserve. Although VET said there had previously been support for lowering the reserve because of XRP’s price increase and better server performance, any further reduction should not proceed without evidence that the same level of security can be maintained. VET also argued claims that a $1 reserve is blocking user adoption are groundless, adding that if users find even a mostly refundable cost at account closure burdensome, the bigger reasons they are not choosing XRPL should be addressed first.