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Stable (STABLE) recorded the highest growth in total value locked (TVL) among all blockchains over the past 30 days, with an increase of 185%, according to CryptoRank. However, its TVL grew from a small base, rising from approximately $11 million to over $30 million. Other blockchains with significant TVL growth during the same period include: - Monad (MON): +78.77% to $621 million - Gnosis (GNO): +44.72% - Mezo: +27.69% - Base: +9.04% - Ethereum (ETH): +7.21% - Volta (A): +5.93% - Optimism (OP): +5.83%

The most popular call option strike price in the BTC options market has shifted from $80,000 to $70,000, CoinDesk reported. The $70,000 call option now has the largest open interest (OI) at $1.63 billion. Imran Lakha, founder of Options Insights, analyzed that market makers are likely to engage in sell hedging above the $70,000 level to maintain neutral positions. He added that this could limit the speed of any BTC rally after it surpasses that price.

Vet, a community director and validator for the XRP Ledger (XRPL) Foundation, announced that a permission delegation feature will be introduced soon. This function will allow users to delegate certain on-chain tasks to another account while keeping their primary account keys secured in a cold wallet. According to U.Today, Vet stated that the feature was developed to address treasury management needs. Permission delegation grants a secondary account the authority to send transactions on behalf of a user's primary account, serving as an alternative or supplement to multi-signature setups for implementing security structures like role-based access control. The feature was previously included in XRPL v2.6.1 but was disabled in September 2025 after a bug was discovered that could drain a user's XRP balance by charging transaction fees to other accounts. It was never deployed on the mainnet.

Whale Alert reported that 267,714,624 USDC has been transferred from Coinbase Institutional to Coinbase. The transaction is valued at about $268 million.

The total cryptocurrency market capitalization fell by 12.6% to $2.1 trillion in the second quarter of 2026, CoinGecko reported in its quarterly review. The daily average trading volume contracted for the second consecutive quarter, decreasing by 20.9% from the previous quarter to $93.1 billion. The stablecoin market cap saw its first decline since the third quarter of 2023, shrinking by 1.6% to $305.1 billion. Spot trading volume on centralized exchanges (CEX) dropped 27.9% to $1.95 trillion, with Binance leading the market at a 40% share, followed by Bybit (12%) and Gate.io (11%). Perpetual futures trading volume on CEXs was down 10.0% to $12.7 trillion. Meanwhile, notional trading volume in prediction markets reached an all-time high of $113.8 billion, with Kalshi (58.9%) and Polymarket (30.2%) holding the largest shares.

Exchange leverage has climbed into the top 5% of its historical range, increasing the risk of a price correction from deleveraging, Cointelegraph reported. The publication noted that the recent market rally has been more dependent on leveraged funds than on spot market liquidity, which could amplify volatility in the event of a large-scale liquidation.

The Robinhood Chain launchpad has hit a new activity record, issuing approximately 50,000 tokens per day, but only 19 meme coins have surpassed a market capitalization of $1 million, U.Today reported. According to the outlet, daily trading volume for Pons-family assets has exceeded $82 million, and Flap launched around 22,000 tokens on July 14, breaking Noxa's previous record of about 18,000. Of the 19 meme coins with a market cap over $1 million, 11 were issued by Noxa and five by Virtuals. U.Today noted that since the launchpad is virtually free and supports automated issuance, a single developer or bot operator can create thousands of tokens without any real increase in demand. The report concluded that despite a surge in new launchpads, success remains concentrated among established players, with most tokens remaining temporary, illiquid experiments.

Expectations are growing in the Bitcoin options market for a rally to $72,000 by the end of the month, CoinDesk reported. On Deribit, there has been a notable increase in trading volume and open interest for call options with strike prices of $70,000 and $72,000 set to expire at the end of July. This suggests an influx of bullish strategies betting on BTC reaching the $72,000 level by the month's end.

Shares of Bitcoin mining company Terawulf (Nasdaq: WULF) fell 7% after U.S. President Donald Trump urged New York state to immediately lift its one-year moratorium on permits for new large data centers, The Block reported. President Trump stressed the need for a policy change, describing data centers as money-making machines. However, Terawulf stated that its existing operations and development plans in New York are unaffected.

Orange Juice, a company backed by Vancouver-based Bitcoin supporter Jeff Booth and macroeconomist Lyn Alden, has raised $40 million to launch a Bitcoin accumulation company, The Block reported. The new firm, to be established in Connecticut, U.S., plans to pursue a strategy of acquiring companies with stable cash flow and allocating the profits to purchase Bitcoin.

India's Enforcement Directorate (ED) has seized 33.5 million rupees ($401,000) in cryptocurrency and 1.45 million rupees in cash as part of a money laundering investigation into online investment and work-from-home scams, The New Indian Express reported. Authorities also froze bank accounts containing over 4 million rupees. The agency conducted raids at 19 locations, including in Tamil Nadu, on July 10-11, securing documents, digital devices, and bank records. The investigation found that a cyber fraud ring defrauded victims of 149.5 million rupees by promising high returns through fake investment platforms and remote job offers. The funds were then laundered through multiple mule accounts and shell companies, converted into cryptocurrency, and distributed across various wallets to conceal the money trail.

The spot Cumulative Volume Delta (CVD) chart is an order book analysis tool for the BTC/USDT spot pair. The top section shows the Volume Heatmap, while the bottom section displays the CVD. - The Volume Heatmap tracks trading volume at specific price levels. Brighter areas, where the price has lingered or moved significantly, may act as potential support or resistance. - The CVD indicator represents buy and sell orders categorized by trade size. A rising line indicates an increase in buy orders. The yellow line represents orders from $100 to $1,000, and the brown line represents large orders from $1 million to $10 million.

Bitcoin Treasury Capital (BTCB) announced via X that it has received approval to launch "BTC PREF," Sweden's first preferred stock backed by Bitcoin (BTC). The stock, which offers a 10% annual dividend, will begin trading on the Spotlight Stock Market on July 20.

The market is shifting from being speculation-driven to an accumulation phase led by institutions and long-term investors, according to an analysis by CryptoQuant contributor TopNotchYJ, as reported by The Crypto Basic. The analyst noted that BTC's Spent Output Profit Ratio (SOPR) is approaching one, which signifies a balance between buying and profit-taking. Additionally, a decrease in exchange holdings suggests that BTC is moving to ETFs and institutional custody. The risk of large-scale liquidations has also been mitigated, as the estimated leverage ratio and open interest (OI) are significantly lower than at previous highs. TopNotchYJ concluded that the market is currently being driven by steady accumulation from institutions and long-term investors rather than short-term speculation.

On-chain analyst ZachXBT has advised against using cryptocurrency hardware wallets, recommending a dedicated iPhone for such purposes instead. Writing on his Telegram channel, he stated that all hardware wallets are "useless" and should not be used for critical tasks like signing transactions or storing funds. He argued that it is much better to use a separate iPhone exclusively as a hardware wallet. ZachXBT singled out Ledger as "the worst" among hardware wallets, criticizing Ledger Live for its frequent and seemingly unnecessary UI and app updates that he claims often prevent simple actions from being executed.

Swedish truck manufacturer Volvo Group is testing its own cryptocurrency for use in its supply chain payment system, Crypto Briefing reported. According to Ivan Branco, Head of Information Management at Volvo Group, who appeared on a Cardano Foundation (ADA) podcast, the company is conceptualizing a system to record payments and order ledgers between material suppliers and transporters on a shared blockchain. This system would use a cryptocurrency for instant settlements within the supply chain, bypassing traditional banking networks. The cryptocurrency is designed for internal supply chain payments rather than as a public, speculative token. The specific blockchain to be used has not been disclosed, and there is no officially announced partnership with the Cardano Foundation.

Tether, the issuer of the USDT stablecoin, has invested $20 million in Argentine neobank Ualá as part of its expansion into Latin America, Cointelegraph reported.

Swedbank AB, one of Sweden's leading banks, has purchased an additional 8,278 shares of Strategy (Nasdaq: MSTR), a firm known for its Bitcoin accumulation strategy. This brings the bank's total holdings to 90,590 shares, Crypto Briefing reported.

Kwak Hyun-joon, currently the senior staff member for the Land, Infrastructure and Transport Committee, has been appointed as the new senior staff member for the National Assembly's National Policy Committee, which oversees the financial sector, including virtual assets. According to Digital Asset, National Assembly Speaker Cho Jung-sik announced the appointment of 13 senior staff members today, with the changes taking effect on July 20. Senior staff members are responsible for professionally reviewing and analyzing legislation and policies under their committee's jurisdiction.

According to Coinglass data, an estimated $1.01 billion in short positions on major centralized exchanges (CEX) will be liquidated if BTC breaks through $66,186. Conversely, a drop below $63,526 would trigger the liquidation of $298.46 million in long positions.

The Bitcoin market trend has shifted from bearish to bullish over the past two weeks, with increased alignment among various indicators, according to on-chain analyst Axel Adler Jr. In a blog post, Adler noted that his Regime Score, a composite market direction indicator, is currently at a moderate +34.7, having remained in positive territory for about 80% of the past week. He added that the accompanying Regime Confidence metric is at 79.4%, well above the monthly average of 57.3%, indicating higher reliability for the bullish signal. Adler explained that the trend would be further confirmed if the score reaches +50 with confidence holding near 80%. However, he warned the trend could collapse if the score drops below zero for more than 24 hours and confidence falls below 40%. The Regime Score synthesizes data from taker flows, open interest, funding rates, ETF flows, exchange activity, and price trends to gauge market direction on a scale of -100 to +100.

According to CoinNess market monitoring, BTC has fallen below $64,000. BTC is trading at $63,991.98 on the Binance USDT market.

South Korean crypto exchange Bithumb has announced plans to delist Gracy (GRACY), Tottenham Hotspur (SPURS), ZTX (ZTX), WIKEN (WIKEN), and Step App (FITFI) at 6:00 a.m. UTC on Aug. 18. According to the announcement, the decision was made because the issues that led to the assets being placed under an investment warning have not been resolved.

DeltaDeFi, a decentralized exchange (DEX) built on Cardano's (ADA) Layer 2 solution Hydra, is indefinitely suspending its services due to operational difficulties, The Crypto Basic reported. User refunds will be processed as soon as the necessary funds for withdrawals are secured. Several other Cardano-based applications, including JPG Store and TapTools, have also ceased operations this year.

Binance founder Changpeng Zhao said on X that while AI is great, it cannot protect against inflation, whereas Bitcoin can.