Crypto News. July 24, 2026
Zama launched Confidential RFQ, a fully onchain confidential swap protocol, live on Ethereum mainnet with a private beta waitlist open.
BitMEX to shut down operations effective September 23, 2026.
Uniswap introduced Permissioned Pools on v4, a new hook standard bringing compliance-checked permissioned assets to the AMM.
Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev’s X account was hacked and used to promote a fake meme coin.
Deloitte and Avalanche published a stablecoin playbook covering adoption strategy, regulation, and execution for institutions.
SEC will host a roundtable on September 17, 2026 on moving toward 24-hour trading in US equity markets, covering operational resilience and investor protections.
Strategy launched a Bitcoin Security Consortium with BlackRock, Coinbase, Galaxy, Anchorage and others, pledging $15M over three years, with initial focus on quantum computing risks to Bitcoin.
Verus-Ethereum bridge was exploited for $7.54M across ETH, tBTC, USDC, USDT, EURC, MKR and scrvUSD, the second exploit in two months using the same vulnerability as May’s $11.5M hack.
AFX’s Arbitrum-based bridge was exploited for $24.15M in USDC; the bridge was independently operated and not Arbitrum’s official bridge.
AFX offered its exploiter a white-hat deal, letting them keep 30% of the roughly $24M stolen in exchange for returning the rest.
Polkadot launched a Products Devnet public sandbox for developers to test its upcoming production network
MoonPay now accepts Discover Network cards for crypto purchases in the US
LayerZero and Keeta partnered to enable tokenized bank deposits across Ethereum, Solana, Base, and Keeta, backed by Bivo-held bank deposits
The Smarter Web Company sold 177.89 BTC at $65,762 to repay $11.7M to TOBAM two weeks early
Circle signed partnerships with Kakao Group and Toss Bank to explore stablecoin payment rails in South Korea.
Mirae Asset completed its acquisition of Korbit and plans to raise its stake from 92.06% to 97.15% this week.
Beezie, an onchain collectibles marketplace with claw-machine mechanics, went live on Solana.
Pumpfun co-founder Sapijiju said Pump’s revenue is mispriced since it has hundreds of thousands of active users outside crypto Twitter, unlike Hyperliquid.
Transparency Alliance grew to 70+ participants including Moody’s, Coinlist, Multicoin, Paxos, Gate, Upbit, and WisdomTree, backing the Token Transparency Framework.
Robinhood Chain went live on Phantom wallet.
Japan’s FSA is preparing rule changes that could allow the country’s first Bitcoin ETF as early as 2028, with major asset managers eyeing entry.
