Crypto News. July 29, 2026
Solflare Card stopped working after issuing partner Kulipa wound down due to solvency issues
Robinhood Chain became the fastest EVM chain to hit 100M transactions.
Zcash activated its Ironwood network upgrade
Morgan Stanley Investment Management launched an Ethereum staking ETP, the Morgan Stanley Ethereum Trust (MSSE)
Crypto[.]com partnered with Emirates to enable Crypto Payment for flight bookings
Tether signed an MoU with the Nairobi Securities Exchange to explore tokenization, digital asset use cases, and blockchain education across Africa.
Base launched Base Verify Onchain, letting smart contracts enforce one-person-one-claim via privacy-preserving identity checks to block sybil and bot farming.
Galaxy launched GOFR, an institutional borrowing product connecting its lending desk to Morpho’s open credit network.
CME Group sued the CFTC over its approval of onchain perpetual futures, arguing the products are swaps not futures and were greenlit without proper rulemaking.
Zama hit 1,000 confidential transfers per second on GPUs for FHE smart contracts, up from 0.2 tps in 2022, cutting the cost of an ERC7984 transaction to about $0.000004
Privy’s Earn API added support for Veda Labs vaults
Nexo confirmed its EU compliance setup is ready ahead of MiCA’s entry into force
Morgan Stanley launched a Solana ETP, MSOL, on NYSE Arca
Grvt to hold its Token Generation Event on July 30.
MetaMask added a direct bank-to-wallet on-ramp for Vietnam through Banxa, letting users fund wallets via VietQR.
DCG-owned Zcash miner Fortitude launched a 12 MW mining facility in Nebraska
1inch launched Aqua to the public, a liquidity layer letting providers back multiple positions from one wallet balance with exposure capped at assets actually held.
Psalion launched its largest fund yet, a $50M vehicle backing pre-seed and seed blockchain startups across infrastructure, RWAs, stablecoins, DeFi and trade finance.
A federal judge blocked Minnesota from enforcing its new law banning prediction markets, letting Kalshi and Polymarket keep operating in the state while litigation continues.
Vitalik Buterin published Part II of his cryptographic obfuscation series, detailing diamond iO, a faster obfuscation scheme combining FHE with the BGG+14 attribute-based encryption approach
Lighter rolled out its updated Web V3 design, bringing a refreshed interface with upgrades to navigation, market views, and trading workflows.































