Crypto News. July 31, 2026
Ethereum Mainnet turned 11 years old.
Uniswap launched “Launches,” a new tab aggregating launchpads like Bankr, Pons, and Long, live in beta on Robinhood Chain
Pumpfun added USDC trading with 0% fees across Solana, Robinhood, BNB, Base, and Ethereum
Aave proposed removing 50 underused assets and winding down six deployments (Scroll, zkSync, Sonic, Metis, Soneium, Aptos), affecting $98.1M in deposits and $15.6M in loans
Shopify added USDC payments via Arbitrum
SEC Chair Paul Atkins said the SEC will issue its own crypto market structure rules if Congress fails to pass the Clarity Act
Hyperscale Data sold 100 BTC and opens a Bitcoin-backed credit facility to fund its Michigan AI data center
Kraken Institutional and VerifiedX signed an MOU to add vBTC to Kraken’s qualified custody
Quantum Solutions, Japan’s largest Ethereum DAT, sold 1,000 ETH (~$1.9M) to fund AI data center plans and raises its group ETH sale cap from 1,875 to 4,375 ETH
Solana[.]com now shows live RPC performance data comparing Alchemy, Helius, QuickNode, and Triton
Lighter launched a referral program offering up to 30% fee share and weekly USDC payouts
3iQ will manage part of Gelephu Mindfulness City’s (Bhutan) bitcoin treasury, drawn from Bhutan’s December 2025 allocation of up to 10,000 BTC
Coinbase stock (COIN) dropped over 7% after weaker than expected earnings
KSNET, a Korean fintech processing $4B in monthly volume, partnered with Solana Foundation to bring Solana Pay to its 330,000+ merchants
Strategy’s Q2 2026 results showed BTC holdings up 11%, convertible debt down 18%, USD reserves up 12%, and BPS up 5%
Backpack added company filings sourced from SEC EDGAR, including financial reports and insider activity





























