Crypto News. July 8, 2026
Yield Guild Games shut down YGG Play and laid off 35 staffs, citing a prolonged crypto downturn and brutal gaming publishing market.
Yield Guild Games@YieldGuild
Today, we are sharing some difficult news with our community: after much consideration, we have made the decision to sunset @YGG_Play, YGG’s publishing arm.
Our team set out to prove the Casual Degen gaming thesis, and they absolutely delivered. However, the realities of the
3:19 PM · Jul 6, 2026 · 125K Views
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Tether plans to bring USDT natively back to Bitcoin via RGB protocol v0.11.1, with UTEXO leading the commercial rollout as early as July.
Wu Blockchain@WuBlockchain
Tether Brings USDT Back to Bitcoin With RGB Rollout
Tether, issuer of USDT, the world’s largest stablecoin, plans to issue USDT natively on Bitcoin through RGB protocol v0.11.1, with UTEXO leading the commercial rollout. The move would bring USDT back to the Bitcoin network,
6:56 AM · Jul 7, 2026 · 112K Views
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Ethereum Foundation dissolved its Protocol Support Team
ethdaily.eth@ethdaily
EF: The Ethereum Foundation Protocol Support Team has been dissolved. If your organization is in need of some Ethereum chads, reach out below.
marc | wolovim.eth @wolovim
one last shout-out to the protocol support team (@EFprotocol) who were a blast to be in the trenches with and drove me to do my best work.
the team has been dissolved. a couple colleagues have their next steps already sorted out and a couple more are open to new opportunities:
5:00 PM · Jul 7, 2026 · 2.37K Views
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Aave Labs proposed onboarding Maple Finance’s newly launched syrupUSDG to the Global Dollar Hub on Aave V4
Aave@aave
Aave Labs posted a proposal to onboard @maplefinance's newly launched syrupUSDG to the @global_dollar Hub on Aave V4.
7:07 PM · Jul 7, 2026 · 20.6K Views
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Base’s B20 Native Token Standard to go live on July 8
Base Build@buildonbase
The B20 Native Token Standard is scheduled to go live on July 8, 2026 at 18:00 UTC
4:11 PM · Jul 7, 2026 · 167K Views
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