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Polygon 基金会 CEO Sandeep（@sandeepnailwal）发文披露，Polygon 团队约三分之一的员工上周暂停日常工作，转而参与为期三天的 AI 内部创新挑战赛，团队共设立 1.5 万美元奖励池。三天内共产出 13 个项目，其中 6 个已正式上线，1 个已在 5 条主网链上完成真实交易结算。Sandeep 表示，对于支付赛道而言，未来十年的格局将由真正将 AI 融入日常工作流程的团队所主导，并称此次实验令其对团队更具信心。
: Ripple’s Global Head of Public Policy and Government Affairs, Lauren Belive, stated that opposing the CLARITY Act is not opposition to the crypto industry, but rather opposition to consumers, and would continue exposing crypto holders to bad actors who exploit regulatory arbitrage. Belive noted that while a digital asset market already exists in the United States, federal rules protecting consumers have not kept pace. She pointed out that the regulatory gaps that led to the collapse of FTX and the loss of customer funds still persist. Belive indicated that the CLARITY Act would grant the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) clear joint jurisdiction over the digital asset market, requiring tokens to undergo regulatory oversight before entering the market. Stuart Alderoty, Chief Legal Officer of Ripple and Chairman of the National Cryptocurrency Association, stated that opposing the CLARITY Act would allow the current unregulated status quo to continue and be exploited by bad actors.
According to The Block, BlackRock CFO Martin Small disclosed during the Q2 earnings conference call that the company's digital asset assets under management (AUM) fell to $49 billion, down approximately 40% from a year ago, primarily weighed down by the price correction of BTC and ETH. Despite this, BlackRock's long-term strategy in the blockchain and tokenization sector has not contracted. Small stated that the company's long-term goal is to enable investors to "efficiently allocate crypto assets, stablecoins, and long-term equity and bond assets without leaving their digital wallets," and plans to gradually launch tokenized Treasury funds, iShares ETFs, and private market products. Specific progress includes: • Tokenized Money Market Funds: Two product applications have been submitted to the SEC, supporting investors to subscribe and redeem with stablecoins across multiple chains • Stablecoin Reserve Management: Currently manages approximately $60 billion of Circle's reserve assets, accounting for about one-quarter of the global $300 billion stablecoin market, aiming to become the industry's preferred reserve manager • Bitcoin ETF: Its iShares Bitcoin Trust ETF (IBIT) has an AUM of approximately $60 billion, making it the largest spot Bitcoin ETF globally • New Products: Launched the iShares Bitcoin Premium Income ETF (BITA) last month, providing Bitcoin exposure and comes with
Bitwise released a report stating that while crypto asset prices fell by approximately 36% in the first half of 2026, crypto-related stocks rose by 23%. This performance trailed only emerging market stocks, outpacing all other major asset classes. Bitwise Head of Research Ryan Rasmussen noted that the 30 crypto-related publicly listed companies in the Bitwise Crypto Innovators 30 Index outperformed the U.S. stock market by a factor of two, driven by factors including AI computing demand benefiting mining companies, stablecoin issuers, and asset tokenization platforms.Furthermore, according to Token Terminal data, the top ten crypto applications generated cumulative revenue of $5.9 billion over the past 12 months. PancakeSwap, Hyperliquid, and Aave ranked in the top three, with cumulative revenues of $923 million, $912 million, and $877 million, respectively.During the same period, the scale of tokenized real-world assets reached $33 billion in the second quarter, an increase of 45% from the beginning of the year; open interest in prediction markets hit an all-time high of $1.8 billion, with quarterly trading volume reaching $43 billion. (The Block)
: SBI Group, DigiFT, and Startale Group have completed a joint proof-of-concept, utilizing the JPYSC stablecoin in an Ethereum testnet environment to demonstrate the full lifecycle of tokenized securities, including instant fund subscription settlement and on-chain automatic dividend distribution. SBI Group and DigiFT are advancing the tokenization of the SBI Japan High Dividend Equity Fund. Managed by SBI Asset Management, the fund has approximately $1.3 billion in assets under management and represents one of Japan's major public equity strategies. The three parties completed two tests. One demonstrated the near-instant settlement of fund subscriptions using JPYSC, and the other automatically calculated and distributed dividends to eligible token holders' wallets via smart contracts after the distribution register was completed. The three companies plan to explore integrating tokenized Japanese equities with institutional DeFi platforms and are considering testing use cases such as collateralized lending and on-chain asset management with ecosystem partners like Morpho and Gauntlet.
Odaily President Trump will meet on Thursday with Republican Senators Bernie Moreno and Cynthia Lummis, along with White House crypto policy advisor Patrick Witt and White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles, to focus on the ethics provisions in the CLARITY Act. These provisions are considered one of the main obstacles to advancing the crypto market structure bill.Kristin Smith, President of the Solana Policy Institute, stated, "The purpose of the meeting is to present some proposals on the ethics issue to Trump and hope to gain his support. I believe this is a very positive signal." She described the meeting as crucial for pushing the CLARITY Act through.Earlier, it was disclosed that Trump family-backed World Liberty Financial had received hundreds of millions of dollars in crypto-related revenue, raising concerns among Democrats about potential conflicts of interest. (The Block)
Quickswap has adopted Orbs Perpetual Hub Ultra 2.0 following a community governance vote, making it the default infrastructure for perpetual contract trading across all supported chains, with 81.8% of QUICK token holders supporting the migration. This vote replaces Quickswap's previous Falkor deployment on Polygon PoS, which was supported by Orderly, and expands its Orbs perpetual contract platform launched on Base at the end of 2025. Orbs disclosed that its decentralized Layer 3 network currently has over 1.12 billion ORBS staked.
the U.S. Pentagon has, for the first time in more than 20 years, prohibited the public release of the annual report on the F-35 fighter jet program. The report, prepared at the request of the U.S. Congress, has been published annually since 2005. This year, classified information not intended for public disclosure was discovered during the review process for the first time. The F-35 program has faced repeated criticism over budget overruns, delays in engine deliveries, postponed software updates, and premature wear and tear on components.
Securitize partners with Cantor Fitzgerald to develop a blockchain-based IPO framework, enabling tokenized securities issuance within the existing U.S. securities regulatory framework.
Decentralized lending protocol Aave has deployed V4 on the Avalanche network, extending the latest lending architecture beyond Ethereum for the first time and laying the foundation for the tokenized real-world asset lending market.
Robinhood Chain attracted over $141 million in bridged ETH within two weeks of launch, with DEX trading volume surpassing the Ethereum mainnet. ETH price rose approximately 15% during the same period, but whether L2 value feeds back to ETH remains controversial.
Kraken Institutional has announced a partnership with on-chain yield platform Upshift, allowing eligible institutional clients to earn yields on idle Bitcoin, Ethereum, stablecoins, and other crypto assets directly within Kraken's compliant custody framework. Upshift will build dedicated customized vaults for each client, designed according to their investment strategies, risk parameters, liquidity requirements, and asset portfolios. Assets will be allocated to these non-custodial vaults and subsequently deployed to selected on-chain contracts, with clients' segregated Kraken custody accounts receiving receipt tokens.
: The UK and US governments, through the Future Markets Cross-Atlantic Working Group, have issued a joint position on stablecoins, supporting coordinated rules on reserves, redemption, market access, and cross-border use. The two governments stated that if stablecoins are properly regulated, they can improve payments, settlement, and financial market infrastructure, while supporting the development of private digital currencies under public sector oversight. The UK and US indicated that stablecoins used as currency should be fully backed by high-quality liquid assets at a minimum ratio of 1:1. Reserve assets should be segregated from the issuer’s own funds, with disclosure standards for custody, redemption, and legal rights provided to holders. The two countries also stated they will explore pathways for stablecoins issued in one country to enter the other’s market, and support fair, risk-based access to financial services and markets for legitimate, regulated stablecoin and digital asset providers.
Orange Juice has announced the completion of a $40 million funding round, with participation from Lyn Alden. The project's primary business involves launching a perpetual capital company backed by Bitcoin reserves, and it plans to seek a public listing in the future to provide liquid ownership currency and capital market access.
Odaily News on July 14, Bitcoin ETFs recorded net inflows of $181 million, and Ethereum ETFs recorded net inflows of $58.34 million. No outflows were observed for either Bitcoin or Ethereum ETFs on that day. BlackRock's IBIT saw net inflows of $139 million, Fidelity's FBTC posted net inflows of $21.07 million; all net inflows into Ethereum ETFs came from BlackRock's ETHA. HYPE, XRP, and Solana ETFs had no trading activity on the day. Morgan Stanley submitted a proposed amended filing for spot Ethereum and Solana ETFs, with the document covering service providers such as Coinbase Custody and staking provisions. Japanese policymakers are advancing reforms aimed at classifying crypto assets under the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act.
DTCC has completed live trade processing involving tokenized stocks, ETFs, and U.S. Treasuries, marking its largest production-grade tokenization initiative to date. The pilot demonstrates that tokenized securities can support collateral, repo, and equity trading while retaining the same legal ownership as traditional assets. DTCC plans to launch its tokenization services in October, as Wall Street firms continue to explore blockchain-based market infrastructure.
Ostium, a decentralized perpetual exchange, suffered an oracle attack on Wednesday, resulting in losses of approximately 18 million USDC. The attacker submitted false price reports for future dates using compromised oracle signing keys, generating fictitious trading profits and receiving payouts from the Ostium liquidity vault. Ostium stated that it has identified the issue with the OLP vault, has suspended all trading, and the team is currently investigating. Deployed on Arbitrum, Ostium offers perpetual futures trading for real-world assets including stocks, commodities, forex markets, and indices. At the time of the attack, the total value locked (TVL) in the Ostium protocol was approximately $63 million. The attack drained nearly one-third of this liquidity. In the first five months of 2026, DeFi protocols have lost over $840 million to exploits, including $292 million from KelpDAO and $285 million from Drift Protocol.
Base founder Jesse Pollak published a review of the past two years of development, acknowledging that his previous bet on on-chain native social was a mistake. He stated that social directions like Farcaster, Zora, Miniapps, and creator coins have failed to become the core drivers of crypto adoption, and as a result, Base has fallen behind some competitors in areas such as perpetual contracts, prediction markets, tokenization, and payments.Pollak stated that going forward, Base will position itself as the "blockchain for global finance," focusing on three key directions in 2026: trading, payments, and AI agents. Specifically, trading will cover tokenized stocks, Meme coins, and application tokens; payments will revolve around global stablecoins for individuals and businesses; and AI agents will leverage cryptocurrency as the native money for computers, serving participants in the future large-scale machine economy.Furthermore, the Base application will be handed back to the Coinbase team, with Cobie taking over to drive it forward, and it may expand beyond the Base ecosystem. Pollak also stated that Base will continue to support developers through Base Layer, Base Batches, the ecosystem fund, and Coinbase distribution resources.
Summer.fi announced that following the attack on the Lazy Summer protocol on July 6, the team assessed that there was no viable path to continue business operations, and therefore will gradually cease operations.
BitcoinTreasuries.NET posted on X platform, stating that The Smarter Web Company has completed a $282 million capital reduction, marking a significant step forward in its issuance of the UK’s first Bitcoin-backed perpetual preferred stock, which has a maximum dividend payment capacity of $178 million.