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According to Loopring’s official announcement, Loopring DEX—the first zkRollup protocol on Ethereum—has announced the immediate cessation of all trading services, and its relayer has been taken offline simultaneously. The team cited several reasons for the shutdown: (1) its early architecture lacked virtual machine support, constraining ecosystem growth; (2) insufficient commercial operational capabilities within the team; (3) external pressure—including the delisting of LRC from multiple major exchanges in 2026; and (4) the fact that modern zkEVM solutions have comprehensively surpassed Loopring’s original technical architecture. Regarding user asset distribution, Loopring will adopt a centralized approach to directly batch-send assets to users’ Layer-1 wallet addresses. Users need not perform any on-chain actions or pay gas fees—all transaction costs will be borne by the team. The specific process is as follows: publish the final balance list → upgrade the smart contract → a two-week public review and audit period → batch distribution.
According to the official announcement, Bybit Spot has launched Cap (CAP/USDT) on its spot market on June 26 at 12:00 PM UTC, and deposits are now open. Meanwhile, CAP has been added to Bybit’s Token Splash trading competition, where eligible users can participate in sharing a prize pool of up to 30 million CAP tokens. Cap is a decentralized credit protocol built on the Ethereum blockchain, designed to safeguard lenders’ principal through on-chain financial guarantees.
Base has postponed the Beryl mainnet upgrade to June 26 at 18:00 UTC to ensure full activation of the B20 Activation Registry. Developers must wait until the registry goes live before deploying B20 tokens, with an estimated maximum wait time of approximately one hour. Base stated that the previous ~2-hour mainnet block interruption was unrelated to this upgrade. Additionally, Beryl will reduce the withdrawal waiting period from Base to Ethereum from 7 days to 5 days and integrate Reth V2.
According to the Huobi HTX announcement, Huobi HTX will open CAP deposit services on June 26 at 18:30 (GMT+8). CAP/USDT spot trading will go live on June 26 at 21:00 (GMT+8). CAP withdrawal services will be available starting June 28 at 21:00 (GMT+8). Cap is a DeFi credit protocol built on a Covered Credit mechanism, comprising digital dollars, a credit platform, and a financial guarantee market, designed to provide collateralized support for personal loans. CAP’s stablecoin engine will mint redeemable stablecoins in various denominations (e.g., USD, BTC, and ETH).
Bitget PoolX is about to launch the Bluwhale AI (BLUAI) project. Users can lock ETH to share 14,000,000 BLUAI, with a personal lock-up limit of 1,500 ETH. The lock-up channel will be open from 18:00 on June 26 to 18:00 on July 7 (UTC+8).In addition, users with positive net ETH deposits during the event period will receive a 5% ETH wealth management booster coupon after the event ends. First-time PoolX participants who meet the net deposit requirements will receive a 15% ETH booster coupon. The net deposit calculation period is from 17:00 on June 26 to 17:00 on July 6 (UTC+8). For more details, please refer to the official Bitget platform.
Odaily BlockBeats News, according to official announcements, Bybit Spot will list CAP (CAP/USDT) on the spot market on June 26 at 1PM UTC.- Deposit opening: June 26 at 4AM UTC- Trading opening: June 26 at 12:00PM UTC- Withdrawal opening: June 27 at 10:00AM UTCCap is a decentralized credit protocol built on the Ethereum blockchain, designed to protect lenders' principal security through on-chain financial guarantees.
according to official sources, OKX's "Flash Earn" product will list ROBO from 15:00 on July 3, 2026, to 15:00 on July 7, 2026 (UTC+8). During the event, users who participate by staking BTC, ETH, OKB, or ROBO can share a 20,000,000 ROBO airdrop reward. Users can access the event page via the OKX App — Explore — Flash Earn.Furthermore, this event adopts the Flash Earn user tier system. The staking cap for each cryptocurrency is determined by the user's tier, which is based on the higher of either the 30-day average net asset value or the 30-day trading volume. User Flash Earn tiers will be displayed on the Flash Earn page (Staking to Earn) starting July 3, offering staking limits that better align with user platform activity.
ZachXBT issued a community alert on X, warning that the centralized exchange AscendEX (formerly Bitmax) has recently been reported to experience delays in processing user withdrawals—some withdrawal requests may take several days or even weeks. ZachXBT noted that ETH, USDT, SOL, and other major high-market-cap assets are held in relatively low amounts within known hot wallets flagged by Arkham and TRM, potentially indicating liquidity pressure facing the platform.
the Ethereum Layer 2 network Base mainnet experienced a "major failure," leading to unstable production of new blocks. According to the Base status page, the issue began around 16:03 UTC.Base resumed operations after approximately two hours of downtime. This failure previously halted block production and transaction processing.The Base team stated that an invalid block triggered the related issue. They are currently investigating the root cause and recommend that node operators restart their nodes. This incident marks another network interruption for Base following its previous downtime in August 2025.
Ondo has officially launched a 24/7 instant minting and redemption service for tokenized U.S. stocks and ETFs. Previously, the platform only supported minting and redemption windows 24 hours a day, five days a week (24/5). With this upgrade, eligible users can now mint or redeem supported tokenized assets at current market prices at any time, including weekends and U.S. public holidays. The first batch of assets supporting 24/7 instant minting and redemption includes six tokenized stocks: SPYon, QQQon, CRCLon, NVDAon, TSLAon, and GOOGLon. These are currently live on Ethereum and BNB Chain, with Solana support coming soon.
Ethereum Layer 2 project Taiko has released the latest update on a security incident, stating that this incident will not result in any user fund losses. Currently, bridged assets are under-collateralized, and the team will complete supplementary collateral for all assets before reopening the bridge, ensuring that each user's balance is supported on a 1:1 basis, identical to the state before the incident. Since the security incident occurred, cautious measures have been taken, including controlling the scope of impact, determining the root cause, and collaborating with the board to develop a plan to protect user assets.Furthermore, the CEO of Taiko has submitted a formal report to relevant authorities in Singapore, and the team will fully cooperate in tracing the responsible parties. Users are currently not required to take any action. The completed fix is now being tested, and Taiko will reopen the chain and bridge services as soon as it is deemed safe. Meanwhile, users are reminded to be vigilant against scams. The Taiko team will not proactively message users, and there are no claim or refund websites. Any links offering such services are fraudulent.
Ink, an Ethereum Layer 2 network incubated by Kraken, has reached a multi-year infrastructure agreement with Optimism, upgrading to OP Enterprise Fully Managed.Under the agreement, Optimism will be responsible for running Ink's production infrastructure, while the Ink Foundation will focus on ecosystem growth and new financial products. Additionally, Ink will serve as a deep design partner for OP Enterprise, jointly advancing roadmap plans including programmable block construction, one-day Ethereum withdrawals, and sequencer-level compliance tools.Currently, applications built on the Ink network generate nearly $40 million in annual revenue. This partnership makes Ink another exchange-related blockchain network to join the fully managed layer service, following Bitpanda's Vision Chain. (The Block)
According to CoinDesk, Geoff Kendrick, Head of Digital Asset Research at Standard Chartered Bank, released a report initiating coverage of the decentralized lending protocol Aave, with a target price of $3,500 by end-2030—approximately 50 times its current price of around $70—and expects Aave to outperform both Bitcoin and Ethereum. Kendrick stated that Aave has recovered from the April 2026 KelpDAO rsETH bridge vulnerability incident, during which attackers used approximately $290 million worth of stolen tokens as collateral to borrow real assets on Aave, exposing the protocol to up to $230 million in potential losses. Assets have now begun flowing back onto the platform, and Aave’s dominant position in on-chain lending remains solid. Looking ahead, Standard Chartered forecasts that the value of tokenized assets actively used in DeFi applications will grow 37-fold by 2030. Aave—whose revenue model is directly tied to lending activity—is poised to benefit directly. Additionally, Aave’s Horizon initiative (enabling tokenized real-world asset lending in permissioned environments) and the potential relaunch of its token buyback program are viewed as key catalysts.
According to the mid-year crypto market report released by 21Shares, after Bitcoin peaks at approximately $126,000 in October 2025, the base target price for the end of 2026 is set at $100,000.The report shows that as of May 2026, the global crypto ETP assets under management stood at approximately $140 billion, with total holdings of 1.25 million BTC. Furthermore, prediction market trading volume reached $57.5 billion by the end of May; total value locked in DeFi remained around $140 billion; within the Ethereum Layer 2 ecosystem, Base, Arbitrum, and Optimism accounted for approximately 83% of total DeFi TVL; and the total value of tokenized assets on public blockchains reached $31 billion, including $15 billion in tokenized U.S. Treasury bonds. (The Block)
based on the results of the Lido DAO Snapshot vote, Lido has revoked the official endorsement status of wstETH bridge endpoints on nine networks: zkSync Era, Mode, Scroll, Mantle, Swell, Zircuit, Soneium, Polygon PoS, and Lisk.The funds of users holding wstETH on these networks remain safe, and no action is required. This revocation is a governance decision and will not disable any bridges, invalidate tokens, or affect users' ability to bridge wstETH back to Ethereum. Future proactive monitoring, marketing support, and ecosystem development for wstETH on the affected networks will cease. Relevant network information will be updated on Lido's multichain page, documentation, and help center.
According to Wintermute’s market weekly report, a significant macroeconomic shift occurred during the week ending June 22: The U.S. Federal Reserve held its benchmark interest rate steady at 3.50%–3.75%, but its statement adopted markedly tighter language—removing all references to accommodative policy. The median dot-plot projection rose from 3.4% to 3.8%, and 17 of the 18 FOMC members assessed inflation risks as skewed upward. The probability of a December rate hike surged from roughly 24% one month earlier to approximately 77%. Meanwhile, the Iran nuclear deal—originally scheduled for signing on June 19—collapsed following Israeli airstrikes on Lebanon, prompting Iran to withdraw from negotiations. Qatar is now attempting to extend talks until the end of June. With U.S. equity markets closed for Juneteenth, they failed to react promptly; crypto markets bore the brunt first—BTC peaked near $67,000 midweek before retreating to around $62,000, posting a weekly decline of 3.8%; ETH once again fell below $2,000, dropping into the mid-$1,700 range, down 1.2% for the week; over the weekend, approximately $600 million in long positions were liquidated, while less than $90 million in short positions were cleared—highlighting persistent leverage imbalance. Wintermute noted that the narrative of forced selling by “Strategy” players has dissipated (net BTC purchases totaled 1,587 BTC between June 8–14), yet marginal demand from both ETFs and Strategy participants has clearly weakened compared to prior periods. Capital inflow channels remain unopened, and the market is stabilizing primarily under light positioning and low leverage.
according to the latest data from Gate.io, the total staking volume of its SOL mining (staking) product has reached 625,100 SOL, with a reference annualized yield of 8.01%. Users who stake SOL will receive an equivalent amount of GTSOL assets, achieving asset appreciation.The service supports instant redemption, releasing liquidity and generating stable returns. In addition to SOL, the platform also offers multi-coin staking options. As of press time, the reference annualized yields are as follows: GUSD 2.80%, USD1 12.63%, BTC 2.67%, ETH 4.08%, and USDT 3.47%.
Odaily News David Hoffman, the founder of Bankless who previously liquidated all his ETH, posted on X regarding the newly established Ethlabs, stating: "The Ethereum Foundation (EF) deliberately left a power vacuum, allowing new organizational structures to step up and influence the direction of Ethereum's development.""I believe the direction Ethlabs is leading represents the brightest future for Ethereum. I am pleased to and will continue to support them on their journey ahead."Previously, David Hoffman publicly stated in late May that he had fully exited his ETH positions. Last night, several former Ethereum Foundation researchers announced the establishment of the non-profit organization Ethlabs, aiming to drive Ethereum into its next phase of growth. Bitmine, SharpLink, and Joe Lubin have all expressed their support.
Odaily Odaily: Several former Ethereum Foundation researchers have announced the establishment of the non-profit organization Ethlabs, aimed at propelling Ethereum into its next growth phase and preparing it for institutional adoption. The organization has received support from Ethereum co-founder Joe Lubin, as well as two major ETH treasury companies, Bitmine Immersion Technologies and SharpLink.Ethlabs stated that as stablecoins, tokenized real-world assets, funds, and autonomous AI business activities migrate on-chain, these demands are converging on Ethereum. Ethlabs' goal is to enhance the performance, trusted interoperability, neutrality, resilience, privacy, and security required for Ethereum to scale and absorb these demands.The organization was co-founded by five former senior researchers from the Ethereum Foundation, who were involved in driving several key upgrades for Ethereum over the past decade. The establishment of Ethlabs signifies that, in addition to the Ethereum Foundation, major ETH holders and core ecosystem contributors are forming new independent organizations to participate in shaping Ethereum's future direction.This move also occurs against the backdrop of recent criticism and personnel changes within the Ethereum Foundation. In recent times, some ETH holders and community members have criticized the foundation for failing to maintain sufficient competitiveness. Meanwhile, the departure of several senior executives and key research team members from the foundation has also raised external concerns regarding its organizational stability and strategic direction.
According to CoinDesk, the Ethereum Research Forum has released a new proposal introducing a “Validator Redirection Yield” mechanism, allowing validators to redirect 0% to 10% of their staking rewards toward funding ecosystem infrastructure and public goods. If a majority of validators support a specific redirection percentage, that percentage will become mandatory for all validators. Based on current staking levels, a 5% to 10% redirection would generate approximately 50,000 to 70,000 ETH annually for the ecosystem—roughly $120 million. The proposal aims to address Ethereum’s long-standing “free-rider” problem; however, it has also raised external concerns regarding risks such as coordinated validator manipulation of fund allocation and misaligned interests between staking operators and ETH holders. The proposal remains under discussion and has not yet entered the formal voting process.