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According to Livecoins, the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced a new round of sanctions on July 13, freezing 13 cryptocurrency wallets and trust funds associated with the Cuban regime, involving addresses on multiple chains such as Tron (TRX), Litecoin (LTC), Dogecoin (DOGE), Solana (SOL), Dash (DASH), and Zcash (ZEC), as well as Bitcoin and Ethereum assets. Sanctioned targets include Ukrainian citizen Dmytro Rashevskyi, Belarusian resident Yevgeniy Vladimirovich Silayev, and several Cuban state-owned institutions such as the Association of Combatants of the Cuban Revolution and the Cuban Ministry of Tourism. OFAC simultaneously released FAQ 1262, advising all U.S. citizens to immediately cease all dealings with the entities on the aforementioned sanctions list.
Bloomberg ETF analyst James Seyffart (@JSeyff) disclosed that Morgan Stanley has submitted the latest application filings for an Ethereum ETF (ticker: $MSSE) and a Solana ETF (ticker: $MSOL) to regulators, with management fees set at 0.14% for both, and both products will include staking (Staking) features; the official listing of the products is expected to be imminent.
Bloomberg ETF analyst James Seyffart stated on X that updated filings have been submitted for its Ethereum ETF and Solana ETF, with expected ticker symbols of MSSE and MSOL respectively, and a fee rate of 0.14%.
TxFlow L1 has announced the launch of its second Channel, Probly, the first prediction market application developed based on the TxFlow Improvement Protocol 3 (TIP3). Upon launch, Probly offers 172 live markets covering over 7,000 events, including continuous rolling markets with a minimum duration of 5 minutes, and supports on-chain settlement and TxFlow L1's shared financial infrastructure. Probly covers 15 categories including politics, sports, crypto, finance, and geopolitics, and provides prediction markets related to BTC, ETH, SOL, and XRP price movements for 5-minute, 15-minute, 1-hour, and 4-hour intervals. Users can access Probly via an email-based embedded wallet without needing to manage seed phrases, or by connecting compatible wallets such as MetaMask, Coinbase Wallet, Phantom, and Uniswap Wallet. Eligible settlement amounts will be automatically credited in USDC after the event is resolved, with no separate claim required. (Decrypt).
according to an official announcement, Coinbase will discontinue cbETH deposit and withdrawal support on the Arbitrum, Optimism, and Polygon networks on August 17, 2026. cbETH will remain fully available on the Ethereum and Base networks.
EthSystems announces its official establishment. The company was founded by the original team of the Ethereum Foundation's "Institutional Privacy Working Group" and has received support from Bitmine, Sharplink, Joe Lubin, and others. It primarily develops Ethereum-based privacy and compliance technology for regulated entities such as banks and asset management institutions, aiming to support institutions in conducting on-chain financial activities without disclosing sensitive information such as transaction details and client identities.
EthSystems, an institutional privacy technology company for Ethereum, has officially launched, securing strategic funding from ecosystem supporters including Bitmine, Sharplink Gaming, and Joe Lubin.EthSystems focuses on developing privacy technologies tailored for banks, asset management firms, and other regulated institutions, enabling them to execute financial transactions at scale on the Ethereum network while protecting sensitive information such as transaction details and client identities. The company was founded by the core team of the Ethereum Foundation's Institutional Privacy Task Force (IPTF). The team had previously conducted a year-long open-source research and development effort on the EthSystems official website and established collaborations with multiple central banks, regulatory bodies, large banks, and asset management institutions.EthSystems stated that while institutions have begun exploring stablecoins, tokenized assets, and Ethereum-based settlement solutions, widespread adoption still faces privacy and compliance challenges. Financial institutions require more than just access to the blockchain network; they need a complete infrastructure that meets the requirements for protecting trade secrets, complying with regulations, and ensuring compatibility with existing financial systems. The goal is to build a "selective disclosure" privacy architecture, allowing transaction participants to view only the information they are authorized to access, while preserving Ethereum's core advantages of decentralization, security, and openness, and complementing two other organizations:Ethlabs: Focused on core Ethereum protocol and infrastructure research and development;Ethereum Institutional: Responsible for institutional collaboration, education, market research, and ecosystem coordination;EthSystems: Concentrated on application-layer technology, translating institutional needs into operational privacy protocols and financial systems.
According to Odaily Planet Daily, Ethereum ZK Layer2 Starknet has officially launched the compliant privacy framework STRK20, providing native privacy transaction capabilities for various digital assets on-chain. The framework operates based on a privacy pool mechanism. Once user assets are deposited into the privacy pool, all transactions are encrypted, with details such as transfer addresses and amounts being invisible to the outside. Developers can quickly integrate this privacy system using the accompanying SDK and wallet API, catering to the private transfer needs of various ERC-20 assets. STRK20 incorporates a complete compliance process: users must undergo pre-screening before entering the privacy pool; only upon receiving a legally effective formal query request and after an independent assessment, will the platform selectively disclose specific users, corresponding time periods, or designated transfer records, without revealing the private data of unrelated users.
According to the official announcement, Binance will conduct wallet maintenance on the Ethereum network (ETH) at 14:00 on July 16. To support this maintenance, Binance will suspend deposit and withdrawal services for the Ethereum network at 13:55 on July 16. The maintenance is expected to take 1 hour, and deposit and withdrawal services will automatically resume after the maintenance is completed.
Lorenzo Valente, Director of Crypto Research at Ark, stated on X that Robinhood Chain is the clearest case study for examining the evolution of the ETH economic model over time.Since its inception, Robinhood Chain has generated a total of approximately $816,000 in revenue; Arbitrum, serving as the middleware provider, took a 10% cut, amounting to about $80,000; Arbitrum then paid settlement fees to the Ethereum mainnet, totaling approximately $1,538. A rough breakdown of the profit distribution in this model is as follows — Robinhood 89%; Arbitrum 10%; Ethereum 0.15%.If your thesis is "ETH is money," then Robinhood building an L2 within the Ethereum ecosystem is a major positive. However, if your thesis is "ETH is a revenue-generating asset," then this is an extremely bearish case.
According to monitoring by on-chain analyst Ai Yi (@ai_9684xtpa), an address (0x2aa…c3e91) entered at the peak of the rebound triggered by token burns at CZ's donation address, purchasing $189,000 worth of $CZ tokens at an average price of $0.03048. Currently, the assets have shrunk by 34.9%, with an unrealized loss of approximately $66,000, but the holder still firmly holds without cutting losses. It is reported that this address was previously mainly active in Ethereum mainnet Memecoin trading, marking its first participation in BSC on-chain transactions.
on July 9 that Grayscale released research stating that stock tokenization will undergo three stages of development, with Ethereum, Solana, BNB Chain, Avalanche, and Canton Network most likely to benefit as ownership models evolve. Grayscale noted that third-party wrapped tokens account for over 70% of the tokenized stock market capitalization. In this model, traditional stocks are placed in special purpose vehicles, and investors receive tokens representing claims on the vehicle's equity, rather than direct ownership. Such wrapped assets operate on Ethereum, Solana, and BNB Chain, and can be traded and integrated into decentralized finance applications. Grayscale identified the pilot program planned by DTCC as the second stage of tokenized stock development, with Canton Network set to be the first blockchain used for the DTCC tokenization pilot. The third stage is issuer-sponsored tokenization, where companies natively issue securities on-chain. Securitize became the first publicly traded company to tokenize its own common stock when it listed on the New York Stock Exchange. Grayscale expects that wrapped tokens, the DTCC equity model, and issuer-sponsored issuance will coexist for the next several years. (Bitcoin.com News).
According to The Block, the Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance (CCAF)'s newly released report "Ethereum After the Merge" shows that approximately 31% of Ethereum node activity is located in the United States, with 39% distributed across the European Union (excluding the UK), presenting an overall Western-centric centralization pattern. The report points out potential centralization risks in the Ethereum network—nodes are highly concentrated among three major hosting providers: Hetzner, AWS, and OVH. Once more than one-third of validators go offline simultaneously, network checkpoints will stop finalization (Finalization). Additionally, the report recalculated Ethereum's energy consumption; annual electricity consumption after the Merge is approximately 7.9 GWh, a decrease of approximately 99.98% compared to before the Merge, with sustainable energy accounting for over 56%, and the cost required to offset its annual carbon emissions is only about $33,500 to $73,800.
1confirmation founder Nick Tomaino stated on platform X that bringing real-world assets (RWA) on-chain will become an important direction for driving the next phase of the crypto industry's development and is expected to lead to mass consumer adoption. The core value of RWA tokenization lies in enabling global users to access asset classes that were previously difficult to obtain. "Global accessibility" has always been one of the most attractive features of the crypto industry and a key reason for the success of crypto assets like Bitcoin and Ethereum.Nick Tomaino believes that crypto assets which drive new behaviors and are built on concepts beyond mere monetary value will continue to exist long-term. However, as the market gradually realizes that the cost of creating tokens is close to zero and the model of solely relying on token issuance to drive price appreciation is unsustainable, the growth cycle for many "hype-driven tokens" is ending. The future market will enter a new growth phase driven by tokens backed by real assets. Currently, stablecoins have become the most mature use case for RWAs, and over the next year, the tokenization of assets such as stocks, commodities, government bonds, corporate bonds, and real estate is expected to accelerate further.Nick Tomaino stated that tokenized physical collectibles (such as sports cards and jerseys) could become one of the most promising directions for building and investing in RWAs today. As the speculative-driven token cycle gradually recedes, on-chain assets backed by real value and with practical use cases will become key to attracting the next wave of users into the crypto market.
Odaily News, Sharplink research director Steven Ehrlich stated on platform X that Ethereum (ETH) has started July 2026 with strong momentum, gaining approximately 11% so far this month. Historical data suggests investors should pay attention to ETH's July performance. Over the past 10 years, ETH has posted gains in July on four occasions, with an average increase of 43% in those months. Since 2020, July has been ETH's strongest-performing month, with an average gain of about 27%, leading all other months.The core advantage of ETH's July performance is not simply volatility but the asymmetry between gains and losses: when July is positive, the average gain is approximately 43%; in losing years, the average decline is only about 5% (2020 to 2025). Historically, strong Julys for ETH have often coincided with Ethereum-specific catalysts:July 2020: Gained 54%, marking the launch of "DeFi Summer." Compound introduced the COMP token, triggering a yield farming frenzy. DeFi total value locked (TVL) surged from about $1 billion to $4 billion within weeks, DEX monthly trading volume grew by 174%, and ETH benefited as the foundational infrastructure of DeFi.July 2022: Gained 58%. The timeline for The Merge upgrade was confirmed on July 14, market sentiment rebounded from the post-LUNA and 3AC crisis low, and approximately $337 million in short positions were liquidated within 3 days.July 2025: Gained 49%. The US GENIUS Act was signed, spot ETH ETFs recorded a record monthly inflow of approximately $5.4 billion, corporate capital accelerated its allocation to ETH, staking rate reached about 30%, and declining exchange balances contributed to supply tightness.Historically, ETH's strong monthly rallies have typically been driven by a combination of "Ethereum-specific catalysts plus supply-demand imbalance." For July 2026, Steven Ehrlich believes the current market environment presents similar opportunities:1. Institutional infrastructure is being built. EthLabs (protocol R&D) and Ethereum Institutional were recently launched to drive institutional participation in the on-chain ecosystem, with participants including Sharplink, BitMine, and Joe Lubin.2. The Ethereum roadmap continues to upgrade. Vitalik Buterin proposed the "Lean Ethereum" plan on July 4, aiming to simplify Ethereum's architecture, increase speed, and enhance quantum resistance over the next 3 to 4 years. Its significance is comparable to The Merge.3. Corporate capital continues to accumulate ETH. Digital asset reserve companies are still actively building their ETH positions. Sharplink currently holds 886,725 ETH, added 10,000 ETH in purchases last week, and stated its goal is to increase the amount of ETH per share.Steven Ehrlich stated that Ethereum is entering a new phase of development, where institutional adoption, technological upgrades, and capital allocation may become key factors driving ETH's price action.
crypto financial platform Exodus Movement has released its June 2026 treasury reserves and monthly operational metrics. As of June 30th, the company's crypto asset inventory stood at 600 BTC, 457 ETH, and 17,749 SOL. In terms of transactions, the total exchange volume across the platform in June reached $399 million, up from $383 million in May. Its XO Swap business contributed $93 million, accounting for 23% of the total volume. User metrics remained stable, with monthly active users (MAU) at 1.5 million in June, flat compared to the end of May. (Globenewswire)
据 Globenewswire 报道，加密金融平台 Exodus Movement 发布 6 月资金储备及业务运营数据。截至 6 月 30 日该公司数字资产储备包括：600 枚比特币、457 枚以太坊、以及 17,749 枚 SOL。
EF Protocol Support tweeted that the Ethereum Foundation Protocol Support team has been disbanded. The team was primarily responsible for coordinating the Ethereum protocol development process, including organizing and coordinating core developer meetings, tracking network upgrade progress, supporting EIP progression, operating the Ethereum Protocol Fellowship (EPF) program, and providing education, community, and infrastructure coordination support. This adjustment is part of the Ethereum Foundation's recent organizational restructuring, as the foundation has recently seen multiple team and personnel changes.
researchers from the Ethereum Foundation Protocol Security team said in a blog post on Thursday that they have deployed a series of AI agents to test the software relied upon by Ethereum, searching for vulnerabilities in encryption systems, protocol code, and smart contracts. The vulnerabilities discovered by the AI agents include a remotely triggerable panic issue in the libp2p gossipsub peer-to-peer layer used by Ethereum consensus clients. The issue has been fixed and disclosed on Github as CVE-2026-34219. Researchers stated that the AI agents are organized into specialized roles such as reconnaissance, search, patching, and verification, used to find potential attack paths, reproduce faults, and verify their applicability to production code. The Ethereum Foundation stated that AI has not replaced security researchers but has changed the way they work, enabling the team to cover far more scope than manual review. However, it requires researchers to exercise more careful judgment when evaluating a large number of seemingly credible conclusions. (Decrypt)
the official interface shows Polymarket has launched a Perp trading feature. It currently supports 10 assets including BTC, ETH, SOL, HYPE, as well as Gold, Silver, SP500, NAS100, WTIOIL, and SPCX, with up to 20x leverage available.