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I’ve been tracking exchange collapses for years, and 2026 has quietly become one of the worst years for platform closures I can remember. Five exchanges, from an industry pioneer to a mid-sized regional platform, shut their doors this year alone, and what strikes me most isn’t that they failed. It’s how differently each one failed, and how each failure exposes a different structural weakness that plenty of exchanges still standing haven’t fixed.BitMEX Ends An 11-Year Run Under A Cloud Of Legal TroubleBitMEX announced on July 23, 2026, that it will permanently shut down at 04:00 UTC on September 23, with…
Strive’s SATA preferred shares have recovered nearly 16% from their June low to about $97, prompting Jan3 CEO Samson Mow to predict that the rebound could help Strategy’s STRC return to its $100 par value. Summary Strive’s SATA has rebounded nearly 16% from its June low to about $97. Samson Mow expects SATA’s recovery to help Strategy’s STRC return toward its $100 par value. Three major U.S. preferred stock ETFs collectively hold $756 million worth of STRC. Yahoo Finance data show SATA has climbed from $83.30 and now trades within roughly 3% of the level it was designed to track.…
Eigenlayer’s on-chain footprint printed its busiest day in months on Wednesday—60 whale transactions—yet EIGEN’s price barely stirred. The token sits at $0.23, flat even as new wallet creation jumped to 219, the highest since June 10, according to the Santiment update. The data suggests early positioning, not a sudden retail chase. Whale Moves and New Wallets Resurface The 60 large transactions represent a four-month high, matching levels last seen on March 16. Similarly, 219 fresh EIGEN wallets popped up, a spike that hadn’t been observed since early June. Sudden bursts in on-chain activity when price stays neutral often carry a…
LayerZero, the omnichain interoperability protocol, has now facilitated over $260 billion in transaction volume across more than 830 OFTs, omnichain fungible tokens, deployed on upward of 170 blockchains. From speculative memecoins to institutional-grade tokenized treasuries and government-issued stable tokens, the protocol has quietly become the backbone connecting an increasingly fragmented blockchain landscape. What makes this milestone different from typical crypto volume announcements is who is behind it. The builders using LayerZero are not a monolith. They range from small teams shipping viral tokens to financial institutions embedding compliance logic directly into smart contracts. And the protocol serves all of them,…
TLDR Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon publicly backed the CLARITY Act, calling for clear digital asset market rules. Solomon said the bill would help create a level playing field and support responsible market development. His comments came as lawmakers prepared updated bill text ahead of a possible Senate floor vote. JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon opposed parts of the legislation, citing concerns over yield-bearing stablecoins. Dimon argued that crypto firms offering bank-like products should face similar regulatory standards as banks. JPMorgan reiterated that comparable financial services should have comparable oversight and consumer protections. Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon has voiced support…
Japan’s latest crypto law changes have revived the country’s spot Bitcoin ETF discussion, but the important part is the timeline. This is not an approval story today. It is a regulatory groundwork story, and that means investors need to be patient. The Japanese Cabinet submitted the Bill for Partially Amending the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act and the Payment Services Act to the 221st session of the National Diet, moving crypto assets toward treatment as financial assets under the FIEA rather than only payment instruments under the Payment Services Act. That sounds technical, because it is. But it could matter…
TL;DR Ethereum is trading near $1,920, testing the upper boundary of its price channel. Previous encounters with this resistance have been followed by profit-taking and short-term corrections. The Fund Market Premium remains positive, indicating futures traders still maintain some bullish positioning. Fund volume has not increased significantly, suggesting the rally lacks strong new capital inflows. Ethereum’s recent recovery could be approaching a critical turning point as the world’s second-largest cryptocurrency tests a major technical resistance level without the support of strong capital inflows. The latest CryptoQuant chart shows Ethereum’s spot price on Binance trading around $1,920, placing it near the…
The move to add native stablecoin support to Samsung Wallet by Samsung Electronics could place U.S. dollar-pegged digital currencies before millions of Galaxy device owners, establishing one of the largest consumer distribution channels for cryptocurrencies yet. The advantages of this goes beyond Samsung’s own ecosystem. Stablecoins have mostly remained within cryptocurrencies and exchanges that ordinary users rarely use them. However, when they are linked into an application that already exists on Galaxy phones, it will make using blockchain payment easy without forcing users to install another crypto application. Samsung revealed the initiative during its Galaxy Unpacked 2026 event on July…
Update July 22 at 4:37 am UTC: The article has been updated to include additional information from Slowmist about the exploit method. Balance Coin, an algorithmic stablecoin designed to maintain a peg to the US dollar, has fallen more than 99% following a reported exploit. Balance Coin, the native stablecoin of Balance Protocol, is trading at $0.001358 at the time of writing, down from $0.9954, according to CoinMarketCap. Blockchain security firm SlowMist said the exploit stemmed from an attacker manipulating an “abnormally low” Binance Bitcoin (BTCB) oracle price, letting the attacker liquidate collateral in multiple BTCB vaults that should not…
TLDR: RWA perpetuals now represent nearly 35% of on-chain perpetual trading, with June volume reaching about $118 billion across 652 markets. Public equities control 46% of RWA open interest, supported by roughly $2 billion in positions, $2.2 billion in daily volume and 411 markets. Hyperliquid HIP-3, Solana and exchange-based tokenized stock products are widening round-the-clock access to equities, indices and commodities. Oracle failures, weekend pricing gaps, concentrated liquidity and uneven investor rights create new risks as leveraged RWA markets expand. RWA perpetuals now account for nearly 35% of total on-chain perpetual trading volume in early Q3 2026. Their share stood…