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Recent strategic moves by the multichain wallet Phantom indicate a shift in resources toward networks with greater potential for real-world financial applications and tokenized assets. Phantom Ends Support for Monad Phantom has announced it will terminate support for Monad starting August 26, concluding an integration that lasted approximately nine months following the mainnet launch. Phantom plans to end its support for Monad network on August 26th.We’ll soon begin notifying Monad users in-app with links to support articles that share options to move or swap their Monad-native assets. — Phantom (@phantom) July 25, 2026 The company clarified that this change does…

Bitcoin price climbed above $65,000 Monday morning, caught between a sixth straight week of spot ETF outflows, a hawkish Federal Reserve debut, and a U.S.-Iran peace deal that gave risk assets a short-lived lift. The move higher came as U.S. and Iranian officials reported progress at peace talks in Switzerland, building on last week’s signed memorandum of understanding that formally ended more than 100 days of conflict. The deal reopened the Strait of Hormuz, through which roughly a fifth of the world’s oil flows, and sent crude prices to three-month lows. The initial geopolitical relief pushed the bitcoin price to…

Liquid-staking protocol Lido deployed its largest upgrade since 2023’s V2, starting the consolidation of over 8 million staked ether (stETH), worth roughly $16.5 billion, onto Ethereum’s post-Pectra validator design introduced a year ago. The move will shrink Ethereum’s total validator count by an estimated one-third, significantly easing the load on the network’s consensus layer, Lido, the largest staking pool on Ethereum, announced Monday via an emailed press release. The migration will not directly reduce gas fees or speed up transactions for regular users, but it will improve network performance in the background. Lido said it expects the consolidation alone to…

The Open Network (TON) ecosystem is facing severe operational turbulence as the native token, Toncoin ($TON), plummeted by over 18% in a sudden market rout, bottoming out at $1.53. The price collapse coincides with a cascade of critical infrastructure failures, leading to the shutdown of major decentralized applications, mini-programs, and ecosystem landing pages. Multi-Chain Scaling Complexities Trigger Network Bottlenecks The structural issues began mounting following recent protocol changes. While the network implemented sharding (fragmenting the blockchain into smaller subnets to split the transaction load), keeping those shards completely synchronized has proven difficult. The dynamic nature of TON’s multi-chain system has…

Senator Elizabeth Warren recently tweeted about Dogecoin ($DOGE), stating that it ‘quietly deleted itself, saying its mission had come to an end.’ This commentary coincided with a broader market sentiment that questions the legitimacy and relevance of meme coins in today’s cryptocurrency landscape. Warren’s remarks have attracted a substantial response on social media, highlighting the ongoing debate about the sustainability of projects like $DOGE. What Happened The broader crypto market is showing mixed signals, with $DOGE finding itself at the center of a heated discussion fueled by Warren’s comments. On July 16, 2026, her tweet collected 2,668 likes and 860…

OKX crypto exchange has launched a new airdrop campaign for Midnight, Cardano’s partner chain, offering eligible users across Europe a total reward pool of 5 million $NIGHT tokens. The seven-day campaign adopts a Trade-to-Earn model, rewarding users based on both their crypto holdings and trading activity. According to the campaign countdown, participants have five days remaining to register and qualify for the promotion. Eligible users who complete the registration and satisfy the campaign requirements will automatically receive daily $NIGHT token distributions throughout the promotional period. OKX Combines Asset Holdings With Trading Activity Unlike traditional cryptocurrency airdrops that primarily reward wallet…

Getting dollars onto the chain where $USDT is the gas takes one bridge transaction, and choosing the route well takes five minutes of understanding. This guide walks the fastest path through Relay, the canonical paths through the USDT0 mesh, what arrives in your wallet, what it costs, and the checks that keep a routine transfer routine. Table of Contents Before you start: the three prerequisites The Relay route, step by step The canonical routes, and when to prefer them After arrival: verify, then forget The route decision, generalized Frequently Asked Questions The strangest thing about funding a wallet on StableChain…

In just two hours, an enigmatic Ethereum whale has surfaced on the network and acquired over 25,400 $ETH. On-chain data shows that three recently established wallets, which are generally thought to be part of the same organization, spent 50.04 million DAI to buy 25,425 $ETH at an average entry price of $1,968. Ethereum’s recovery is a question of time Ethereum is trying to recover one of its biggest technical resistance levels in months, so the coordinated accumulation occurs at a crucial time. When new wallets make purchases of this size, it is usually a sign of institutional involvement or sophisticated…

Polymarket has lowered the probability of a two-week US-Iran ceasefire before August 31 to roughly 51%–52%. The contract has fallen about three percentage points over the past week as traders reassess the durability of any pause in military action. According to reports, more than $2.5 million has entered the market, reflecting strong attention to the conflict’s diplomatic and economic consequences. The decline also comes as fresh strike risks unsettle the crypto market and other risk-sensitive assets. Polymarket Rules Raise the Bar for a Two-Week Ceasefire The Polymarket contract uses a narrower standard than a formal diplomatic agreement between Washington and…

The price of Cardano ($ADA) recorded a drop of nearly 15% in 24 hours and accumulated a loss of approximately 30% in one week. The network’s market capitalization fell below $6 billion, placing the token at rank 17 in the global standings. Ecosystem platforms TapTools and JPG.Store announced the cessation of their operations consecutively between May and June 2026. In the last 24 hours, the price of Cardano ($ADA) fell nearly 15% to trade in the $0.16 zone this Friday. This downward movement represents the lowest level recorded for the digital asset since late 2020. This correction takes place within…