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The Ethereum Foundation (EF) has appointed longtime ecosystem contributor pcaversaccio (known as “pc”) to its board, expanding the group’s leadership as it continues to refine the governance of the organization behind the world’s second-largest blockchain. pc, a security researcher and co-founder of the emergency response initiative SEAL 911, joins the board for an initial one-year voluntary term. He has also served on the EF’s Silviculture Society, an advisory group that provides informal guidance on preserving the foundation’s core principles, including censorship resistance, open source development, privacy and security. The appointment brings the Ethereum Foundation’s board to four members: President Aya…

Researchers at the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) found that dollar-backed stablecoins are creating a new form of “digital dollarization” that appears largely unaffected by capital controls, particularly in emerging markets. The new study suggests governments may have less ability to curb stablecoin adoption than traditional foreign-currency bank deposits. BIS researchers analyzed foreign-currency deposits and dollar-pegged stablecoin inflows across more than 130 economies, finding that both tend to increase during periods of macroeconomic stress. Unlike traditional bank deposits, however, stablecoin flows showed little response to capital controls or other FX restrictions. The authors said this likely occurs because “stablecoins are…

$NEAR Protocol has launched Confidential Intents, a feature that allows existing partners to enhance their 1Click Swap API integrations without needing new infrastructure. This update, announced via a tweet from the $NEAR Protocol handle, aims to simplify the onboarding process for new teams, enabling them to quickly turn on the feature from the start. You can follow the announcement here. What Happened The broader crypto market is currently exhibiting mixed signals, which adds an interesting layer to $NEAR Protocol’s announcement. With the introduction of Confidential Intents, existing integration partners can now utilize the same API, enhancing their functionality without the…

Michael Saylor turned Strategy into the largest corporate Bitcoin holder on earth by mastering one trick: raising money on Wall Street to buy $BTC. A key piece of that machine is a security called STRC, engineered to trade steadily near $100. This week it broke, hitting a record low, and it has put a spotlight on the financial engineering behind Saylor’s Bitcoin empire. Strategy’s STRC, a variable-rate preferred stock designed to hover near $100, instead flirted with a fresh intraday low this week, printing levels well below its target (Bitcoin price on CoinGecko). For a security built specifically to stay…

Even though the market is trading below the crucial $2,000 threshold, Ethereum whales are still demonstrating confidence. Recent on-chain data indicates that wallet 0x2d59 took 40,000 $ETH, roughly $76.6 million, out of Binance in two different transactions. It was one of the biggest exchange outflows of the day, with a 30,000 $ETH withdrawal and another 10,000 $ETH shortly after. Large withdrawals from centralized exchanges are typically seen as a positive indication. Important momentum change Coins leaving exchanges usually signify that investors plan to hold their assets in private wallets or deploy them elsewhere in decentralized finance rather than sell them…

Seven out of ten crypto traders are willing to hand over full control of their portfolios to an AI — no human double-checking every move. That finding, drawn from a survey of roughly 1,400 traders, reframes what most people assume about AI crypto portfolio management: it’s not a niche experiment embraced by tech enthusiasts. It’s already close to the market mainstream. Key takeaways 70% of surveyed traders said they’d be comfortable with AI managing their portfolio autonomously, either with full control or within self-set risk limits. Gen Z (38%) and Millennials (37%) are more than three times as likely as…

Crypto has spent years competing to build faster blockchains. Ondo Finance thinks the next battle won’t be about building another chain at all. Instead, it will be about execution. According to reporting by The Block, Ondo Finance has unveiled the Ondo Network, a new execution layer designed to deliver centralized exchange (CEX)-like trading speeds while preserving self-custody and onchain settlement. The launch marks a strategic shift away from Ondo Chain, as the company concludes that execution—not settlement—is now the biggest bottleneck preventing onchain markets from competing with traditional exchanges. “I’d frame it more as an evolution, but we will not…

According to on-chain data, a large Bitcoin whale completely closed its position of 1,105 $BTC today, which it had held for approximately 7 months. The current value of these Bitcoins is estimated at around $69.43 million, meaning the whale incurred a loss of $26.9 million from this transaction. According to the data, the whale withdrew $BTC from Binance and OKX exchanges between November last year and February this year at an average cost of $87,181, transferring the assets to its on-chain wallet. However, today all of these $BTC were sent back to Binance. This transfer was interpreted as the whale…

Ethereum price rose nearly 2% on July 29 as US spot ETF inflows and short liquidations helped $ETH defend its rising support structure before the Federal Reserve’s rate decision. Ethereum price returns above $1,900 According to data from crypto.news, Ethereum ($ETH) price was trading near $1,913 at the time of writing, up about 2% over the past 24 hours. The token had traded between approximately $1,856 and $1,926 during the session. The recovery followed a successful defense of the $1,850–$1,880 region. $ETH first reclaimed the daily Bollinger Band midpoint at $1,874 before moving back above the psychological $1,900 level. Ethereum’s…

S&P Dow Jones Indices and Pantera Capital have launched the S&P Pantera Digital Asset Index, a new benchmark that selects digital assets using revenue, market size and liquidity measures. The firms announced the product on July 21, while S&P index materials list July 20 as its official launch date. The index currently holds 18 digital assets and targets institutional investors seeking a structured way to track a broader part of the crypto market, according to the official announcement. The five largest constituents are Ether ($ETH), $BNB, Solana ($SOL), TRON ($TRX) and Hyperliquid ($HYPE), according to S&P Dow Jones Indices. The…