Base now secures more than Arbitrum. That changes the L2 map
Compare Arbitrum, Optimism, Base, and zkSync by TVL, security stage, usage, bridging, and DeFi fit.
Coinbase's market share hit a record while crypto volumes fell
Top-10 CEX spot volume fell 55%. 2026 exchange rankings: Binance, Coinbase, Bybit, OKX by market share and derivatives.
Japan's new #1 crypto exchange moves less than $50M a day
SBI's $289M Bitbank buyout creates Japan's largest crypto exchange with $6.8B AUC and 2.92M accounts.
Crypto Mom says your DeFi vault curator may owe the SEC
Hester Peirce warns DeFi vault curators exercising discretionary control may owe federal securities compliance under
WLD up 8% on a filing where the fee still isn't set
GWLD filed by Grayscale on Nasdaq: first spot WLD ETF. WLD rose ~8% on the news; fee, seed, and APs still undisclosed.
$66M in DeFi TVL, 1B users incoming — GRAM's gap is the signal
Durov announces non-custodial Gram wallet for 1B Telegram users: zero fees, user-held private keys, GRAM network impact.
Van Rossem passed. SPOs came within 1.7 points of blocking it.
Van Rossem hard fork (July 2026) upgraded Cardano via on-chain vote: five CIPs, VRF fix. ADA wallets unaffected.
Morpho vaults power MetaMask's 4% yield — not mUSD itself
MetaMask Money Account on Monad: self-custodial mUSD earns up to 4% APY via Morpho vaults, with MetaMask Card spending.
2.94M UNI cast, 40M needed: Uniswap's fee vote closes July 26
Proposals 99 & 100 close July 26: v4 fees across 7 chains and UNI burn expansion, but quorum sits at 2.94M of 40M UNI.
The $1,000 rule that changes which crypto wallet you need
Hot vs cold crypto wallets for beginners: top picks, the $1,000 upgrade threshold, and security basics for 2026.
USDT's real deadline isn't 2027 — it's July 2028
The GENIUS Act creates three distinct USDT risk dates: Jan 2027 framework, Jul 2027 reciprocal deals, Jul 2028 hard
From 75% to 50%: Galaxy just cut CLARITY Act passage odds
Galaxy cut CLARITY Act 2026 odds to 50% on Senate timing. August recess and midterm dynamics threaten 2026 passage.