Crypto Pulse

Mixed signals dominate crypto ETFs this week.

• BTC and ETH ETFs pulled in combined inflows of $181M for a second straight week, led by BlackRock's...

Circle's fresh $250M USDC mint is flooding Solana with stablecoin firepower, supercharging DeFi and exchange activity.

• DeFi boost: Direct capital...

AI is shifting from chatbots to real execution tools across crypto venues.

• PancakeSwap dropped an open-source ERC-8183 AI settlement agent on...

Uniswap just crushed $15B in weekly volume, leaving every other DEX in the dust.

• v4 momentum: Robinhood Chain alone pumped $6B, while Spark dropped...

Cardano just activated its van Rossum hard fork to Protocol v11 on July 18, marking the network's first upgrade fully ratified through onchain...

NodeMeta expands its Web3 vision with OneKey, TrustScan AI and NTE to power a connected digital economy. NTE unlocks node participation, staking, AI services, marketplace transactions, ecosystem access and future blockchain apps.

Flash loan attack drains $1.65M from Allbridge Core via USDC/USDT pool manipulation

• Attacker borrowed $1.12M USDC from Kamino, executed rapid swaps...

Bitcoin ETFs just logged back-to-back green weeks with $273M inflows after $8.2B outflows—a tiny 3.3% recovery but clear sign of returning retail...

Cardano's van Rossem hard fork just dropped execution costs for smart contracts, making dApps far more viable for builders and users while laying groundwork for Leios to boost throughput and compete with Ethereum and Solana.

• Massive Redemption Test: BlackRock’s IBIT sold ~100k BTC to meet outflows during the July dip below $57k, yet the ETF structure handled it cleanly...

Flash loan attacks continue to expose cracks in cross-chain protocols, with Allbridge pausing after losing $1.65M from Solana pools via a Kamino loan...

• Smart money divergence: Top traders hold 57% long exposure in derivatives while retail sells spot
• Compressed setup: Stochastic %K crosses above %D...

Virtuals Protocol exploded with $150M in agent volume on Robinhood Chain, $2.3M raised for builders, and 4,500+ agents launched. This rapid surge marks a fresh crypto x AI wave, with builders and degens already piling in.

EdgeX V2's USDC vault teams with Gauntlet’s quantitative risk models to deliver optimized, low-touch yields directly on a derivatives platform,...

Cardano just leveled up with Protocol v11 via the Van Rossem hard fork — the network's first upgrade fully approved through onchain voting by DReps,...

Hyperliquid's push for permissionless prediction markets demands a $30M HYPE stake locked for 6+ months with slashing risk, keeping control with just...

DeFi Protocol Launches

• 🔥 Aave V4 on Avalanche: Aave has launched V4 on Avalanche as its first multi-chain expansion.
• Pendle PT Looping on...

Ethereum is flashing dual bullish signals that degens can't ignore.

• Top Investor Focus: Jordi Visser calls ETH the "energy" of crypto AI and...

• ART/USDT now trading on KuCoin Alpha, built on Binance Smart Chain
• Contract: 0x2e6078a91d28cff190ec122a81172a8059f2bfda
• Warning: Expect extreme volatility and possible total loss
• DYOR hard — KuCoin can delist anytime if standards slip

AAVE holds at $89 after breaking its trendline and 200 MA, with bears eyeing downside below $90–$92 resistance. Yet Pendle’s new PT Looping on Aave...