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Bitcoin could lose its status as the largest cryptocurrency if the network governance mechanisms prove insufficiently flexible to promptly counter the quantum threat. Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson said this on the The Starting Block show.
“The problem with Bitcoin is that it’s stuck in time,” the speaker said.

In Pyongyang, a group of IT specialists was detained for hacking the internal networks of two North Korean state banks and moving the stolen assets via cryptocurrency. This is reported by Daily NK citing a source in the capital.
What is known
The publication’s source said that the organizers were retired military personnel from the country’s cyber units of the General Bureau of Reconnaissance and Information. After their service, they recruited graduates of Kim Chaek University and the Pyongyang University of Natural Sciences.

Robinhood Markets is in talks with Crypto.com about adding the cryptocurrency exchange’s event contracts to its prediction platform, which could strengthen the broker’s competition with Kalshi, The Wall Street Journal reports, citing exclusive sources.
The proposed partnership will allow Robinhood users to trade Crypto.com binary contracts through the broker’s existing predictions section. Negotiations are ongoing, and there is no guarantee that the parties will reach an agreement.

The Brazilian farm Engenho Velho in the state of Paraná was the first in the country to receive a loan secured by tokenized cows. Ten animals with a total value of 120,000 reais (~$23,300) secured a loan of 100,000 reais (~$19,400), CNN Brasil reports.
The transaction in CPR-F format was conducted by BMP Sociedade de Crédito Direto—a direct lending company accredited by the Central Bank of Brazil. Then, BMP transferred the rights to this loan asset to the Target FIDC fund, which registered the deal on the B3 exchange.

On July 23, an unknown person gained access to the X account of Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev. A promotion for the Vladhood (VLAD) token appeared in the profile; it was launched on the Pons platform on the Robinhood Chain 46 minutes before the hack. In a fake post, the token was called the “official mascot” of the network. In the first hours after the publication, the coin’s trading volume on Uniswap exceeded $22 million. Pons allows token creators to collect trading fees without touching locked liquidity—this attacker used that feature six times and earned 31.6 ETH (~$59,000). He distributed the proceeds, including 72 million VLAD, across three new wallets.

BNB will host a stream on X on July 24 at 12:00 UTC. Participants will discuss the future of traditional finance in a world of digital assets.
For more detailed information, you can read the official BNB tweet.
https://x.com/binance/status/2080205757791060038?
BNB is the native token of the Binance ecosystem, Binance Chain, and Binance Smart Chain. It offers a variety of use cases, including paying trading fees on the Binance exchange, using it as a payment method for transactions on Binance Chain and Binance Smart Chain, as well as for online and in-store purchases. In addition, BNB can be used to book hotels and flights on Travala.com, participate in token sales on Binance Launchpad, and even for donations to Binance Charity.

The total financial volume of extortion, hacks, and ransom demands increased from $10.53 million in the first half of 2025 to $124.18 million over the first six months of this year. In other words, the volume grew nearly 12 times. On average per incident, the damage rose from $270,000 to $2.39 million.
CertiK analysts уточнили: their statistics reflect only confirmed cases. A significant portion of incidents may remain outside reporting because victims prefer to resolve conflicts privately.

Stellar will hold a discussion titled "Beyond Building: Institutions as Network Participants" on July 23 at 15:00 UTC. Representatives from MoneyGram, Figure, and Range will share their decision to become Level 1 validators in the network.
For more detailed information, you can read the official XLM tweet.
Stellar is a decentralized, open-source blockchain platform for financial transactions that was founded in 2014 by Jed McCaleb, one of the co-founders of Ripple. Stellar uses the SCP consensus protocol, which enables faster and more reliable transactions than most traditional blockchain solutions.

Render will take part in the “SIGGRAPH 2026” conference on July 23. A representative of the project will speak at the NVIDIA RTX Rendering Day and will cover cutting-edge artificial intelligence, new rendering workflows, and tools for verifying the provenance of intellectual property.
For more detailed information, you can read the official tweet by RENDER.

The Sandbox will hold a meeting with LAND owners on July 24. The team will gather ideas, questions, and feedback from LAND owners to take them into account when preparing the next stage of the platform’s development.
You can find more detailed information in the official SAND tweet.
The Sandbox SAND is a blockchain-based virtual world that allows users to create, build, buy, and sell digital assets in a game-like way. Using the Ethereum blockchain, Sandbox ensures that players truly own their assets, which can include anything from virtual plots of land to game characters. The platform’s native utility token is SAND, which serves multiple purposes, such as a medium of exchange, governance via voting, staking, and rewarding players and creators. The platform’s main goal is to bring blockchain technology to mainstream games, successfully bridging the gap between the virtual world and real ownership.

Tellor Tributes will update the Palmito testnet to version 6.1.6 on July 22 at approximately 18:53 UTC.
For more detailed information, you can read the official TRB tweet.
Tellor is a decentralized oracle protocol that moves data off-chain into the blockchain, enabling its use for smart contracts and decentralized applications (DeFi).

What will change for business/traders and others
— When and exactly how should cryptocurrency trading in Russia change — for a business that makes money from crypto, for crypto traders, for Russians who rarely interact with crypto (e.g., for paying for purchases abroad)?

The official name of the memecoin is Coinbase Man. When the memecoin launched, the developers transferred about 80% of its billion-token supply to the crypto address of Armstrong. The token BRIAN surged after Armstrong briefly changed his X profile picture to a cartoon character. Traders interpreted this as possible support, although neither Coinbase nor Armstrong himself expressed official support for the memecoin. In just a few hours, BRIAN’s market capitalization grew from under $1 million to $37 million.

Conditions are forming for a supply shortage on Ethereum. According to CryptoQuant CryptoOnchain analyst estimates, stablecoin reserves are increasing on Binance, while the available ETH supply is gradually tightening.
As the expert noted, on-chain data shows a two-sided dynamic around the Binance exchange. On the one hand, demand is rising; on the other, the available supply of ETH itself is being reduced. telegram

IOG, the main developers of the Cardano (ADA) blockchain, handed control of the network node to the community in Haskell.
“The Cardano protocol and governance are already decentralized. Now its development is also decentralized,” IOG stated.
Project founder Charles Hoskinson described the event as the “final stage of the Voltaire era.” According to him, since 2024 IOG and partners have carefully curated the process of transferring authority.

Senator Elizabeth Warren urged U.S. President Donald Trump to voluntarily disclose income related to digital assets for the period from January 1 to July 15 of the current year. In her view, the head of state should do so as soon as possible, without waiting for the mandatory report for 2026, which is filed only by next May.

In the original version of the draft law No. 1194918-8 “On Digital Currencies and Digital Rights,” stablecoins were not mentioned separately and were therefore, by default, considered cryptocurrencies—that is, they were available to any investors after passing special testing. However, a real cryptocurrency is, as a rule, an asset without an issuer and without obligations to investors, for example, an obligation to repurchase the asset. In the case of stablecoins, issuers do exist, the draft law notes.

Activity with XRP on exchanges shifted toward withdrawing coins. According to CryptoQuant analyst Amr Taa, on Coinbase withdrawals outpaced deposits reached a maximum for nearly five months.
The shift affected several major platforms at once. Meanwhile, the XRP token itself is trading around $1.10, meaning the changes have not yet turned into an immediate rise in price.

The Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) linked these four addresses to Iran’s central bank and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), a senior official said. He called the freeze part of the “Economic Fury” program, which is stated to aim at limiting Iran’s access to the international financial system, including through digital assets.

Leadership in the RWA sector will add up to £33 billion ($44 billion) to the UK economy annually by 2035. This is stated in the industry development plan prepared by the kingdom’s appointed representative for digital markets, Chris Woulard.
The roadmap is designed for one year. Its key goal is to transition from one-off experiments to the full-scale use of blockchain in finance.