Tether Assists U.S. Authorities in Freezing and Reissuing $1.6 Million USDT
According to reports from HashChain, Tether has announced that it has collaborated with U.S. authorities to freeze and reissue approximately $1.6 million in USDT, which is related to the Gaza-based BuyCash company accused of involvement in terror financing. This action is part of a civil forfeiture case involving approximately $2 million in digital assets currently being conducted by the U.S. Department of Justice. Tether further stated that they have frozen over $2.9 billion in USDT, collaborating with 275 law enforcement agencies worldwide, covering 59 jurisdictions, and committing to continue supporting global law enforcement in combating illegal activities.
London-listed company Nativo Resources plans to adopt a digital asset reserve policy
According to HashChain, London-listed company Nativo Resources Plc announced plans to adopt a new digital asset reserve policy, intending to allocate part of its free cash flow and future financing revenues for holding Bitcoin. Nativo has partnered with Copper.co to provide institutional-grade digital asset custody services and plans to further enhance its security through Nemean Services. The company stated that while this move may help optimize asset allocation, it also faces risks such as stock price volatility, uncertainty in digital asset regulation, and security of cryptocurrency custody.
US Ethereum Exchange-Traded Fund Celebrates One Year with Continued Inflows
The domestic spot Ethereum ETFs in the US celebrate their anniversary amidst a wave of fund inflows over three weeks, having experienced some of the strongest days since their launch.
A year ago, the SEC approved the spot Ethereum ETF to begin trading on July 23, 2024, which included funds from BlackRock, Fidelity, 21Shares, Bitwise, Franklin Templeton, VanEck, Invesco, and Grayscale entering the market.
In the past year, these nine ETFs have attracted approximately $8.69 billion in net inflows and manage $165.7 billion in assets.
Nearly half of the net inflows, about $3.9 billion, came from sustained inflows over the past 14 trading days.
哈世链闻消息,据Lookonchain监测,一位名为“PUMP Top Fund 2”的私募投资者在8天前误将20亿枚PUMP充值到币安,当时PUMP价格为0.0064美元。由于币安没有上线PUMP现货交易,这20亿枚PUMP(目前价值693万美元)很可能已在23小时前被退回至其账户。该投资者在收到这20亿PUMP后立即将其转入Bybit。该操作失误导致其错失最佳出售时机,若选择当前出售可能造成约600万美元损失。
MIT Brothers Face Trial for Using MEV Robots; Judge Rules Against Dismissal of Fraud Charges
Two MIT-educated brothers failed to get fraud charges dismissed in court for stealing $25 million in cryptocurrency from the Ethereum blockchain.
U.S. District Judge Jessica Clarke on Wednesday denied the motion to dismiss filed by Anton and James Peraire-Bueno, noting that the government's allegations were sufficient to demonstrate that the brothers' actions met the standards for fraud.
The federal government charged the two in May 2024 with implementing a fraudulent scheme in which they exploited vulnerabilities in the Ethereum network to steal cryptocurrency.
"At this stage, the court must accept the government's allegations as true, even if the defendants used novel means, the telecommunications fraud statute provided sufficient notice to the defendants that their actions were illegal," she said.
Freename has completed a $6.5 million Series A funding round to expand its Web3 domain business.
According to HashWorld, Swiss Web3 domain registrar Freename has completed a $6.5 million Series A funding round, led by Entrée Capital, with participation from Polymorphic Capital. Seed round investors Sparkle Ventures, Blockchain Founders Fund, and Golden Record Ventures also took part, along with new angel investors including Mike Lobanov, co-founder of Target Global, the Rashwan family office, and former Coinbase Custody CEO Aaron Schnarch. The company focuses on bridging traditional DNS and blockchain domain systems, with core technologies including a cross-chain domain conflict management system that supports multi-chain domain resolution for Polygon, Solana, and maintains compatibility with traditional browsers. Its innovative solutions allow users to create custom top-level domains and profit through the sale of second-level domains. The funding will be used for product development and global market expansion.
Solana's block capacity increased by 20%, with plans for further expansion in the future
On Tuesday, the Solana network increased its block capacity by 20%, reaching 60 million compute units (CUs), and plans to further expand by the end of the year. Helius co-founder and CEO Mert Mumtaz stated in an X post on Wednesday that this upgrade means the Solana network can now process more transactions per block.
Mumtaz noted that this increase is expected to reduce fees under the same demand conditions, providing developers with more expressiveness and improving user experience. The compute units consumed by each Solana transaction depend on its complexity and vary widely.
Bitcoin volatility and S&P 500 reach historic highs
According to news from Hash Chain, based on relevant data statistics, the 30-day implied volatility index of Bitcoin (BVIV/DVOL) and the 90-day correlation coefficient with the S&P 500 volatility index (VIX) has reached a historic high of 0.88. This indicates that the linkage between the cryptocurrency market and U.S. stock market volatility is increasingly strengthening. Currently, this correlation coefficient remains at a high level of 0.75. Analysts suggest that this phenomenon reflects that Wall Street institutions are leading this round of the crypto market cycle. Markus Thielen, founder of 10x Research, pointed out that institutional investors are compressing volatility by selling a large number of call options, making Bitcoin's price movements increasingly influenced by the risk appetite of traditional markets. Since the beginning of this year, the BVIV index has fallen from 67% to 42%, while Bitcoin's price has increased by 26% during the same period, breaking the historical trend of both moving in the same direction.
U.S. judge dismisses brothers' motion to dismiss $25 million cryptocurrency fraud charges
According to news from Hash World, U.S. District Judge Jessica Clarke has denied a motion to dismiss a $25 million cryptocurrency fraud charge brought by the Peraire-Bueno brothers, who are graduates of MIT. Prosecutors allege that the brothers executed an arbitrage attack using an MEV bot by exploiting a vulnerability in the Ethereum network in May 2024. Court documents indicate that they devised a four-step plan: 'bait-block-search-spread', using 16 Ethereum validation nodes and 529.5 ETH to attract trades, securing profits from the MEV bot's transactions within 12 seconds. The judge ruled that these actions met the criteria for wire fraud, despite the defense arguing that these operations were permitted by system code. The trial is expected to take place in October 2025, with both individuals facing serious charges including wire fraud and conspiracy to commit money laundering. Additionally, prosecutors have dropped a charge of conspiracy to receive stolen property, but other charges remain to be tried.
A certain whale sold Base tokens in 48 hours, resulting in a total loss of 5 million USD
According to news from Hash World Chain and monitoring by Onchain Lens, in the past 48 hours, a certain whale has sold multiple tokens from the Base ecosystem, resulting in a total loss of 5 million USD: 1. Sold 1.08 million VIRTUAL, exchanged for 1.87 million USDC, loss of 1.73 million USD (original purchase price 3.59 million USD); 2. Sold 5.75 million AIXBT, exchanged for 951,000 USDC, loss of 1.7 million USD (original purchase price 2.655 million USD); 3. Sold 4.47 million GAME, exchanged for 188,000 USDC, loss of 1.19 million USD (original purchase price 1.375 million USD); 4. Sold 38,443.75 VVV, exchanged for 123,000 USDC, loss of 379,000 USD (original purchase price 502,000 USD). These tokens were purchased between December 2024 and January 2025.
Lightyear completes $23 million financing, plans to enter the crypto products market
According to news from Hash World Chain, European investment application Lightyear has announced the completion of a new round of financing of $23 million, led by NordicNinja, with Bolt co-founder Markus Villig participating in the follow-up investment. The investment lineup also includes Estonian tech figures such as Wise co-founder Taavet Hinrikus and former Checkout.com CTO Ott Kaukver. According to informed sources, this round of financing has valued Lightyear at between $200 million and $300 million, a significant increase compared to its financing in 2022. Lightyear was founded in 2021 by former Wise employees Martin Sokk and Mihkel Aamer, and the company's application provides commission-free trading services for over 5,000 stocks, ETFs, and money market funds, currently covering 25 countries. Lightyear plans to create a 'European version of Robinhood' and aims to launch its own cryptocurrency products within the next two months.
Zircuit launches real-time cross-chain crypto trading AI engine Hyperliquid
According to news from HashChain, Zircuit has announced the launch of the AI engine 'Hyperliquid for AI Trading', which supports real-time cross-chain crypto trading, featuring one-click execution and enterprise-level security performance. The platform supports both passive income generation and active AI strategy trading, with plans to begin phased rollout in July 2025, open public testing globally in August, and launch an ecosystem incentive program in the fourth quarter (allocating a total of 10 million ZRC for community-driven AI model building).
Gemini expands cryptocurrency assets and launches Solana staking services
According to reports from Hash World Chain, Gemini Exchange has announced the addition of 14 new tokenized US stock assets for EU investors, including Boeing, Nike, and Starbucks, bringing the total to 37. These assets are issued through the Arbitrum chain and are regulated and managed by Gemini Intergalactic EU Artemis, supporting round-the-clock trading and fragmented holdings, but without voting rights. Meanwhile, Gemini Custody has also launched Solana staking services for ETF and corporate clients. Canada's Purpose Investments has integrated its SOLL ETF into this service, with staking returns directly going back to the fund. The parent company DeFi Development Corp (DFDV) is also using this service to manage its SOL inventory, and is expanding its staking scale with a $5 billion credit line.
KeyCorp CEO: If customers have a demand for cryptocurrencies, we will accommodate this demand by providing corresponding services
According to HashKey News, the CEO of KeyCorp Bank, which has assets totaling $185 billion, stated that as long as customers have a demand for cryptocurrencies and wish to hold them in their wallets as a means of value storage, we will accommodate this demand by providing corresponding services.
Large transactions in the ETF market <-> The liquidity of U.S. ETFs significantly fluctuated on July 23, with approximately $85.8 million worth of BTC sold. At the same time, approximately $332.2 million worth of ETH was purchased.
Solana is preparing to increase the block limit to 100 million CUs through SIMD-0286
According to reports from Cointelegraph, Solana is preparing to achieve another significant capacity increase through proposal SIMD-0286, which plans to raise the block limit from 6,000 CUs to 100 million CUs, a substantial increase of 66%. Earlier today, Solana implemented SIMD-0256, which raised the block limit by 20%.
Renzo Protocol uses Ethereum reserve strategy, holding 1050 ETH
According to news from HashLink, the staking and yield strategy protocol Renzo Protocol has joined the ranks of Ethereum reserve strategies. Data shows that the protocol currently holds approximately 1050 ETH, valued at around 3.8 million USD, ranking 39th among institutions adopting the Ethereum reserve strategy. This data has been confirmed by Renzo's official X account, which added, 'Renzo is on the strategicETHreserve.xyz map, and more Ethereum is continuously being injected into the reserve.'
According to news from Hashlink, European OKX market data shows that ETH has just fallen below $3600, with the current price at $3596.59 and an intraday decline of 1.32%.