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REX Shares announced in a July 31 post that its REX-Osprey SOL + Staking ETF (SSK) will make its first monthly distribution on Aug. 1, paying $0.12169 per share and passing through 100% of staking rewards. With 5,075,000 shares outstanding, the inaugural payout totals approximately $618,000. The issuer described the event as the first time a US-listed ETF has distributed crypto staking rewards to...
Ethereum researcher Justin Drake unveiled the “Lean Ethereum” proposal on July 31 that reframes the base layer around the imperatives of survivability against nation-state and quantum threats and orders-of-magnitude performance gains without sacrificing decentralization. The new guidelines were dubbed “fort mode” and “beast mode,” respectively. Published on the Ethereum Foundation blog, the...
Blockstream launched Simplicity on the Liquid Network, enabling smart contract programability on Bitcoin’s infrastructure. According to a July 31 announcement, the idea was first proposed in 2017 by researcher Russell O’Connor. Simplicity was designed as a clean-slate smart contract language that is more expressive than Bitcoin Script yet tighter and safer than general-purpose platforms. With...
Global economic standards have been updated to formally recognize Bitcoin (BTC) and other crypto assets in national wealth statistics, marking a pivotal shift in how governments measure digital value and financial innovation. The new System of National Accounts (SNA), approved by the United Nations Statistical Commission and coordinated by the IMF and other global institutions, classifies...
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) will launch a commission-wide initiative called “Project Crypto” to modernize securities rules for blockchain-based activity and help shift US markets “on-chain.”  Chair Paul Atkins said in a July 31 speech at the America First Policy Institute that the initiative will execute recommendations made in the President’s Working Group (PWG) report released...
Tether has minted over $20 billion worth of USDT since the start of 2025, pushing the stablecoin’s total circulation beyond $157 billion, according to its quarterly attestation report released on July 31. The company noted that over $13.4 billion in USDT was issued during the second quarter alone, reflecting strong demand for the dollar-pegged token across global markets. Tether emphasized that...
Solana’s DEX ecosystem has had a very active month, fueled by a spike in new token listings, surging volume, and PumpSwap’s growing grip over trading flows. While SOL retreated to just below $180 after peaking above $205, the spike in activity across DEXs suggests that the retail-driven memecoin wave primarily powered the turnover. However, the mechanics seem different than earlier in the year...
Dragonfly managing partner Haseeb Qureshi revealed that the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) will not bring criminal charges against the crypto venture firm, as Tornado Cash co‑founder Roman Storm’s federal trial in Manhattan neared its conclusion. Qureshi, whose investment firm backed several blockchain startups, wrote on social media that federal prosecutor Nathan Rehn told the court July 28...
Solana‑based xStocks have cleared a new milestone one month after their June 30 debut, with cumulative trading volume reaching $1.66 billion as of July 30.  According to the project’s official dashboard at Dune, the growth has been driven overwhelmingly by centralized exchange (CEX) activity. CEX volume stands at $1.57 billion, roughly 95% of the total, while decentralized venues amounted to $85....
Bitcoin (BTC) registered a 1.11% hourly drawdown after the Federal Reserve kept its target range at 4.25%–4.50%, trading at $116,320.13 as of press time following a quick visit below the $116,000 threshold. This is the largest correction recorded during a single hour of trading since July 14, when BTC retraced 1.14% Major cap altcoins registered the same movement. Ethereum (ETH) slid 1.74% to $3,...