Cryptomarket Check-In. Major Events & Headlines
AI kept attracting massive capital, stablecoin regulation moved closer to reality, major crypto companies expanded globally, while security breaches and industry shakeups continued across the market.
🔎 Recent Updates & Developments
— AMD commits up to $5B to Anthropic
— Telegram to launch a native Gram wallet
— BitMEX to shut down operations
— Movement Labs files for Chapter 11
— Tether faces GENIUS Act deadline
— Databricks reaches a $188B valuation
— Bybit expands into Indonesia with NOBI acquisition
— Samsung creates a dedicated robotics division
AI kept attracting massive capital, stablecoin regulation moved closer to reality, major crypto companies expanded globally, while security breaches and industry shakeups continued across the market.
🔎 Recent Updates & Developments
— AMD commits up to $5B to Anthropic
— Telegram to launch a native Gram wallet
— BitMEX to shut down operations
— Movement Labs files for Chapter 11
— Tether faces GENIUS Act deadline
— Databricks reaches a $188B valuation
— Bybit expands into Indonesia with NOBI acquisition
— Samsung creates a dedicated robotics division
Zama Ships a Confidential RFQ Swap on Ethereum
Zama has launched Confidential RFQ on Ethereum mainnet — what it calls the first fully onchain, composable RFQ swap where the size and direction of every trade stay confidential at all times.
👉 x.com/zama/status/2080322974557602010
Zama has launched Confidential RFQ on Ethereum mainnet — what it calls the first fully onchain, composable RFQ swap where the size and direction of every trade stay confidential at all times.
The pitch: an end to “the tyranny of MEV.” Because bots cannot see the size or side of an order, they cannot front-run or sandwich it — while the trade still settles onchain and remains composable with the rest of DeFi.
👉 x.com/zama/status/2080322974557602010
Tenor has closed Seed Round Led by Variant Fund
Tenor went live on Base on July 21, built on top of Morpho's newly launched fixed-rate primitive. It matches lenders and borrowers at predetermined rates through an interest-rate AMM, with isolated markets and fixed maturities.
👉 blog.tenor.finance/variant-leads-seed-round-in-tenor
Tenor went live on Base on July 21, built on top of Morpho's newly launched fixed-rate primitive. It matches lenders and borrowers at predetermined rates through an interest-rate AMM, with isolated markets and fixed maturities.
Nascent joined the round, with participation from Prelude, Very Early, and angel investors. Deal size and valuation were not disclosed.
👉 blog.tenor.finance/variant-leads-seed-round-in-tenor
Real Tokenizes Alpha Bulgaria’s Listed Warrants
REAL Finance has tokenized Alpha Bulgaria AD’s listed warrants — the first transaction under its securities-tokenization agreement with licensed EU broker Factori AD.
👉 x.com/RealFinOfficial/status/2080316959648809142
REAL Finance has tokenized Alpha Bulgaria AD’s listed warrants — the first transaction under its securities-tokenization agreement with licensed EU broker Factori AD.
The pilot brings 5 million warrants (ALFW, ~€2.75 each) of Bulgarian Stock Exchange-listed Alpha Bulgaria onchain through REAL’s infrastructure, while Factori handles the licensed custody, KYC/AML and transfer-agent side of the deal. It is the first slice of a $100M+ institutional pipeline Factori has committed to tokenize via REAL. REAL’s model targets only real securities — listed equities, derivatives and bonds — not synthetic exposure.
👉 x.com/RealFinOfficial/status/2080316959648809142
Odos DEX Aggregator Shuts Down: Goes Offline July 30
The company operating DEX aggregator Odos is winding down. The app switches to read-only on July 27, and all Odos services shut down permanently on July 30, 2026.
👉 x.com/odosprotocol/status/2080337624922018014
The company operating DEX aggregator Odos is winding down. The app switches to read-only on July 27, and all Odos services shut down permanently on July 30, 2026.
Odos is non-custodial — user assets stay on-chain and remain fully withdrawable, unaffected by the shutdown.
👉 x.com/odosprotocol/status/2080337624922018014
Mirae Asset Acquires Controlling Stake in Korbit
Mirae Asset has completed its acquisition of a 92.06% controlling stake in South Korean crypto exchange Korbit for ₩133.48B ($91M), becoming its largest shareholder after clearing all regulatory approvals.
First announced in February, the deal folds one of Korea's oldest crypto exchanges into Mirae Asset's financial group as the country expands its regulated digital-asset market.
👉 cointelegraph.com/news/mirae-asset-korbit-acquisition-largest-shareholder
Mirae Asset has completed its acquisition of a 92.06% controlling stake in South Korean crypto exchange Korbit for ₩133.48B ($91M), becoming its largest shareholder after clearing all regulatory approvals.
Under Korea's Virtual Asset User Protection Act, customer funds stay fully segregated — Korbit's trading, deposits, and withdrawals all continue as usual.
First announced in February, the deal folds one of Korea's oldest crypto exchanges into Mirae Asset's financial group as the country expands its regulated digital-asset market.
👉 cointelegraph.com/news/mirae-asset-korbit-acquisition-largest-shareholder
Ripple Makes Strategic Investment in Notabene
Ripple has made a strategic investment in Notabene, which operates the world's largest open network for regulated on-chain transactions, and will integrate its RLUSD stablecoin into the firm's B2B platform, Notabene Flow.
The tie-up targets institutions taking stablecoins from pilots to production, pairing RLUSD and Ripple's global reach with the counterparty checks Notabene runs before any value is moved.
👉 prnewswire.com/news-releases/notabene-announces-strategic-investment-from-ripple-302833267.html
Ripple has made a strategic investment in Notabene, which operates the world's largest open network for regulated on-chain transactions, and will integrate its RLUSD stablecoin into the firm's B2B platform, Notabene Flow.
Notabene's network already clears more than $2T in annualized volume across 2,300+ institutions and 100+ jurisdictions, and will now anchor compliance for Ripple's stablecoin payment rails.
The tie-up targets institutions taking stablecoins from pilots to production, pairing RLUSD and Ripple's global reach with the counterparty checks Notabene runs before any value is moved.
👉 prnewswire.com/news-releases/notabene-announces-strategic-investment-from-ripple-302833267.html
Poolin has Filed Chapter 11, Sets $52 Million Floor Bid
Poolin, once among the world's largest bitcoin mining pools before it halted withdrawals in 2022, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and set a $52 million floor bid for its Texas mining operations.
👉 theblock.co/post/409587
Poolin, once among the world's largest bitcoin mining pools before it halted withdrawals in 2022, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and set a $52 million floor bid for its Texas mining operations.
The $52 million offer is a stalking-horse (floor) bid for Poolin's Texas mining assets, setting the opening price for a court-supervised sale of the assets.
👉 theblock.co/post/409587
BitMEX Hit With $40M Lawsuit Over 623 BTC
BKX Services and investor David Namdar have accused BitMEX of misappropriating 623 BTC (about $40M), alleging the exchange forcibly liquidated their positions and swept the remaining funds into its insurance fund.
👉 cointelegraph.com/news/bitmex-liquidation-fraud-lawsuit-shutdown
BKX Services and investor David Namdar have accused BitMEX of misappropriating 623 BTC (about $40M), alleging the exchange forcibly liquidated their positions and swept the remaining funds into its insurance fund.
The lawsuit was filed in a New York court on the same day that BitMEX announced its upcoming shutdown.
👉 cointelegraph.com/news/bitmex-liquidation-fraud-lawsuit-shutdown
Gnoland Launches $86M FDV Public Token Sale for GNOT
Gnoland, the smart contract platform built on Gno, a Go-based interpreted language, has opened a live public sale for its native token GNOT, running as a uniform-price English auction to July 27, 2026.
The sale offers 38,760,000 GNOT (~2.9% of total supply) with a starting price of $0.0645, a $100 minimum commitment, and a $2.5M soft cap, accepting USDC and USDT on Ethereum mainnet.
US investors face a 1-year lockup, and at the $0.0645 sale price, FDV lands at roughly $86M.
Founded by Jae Kwon, co-founder of Cosmos and Tendermint, Gnoland positions itself as a "language-based, multi-user OS", letting Go developers deploy fully on-chain, human-readable smart contracts without learning a new language.
👉 sale.gno.land/cryptodiffer
Gnoland, the smart contract platform built on Gno, a Go-based interpreted language, has opened a live public sale for its native token GNOT, running as a uniform-price English auction to July 27, 2026.
The sale offers 38,760,000 GNOT (~2.9% of total supply) with a starting price of $0.0645, a $100 minimum commitment, and a $2.5M soft cap, accepting USDC and USDT on Ethereum mainnet.
Total supply is fixed at 1.33B GNOT, with only ~14.8% circulating at TGE. Allocation breaks down across a Cosmos governance snapshot airdrop (26.26%), NewTendermint LLC (24.91%), investors (22.51%), an AtomOne snapshot airdrop (17.33%), plus smaller ecosystem, core, and validator treasuries.
US investors face a 1-year lockup, and at the $0.0645 sale price, FDV lands at roughly $86M.
Participation requires identity verification through Echo's Sonar compliance platform before connecting a wallet and bidding.
Founded by Jae Kwon, co-founder of Cosmos and Tendermint, Gnoland positions itself as a "language-based, multi-user OS", letting Go developers deploy fully on-chain, human-readable smart contracts without learning a new language.
👉 sale.gno.land/cryptodiffer
HTX Named in EU's Russia Sanctions Package
HTX — the global crypto exchange formerly known as Huobi — has been included in the European Union's latest package of sanctions targeting Russia, according to a report from Reuters.
👉 reuters.com/business/finance/crypto-exchange-htx-included-eus-russia-sanctions-2026-07-24
HTX — the global crypto exchange formerly known as Huobi — has been included in the European Union's latest package of sanctions targeting Russia, according to a report from Reuters.
The inclusion places a major exchange directly under EU restrictions, underscoring the bloc's tightening focus on crypto platforms within its Russia sanctions regime.
👉 reuters.com/business/finance/crypto-exchange-htx-included-eus-russia-sanctions-2026-07-24
Colibri Trade Secures $1M to Deepen Liquidity Across Prediction Markets
Colibri Trade, a crypto-native quantitative trading firm built specifically for prediction markets, has secured a $1,000,000 trading capital allocation, deployed through Colibri's market-making infrastructure, a mandate rather than a venture investment.
Colibri already runs over $10M in monthly trading volume across 70+ markets spanning crypto, sports, politics, geopolitics, and macro, with 24/7 automated execution and risk management active on leading venues including Polymarket, Kalshi, Limitless, Predict fun, XO Markets, and Opinion.
The new capital will flow directly into Colibri's systems to provide continuous two-sided liquidity, deepen order books, and tighten spreads across those venues.
Colibri's infrastructure is positioned to close that gap, offering fair-value pricing and consistent quotes where books would otherwise stay shallow.
👉 x.com/colibri_trade/status/2080661124790329722?s=20
Colibri Trade, a crypto-native quantitative trading firm built specifically for prediction markets, has secured a $1,000,000 trading capital allocation, deployed through Colibri's market-making infrastructure, a mandate rather than a venture investment.
Colibri already runs over $10M in monthly trading volume across 70+ markets spanning crypto, sports, politics, geopolitics, and macro, with 24/7 automated execution and risk management active on leading venues including Polymarket, Kalshi, Limitless, Predict fun, XO Markets, and Opinion.
The new capital will flow directly into Colibri's systems to provide continuous two-sided liquidity, deepen order books, and tighten spreads across those venues.
The fresh fundds comes as prediction markets face a widening gap between user growth and market structure, liquidity remains fragmented across venues, order books thin outside headline markets, and spreads inconsistent, limiting how efficiently capital actually gets deployed.
Colibri's infrastructure is positioned to close that gap, offering fair-value pricing and consistent quotes where books would otherwise stay shallow.
👉 x.com/colibri_trade/status/2080661124790329722?s=20
MAJOR UPCOMING EVENTS THIS SUMMER!
A full list of Major Upcoming Events, to be updated
👉 https://cryptodiffer.com/events
A full list of Major Upcoming Events, to be updated
👉 https://cryptodiffer.com/events
BitMart Shuts Down, Trading Ends Aug 26
New registrations, deposits and new trading orders were suspended at 01:30 UTC on July 26, hours after the exchange published its wind-down notice.
All trading services stop on August 26 at 01:00 UTC. Platform operations formally cease on January 31, 2027, with withdrawals available until then. BitMart urged users to close positions, complete KYC and pull assets out early.
👉 x.com/BitMartExchange/status/2081197305491845201
New registrations, deposits and new trading orders were suspended at 01:30 UTC on July 26, hours after the exchange published its wind-down notice.
All trading services stop on August 26 at 01:00 UTC. Platform operations formally cease on January 31, 2027, with withdrawals available until then. BitMart urged users to close positions, complete KYC and pull assets out early.
The company cited its operating conditions, the market environment and a change in strategic direction. No buyer, successor venue or migration path was named.
👉 x.com/BitMartExchange/status/2081197305491845201
Samsung Wallet Adds Native Stablecoin Support
At Galaxy Unpacked on July 22, Samsung said Wallet will move beyond cards and cash to hold stablecoins natively, folding payments, rewards and digital assets into one app.
Product manager Lee Dinham said the move would make Samsung one of the first major mobile brands to bring native stablecoins to a smartphone, for fast and trusted transfers of digital value.
👉 crypto.news/samsung-wallet-to-add-stablecoin-support-as-crypto-push-expands
At Galaxy Unpacked on July 22, Samsung said Wallet will move beyond cards and cash to hold stablecoins natively, folding payments, rewards and digital assets into one app.
Product manager Lee Dinham said the move would make Samsung one of the first major mobile brands to bring native stablecoins to a smartphone, for fast and trusted transfers of digital value.
No stablecoins, launch window or partners were named. Galaxy owners in the US have been able to buy crypto inside Wallet through Coinbase since October 2025, a tie-up that covered more than 75 million devices.
👉 crypto.news/samsung-wallet-to-add-stablecoin-support-as-crypto-push-expands
NVIDIA & SK Group Build $500B+ AI Factories
SK Group and NVIDIA expanded their partnership on July 24 into a $500 billion-plus programme covering AI factories and next-generation memory across Korea.
SK Telecom will build a 2-gigawatt-scale AI Cloud on NVIDIA's DSX platform with Vera Rubin accelerated computing and SK hynix HBM4 memory, with the first AI factory planned for 2027.
SK hynix separately signed a long-term AI memory supply deal with NVIDIA, co-developing next-generation HBM for large language model training, agentic AI and physical AI.
👉 nvidianews.nvidia.com/news/sk-group-and-nvidia-expand-strategic-partnership-across-ai-factories-and-next-generation-memory
SK Group and NVIDIA expanded their partnership on July 24 into a $500 billion-plus programme covering AI factories and next-generation memory across Korea.
SK Telecom will build a 2-gigawatt-scale AI Cloud on NVIDIA's DSX platform with Vera Rubin accelerated computing and SK hynix HBM4 memory, with the first AI factory planned for 2027.
SK hynix separately signed a long-term AI memory supply deal with NVIDIA, co-developing next-generation HBM for large language model training, agentic AI and physical AI.
"Together with SK Telecom and SK hynix, we are building a new generation of AI factories that will power Korea's next wave of growth," said NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang.
👉 nvidianews.nvidia.com/news/sk-group-and-nvidia-expand-strategic-partnership-across-ai-factories-and-next-generation-memory
Storj Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy in U.S. Court
Storj Labs, the company behind the decentralized cloud storage network, filed for voluntary Chapter 11 reorganization on July 26 in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of West Virginia.
The company says the filing resolves legacy obligations from an earlier chapter of the business, while operations, service and the network keep running normally with no anticipated interruption for customers.
Storj also intends to propose a mechanism for token holders to participate in equity of the restructured company, subject to court approval and creditor priority. STORJ trades near $0.074, down about 75% over the past year.
👉 storj.io/blog/storj-announces-voluntary-financial-restructuring-to-resolve-legacy-liabilities-and-position-the-business-for-growth
Storj Labs, the company behind the decentralized cloud storage network, filed for voluntary Chapter 11 reorganization on July 26 in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of West Virginia.
The company says the filing resolves legacy obligations from an earlier chapter of the business, while operations, service and the network keep running normally with no anticipated interruption for customers.
"The business underneath is strong and right-sized. What holds it back are legacy obligations from an earlier chapter. This process lets us resolve them in an orderly way," said Kaloyan Raev, Director of Software Engineering at Storj.
Storj also intends to propose a mechanism for token holders to participate in equity of the restructured company, subject to court approval and creditor priority. STORJ trades near $0.074, down about 75% over the past year.
👉 storj.io/blog/storj-announces-voluntary-financial-restructuring-to-resolve-legacy-liabilities-and-position-the-business-for-growth
WEMIX's Contract Hijacked, $6.25M Illicitly Minted
An attacker seized owner privileges over the smart contract that issues WEMIX's dollar-pegged stablecoin on July 26, abnormally minting around $6.25M worth of tokens.
The freshly minted stablecoin was swapped into WEMIX and USDC, and roughly $724K was bridged off WEMIX 3.0 to Ethereum and BNB Chain before it could be stopped. No user wallets were compromised.
It is the network's second major security incident in about 18 months, after roughly $6M was drained from the Play Bridge Vault in February 2025.
👉 cointelegraph.com/news/wemix-attacker-moves-724k-contract-breach
An attacker seized owner privileges over the smart contract that issues WEMIX's dollar-pegged stablecoin on July 26, abnormally minting around $6.25M worth of tokens.
The freshly minted stablecoin was swapped into WEMIX and USDC, and roughly $724K was bridged off WEMIX 3.0 to Ethereum and BNB Chain before it could be stopped. No user wallets were compromised.
In response, WEMIX suspended all WEMIX 3.0 bridges (including Chainlink CCIP and the PLAY Bridge), paused affected liquidity pools and the stablecoin module, flagged the attacker's addresses and asked exchanges to freeze the funds. Blockchain security firms are tracing the flows.
It is the network's second major security incident in about 18 months, after roughly $6M was drained from the Play Bridge Vault in February 2025.
👉 cointelegraph.com/news/wemix-attacker-moves-724k-contract-breach
Telegram Adds Rich Text Editor & Communities
Communities link several groups, channels and bots into one unit — members see its other chats and join them instantly, with the whole set collapsed into a single chat list item. Admins mark each chat visible or hidden and can limit who adds more.
Premium gets a rich text editor: headings, tables, lists, quotes and code blocks, photos and video mid-message, and up to 32,768 characters in a single message.
👉 telegram.org/blog/communities-editor-invisible-messages
Communities link several groups, channels and bots into one unit — members see its other chats and join them instantly, with the whole set collapsed into a single chat list item. Admins mark each chat visible or hidden and can limit who adds more.
Premium gets a rich text editor: headings, tables, lists, quotes and code blocks, photos and video mid-message, and up to 32,768 characters in a single message.
Bots can now answer one person inside a group, keeping greetings, menus, errors and confirmations out of everyone else's feed. GIF search spans 350 million GIFs across 36 languages, indexed offline with open-source models and no third party involved.
👉 telegram.org/blog/communities-editor-invisible-messages
Strategy Grows Its USD Reserve to $3.75 Billion
Strategy said it added $525M to its USD reserve this week, lifting the cash pile to $3.75B — enough to cover roughly 2.1 years of its preferred-stock dividends and debt interest.
The reserve is designed to service those obligations without touching Strategy's 843,775 BTC (about $63B), a position it has held unchanged for weeks as it raised cash through share sales rather than new coin buys.
👉 x.com/saylor/status/2081711984936915201
Strategy said it added $525M to its USD reserve this week, lifting the cash pile to $3.75B — enough to cover roughly 2.1 years of its preferred-stock dividends and debt interest.
The reserve is designed to service those obligations without touching Strategy's 843,775 BTC (about $63B), a position it has held unchanged for weeks as it raised cash through share sales rather than new coin buys.
Separately, a filing shows Strategy repurchased $25M of its STRC "Stretch" variable-rate preferred — the first buyback executed under a $1B Digital Credit Securities repurchase program authorized on June 29, aimed at supporting STRC's price near its $100 par after it slid to record lows.
👉 x.com/saylor/status/2081711984936915201
Thai SEC Accuses Bitkub of Hiding a $47M Hack
Thailand's SEC has filed a criminal complaint against Bitkub — the country's largest crypto exchange — and two former directors, alleging they concealed a 2021 hack from the regulator.
About $47M (1.7 billion baht) across 16 assets was drained from a Bitkub wallet in May 2021. From May to October that year, the exchange's daily filings to the SEC allegedly showed no change in holdings, masking the loss.
The case now sits with Thailand's Economic Crime Suppression Division, and prosecutors will decide whether to bring it to court. Bitkub is privately held; its KUB token showed no sharp reaction.
👉 bangkokpost.com/business/general/3290607/sec-files-criminal-complaint-over-bitkubs-alleged-concealment-of-b17bn-hack
Thailand's SEC has filed a criminal complaint against Bitkub — the country's largest crypto exchange — and two former directors, alleging they concealed a 2021 hack from the regulator.
About $47M (1.7 billion baht) across 16 assets was drained from a Bitkub wallet in May 2021. From May to October that year, the exchange's daily filings to the SEC allegedly showed no change in holdings, masking the loss.
Bitkub says it deliberately withheld the breach to avoid triggering a bank run, not to defraud anyone. Its co-founders personally bought replacement assets in the same amounts, so it says neither the exchange nor customers lost funds — and the SEC reportedly confirmed its holdings were intact as of September 2025.
The case now sits with Thailand's Economic Crime Suppression Division, and prosecutors will decide whether to bring it to court. Bitkub is privately held; its KUB token showed no sharp reaction.
👉 bangkokpost.com/business/general/3290607/sec-files-criminal-complaint-over-bitkubs-alleged-concealment-of-b17bn-hack
