Crypto Pulse—Industry Perspectives

Updated: July 15, 2026, 09:30 (UTC+8) | Author: MEXCHeadlinesU.S. June CPI declined 0.4% MoM.Ripple joins the x402 Foundation.JCB and Circle explore USDC payment solutions.UK delays capital gains tax rules for DeFi.European Central Bank launches Digital Euro pilot.Industry UpdatesCFTC Blocks Kalshi From Canceling Prediction Market Trades Ordered by Michigan CourtAccording to CoinDesk, Kalshi had planned to reverse prediction market trades made by Michigan users in compliance with a court order.

A dense run of U.S. macroeconomic releases led by June CPI and PPI inflation data and framed by a hawkish, inflation-first Federal Reserve under Chair Kevin Warsh is driving market makers to widen spreads and thin liquidity across crypto spot and futures order books. 1. Why Crypto Traders Are Bracing for Volatility the WeekThe digital asset market is entering an intense window of macro-driven turbulence. Beginning the week of July 13, 2026, global markets face a compressed run of top-tier U.S. e

The near-total failure of the "Reduced Data Temporary Soft Fork" to attract miner or node support reinforces a core economic principle of the world's most secure blockchain: on Bitcoin, blockspace is a neutral, free market, and any fee-paying transaction is a valid one. 1. What Is BIP-110 and Why Is Its Failure Significant?Bitcoin's most consequential governance battles rarely play out in public view, but a high-profile ideological rift has pushed the network's foundational architecture to a cro

The Digital Asset Market Clarity Act enters a three-week Senate window before the August recess, just as the DTCC begins limited production trades of tokenized Russell 1000 equities, ETFs, and U.S. Treasuries; the clearest sign yet that Wall Street's tokenization engine is running ahead of the rulebook meant to govern it. 1. What Is Happening With the CLARITY Act and DTCC Tokenization in July 2026The U.S. digital asset market has reached an extraordinary intersection of legislative deadlock and

Updated: July 14, 2026, 09:30 (UTC+8) | Author: MEXCHeadlinesCrypto spot trading volume falls to its lowest level in nearly three years.54 UK institutions join forces to advance tokenization of financial markets.Robinhood Chain records $3.1 billion in DEX trading volume during its first week.Circle's Arc blockchain is reportedly launched in stealth mode.Japan's Progmat migrates nearly $3 billion in assets to Avalanche.Industry UpdatesGondor v1 to Enable Leveraged Borrowing Against Entire Polymar

Recently, the crypto community has been paying close attention to Robinhood Chain, an Ethereum Layer 2 developed by the well-known fintech platform Robinhood, which officially launched its mainnet on July 1, 2026. While Robinhood is already a household name in traditional finance, its decision to build an Ethereum Layer 2 has raised questions across the crypto industry. After all, the Ethereum ecosystem already has a crowded Layer 2 landscape, and many projects have struggled to gain traction or

Key TakeawaysBitcoin (BTC) has rallied from about $61,400 on July 6 to an intraday high of $64,653 on July 10 and trades near $63,800 at the time of writing, as risk appetite returns across crypto.US President Donald Trump said Iran had reached out to Washington to discuss a possible agreement, easing the geopolitical fears that knocked BTC below $62,000 earlier in the week.Standard Chartered reaffirmed its $100,000 end of 2026 Bitcoin target, with digital assets research head Geoff Kendrick cal

Key TakeawaysSK Hynix listed its American depositary receipts on the Nasdaq on Friday, July 10, 2026, raising $26.5 billion in the largest US share sale ever completed by a foreign company, surpassing Alibaba's $25 billion in 2014.Priced at $149 per ADR, the shares opened more than 15% higher at $171.50 and finished their first session up 13%, lifting the company's market capitalization to about $1.25 trillion.The offering was oversubscribed more than seven times, with anchor interest from insti

Key TakeawaysRobinhood Chain, an Ethereum layer 2 built on Arbitrum's Orbit stack, went live on July 1, 2026 and crossed $100 million in total value locked in about a week, according to DeFiLlama data.Roughly $90 million of that TVL sits in the Morpho lending protocol that powers Robinhood Earn, boosted by an approximately $50 million deposit from DeFi protocol Ethena into a USDG vault.On July 8 the network posted around $560 million to $570 million in 24 hour DEX volume, briefly overtaking Hype

The stablecoin market has reached another major milestone, with adjusted transaction volume climbing to approximately $1.79 trillion in June, according to Visa data. The figure not only surpassed the previous record set earlier this year but also increased by more than 60% month over month, despite the broader cryptocurrency market remaining relatively subdued.What makes this growth particularly notable is that it is being driven less by speculative trading and more by rising demand for stableco