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According to official news, the one-stop trading platform Dango team announced that due to various reasons, the project has no viable path to achieve sustained commercial success and has decided to shut down. The team emphasized user fund safety, withdrawal restrictions will be lifted in the short term, and advised users to close positions and withdraw funds as soon as possible, while reminding that current liquidity is expected to be thin, and caution should be taken regarding slippage risk.At 20:00 Beijing time on July 29 (12:00 UTC), Dango will stop trading, and remaining positions will be closed at oracle prices. DLP gold deposits will be unlocked, and all funds will be returned to users' spot accounts in the form of USDC.At 20:00 Beijing time on August 13 (12:00 UTC), the Dango L1 blockchain will cease operation. At that time, any deposits that have not been withdrawn will be refunded to the user's original Ethereum deposit address.

Libbitcoin developer @evoskuil stated that the latest version of Libbitcoin Server can complete the initial block download of a Bitcoin full node in 55 minutes and perform full verification. This speed improvement comes from a new GPU-based signature verification system that runs in parallel with conventional script verification, rather than as a separate step.The software does not pause execution to verify each ECDSA and Schnorr signature; instead, it captures signature checks, batches them, and processes them via GPU while the remaining verification continues. @evoskuil indicated that this method achieves about a 99.5% signature capture rate without blocking verification, thus eliminating the need for a second verification. If a batch signature check fails, the software traces it back to the corresponding block and marks that block as invalid. He also mentioned that this design can batch process an almost arbitrary number of signatures, keeping the GPU ahead of the remaining verification process and significantly shortening the full node synchronization time.

According to a report by Reuters, the prediction market platform Polymarket issued a statement that it will challenge the decision of the French National Gaming Authority (ANJ) to block its website through legal proceedings.Last week, the ANJ ordered French internet service providers to block Polymarket on the grounds that the platform could lead to significant betting losses for users and that some bets were at risk of being manipulated. Polymarket expressed disappointment at ANJ's sudden decision.

The cryptocurrency lobbying organization TDC has filed a lawsuit seeking to block the enforcement of the Illinois Digital Asset Tax Act.This tax applies to any company headquartered in Illinois or operating in the state that provides digital asset services in the state.

According to Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, the state is advancing the drafting of the "Maharashtra Land Token Asset Digitalization and Exchange Bill (DELTA Act)." Fadnavis chaired a related meeting, instructing officials to study global laws and regulations as well as best practices, and established an expert committee composed of representatives from SEBI, BSE, NSE, and professionals to formulate a complete legislative framework.According to the proposal, real estate will be tokenized through blockchain technology, with the entire transaction completed on-chain. This move aims to unlock the potential value of real estate, create new sources of revenue, and help Maharashtra achieve its goal of a $1 trillion GDP by 2030. If the legislation is implemented, Maharashtra will become the first state in India to introduce such regulations.

According to SolanaFloor data, Solana regained the top position among all blockchains in terms of daily network revenue (on July 18), marking the first time in nearly five months.

According to data from the Aurora browser, the Aurora mainnet has resumed normal block production.

According to official news, the L1 blockchain ILITY has received a $1 million investment from Archer Capital and TBV to accelerate the layout of the Agent ecosystem. It is reported that ILITY's AI Agent economic ecosystem is about to launch, and this round of funding will mainly be used to deepen this emerging sector.ILITY Network is an infrastructure aimed at the AI Agent economy, providing verifiable on-chain identities for autonomous AI agents, real-time machine-to-machine (M2M) payment settlements between agents, and a reputation system that can be carried across services based on real on-chain performance records; its native token $ILY serves as the Gas and settlement currency for this ecosystem.Previously, the project's last round of financing was supported by institutions such as Animoca Brands, DuckDAO, UZ Capital, and Vega Ventures.

According to a report by Reuters, the French National Gaming Authority (ANJ) has stated that it has requested French internet service providers to block the prediction market platform Polymarket, citing that it promotes illegal betting services, which may lead to significant losses for users, and that some bets may be subject to manipulation risks.Polymarket will remain blocked until it complies with French betting regulations.

New Hampshire Governor Kelly Ayotte recently signed HB 639, the Blockchain Basic Laws, which increases legal protections for digital asset users, developers, miners, validators, and businesses, and protects the rights to use and self-custody of digital assets. The bill also authorizes the establishment of specialized case files for blockchain-related disputes.New Hampshire's 2025 law allows the state treasurer to allocate up to 5% of certain public funds to precious metals and qualified digital assets, with only Bitcoin currently meeting the market capitalization threshold. Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed SB 21 in June 2025, establishing the Texas Strategic Bitcoin Reserve. State legislators allocated $10 million, and Texas subsequently made an initial investment of about $5 million through a spot Bitcoin ETF.Wyoming's 2025 proposal to allow up to 3% of state funds to be allocated to Bitcoin was not approved, but the state continues to advance its specialized banking framework and Frontier Stable Token. FRNT is set to be publicly available in January 2026 and is described as the first state-issued stablecoin in the United States.

On July 17, Interlace and BlockSec jointly held the summit "The Next Decade of Payments: Digital Currency, AI Agents, and the New Global Financial Order." The event brought together industry guests from AI, Web3, security, and payments to discuss the development trends of stablecoin payments, security compliance, AI agents, and global payment infrastructure.BlockSec co-founder Zhou Yajin and Interlace founder and CEO Michael Wu delivered keynote speeches on "Security and Compliance in Crypto Payments" and "Agentic Payment and the New Infrastructure of Global Finance," respectively, sharing their latest observations on the development trends of digital asset payments. As the scenarios for stablecoin payments continue to expand, the security compliance system and the construction of a new generation of payment infrastructure are becoming key supports for driving industry development. In the future, payment infrastructure will not only serve the function of capital flow but will also further evolve into a programmable, trusted, and verifiable value transfer system, providing underlying support for the connection between digital assets and real-world commerce.At the event, Interlace also officially released the white paper "The Value Transmission Layer of the AI Economy: From Concept to Implementation." The white paper was jointly initiated with ecosystem partners such as Bitget, BlockSec, Cobo, Conflux, Stable, Xagent, and Hetu, systematically defining the architecture, standards, and implementation paths of Agentic Payment infrastructure, providing a reference for value transfer in the era of the AI economy.

The privacy blockchain Zano announced that Zenith has entered the implementation phase, with plans for a network transition in 2027, depending on the results of testing, analysis, and review. Zano has not yet announced an activation date, and the proposed operating parameters still require verification at the network level.Zenith will transition Zano from a hybrid PoW and PoS mechanism to a privacy-protecting pure PoS protocol, with the block time proposed to decrease from about 1 minute to about 15 seconds, and the recommended number of confirmations reduced from 10 blocks to 4 to 6 blocks, with a typical confirmation time of about 60 to 90 seconds. Zano co-founder and core developer Andrey Sabelnikov stated that Zenith is based on over 12 years of privacy research and aims to provide the network with the advantages of modern PoS while retaining the privacy protection that Zano users expect.PoW miners currently receive about 720 newly issued ZANO daily, which amounts to approximately 21,600 monthly and 262,800 annually. After the activation of Zenith and the end of PoW mining, this portion of issuance will be canceled; Zano will also launch the official Zano Forum for technical discussions and community support.

Ethena officially announced the launch of the Monad blockchain on platform X. USDe and sUSDe are now available throughout the Monad ecosystem, including integration with Monad's Aave instance, allowing Ethena users to borrow stablecoin liquidity at scale.In addition, the parallelized EVM USDe has now been launched.

According to The Block, crypto infrastructure and capital markets company Keyrock has completed the acquisition of BlockFills' institutional trading and brokerage business. This transaction brings Keyrock BlockFills' trading technology, institutional client relationships, and a team of experienced derivatives traders.The announcement stated that this acquisition also expands Keyrock's regulatory footprint, establishing a CIMA-registered entity in the Cayman Islands and planning to obtain FCA authorization in the UK. Keyrock's announcement did not disclose the acquisition price. According to previous court documents and reports, Keyrock was selected for $3.25 million in BlockFills' bankruptcy restructuring process. Chicago-based BlockFills filed for bankruptcy protection in early 2026 after suffering significant losses due to the cryptocurrency market crash in February.

According to Cointelegraph, ARK Invest's research director Lorenzo Valente published a rebuttal to a16z crypto's view that "traditional finance will adopt blockchain rather than DeFi," arguing that institutions will increasingly rely on DeFi infrastructure in the future.Valente stated that public chains are leading private chain projects in actual development, with the growth of tokenized assets on open networks like Ethereum as an example. He also believes that crypto-native companies like Circle and Coinbase are better positioned than traditional financial institutions to build the next generation of financial infrastructure.a16z crypto previously stated that banks and asset management institutions would not directly adopt DeFi but would choose blockchain technologies that comply with existing regulatory, governance, and operational requirements, including features like tokenization and atomic settlement, while continuing to maintain licensing and institutional control.Sentora co-founder Jesus Rodriguez also disagreed with a16z's viewpoint, suggesting that institutions might adopt the underlying infrastructure of DeFi and overlay compliance, custody, and other enterprise-level controls on top of it.

Digital asset prime broker FalconX will acquire blockchain infrastructure company bloXroute.By combining bloXroute's network technology with FalconX's institutional trading platform, FalconX will accelerate the development of new trading, financing, and prime brokerage capabilities.

Celestia Labs announced that it has acquired the high-performance blockchain framework developer Sovereign Labs. The latter has been deeply engaged in the Celestia ecosystem since 2021, and its framework has provided underlying support for projects such as the cross-chain bridge Relay Protocol and the high-performance perpetual contract trading platform Bullet.After this acquisition, Celestia Labs' technical capabilities will extend from Layer 1 to the execution layer and application layer, becoming a full-stack custom blockchain development partner for enterprises. As projects like Hyperliquid, Polymarket, and Robinhood choose to build their own chains, the demand for full-stack blockchain infrastructure among enterprises is accelerating.