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Russia's largest bank Sberbank plans to launch cryptocurrency trading infrastructure and digital custody services by December 1 to support the regulated financial system.New regulations for cryptocurrency trading, custody, and settlement in Russia will take effect on September 1, with requirements for licensed intermediaries applicable from July 2027. Public cryptocurrency trading in Russia will be limited to assets that meet strict liquidity and market capitalization thresholds, and the use of cryptocurrency assets for domestic goods and services payments remains prohibited.

The cryptocurrency trading platform Upbit announced that it will launch MORPHO (Morpho) on the Korean won (KRW) market at 18:00 on July 25, with the network supported being Ethereum.

According to SoSoValue data, yesterday (Eastern Time July 24), the total net outflow of Bitcoin spot ETFs was $240 million.The Bitcoin spot ETF with the highest single-day net outflow yesterday was Blackrock ETF IBIT, with a single-day net outflow of $212 million. Currently, the historical total net inflow of IBIT has reached $60.394 billion.Next was Fidelity ETF FBTC, with a single-day net outflow of $27.9116 million. Currently, the historical total net inflow of FBTC has reached $10.005 billion.As of the time of writing, the total net asset value of Bitcoin spot ETFs is $77.823 billion, and the ETF net asset ratio (market value compared to the total market value of Bitcoin) is 6.05%. The historical cumulative net inflow has reached $51.386 billion.

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 At that time, any deposits that have not been withdrawn will be refunded to the user's original Ethereum deposit address.

According to official news, BNB has officially launched on Futu NiuNiu. Futu NiuNiu is also the first licensed broker in Hong Kong to provide BNB order book trading pairs, offering investors transparent and real-time trading data. Qualified professional investors in Hong Kong can trade BNB instantly within a compliant framework.

Coinbase is undergoing the largest executive reshuffle in recent years. Chief Talent Officer Lawrence Brock has stepped down and transitioned to an advisory role, while co-head of the institutional division Greg Tusar has moved to a policy position; previously, General Counsel Paul Grewal planned to leave, and Jesse Pollak has stepped down as head of the Base app. After laying off 14% of its workforce in May, Coinbase is accelerating its transformation into a comprehensive trading platform that includes stocks and prediction markets.

Gate US officially announced that Gate AI and Alpaca will collaborate on the development vision of Agentic Trading, promoting the integration of AI infrastructure and trading system capabilities to provide underlying support for the next generation of intelligent trading applications.Alpaca has built a trading API that is developer and AI Agent friendly, with its community continuously transforming trading ideas into actual projects, covering research processes, simulated trading systems, and Agentic workflows that connect market data, analysis, and execution logic. Gate AI focuses on building an infrastructure layer for AI Agents and developers, where the GateRouter unified API helps developers quickly access over 25 mainstream AI models and balances cost and performance through intelligent routing.Both Gate AI and Alpaca agree that AI trading Agent developers should not have to choose between high-quality trading execution infrastructure and AI infrastructure, but should be able to obtain support for both in a smoother manner. Next, Gate AI will explore how its model routing and Agent infrastructure can connect to trading workflows built on APIs like Alpaca, supporting developers in integrating market data, AI reasoning, and trading execution into Agentic systems.Gate AI and Alpaca also plan to promote knowledge sharing and best practice exchanges between their developer communities, continuously lowering the development threshold and complexity of AI-native trading applications. Gate AI and Alpaca will continue to explore collaborative efforts around the construction of the Agentic Trading ecosystem, providing foundational support for developers to build more efficient and scalable next-generation intelligent trading applications.

At the 2026 Wiki Finance Expo, Bitget was awarded two industry awards for its innovative performance in the multi-asset trading market: "Global Outstanding All-Asset Innovation Platform" and "Asia's Leading Innovative Trading Platform."Currently, Bitget's CFD daily trading volume reaches 10 billion dollars. The platform has launched a zero-fee model for CFDs and continues to upgrade its CFD copy trading system, extending its mature cryptocurrency trading capabilities to a broader range of multi-asset scenarios.Bitget's Chief Analyst Lewis Huang stated that the next phase of the trading market will be driven by the deep integration of Web3 and traditional finance. Bitget will rely on the UEX architecture to continuously provide users with a more unified, flexible, and global cross-asset trading experience.

The joint assessment by the UK Institute for AI Safety and the US Center for AI Standards and Innovation shows that Moonshot AI's Kimi K3 can assist in the development of exploit vulnerabilities and simulate cyber attacks without substantial hindrance, but its overall cybersecurity capabilities still lag significantly behind leading models in the United States.

According to official news, Raydium announced the launch of permissioned automated market makers (AMM) and permissioned pools, open to asset issuers that need to meet KYC or regulatory requirements.Issuers can directly access the liquidity infrastructure on the Solana chain while maintaining participant access control, establishing a compliant secondary trading market.

The rotation of hot spots in the US stock market continues, with strong performances from steel, healthcare, and entertainment consumer-related stocks. Data from the Gate platform shows that the top three stocks in terms of gains in the US market are Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. (CLF), up 15.87%; Medpace Holdings (MEDP), up 15.06%; and IMAX Corporation (IMAX), up 11.98%. Among them, CLF's single-day gain is close to 16%, reflecting the increasing attention of market funds on cyclical manufacturing and consumer service-related stocks.

The cryptocurrency exchange BitMEX accelerated the delisting of 65 derivative contracts and spot trading pairs in July, far exceeding the 19 that were delisted in the first six months of this year. The platform attributed the delisting to "insufficient trading interest" and stated that this move is related to its decision to close the exchange. Previously, BitMEX announced that it would officially cease operations on September 23, but did not disclose the specific reason for the closure.Restructuring advisor Roshan Dharia stated that the shutdown of BitMEX reflects the structural pressures faced by mid-sized centralized exchanges: liquidity continues to concentrate on leading platforms, while compliance costs are continuously rising. Earlier, the on-chain analysis platform Bubblemaps revealed that 75% of the total supply of BitMEX tokens BMEX (originally intended for employee incentives, ecosystem growth, and long-term reserves) was never allocated as planned, with the only claim occurring in November 2022. After the shutdown announcement, the price of BMEX dropped by approximately 95%.

According to Jinshi reports, the Korea Exchange has initiated a suspension of the programmatic trading mechanism for the KOSPI index.

According to BBX data, yesterday and in recent days, global companies listed on the US stock market have disclosed the latest real announcements regarding digital asset transformation and ecological strategic investments. The core dynamics are as follows:Canton sells traditional business to fully transition to blockchain clearing: Canton Strategic Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: $ CNTN) officially announced that it has sold its biotechnology R&D department Gravitas Life Sciences, LLC to Gravitas Collective Corp. The transaction was completed on July 17, 2026. The company clearly stated that this divestiture is an important milestone in its transformation into an operating company, and in the future, it will support the Canton Network through Canton Coin and promote the on-chain digital transformation of traditional financial markets as a strategic investor.Empery Digital invests $20 million in cross-industry computing power electricity park: The US-listed company Empery Digital Inc. (NASDAQ: $ EMPD), which adopts a Bitcoin fund management strategy, announced that it has completed a $20 million preferred stock investment (holding approximately 8%) in Cardinal Data Power, Inc. (CDP) on July 20, 2026. CDP focuses on building electricity-driven data center parks, and this round of financing will support its construction of the first gigawatt-level data center park covering over 3,000 acres in West Texas (Phase I is planned to be operational in 2027, with a long-term plan exceeding 5GW) to meet the next generation of AI and computing power energy demands.

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) will hold a roundtable on September 17 to discuss matters related to the transition of the U.S. stock market to 24-hour trading, including preparations for supporting overnight trading, 24-hour market operations and resilience, as well as opportunities and challenges of expansion. This roundtable will be open to the public, and the meeting will be broadcast live on the SEC website. The agenda and speaker information for the roundtable will be announced prior to the event.

Bitget appeared as a sponsor at the WikiFX exhibition. Bitget CFD Chief Analyst Lewis Huang delivered a speech titled "One Account, Invest Globally: The Cross-Asset Trading Revolution in the UEX Era," pointing out the core pain points faced by active traders today: "Opportunities are global, but capital is fragmented."In response to this situation, Bitget proposed the concept of the panoramic exchange UEX. Lewis Huang stated that what traders need is not more apps, but a highly integrated trading ecosystem. Relying on the Bitget UEX architecture and cross-asset margin mechanism, users only need one account, one KYC verification, and a unified capital pool to configure diverse assets such as cryptocurrencies, U.S. stocks, foreign exchange, precious metals, and global indices. This helps traders quickly seize opportunities when macro trends arise, achieving a global, cross-asset one-stop layout.

Recently, market risk appetite has cooled, and high-valuation technology chip sectors are under significant pressure; in contrast, supported by expectations in infrastructure, manufacturing, and cyclical demand, industrial machinery-related assets have shown relative resilience. According to Gate platform data, ARM/USDT (Arm) is currently priced at $284.29, down 1.13% in the last 24 hours; CATG/USDT (Caterpillar) is currently priced at $892.11, up 0.16% in the last 24 hours; GEG/USDT (General Electric) is currently priced at $341.55, down 0.61% in the last 24 hours. In terms of performance, Caterpillar-related trading pairs have slightly strengthened, while Arm and General Electric-related trading pairs have fluctuated downwards, overall still showing a divergent pattern.

According to the "2026 Semi-Annual Market Report" released by CoinGlass, the total trading volume of TradFi perpetual contracts on mainstream exchanges in the first half of the year was approximately $1.2 trillion, with June's trading volume accounting for 33.7%, indicating a significant increase in trading activity. Market share is mainly concentrated among leading CEX platforms, with Binance, OKX, and Bitget's trading volumes approximately $666.3 billion, $117.7 billion, and $66.4 billion, respectively.In terms of crypto asset liquidity, within a range of 1% around the midpoint price, Binance's BTC two-sided order book depth is approximately $236 million, accounting for 44.0%; OKX is about $112 million, accounting for 20.8%; Bybit and Bitget are both around $70 million, with market shares of 13.9% and 13.4%, respectively. For ETH, Binance's depth is about $109 million, accounting for 28.7%; Bitget is approximately $81 million, accounting for 21.4%, followed by OKX and Bybit.

The Robinhood Chain token launch platform Pons will release version 2, planning to introduce multiple feature updates. It is reported that Pons v2 will introduce a Bonding Curve mechanism priced in ETH, remove trading restrictions for non-developer wallets, and support custom trading pairs, including RWA assets such as USDG, NVDA, AAPL, and HOOD.In addition, Pons will adopt a redesigned fee structure using Uniswap V4 pools and Hook, with creators defaulting to receive fees in ETH; when the token value reaches 4.2 ETH, it will automatically graduate to a permanently locked full-range position on Uniswap V4. Other updates include the addition of a CTO feature with a 3-day time lock, support for collecting fees in stablecoins or other tokens, and the introduction of an optional tax mechanism for each buy and sell transaction.