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According to a report by The Defiant, data from Token Terminal shows that the on-chain trading activity of tokenized stocks and their use in lending and collateralization are both on the rise, but they still account for a small proportion of the overall DeFi market. Specifically, the on-chain spot DEX for tokenized stocks has reached a cumulative trading volume of $1.8 billion over the past 90 days, while the lending market has a deposit scale of approximately $23 million.In detail, on-chain trading volume is mainly concentrated on BNB Chain and Solana, accounting for 47.3% and 45.5% of the trading volume over the past 90 days, respectively; by asset classification, tokens tracking QQQ and SPY account for 40.5% and 40.4% of the total trading volume. In terms of lending collateral, xStocks accounts for 86.5% of the issuer's share, Solana accounts for 85.5% of the on-chain share, and Kamino accounts for 82.6% of the protocol share.The report also points out that compared to Uniswap's monthly trading volume of approximately $45 billion and xStocks' TVL of about $330 million, the current scale of tokenized stocks in terms of both trading and collateral usage is still at a low base.

According to Blockworks Research data, on-chain consumption of tokenized collectible card games reached a historic high of $324 million in June 2026, an increase of over five times compared to approximately $50 million in the same period last year, while Bitcoin fell over 20% to a 21-month low, with spot ETFs recording a record outflow of $4.5 billion.Platforms like Collector Crypt and Courtyard store professionally rated physical Pokémon cards in vaults and issue corresponding NFTs. Users receive tokens backed 1:1 by real cards after purchasing random card packs, which can be traded, held, or redeemed for physical cards. According to Global Market Insights data, the global collectible card market size reached $9.2 billion.Pokémon became the best-selling toy brand in the United States in 2025, with sales reaching $2.5 billion, an 87% year-on-year increase. Collector Crypt has tokenized approximately $40 million worth of cards, purchasing about $2 million weekly, with around 30% of users ultimately redeeming for physical cards. According to Dune data, 5% to 8% of NFTs on Courtyard are destroyed weekly to redeem for physical cards.

The Clarity Act will establish clear federal rules for centralized platforms, brokers, dealers, and custodians used by consumers to buy, sell, and hold digital assets, covering registration, regulation, disclosure, custody, asset segregation, market integrity, conflicts of interest, fraud prevention, and bankruptcy matters.Since the collapse of FTX nearly four years ago, many consumers have been unable to confirm the location of their assets, whether their assets are separated from platform funds, and how their assets will be handled in the event of the company's failure. Regulatory agencies, bankruptcy courts, and law enforcement agencies have since addressed these issues.

According to a report by The Block, a study commissioned by 1inch and conducted by Dune found that approximately 85% of concentrated liquidity in decentralized exchanges such as Uniswap v3, Uniswap v4, PancakeSwap v3, and Aerodrome Slipstream is not effectively utilized. The research analyzed the performance of nearly 200 active liquidity pools across 7 chains in 26 weekly snapshots, tracking an average liquidity of about $1.84 billion per week, of which approximately $1.6 billion is in an inefficient state.Specifically, on the Uniswap v3 platform, among the liquidity that has deviated from the market-making price range, 44.5% has not been adjusted for more than 90 days, making it the platform with the highest proportion in this study; in contrast, Aerodrome has a ratio of about 20%, with 58% of idle funds having been adjusted within the last 30 days.Additionally, only about 35% of idle funds are located within 5% of the market price, approximately 43% deviate from the market price by more than 25%, and another 17% deviate by more than 100%. In terms of fund size, positions exceeding $1 million hold about 47% of idle funds, amounting to approximately $260 million.

According to HyperInsight monitoring, Huang Licheng's address has recently been continuously increasing its long position in ETH, currently holding 16,300 ETH (30.66 million USD) with 25x leverage, at an average entry price of 1,855.07 USD, with an unrealized profit of 427,000 USD.

According to a report by businesswire, AI and tokenized financial infrastructure Alpaca announced the completion of a new round of financing totaling $135 million, led by Peak XV, with follow-on investments from Elefund, BNP Paribas's venture capital arm Opera Tech Ventures, and Unbound among others. To date, its total financing has reached $435 million.The new funds will be used to accelerate the construction of its AI-native brokerage infrastructure and API-first prime brokerage business, helping fintech companies, banks, brokerages, wealth management institutions, and crypto financial platforms to build investment products in both traditional and on-chain markets, and to connect with more global crypto exchanges, asset tokenization platforms, and financial institutions.

According to Magzter, the Indian Enforcement Directorate conducted searches at 19 locations from July 10 to 11 in a money laundering investigation involving online investment fraud and "work from home" scams, including 16 locations in Tamil Nadu, 2 in Kerala, and 1 in Srinagar.During the operation, approximately 335 million rupees in cryptocurrency, 145,000 rupees in cash were seized, and over 400,000 rupees in bank accounts were frozen, while documents, electronic devices, and bank records were confiscated.

Strategy Inc. currently holds 843,775 BTC, valued at approximately $55 billion based on a price of about $64,500; its total cost for Bitcoin is about $63.69 billion, with an average cost of about $75,500, resulting in an unrealized loss of nearly $9.9 billion. Strategy's Executive Chairman Michael Saylor disclosed that as of July 12, 2026, the company's BTC reserves are 843,775 coins, with a cash reserve of $3 billion, and has increased its cash reserves by $450 million.The company has not purchased Bitcoin since June 22 and recently sold 3,588 BTC to establish a cash position. The $3 billion reserve can cover about 20 months of preferred stock dividends and debt interest obligations. That week, Strategy raised approximately $467 million by selling common stock through a market issuance plan, marking the third consecutive week without increasing Bitcoin holdings. Saylor stated that Strategy will convert Bitcoin into Digital Credit.

According to monitoring by Lookonchain, a certain Bitcoin OG transferred 5,908 BTC to a new wallet after being inactive for 8 years, worth 383 million dollars.This OG received 5,908 BTC 8 years ago when the BTC trading price was 16,865 dollars and has held it until now. Currently, this position has an unrealized profit of 283 million dollars, an increase of 284%.

The U.S. securities settlement infrastructure DTCC began live production trading of tokenized stocks and government bonds on Wednesday, advancing its tokenization work from a testing environment to actual operation. According to The Wall Street Journal, nearly 40 financial institutions and technology providers are participating, including JPMorgan Chase, Goldman Sachs, BlackRock, Vanguard, and the New York Stock Exchange.DTCC's subsidiary DTC custodies over $114 trillion in securities. The first day of trading covers use cases such as collateral, repurchase agreements, stocks, margin, and asset transfers, with tokenized assets including Microsoft and Circle stocks, Invesco QQQ Trust, SPDR S&P 500 ETF, iShares Short-Term Treasury ETF, and government bonds of various maturities.JPMorgan Chase will tokenize part of its QQQ holdings. DTCC stated that this is currently the initial limited production trading phase, with a full service plan set to launch in October, at which time institutions holding assets at the clearinghouse will be able to convert some securities into tokens. This service is built on DTCC's ComposerX platform, relying on the no-action letter granted to DTC by the SEC last December.

BlackRock's revenue in the second quarter increased by 31% year-on-year to $7.1 billion, and adjusted operating income rose by 39% year-on-year to $2.9 billion, with AUM reaching $15.3 trillion and net inflows of $868 billion over the past 12 months.BlackRock has submitted two registration statements for tokenized money market funds to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), one of which aims to create a tokenized share class for existing funds on Ethereum, while the other is for a digital-native strategy. The AUM of BlackRock's iShares ETF platform exceeds $6 trillion, with net inflows of $178 billion in the second quarter. Its AUM related to digital assets is approximately $110 billion, with iShares Bitcoin Trust, Ethereum Trust, and BUIDL remaining the largest products in their respective categories. BlackRock also manages a $60 billion reserve for stablecoin issuer Circle. The company has raised its stock buyback plan for 2026 to $2 billion, having repurchased $450 million in stock in the second quarter.

Kraken Institutional announced a partnership with the on-chain yield platform Upshift, allowing qualified institutional clients to earn yields directly on idle Bitcoin, Ethereum, stablecoins, and other crypto assets within Kraken's compliant custody framework.Unlike traditional pooled vaults, Upshift will build a dedicated customized vault for each client, tailored entirely to the client's investment strategy, risk parameters, liquidity needs, and asset portfolio. Assets will be allocated to these non-custodial vaults and subsequently deployed to selected on-chain contracts, with the client's isolated Kraken custody account receiving a receipt token.

The perpetual contract trading platform Ostium on Arbitrum is suspected to have been attacked, resulting in a loss of approximately 12 to 18 million USDC, accounting for about 35% of its over 34 million dollar treasury size.The attacker allegedly compromised the oracle signer’s private key, utilized the registered PriceUpkeep relayer to submit favorable prices for future times, and looped opening and closing positions to deplete the treasury funds. Currently, Ostium officials have not responded.

According to the Iranian Fars News Agency, the Tehran Power Distribution Company stated that 187 illegal cryptocurrency mining devices were seized in two industrial units in Khorasan and Shahriar.

According to on-chain analyst Yu Jin (@EmberCN), as Bitcoin rebounds above $65,000, a large trader who shorted 750 Bitcoins on Hyperliquid is nearing liquidation.

According to official news, Gate announced the launch of the interest-earning feature for stock and CFD account assets, allowing users to earn automatic returns on eligible idle USDT and USDx in their accounts while participating in stock trading, IPOs, and CFD trading. This feature uses a tiered interest mechanism, matching interest levels based on the USDT balance in the stock account and the USDx balance in the CFD account. A single account balance exceeding 1,000 USDT or USDx can participate in interest calculation, with a reference annualized return rate of up to 3.00%.

According to official news, the decentralized derivatives trading platform Aster has announced the launch of spot trading for tokenized stock $SKHYB, and today it has started a week-long position and trading activity, sharing a prize pool of $15,000 in $SKHYB.According to the activity announcement, the Aster platform now supports bStocks assets as collateral for perpetual contracts. After enabling multi-asset mode, users can convert the deposited $SKHYB into collateral assets at up to 90% of market value. This means users can participate in trading in any perpetual contract market without having to sell the underlying stocks, aiming to leverage the advantages of multi-asset margin to effectively enhance users' capital utilization efficiency.It is reported that bStocks are tokenized securities issued by BTECH Holdings, which achieve a 1:1 peg with the underlying stock assets held by regulated custodians.

According to official news, the Gate gStocks section will launch 16 gStocks tokenized securities for spot trading on July 15 at 16:00 (UTC+8): VOOG (Vanguard S&P 500 ETF), IVVG (Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight ETF), CATG (Caterpillar), BACG (Bank of America), LRCXG (Lam Research), COSTG (Costco), UNHG (UnitedHealth Group), GEG (General Electric), CVXG (Chevron), KOG (Coca-Cola), PGG (Procter & Gamble), HSBCG (HSBC Holdings), HDG (Home Depot), ARMG (Arm Holdings), NFLXG (Netflix), and GSG (Goldman Sachs). The gStocks tokenized securities products have a 1:1 fully backed native reserve and provide a one-stop solution for 24/7 securities trading.

Binance will add 10 bStocks tokens as eligible collateral assets on July 15, 2026, at 21:30. These include Applied Optoelectronics (AAOIB), Arm (ARMB), Broadcom (AVGOB), Alibaba (BABAB), Robinhood (HOODB), IBM (IBMB), Marvell Technology (MRVLB), Nokia (NOKB), Rocket Lab (RKLBB), and TSMC (TSMB). Eligible users can use these tokens as margin collateral, expanding the collateral options for margin trading.