23rd July — 30th July
▫️ Spot ETH ETFs launched in the US.
▫️ SEC approves Grayscale Bitcoin Mini Trust, awaiting registration greenlight.
▫️ MonoSwap lost $1.3M on Blast via developer phishing.
▫️ Spectra exploited for $550k via arbitrary call.
▫️ Toyota researching ERC4337 account abstraction for mobility accounts.
▫️ UK FCA fined Coinbase £3.5M over user onboarding restrictions.
▫️ Jersey City’s pension fund to invest in bitcoin ETFs.
▫️ $24M Compound Finance proposal passed despite DAO objections.
▫️ Aave considers fee switch and token buyback.
▫️ Ledger unveils new hardware wallet.
▫️ StarkWare integrating Cosmos’ IBC protocol into Starknet.
▫️ TON blockchain launches gasless transactions with new smart wallet standard.
▫️ Coinbase offers free USDT to USDC conversion on Base for parts of Latin America, Africa & Asia.
▫️ Atari X Asteroids live on Base; mint to play.
▫️ Trump promises to fire SEC Chair Gensler and create a strategic bitcoin reserve if elected.
▫️ Hong Kong lawmaker supports including bitcoin in financial reserves.
▫️ Robert F. Kennedy Jr. pledges Bitcoin-related executive orders if elected.
▫️ Bitcoin scaling network Mezo raises $7.5M.
▫️ OpenSocial Protocol raises $6M from Framework Ventures and North Island Ventures.
▫️ Monad-based Kuru raises $2M in seed funding.
