U.S. spot cryptocurrency exchange-traded funds recorded another day of positive inflows on July 20, with both Bitcoin and Ethereum investment products attracting fresh institutional capital despite continued market volatility. Spot Bitcoin ETFs posted a combined net inflow of approximately $181 million, marking another positive session for the asset class after a strong recovery in demand
SEC Regulation Crypto: The US Securities and Exchange Commission could publish its first crypto-specific rule proposal at any time after adding Regulation Crypto Assets to its rulemaking priority agenda on July 7 with a July 2026 target. The roughly 400-page draft has been pending at the White House Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs since
Twenty One Capital, Strike, and Elektron Energy have abandoned the three-way merger Tether proposed in April, with Jack Mallers stepping down as Twenty One Capital’s chief executive and Elektron chief Raphael Zagury taking over the role. The reversal unwinds a plan meant to fold Bitcoin treasury holdings, crypto trading, and mining into a single Tether-backed
Russia Crypto Bill Passes Final Duma Readings Why Is Russia Advancing Crypto Rules Now? Russia’s lower house of parliament has moved the country closer to its first comprehensive crypto market framework after approving a bill that would regulate digital asset activity and allow crypto assets to be used in foreign trade operations. The State Duma
Cardano activated its van Rossem hard fork on July 18, 2026, completing the network’s first protocol upgrade whose final approval and execution were determined entirely through its decentralized onchain governance system. The upgrade took effect at 21:44:51 UTC at the boundary of epoch 644, corresponding to Cardano slot 192,844,800. It moved the blockchain to Protocol
U.S. spot cryptocurrency exchange-traded funds finished the trading week on a positive note Friday, July 17, with both Bitcoin and Ethereum products recording net inflows as investors continued allocating capital to regulated digital-asset investment vehicles. Spot Bitcoin ETFs attracted a combined $132.3 million in net inflows, extending the market’s recent recovery after experiencing mixed flows
What Happened to Zilliqa? Zilliqa said it is investigating a security incident involving an exchange partner after ZIL was stolen from a cold wallet, adding another exchange-linked custody event to a crypto market already sensitive to wallet security and asset-flow controls. The layer-1 blockchain network said on Monday that it had asked exchanges to temporarily
Why Is Russia Advancing Crypto Rules Now? Russia’s State Duma is preparing to hold final readings on a bill that would bring cryptocurrency activity under a clearer legal framework, placing investor limits and cross-border use at the center of the country’s digital asset policy. Draft bill No. 1194918-8, titled “On Digital Currency and Digital Rights,”
Institutional investors have stopped accepting a smart contract audit as sufficient proof that a crypto project is secure, after audits and lengthy operating records repeatedly failed to flag which platforms would be exploited, according to Hacken. The conclusion anchors the firm’s Q2 2026 Security & Compliance Report, cited by Cointelegraph, which found that compromised keys,
Why Is Input Output Handing Off Cardano Infrastructure? Cardano developer Input Output is moving control of key blockchain infrastructure to outside teams, reducing the network’s reliance on the company that originally built it and pushing Cardano into a more difficult phase of decentralization. The handover covers several core components, including the Cardano Haskell node, Plutus