Crypto Pulse—Industry Perspectives

Key TakeawaysBitcoin (BTC) fell to a 10 day low around $62,500 and trades near $62,800 to $63,000 to start the week, down roughly 4% over seven days despite July inflation data landing exactly on forecast.July CPI rose 0.1% on the month and 3.4% on the year, with core inflation easing to 2.5%, cool enough to rule out a hawkish shock but still far too high to put rate cuts back on the table.The reaction was historic in its absence: the CPI release produced the narrowest reaction candle since spot

I. Macro & Market Sentiment(Market Data)· BTC Price: $63,069 (24h +0.08%), with the price consolidating within a narrow range· Funding Rate: +0.0063%, remaining positive but at a low level· Fear & Greed Index: 37 (Fear), indicating cautious market sentiment(Key Events Ahead)· No major macro events tonightII. Trading Signals / Hotspots(S&P 500 · Earnings-Driven)· Q2 earnings among S&P 500 constituents grew 31% year-over-year, far exceeding expectations of 23%. This marked the strongest growth sin

Recently, the StonkBroker NFT collection on Robinhood Chain has been creating massive FOMO. What initially started as a free mint that only required gas fees has now reached a point where individual NFTs are valued at tens of thousands of dollars. The project currently accounts for nearly 96% of the total NFT market capitalization on Robinhood Chain, with a token market capitalization of more than $100 million, making it the leading NFT project on the network. Key TakeAways:StonkBroker is an exp

Harmony is facing one of the most serious security incidents in the network’s history after an attacker was able to create nearly 4 billion unauthorized ONE tokens, equivalent to approximately 26% of the pre-incident supply.Unlike many typical crypto hacks, where attackers steal assets that already exist in smart contracts or user wallets, the Harmony incident involves the ability to create new ONE supply outside the blockchain’s normal issuance mechanism.According to initial on-chain analysis,

Ethereum is facing an important debate over how the network rewards participants who stake ETH.Around 34% of the total ETH supply is currently staked, up significantly from approximately 29% at the beginning of 2026. As more ETH is locked to secure the network, a group of Ethereum researchers argues that the network may now be issuing more ETH than necessary to maintain security.To address this issue, a proposal called EIP-8363: Tapered Issuance Burn has been introduced. Instead of maintaining t

Hyperion DeFi, a Nasdaq-listed company trading under the ticker HYPD and focused on building a HYPE treasury, has just reported its strongest quarter since shifting its focus toward the Hyperliquid ecosystem.In Q2 2026, the company recorded $31 million in net income, roughly 3.5 times the $8.8 million reported in the previous quarter. At the same time, Hyperion’s HYPE holdings increased to approximately 2.04 million tokens, with a total value of $132.6 million at the end of the quarter.The bigge

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has abruptly postponed the public meeting at which it was expected to unveil “Regulation Crypto,” one of the agency’s major rulemaking efforts for digital assets. The SEC postponed the Friday meeting in an end-of-day statement on thursday, citing an “unforeseen scheduling issue” as the reason for canceling the meeting.The meeting had been expected to unveil new plans for digital assets as landmark crypto legislation remains stalled in Congress. The pos

Tether, the company behind USDT, expanded its physical gold holdings significantly during the second quarter of 2026. According to Tether’s Q2 attestation, the company added 14 tons of gold, taking its total holdings to more than 146 tons, valued at approximately $18.8 billion at the end of June. The disclosure is significant because Tether is one of the largest issuers in the digital-asset market, and the assets it holds to support its business can influence how investors view the stability and

OverviewRobinhood Chain, the Ethereum Layer-2 network built on Arbitrum technology, has become the highest-revenue L2 in the Ethereum ecosystem less than two months after launch. Robinhood launched the public mainnet on July 1, 2026 at a London event, alongside Stock Tokens, agentic trading, and a broader DeFi product suite. In July, its first full month of operation, the network generated approximately $3.6 million in revenue according to Blockworks Research data, placing it ahead of Polygon Po

OverviewStrategy (NASDAQ: MSTR), the Michael Saylor-chaired firm formerly known as MicroStrategy, has now gone seven weeks without buying Bitcoin. Its last disclosed purchase was 520 BTC on June 22, 2026. In the weeks since, the company has done the opposite of accumulate: an August 10 Form 8-K filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission shows Strategy sold 1,690 BTC between August 3 and August 9 for $108.6 million net, at an average price of $64,262 per coin, well below its $75,385 a