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Solana Ships a New Round of Core Engineering Updates
Solana’s July 9 changelog lists new versions across Agave, Firedancer, Superbank, Solana Go and LiteSVM. The update also covers work on validator clients, RPC 2.0 coverage...

Base Launches Beryl and B20 Token Standard on Mainnet
Base has launched Beryl and the B20 Native Token Standard on mainnet. B20 is Base’s own ERC 20 compatible token standard, built for stablecoin issuers, real world assets, tokenized...

Bitcoin ETF Inflows Return, But the Signal Is Still Mixed
U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded about $265.7 million of net inflows on 6 July 2026, with BlackRock’s IBIT accounting for the largest share. Ether ETFs also saw positive daily...

Aave Tries to Package Stablecoin Yield for Fintech Apps
Aave Labs has introduced Stable Vaults, an infrastructure product aimed at letting fintech apps, wallets, exchanges and payment providers add stablecoin earning without forcing...

Mantle Turns Cross-Chain Security Into a Strategic Choice
Mantle is migrating its Super Portal from LayerZero OFT setup to Chainlink CCIP and the Cross Chain Token standard. The migration window is scheduled for 9–15 July 2026, with the...

Aave Launches Stable Vaults, Challenging Morpho
Aave Labs has launched Stable Vaults, an ERC 4626 based product that lets wallets, exchanges and payment apps offer stablecoin yield on USDC, USDT and GHO without exposing users to...

Q2 2026 Sets DeFi's Worst Quarter for Attack Count
DeFi logged roughly 70 separate exploits between April and mid June 2026, adding up to about $746 million in stolen funds, according to DefiLlama data cited by The Defiant. The...

Ethereum Foundation Cuts Budget 40%, Bets on AI for Client Security
The Ethereum Foundation has completed a months long internal reorganization, splitting its work into three tracks: core protocol development, ecosystem growth, and long term...

Prediction Markets Won Washington - But Not the Argument
Prediction Markets Won Washington But Not the Argument In the first half of 2026, prediction markets stopped being a curiosity and became a fixture of American financial life...

The Bot That Sandwiched Everyone Just Got Sandwiched Itself
For years, jaredfromsubway.eth was the closest thing Ethereum had to a known villain with a public address. The bot ran an industrial scale sandwich operation, responsible for an...

Coinbase Raised Bitcoin's Hardest Quantum Question: What Happens to Old Coins?
Coinbase Quantum Advisory Council published a new report on post quantum migration and abandoned coins. The question sounds technical, but it is really political: what should...

⚡ Japan's Largest Banks Are Preparing a Stablecoin Platform for 2027
Fresh market roundups for June 16 highlighted an important detail: Japan's largest banks are collaborating on a joint stablecoin platform expected to launch in 2027.