Binance withdrew its MiCA license application in Greece

Binance said the application had been deemed compliant after review, but it withdrew over uncertainty about the timing of Greek authorization. The exchange says it will seek MiCA authorization through another EU member state, not yet named, and that it "is not leaving Europe". EU transitional periods ended on July 1.

Source: Unlock Blockchain

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US spot bitcoin ETFs had their worst month on record, with $4.5B in outflows

June topped the previous record of $3.48B set in February 2025 by 29%. BlackRock's IBIT accounted for about $3.55B of the total, per SoSoValue data.

Source: The Block

#ETF

Robinhood Chain went live on public mainnet

It is a dedicated Arbitrum chain that settles to Ethereum and hosts Stock Tokens, with 24/7 trading offered in more than 120 countries. Robinhood announced it at its London event. Trading runs on a dedicated Uniswap AMM, lending goes through Morpho, and the chain returns 10% of protocol net revenue to the Arbitrum ecosystem.

Source: ArbitrumDAO factsheet

#Protocol

Visa, Mastercard and Coinbase led the launch of the Open Standard network and its Open USD stablecoin

More than 140 businesses are involved, and the network's CEO is Zach Abrams. Reporting differs on timing: the coin itself is described as planned for release later this year. The issuer was not named in the report.

Source: Engadget

#Stablecoins

CertiK counted $1.32B in crypto hack losses in H1 2026

That is down 46.8% year over year, but CertiK says the drop is misleading because 2025 included the $1.4B Bybit hack. The Kelp DAO and Drift attacks drove Q2 losses up 59% to $807.5M. TRM Labs, using a narrower definition, puts H1 losses at $972M and North Korea-linked theft at about $643M, around 66% of the total.

Source: ForkLog

#Security

Citadel Securities invested $400M in Crypto.com at a $20B valuation

It is described as Crypto.com's first institutional funding round. The company plans to use the proceeds to expand its tokenization and derivatives operations.

Source: The Block

#Funding

The Fed held rates at 3.50% to 3.75%, with three officials dissenting in favor of a hike

Beth Hammack, Neel Kashkari and Lorie Logan each wanted a 25 basis point increase. The statement described inflation as "elevated," attributing it to supply shocks in industries including energy. Chairman Kevin Warsh reaffirmed the committee's commitment to price stability.

Source: NAM

#Macro

Galaxy Research linked a $70M bitcoin drain to a Coldcard firmware flaw

Between 01:10 and 01:51 UTC on July 30, 1,196 addresses were drained for 1,082.65 BTC, and Galaxy says the pattern points to one attacker. The first advisory named Mk3 seeds generated on firmware 4.0.1 (March 2021) or later, and was later expanded to certain Mk4, Mk5 and Q versions. Coinkite's CEO apologised and emergency firmware updates were released for all affected models. Later reports put the total higher.

Source: The Block

#Security

Strategy sold 1,638 BTC for about $104.7M

The 8-K covers sales between July 27 and August 2 at an average of $63,957 per coin. The proceeds funded preferred stock distributions and repurchases of its STRC security. The company had paused bitcoin purchases for five weeks ending July 26.

Source: The Block

#Treasury

Thune set the first CLARITY Act cloture vote for September 15

He filed a motion to proceed on H.R. 3633 after an overnight session, which opens the cloture process. It is a procedural first step, not passage, and needs 60 votes. Republicans still need roughly six Democratic crossovers, with stablecoin yield, illicit finance and ethics provisions unresolved. Thune had earlier chosen to push the vote past the August recess.

Source: Decrypt

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