DeFi
S&P and Pantera Launch Revenue-Screened Digital Asset Index That Excludes Bitcoin
S&P Dow Jones Indices and Pantera Capital launch a fundamentals-based crypto index screening 15 digital assets by protocol revenue — Bitcoin excluded.
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Decentralized finance — protocols, yields, stablecoin flows and on-chain activity.
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Robinhood Chain Beats Coinbase’s Base on Daily Active Users in Three Weeks — But Memecoins, Not Stock Tokens, Drive the Surge
Robinhood Chain hit 324K daily active users and $588.9M TVL on July 21 — overtaking Coinbase's Base L2 just three weeks after launch, driven by memecoins.
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NEC and Ava Labs Sign MOU to Build Face-Verified Stablecoin Payments on Avalanche — Biometrics Stay Off-Chain
NEC and Ava Labs sign an MOU to explore biometric-verified stablecoin payments on Avalanche, with face data kept off-chain via decentralized identity credentials.
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Uniswap Fee Switch Vote Goes Live on Robinhood Chain: UNI Holders Test Whether Governance Token Can Become Revenue Token
UNI holders are voting today on activating Uniswap's fee switch on the Robinhood chain — the first live test of whether UNI can generate real revenue for holders.
DeFi
Cardano Activates Van Rossem Hard Fork July 18, Slashing Smart Contract Costs Ahead of Ouroboros Leios
Cardano's van Rossem hard fork went live on July 18, 2026, cutting smart contract costs and marking the first Voltaire governance-driven upgrade ahead of Ouroboros Leios.
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Leonidas Proposes ‘$DOG Mode’ Bitcoin Client, Setting Up the Next Ordinals Governance Fight
Ordinals dev Leonidas has proposed '$DOG Mode', a new Bitcoin client enforcing Ordinals-friendly rules — and Bitcoin's next governance war may be starting.
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Bitcoin Treasury Firm Can’t Sell Half Its Preferred Shares Despite 10% Yield as Investor Appetite Cools
A Swedish Bitcoin treasury company couldn't sell nearly half its preferred shares despite a 10% annual yield, raising questions about the Bitcoin treasury model.
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Input Output Hands Core Cardano Infrastructure to Outside Teams as ADA Catches a Bid on Upgrade Hopes
Input Output is transferring stewardship of Cardano's core infrastructure to external teams via the Proof of Provenance framework as a protocol upgrade lifts ADA.
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JustLend DAO’s Fourth JST Burn Destroys 355M Tokens Worth $34.59M — Biggest Single Round by Value Yet
JustLend DAO's fourth JST buyback-and-burn destroyed 355M+ tokens worth $34.59M on July 17, 2026 — the highest-value single round in the program's history.
DeFi
Coinbase CEO Armstrong Admits Base ‘Messed Up’ on Content Coins, Defends AI Agent Pivot
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong publicly admitted Base's content coin strategy failed, saying the network 'messed up,' while defending its new focus on AI agents, trading, and payments.
