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Lido's Core 2026 upgrade consolidates 265,000 validators, cuts Ethereum's beacon chain load by 29%, and bonds node operators with ETH-backed collateral. The post Lido Crypto Validator Consolidation Will Cut Ethereum’s Beacon Chain by 29% appeared first on Cryptonews.

DeFi projects that survived the fallout from the Terra and FTX collapses in 2022 are dying out in 2026. But analysts say it’s not a case of industry consolidation — but the opposite. When DeFi dashboard Zapper announced this month that it would shut down after nearly seven years, it joined a growing list of decentralized finance projects that have folded in 2026. Bitcoin DeFi platform Botanix, Solana portfolio tracker Step Finance, DeFi analytics platform Parsec and DEX aggregator Odos Protocol also wound down or are winding down this year after multiple market cycles. The carnage isn’t limited to DeFi — RootData has tracked 101 “dead” crypto projects in total this year as of July 26 — but it accounts for more than half the cadavers. Read more

SpaceX shares have erased their post-IPO surge as investors question the company’s valuation, spending plans, and near-term financial outlook.

Analysis warned of a repeat of the 2024 yen carry-trade unwind that pressured crypto markets ahead of the next Bank of Japan interest-rate meeting. Japan’s central bank is in focus this week as its next interest-rate meeting comes amid new 40-year yen lows against the US dollar. Key points:  Data from TradingView showed USD/JPY approaching 164 on Tuesday, just a fraction below new 40-year highs seen last week. Read more

An erroneous share trade on Korea’s Nextrade exchange fed bad price info into Hyperliquid’s third-party price oracle, liquidating 960 accounts in seconds.

Blockaid found Ethereum remained the hardest-hit blockchain in H1 2026, while Solana replaced Arbitrum as the network with the second-highest losses, driven largely by key compromises. Crypto losses topped $1 billion in the first half of 2026 as the industry recorded its highest number of hacks in a six-month period, according to onchain security platform Blockaid. Ethereum and Solana recorded the largest losses from incidents affecting their networks, with roughly $332 million and $326 million in stolen funds, respectively, Blockaid said in its H1 2026 security report published Tuesday. Blockaid tracked 212 security incidents during the period, with the largest single exploit coming from KelpDAO at $292 million, while the platform verified 3.4 times as many high-threshold exploits in H1 2026 as across all of 2025. Read more

The agreement accelerates Core Scientific’s pivot from bitcoin mining toward AI data centers, following the termination of its ASIC agreement with Block.

Ethereum has paused after its recent recovery, with the price action compressing beneath a key resistance area while still holding above higher lows. The current structure suggests that the market is approaching an inflection point where the next breakout or breakdown could determine the short-term direction. Ethereum Price Analysis: The Daily Chart On the daily […]

Ripple has committed $48M this cycle, making it America's second-largest corporate donor as the CLARITY Act heads for a critical Senate vote. The post Fairshake, $48M, and the Senate Vote Ripple Is Racing to Win appeared first on Cryptonews.

Bitcoin traders have spent the past month reducing protection against a price decline while the Fed has made its next decision harder to predict. The Bitcoin options put-to-call open-interest ratio has fallen to approximately 0.52 from 0.76 in late June, meaning about 52 put contracts remain open for every 100 calls. Meanwhile, Fed Funds futures […] The post Bitcoin traders just stripped away crash protection – right as the Fed prepares its most unpredictable rate decision in years appeared first on CryptoSlate.

The New York Times says a quiet change to Binance's compliance rules is forcing international law enforcement to navigate slow-moving government treaties to get user data.

PayPal highlighted growth of stablecoins and AI-driven payment tools in Q2 while reporting $8.68 billion in revenue and an $81 million crypto-related earnings adjustment. Global payments giant PayPal highlighted stablecoins and artificial intelligence-driven payment tools as part of its second-quarter strategy while crypto assets remained part of its earnings reconciliation. PayPal reported Q2 earnings of $1.26 per share on Tuesday, compared with $1.30 per share in the same period last year and below analysts’ $1.28 estimate. Revenue reached $8.68 billion, up from $8.29 billion a year earlier and above the $8.47 billion analyst consensus. The company also recorded an $81 million non-GAAP adjustment related to gains and losses from strategic investments and crypto assets held for investment. PayPal said it excludes gains and losses from strategic investments and crypto assets held for investment from non-GAAP results because it does not actively trade those assets or rely on them to fund ongoing operations. Re...

A lawsuit alleges Apple kept a fake bitcoin wallet app on its store after one user reported an $875,000 theft, leading to another user having roughly $840,000 stolen.

"A big move could be just around the corner," Ali Martinez stated.

ADA trades at $0.1566, down 95% from ATH, with Hoskinson calling for strategic change. Here's what the chart says about key support, resistance, and the upcoming hard fork catalyst. The post Hoskinson Admits the Strategy Needs to Change as ADA Token Clings to Life appeared first on Cryptonews.

Plus crypto broadly falls following memory stock slide, Coinbase leans into memes with new feature, and the Fomo app sets a new ATH.

The shared liquidity layer opens to all users on 13 chains, letting one wallet balance stand behind several positions at once.

Your day-ahead look for July 28, 2026

The Digital Currency Group-owned Zcash miner brought its first greenfield site online as it looks to lower mining costs and advance plans to become a public company.

The July 2026 criminal complaint says the filings failed to reflect a 1.7 billion-baht theft before replacement began. The post How a crypto exchange secretly hid $53M in stolen crypto to prevent a bank run – as the SEC targets its directors appeared first on CryptoSlate.