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Markets
Bitcoin Tops $109,000 After Senate Passes Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’
ETH jumps 6% to $2,560, while Solana and XRP gain over 3%

NFTs & Web3
Art Blocks’ PostParams Enable a New Medium for Generative Art
“PostParams is building massive online multiplayer functionality into the artistic expression that we support on Art Blocks,” founder Snowfro told The Defiant.

CeFi
Coinbase Acquires Liquifi to Help Early-Stage Web3 Firms Launch Tokens
Coinbase continues to build out its crypto empire, acquiring token management startup Liquifi just two months after its $2.9 billion purchase of Deribit.

Research & Opinion
Ethereum Hit by Most Security Incidents in H1 2025: SlowMist
Ethereum led all ecosystems in security losses in the first half of 2025, with DeFi platforms losing around $470 million, according to the blockchain security firm.

DeFi
PancakeSwap Hits Record $325 Billion in Monthly Volume
The DEX processed $529 billion in Q2, more than doubling its Q1 volume as new features and cross-chain growth drove momentum.

Hacks
Crypto Markets Passed $1.4B ‘Stress Test’ with Bybit Hack: Report
The report from Glassnode and Bybit shows that Ethereum and Solana trading activity bounced back post-exploit, suggesting strong market resilience.

DeFi
Top Interop Protocol Wormhole Adds Stacks to Bridge Bitcoin to Multi-Chain DeFi
Bitcoin L2 Stacks is using Wormhole’s infra to bring native Bitcoin liquidity to Solana and Sui.

Regulation & Politics
Crypto Tax Changes Didn't Make It into Senate's One Big Beautiful Bill
The Senate passed the bill yesterday, but last-minute provisions from Sen. Lummis to reduce crypto tax burdens failed to make it into the mega-tax bill.

DeFi
Plume Taps Trump-Linked WLFI Stablecoin USD1 to Power Its RWA Ecosystem
The partnership with World Liberty Financial aims to accelerate USD1’s multichain expansion.

Infrastructure
Circle Launches USDC Chain Abstraction Tool for Devs
Circle Gateway unifies USDC held across different chains into a single balance with cross-chain liquidity.

