Everything Crypto ICYMI – Friday's Edition✍️
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🌎Macro, Markets & Global Economy
•The Crypto CLARITY Act expected to be released today reportedly lacks Senate Democrat support, according to Politico.
•@SpaceX ($SPCX) closed below its IPO price for the 1st time since going public.
•Single-stock volatility relative to index volatility has surged to its highest level since the dot-com bubble.
•Bitcoin ETF flows have reversed from more than 500,000 $BTC in cumulative net inflows during 2024 to roughly 120,000 $BTC in cumulative net outflows in 2026.
➤Is the Bitcoin bottom really in?
•Japan's Nikkei 225 entered a technical correction after falling more than 10% from its June record high, wiping out roughly $400B in market value.
•The average fiat currency lasts just 27 years, according to @River
•The @Nasdaq 100 has posted 1%+ daily moves in 20 of the last 26 trading sessions.
•Exchange leverage has climbed into the top 5% of historical extremes, signaling elevated deleveraging risk as the rally continues to outpace spot market liquidity.
•The S&P 500 has gained nearly 10% in H1 2026 despite U.S. economic growth slowing to around 2%, with AI optimism driving much of the rally.
•Bank of Korea raised interest rates to 2.75%, marking its 1st rate hike in more than 3 years.
•@POTUS said the MOU with Iran "is over."
➤"It's a waste of time dealing with them."
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🏛️Regulation & Institutional Adoption
•@Visa launched a new platform providing stablecoin payment services to more than 200 million merchants.
•South Korea will temporarily halt new listings of single-stock leveraged ETFs to curb market volatility following a surge in investor demand.
•India continues to tax crypto gains at 30% with a 1% TDS, while more than 39 million verified users collectively hold about $2.1B in crypto assets.
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🚀 Product & Ecosystem Updates
•@binance will list Aerodrome ($AERO) today at 11:00 UTC.
➤Binance also allocated an additional $100k toward future marketing campaigns.
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📊Market Intelligence & Onchain Data
•@Stable led all blockchains in 30-day TVL growth, while @monad climbed to $621M TVL following @aave's deployment and continued ecosystem expansion.
•Perpetual DEX volume fell from $3.6T to $1.8T over the past 6 months.
➤@HyperliquidX remained the largest venue at $620B, while @Aster_DEX, @Lighter_xyz, @edgeX_exchange, @OfficialApeXdex and @grvt_io continued competing for market share.
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🧠DeFi & AI Agents
•@pendle_fi launched automated PT looping.
•@QuaiNetwork launched Quainance, an all-in-one DeFi platform built on Quai.
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🎮GameFi
•Top blockchains powering crypto gaming (24H Momentum)
➤Immutable zkEVM 📈 +34.68%
➤Immutable X 📈 +27.44%
➤@solana 📈 +20.63%
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🏢Real-World Assets (RWA) & Tokenization
•⚡Top RWA Perpetuals Venues by 30-Day Volume
➤Monthly RWA perpetuals volume surpassed $100B for the 1st time, reaching $118.3B, led by @tradexyz ($81.2B) and @Gmtrade_xyz ($18.9B).
•Tokenized stocks have become crypto's fastest-growing sector with trading volume increasing nearly 4× since May.
➤DeFi composability could attract even more capital into tokenized equities.
•@BlockmazeRWA said the future of tokenization depends on regulated infrastructure and legally recognized ownership not simply putting assets onchain.
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🔓Token Unlocks
• $ERA @Calderaxyz → $6.30M today (July 17)
• $YZY @YZY_MNY → $6.13M today (July 17)
• $CC @CantonNetwork → $19.9M ongoing daily
• $WLD @worldnetwork → $16.0M ongoing daily
• $TRUMP → $10.2M ongoing daily
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📈Daily Movers (24H)
•Top Gainers: $BCH, $LTC, $CRO, $MNT, $DOT
•Top Losers: $HYPE, $ETH, $BNB, $XRP, $SOL
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Worth claiming your share while it’s open.