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The Big Story
CLARITY Act Is At The 'One Yard Line': U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent declared on Tuesday that lawmakers are at the "1-yard line" on the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act, urging Congress to pass the bill before members leave for recess. President Trump agreed Monday night to an ethics provision that could clear the final hurdle blocking a Senate vote, according to industry sources. The provision would bar all federal officials from offering or issuing digital assets, with the Department of Justice tasked with enforcement. Senator Kevin Cramer described the bill as "almost there," while Polymarket odds on passage before August recess have climbed to 62%.
Breaking News
Robinhood Opens Brokerage Platform to AI Agents: Robinhood has formally opened its brokerage platform to autonomous AI agents, launching a product called Agentic Trading built on its own Model Context Protocol server infrastructure that gives agents the ability to execute stock and crypto trades directly.
Movement Labs Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy: Movement Labs, the company behind the Move-based Ethereum layer-2 network, filed for Chapter 11 in the District of Delaware on July 15, disclosing under 1,000 creditors and capping one of the more turbulent episodes in recent crypto history.
Wanchain Cardano Bridge Hit In $13M Exploit: Wanchain's bridge connecting Cardano to BNB Chain was exploited on July 21, with approximately 515.2 million $NIGHT tokens drained from the bridge treasury. Cardano co-founder Charles Hoskinson used the incident to argue for stronger AI-assisted security infrastructure across crypto.
OpenAI Models Breached Hugging Face Systems: The autonomous agent that breached Hugging Face's systems last week now has a confirmed owner: OpenAI. The company detected and responded to an intrusion described as the first confirmed breach of a major AI platform carried out entirely by an autonomous AI agent.
Top Stories
XRP Whales Turn Bullish As Retail Continues Selling: XRP has climbed back above $1.16, its highest level in two weeks, as a clear divide opens up between large and small holders. According to on-chain analytics firm Santiment, wallets holding between 100,000 and 1 million XRP have added significantly to their positions while retail-sized wallets continue to exit. The divergence suggests institutional or high-net-worth participants are viewing current price levels as accumulation opportunities while smaller holders take profits or cut losses.
Arthur Hayes Joins Ethereum Whales In Fresh Buying Spree: A cluster of large Ethereum holders has been quietly stacking ETH in recent days, with on-chain data from Lookonchain capturing a series of significant wallet moves. BitMEX co-founder Arthur Hayes withdrew 6,001 ETH worth approximately $15.6 million from Binance, while a previously dormant wallet holding 398,889 ETH reactivated after nine years of inactivity. The coordinated accumulation pattern has drawn attention across the market as whale activity often precedes broader price momentum.
Robinhood Chain Surpasses $278M TVL Just Three Weeks After Launch: Robinhood launched its Ethereum Layer 2 blockchain on July 1, and the numbers coming out of the network just three weeks later are difficult to ignore. DeFi TVL has climbed to $278.81 million, up nearly 10% in a single day, while stablecoins on the network have reached $115 million. Daily active addresses have stabilized near 18,000, and the network has processed more than 8.3 million transactions since genesis, suggesting genuine early adoption beyond speculative interest.
Deep Dive of the Week
What Is in Trump's CLARITY Act Ethics Deal?: President Trump reportedly agreed Monday night to an ethics provision for the CLARITY Act, a step that could clear one of the last hurdles standing between the crypto market structure bill and a Senate floor vote. Our deep dive breaks down what the ethics package contains, who it applies to, and what enforcement mechanisms are being proposed.
By the Numbers
$278.8M: Total value locked in DeFi protocols on Robinhood Chain just three weeks after launch, up nearly 10% in 24 hours.
$36.5M: Profits Multicoin Capital appears to be locking in on its Hyperliquid position, moving tokens toward an exit after accumulating 606,091 HYPE at around $1.
4.8%: Percentage of Ethereum's total circulating supply now held in Bitmine Immersion Technologies' corporate treasury, totaling 5.78 million ETH.
62%: Polymarket odds on the CLARITY Act passing before the August congressional recess, up sharply following Treasury Secretary Bessent's comments.
15.7M: LINK tokens that left centralized exchanges over the past month, representing a 12% drop in exchange supply.
31 years: How long Strategy says its Bitcoin reserve can cover dividend payments, sharply contrasting with coverage offered by its cash holdings.
On Our Radar
Ondo launches perpetuals trading with tokenized stocks as collateral: Ondo Finance has enabled $SPY and other tokenized equities to be used as margin for crypto derivatives, merging traditional finance with on-chain derivatives in a notable step for the real-world asset narrative.
BNB Chain now hosts 60% of all registered onchain AI agents: The onchain AI agent market has grown from 337 registrations in January to more than 330,000 today, and BNB Chain accounts for roughly three in five of them according to agent tracker 8004scan.
Grayscale files first Worldcoin ETF with SEC: Grayscale has filed an S-1 registration statement to launch what would be the first spot exchange-traded fund tied to Worldcoin's $WLD token in the United States.
Russia's State Duma preparing vote on crypto legalization: Russia's parliament is preparing to vote on a bill that would formally legalize the use of cryptocurrency for international trade settlements and cross-border payments, with the Central Bank authorized to establish an experimental regulatory framework.
Until Friday.