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Litecoin is about to get smart contracts for the first time
LitecoinVM (@LitecoinVM) is bringing EVM-compatible smart contracts and DeFi to Litecoin ($LTC) via a ZK rollup Layer 2, with 75M+ testnet transactions, Charlie Lee advising, and a $1M investment from Nasdaq-listed Lite Strategy.
Stellar votes on its next big upgrade Wednesday
Stellar validators vote July 8 on Protocol 27, named Zipper, which makes authentication delegation a native network feature, enabling social recovery, delegated signing, and modular multisig while cutting transaction costs.
The tokenized stock land grab is officially on
Binance crossed $1 billion in tokenized stock assets within 30 days, Robinhood launched its own Layer 2 blockchain, and Securitize listed on the NYSE while debuting tokenized equities on Avalanche and Solana. Tokenized stocks are becoming crypto's fastest-growing asset class.
Chainlink Adoption Update 🔗
Chainlink reports 14 new integrations of its standard across 7 services and 6 chains, with users including Robinhood Crypto, Truflation, Orochi Network, and World. The $LINK oracle network continues to expand its footprint across DeFi and beyond.
Crypto's quantum arms race is accelerating fast
Blockchain networks including Tron, NEAR Protocol, and the XRP Ledger are racing to harden their cryptography against quantum computing threats, with post-quantum upgrades hitting testnets and multi-phase roadmaps already in motion.
What Kaspa's Toccata fork actually unlocks
Kaspa's Toccata hard fork introduces covenants, native KRC-20 tokens, and ZK opcodes to its proof-of-work BlockDAG, enabling smart wallets, DeFi, and EVM-compatible Layer 2s without sacrificing speed or security.
$ANSEM Memecoin Is Up Nearly 5x In The Past Week — @BlackBullSol Leads Solana Memecoin Surge
The $ANSEM memecoin, known as The Black Bull, has surged dramatically on Solana, with CoinGecko data showing gains of over 2,500% in seven days. Cardano's $SNEK and $M from MemeCore are also posting positive price action as the broader memecoin market stirs.
Outta nowhere! $ETHFI rips +25%...
Ether.fi's native token ETHFI has surged nearly 25% over seven days, pushing its market cap back toward $400M. We look at the price action and the protocol developments that may be driving the move.
Worldcoin $WLD among crypto's biggest loss-makers.
Worldcoin's WLD token is down roughly 8% on the week and 23% on the month, bucking a broader altcoin recovery, despite a confirmed 43% cut to daily token unlocks scheduled for July 24, 2026.
What actually changes the day the CLARITY Act passes
The Digital Asset Market Clarity Act clears a key Senate committee 15-9 and now awaits a full Senate floor vote. Here is what the bill actually does for crypto regulation, token classification, and developer rights.
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