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New data show the amount of XRP held in custody on centralized exchanges has fallen noticeably compared with several months ago. The shift indicates on-chain funds are moving off exchanges into on-chain wallets or cold storage, reflecting a verifiable redistribution of on-chain liquidity. For XRP, lower exchange supply is a market microstructure signal tied to price elasticity and is closely related to sentiment, market-making depth, and short-term buy-and-sell pressure. The update does not cite any regulatory action, protocol upgrade, or ecosystem development, and focuses solely on changes in on-chain asset distribution.

Flaunch’s official token, FLAY, is now live on Robinhood, with the contract address 0xf1a7000000950c7ad8aff13118bb7ab561a448ee. The token is deployed across Robinhood (RH), Base, and the Ethereum mainnet. The listing opens access to a U.S.-compliant retail trading channel on Robinhood for tens of millions of users. The announcement does not provide figures for circulating supply, market capitalization, tokenomics, or team background, and it does not state whether deposits and withdrawals are available.

The Louisiana State Employees’ Retirement System has increased its allocation exposure to Bitcoin by adjusting its investment strategy, according to DiarioBitcoin. The move is described as the first clearly disclosed operational case of a U.S. state-level public pension fund expanding its BTC holdings. The fund did not disclose the amount or percentage, but it is the nation’s 23rd-largest public pension fund with about $35 billion in assets under management. The change does not involve ETFs, custody arrangements, or regulatory approval updates, and instead stems from internal asset-allocation procedures tied directly to BTC.

DEXE has fallen from a high of $49 to $1.5, a 97% drop, with the main selloff concentrated around July 22. On-chain data show that addresses tagged as Ceffu have transferred nearly 800,000 DEXE to Binance since February, with the largest single transfer occurring around the day of the plunge. DEXE is used as collateral in the Falcon Finance protocol, while Falcon’s assets are held by third-party custodians including Ceffu, which uses a MirrorX mechanism that can create 1:1 tradable mapped positions before the underlying assets move on-chain. The timing mismatch between mapped trading and later settlement coincided with heavy selling, amplifying panic and cascading liquidations.

Cathie Wood, founder of ARK Invest, has reinforced the firm’s positioning around BitMine, a Solana-ecosystem compute infrastructure project, and a Solana staking ETF. The move suggests ARK is treating Solana staking as a core allocation theme rather than limiting its exposure to spot holdings or application-layer bets. No specific position size or ETF approval progress has been disclosed.

Consumer-focused payment card activity in the Solana (SOL) ecosystem has increased notably, according to Crowdfund Insider. The development points to stronger on-chain usage tied to real-world payments. No quantitative details were disclosed on transaction volumes, card issuers, or geographic coverage.

StarX Network said its wallet-address submission feature is now live, asking users to submit a BNB Smart Chain (BEP-20) wallet address in the app to participate in an upcoming TGE and STRX distribution. The project also published the STRX token contract address, 0x6922a60739f978cF84cA60712CaE1f3FAa1E52aa. Users are instructed to add STRX to MetaMask in advance so balances will display once distribution begins. The update is positioned as part of preparations for STRX rollout and initial distribution.

Wager Predict (WP) is a noncustodial prediction-market protocol on BNB Chain that lets users trade binary markets across crypto, sports and politics with up to 10x leverage. The project said its token generation event is scheduled for August 2026 and that a snapshot will take place soon. It plans to allocate 10% of the WP token supply to early participants, with testnet activity such as volume, badges, staking and referrals counting toward eligibility. WP has not launched yet, and BNB serves as the chain’s native asset used for gas and ecosystem participation.

A crypto whale was observed opening 12x leveraged long positions in Bitcoin and Ethereum derivatives, totaling $34500000 in BTC and $21000000 in ETH. The BTC position carries a liquidation price of $59680, while the ETH position’s liquidation price is $1672. The move represents an off-chain derivatives positioning rather than on-chain transfers or protocol interactions. With combined exposure exceeding $5500万美元, the high leverage and liquidation levels close to the current market price could fuel short-term copycat buying and push funding rates higher, directly affecting BTC and ETH futures sentiment.

A crypto whale has opened long positions in both $BTC and $ETH using 12x leverage. The positions total $34,500,000 in BTC longs and $21,000,000 in ETH longs. The liquidation prices are $59,680 for Bitcoin and $1,672 for Ethereum, according to a real-time snapshot from a public on-chain derivatives monitoring platform.