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Gold and stock futures on Binance surpass most cryptocurrencies in trading volume Recently launched gold and silver futures on the largest crypto exchange Binance have ranked in the top five by trading volume among all instruments on the platform, trailing only perpetuals on BTC, ETH, and SOL. Crypto futures on stocks of Tesla, Circle, Strategy, Coinbase, and Robinhood are also starting to gain traction on Binance, outpacing many crypto assets. On the first full trading day following their launch, oil futures on Binance — CLUSDT (WTI crude oil) and BZUSDT (Brent crude oil) — also showed high volumes, ranking third and fourth among products in the traditional asset sector. These can be traded on the exchange with leverage up to 100x.

Crypto trader suffers over $1M unrealized loss on short of China's most valuable company post-IPO 📉 An unknown crypto trader on Hyperliquid has incurred an unrealized loss of over $1M on their short position in a perpetual futures contract for the Chinese memory manufacturer ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT). According to data from Hypurrscan, at the time of publication, they are holding a short position with a notional value of approximately $17.7M using leverage. Today, CXMT shares debuted on the Shanghai Stock Exchange and rose more than 500% in yuan during trading, making it the most valuable public company in China by market capitalization at its peak. The CXMT IPO became the largest in Asia in 2026 and the largest offering in mainland China since 2010. Even before trading began, the TradeXYZ platform based on Hyperliquid launched perpetual futures on CXMT shares. These are the first crypto perps on a Chinese company's stock in principle. At the time of publication, the trader's position remains open. In addition to the unrealized loss of over $1M, they have already paid about $293K in funding fees. Their position will be liquidated at a price of $17.75. Their trading wallet still holds over $30M in the USDC stablecoin.

The Antminer S21 XP series topped the miner profitability rankings for July The Antminer S21 XP 270 TH/s ASIC miner model demonstrated the best profitability among tested devices for July 2026, according to a report by data center operator Intelion. Over the past month, its profitability reached 1.12% (13.42% annualized). The top three also included the Antminer S21 PRO 234 TH/s MIX and the Whatsminer M70 222 TH/s. According to Intelion, the mining economy in July was shaped by factors such as a sequential decrease in network difficulty and the stabilization of the Bitcoin exchange rate following a prolonged decline. Analysts noted that the July dynamics reflect the adaptation of the network's total computing power to the changed market conditions.

Ethereum price hits three-month high, rising above $2,000 The price of the second-largest cryptocurrency rose by almost 2.5% in 24 hours, exceeding $66,200 for the first time since late July. The rally has continued for three consecutive days, with a total gain of 5%. The price of Ethereum (ETH) increased by 5% in 24 hours and nearly 7% over the past three days, trading above $2,010 — a high not seen since early June.

Ethereum plans to protect the network from quantum threats by December 2029 Developers from the Ethereum Foundation have published a list of 62 proposals (EIPs) for the future Hegotá upgrade and set a goal to protect the network from the quantum threat by December 2029. Two changes have been designated as mandatory. The first, FOCIL (EIP-7805), is intended to prevent large block builders from censoring individual transactions. The second, Frame Transactions (EIP-8141), will add account abstraction to Ethereum. Wallets will be able to use their own signature schemes, pay fees on behalf of users, and combine multiple actions into a single transaction without external services. The Hegotá upgrade itself will not yet implement quantum protection, but the EF describes it as a stage upon which the schedule for subsequent hard forks depends.

Vitalik Buterin believes that AI could weaken modern cryptography before quantum computers do. Over time, even post-quantum schemes and ECDSA could potentially come under threat. He does not recommend panicking or rushing to move funds, but suggests using addresses that have never sent a transaction whenever possible.