Trump Signs Stablecoin Legislation Into Law

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Crypto News

• ⭐️ US House of Representatives pass the GENIUS Act, Clarity Act, & Anti-CBDC Act; President Trump signed the GENIUS Act into law today on July 18th.

• OG ~$9B Bitcoin $BTC Whale moves remaining 40,191 BTC to Galaxy Digital; moved other 40,010 BTC to Galaxy Digital on July 15th.

• ⭐️ BlackRock $BLK files to add staking to its Ethereum $ETH ETF; the SEC approved its first-ever staking crypto ETP earlier this month.

• Ripple $XRP reaches new all-time high of ~$3.6; previously peaked at ~$3.4 in 2018.

• ⭐️ Ripple $XRP co-founder Chris Larsen sends ~$26M of XRP to Coinbase; sent ~$40M of XRP since the start of 2025; unclear if the XRP was sold.

• World Liberty Finance to launch $WLFI tradability in 6-8 weeks; teases, "Something for everyone is brewing..," on X.

Alpha

• Succinct developer Advaith posts, "...for those with unredeemed stars, make sure you get them done by 7 AM UTC Monday July 21," on X.

• Citrea launches Unfreeze ₿apps testnet campaign; invitation code required to participate.

• Jumper adds Gas Zip to its bridge stack; supports Ethereum, Solana, HyperEVM, & more chains.

• Rainbow posts, "Rainbow v2 is coming soon," on X; adds, "Faster. Better. Realer. Stronger."

• Sapien introduces the Sapien Foundation; to launch $SAPIEN TGE & airdrop soon.

• List of Upcoming TGEs, Listings, & Releases by ICO Analytics.

Airdrops

• Airdrops, Checkers, & Points by Olimpio.

• ⭐️ Caldera launches $ERA airdrop claim; Caldera users, Caldera quest participants, & more are eligible; claim ends on July 31st.

• Binance launches Chainbase $C HODLer Airdrop; $BNB Simple Earn and/or On-Chain Yield product subscribers from July 6th to July 9th are eligible.

• ICYMI Weekly Airdrop Recap (July 5) by Earndrop.

• ICYMI Eclipse launches $ES airdrop claim; Eclipse users are potentially eligible; claim ends on August 15th.

Finance News

• US President Trump to sign executive order that would open 401(k) retirement plans to invest in alternative assets such as crypto, gold, & private equity.

• Coinbase $COIN reaches new all-time high of ~$444; first time since its IPO in June 2021.

• Block Inc $XYZ to join S&P 500 $SPX on July 23rd; replaces Hess Corp following its acquisition by Chevron.

• Semler Scientific $SMLR buys an additional 210 Bitcoin $BTC for ~$25M at ~$118,974 per BTC; now holds 4,846 BTC worth ~$571M.

• Bitmine $BMNR buys additional Ethereum $ETH; now holds 300,657 ETH worth ~$1B.

• SharpLink Gaming $SBET files to increase ATM offering from $1B to $6B; to use proceeds to buy more Ethereum $ETH.

• Bit Digital $BTBT buys an additional ~19,683 Ethereum $ETH; now holds ~120,306 ETH worth ~$432M.

• US President Trump to impose 93.5% tariff on battery material from China.

• US President Trump seeks 15-20% minimum tariff on all EU goods.

Security and Exploits

• ICYMI BigONE exploited for ~$27M due to supply chain attack; team to cover losses; team working with SlowMist to investigate.

• ICYMI Google releases Chrome security update patching six vulnerabilities; includes one zero-day being actively exploited in the wild.

Token Unlocks

• deBridge $DBR / ~$13M / July 17th
• UXLINK $UXLINK / ~$14M / July 17th
• ZKsync $ZK / ~$10M / July 17th
• Solv $SOLV / ~$10M / July 17th
• ApeCoin $APE / ~$11M / July 17th
• Trump $TRUMP / ~$900M / July 18th
• LayerZero $ZRO / ~$60M / July 20th
Sourced from Tokenomist

Funding

• Spiko raises $22M in Series A funding led by Index Ventures.

• ⭐️ XMTP raises $20M in Series B funding led by USV, a16z Crypto, & Faction.

• Blockskye raises $15.8M in Series C funding led by Blockchange Ventures.

• Syntetika raises $2.5M in Seed funding from several investors.

• Fluent raises $2.2M in funding from several investors.

• Football Fun raises $2M in funding led by 6th Man Ventures.

• Sidekick raises an undisclosed amount in funding from Fenbushi Capital.

• Trends raises an undisclosed amount in Angel funding from several investors.

The Degen Farmer