Russia passes encrypted regulation law; BTC climbs to $66.5K
📰 Crypto Evening News | 2026-07-21 21:00
🔥 Major Events
1. The Russian State Duma passes a crypto regulatory bill — a licensed supervision system comes into effect; cross-border crypto settlement is allowed for foreign trade, while crypto payments are banned domestically. Core provisions are planned to take effect on 2026-09-01.
2. Exchanges including Binance freeze funds involved in the Midnight cross-chain attack — multiple parties coordinate to blacklist and suspend NIGHT deposits/withdrawals; the foundation says the mainnet and native assets were not affected.
3. Morpho launches fixed-rate lending for Midnight on Base — expands on-chain credit offerings and provides a more predictable interest-rate structure.
4. Kalshi World Cup futures trading volume soars to $24.2B — “World Cup champion” single market exceeds $1.2B, with about 75% of visitors skewing toward information consumption.
📊 Market Data
5. BTC at $66,518, 24H +2.93% — high $66,618, total trading about $10.75B USDT, funding rate about 0.0074%.
6. ETH at $1,942, 24H +3.77% — nearing $1,950, total trading about $8.36B, funding rate about 0.0012%.
7. BNB at $578.11, +1.46% — follows a mild rebound in the broader market.
8. XRP at $1.141, +3.80% — leads among some major altcoins.
9. Hyperliquid/Binance OI hits a new all-time high of 18.7% — on-chain perpetual positions continue to expand.
10. Morgan Stanley adds about 115 BTC last week — MSBT total holdings 5,876 BTC, worth over $389M.
11. Tech-themed ETFs attract about $100B in inflows this year — total number of related ETFs expected to exceed 500.
12. WTI crude oil rises about 2%, gold and silver strengthen in tandem — gold about $4,057; silver about $59.
🏛️ Regulatory Policy
13. Russia’s framework: licensed operations + allowed for foreign trade, banned payments domestically — the central bank issues licenses uniformly; next steps await approval by the Federal Committee and presidential signature.
14. After cross-chain attacks, joint risk controls are becoming standard — freezes, blacklists, and pause/deposit-withdrawal procedures as standardized actions.
💡 Project Updates
15. Jito Labs launches its professional trading platform JTX — strengthens Solana institutional-grade execution and trading tools.
16. Maple token lists on 1inch — syrupUSDC/USDT are tradable, improving liquidity for lending positions.
17. Ramp fully opens stablecoin accounts and payments — advances a fiat-to-stablecoin in/outflow loop.
18. SHIB’s “giant whale” hasn’t moved for 5 years: about 1.03T SHIB — initial investment around $10,000; peak valuation once reached roughly the $5B range.
19. Microsoft and Mistral expand cooperation on European AI infrastructure — on the order of billions of dollars, integrating thousands of Vera Rubin GPU cards.
20. US stock premarket Nasdaq 100 futures lead up about 1.28% — tech growth styles dominate, with spillover risk appetite.
📊 Market Overview: BTC $66,518 (+2.93%), funding rate 0.0074% | ETH $1,942 (+3.77%), funding rate 0.0012% | BNB $578.11 (+1.46%)
📍 Daily buy/sell levels: Daily sell point $BTC $66,096.5 | Daily buy point $64,044.6 / Daily sell point $ETH $1,933.67 | Daily buy point $1,857.59 / BNB daily sell point $577.16 | BNB daily buy point $564.49
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📰 Crypto Evening News | 2026-07-21 21:00
🔥 Major Events
1. The Russian State Duma passes a crypto regulatory bill — a licensed supervision system comes into effect; cross-border crypto settlement is allowed for foreign trade, while crypto payments are banned domestically. Core provisions are planned to take effect on 2026-09-01.
2. Exchanges including Binance freeze funds involved in the Midnight cross-chain attack — multiple parties coordinate to blacklist and suspend NIGHT deposits/withdrawals; the foundation says the mainnet and native assets were not affected.
3. Morpho launches fixed-rate lending for Midnight on Base — expands on-chain credit offerings and provides a more predictable interest-rate structure.
4. Kalshi World Cup futures trading volume soars to $24.2B — “World Cup champion” single market exceeds $1.2B, with about 75% of visitors skewing toward information consumption.
📊 Market Data
5. BTC at $66,518, 24H +2.93% — high $66,618, total trading about $10.75B USDT, funding rate about 0.0074%.
6. ETH at $1,942, 24H +3.77% — nearing $1,950, total trading about $8.36B, funding rate about 0.0012%.
7. BNB at $578.11, +1.46% — follows a mild rebound in the broader market.
8. XRP at $1.141, +3.80% — leads among some major altcoins.
9. Hyperliquid/Binance OI hits a new all-time high of 18.7% — on-chain perpetual positions continue to expand.
10. Morgan Stanley adds about 115 BTC last week — MSBT total holdings 5,876 BTC, worth over $389M.
11. Tech-themed ETFs attract about $100B in inflows this year — total number of related ETFs expected to exceed 500.
12. WTI crude oil rises about 2%, gold and silver strengthen in tandem — gold about $4,057; silver about $59.
🏛️ Regulatory Policy
13. Russia’s framework: licensed operations + allowed for foreign trade, banned payments domestically — the central bank issues licenses uniformly; next steps await approval by the Federal Committee and presidential signature.
14. After cross-chain attacks, joint risk controls are becoming standard — freezes, blacklists, and pause/deposit-withdrawal procedures as standardized actions.
💡 Project Updates
15. Jito Labs launches its professional trading platform JTX — strengthens Solana institutional-grade execution and trading tools.
16. Maple token lists on 1inch — syrupUSDC/USDT are tradable, improving liquidity for lending positions.
17. Ramp fully opens stablecoin accounts and payments — advances a fiat-to-stablecoin in/outflow loop.
18. SHIB’s “giant whale” hasn’t moved for 5 years: about 1.03T SHIB — initial investment around $10,000; peak valuation once reached roughly the $5B range.
19. Microsoft and Mistral expand cooperation on European AI infrastructure — on the order of billions of dollars, integrating thousands of Vera Rubin GPU cards.
20. US stock premarket Nasdaq 100 futures lead up about 1.28% — tech growth styles dominate, with spillover risk appetite.
📊 Market Overview: BTC $66,518 (+2.93%), funding rate 0.0074% | ETH $1,942 (+3.77%), funding rate 0.0012% | BNB $578.11 (+1.46%)
📍 Daily buy/sell levels: Daily sell point $BTC $66,096.5 | Daily buy point $64,044.6 / Daily sell point $ETH $1,933.67 | Daily buy point $1,857.59 / BNB daily sell point $577.16 | BNB daily buy point $564.49
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