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The Binance research report shows that in the first half of 2026, the on-chain market contracted overall rather than experiencing capital rotation. The total locked value in DeFi across the entire chain decreased by $43.4 billion, a decline of 38%; the total market capitalization of the six major mainstream Layer 1 public chains covered in the report decreased by $246.5 billion, a decline of 42%. The Ethereum spot ETF holdings dropped from over 6 million ETH to 5.2 million, while the holdings of digital asset reserve companies increased from 6 million to 7.7 million, indicating a change in marginal holding structure.The report also pointed out that after the increase in Ethereum's Gas limit, the average Gas price decreased by 75% compared to 2025, and the number of transactions grew by about 50%, but the annual on-chain revenue is still expected to decline by 53%. User activity on Layer 2 general networks significantly weakened, with user operations dropping by about 77% from January to June 2026. The Solana network's REV fell from $40 million in January to $14 million in June.On the other hand, BNB Chain performed outstandingly in the field of tokenized stocks and tokenized real-world assets, with the market share of on-chain tokenized RWA increasing from 9.8% to 13.5% in the first half of the year. The report also mentioned that prediction markets, DEX, lending, and tokenized RWA remain among the few major directions that maintain activity.

According to Coinglass data, on July 30 at 21:16, 200 million USDT was detected being transferred from an unknown wallet to Binance.

According to Coinglass data, on July 30 at 20:44, 500 million USDT was monitored being transferred from Binance to an unknown wallet.

According to Whale Alert monitoring, 1,249 bitcoins were transferred from Binance to an unknown wallet, worth approximately $80,978,425.

Recently, South Korean stock leader SK Hynix has experienced a continuous decline, triggering an increase in the trading activity of related stock derivatives. According to the RootData Pro data panel, in mainstream stock derivatives exchanges:The SKHYNIX contract has generally dropped about 7% in 24 hours, with Lighter and HTX experiencing relatively smaller declines. From the perspective of open interest (OI), Hyperliquid leads with $571 million, followed by Binance with $501 million, and OKX in third place with $82.14 million; in terms of trading volume, Binance has the highest 24-hour transaction amount at $4.15 billion, followed by Hyperliquid at $1.51 billion and OKX at $1.19 billion.The SKHY contract has mostly dropped about 4%-5% across platforms in 24 hours. From the OI perspective, Binance leads with $115 million, followed by Hyperliquid with $110 million, Bitget with $20.22 million, and OKX with $17.41 million; in terms of trading volume, Binance has the highest 24-hour transaction amount at $1.61 billion, followed by XT.com at $482 million, OKX at $387 million, and Hyperliquid at $310 million.From the perspective of price spread, the spread for SKHYNIX on Binance, Bitget, and Bybit is about 0.0032%, Hyperliquid is 0.0054%, and OKX is 0.0076%; the spread for SKHY on Binance, OKX, Hyperliquid, Bitget, Bybit, and Gate is about 0.0081%, indicating high price synchronization. In terms of funding rates, the SKHYNIX contracts on Lighter, OKX, and Hyperliquid have relatively high funding rates, indicating an increase in long position costs.It is reported that SK Hynix announced its Q2 2026 financial report on July 29, with revenue of 79.32 trillion won, operating profit of 60.54 trillion won, and net profit of 93.92 trillion won, all setting quarterly records. However, the performance did not fully meet the market's high expectations, and SK Hynix's stock price once plummeted over 19.3% during the session, setting a record for the largest single-day decline in history. Overall, the funding for SK Hynix (SKHYNIX/SKHY) contracts is mainly concentrated on Hyperliquid and Binance.

According to Coinglass data, Binance had a net inflow of 32,837,200 USDT in the past hour.

According to data from RootData stock derivatives exchanges, the top three exchanges by cumulative trading volume in the past 7 days are Binance, Hyperliquid, and OKX.The total trading volume of the three exchanges is approximately $174.028 billion, accounting for 73.26% of the market share. Among them, Binance has a total trading volume of about $116.173 billion in 7 days, with a market share of 48.91%; Hyperliquid has about $30.618 billion, with a market share of 12.89%; and OKX has about $27.236 billion, with a market share of 11.47%.

Binance will stop supporting the AEUR product on July 31, 2026, at 11:00 and will delist the AEUR/USDT spot trading pair. Users can withdraw or exchange AEUR for EUR before August 14, 2026. After that, the AEUR withdrawal function will be disabled, and any remaining balance will be automatically converted to EUR at a 1:1 exchange rate.

According to reporter Eleanor Terrett, Binance.US CEO Stevie Satoshi revealed at the RareEvo conference that the company plans to apply for Designated Contract Market (DCM) status with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) next month, aiming to provide users with prediction market services.

According to on-chain analyst Yu Jin's monitoring, in the last 4 days, 6 wallets withdrew 4.452 million KAITO from Binance to the chain, worth 5.61 million dollars. During the same period, the price of KAITO increased by 35%, rising from 0.93 dollars to 1.26 dollars.If the timeline is extended to one month, the price of KAITO increased by 193%, rising from 0.43 dollars to 1.26 dollars.

According to The New York Times, the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange Binance quietly adjusted its law enforcement cooperation policy last April, requiring law enforcement agencies in various countries to forward relevant requests to foreign government agencies for processing, which must go through international treaty procedures, significantly extending the response time.Police representatives from five European countries reported at a law enforcement meeting in the Netherlands that, except for urgent cases involving child sexual abuse, terrorism, or threats to life, the vast majority of requests were forwarded to the UAE government, where Binance is registered, severely hindering investigations.Meanwhile, several senior employees from Binance's compliance team have left one after another, further intensifying external concerns. Binance denied slowing down cooperation, stating that this move aims to ensure compliance with data privacy regulations.

Binance will launch commodity options on July 29, 2026, at 18:00. Users can trade gold (XAU USDT) and silver (XAG USDT) options using USDT.During the event, all commodity options trades will enjoy zero Maker fees and lower Taker fees, with the specific fee rates being: Maker 0%, Taker 0.02%.

Binance will launch gold and silver European options through the Nest Exchange regulated by ADGM, settled in USDT. Before the product launch, there has been strong demand for Binance's metal perpetual futures.The new contracts are based on a benchmark composed of multiple third-party price sources. Retail investors can buy call and put options but cannot sell options, with their downside risk limited to the premiums paid. Binance stated that metal options are part of its plan to provide compliant, crypto-native traditional asset exposure. Binance plans to expand its options product line and may allow retail investors to sell options with limitations under stricter regulations.

Binance will add 10 bStocks tokens on July 29, 2026, at 20:00 --- Apple (AAPLB), Bloom Energy (BEB), Amazon (AMZNB), Direxion Semiconductor Bear 3X ETF (SOXSB), Dell (DELLB), Fluence Energy (FLNCB), Applied Materials (AMATB), PayPal (PYPLB), Goldman Sachs (GSB), and VanEck Semiconductor ETF (SMHB) --- as eligible collateral assets.Eligible users can use these bStocks tokens as margin collateral, expanding the collateral options for margin trading.

According to the latest stock derivatives exchange ranking released by RootData, Binance, Hyperliquid, and OKX are in the top three. This list provides a comprehensive score for exchanges supporting stock derivatives trading based on dimensions such as trading volume, open interest, spreads, depth, trading costs, and data collectability, among others:Binance scored 95.5, with a position size of approximately $3.187 billion, a 24h trading volume of about $30.96 billion, and a market share of 50.19%.Hyperliquid scored 94.8, with a position size of approximately $1.884 billion, a 24h trading volume of about $7.818 billion, and a market share of 12.68%.OKX scored 92.7, with a position size of approximately $540 million, a 24h trading volume of about $7.275 billion, and a market share of 11.80%.Binance, Hyperliquid, and OKX together account for 74.67% of the trading volume, while the top five reach a total of 82.70%, further squeezing the liquidity space for smaller platforms.It is worth noting that Hyperliquid has a spread of 0.239%, the highest among the top ten exchanges, with entry costs significantly higher than other leading platforms.

According to on-chain analyst Yu Jin's monitoring, 10 minutes ago an address withdrew 40,000 ETH ($76.67 million) from Binance to the blockchain.

Binance will launch bStocks tokenized securities trading pairs on July 29, 2026, at 20:00, including Apple (AAPLB), Applied Materials (AMATB), Amazon (AMZNB), Bloom Energy (BEB), Dell (DELLB), Fluence Energy (FLNCB), Goldman Sachs (GSB), PayPal (PYPLB), VanEck Semiconductor ETF (SMHB), and Direxion Semiconductor Bear 3X ETF (SOXSB) spot trading.Users can enjoy a fee-free exchange service within one hour after the launch, and withdrawal services will open at 21:00 on the same day.

The Binance contract platform will launch the PYPLUSDT perpetual contract on July 29 at 17:00, the GSUSDT perpetual contract at 17:05, and the SMHUSDT perpetual contract at 17:10, with a maximum leverage of 20 times.

Binance announced that it will support the BNB Smart Chain (BEP20) network upgrade and hard fork.To accommodate this arrangement, the platform will suspend deposits and withdrawals for this network starting from July 30, 2026, at 05:55 (UTC), and wallet maintenance will begin at 06:00 (UTC), expected to last for about 1 hour.

According to Coinglass data, on July 29 at 14:02, 50 million USDT was detected being transferred from an unknown wallet to Binance.