protocol
Protocol 27 lands on Stellar mainnet on July 10, adding CAP-0071-01 authentication delegation for Soroban custom accounts and CAP-0071-02 address-bound credentials.
governance
Polkadot's OpenGov enacted two staking overhauls on July 6, 2026 — validators need 10,000 DOT self-stake at zero commission, nominators lose slashing exposure, unbonding drops from 28 days to ~2.
protocol
A consensus bug hit during vault rotation forces THORChain to pause churning. v3.19.4 is scrapped; the fix ships in v3.20 alongside XMR and router V6. Solana re-enables first.
regulation
ESMA announced a Common Supervisory Action on July 8 covering the digital operational resilience of authorised CASPs' custody services. NCAs run the risk-based reviews from H2 2026 to H1 2027.
regulation
Sony Bank's Connectia Trust NA — a $40M NY trust chartered to issue a USD-pegged stablecoin — cleared OCC conditional approval on July 7. Operations targeted for 2027 after final sign-off.
protocol
Karst (Upgrade 19) activated July 8 16:00 UTC across op, ink, zora, mode, lisk, metal, unichain, soneium, ethernity, tbn. Adds L2CM, promotes kona-client, ports five Osaka EIPs. op-geth EoS.
exploit
Summer.fi's Lazy Summer vaults lose $6.04M in an ERC-4626 donation attack. Root cause: a Silo Varlamore USDC vault token stale-priced since November's Stream Finance collapse. Vaults paused.
regulation
Luxembourg's CSSF upgrades Ripple Markets Luxembourg to full MiCA CASP status on July 6, 2026 — Ripple can passport crypto services into the EEA. RLUSD EMT approval still pending.
governance
SCRT Labs proposes moving native SCRT off Cosmos to Arbitrum via a Sept 1 snapshot. Inflation drops 9%→5%; sSCRT, bridged and IBC balances excluded. Vote pending.