Baillie Gifford, which manages £197bn in assets, has launched what it described as the first ‘fully native’ UK-regulated tokenised fund, $BAGEY. The fund is issued on the Solana blockchain. It is using BNY’s newly launched digital transfer agent service to support the structure. The move marks Solana’s first use as the underlying chain for a fund recognised within the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) framework.

Roughly 600 BTC moved in an unusually concentrated burst over a 15-minute period. A total of 1,324 UTXOs (594.48 BTC) were swept via 500 transactions within a three-block window. Of that, 562 BTC was then consolidated into a new address—bc1qq85v2c926eg6pgxhwp6q7lf6cnsz80qs3fcu9r—which has not moved since. The swept UTXOs date from 2021 to 2026, and all originated from single-signature, non-Taproot addresses.

Offline promotion-driven crypto project ODY (Odysseus) collapsed to zero and allegedly exited on July 29, 2026. Before the collapse, it had more than 350,000 holder addresses, peak liquidity close to $18 million, and nearly $20 million in 24-hour trading volume, making it a relatively sizable project on BNB Chain. A review of the smart contract found it was not fully decentralized as marketed, retaining key controls including Mint issuance, governance privileges, a whitelist, and the ability to change tax rates. The project ultimately carried out large-scale minting and sold into the liquidity pool to cash out, draining USDT, according to the contract review.

An address deployed a token called $PIPEDOG, seeded 263 ETH in liquidity, and removed the liquidity after 10 minutes of trading to exit with 399 ETH, including 136 ETH from buyers. Four minutes later, the same token name and supply were redeployed with 263 ETH again, but this time the LP was locked and an additional LP position using the 136 ETH was placed 81% below market to avoid filling and help pass on-chain scanners. Within 19 hours, the LP generated 166 WETH in fees on the 263 WETH seeded, with 62% attributed to the locked funds, and fees continued to rise.

Lido said it has completed a major upgrade to its staking architecture, now applied across roughly 8 million ETH it manages, valued at about $16.5B at current market prices and representing nearly one-third of all ETH staked on the network. The upgrade focuses on improving protocol security, modularity and validator management efficiency. It does not involve changes to tokenomics or any token unlocks. As Ethereum’s largest liquid staking protocol, Lido’s technical iteration affects LDO governance weight and ecosystem stickiness, while indirectly strengthening the reliability of infrastructure underpinning ETH as a yield-bearing asset.

OSL Group has launched retail trading of $XRP on its SFC-licensed exchange by July 30, 2026, becoming the first licensed platform in Hong Kong to offer the service. The rollout adds USD- and HKD-denominated flash trades and OTC pairs, and integrates $XRP deposits and withdrawals into its custodial infrastructure. $XRP trading on the venue had previously been limited to professional investors starting in December 2025, according to the company statement. The move creates a regulated channel for ordinary investors in Hong Kong to trade XRP under the local regulatory framework.

Morgan Stanley has launched a Solana spot ETP, $MSOL, on NYSE Arca, marking its first cryptocurrency ETP. The product brings SOL into the firm’s $14B product suite and uses a fully staked structure, with all staking rewards passed through to investors. Morgan Stanley’s first crypto ETP previously drew $381M in inflows over a period of months. The move deepens a major traditional finance firm’s regulated exposure to the Solana ecosystem and reinforces SOL’s position as an institutionally investable asset.

Ripple said on July 28, 2026 that it has reached a settlement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission over litigation concerning whether XRP is a security, agreeing to pay a $50 million fine. The company said the deal ends a four-year legal dispute and called it a historic milestone toward regulatory clarity for XRP. It said the resolution effectively confirms at the judicial level that XRP is not a security, which it expects will help major exchanges globally restore XRP trading pairs and prompt financial institutions to resume custody and settlement services while reducing compliance risk premiums. Ripple said it is the first time since the case began in 2018 that XRP has secured a definitive regulatory characterization with final effect.