According to BlockBeats, as of July 22, data from Ycharts indicates that the Grayscale Ethereum Trust (ETHE) is currently showing a negative premium rate of 0.13%.

According to Odaily, Taiko has announced significant progress in optimizing its protocol since the mainnet launch. The team has successfully reduced L1 gas costs by over 30% while maintaining contract upgradability. As they continue to refine gas optimization strategies, the focus is now shifting to new features and improvements. Key development areas identified include enhancing L2 EIP-1559, introducing transaction preconfirmation, implementing new transaction types such as Sponsored Transactions, supporting Cancun EVM, enabling contract use of calldata as DA, and improving minimum tier selection. Additionally, the Ontake upgrade will incorporate these features and improvements, with testing on the Hekla testnet planned before October and a mainnet upgrade scheduled for Q4 this year.

According to Odaily, leading Bitcoin mining company Marathon Digital has been fined $138 million for violating confidentiality or non-circumvention agreements. Michael Ho, the former co-founder of US Bitcoin Corp and current Chief Strategy Officer of mining company Hut 8, won a unanimous jury verdict in a breach of contract lawsuit against Marathon Digital Holdings.

According to BlockBeats, on July 23, the total value locked (TVL) in the Pencils Protocol within the Scroll ecosystem exceeded $300 million, making it the highest TVL DeFi protocol in the Scroll ecosystem. Additionally, Pencils Protocol leads in weekly and monthly TVL growth rates and incremental data within the Scroll ecosystem. Pencils Protocol is currently the largest native DeFi project in the Scroll ecosystem. It serves as a one-stop yield aggregator and auction platform based on Scroll, integrating functions such as Launchpad, unified asset aggregation and distribution, and leveraged yield. The protocol aims to maximize users' asset utilization.

According to Odaily, on-chain analyst @ali_charts has reported that last week, large investors, commonly referred to as 'whales,' acquired more than 140 million XRP tokens. The total value of these purchases is estimated to be around $84 million.

According to CryptoPotato, the XRP rally has resumed this week with buyers continuing to dominate the market. The key support level is identified at $0.54, while the key resistance level is at $0.68. XRP bounced back from the 54 cents support level after buyers rushed in, leading to a price increase of over 10% since that level was tested. As long as this support is defended, the bullish bias remains intact. However, since XRP reached a local high of nearly 64 cents, the trading volume has been decreasing. While this is not currently a major concern, it could become problematic if the trend continues. A decrease in volume could provide an opportunity for sellers to push against the key support level again. A second test of this support level could be interpreted as a bearish signal. Despite the volatility observed in lower timeframes, the weekly MACD (Moving Average Convergence Divergence) remains strong, showing a clear bullish trend with higher highs on the histogram. As long as this bullish momentum continues, XRP has the potential to aim for new highs and challenge the resistance level at 68 cents.