Approximately $25.9 billion worth of ETH is currently staked on the Ethereum PoS network, while approximately $9.8 billion worth of ETH is waiting to be staked.

According to Robinhood Markets, Inc.’s July 2026 operational data release, as of the end of July, the platform had 28.5 million funded users, an increase of roughly 1.77 million year-over-year. The platform’s total assets stood at $355 billion, up 19% year-over-year but down 4% month-over-month from June. July net deposits hit $5.6 billion, with an annualized growth rate of 18%. Nominal stock trading volume reached $333 billion, up 59% year-over-year; options contract volume was 324 million contracts, up 66% year-over-year; event contract volume came in at 6.1 billion contracts, surging approximately 20 times year-over-year. Cryptocurrency trading volume underperformed: July’s nominal crypto volume was only $10.9 billion, down 33% month-over-month and a sharp 62% year-over-year drop, with the Robinhood App’s crypto trading volume seeing an even steeper 74% year-over-year decline. On the interest assets side, margin balances totaled $20.7 billion, up 82% year-over-year; cash and deposit balances were $19.5 billion, up 34% year-over-year. Total securities lending revenue reached $40 million, down 34% year-over-year.

According to on-chain analyst Ai Yi (@ai_9684xtpa), a whale has deployed nearly $50 million in long positions, betting on a rebound in U.S. equities. Address 0xb37…a66ca is using TWAP (Time-Weighted Average Price) orders to go long on XYZ100 (Nasdaq 100 Index) with 20x leverage. The total position amounts to 1,006.8 XYZ100 units, with roughly $32 million in trades already filled. The entry price is $29,778, and the remaining portion is still being executed gradually.

Strategy founder Michael Saylor has published an article systematically elaborating on the "currency spectrum" concept for digital assets, categorizing digital assets into four tiers: Bitcoin as digital capital, STRC as digital credit, SR-strcUSX as digital currency, and USDT as digital currency substitute. On this spectrum, moving from left to right, volatility and return potential gradually decline, while stability and transaction utility rise progressively. Saylor defines Bitcoin as the ultimate store of value: highly volatile, high-energy, and a sound bearer asset. USDT, meanwhile, is the ultimate medium of exchange—stable and easy to transact. Digital credit and digital currency serve as bridges between capital and currency. Saylor further detailed the attributes of each tier: STRC, as digital credit, is semi-stable, offers high fixed yields, and has store-of-value features. SR-strcUSX, as a digital currency, combines the technology of digital currency substitutes and the economic characteristics of digital capital, integrating stability, yield, transaction utility, and store-of-value functions. In terms of ownership structure, Bitcoin is a bearer asset, while digital credit, digital currency, and digital currency substitutes are created and managed by digital financial firms, with their ownership layer being digital equity. Together, they form a complete digital financial stack. This framework extends Saylor’s long-standing strategic vision of building a "Bitcoin + digital financial tools" ecosystem, integrating various securitized products issued by Strategy into a unified theoretical narrative.

According to data from Staking Rewards, Ethereum's staking ratio has reached an all-time high, with approximately 41.89 million ETH currently staked, accounting for 34.7% of Ethereum's total supply. The corresponding staked market value is around $78.56 billion, and the current staking yield is about 2.6%, down 0.49% recently. The network has roughly 789,000 active validators. The staking ratio has continued to climb recently, with a recent increase of around 0.77%, while the network's inflation rate has dropped to approximately 0.86%. More and more ETH is being locked in the PoS consensus, tightening the circulating supply in tandem. ETH staking returns mainly come from consensus layer issuance, priority fees, and MEV, but as staking volume grows, individual validator yields will be diluted.

Strategy will hold an investor live Q&A at 12:00 PM Eastern Time (ET) on August 17, with Founder and Executive Chairman Michael Saylor and Chief Executive Officer Phong Le in attendance. Hosted by renowned Bitcoin media personality Natalie Brunell, the event will stream simultaneously on X and YouTube. Investors can watch the broadcast via Strategy’s official X account or the “Live” tab on YouTube. The company has also opened a pre-question submission channel, allowing investors to submit questions through the official online form or by posting content on X.

Crypto trading platform Bullish released its Q2 2026 financial report, with digital asset sales reaching $32.6 billion and a net loss of $280 million. Adjusted revenue stood at $92.6 million, while adjusted EBITDA came in at $29.5 million. Subscription, services and other revenue hit a record high of $62.7 million, driving adjusted revenue to grow 62% year-over-year. On the regulatory front, the company has received approval from the Gibraltar Financial Services Commission (GFSC), becoming one of the first fully regulated venues to offer secondary trading of issuer-initiated tokenized securities. Bullish also disclosed that its acquisition of Equiniti is progressing as planned, with completion expected in early 2027, subject to customary closing conditions and regulatory approvals.