The Block - 2026-07-13
11 items collected.
1. Bitcoin and Ethereum tweet volume falls to 12-month lows despite institutional crypto boom
Author: Ivan Wu and Bryan Samsoedin
Published: 7/13/2026, 10:06:02 PM
Categories: Companies, Markets, Tech, Social Media, Twitter
Retail attention via social chatter is back to 2020 levels even as institutional involvement has moved in the opposite direction.
2. Hyperliquid’s HIP-3 markets surge to nearly 50% of perp volume as onchain stock trading grows
Author: Ivan Wu and Bryan Samsoedin
Published: 7/13/2026, 8:33:47 PM
Categories: Crypto Ecosystems, DeFi, Markets, Web3, Tokenization
HIP-3's share of total Hyperliquid perp volume has climbed from roughly 2% at the start of the year to around 50% now.
3. Gondor v1 to let users borrow against their entire Polymarket portfolio
Author: Daniel Kuhn
Published: 7/13/2026, 7:37:49 PM
Categories: Crypto Ecosystems, Deals, DeFi, Markets, Lending
Expected to launch in September, v1 will enable users to margin their entire Polymarket portfolios to place additional leveraged bets.
4. Strategy’s no-bitcoin-buy week shows ‘greater balance-sheet discipline,’ analysts say
Author: Kyle Baird
Published: 7/13/2026, 6:50:23 PM
Categories: Companies, Crypto Ecosystems, Equities, Layer 1s, Markets, Public Equities, Token Projects, Analyst Reports, Bitcoin, Strategy
Analysts from Benchmark and TD Cowen maintained Buy ratings and price targets of $570 and $260, respectively.
5. Onchain Pokémon cards come to Solana-based DEX Jupiter
Author: RT Watson
Published: 7/13/2026, 4:56:34 PM
Categories: Companies, Crypto Ecosystems, DeFi, Layer 1s, Markets, Token Projects, Web3, DEXs, Solana, Tokenization
While tokenized Pokémon cards aren’t new, having Jupiter enter the space could give the whole category a legitimacy boost.
6. UK lays out tokenized finance roadmap with projected £33 billion annual boost
Author: Kyle Baird
Published: 7/13/2026, 4:42:36 PM
Categories: Crypto Ecosystems, Markets, Policy, Regulation, Web3, Tokenization
Industry leaders say payment infrastructure must evolve alongside tokenized assets to enable real-time settlement.
7. President Trump, White House press Senate to advance the Clarity Act while ethics fight looms
Author: Sarah Wynn
Published: 7/13/2026, 3:51:09 PM
Categories: People, Policy, Regulation, U.S. Policymaking, Cynthia Lummis, Donald Trump, Senate Agriculture Committee, Senate Banking Committee
President Trump and other key administration officials and lawmakers are making a renewed push to pass cryptocurrency legislation into law.
8. Chinese prosecutors call for more proactive approach to investigating crypto money laundering
Author: RT Watson
Published: 7/13/2026, 2:58:33 PM
Categories: Crypto Ecosystems, Legal, Policy, Regulation, Security, Anti-Money Laundering, Mixers
For the most part, China prohibits crypto trading and services while authorities actively investigate and prosecute crimes.
9. Japan’s largest security token platform moves nearly $3 billion to Avalanche blockchain
Author: Daniel Kuhn
Published: 7/13/2026, 2:29:57 PM
Categories: Companies, Crypto Ecosystems, DeFi, Layer 1s, Markets, Token Projects, Web3, Avalanche, Tokenization
Progmat develops security token infrastructure that accounts for 64.6% of Japan’s security token market total issuance value.
10. Stablecoin FX priced below interbank rates in Q2, with routing now the biggest cost lever: Borderless
Author: Naga Avan-Nomayo
Published: 7/13/2026, 2:01:02 PM
Categories: Companies, Crypto Ecosystems, Markets, Stablecoins, Token Projects, Tether, USDC
Stablecoin payments were priced 3.2 bps below interbank FX rates across 260 corridors in Q2, per Borderless.xyz's benchmark.
11. Tom Lee says users ‘starting to see Ethereum as money’ as Bitmine adds 27,801 ETH
Author: Brian Danga
Published: 7/13/2026, 1:25:58 PM
Categories: Companies, Crypto Ecosystems, Layer 1s, Markets, Token Projects, Ethereum
Bitmine accumulates 5.77M ETH tokens, 4.8% of supply, as Tom Lee cites Robinhood Chain driving everyday user adoption.