July 4 (Cointime) - Blockchain scalability is being tackled through two dominant approaches: Layer-2s and sharding. Ethereum is using rollup-centric L2s to scale its network, while NEAR protocol has opted for sharding. Both strategies have their unique solutions and challenges, with Ethereum prioritizing resilience and NEAR prioritizing a simplified user experience.

July 4 (Cointime) - Institutional investors have been showing a strong interest in Bitcoin as it continues to surge and reach new price highs. According to CoinShares' Head of Research, Bitcoin-related products attracted $310.6 million in inflows over the past two weeks, marking a notable shift from the previous nine consecutive weeks of outflows.

July 4 (Cointime) - Two Canadian teenagers have been arrested and charged with stealing $4.2 million worth of Bitcoin and Ethereum by posing as Coinbase support and gaining unauthorized access to a victim's exchange account. The teenagers reportedly had control over a total of $13.4 million in cryptocurrency.

July 4 (Cointime) - Large holders of Ethereum, known as "whales," have been increasing their transaction activity on the blockchain, with transactions carrying at least $100,000 on the rise.

July 4 (Cointime) - According to a popular anonymous crypto trader, Solana (SOL) may follow the same price pattern as Ethereum (ETH) did in 2020-21. The trader suggests that Solana's price action is similar to ETH before it surged from $400 to nearly $5,000 in a matter of months.

Kava 14 has launched an internal bridge upgrade, making roundtrip Cosmos to Ethereum asset conversion more seamless and secure. The upgrade gives Cosmos users and EVM dApp builders a better, more secure way to transfer native Cosmos assets to and from Kava EVM. By integrating the internal bridge at the blockchain and wallet levels, Kava offers a more seamless user experience.

July 4 (Cointime) - Major investors, known as "whales," have made significant investments in options contracts for Ethereum and Bitcoin, leading to abnormal activity in the crypto space.

July 4 (Cointime) -According to The Block, members of the Ethereum community have proposed a new ERC-7265 standard to improve the security of DeFi protocols. The proposed ERC-7265 standard will enable a "Circuit Breaker" that allows DeFi protocols to easily add backup plans to their smart contracts and prevent tokens from leaving the contract in the event of a hack. As the ERC-7265 standard is a proposed standard, it remains to be seen whether the Ethereum core team will accept and implement it as the final standard.

July 4 (Cointime) -South Korean encryption exchange Upbit has opened the NFT deposit, withdrawal and trading functions based on Ethereum.

July 4 (Cointime) - According to CoinShares, institutional investors have been primarily focused on Bitcoin over the past two weeks, with $310.6 million of inflows into Bitcoin-related products. This represents 98% of all digital asset flows, and is a reversal from the previous nine weeks of outflows.

July 3 (Cointime) - Last week, the crypto market was affected by the SEC's announcement that it found the Bitcoin Spot ETF filings of BlackRock and Fidelity, among others, inadequate. This caused a decline in cryptocurrency prices. However, Ethereum has since recovered and is now aiming for the $2,000 level, with positive sentiment returning to the digital asset.

July 4 (Cointime) - Bitcoin's price has risen above $31,000 for the second time in a week, with a 1.8% increase in the past 24 hours. The asset has gained 2% in the past seven days and 17% in the past 14 days.

July 4 (Cointime) - Most major cryptocurrencies are experiencing a bullish trend, as reported by CoinMarketCap. Bitcoin has seen a slight increase in value, but remains in the middle of its trading channel. Ethereum has outperformed Bitcoin, with its value rising after breaking through the $1,927 level. XRP has not seen the same increase as other coins, and is expected to continue trading sideways for the foreseeable future.

July 3 (Cointime) -According to 1inch report, that Shows Ether Ranked #1 with $276.9 Billion in Total Transaction Volume. Here is the key stats list：

July 3 (Cointime) - According to Decrypt, Despite certain limitations and potential risks, the idea of using Ethereum (ETH) as a layer-2 for the Solana (SOL) blockchain is not as farfetched as it may seem, according to Anatoly Yakovenko, the co-founder of Solana Labs.

July 3 (Cointime) - Ethereum's price has increased by 1.6% to reach $1,945, following a rise in interest from institutional and retail investors. The cryptocurrency has a market cap of $234 billion and a trading volume of approximately $8 billion in the last 24 hours.

July 3 (Cointime) - Sales volume of Ethereum and Polygon-based NFTs on OpenSea hit a low in June, marking a 75% decline in monthly sales since February.

July 3 (Cointime) - Poly Network attackers transferred more than $5 million worth of cryptocurrencies on Ethereum, BNB Chain, and Polygon yesterday, including transferring 1,500 ETH (approximately $2.88 million) to addresses starting with 0x23f4, transferring 440 ETH (approximately 844,000 USD) to the address starting with 0xc8Ab, and 300 ETH (about 575,000 USD) to the address starting with 0xfD3E.

July 3 (Cointime) - According to a well-known crypto strategist, Litecoin's recent strong performance may not be the end of its rally. The analyst, known as Rekt Capital, believes that LTC could reach levels last seen in January 2022, with a potential surge to $140 before its next halving event.

July 2 (Cointime) - Joe Lubin, co-founder of Ethereum and overseer of ConsenSys, remains optimistic about the future of decentralized software projects and blockchains as a vehicle for a new political and social order. He believes that the demise of centralized crypto services has helped true crypto companies focus and rebuild, paving the way for a new breakthrough in the industry. Lubin also highlights the importance of wallets, especially as companies like Coinbase start building "wallet as a service" tools to integrate crypto into their operations. While Lubin's vision may seem far-fetched, the crypto industry is indeed poised for another big leap forward.