According to the Binance announcement, according to community feedback that users find it difficult to distinguish tokens in the innovation zone and the main trading zone, Binance will launch Seed Tag and Monitoring Tag on July 26. The Seed Tag will replace the Innovation Zone and apply to all tokens currently listed on the Innovation Zone, as well as tokens from innovative projects listed in the future. These tokens may be subject to higher volatility and risk than other listed tokens. In addition, Binance will also introduce Monitoring Tag, which may have higher volatility and risk compared to other listed tokens.

According to Spot On Chain data monitoring, 15 hours ago, Spartan Group purchased 432,790 PENDLEs in Binance at a price of US$0.716. It is reported that the venture capital institution locked 1.42 million PENDLEs between July 2021 and April 2022, and still holds all of them.

Stuart Alderoty, Ripple's CLO, has stated that the recent ruling in the XRP securities case could have implications for ongoing cases against Coinbase and Binance initiated by the SEC. Alderoty believes that the ruling will play well in both cases and that the SEC will lose if it claims assets are securities in their own right. Despite this, Alderoty does not believe that the SEC will end its attempts to regulate the crypto sector through enforcement. He also emphasized Ripple's separation from XRP and discussed the possibility of the SEC appealing other parts of the case.

Binance's "Half-Year Report 2023 July 2023" provides insights into the current state of the crypto market, showing positive growth in market capitalization on a quarterly, half-yearly, and annual basis. Despite facing challenges in the first half of the year, the crypto industry has demonstrated resilience, with a surge in institutional interest and adoption.

KuCoin, a crypto exchange, has denied reports that it plans to lay off over 300 staff, stating that they are "routine performance appraisals." The bear market has led to significant layoffs in the crypto industry, particularly among exchanges, as companies seek to cut costs and maintain lean teams. Chinese reporter Colin Wu initially claimed that the layoffs at KuCoin were due to a recent decline in profits resulting from stricter KYC rules, but the exchange has since clarified that they are simply performance appraisals. Other crypto exchanges, including Binance, have also reportedly conducted significant layoffs in recent times.

Japan's Prime Minister, Fumio Kishida, has reiterated the country's support for the Web3 industry and its potential to transform the web and society. Kishida emphasized the importance of Web3 in attracting industry players to Japan to promote collaboration and innovation across sectors. Binance, one of the world's largest cryptocurrency exchanges, has announced its upcoming launch in Japan, cementing the country's position as a thriving center for Web3 innovation. The exchange's services will be available on a new Japanese platform starting in August 2023.

Following the launch of Algo Orders on the VIP Portal, Binance OTC is pleased to announce that the feature has been extended to all users on the OTC Trading Platform at the Binance website. All users can now place Time-Weighted Average Price (TWAP) and Percent of Volume (POV) Algo Orders directly on the platform.

According to Jinshi reports, Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao (CZ) said that Binance will start providing full services on the new platform in Japan in August.

According to The Data Nerd monitoring, the whale 0xa54 tried to buy PEPE. He has withdrawn a total of 4.59 billion PEPE ($6.51 million) from binance today and is currently down $600,000 (-9%). Previously, he made a trading profit of $670,000 PEPE in less than 1 month.

According to the official announcement of Binance: Binance Margin Trading Platform will suspend the loan business of CKB/BUSD, CTK/BUSD, ELF/BUSD, FOR/BUSD, PERP/BUSD, SKL/BUSD, UNFI/BUSD isolated margin trading at 14:00 on July 26, 2023 (Eastern Eighth District Time); East 8th District time) to automatically close and liquidate isolated margin positions of CKB/BUSD, CTK/BUSD, ELF/BUSD, FOR/BUSD, PERP/BUSD, SKL/BUSD, UNFI/BUSD, and cancel all pending orders of users on isolated margin trading pairs. After that, the above isolated trading pairs will be delisted from the isolated margin.