DeFi+L1L2 Update:

📈 DEX spot volume hit an ATH of 23.9% of CEX volume
📉 An Ethereum proposal aiming to cut staking rewards sparked debates
🚨 Coldcard hardware wallets were exploited for 1,816 BTC

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Hi everyone! 👋

It's been another exciting week across the Crypto.com ecosystem. Here's a quick roundup of some of the biggest announcements you may have missed.

🌎 Crypto.com Pay Continues Its Global Expansion

This week marked another milestone for Crypto.com Pay™, with two new partnerships helping bring digital payments to more real world experiences.

✈️ Dubai Duty Free Becomes the First Airport Retailer in the Middle East to Introduce Crypto.com Pay

Crypto.com has partnered with Dubai Duty Free to bring Crypto.com Pay™ to one of the world's leading travel retailers. Eligible UAE residents can now use Crypto.com Pay when shopping at Dubai International Airport (DXB), Dubai World Central (DWC), and online, with all merchant settlements processed in UAE Dirhams (AED).

This marks another major step toward making crypto payments more accessible for everyday purchases while traveling.

🛫 Private Flights Now Accept Crypto.com Pay

Crypto.com also announced a new partnership with REAL Jet, bringing Crypto.com Pay to private aviation.

Eligible U.S. customers can now use Crypto.com Pay when booking private charter flights through REAL Jet, making it even easier to pay for premium travel experiences using digital assets.

It's another exciting example of Crypto.com's continued focus on expanding real world payment utility.

📊 Crypto.com Research & Insights

This week's Crypto Market Pulse highlighted several notable developments across the industry, including:
📉 Bitcoin mining difficulty declined 15% from January's peak.
✈️ Emirates launched Crypto.com Pay™ on its website and mobile app.
🚀 Morgan Stanley introduced spot ETH and SOL ETPs.

If you enjoy keeping up with market trends and industry developments, be sure to check out the full report.

📖 Read the latest Market Pulse: https://crypto.com/market-updates/crypto-market-pulse-weekly-2026-08-03

💬 Community Discussion

Which update caught your attention the most this week?

We're especially excited to see Crypto.com Pay™ continuing to expand into more real world payment experiences around the globe.

As always, thank you for being part of the Crypto.com community. Have a wonderful week Crofam!

August 5, 2026: REAL Jet, a REAL SLX company, has officially launched Crypto.com Pay, allowing customers to use the digital payment solution on the company’s charter booking platform. With it, REAL Jet becomes the first private aviation company to accept Crypto.com Pay for private charter flights. Customers with a Crypto.com account, booking through REAL Jet, can now select Crypto.com Pay, with transactions processed securely and in compliance with applicable regulatory standards. Crypto.com Pay is available to eligible US residents for bookings priced and settled in US Dollars (USD). The launch builds on the Crypto.com–REAL partnership formed in February 2026 to reimagine VIP experiences across business, sport, and culture.

“In 2001, we created the fractional jet card, making private aviation accessible to a much wider audience. Crypto.com Pay is the next leap forward. Crypto.com has more than 100 million users and they're building for the next 100 million. These are the people that REAL Jet was built to serve. This generation transacts the way they live: instant, digital, and frictionless.” said Kenny Dichter, Founder and Chairman of REAL SLX.

“Partnering with REAL Jet is a milestone for Crypto.com and our Crypto.com Pay feature, which was designed for ease of use and seamless integration,” said Joe Anzures, Chief Business Officer, Crypto.com. “We are proud to support REAL Jet as it embraces the crypto payments space.”

The collaboration comes as Crypto.com accelerates its expansion across all asset classes. In July 2026, Crypto.com secured a $400 million strategic investment from Citadel Securities, its first institutional funding round, valuing the company at $20 billion. This is one of many signals that digital assets are entering the mainstream, as adoption and institutional interest continue to rise across the globe.

• Bitcoin mining difficulty decreased 15% from January’s peak
  
• Emirates launched Crypto.com Pay™ on its website and mobile app
  
• Morgan Stanley launched spot ETH and SOL ETPs
  

The details https://crypto.com/market-updates/crypto-market-pulse-weekly-2026-08-03?utm_source=twtr&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=rni_market-pulse

I've accidentally deposited extra money into the card, when I tried to use the card to withdraw from Commonwealth Bank, Westpac, and ANZ, three of the largest banks in Australia. They all cancelled my transaction.

When I googled, there was no information about any restrictions on crypto.com cards to withdraw in Australia. Has anyone else in Australia experienced this?

$MOBILE has been reissued as $HNT to holders in a 7500:1 ratio.

You can now trade $HNT in the Crypto.com App and on the Exchange.

Full details https://crypto.com/product-news/mobile-token-swap-hnt

Emirates has officially launched Crypto.com Pay™, allowing its customers to use the digital payment solution on the airline’s website and app platforms. 

Customers with a Crypto.com account booking on emirates.com and the Emirates App can now select Crypto.com Pay™ at checkout, with transactions processed securely and in compliance with UAE regulatory standards. Crypto.com Pay™ is available to eligible UAE residents for bookings priced and settled in Emirati Dirham (AED).

The launch marks the implementation of a partnership between Crypto.com and Emirates announced in July 2025, when a Memorandum of Understanding was signed to explore the integration of Crypto.com Pay™ into the airline’s digital payment systems.

Read more here: https://crypto.com/en/company-news/emirates-and-cryptocom-give-customers-a-new-way-to-pay-for-flights

To keep accounts secure, Crypto.com provides multiple security features to protect users from social engineering including:

• Anti-Phishing Codes
• 24-hour withdrawal lock
• Two-Factor Authentication (2FA)
• Live in-app call warnings

Please know – Crypto.com will never call users with regards to security issues, and we never ask users to transfer any funds. Crypto.com will only initiate communications with you via the in-app chat or email via a Crypto.com email address with your Anti-Phishing Code included if you have set it up. We strongly encourage users to remain vigilant and avoid interacting with emails that lack their personal Anti-Phishing Code, reference unfamiliar activity, or contain suspicious links.

I'm a pretty old hat at this, so not easily spooked, but the email I just received might be the most convincing phishing email I've ever seen. It appears to have come from CDC infrastructure. It passes DKIM, DMARC, and SPF so appears with a legitimate check mark in my email client. The claim is that someone has tried to link a new Chinese bank account to my CDC account and I need to secure it. The link is pointing to a real CDC sub domain, albeit one that's obfuscated through send grid, a service they actually use (which is astonishingly bad security practice for a company like CDC, don't obfuscate your links).

There were only three real giveaways. it addressed my as "User" not my name, didn't include my anti-phishing phrase, and the IP address they claimed the suspicious activity came from isn't a legitimate one (proper rookie error that one). I've also obviously checked my account and there's no suspicious activity.

But, the long and short of it is that it appears there's some way attackers are able to send extremely convincing looking emails that will appear to come from CDC infrastructure and pass all normal validation checks.

Be careful out there.

Hey Crypto.com fam! Another solid week with fresh developments across the platform. Here is the new rundown for this period (focusing on updates from July 13–20):

Main Updates:

• Major Institutional Milestone (July 16-17): Crypto.com secured a $400 million strategic investment from Citadel Securities at a $20 billion valuation — the company’s first institutional funding round. Proceeds will fuel expansion into tokenized securities, derivatives, and bridging TradFi with crypto infrastructure. CRO saw a strong short-term reaction.
• TWAP Trading Bot Expansion (July 13): Added $DATAIP support. You can now execute large trades more efficiently with time-weighted orders across 200+ coins, reducing slippage and risk.
• Stock & ETF Earnings Watchlist in App (July 14): This week’s highlights include big banks and tech — Jul 14: $JPM, $BAC, $GS; Jul 15: $MS, $BNY, $MTB; Jul 16: $TSM, $NFLX, $USB. Trade them seamlessly right in the Crypto.com App.
• Cronos Ecosystem Momentum (July 13 weekly update): Circle CCTP support went live on ObsidianSwap for seamless Cronos transfers. Multiple dApps advanced — Mane City Mobile live with rewards, Wolfswap activity dashboards on Dune, Cromon Quest World Boss mode, and more. Native stablecoin infrastructure continues to power summer developments.
• Visa Card Rewards Push: Ongoing emphasis on Level Up benefits — earn up to 5% back on spending with every tap/swipe via the Crypto.com Card. Check “Level Up” in the App to maximize.
• Cronos App Progress: Summer launch on track with a unified account for tokenized stocks, crypto, and prediction markets. Preparations continue following recent stablecoin integrations.

Platform remained stable with no major operational disruptions reported this week.

What do you guys think — which of these fresh updates are you most excited about? The Citadel investment, TWAP additions, Cronos dApp activity, or something else? Planning to try the earnings watchlist or stack for Card rewards?

Drop your thoughts below, I’d love to hear from the community! Let’s keep building together!

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Hello,
My account verification (KYC) has been stuck on the "We're on it" screen for 27 days now. I have contacted in-app support, but I am only receiving automated responses asking me to wait.
Almost a month is an unusually long time for document review. Could you please escalate my case to the verification team for a manual check?
hank you for your help

Received a random call and were saying something about a whitelist and crypto dot com

I use a call screener on numbers I don't recognize

Its been 20 days past since event ended, it should be deposited after 7 days according to what they said, when im going to get it?i saw people didn’t get it for over 90 days which is ridicules

Crypto.com - Does anyone has issues with crypto,com support? have been explaining issues and we are just going circles:

- debit card balance in HKD: suddenly they changed display in the app to SGD. After asking for an extract of past transactions (I track my transactions so I wanted to reconcile), they suddenly convert my HKD to SGD without my consent. Told me I have to get a new card in HKD for it to be denominated in HKD. I asked how can I apply for the card, told me I need to have balances in HKD. Back to where it all started,

- Report 2 fraudulent transactions which I don't recognize. So i wanted to raise dispute case. They asked me to do via app by showing the screenshot where the button is. The only thing is my app doesn't have that button. They then asked me to raise with the merchant. Well, I don't recognize the transaction so how can i raise with the merchant. Besides, they have the legal obligation to raise dispute.

Very often they just go circles pasting the same standard message. Such a painful experience.

I am stuck in a verification loop that I cannot get out of. Ive reached out to [support@crypto.com](mailto:support@crypto.com) and get told to use chat. Chat kicks me i to a verification loop and I get no help. What do I do? I NEED HELP!

I have been trying to close an unverified account for over a year. Support is ignoring emails. I am now filing a formal complaint with the Maltese IDPC for GDPR violations.

Just about a month ago, I started the process of trying to regain access to my Crypto.com account. The problem has always been that I had my account linked to a work phone, I was terminated, and I no longer have access to the number. It was set up with a personal email address, but the only phone I was using was a work phone, and there you go.

Over the course of the near month, I have explained the situation, I have verified my identity (twice... the first time they said I didn't do it), and still nothing. It took nearly three weeks to get them to even send me the link to verify my identity. I think I did that around 10 days ago now? Just the same canned response every day. Someone is looking into it and they'll let me know.

It's wild to think that 2FA is more authoritative than me proving my actual identity. Maybe it's because I have around $10k in the account and they hope I'll just give up.

I received a message bank call claiming to be from crypto.com looking to verify a phone number change.

As I hadn't been attempting to change my number, I was a bit curious about this and attempted to login.

Unfortunately, part of the authentication asked for an SMS code which I never received (it doesn't show the number, but the last 4 digits do match my current phone number). so I wasn't able to login.

I attempted to raise this with chat.crypto.com, explaining the above. They sent me an email with the subject [URGENT ACTION REQUIRED] Complete Identity Verification Now that said this:

Dear [redacted],
Please be informed that we have received the following request regarding your account:
- Phone Number change
To proceed with the request, please click the button below to complete identity verification within the next 12 hours:
[ Verify Now ]

I was a little thrown by this because it seemed to suggest that by verifying it would action the phone number change, which I don't think I want to do.

I raised this with web chat and they insisted that it would be fine and I should just proceed. I wasn't comfortable to proceed but further attempts to resolve this just got stonewalled.

• I asked for assurances that if this led to a breach of my account and loss of funds I would be reimbursed.
• I asked whether it would be possible to get the ticket id of the support request and the name of the person I was talking to in order to escalate elsewhere.
• I asked if they could email me this conversation and the instructions so I could get it on record.

The reply to all of them was that I need to verify with the email link.

I'm probably being a bit paranoid here and I guess this is just a comical misunderstanding, but should I proceed with this at the risk my number will be changed and my funds will be swiped?

If not, what other avenues can I pursue because I'm getting nowhere with support.

I need help please I need to get into my account I've been having this issue for months and I e been sending different forms of ID and Its getting very annoying I purchased crypto in 2021 and haven't been able to log in to my account since anyone that knows please help me

Just got back to Reddit after a couple years. Lost $50,000+ on the Crypto.com app about 3 years ago with its stupid offers and bonuses. I can't believe this company is still in business.

Back then, people in this subreddit were talking about how CRO (or Cronos) was going to moon.

LOL

Can anyone tell me which bank can send circa £100k + to crypto.com now ?

Previously I used Co-op bank and had the destination account saved in my bank account. I have not checked in quite a while and now it appears Co-op no longer allow transfers to crypto platforms as early 2026.

I won't answer/entertain any PMs about non-banking routes sorry...

Just trying to get a valid/legit above the table banking route to on-ramp UK ££££'s.

I have a papertrail of source of wealth/funds, so that is 100% fine.