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According to BeInCrypto, the digital campaign of Brazil's "pro-Bitcoin" presidential candidate Renan Santos has been suspended, with 3.3 million reais (approximately 600,000 USD) of public campaign funds frozen and 16 campaign social media accounts restricted.Weeks before this ruling, Santos had just supported the establishment of a national Bitcoin reserve. His candidacy has not been revoked, but his online reach and funding have been severely impacted.

The Binance contract platform will launch the HK0625USDT Quanto perpetual contract on September 1, 2026, at 10:45, with a maximum leverage of up to 20 times, supporting a multi-asset model.

The prediction market platform Kalshi has permanently banned former U.S. Congressman George Santos and fined him $71,356 for manipulating a market related to his attendance at the State of the Union address, profiting nearly $18,000. This is the first time the exchange has imposed a lifetime ban on a former member of Congress.According to a disciplinary notice issued by Kalshi's compliance department on August 28, Santos conducted multiple large transactions in this market between February 2 and 25. Since he was able to influence the outcome, exchange rules prohibited him from participating in trading. He subsequently issued a series of public statements regarding his attendance, some of which were false or misleading, intending to drive price movements in the "Yes" and "No" contracts. The compliance department determined that these statements did indeed manipulate prices, allowing him to profit $17,839.57 in the relevant market, violating multiple rules regarding market manipulation, influencing trading outcomes, and using deceptive practices, and he faced additional penalties for failing to cooperate with the investigation.The prediction market allows users to bet on the outcomes of real-world events such as elections, sports, and economic data by purchasing "Yes" or "No" contracts. As event contracts have become mainstream, Kalshi and its crypto-native competitor Polymarket have seen a surge in trading volume over the past year, attracting significant institutional interest.

According to The Block, the prediction market platform Kalshi has permanently banned former U.S. Congressman George Santos, marking the first time the platform has imposed a permanent ban on an individual. According to a disciplinary action and settlement notice submitted on Monday, Santos violated platform rules by trading on a prediction contract regarding whether he would attend the State of the Union (SOTU) address and was fined over $71,000.Previously, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) accused Santos of using his public statements made two weeks before the SOTU to influence the prices of related event contracts and reached a $35,000 settlement with him. Santos's lawyer stated that he had booked a hotel and flight to Washington, believing he would attend the event. Santos served as a congressman representing New York from January 2023 until the end of the year, when he was expelled for ethical violations.As the prediction market grows to billions of dollars, concerns about insider trading are increasingly being raised. The CFTC recently fined former White House teleprompter operator Gabriel Perez $172,000 for profiting in Kalshi's "mention market" by using advance access to Trump's speech content. Legislators have proposed several bipartisan bills to restrict trading on non-public information, but they have not yet passed; platforms like Kalshi and Polymarket are taking preventive measures, such as requiring employment verification for sensitive market traders.

According to market news, the Phantom wallet has earned over $25 million through builder codes, with a total profit of $27.2139 million after excluding the $2.21 million referral fee.

World Liberty Financial announced that its USD stablecoin USD1 has been natively issued on the Canton Network, allowing institutions to use the stablecoin for settling transactions involving tokenized real-world assets (RWA). According to the announcement, USD1 can serve as the cash leg for transactions such as derivatives collateral, institutional lending, and asset issuance and redemption. The native issuance enables it to settle in sync with tokenized assets within the same transaction, while maintaining Canton’s privacy and permission control mechanisms.According to DeFiLlama data, USD1 has a market capitalization of approximately $4.05 billion, making it the sixth-largest stablecoin, issued and managed by BitGo Bank & Trust for its reserves and minting redemption processes. USD1 was launched in March 2025, with reserves including short-term U.S. Treasury bills, government money market funds, and dollar deposits. World Liberty Financial is a crypto project supported by the Trump family, founded in 2024.Canton is a public blockchain aimed at institutional finance, issuing or processing over $90 trillion in tokenized assets monthly, with over $350 billion in on-chain U.S. Treasuries flowing through its network daily. Zak Folkman, co-founder and COO of World Liberty Financial, stated that institutions have put trillions of dollars in U.S. Treasuries and government debt on-chain, but the dollar settlement still relies on outdated infrastructure. The combination of Canton and the native USD1 allows real-world assets to complete dollar settlements with greater speed and privacy.

According to the Gate platform's Hong Kong stock market data, Yingxing Holdings (01440) rose by 18.55%, currently reported at HK$16.10; Kantarong (01912) rose by 18.23%, currently reported at HK$2.01; Kylin Pharmaceutical (06821) increased by 18.18%, currently reported at HK$131.30.

Phantom and Sui have decided to stop supporting Sui on Phantom on September 24 and will keep the possibility of exploring other collaborations in the future.Before September 24, users can migrate their wallets to other applications that support Sui, or exchange Sui for other assets supported on Phantom, and Phantom will waive the fees.

According to businesswire, Bitcoin treasury company BSTR Holdings announced that it has reached an agreement with Cantor Equity Partners to terminate the business combination agreement signed by both parties on July 16, 2025.The reason for termination is that under the current market environment, the valuation of Bitcoin and publicly listed Bitcoin treasury companies continues to be under pressure, leading to a mismatch in the capital market, which restricts the amplifying effect of financing tools such as convertible bonds and perpetual preferred stocks in Bitcoin treasury strategies.BSTR stated that it will continue to promote institutional-level Bitcoin asset management business once the market environment stabilizes.

According to The Wall Street Journal, Cantor Fitzgerald plans to open the Kalshi prediction market to its approximately 3,000 institutional clients, including family offices and hedge funds, allowing them to trade event contracts related to weather, commodities, and corporate performance. Susquehanna International Group will provide quotes and liquidity for the related trades.Cantor will act as a broker, buying and selling large event contracts for clients and may distribute related positions to other investors through private negotiations. Cantor Co-CEO Pascal Bandelier stated that hedge funds have expressed interest in trading event contracts linked to iPhone sales, rather than indirectly betting on volume changes through Apple's stock price; family offices are focused on using contracts related to weather, crop yields, and oil prices for risk hedging.Joe Grubb, Head of Business Development at Susquehanna Predictions, mentioned that AI supply chain risks and computing power prices could also become application scenarios for the prediction market. Institutional clients can also propose new market themes based on their needs, and the relevant companies have discussed the types of contracts they hope to launch with investors.Kalshi has been intensifying its efforts to expand institutional clients in recent months, having completed its first large transaction this year and reached a partnership with Interactive Brokers. Max Crowley, Vice President of Business Development at Kalshi, stated that there is already a demand from institutions for hedging specific event risks.

Interstice Digital, a U.S. digital asset infrastructure company, announced a partnership with digital asset prime broker FalconX to launch a non-custodial cross-chain exchange engine, the Cross-Chain Swap Engine, connecting Solana, Robinhood Chain, and Ethereum to the public permissionless blockchain Canton Network built for capital markets, and listed as a Canton selected application. The engine aims to bridge the Canton institutional-grade market infrastructure with major liquidity pools on the retail side.Interstice Digital CEO Janine Yorio stated that the creation of this engine is to help connect Solana, Ethereum, and Robinhood Chain with the growing Canton ecosystem, mentioning that the ecosystem has over $90 trillion in tokenized RWA liquidity each month. FalconX's head of trading strategies, Hassan Bassiri, said that as institutional demand for digital assets rises, infrastructure that allows for frictionless capital movement across ecosystems is crucial. The engine is supported by compliance and infrastructure partners such as Trulioo, TRM Labs, CertiK, Canton Strategic Holdings, and MPCH. Interstice Digital is a subsidiary of Everyrealm Inc.

Former U.S. Congressman George Santos has reached a settlement with the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). According to the order, Santos must return $17,569.98, pay a civil penalty of $17,500, and is prohibited from trading on any CFTC-registered entity for three years.The CFTC found that Santos made misleading public statements and significant omissions when trading event contracts on the prediction market platform Kalshi related to whether he would attend President Donald Trump's State of the Union address. Santos did not admit to the factual findings or conclusions in the order. Trading records show that Santos opened an account on February 11 and only traded that contract, first buying the Yes contract and profiting $3,448.43, then continuing to publicly state he would attend after flights and trains were canceled, and buying the No contract, ultimately profiting $14,390.57 from that position. Kalshi stated it had detected the related activities, froze the account, and provided evidence to the CFTC.

According to CoinDesk, Swiss crypto bank AMINA is collaborating with Wall Street firm Cantor to evaluate pathways to enter the capital markets. AMINA had considered a SPAC merger but is now more inclined to achieve a reverse merger through the acquisition of a Digital Asset Treasury company, although no final decision has been made.A company spokesperson stated that the current priority is to bring in strategic growth capital, with an IPO as a subsequent option, and that there are currently no discussions with any SPACs or DATs. AMINA, formerly known as SEBA Bank, is regulated by Swiss FINMA and offers crypto trading, custody, staking, and lending services. Its operations have expanded to Abu Dhabi, Hong Kong, and India, with a Tier 1 capital of 74.6 million Swiss francs by the end of 2025 and total financing of approximately 245 million dollars.

Monad stated on the X platform that the Phantom wallet will stop supporting the Monad network on August 12.Users need to migrate their on-chain assets to other EVM wallets compatible with Monad before this date to avoid affecting future use.

According to BBX data, yesterday and in recent days, global companies listed on the US stock market have disclosed the latest real announcements regarding digital asset transformation and ecological strategic investments. The core dynamics are as follows:Canton sells traditional business to fully transition to blockchain clearing: Canton Strategic Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: $ CNTN) officially announced that it has sold its biotechnology R&D department Gravitas Life Sciences, LLC to Gravitas Collective Corp. The transaction was completed on July 17, 2026. The company clearly stated that this divestiture is an important milestone in its transformation into an operating company, and in the future, it will support the Canton Network through Canton Coin and promote the on-chain digital transformation of traditional financial markets as a strategic investor.Empery Digital invests $20 million in cross-industry computing power electricity park: The US-listed company Empery Digital Inc. (NASDAQ: $ EMPD), which adopts a Bitcoin fund management strategy, announced that it has completed a $20 million preferred stock investment (holding approximately 8%) in Cardinal Data Power, Inc. (CDP) on July 20, 2026. CDP focuses on building electricity-driven data center parks, and this round of financing will support its construction of the first gigawatt-level data center park covering over 3,000 acres in West Texas (Phase I is planned to be operational in 2027, with a long-term plan exceeding 5GW) to meet the next generation of AI and computing power energy demands.

According to PRNewswire, Nasdaq-listed company Canton Strategic Holdings announced that it has completed the sale of its biotechnology research and development department, Gravitas Life Sciences, to Gravitas Collective Corp. The transaction was unanimously approved by the company's board of directors and was officially completed on July 17, 2026.This sale marks the company's further transformation into an operational enterprise focused on driving the digitization of traditional financial markets around the Canton Network, promoting asset tokenization and the digitization process of financial markets, as well as financial infrastructure business.

According to the official announcement, Bitget has launched Quanto perpetual contracts for Tencent (TENCENT), Zhipu AI (ZHIPU), and Xiaomi (XIAOMI), supporting up to 20 times leverage and 24/7 trading.TradFi Quanto perpetual contracts allow users to trade Hong Kong stocks and other overseas stocks priced in currencies other than USD directly using USDT, without the need to exchange foreign currency throughout the process. The contracts are quoted in Hong Kong dollars, while the margin deposit and profit and loss settlement are completed in USDT, effectively avoiding additional risks brought by exchange rate fluctuations while simplifying the trading process.

According to the official announcement, Gate has added Quanto perpetual contracts, which will be launched for the first time in the stock section on July 21 at 16:30 (UTC+8) for TENCENTHKD (Tencent Holdings 00700.HK), ZHIPUHKD (Zhiyuan 02513.HK), MINIMAXHKD (MINIMAX-W 00100.HK), and XIAOMIHKD (Xiaomi Group 01810.HK) Quanto perpetual contracts, supporting 1--20 times leverage.It is reported that the Quanto perpetual contracts support the underlying assets quoted in local fiat currency, with margin and profit and loss settled uniformly in USDT, allowing users to participate in overseas stock derivatives trading, such as Hong Kong stocks, without needing to exchange Hong Kong dollars in advance. This also reduces the impact of exchange rate fluctuations on trading profits, further enhancing the cross-market trading experience.

Bitget announced the launch of the MINIMAX Quanto perpetual contract MINIMAXHKDUSDT, supporting up to 20 times leverage and 24/7 trading. As the industry's first TradFi Quanto perpetual contract, this product allows users to trade Hong Kong stocks and other overseas stocks priced in currencies other than the US dollar directly using USDT, without the need to exchange foreign currency throughout the process. The contract itself is quoted in Hong Kong dollars, while margin deposits and profit and loss settlements are completed in USDT, effectively avoiding the additional risks brought by exchange rate fluctuations while simplifying the trading process.According to the TokenInsight Q2 2026 report, TradFi perpetual contracts have become the fastest-growing sector, with monthly trading volume surging from approximately $52 billion in January to $268 billion in June, an increase of 5 times. Against this backdrop, Bitget's Q2 TradFi contract trading volume was approximately $69 billion, ranking second in the industry with an 11.01% market share.

According to monitoring by Catcher Predict, in the predicted market Polymarket for the event "Counter-Strike: Heroic vs. Phantom," the "Heroic" option in the sub-market "Match Winner" has experienced significant fluctuations in win probability, dropping sharply from 86% an hour ago to the current 62.5% (a fluctuation of 23.5%). Please note the impact of related breaking news.