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The Trump administration will revise the new artificial intelligence guidelines to expand regulation of AI models. The White House has developed a set of AI frameworks that require U.S. laboratories to undergo safety testing by the federal government before public release. In the coming months, this framework is expected to cover open-source models, which will be included in testing once their capabilities reach the same level as Anthropic's Mythos-level models and OpenAI's GPT-5.6.

According to BBX data, yesterday global listed companies disclosed the latest developments in their cryptocurrency asset management and future buying plans, with the core information as follows:Strategy plans to resume buying Bitcoin within the year: Phong Le, CEO of Nasdaq-listed company Strategy, recently stated in an interview with Fox News that as the strategic plan progresses, Strategy will resume buying more Bitcoin in the secondary market for the remainder of this year, sending a clear signal of increased holdings.Trump Media holds 9,477 BTC in Q2, with a loss of $360 million in the first half of the year: The latest financial data disclosed by Trump Media shows that as of the end of the second quarter of 2026, the company held a total of 9,477.16 Bitcoins, a decrease of 65 from the end of the first quarter, with a current fair value of approximately $557.1 million. Due to the decline in cryptocurrency prices, the company's related financial losses in the first half of the year reached $360.6 million. Additionally, during the same period, the amount of approximately 756.1 million CRO held remained unchanged, but its fair value shrank from $6.8 million at the end of 2025 to $4.06 million.OranjeBTC steadily increases holdings, total holdings approach 4,000: Brazilian listed Bitcoin treasury company OranjeBTC announced an additional purchase of 2 Bitcoins. After this adjustment, the company's total Bitcoin holdings have risen to 3,950.

According to monitoring by The Data Nerd, a certain whale held 40,000 ETH a week ago, and 2 hours ago withdrew 50,000 ETH from Binance and immediately staked it, increasing the holding size to 90,000 ETH, worth approximately $170 million.

According to BitcoinTreasuries.NET, Trump Media (DJT) has additionally purchased 4,661.84 bitcoins. As of now, excluding the bitcoins that are staked but retain the right to sell, its total bitcoin holdings have increased to 12,061.66 bitcoins.Trump Media ranks 12th among the top 100 bitcoin holders.

According to CoinDesk, Trump Media Group saw a significant decrease in the value of its digital assets in the second quarter due to the drop in cryptocurrency prices, recording a loss of $360.6 million in the first half of the year. According to the quarterly filing submitted on Monday, as of June 30, the company held 9,477.16 bitcoins, with a fair value of $557.1 million, down from 9,542.16 bitcoins at the end of March, resulting in a net decrease of 65 bitcoins in the second quarter.The number of Cronos tokens held by the company remained unchanged at approximately 756.1 million, but the fair value dropped from $68 million at the end of 2025 to $40.6 million. Most of the company's bitcoins have been staked as collateral. As of June 30, 4,260.73 BTC were staked in convertible notes, and another 2,077.34 BTC were staked for bitcoin options strategies. Just a few days before the earnings report was released, Trump Media announced the termination of the proposed business merger with Crypto.com and Yorkville Acquisition on Friday.

According to FX News Group, the crypto platform Crypto.com and Trump Media & Technology Group Corp (NASDAQ: DJT) announced adjustments to their previously announced prediction market integration plan. The two parties will no longer develop a direct prediction market integration on Truth Social, but will instead shift to a marketing cooperation agreement to promote Crypto.com's prediction market products to the Truth Social user base.According to TMTG interim CEO Kevin McGurn, the company's strategic focus is on increasing revenue for Truth Social, continuing to expand its global media business, and completing the merger with TAE, and this marketing agreement aligns better with the company's priorities.It is reported that Crypto.com is actively expanding its product line beyond digital assets and has recently hired former OKX executive Iskandar Vanblarcum to lead its prediction market department.

According to Decrypt, the Bitcoin payment processing project BTCPay Server has warned users of a serious vulnerability in its servers that is currently under active attack. Attackers may exploit this vulnerability to gain unauthorized access and cause financial loss. Administrators are required to upgrade to version 2.4.2 immediately and confirm that the server footer shows the update is complete.If an upgrade cannot be performed in a timely manner, the official recommendation is for users to temporarily shut down BTCPay Server to prevent further attacks. Additionally, BTCPay Server advises users to change any potentially exposed macaroons credentials, recreate the macaroons.db file, and refresh the authentication strings for other Lightning Network backends.

According to CoinDesk, Trump Media (DJT) is gradually withdrawing from certain areas of cryptocurrency, including canceling plans to establish a publicly listed CRO token accumulation company. This plan was proposed during the peak of the digital asset reserve boom last year.Trump Media, Crypto.com, and special purpose acquisition company Yorkville Acquisition announced that the three parties have jointly terminated the Trump Media Group CRO strategic plan, citing "current market conditions and a shift in business and stakeholder priorities." The plan was originally intended to establish a publicly listed company focused on accumulating Cronos native tokens and generating additional income by staking these tokens. Trump Media spent $105 million on CRO tokens in September 2025, as part of its broader collaboration with Crypto.com, which aimed to integrate token rewards into its products. Following the announcement, the price of CRO fell by 5%. Additionally, the two companies also terminated another collaboration, under which Crypto.com was originally set to provide services for certain planned exchange-traded funds (ETFs) under Yorkville America.

According to Jinshi reports, the media advisor to the King of Bahrain stated that the Bahrain Air Defense Forces are repelling Iranian aerial attacks. In recent hours, Bahrain has successfully repelled multiple Iranian aerial assaults, and air raid alarms have been sounded due to the threat of airstrikes.

A research report published by Blockworks Research shows that among the 1,972 tokens that first broke through a circulating market value of $50 million between January 2020 and December 2025, only 4.1% outperformed Bitcoin as of June 2026. Among tokens with at least 24 months of historical data, this percentage drops to 1.7%. The median token in the full sample has lost 97% since entering the statistics.The report points out that the token market presents a pyramid structure with a "wider base and thinner top." The number of tokens with a market value exceeding $1 million reached a historical high of 3,648 in December 2024, but the tier with a market value exceeding $250 million has continued to shrink since peaking in November 2021, with only 102 tokens above that threshold as of June 2026, about one-third of the 279 in November 2021. Among the 187 tokens that outperformed Bitcoin during the 2020-21 bull market, 86.1% have since fallen at least 90% from their peak in November 2021, with only OKB continuing to outperform Bitcoin.The report also found that token performance deteriorates more rapidly over time: 86% of tokens issued in 2024 fell below 10% of their initial price within 24 months, while the proportion for tokens from 2020 during the same period was 18%. The median peak price of new tokens after 2023 is only 0.93 times the listing price, meaning it has never exceeded the listing price, while the median peak price for 2020 tokens reached 5.1 times. Exchange tokens are the only significant over-representatives in the long-term outperforming Bitcoin group, with BNB, OKB, GT, LEO, BGB, WBT, MX, and CAKE (PancakeSwap) all outperforming Bitcoin, sharing the common feature of fee revenue being used for regular buybacks and burns. The report's authors state that the crypto market is shifting from a broad token expansion to a pattern driven by a few high-quality assets.

According to Jinshi reports, Saudi Arabian television reported that the Houthi armed group used a drone boat loaded with explosives this morning to attack an Indian vessel heading to the port of Mukha in Yemen, causing the ship to sink.

According to BBX data, global listed companies disclosed the latest real accounts on crypto asset portfolio adjustments, liquidation stop-losses, and strategic positions over the weekend. The core dynamics are as follows:Trump Media transfers 2,628 BTC at a huge loss to the exchange: Trump Media (NASDAQ: $DJT) transferred its 2,628 BTC (worth approximately $165 million) to the Crypto.com exchange on Saturday (August 1), with market expectations that it will further liquidate. The company purchased 11,542 BTC at an average price of $118,529 last year and has sold a total of 7,281 BTC this year (average price of about $74,860), realizing a loss of $318 million; it currently holds 4,261 BTC (with an unrealized loss of $237 million), bringing the total cumulative loss/unrealized loss to as high as $555 million.Quantum Solutions sells 1,000 ETH to fund AI data center: The Tokyo Stock Exchange listed company Quantum Solutions (TYO: 2338) sold 1,000 ETH at a price of $1,903 each on July 30, raising $1.9 million to fund its AI data center business, expecting to recognize a loss of about $100,000. Together with the 904 ETH sold in June, the company's holdings have decreased by 29% to 4,764.8 ETH. The board has raised the sale limit from 1,875 ETH to 4,375 ETH, and if the limit is reached, it will dispose of about 66% of its initial holdings.Japanese listed company Eole purchases HYPE to create a crypto bank: Japanese listed company Eole disclosed that it bought 1,078.25 HYPE (average price of $57.15, worth about $66,000) on July 28. The company plans to increase its total investment in HYPE to $611,000 through multiple purchases by the end of August and will hold it as a strategic treasury asset under the "Neo Crypto Bank" plan, alongside Bitcoin for the long term.

According to Iranian media Fars News, some "media associated with the enemy" previously claimed that Iran had agreed to a plan to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. However, informed sources denied this statement and emphasized that Iran's policy regarding this strategic waterway has not changed.

Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix are accelerating their layout of HBM and next-generation storage technologies to maintain their leading advantage. Samsung Electronics stated that its R&D investment reached a record 16 trillion won (approximately 11.6 billion USD) in the second quarter and plans to expand its layout of high-end storage products such as HBM4, HBM4E, and DDR5.SK Hynix is developing next-generation technologies such as HBM5, hybrid bonding, and iHBM, with capital expenditures expected to reach 40 trillion won (approximately 32.6 billion USD) this year.

According to CNBC, the Trump Media Group has officially launched the paid data service Truth API, providing customers with faster access to posts from Trump and other top accounts on the Truth Social platform. The service costs up to $100,000 per month and is primarily aimed at trading firms and enterprises.Trump Media's interim CEO Kevin McGurn stated that the Truth API is designed to provide institutions with "direct, licensed, real-time streams of the most market-impacting Truth posts." Trump's @realDonaldTrump account currently has 13 million followers, and some of his key policy decisions will be announced first on Truth Social.Before the service launched, U.S. Democratic Senators Adam Schiff and Elizabeth Warren had already written to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, requesting an investigation into whether Trump Media violated the law.The two stated that the service could constitute using the presidential office for personal gain and harm ordinary investors and market integrity.Trump Media stated that Truth Social posts have already been able to influence the market, and the Truth API will drive the company's monetization of its own data assets through a high-margin, recurring revenue model.

According to on-chain analyst Yu Jin's monitoring, Trump Media transferred 2,628 bitcoins to the Crypto.com exchange 6 hours ago. The company is currently facing a loss of up to $555 million on its bitcoin holdings.From July to August last year, Trump Media purchased 11,542 bitcoins for $1.368 billion at an average price of $118,529 after raising funds through the sale of company stock and convertible bonds.Since the beginning of this year, the company has sold 7,281 bitcoins for $545 million at an average price of approximately $74,860, realizing a loss of $318 million. It currently still holds 4,261 bitcoins, valued at $268 million, with an unrealized loss of $237 million.

According to NexBlock, the trading volume in South Korea's virtual asset market continues to shrink, and the competitive landscape among the five major won exchanges is changing. During this market downturn, funds are further concentrating on platforms with leading liquidity, while small and medium-sized exchanges are seeking breakthroughs through partnerships with securities companies, institutional market layouts, and operational restructuring. In the future, the focus of competition will no longer be solely on trading volume, but also on stablecoin liquidity, traditional financial cooperation, institutional market expansion, and regulatory compliance capabilities.Data shows that in the first half of this year, the five major won exchanges in South Korea (Upbit, Bithumb, Coinone, Korbit, Gopax) had a total trading volume of approximately $366.58 billion, a year-on-year decrease of 54.6%.From July 1 to 27, the five major exchanges had a cumulative trading volume of about 17.34 trillion won, a decrease of 16.9% compared to the same period last month. Among them, Upbit's trading volume was approximately 11.69 trillion won, which, although down 10%, increased its market share from 62.3% to 67.4%; Bithumb's trading volume fell to 4.71 trillion won, with its share dropping from 30.7% to 27.1%, widening the gap between the two to 40.3 percentage points.

According to Jinshi reports, UN Secretary-General António Guterres called for an immediate cessation of hostilities in the Gulf region at the United Nations headquarters in New York, urging the full restoration of international navigation rights and freedoms in the Strait of Hormuz, the Strait of Mandeb, and surrounding areas, and to resolve disputes through diplomatic means.Guterres pointed out that the military escalation in the Gulf region has been ongoing for six months, affecting global stability, leading to a contraction in trade and disruptions in energy markets.

According to Sandmark, documents and recordings obtained show that Pump.fun laid off employees two months before the unlocking of employee tokens, causing at least one former employee to miss out on a PUMP token allocation valued in the seven figures at current prices.The layoffs occurred in early April, while the affected employees were supposed to start receiving token unlocks two months later (in June). Employees had signed a token agreement in June 2025, with a quarter of the allocation set to unlock a year later. Co-founder Noah Tweedale stated in an internal meeting recording that the reason for the layoffs was the company's "rapid expansion."Former employees reported a second round of layoffs in mid-July, with the company having laid off over 40 people in the past two months. One employee claimed they were laid off the day before the token unlock, but Sandmark could not independently verify these claims.Pump.fun operates in the UK under the name Baton Corporation Ltd, although it has blocked UK users since December 2024 (following a warning from the UK FCA that it may be providing financial services without a license) and is still on the regulatory warning list. In 2024, the company experienced an employee embezzlement incident involving the misappropriation of approximately $2 million, with the involved party sentenced to six years in prison. According to Companies House data, the company's latest annual report is overdue.