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According to RBC, the Moscow Exchange (MOEX) in Russia is preparing to launch a digital custody platform for cryptocurrency trading (digital custodian). Sources say that the project is currently still in the development stage and is expected to go live as early as the end of 2026 to early 2027.It is reported that this digital custody platform will not be built on the Moscow Exchange itself or the National Settlement Depository (NSD) under it, but will operate as a completely new independent structure. As Russia's regulatory framework for digital currencies is expected to partially take effect from September 1, the market still lacks a clear plan for the custody and registration mechanisms of crypto assets. Various technical models are currently being discussed within the industry.One proposal is to establish multiple liquidity centers for crypto assets, where brokers can access the Moscow Exchange's digital custody platform or conduct related business through their own digital custody systems. Another proposal may involve trading platforms handling trade matching, while the storage and registration of crypto assets are completed by banks or digital custodians under brokers.Previously, several large banks in Russia, including Sberbank, VTB Bank, T-Bank, and Alfa-Bank, have expressed plans to launch digital custody services. With the Moscow Exchange entering this field, competition among traditional financial institutions is expected to intensify and may further enhance crypto asset services.

According to monitoring by PeckShield, the attacker-controlled address 0x920d...9708 stole approximately 500,000 USDC from the Base chain victim wallet 0x3a53...0B5c.However, during the subsequent process of exchanging USDC for ETH, the attacker did not set sufficient slippage protection, and the transaction was front-run by MEV bots for arbitrage. Ultimately, the attacker only obtained about 67 WETH, worth approximately $129,000, losing over 75% of the stolen funds.

According to CoinPost, the Financial Services Agency and the National Police Agency of Japan jointly issued a request to the Japan Virtual Currency Exchange Association (JVCEA), asking all cryptocurrency traders to strengthen withdrawal restrictions to prevent fraud victims, proposing a total of 11 new measures.The main content includes: the introduction of a pre-registration system for withdrawal destinations, setting a certain period of withdrawal restrictions after depositing fiat currency or purchasing cryptocurrency, establishing withdrawal limits based on customer risk assessments, and enhancing transaction monitoring and information-sharing mechanisms with police in each prefecture. The background is that the damage from social media investment inducements and "pig butchering" scams continues to expand, with criminal methods becoming increasingly complex.

On-chain analysis platform Santiment's monitoring data shows that PEPE's net outflow from exchanges reached 45.4 trillion coins in a single day, setting the largest single-day outflow record since November 14, 2024. A large number of tokens are being transferred from exchanges to private wallets, significantly reducing the circulating supply available for immediate sale.Meanwhile, Nansen data shows that the top 100 PEPE holding addresses have cumulatively increased their holdings by 6.07% over the past 30 days, raising the total holdings to approximately 85.97 trillion coins; Smart Money addresses have seen their holdings surge by 307% during the same period, highlighting an increasingly evident trend of supply concentrating among long-term holders.

According to the official announcement, the third phase of Gate Pre-IPOs will launch Moonshot AI (KIMI) and introduce a dedicated trading market mechanism for Pre-IPOs, providing exclusive trading and circulation channels for pre-listing asset certificates.The KIMI asset certificate is a mirror note designed based on the changes in the enterprise value of Moonshot AI. The subscription period is from August 11, 2026, 15:00 to August 13, 2026, 15:00 (UTC+8), allowing users to participate using both USDT and GUSD. After the subscription ends, the asset certificates will be 100% unlocked and issued on August 17, 2026, at 15:00 (UTC+8).It is worth noting that, unlike previous participation methods in Pre-IPOs, this phase of KIMI asset certificates is expected to open a dedicated market for trading about one month after the completion of subscription and distribution. Users holding positions can trade and circulate based on real-time market prices, choose to sell part of their holdings to recover principal, or continue to hold the remaining assets to participate in the future value changes of the target enterprise. The holding period for the profit portion is expected to range from several months to several years, depending on the target enterprise's IPO process or other exit arrangements; if the target enterprise completes an IPO in the future, the platform will provide subsequent asset handling solutions based on actual conditions, including stock asset exchange or stock token exchange methods.

The B.AI platform's "Self-Selected Service Provider" lineup has completed a new round of expansion, adding the Nebula channel and launching ultra-low discounts starting at 10%, further reducing API call costs. Currently, the "Self-Selected Service Provider" model covers mainstream large model series such as Claude, GPT, and Gemini, allowing users to flexibly choose service providers based on demand and settle according to actual discounts. B.AI will also introduce more high-quality service providers in the future, continuously enriching model choices and discount combinations. Users can now log in to the B.AI platform to customize their exclusive model combinations and immediately start an AI calling experience with exceptional cost-effectiveness.

According to the ranking data from RootData's stock derivatives exchange, as of the time of writing, the exchange with the largest spread among the listed exchanges is BingX, with a spread of 0.307%; the exchange with the lowest weighted depth ±2% among the top ten is XT.COM, at only $210,500.It is reported that this spread is the weighted spread based on 24-hour trading volume, and a higher value usually indicates higher trading costs. The weighted depth ±2% represents the ±2% order book depth of all stock derivatives on the exchange, calculated based on 24-hour trading volume, with the highest weight for a single contract being 30%. A lower value means greater price fluctuations when large orders are executed.

According to Jinshi reports, the Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister stated that Iran demands a change in the current navigation routes in the Strait of Hormuz, as these routes are no longer suitable under the current security situation.

Lido Finance officially released a governance update, and Lido DAO has officially opened on-chain voting for the NEST automated buyback mechanism, with the voting window from August 5 to August 8 at 14:00 UTC.NEST is a set of automated, rule-based on-chain mechanisms that directly link the performance of the Lido protocol with the LDO token. The relevant design and parameters were approved through Snapshot voting in May. The core logic of NEST is to systematically buy back LDO tokens in decentralized markets through protocol revenue or liquidity controlled by the protocol, thereby continuously capturing the value growth of the protocol at the token level. The execution of the mechanism will revolve around the liquidity pair of LDO and wstETH, and specific implementation details are still being updated in the community forum.If this on-chain vote is approved, Lido will shift from a buyback plan driven by periodic governance to a continuous, predictable automated value distribution model.

Luxembourg has passed a new law that authorizes the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) to send cross-institutional fraud alerts to traditional banks and cryptocurrency exchanges, with the measures taking effect on August 8. The bill, numbered 8722, requires cryptocurrency exchanges in Luxembourg to receive alerts in sync with banks and payment institutions.The law aims to close loopholes that allow fraudulent funds to be quickly transferred between traditional financial institutions and digital assets. Under previous rules, banks could only intercept transactions of flagged accounts within their own systems and could not notify another financial institution or cryptocurrency exchange to stop funds from entering or leaving. Max Braun, head of the Luxembourg FIU, stated that including cryptocurrency exchanges in the cross-departmental alert system will make cashing out related accounts more difficult. Data from the Luxembourg Ministry of Justice shows that in 2024, the country's police recorded 6,382 fraud cases, with financial practitioners submitting over 18,000 fraud and scam reports.

According to an exclusive report by Business Insider, Google is in negotiations with San Francisco AI programming agency startup Mechanize for a potential deal involving the acquisition of some of its talent at a valuation exceeding $1.5 billion, while also discussing a non-exclusive technology licensing agreement. The acquired talent will be responsible for model evaluation and development. The details of the deal are still in progress and may change.Mechanize was founded last year with the long-term goal of "automating all valuable work," currently focusing on the software engineering field. The company has previously completed $9.1 million in funding, with a valuation of $500 million, and investors include former GitHub CEO Nat Friedman and Stripe CEO Patrick Collison, among others. CEO Tamay Besiroglu co-founded Epoch AI. Reports indicate that Google is facing competitive pressure in the AI programming field from OpenAI's Codex and Anthropic's Claude Code, and Mechanize's technology could help enhance model programming performance. Neither Google nor Mechanize has responded to requests for comment.

According to South Korean media MK, the annual tax reform plan previously announced by the South Korean government does not include a proposal to further postpone the taxation of virtual assets (cryptocurrencies), which means that the current legal schedule for taxation in 2027 is likely to remain.According to the current South Korean Income Tax Act, starting in 2027, income from the transfer and lending of virtual assets will be classified as "other income," and investors will enjoy a tax-free allowance of 2.5 million Korean won per year. Any amount exceeding this will be subject to a 20% income tax, along with an additional 10% local income tax, resulting in a combined tax rate of 22%.

According to the ranking data from RootData stock derivatives exchanges, as of the time of writing, the top three exchanges with the largest spreads among the Top 20 are BingX, OrangeX, and Aster, with spreads of 0.299%, 0.281%, and 0.182%, respectively.In addition, KuCoin has a spread of 0.133% and Phemex has a spread of 0.142%, both exceeding 0.1%.It is reported that this spread is the weighted average spread based on the 24-hour trading volume, and a higher value usually indicates higher trading costs.

According to South Korea's Digital Daily, Apple has recently negotiated with Changxin Memory Technologies (CXMT) on the supply prices of mobile DRAM such as LPDDR5X to reduce costs for the next generation of iPhones and smart devices, but was rejected. Changxin Memory insists on maintaining a price level comparable to or even higher than that of Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix, breaking Apple's usual bargaining advantage as an end manufacturer.The report analyzes that Chinese terminal companies such as Huawei and Xiaomi have locked in a large amount of Changxin Memory's production capacity through long-term high-price contracts, providing a solid price defense line in the domestic market. Meanwhile, Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix are facing reduced supply of general DRAM due to the continuous expansion of HBM capacity, combined with Changxin Memory holding the price floor, significantly alleviating the shipping pressure and price decline risks for Korean manufacturers in the general DRAM sector, allowing them to focus resources on high-value AI storage products such as HBM4, LPCAMM2, and eSSD. Industry insiders expect that in the second half of the year, the operating profit margins of the Korean semiconductor camp and global market pricing power will further strengthen.

Bitcoin Treasuries.NET posted on platform X that the French Bitcoin treasury company Capital B ALCPB has been listed on Cboe Europe, the largest pan-European stock exchange.This move further expands institutional investors' access to Capital B shares.

According to Bitcoin Magazine, the BIP-110 soft fork is about to enter a critical activation phase. The proposal will enter the mandatory signaling phase around August 9, corresponding to block height 961,632, and is expected to lock in at block 963,648 by the end of August, with new transaction rules activated at block 965,664 in early September. BIP-110 adopts a 55% signaling threshold, and its restrictions will be enforced for 52,416 blocks (approximately one year).BIP-110 mainly restricts transaction features such as large data pushes, oversized output scripts, undefined witness versions, and Taproot annexes, but exempts UTXOs created before activation, maintaining compatibility for standard currency use. Analysis indicates that most businesses do not need to take action—businesses that act as value storage or process transactions through third-party payment providers are essentially unaffected. Businesses running their own full nodes can choose whether to switch to BIP-110 nodes. The core risk to be aware of is chain forking. If a fork occurs, miners should choose the branch expected to prevail or pause and wait; exchanges and custodians should increase confirmation requirements, monitor dual chains, and delay final settlements to prevent double spending and false confirmation risks. If there is no fork, no special actions are required.

According to Catcher Predict monitoring, in the predicted market Polymarket for the event "LoL: Gen.G vs DN SOOPers - KeSPA Cup Last Chance Qualifier," the "Yes" option win rate for the sub-market "Both teams kill a dragon" has experienced significant fluctuations, rising from 50% an hour ago to the current 90% (a fluctuation of 40%). Please note the impact of related breaking news.

According to Jinshi, U.S. Treasury Secretary Yellen stated that the level of the yen exchange rate could trigger other issues, including depreciation.