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The People's Bank of China proposed in the "Fifteenth Five-Year Reform and Development Plan of the People's Bank of China" to optimize financial infrastructure and the central bank service system, improve payment, treasury, and cash services, steadily develop the digital renminbi, and promote high-quality development of the credit reporting industry, as well as strengthen anti-money laundering supervision, to support the construction of a strong financial nation and high-quality economic development.Strengthen the governance foundation for the central bank's responsibilities, and comprehensively promote the construction of a law-based central bank and a digital central bank.

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) issued a notice reminding regulated entities involved in the listing, promotion, or acceptance of event contracts to ensure that consumers are provided with clear and accurate product pricing information, avoiding misleading market participants, including the obligation to display clear and accurate derivative pricing information.The CFTC's Market Oversight and Market Participants divisions stated that registered entities and relevant personnel must comply with regulatory requirements, ensuring that users fully understand the product attributes in the CFTC-regulated market, and strengthen the supervision of information disclosure by intermediaries, related parties, and partners. It was also specifically pointed out that displaying event contract prices using the common "American odds format" may mislead traders' understanding of the product nature and prevent users from fully obtaining key trading information such as market depth and price impact.The CFTC requires that market participants clearly show consumers that the products are event contracts on CFTC-regulated exchanges, and any misleading pricing display behavior related to regulated products may violate relevant provisions of U.S. federal law regarding the prohibition of manipulative trading practices.

According to the American media MS NOW, two Middle Eastern diplomats familiar with the negotiations stated that Oman has agreed to reach a framework agreement with Iran to temporarily reopen the Strait of Hormuz. An Iranian government official said that the agreement will establish a new shipping route by allowing commercial vessels to enter the Persian Gulf via Iranian-controlled routes and exit via Omani-controlled routes. The agreement does not include charging tolls for commercial vessels seeking safe passage through the waterway. This proposal is a "temporary agreement" that will lay the groundwork for Washington and Tehran to announce a new ceasefire and restart nuclear negotiations.According to Iranian officials, the United Nations International Maritime Organization and the United States will participate in the formal announcement of the agreement. A government official from a Gulf country stated that the arrangement has been recognized by the member states of the Gulf Cooperation Council. Officials have not disclosed when the agreement will be announced. However, whether the United States will support the management agreement for the strait will depend on the final details. An American official stated that Washington only supports a temporary agreement to reopen the strait on the premise of no tolls and unobstructed passage.

According to Jinshi, U.S. President Trump stated that Iran cannot have nuclear weapons.

According to Jinshi reports, the situation in the Middle East remains tense, with the Houthi armed group once again claiming to have attacked Saudi oil tankers, bringing the total number of Saudi oil tankers forced to retreat in the Red Sea and Arabian Sea to 29.Regarding US-Iran negotiations, Trump stated that an agreement will be revealed within 48 hours, with a 50% likelihood. Additionally, the Iranian Foreign Ministry stated that it is close to reaching an agreement with Oman regarding the Strait of Hormuz, but the new route is expected to be usable for only 2 to 4 months.

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 Jinshi reports, Iran is considering allowing Europe to conduct mine clearance operations in the Strait of Hormuz.

According to Jinshi reports, OpenAI has partnered with private equity firm Clearlake Capital to accelerate the adoption of artificial intelligence in the Clearlake portfolio.

According to on-chain analyst Yu Jin's monitoring, the crypto investment firm The Spartan Group (0x0DC...774D) has just liquidated three investment tokens worth $3.92 million, transferring 2.045 million tokens (worth $2.74 million), 5.377 million tokens (worth $860,000), and 813,000 ETHFI (worth $320,000) to Coinbase Prime.All three tokens are project tokens from their investments, obtained through investment unlocks.

According to Jinshi reports, U.S. Secretary of State Rubio stated in an interview with Fox News that due to Washington's military strikes, Iran is now more willing to negotiate on issues including its nuclear program and the Strait of Hormuz. Rubio reiterated that the U.S. strikes have destroyed Iran's navy, air force, and missile defense systems, and have "severely weakened" its defensive capabilities. He pointed out that Iran no longer has a "conventional shield," which has changed the negotiation landscape, making Iran more willing to reach agreements on denuclearization and the Strait issues.

Chief Economist of Bitfire Group, Fu Peng, stated that the AI industry is currently in a transitional period from the midstream to the downstream. The infrastructure layer, represented by Nvidia, has entered a mature stage, displaying characteristics of established stocks. However, the downstream application layer has yet to see a milestone breakthrough similar to ChatGPT. The next 10 to 18 months will be a transitional period for the industry cycle. He indicated that the competition in the second half of AI will no longer be about the story of repeatedly burning money to build infrastructure, but rather whether AI, as an efficiency tool, can generate stable payments, profits, and diffusion after entering real industries.He also mentioned that current market funds are following a logic of narrowing focus, prioritizing the elimination of speculative assets that are peripheral, highly elastic, and lack cash flow support, while continuously concentrating on the most core and highest certainty targets. Pure liquidity assets at the denominator end, such as Bitcoin, often digest valuation pressure before traditional stock markets.He further noted that DRAM and HBM storage are ultimately commodities, subject to the laws of commodity cycles. When the industry fundamentals are extremely certain and volatility drops to very low levels, the excessive accumulation of off-market financial leverage often becomes an invisible killer that triggers a sharp decline. Even when a company's fundamentals are sound, prices can fluctuate dramatically during deleveraging.

According to Jinshi reports, local power plant officials stated that a drone from the Ukrainian armed forces attempted to attack the critical infrastructure of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant.

According to Jinshi reports, as the conflicts in Iran and Ukraine continue to deplete U.S. military weapon stockpiles, the U.S. Department of Defense has committed to paying nearly $100 billion to arms contractors in hopes of accelerating the production of "Patriot" and "THAAD" interceptors. In addition, the Pentagon has ordered 14 nuclear submarines, with a total contract amount of $76.6 billion.On July 29 local time, it was reported that there were changes in the Pentagon's transactions with arms contractors regarding "Patriot" interceptors, with the contract changing from a $4.7 billion one-year contract signed in April this year to a draft agreement totaling $58.6 billion over seven years, while a preliminary agreement for a $35 billion order of "THAAD" interceptors over seven years was also finalized.

According to TechCrunch, nuclear startup Antares Nuclear has completed a $470 million Series C funding round, co-led by Paradigm and Caffeinated Capital, with participation from Industrious Ventures, Point72 Ventures, and Shine Capital, including $370 million in equity and $100 million in debt.Antares is developing small modular reactors (SMRs) with a power output of 100 kilowatts to 1 megawatt, using TRISO fuel. The company is one of three finalists in the U.S. Department of Defense's Advanced Nuclear Power Systems program, planning to launch its first power-generating reactor next year and deploy it to U.S. military bases by 2028. Previously, Antares completed a $96 million Series B funding round last December, bringing its total funding to $604 million. The first batch of SMRs is expected to be operational in the early 2030s, with a cost of approximately $214 per megawatt-hour, higher than most new power plants except for the most expensive gas turbines.

Asset management giant Franklin Templeton publicly expressed support for the CLARITY Act on platform X, stating that the act will clarify the regulatory approach to cryptocurrencies, inform investors of applicable protections, and specify which regulatory agency governs businesses. The company stated, "It's time to provide the clarity the industry needs."

The sports merchandise platform Fanatics will acquire the federally regulated exchange and clearinghouse under BGC to launch and settle its own prediction market business.Fanatics and BGC also plan to develop new market data products that combine prediction market activities with traditional financial market data. This deal allows Fanatics to enter the prediction market space, competing alongside platforms like Kalshi and Polymarket.