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According to Digital Asset, on August 20, members of the Korean National Power Party, including Yoon Tae-yong, proposed an amendment to the Specific Financial Information Act, which aims to grant the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) direct enforcement authority over unreported virtual asset service providers.According to the amendment, anyone can report illegal activities to the FIU. Upon receiving a report or discovering suspected violations, the FIU can initiate investigations and analyses, and refer the case to or notify investigative authorities. The proposal points out that while current laws impose reporting and anti-money laundering obligations on virtual asset service providers, there are no direct enforcement measures against unreported operators, posing risks of money laundering and illegal cross-border transfers, making it difficult to respond quickly relying solely on inter-agency coordination.

According to Bloomberg, AI company Anthropic PBC plans to grant shares with extra voting rights to CEO Dario Amodei and other co-founders before preparing for an IPO. This move aims to ensure that the founding team retains dominant control over the company's strategic direction after it goes public. This dual-class share structure is already quite common in the tech industry, with Meta founder Zuckerberg and Snap founder Spiegel holding similar super-voting shares.

According to CoinMarketCap, the Ethereum Foundation has allocated a total of $5.5 million in grants in the second quarter of 2026, covering areas such as ecosystem development, research related to zero-knowledge proofs, and security audits.The related grant arrangements aim to support the upcoming Glamsterdam upgrade, focusing on strengthening network infrastructure and technical security capabilities, and continuously promoting the development of the Ethereum ecosystem.

Bitcoin News posted on the X platform that the Bitcoin Policy Institute, along with a coalition of over 40 organizations, is calling on leading AI labs to provide trusted access to their state-of-the-art AI models for qualified open-source defenders.The open letter states that Bitcoin and digital asset developers are facing increasingly complex AI-driven cyber threats, while legitimate security research is often hampered by cutting-edge model security mechanisms. Signatories including Block, Coinbase, Strategy, MARA, Galaxy, BitGo, Brink, OpenSats, Chaincode Labs, Spiral, Trezor, and Unchained are requesting early access to cutting-edge cybersecurity models, sufficient computing power, secure research environments, and the establishment of direct communication channels with AI lab security teams. The open letter states: "Defenders need cutting-edge technology; please give them a fair head start."

Base announces the launch of the Builder Grant Program, providing up to $5,000 in seed funding for projects actively building on Base, along with GTM and product support.Areas of interest include prediction markets, token launch platforms, new asset creation, consumer applications, agents (business, x402 implementation, autonomous trading), and DeFi (lending, looping, yield generation, vaults, tokenized stocks), among others. The application requirements are to have a launched product, build exclusively on Base, and need product and GTM assistance. Applications are now open.

According to monitoring by Lookonchain, the Ethereum Foundation grant wallet deposited 2.675 ETH, worth $5,070, into Kraken 12 hours ago, and transferred 578.38 ETH, worth $1,080,000, to a new Gnosis Safe Proxy wallet.

According to NATE, South Korea's financial regulatory authorities are advancing the revision of the Capital Markets Act, planning to grant regulators the "emergency intervention rights" to directly take market stabilization measures during periods of severe stock market fluctuations.Currently, the Financial Services Commission (FSC) of South Korea has initiated relevant legal amendments with the Financial Supervisory Service (FSS), focusing on single-stock leveraged ETF products that are believed to amplify volatility during the recent stock market crash. Proposed regulatory measures include adjusting leverage multiples and setting investment limits.In cases of abnormal market fluctuations, the aim is to reduce the risks associated with concentrated trading of funds. Additionally, South Korea's financial regulatory authorities are considering setting personal investment limits for single-stock leveraged ETFs, standardizing the investment cap at around 20% to prevent excessive concentration of funds, and introducing a simulated trading system to enhance investors' understanding of the risks associated with leveraged products.South Korean regulators stated that the increase in the basic margin is primarily aimed at raising the investment threshold, while the investment limit effectively sets an "upper limit" on fund inflows, with both measures forming a complementary risk control system.Previously, South Korea had raised the minimum margin requirement for investors in single-stock leveraged ETFs from 10 million won to 30 million won starting July 31.Data shows that on the first day of the new regulations, the trading volume of 16 related leveraged ETFs was approximately 3 trillion won, only about a quarter of the previous trading day's 12.4 trillion won, and a decrease of about 80% compared to the 15 trillion won level on July 29.

Aave founder Stani Kulechov posted on X that the CLARITY Act will grant banks the legal authority to use digital assets and distributed ledgers without prior notice or approval, covering custody, staking, and lending, which represents a significant expansion of accessible market space for the crypto industry.Previously, he also stated that the bill is not perfect, and many aspects depend on the subsequent formulation of actual authorization rules, but it is the first regulatory framework to touch on DeFi, creating certainty for institutions, fintech companies, and banks to use on-chain business. He noted that once the CLARITY Act is passed, it will bring favorable conditions and investment for on-chain business similar to what the GENIUS Act has done for stablecoins.

According to Cointelegraph, Consensys introduced a software developer earlier this year through a "reputable third-party service provider," who was later found to have connections to North Korea. The developer had approximately one month of access to the Consensys system under the alias Tyler Knapp.Consensys General Counsel Matt Corva stated that the developer was not an employee of Consensys but collaborated as a consultant. After discovering the threat, the company immediately terminated access and launched a comprehensive investigation, confirming that no assets or data were stolen, no malicious code was deployed, and user security was not affected. Consensys stated that it would reevaluate its practices regarding outsourcing engineering and development work.

According to Cointelegraph, Grant Cardone, the CEO of real estate investment company Cardone Capital, stated that Cardone Capital is increasing its Bitcoin holdings at the price level of $59,000, and currently holds more than 2,700 BTC.

The Hyper Foundation announced that it will provide approximately $10 million in grants to developers affected by the USDH exit, to cover migration costs and support an orderly transition of the ecosystem. This round of funding will be allocated to affected HIP-1 spot deployers, HIP-3 perpetual contract deployers, HyperEVM protocol, USDH:USDC cross-chain bridge, and other ecosystem participants.Among them, migration grants are aimed at teams migrating USDH-related markets or deployments to USDC; while exit grants are for projects that choose to terminate USDH-related businesses, with amounts lower than equivalent migration plans, to encourage a smooth conclusion of the ecosystem. HIP-1 and HIP-3 grants are based on auction deployment cost estimates, while HyperEVM grants are assessed based on the scale of USDH TVL affected. All beneficiaries must complete migration or business closure by the end of July.On the user side, USDH holders need to operate according to the guidelines of each protocol and can complete the exchange to USDC through the spot market or HyperEVM path. The official has provided support for asset conversion with no fees or spot trading channels. The Hyper Foundation also stated that the USDH migration is progressing smoothly, thanks to the active cooperation of developers and the community, and expressed gratitude to the relevant builders.

According to CNBC, GMO co-founder and billionaire investor Jeremy Grantham has once again expressed skepticism about Bitcoin, calling it a "useless speculative asset" and believing it may eventually lose market relevance over time.Grantham stated that Bitcoin will not end with a sudden zeroing out or a dramatic collapse, but is more likely to gradually fade from the market's view over the next few years or even decades. "It will slowly disappear, not with a bang, but quietly."He believes that Bitcoin lacks intrinsic value and has not proven itself to be a reliable store of value. Grantham pointed out that even during periods of better macroeconomic performance, Bitcoin's price has still experienced significant pullbacks, making it difficult to be regarded as a stable wealth preservation asset.In contrast, he mentioned that while gold has also undergone price adjustments, it has maintained a relatively robust long-term performance overall.Additionally, Grantham questioned the practical application value of Bitcoin, arguing that it is not widely used for everyday payments or commercial transactions, thus lacking broad utility in the real world.

According to CoinDesk, Grant Cardone, CEO of real estate investment company Cardone Capital, stated that they will take advantage of the recent drop in Bitcoin prices to continuously buy Bitcoin through the cash flow from their real estate assets. Cardone Capital manages approximately $5.3 billion in assets and uses rental income to buy Bitcoin through a dollar-cost averaging strategy, regardless of price fluctuations. Cardone described their model as "inspired by treasury companies but supported by real assets and real cash flow," and claimed that the company is the largest real estate-Bitcoin hybrid company in the world, with no institutional investors influencing its strategy. As of May, Cardone Capital held about $200 million in Bitcoin, stemming from the purchase of 1,000 BTC in 2025 and subsequent increases. Cardone expects the annual return rate of this hybrid structure to be between 22% and 32%, but this forecast has yet to be supported by performance records.

According to the official announcement, Binance has announced the launch of US stock and ETF trading features, supporting trading 5 days a week, 24 hours a day. Users can buy and sell US-listed stocks and ETFs through a single Binance account, starting from a minimum of $5.The announcement pointed out that bStocks holders do not directly hold the equity of the relevant underlying stocks or ETFs, and that related products and services may be subject to restrictions based on region.

According to Decrypt, the Digital Chamber has written to OCC Director Jonathan Gould, urging him to stick to the decision to grant national trust bank charters to crypto companies like Coinbase, Ripple, and Circle.Previously, Senator Elizabeth Warren accused the approval of these charters of violating the National Bank Act and posing a threat to the safety of the U.S. banking system. The Digital Chamber countered that Congress has effectively authorized the OCC to extend bank charters to stablecoin businesses through the GENIUS Act, and that the approved companies do not accept FDIC-insured deposits, thus not constituting traditional banking operations.

On Tuesday, Trump signed an executive order titled "Incorporating Financial Technology Innovation into the Regulatory Framework," directing the Federal Reserve to assess proposals that would allow fintech companies and cryptocurrency firms direct access to the Federal Reserve's payment systems.The order urges the federal government to eliminate overly burdensome policies on financial technology innovation and requires the Federal Reserve to conduct a comprehensive assessment of the regulatory framework for non-bank companies' access to reserve bank payment accounts and services. Additionally, the order instructs the Federal Reserve to clarify whether the 12 Federal Reserve Banks have the legal authority to independently grant or deny access to payment accounts and services, and it requires the Federal Reserve to submit a report to the President within 120 days.

On May 18, U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren wrote to the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) stating that the agency has improperly granted national trust charters to at least nine cryptocurrency companies since December 2025. Elizabeth Warren pointed out that the businesses these companies plan to engage in exceed the limited functions allowed by law for national trust banks, essentially attempting to circumvent the fundamental protections and obligations of banking through crypto banking. It is reported that the companies that have received or conditionally approved include Ripple, Circle, Paxos, Fidelity, BitGo, Coinbase, Stripe's subsidiary Bridge, and Crypto.com. The American Bankers Association urged the OCC in February to slow down the approval of related licenses, and Elizabeth Warren warned that this move would weaken consumer protections and pose regulatory arbitrage risks.

According to CoinDesk, Moody's has awarded the highest rating of AAA-mf to the tokenized money market funds of Fidelity and BlackRock, marking that the products of both institutions meet the highest standards in credit quality, liquidity, and capital preservation.Fidelity's FILQ fund was launched on May 6, built on Sygnum's Desygnate tokenization platform, supporting on-chain real-time cash settlement, and introducing infrastructure support from JPMorgan, Apex Group, and Chainlink; BlackRock's BUIDL fund is set to launch in March 2024 and currently accounts for about 15% of the tokenized government bond market.

The blockchain TAC team stated that it has confirmed a previous cross-chain layer security incident that resulted in approximately $2.8 million in assets being transferred, involving assets such as USDT, BLUM, and tsTON.TAC stated that if the attacker returns the relevant funds to the designated multi-signature address, the team will consider this incident as a "white hat rescue" and will not take legal action against the operators involved with ETH/BSC, ZEC, and TON addresses.As a reward, the attacker can receive approximately 10% of the bounty, equivalent to about 13 ETH and 300 ZEC.

According to official news, Tether has launched a developer grant program that will reward developers with USDT or Bitcoin for building localized AI and payment infrastructure. There is no total grant cap for this program, and rewards will be issued based on technical tasks and deliverables, with current individual bonuses ranging from $1,500 to $4,000.This funding focuses on Tether's open-source technology stack, including wallet infrastructure, browser extensions, e-commerce integration, and particularly supports its local AI platform QVAC. Tether stated that QVAC can run AI inference directly on the device locally, without relying on cloud servers, to reduce latency, costs, and data exposure risks.In addition, Tether will also promote the development of its Wallet Development Kit (WDK) ecosystem. This tool allows developers to directly embed self-custody wallets within applications, enabling local key generation, transaction signing, and asset transfers without relying on custodial services or third-party APIs.Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino stated that a significant amount of infrastructure still forces developers to rely on centralized platforms and data business models, and Tether hopes to fund systems that can "run locally, hold value directly, and have no external dependencies" to enter the market.