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Nine financial institutions and Bitcoin companies announced the joint establishment of the Bitcoin Security Alliance, with founding members including Anchorage Digital, ARK Invest, BlackRock, Block, Blockstream, Coinbase, Fidelity, Galaxy, and Strategy, covering the entire chain of institutions such as custody, trading, infrastructure, payments, and asset management.The alliance commits to providing a total of $15 million in funding over the next three years to support developers and researchers in the field of Bitcoin security, including long-term work to prepare Bitcoin for the future era of quantum computing. Each member independently decides which developers, researchers, or organizations to direct their funding towards. The daily operations of the alliance are coordinated on a voluntary basis by Brink Executive Director Mike Schmidt, with Brink being a nonprofit organization that funds Bitcoin open-source developers.The alliance clearly states that it does not formulate or direct Bitcoin protocols, does not express opinions on specific protocol changes, and does not represent Bitcoin or its developers—Bitcoin development continues to be carried out by a globally decentralized community of contributors. Its positioning is to emulate the model of industry organizations that have long supported open-source software, providing resources and attention to developers without controlling the underlying work.Strategy CEO Phong Le stated, "As long-term holders, ensuring the security of Bitcoin for generations is our greatest incentive"; BlackRock's Global Head of Digital Assets Robert Mitchnick pointed out that the work of Bitcoin core developers is "extremely important," and this commitment will provide "significant additional funding" for Bitcoin's long-term security needs. The alliance will also serve as a reliable source of information for investors, the public, and the media in the field of Bitcoin security, with plans to publish and continuously update materials related to Bitcoin security in the coming months.

JoinCare announced the completion of a new round of strategic seed funding, with participation from Titans Ventures, DI Foundation, and Candaq Ventures.This round of financing will be used to upgrade JoinCare's core infrastructure and the CareAgents AI-assisted research system, expand the global early-stage biopharmaceutical projects and the network of scientific and medical advisors, and promote the ecological applications and Launchpad construction of JoinCare.JoinCare is building an open DeSci incubation network aimed at early biopharmaceutical innovation, providing support for projects from discovery and scientific evaluation to collaborative incubation by connecting research teams, scientific and medical experts, ecological builders, and communities. In the future, JoinCare plans to expand this system to global research institutions and innovation teams, creating an AI-driven distributed biopharmaceutical innovation network.

According to a security alert released by the on-chain security monitoring organization TenArmor on July 22, its system detected a suspicious attack incident involving GemJoin under 42DAO (@42dao_official), which occurred on the BNB Smart Chain (BSC) and resulted in a loss of approximately $900,000.On-chain transaction records show that the attacker extracted about 10.73 Binance-Peg BTCB (worth approximately $715,000) through the GemJoin contract and conducted token exchange operations via PancakeSwap, involving assets such as BALANCE COIN (BLC) and Binance-Peg BSC-USD.

The AI Agent no-code operating platform X-Agent based on Web3 social networks has officially become a merchant in the OKX Agent Marketplace, launching three production-level risk analysis MCP (Model Context Protocol) tools, and deeply integrating with OKX Onchain OS and OKX Agentic Wallet, promoting the evolution of AI Agents from mere software logic to entities with autonomous economic behavior capabilities.The first batch of three pay-per-use MCP tools:X-Agent encapsulates the underlying risk assessment capabilities verified by the platform into standard MCP services for other Agents within the ecosystem to automatically discover and call:Token Security Scan: Identifies Rug Pull, Pi Xiu schemes, and contract restriction risks (0.03 USDT / use).Wallet Reputation: Evaluates the historical behavior of counterparties and "smart money" (0.01 USDT / use).Portfolio Health: Analyzes position concentration and volatility risks (0.01 USDT / use).Deep integration with the OKX ecosystem architecture, enabling machine micropayments:x402 machine-native settlement: Combines gas-free USDC settlement based on EIP-3009 with the Coinbase x402 protocol, achieving minimal per-use payments as low as 0.01 USDT on OKX X Layer, without the need for pre-deposit or manual approval.OKX TEE hardware-level custody: Integrates with OKX Agentic Wallet, storing private keys within OKX TEE (Trusted Execution Environment), with X-Agent authorized only through short-term session signatures, ensuring asset security from the source.Idempotent automated execution: Introduces Pre-Broadcast protection and idempotent state machines to prevent duplicate charges or state conflicts in on-chain autonomous tasks.Building a "two-way cycle" Agent economy:This collaboration marks the realization of a full-path connection in the X-Agent architecture from "identity - payment - execution - monetization - distribution." Agents can autonomously procure external services through OKX Agentic Wallet and package their capabilities into paid MCP tools to earn revenue, truly achieving a value closed loop for a decentralized Agent economy.

Midnight Foundation posted on platform X that the Wanchain Cardano BNB cross-chain bridge has experienced a security attack. Currently, several major exchanges, including KuCoin, Kraken, Binance, Bybit, OKX, and MEXC, have quickly responded by taking preventive measures to restrict the flow of stolen assets, including freezing related accounts and addresses, blacklisting the attacker’s wallet, and suspending the deposit and withdrawal services for the NIGHT token.Exchanges have confirmed that this incident is an isolated third-party bridging vulnerability and is unrelated to the Midnight Network mainnet and the NIGHT asset itself.

OKX CEO Star posted on platform X that former New York Governor Andrew M. Cuomo (@andrewcuomo) has officially joined the OKX Board of Directors. Cuomo has been serving as an advisor to OKX since 2023, providing guidance for the platform's development, and this marks his formal promotion to board member.OKX Star stated that 2026 is a milestone year for the platform, and bringing in Cuomo's extensive leadership experience is an important step in continuing to build the world's most trusted large digital asset exchange.

According to CNBC, AMD has officially launched its first rack-scale AI system for artificial intelligence, Helios, which is seen as AMD's important product to compete with NVIDIA's Grace Blackwell and Vera Rubin AI systems. It has been adopted by enterprise customers such as Microsoft, Meta, OpenAI, and Oracle, attempting to initiate more direct competition with NVIDIA in the AI infrastructure market.Microsoft announced that it will deploy the AMD Helios system in its Azure data centers, becoming the latest customer to adopt this platform. AMD stated that Helios is expected to start delivering to customers later this year and will be used to support cutting-edge AI model inference, Azure AI services, and enterprise-level AI applications.Market analysis firm Futurum Group data shows that NVIDIA currently holds over 95% of the data center GPU market share, while AMD accounts for about 4.5%. Analysts believe that if Helios is deployed successfully, AMD has the opportunity to capture 20%-25% of the market share in the future, corresponding to a potential market space worth hundreds of billions of dollars.

Ethereum Foundation (EF) researcher Francesco D'Amato (fradamt) announced his departure from EF to join the newly established protocol development organization Ethlabs. D'Amato worked at EF for 5 years and was involved in several core research areas including MEV, consensus mechanisms, data availability sampling (DAS), and execution layer pricing.

The Crypto Innovation Committee (CCI) announced that Etherealize, Hyperliquid Policy Center, and Tools for Humanity (TFH) have officially joined. CCI stated that the new members will enhance its technical expertise in on-chain finance, institutional finance, and digital identity to better support policy-making.Etherealize stated that as the application of Ethereum in institutional scenarios accelerates, a prudent policy framework is of great significance for unlocking the potential of the next generation of financial infrastructure.

According to South Korean media Digital Asset, South Korea's largest cryptocurrency exchange Upbit has officially joined the Digital Chamber of Commerce in the United States. The Digital Chamber of Commerce was established in 2014 and is the largest lobbying organization in the global digital asset industry, dedicated to promoting a clear regulatory environment and the development of industry policies.The Digital Chamber of Commerce stated that Upbit is the largest digital asset exchange in South Korea, with operations covering multiple Asian markets including Singapore, Indonesia, and Thailand, and looks forward to deepening cooperation between both parties in the global membership community.

According to Bloomberg, several major banks in the United States, including JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America, Citigroup, Wells Fargo, and HSBC, have announced the formation of a joint network operated by The Clearing House, using blockchain to connect tokenized bank deposits in response to the rapid expansion of dollar stablecoins represented by USDT and USDC in the payment and clearing sectors.The network is scheduled to launch next year, aiming to achieve interoperability among the internal blockchain systems of various banks, with a priority on wholesale payments and liquidity management scenarios.Data from Artemis Analytics shows that the trading volume of stablecoins is expected to reach approximately $33 trillion by 2025, and Bloomberg Intelligence predicts that related payment flows could exceed $50 trillion by 2030. The banking industry believes that this trend has already posed direct competitive pressure on traditional deposit and payment businesses.

According to CoinDesk, the UK government is accelerating the process of tokenizing financial markets, with 54 financial institutions including BlackRock, Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan, HSBC, and UBS joining the wholesale digital market working group supported by HM Treasury.The working group, supported by the City of London Corporation, will explore practical tokenization application scenarios in the UK financial market over the next year, initially focusing on tokenized repurchase agreements (tokenised repo).Chris Woolard, head of the wholesale digital market at HM Treasury, stated in the report that the tokenized financial market is a "network competition," and the UK must advance as quickly as possible, or it may miss the opportunity to participate in the construction of global digital financial infrastructure.

According to official news from SBI Holdings, it will reach a strategic cooperation with the Solana Foundation, aimed at promoting the construction of the on-chain financial market in Japan. As part of the cooperation, the Solana Foundation will participate in SBI R3 Japan, which plans to be renamed SBI Solana Global, and will jointly promote related growth strategies with shareholders SBI Holdings and SMFG.The announcement stated that SBI Solana Global will be based on the Solana network in the future, focusing on promoting the issuance and circulation support of stablecoins such as JPYSC, the formation and circulation of tokenized RWA (including corporate bonds, commercial paper, funds, and real estate), the construction of cross-border payment infrastructure, on-chain financial services aimed at institutional investors, and the development of next-generation payment infrastructure for the AI Agent era.

According to Cointelegraph, the Federal Reserve Board (Fed) announced that a16z co-founder Marc Andreessen will join the "Productivity and Employment" working group led by Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh, responsible for studying the impact of artificial intelligence and emerging technologies on economic growth, the job market, and production efficiency.The working group also includes Stanford University economics professor Charles I. Jones (currently on leave at Anthropic) and Microsoft Executive Vice President and Xbox head Asha Sharma.

According to CoinDesk, the Genlayer Foundation, in collaboration with 27 companies including OKX, MetaMask, and Matter Labs, has launched the "Internet Court" protocol, aimed at providing a unified dispute resolution mechanism for payments, custody, and contract disputes between AI agents.The project seeks to address the current issues of fragmentation in payment, identity, and interoperability standards within AI business systems, providing a more suitable adjudication infrastructure for transactions between machines.

According to monitoring by Catcher Predict, in the event "NBA Free Agency Market: Which Team Will James Harden Join Next" on the prediction market Polymarket, the "Yes" option for the sub-market "Golden State Warriors" has experienced significant fluctuations in winning probability, soaring from 15% an hour ago to the current 41.55% (a fluctuation of 26.55%). Please note the impact of related breaking news.

The Hyperliquid Policy Center (HPC) and the wallet service provider Phantom submitted a joint opinion to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) calling for a clear delineation of the roles of "infrastructure developers" and "regulated financial service providers" in on-chain markets.The two parties suggested to the CFTC: first, to confirm that merely releasing on-chain protocol software does not constitute a regulated activity requiring registration, to avoid developers being viewed as unregistered exchanges or clearinghouses; second, to provide a compliant pathway for existing licensed exchanges and clearinghouses to engage in matching and clearing using on-chain infrastructure; third, to elevate the previous "no-action letter" regarding Phantom's "non-custodial wallets not being financial intermediaries" to formal rules, providing a unified and predictable regulatory framework for similar wallets.

According to The Information, internal memos show that SpaceXAI and Cursor plan to release their jointly developed first AI model as early as today (July 8). It is reported that to further enhance operational efficiency, the two companies postponed the release of the model earlier this week. The report indicates that the new model has the capability to process information quickly and aims to compete with advanced large models such as Anthropic's Opus 4.8 and OpenAI's GPT 5.5.Data shows that Elon Musk's SpaceX acquired xAI (now renamed SpaceXAI) in February of this year, and subsequently acquired the well-known AI programming assistant Cursor's parent startup Anysphere in June for $60 billion in an all-stock transaction to strengthen its position in the high-profit enterprise-level AI code generation sector. Additionally, SpaceX has performed strongly since its initial public offering on June 12, benefiting from Nasdaq's revised rules for newly listed companies, and was officially included in the Nasdaq-100 index this Tuesday.