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According to CCTV News, the Office of the Foreign Investment Security Review Mechanism has legally made a decision to prohibit the foreign acquisition of the Manus project, requiring the parties involved to withdraw the acquisition transaction. Manus was initially developed by the Chinese company Butterfly Effect and became an overnight sensation after its release in March 2025. In June of the same year, it moved its headquarters to Singapore and ceased domestic operations, and in December 2025, it was announced by the American company Meta that it would acquire it for approximately $2 billion.Zhou Mi, a researcher at the Ministry of Commerce's Academy, stated that Manus moved the project to Singapore through funding and corporate transfer before selling it to an American company, which raises suspicions of intentionally evading regulation. If such practices are not controlled, more companies will follow suit, harming national development interests and security.Zhou Mi emphasized that China has consistently maintained an open attitude towards foreign investment but takes a cautious stance on sensitive investments involving key technologies and data security, stating that "evading regulation in a malicious manner will ultimately not achieve the intended purpose."

French national Maximilien de Hoop Cartier was sentenced to 8 years in prison by the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York for operating an unlicensed over-the-counter (OTC) cryptocurrency exchange, assisting in the transfer of over $470 million in drug trafficking and other criminal proceeds through the U.S. financial system to Colombia and other locations, and was ordered to forfeit approximately $2.362 million in commissions and related shell company accounts.Since 2018, Cartier converted cryptocurrency into fiat currency through more than a dozen U.S. shell companies, falsely claiming to banks that he was engaged in software development and forging contracts and invoices to cover the source of funds. After law enforcement agencies seized his accounts in 2021, he still submitted forged documents, resulting in some funds being returned. In October 2025, Cartier pleaded guilty to two charges of operating an unlicensed remittance business and conspiracy to commit bank fraud.

According to the UAE's state news agency, the relevant authorities handled an incident involving shrapnel falling in a residential area of Abu Dhabi, which resulted in some material damage and the death of an Asian national.

According to Binance spot data, the market has experienced significant fluctuations. KAVA has dropped by 10.19% in 24 hours, while entering a "high-to-low" state.In addition, SHELL has reached a new low for the week, with a 24-hour decline of 13.02%. REZ and RED have also entered a "high-to-low" state, with declines of 5.95% and 5.1%, respectively.On the other hand, DEXE has slightly increased by 3.02% within 5 minutes, reaching a new high for today.Among other tokens, APE, BREV, and PHB have each reached new lows for the week, with declines of 5.69%, 6.45%, and 5.5%.

According to on-chain analyst Yu Jin's monitoring, among the three projects that were required to be repurchased by Binance due to net selling by market makers in March, $SHELL and $MOVE have recently transferred the repurchased tokens back to the exchange.$MOVE has transferred 15 million tokens (approximately $950,000) to Binance, while $SHELL has transferred 25 million tokens (approximately $2.65 million), of which 15 million have entered Bitget.In contrast, the $GPS project chose to burn the tokens after completing the repurchase in April.

ChainCatcher news, according to Binance spot data, the market has experienced significant volatility. ZEC has risen by 15.13% in 24 hours, reaching a new high for today.At the same time, both DASH and SHELL are in a "bottoming rebound" state, with increases of 10.37% and 10.63%, respectively. On the other hand, SNX is in a "high pullback" state, with a 24-hour decrease of 6.88%.Among other tokens, LQTY has decreased by 3.25% in 24 hours, while ZEC has slightly increased by 3.14% and 3.4% within 5 minutes.

ChainCatcher news, according to Jinshi reports, the chairman of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) stated that countries must be more transparent in disclosing the owners of shell companies, which is a key issue in the new round of assessments.He pointed out that criminals are increasingly using cryptocurrencies to transfer funds across borders.

ChainCatcher message, Binance will launch the second round of the HODLer airdrop event for MyShell (SHELL) on August 27, 2025, with a total distribution of 25,000,000 SHELL. Eligible users must use BNB to subscribe to the principal-protected earning product between 08:00 on July 24, 2025, and 07:59 on July 28, 2025. The airdrop will be completed within 24 hours after the announcement is made.

ChainCatcher news, according to users on platform X such as SCoin (@LianFang_), AB Kuai.Dong (@_FOR AB), it is alleged that Humanity Protocol (H) may be a "domestic project shell." The APP code resource library still contains images from Shenzhen access control manufacturer Zhangteng Information, raising doubts about its authenticity. Netizens claim that the social platform's popularity is largely self-directed and performed by the project's small accounts, and the actual user participation is questionable.Whistleblower AB Kuai.Dong stated that those who have previously certified with Humanity should be cautious. Behind Zhangteng Information is a Shanghai outsourcing company that specializes in a full set of identity recognition outsourcing.In addition, whistleblower SCoin claimed that the project collects a large amount of users' palm print information, raising concerns about privacy and security, thus questioning the unclear use of its data. The project party has not yet made a formal response to this.

According to GMGN data, AI concept Meme tokens have seen a general increase, including: VIRTUAL up 41% in 24 hours, currently valued at $720 million; SHELL up 16.05% in 24 hours, currently valued at $108 million; GRIFT up 15.86% in 24 hours, currently valued at $120 million; pippin up 34% in 24 hours, currently valued at $24 million; AVA up 25.4% in 24 hours, currently valued at $55 million; swarms up 11.3% in 24 hours, currently valued at $30 million; COOKIE up 30.68% in 24 hours, currently valued at $20 million; ai16z up 20.2% in 24 hours.

According to GMGN data, AI concept Meme tokens have seen a general increase, among which: SHELL rose 31.35% in 24 hours, with a current market value of 62 million USD; ZEREBRO rose 26.55% in 24 hours, with a current market value of 73.6 million USD; ai16z rose 21.24% in 24 hours, with a current market value of 316 million USD; VIRTUAL rose 16.54% in 24 hours, with a current market value of 636 million USD; ARC rose 14.54% in 24 hours, with a current market value of 69.9 million USD; AVA rose 13.17% in 24 hours, with a current market value of 53 million USD.ChainCatcher news reminds users that Meme coins generally have no practical use cases, and price fluctuations are significant, so investment should be approached with caution.

ChainCatcher news, after Binance announced the delisting, the price of ALPACA saw an increase. In response, Binance co-founder He Yi stated that this might be some shell-buying investors trying to achieve a return through short-term operations.

ChainCatcher message, Upbit will list SHELL and DEEP BTC and USDT trading pairs.

ChainCatcher news, according to Ai Yi's monitoring, the SHELL buyback address has withdrawn 1 million tokens from Binance again, and the total number of tokens repurchased has reached 21.95 million, with the buyback progress updated to 81.2%.

ChainCatcher news, according to on-chain analyst Yu Jin's monitoring, both projects in Binance's market maker event at the beginning of the month announced that they would use net selling funds for token buybacks, and they also disclosed the on-chain addresses for the buyback tokens. The current progress is as follows:The buyback fund for SHELL is 8 million USD. Since March 13, they have repurchased 20.95 million SHELL (5.84 million USD) from Binance, which means the buyback progress is already three-quarters complete.The buyback fund for GPS is 4.34 million USD. They just announced tonight that the buyback has officially started. The disclosed buyback address currently shows only a few small test transfers, and there have been no token transfers for the buyback yet.

ChainCatcher news, according to the official announcement from Huobi HTX, Huobi Earn has added new flexible products this week: ELX, RED, SHELL, and KAITO. New users of Huobi Earn can enjoy a 100% annualized subsidy for the 7-day fixed products of the above cryptocurrencies. The annualized interest rate for the flexible products of the above cryptocurrencies reaches 5%, supporting deposits and withdrawals at any time, with earnings compounded hourly and credited instantly.

According to ChainCatcher news and monitoring by Ai Yi, the balance of the public repurchase address for SHELL market makers has increased to 19.95 million tokens, estimated to be worth 5.92 million dollars based on the proposed price, which means 74% of the repurchase progress has been completed (the most recent proposal was made 11 hours ago). However, the price of SHELL has not shown a significant increase, currently priced at 0.3029 dollars.

ChainCatcher news, according to Ember monitoring, MyShell (SHELL) plans to use the $8 million obtained from market makers in SHELL trading to repurchase SHELL tokens within 90 days after experiencing a market maker event at the beginning of the month.It has been observed that the MyShell team started implementing the repurchase plan about 4 days ago. So far, 18.45 million SHELL tokens have been repurchased, worth approximately $5.43 million, accounting for nearly 70% of the total repurchase plan. Approximately $2.57 million will continue to be used for repurchase in the future.

ChainCatcher news, according to Ai Yi's monitoring and analysis, the previously tracked "hoarding SHELL new address" is indeed a market maker's buyback address.The Myshell project team previously announced that they would use 8 million USDT to buy back SHELL and complete the buyback within 90 days. Since March 13, this address has cumulatively withdrawn 18.45 million SHELL from CEX, approximately 5.43 million USD, which means 68% of the buyback progress has been completed.