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New Hampshire Governor Kelly Ayotte recently signed HB 639, the Blockchain Basic Laws, which increases legal protections for digital asset users, developers, miners, validators, and businesses, and protects the rights to use and self-custody of digital assets. The bill also authorizes the establishment of specialized case files for blockchain-related disputes.New Hampshire's 2025 law allows the state treasurer to allocate up to 5% of certain public funds to precious metals and qualified digital assets, with only Bitcoin currently meeting the market capitalization threshold. Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed SB 21 in June 2025, establishing the Texas Strategic Bitcoin Reserve. State legislators allocated $10 million, and Texas subsequently made an initial investment of about $5 million through a spot Bitcoin ETF.Wyoming's 2025 proposal to allow up to 3% of state funds to be allocated to Bitcoin was not approved, but the state continues to advance its specialized banking framework and Frontier Stable Token. FRNT is set to be publicly available in January 2026 and is described as the first state-issued stablecoin in the United States.

According to Etoday, the South Korean Democratic Party stated that it will restart the special task force on digital assets after completing adjustments to its internal leadership and plans to propose the "Basic Law on Digital Assets" in September, aiming to complete legislation within the year. Democratic Party member Park Min-kyu mentioned that the content of the bill and the submission time will be coordinated by the National Assembly, the presidential office, and relevant departments, with discussions expected to start as early as early September.In addition to clarifying the issuers of stablecoins, it is also necessary to improve the supporting systems for market structure, security, and regulation, and to establish a localized digital asset system that aligns with South Korea's financial regulatory environment. Furthermore, Democratic Party member Min Byeong-deok suggested developing the Korean won stablecoin as a payment and settlement tool to support the overseas development of Korean culture, business, tourism, and manufacturing.

According to on-chain analyst Ai Yi's monitoring, "King of Liquidation" Huang Licheng's long position of 16,575 ETH is gradually being reduced, with the current holdings down to 9,600 ETH (approximately 17.76 million USD). The current price is only 16 dollars away from the liquidation price, which is very close.

According to Jinshi reports, Federal Reserve's Schmid stated that recent inflation data is encouraging, but it is still too early to draw conclusions.

According to Onchain Lens monitoring, BlackRock withdrew 1,246 BTC (approximately $80.6 million) and 3,542 ETH (approximately $6.69 million) from Coinbase Prime.

According to official data, user participation in Gate options has continued to increase over the past two weeks, with the number of trading users growing by 46.5% month-on-month, new users increasing by 50.79% month-on-month, and the total number of trading users rising by 7.3%. User activity and scale have improved simultaneously.Overall, Gate options have shown significant growth in trading users, accelerated entry of new users, and a continuous expansion of the total number of trading users over the past two weeks. As more users participate in options trading, Gate options continue to enhance user conversion efficiency, driving more users into more flexible options trading and risk management scenarios, further meeting users' diverse trading and risk management needs, and promoting the steady development of the options ecosystem.In addition, Gate launched the options escort event from July 10 at 16:00 to August 2 at 16:00 (UTC+8), where users participating in options trading tasks have the chance to share a prize pool of 71,000 USDT.

The US spot Bitcoin ETF saw a net outflow of $4.5 billion in June, marking the worst monthly performance since its launch in January 2024. Bitcoin fell 20.48% in June, hitting a 21-month low of $58,190 on July 1. Citigroup lowered its 12-month price target for Bitcoin from $112,000 to $82,000, having previously reduced it from $143,000 on March 17. Citigroup also cut its 12-month price target for Ethereum from $3,175 to $2,240.Strategy sold 32 Bitcoins from May 26 to 31, amounting to approximately $2.5 million, marking its first sale since December 2022. As of May 31, it held 843,706 Bitcoins, and the board approved a Bitcoin sale framework of up to $1.25 billion. The open interest in leveraged Bitcoin futures dropped from about $31.3 billion around May 30 to about $21.6 billion at the beginning of June. Within two weeks, major holders increased their holdings by over 270,000 Bitcoins.

South Korea plans to amend the 1950 National Property Act to include virtual currencies and intellectual property as national assets, and will launch a pilot program for tokenized government bonds in 2027.

According to South Korea's "Daily Economic News," the South Korean government has officially established policies for cultivating the blockchain and digital asset ecosystem through the "2026 Economic Growth Strategy for the Second Half of the Year." Core initiatives include launching a pilot project for the tokenization of government bonds in 2027, linking it with the central bank digital currency of South Korean banking institutions, and considering the interoperability of CBDC with other private blockchains.The legislation for digital assets is accelerating, with plans to promote the legislation of the "Fundamental Law on Digital Assets" in the second half of the year, covering the institutionalization of stablecoins and the systematization of cross-border stablecoin transactions. The government will also support amendments to capital market laws to promote the institutionalization of virtual asset spot ETFs. In terms of the competitiveness of the blockchain industry, large demonstration projects and leading technology research and development will be promoted in the fourth quarter of this year. Additionally, the government will collaborate with international organizations such as UNFCCC and GGGI to manage GVCM carbon credits in accordance with the Paris Agreement based on blockchain technology.

Fox Business crypto reporter posted on X platform stating that it is currently unclear what this means for the BRCA provisions, and it is also unclear whether the version passed by the Senate Banking Committee will undergo further modifications.Support from law enforcement has become a key factor in the negotiations of this bill, with some Democratic senators, including @CortezMasto and @MarkWarner, expressing a desire to address the concerns of law enforcement before the legislation receives full support in the Senate.

According to GoPlus analysis, Lumi Finance on Arbitrum was attacked on July 13, resulting in a loss of approximately $270,000.The vulnerability originated from a logical flaw in the validateUserOp function of the Sodium smart account contract (ERC-4337) when calling _validateSignature to verify the signature—specifically, during the execution of isValidSignatureNow, the signer parameter was passed as the attacker's address. After an error occurred in the call to ECDSA.tryRecover, it did not revert but instead called the isValidSignature function in the attack contract and passed the verification. The attacker exploited this vulnerability to execute Token approve operations during the UserOperation verification period, obtaining approval rights for ERC20 tokens from multiple smart accounts without the payer's consent.

New Hampshire Governor Kelly Ayotte signed HB 639 into law last week. The bill is known as The Blockchain Basic Laws, which provides protection for cryptocurrency innovation and use in the state, and allows for the establishment of special blockchain dispute case files in the superior court.New Hampshire passed a strategic Bitcoin reserve bill last year, allowing the state treasurer to invest up to 5% of public funds in Bitcoin, as well as precious metals like gold and silver. The state's executive council rejected a proposal last week that would have allowed the New Hampshire Business Finance Authority to promote Bitcoin-supported municipal bonds.

According to CoinDesk, Jurien Timmer, the Global Macro Director at Fidelity, stated that Bitcoin is approaching the bottom support line of its "power law model" constructed based on the complete price history of Bitcoin. This long-term support level is currently around $58,000, while the current price of Bitcoin is approximately $62,700, gradually nearing this area, or may have already entered the "accumulation zone" defined by the model.However, Jurien Timmer did not confirm that the market has bottomed out, but believes that Bitcoin may not experience a rapid rebound immediately. Instead, it is expected to fluctuate around the long-term support line for several months. Short-term capital has previously exited, and the flow of funds has rotated from Bitcoin to gold, and then from gold to the semiconductor sector. Currently, the market's pursuit of hot sectors is still mainly concentrated in the semiconductor field.

Bitget officially launched the platform-level yield product "Cash Plus," providing users with a brand new stablecoin savings service, initially supporting USDT / USDC. This product balances yield, liquidity, and capital efficiency, allowing users to enjoy daily compound earnings during the holding period, with 1:1 redemption available at any time, real-time fund arrival, and zero fees with no wear and tear. The initial annualized yield rate referenced at the product launch is 4% APR, and actual earnings will be dynamically adjusted based on market conditions.According to the plan, Cash Plus will be further integrated into Bitget's Unified Trading Account (UTA) in the third quarter. After the integration, the Cash Plus balance will continue to generate earnings while being directly used as trading margin, achieving a "trade while earning interest" capital reuse experience.

According to monitoring by Lookonchain, the K3Capital associated wallet (0x4352...3b4f) withdrew 10,000 ETH from Binance, worth $178 million; Abraxas Capital withdrew 6,948 ETH from Binance and Bitfinex, worth $124 million.

According to a report by the Procuratorial Daily, researchers from the People's Procuratorate of Yuhu District, Xiangtan City, Hunan Province, and the Law School of Xiangtan University have jointly written an article proposing a systematic response plan to the regulatory dilemmas of money laundering crimes using virtual currency. The article points out that current judicial practice faces three major dilemmas: first, Article 191 of the Criminal Law limits money laundering crimes to seven types of upstream crimes, resulting in many cases being treated as "concealment crimes"; second, methods such as mixers, privacy coins, and cross-chain transfers lead to fragmented evidence chains, making traditional investigative methods difficult to penetrate; third, conflicts in the legal attributes of virtual currency, a vacuum in procedural rules, and barriers to cross-border cooperation make it difficult to recover assets.In response, the article suggests promoting "dual investigations for one case," establishing the principle of self-authentication of blockchain data, constructing a tiered standard of proof, and establishing a national-level custody and disposal platform for involved virtual currencies, while actively promoting the signing of special agreements for international criminal justice assistance in virtual currency crimes.

According to BLOCKMEDIA, the South Korean police are investigating a case of political interference in the competition of the cryptocurrency market. A former assistant to independent lawmaker Kim Byung-ki is accused of pressuring the Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) in February last year to force Upbit to terminate its fee waiver activities for $USDC and $USDT, in order to alleviate the financial pressure on its competitor Bithumb, which was suffering due to a zero-fee promotion.The suspicion arises from the fact that the assistant obtained an informal advisory position at Bithumb months after the interference, while at the same time, the lawmaker's son was also hired by the exchange as an intern. Bithumb denies any knowledge of political interference and insists that the fee adjustments were independent business decisions.