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According to Forbes, blockchain pioneers Scott Stornetta and Stuart Haber have joined the prediction market platform SafeBets as advisors. The platform allows users to make predictions without investing real money, using free points instead, with correct predictions earning Unicoin token rewards. SafeBets positions its business as "market research" rather than betting, distinguishing itself from competitors like Polymarket and Kalshi, which face legal risks.SafeBets Executive Director J. Tennyson Singer stated that the platform's long-term plan is to monetize users' collective prediction data by providing trading signals to affiliated brokerage firms, and it has already attracted thousands of participants for the World Cup events, with plans to expand into political prediction areas such as the U.S. elections.According to Unicoin Inc.'s quarterly report submitted to the SEC, SafeBets is wholly owned by Unicoin CEO Alex Konanykhin. Unicoin has been facing an SEC lawsuit since May 2025, accused of inflating fundraising amounts in token sales and falsely advertising its "SEC registered" status. Unicoin claims that the allegations are "baseless" and will actively defend itself. The Unicoin tokens awarded to users come from this litigated entity. Unicoin is currently conducting equity financing at a price of 25 cents per share, targeting $20 million.

AWS announced that the Amazon Bedrock AgentCore payments service is officially fully available (GA). This service collaborates with Coinbase and Stripe, enabling AI agents to autonomously pay for paid APIs, MCP, and content services with just a few lines of code. AgentCore payments integrates Coinbase and Stripe Privy wallets, supporting small transaction payments in USDC stablecoin. Users can recharge the agent wallet and authorize the agent to spend using credit cards or USDC.The service supports the x402 protocol and MPP protocol, with a new "upto" payment scheme that allows agents to set spending limits instead of fixed prices, enabling dynamic billing based on actual reasoning usage. It includes built-in payment session limits (maximum spending per interaction and expiration time), which will be rejected if exceeded, and integrates AgentCore Observability to provide visual dashboards for transaction audit logs, success rates, and average transaction values.Related features have been integrated with CDNs such as Amazon CloudFront and Cloudflare, and clients such as Anchor Browser, SpreadX, and Travala are already using this service. AgentCore payments is now available in multiple regions, and developers can integrate it through the console, CLI, and open-source frameworks like LangGraph and OpenClaw. The launch of this service is a key step in the evolution of AI agents from "reasoning and action" to "autonomous transactions."

Due to the tight supply of upstream materials such as copper foil substrates and semi-cured sheets, along with continuously rising costs, the price increase trend in the PCB industry continues. Manufacturers such as Kinwong, JINGPENG, Dingying Investment Holdings, and YaoHua have already raised their quotes by approximately 5% to 30% this year, with the benefits of these price increases gradually becoming apparent starting from the third quarter.Industry insiders point out that major CCL manufacturers have raised their product prices by about 20% to 30% in the first half of the year, and there will still be pressure for price increases in the second half of the year through 2027. The supply of high-end electronic fabrics is also tight, with the supply-demand gap for Low DK second-generation fabrics estimated to exceed 60%, and the upward trend may continue until the first half of 2027. The IC substrate market is also continuing the price increase trend, with demand for AI GPUs and ASICs driving prices up, and there is still double-digit room for price increases in the third and fourth quarters, benefiting companies like Unimicron, Kinsus, and Nan Ya. PCB manufacturers indicate that they will adjust prices in a timely manner based on changes in material costs in the second half of the year.

According to CoinDesk, the Trump family-associated crypto project World Liberty Financial stated that it does not own, operate, or control the Hong Kong artificial intelligence platform WorldClaw, which only uses its stablecoin USD1 as a payment channel.WorldClaw provides developers with access to multiple AI model services through WorldRouter, supporting payments in USD1, with some plans available through locking WLFI tokens.World Liberty did not specify whether it or its affiliates hold equity in WorldClaw, provide financing, charge licensing fees, or participate in revenue sharing. WorldClaw's terms indicate that its services are not open to residents, companies, and citizens of the United States and China.

According to Decrypt, blockchain forensics company Chainalysis Government Solutions filed a procurement protest on July 27 in the U.S. Federal Claims Court, opposing the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) awarding a contract worth approximately $94.6 million to competitor TRM Labs through a sole-source method.The contract period is from July 1, 2026, to June 30, 2027, involving blockchain forensics software and support services for Homeland Security Investigations into fraud, cybercrime, and sexual extortion cases. Chainalysis believes that ICE's decision is arbitrary and unreasonable. TRM Labs joined the case as an intervenor defendant on July 28, defending the contract alongside the U.S. government.The court allowed Chainalysis to temporarily seal the complaint, with oral arguments scheduled for September 2; ICE stated that after approximately 6 days of market research, it determined that none of the 8 responding companies could meet the requirements.

According to on-chain analyst Onchain Lens (@OnchainLens), a newly created wallet has cumulatively withdrawn 57,000 $HYPE from Coinbase, worth approximately 3.36 million USD.

Chairman of BitMine Tom Lee forwarded an Ethereum price analysis, showing that Ethereum is approaching an important technical breakthrough, currently only about 3.5% away from breaking through the Daily Cloud.According to the analysis, this indicator has not been effectively broken since October 9, 2025. If ETH successfully stands above the Daily Cloud, it could indicate an improvement in the long-term trend structure and release further upward signals.Tom Lee commented, "Would be good to see." The Daily Cloud typically refers to the Ichimoku Cloud in technical analysis, where "Daily" indicates a calculation based on daily candlestick periods.

According to Caixin, Yushu Technology has not yet officially gone public, but trading around this popular new stock has already begun in advance. On second-hand trading platforms like Xianyu, there are multiple pieces of information regarding the acquisition and sale of Yushu Technology's new stock subscription rights. Currently, several intermediaries are acquiring this new stock through various channels, with significant discrepancies in pricing. Some intermediaries are offering 520 yuan/share (the issue price is 150.8 yuan/share), while others are quoting 410 yuan/share. Among some investors and intermediary groups, this type of trading is also referred to as "dark trading."At present, this trading remains a very small-scale activity. Many market participants, including brokers and public funds, have stated that they had not heard of any so-called "dark trading" related to new stock subscriptions on the Sci-Tech Innovation Board before. Its sudden emergence may be related to Yushu Technology's extremely low subscription rate and high expectations for listing gains. The recent private acquisitions of new stocks in the A-share market are based on informal verbal agreements and are not legally protected.

Goldman Sachs stated that as U.S. inflation is cooling, market expectations for the Federal Reserve's interest rate hikes remain overly aggressive. Goldman Sachs Chief Economist Jan Hatzius pointed out that weak retail sales data, disappointing employment data, and continuously slowing inflation data make the likelihood of an interest rate hike at the Fed's September meeting extremely low.The market has pushed back expectations for the next 25 basis point rate hike to January of next year.

CryptoQuant analyst Darkfost stated that although Uniswap's native token UNI has fallen over 93% from its 2021 peak of $43 to about $3, the accumulation by whales has reached its strongest level in five years.Data shows that the top 10 transactions with the largest outflows of UNI on Binance have an average daily outflow of 7,300 UNI, setting a five-year high; the current average remains high, with this trading group accumulating 5,600 UNI daily.Darkfost pointed out that despite the overall difficult environment for altcoins, some tokens are still attracting attention, especially those that are actively accumulated by whales. The accumulation intensity of UNI has reached a historical peak during the current downturn, indicating that large investors are positioning themselves at lower prices.

Stacks co-founder Muneeb Ali stated that the Satoshi Upgrade I hard fork has been successfully completed, and the network's level of decentralization has further improved with the launch of the new signer.Regarding Binance's "Observation Label," there are currently no concerns about delisting risks or liquidity, but we still need to wait for the next round of formal assessment.

According to Talking Biz News citing Courthouse News Service, The Wall Street Journal requested a federal judge on Wednesday afternoon to dismiss the defamation lawsuit filed by Binance. The lawsuit targets the newspaper's reports regarding Binance covering up internal investigations, obstructing compliance, and allowing sanctioned entities to trade.In the motion to dismiss, The Wall Street Journal stated that Binance's complaint from March 2026 failed to prove actual malice at the time the relevant reports were published. Binance claimed that the reports were false because it had issued a denial statement to the newspaper, but the newspaper argued that merely repeating a self-defensive denial is insufficient to constitute a defamation claim. During the hearing, The Wall Street Journal's lawyer pointed out that Binance did not deny the core content of the three reports.

According to Digital Asset, Park Soo-young, a member of the Korean National Power Party, criticized the government's plan to tax virtual asset gains, stating that it is "a threat of a tax bomb if one does not invest in the domestic stock market," and demanded an immediate withdrawal.Member Park Soo-young stated on her YouTube channel: "I hope this punitive tax plan that puts 13 million digital asset users in danger can be withdrawn immediately." She added, "This does not mean that people will invest in domestic stocks; on the contrary, it will only accelerate the outflow of national wealth." She cited that approximately 124 trillion won flowed into overseas digital asset exchanges from January to September last year.

ChianCatcher news, Terence Lee, one of the early co-founders of BitMart (GBM Global Holding Company Limited), stated, "In recent years, I have not been responsible for the main business of the exchange, and my work has mainly focused on exploring new products and new business. I will withdraw from all company affairs on July 31, 2026, and will not participate in any operations, management, or asset-related matters of the company or any of its affiliated entities. The procedures for resigning from relevant positions and canceling registrations are currently being processed. I deeply regret the difficulties and impacts caused to users by the platform's cessation of operations. However, I currently have no authority to handle matters related to platform assets, accounts, or user funds, nor can I answer questions related to platform operations or asset disposal. Relevant requests should be made through the channels indicated in the official announcement and through legal means. Recently, my identification information, photos, and several false pieces of information have been circulated, and I have reported this to law enforcement and reserved the right to pursue legal responsibility. This statement is my only public explanation regarding this matter, and I will no longer respond to related inquiries individually."

According to Bitcoin.com, Gurinder Singh Josan MP and Lord Vaizey, co-chairs of the UK All-Party Parliamentary Group on Crypto and Digital Assets (APPG), have written to the CEOs of major UK banks requesting clarification on whether they provide account services to crypto businesses, what restrictions are placed on digital asset transactions, and whether these policies will be adjusted with the implementation of the new regulatory framework in the UK.The MPs pointed out that access to banking may be the single biggest obstacle to the development of crypto and digital asset businesses in the UK. If licensed crypto businesses are still unable to obtain basic banking services, the competitive goals of the new regulatory system will be difficult to achieve.Lucy Rigby, Economic Secretary to the Treasury, has previously stated that banking service restrictions should not be imposed on FCA-authorized crypto businesses solely due to the nature of the industry. The deadline for submitting written evidence for this inquiry is August 31, and the APPG will use this to make policy recommendations to the government.

The digital asset trading platform Gate has completed the functional upgrade of the Gate Card product, officially launching the card balance withdrawal feature. After users recharge to the Gate Card, in addition to being used for global consumption, they can also exchange the card balance for USDT at real-time exchange rates and transfer it to the Gate spot account, which can be used for subsequent trading, wealth management, or other asset allocation, further enhancing the flexibility of fund usage and management with the card.Currently, the Gate Card has integrated with the Visa and Mastercard global payment networks, covering over 200 countries and regions, and can be used at approximately 150 million merchants worldwide. It supports online consumption, offline payments, ATM withdrawals, and payment methods such as Apple Pay and Google Pay. With the launch of this withdrawal feature, the Gate Card further connects the complete chain from fund recharge, consumption use to balance return, providing users with a more flexible digital asset payment and fund management experience.

The United States plans to withdraw all troops from Iraq by September 30, ending its military presence in Iraq since the invasion in 2003, and Iraqi forces will take full responsibility for combating the "Islamic State" (ISIS).

Hawaii will implement a cryptocurrency ATM ban effective October 1, becoming the fourth state in the United States to enact such a ban, aimed at addressing the significant losses caused by digital asset fraud.

Federal Reserve spokesperson Nick Timiraos stated that the July inflation report was largely in line with market expectations, easing the pressure on the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates next month.Wall Street is focused on CPI data, with some officials believing it is necessary to maintain higher interest rates, arguing that the current level of rates is restrictive and that the high inflation is due to external shocks rather than loose monetary policy.

According to a report by Investing.com, neocloud company Nebius (NBIS) announced its second-quarter financial report, with Q2 revenue reaching $582.3 million, a 454% increase compared to $105.1 million in the same period last year. The adjusted EBITDA for the second quarter was $236.2 million, compared to a loss of $21 million in the same period last year, achieving a turnaround from negative to positive; the adjusted net loss was $33.2 million, narrowing from a loss of $91.5 million in the same period last year by 64%. However, the company reported a net loss from continuing operations of $190.4 million in the second quarter, while it had a net profit of $502.5 million in the same period last year.In the first half of 2026, Nebius accumulated revenue of $981.3 million, a year-on-year increase of 529%; the adjusted EBITDA reached $365.7 million, compared to a loss of $74.7 million in the same period last year. According to market news, NBIS rose 12.05% in pre-market trading, currently reported at $217.5.