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According to Jinshi reports, on the morning of July 31 local time, the Israeli Prime Minister's Office issued a statement saying that the Israel Defense Forces, under the instructions of Prime Minister Netanyahu and Defense Minister Katz, dismantled underground tunnel facilities in the Bofort Ridge area of southern Lebanon.The Israeli side stated that these facilities were an important support for Hezbollah's plans to attack northern Israel, and approximately 700 tons of explosives were used in the operation. This military action is a response to Hezbollah's "blatant violation of the ceasefire agreement."

According to Jinshi, multiple banks are in talks to provide a $15 billion loan to a data center developer collaborating with Anthropic, with Google providing financial guarantees and chip support.

According to Jinshi reports, the Israeli army bombed Tyre in southern Lebanon.

According to official news, the prediction market Polymarket announced a significant adjustment to its settlement mechanism for cryptocurrency price fluctuation markets starting from August 7, to protect market integrity. From midnight UTC on that day, the affected markets will no longer settle based on a single price snapshot at a specific time but will instead use a time-weighted average price.Markets of different durations correspond to different TWAP windows: all cryptocurrency 5-minute markets will use a 30-second TWAP, 15-minute markets will use a 60-second TWAP, and 4-hour markets will also use a 60-second TWAP. The previous single snapshot settlement method was prone to price manipulation during periods of low liquidity, and this change is a proactive reinforcement of the market integrity system by Polymarket after facing regulatory scrutiny.To support this transition, Polymarket will inject $1 million in liquidity rewards into all affected markets throughout August. On the technical side, Chainlink TWAP testnet data streams are now available, and mainnet data streams along with Polymarket real-time data stream services will go live on August 4, at which point developers can access TWAP prices directly through Chainlink Data Streams or Polymarket's public WebSocket.

According to Bitcoin Magazine, Spain's largest bank, Santander Bank, reported that it holds a spot Bitcoin ETF worth $4.3 million.

According to Jinshi, Germany's inflation rate is expected to be 2.8% in July 2026, with the core inflation rate, excluding food and energy, expected to be 2.4%. Energy prices are expected to rise by 8.3% year-on-year, a significant acceleration compared to last month.Analyst Giuseppe Dellamotta stated that the decline in core inflation is good news for the European Central Bank. If the Eurozone CPI shows a similar trend, the likelihood of an interest rate hike in September will decrease. The market will pay attention to the developments in the Middle East situation; if the situation eases, it will reduce the urgency for the European Central Bank to tighten monetary policy.

According to South Korean media reports, the Bank of Korea participated in the real transaction testing of the global payment settlement project "Agora Project" led by the Bank for International Settlements (BIS), successfully completing transactions using tokenized reserve funds.A total of 28 institutions participated in this test, including the Bank of Korea, central banks from various countries, and private financial institutions, covering six currencies: Korean won, US dollar, euro, British pound, Swiss franc, and Japanese yen. Domestic participating institutions in South Korea include KB Kookmin Bank, NongHyup Bank, Shinhan Bank, Woori Bank, and Hana Bank. The participating institutions conducted real transaction tests valued at approximately 800,000 Swiss francs, covering multiple currencies and testing 17 different transaction scenarios. The Bank of Korea stated, "In the future, the Agora Project plans to conduct more real transaction tests by identifying transaction types and scenarios not covered in this test."

According to the Korea Herald, the Korea Exchange conducted an internal review on July 29 regarding the technical feasibility and system requirements for a temporary ban on short selling and narrowing the price limit (currently at 30%) to address the recent severe fluctuations in the stock market. Sources familiar with the matter stated that "only technical feasibility was confirmed," and it was not a prerequisite for implementation, but rather a screening process during the review of available emergency measures.Recently, the South Korean stock market has continued to plummet, causing increasing damage to individual investors. During a meeting of the National Assembly's Administrative Committee, several lawmakers urged authorities to consider a temporary ban on short selling and to restart the Securities Market Stabilization Fund. A national petition to suspend short selling garnered over 10,000 signatures within two days of being made public. However, the ban on short selling conflicts with South Korea's goal of being included in the MSCI developed market index; a previous 17-month short selling ban from November 2023 to March 2025 had led to MSCI downgrading South Korea's market accessibility rating. The exchange's officials stated that they have not received any related requests from the government and have not formally discussed a short selling ban.

According to Jinshi reports, Israeli Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir stated that the Israeli military will not withdraw from the occupied areas in southern Lebanon before ensuring Israel's security. Zamir made the remarks during an inspection of the occupied areas in southern Lebanon, mentioning that the Israeli military has controlled certain areas and is working to eliminate terrorist infrastructure. If necessary, they will expand the scope of operations to include more areas. He emphasized that there will be no withdrawal from the controlled areas before ensuring long-term security.

Rob Nichols, the President of the American Bankers Association, stated in an interview that the banking industry's lobbying group hopes for the passage of the CLARITY Act, but issues surrounding stablecoins still need to be resolved.The bill is about 600 pages long, and the banking industry only suggests making minor and precise modifications to two sections to prevent stablecoins from replacing bank deposits. They are referred to as payment stablecoins for a reason, not deposit stablecoins. However, he does believe that the cryptocurrency industry and the banking industry can coexist.

According to Jinshi, the People's Bank of China today conducted a 270.5 billion yuan 7-day reverse repurchase operation, with both the bidding amount and the awarded amount being 270.5 billion yuan, and the operation interest rate at 1.4%. At the same time, the central bank also conducted a 600 billion yuan overnight reverse repurchase operation.

According to Cryptopolitan, the Central Bank of Russia (CBR) has released a draft of regulatory rules for the cryptocurrency market, covering the registration and operational requirements for cryptocurrency exchanges, digital custodians, and token issuers. The draft stipulates that the minimum net assets for digital custodians must be between 50 million and 250 million rubles (approximately 600,000 to 3 million USD), with the specific amount depending on the nature of the business.These rules will complement the "Digital Currency and Digital Rights Law" passed by the State Duma of Russia earlier this month, which is expected to officially take effect on September 1, 2026. Under the new framework, non-qualified investors can only purchase mainstream assets such as BTC, ETH, and USDT up to a limit of 4,000 USD per year; industry participants will have a transition period until March 1, 2027, to complete compliance and approval procedures.

AI Agent Economic Settlement Agreement AEON has announced its expansion into the South Asian market of Bangladesh and successfully integrated with the two major local mobile payment wallets, bKash and Nagad. Local consumers can directly use mainstream cryptocurrencies and mainstream Web3 wallets for offline retail and online consumption. The AEON payment network will automatically convert and settle local currency with local merchants in the backend.AEON has covered over 50 million merchants and more than 10,000 brands globally, accelerating the construction of a localized digital financial fiat settlement network across multiple countries, paving the way for the implementation of the agent economy in high-frequency payments in the real world.

On-chain yield platform Altura announced that it originally planned to purchase USDT using fiat funds from its Altura bank account through over-the-counter trading partners, but the bank account holding the relevant funds has been temporarily frozen by the bank. Screenshots show that the frozen amount is approximately £16.446 million, about $21.88 million, and this plan has therefore been hindered.Altura stated that it has communicated with the bank regarding this matter, and the bank has requested that it wait for the review to be completed, stating that it will contact them separately if additional materials are needed. The current situation is completely beyond Altura's control, and they must wait for further responses from the bank. Altura also announced that due to limited team resources, it will suspend community chat functions to focus on addressing the current issues, and it promises that subsequent developments will be promptly communicated through its official X account, Telegram channel, and Discord, while urging the community to avoid speculation until official confirmation is received.

According to Jinshi reports, the southern Lebanese town of Nabatiyeh Foka was heavily shelled by Israel.

According to Jinshi reports, T. Rowe Price portfolio manager Vincent Chung stated that the Bank of Japan is expected to maintain interest rates on Friday but may signal a faster pace of rate hikes. He pointed out that if the Bank of Japan accelerates the normalization of its policy, there could be two more rate hikes this year. For the yen to achieve a significant and sustained appreciation, a combination of faster tightening of monetary policy, a decline in energy prices, and more coordinated exchange rate intervention measures is needed.

According to Jinshi, the Bank of England is investigating the rapid growth of investment banks operating in London with exposure to Asian stocks, as officials hope to avoid highly concentrated bets on a few companies related to artificial intelligence.Hedge funds and other institutional investors are rushing to invest in companies providing key infrastructure for the artificial intelligence semiconductor industry in Asia, such as SK Hynix and TSMC. The Bank of England is concerned that these stocks are gradually becoming an increasingly important part of the positions held by major brokers, with holdings highly concentrated in a few companies.

According to Jinshi reports, the Bank of Korea stated that inflation will exceed the target in the second half of the year, so it is necessary to maintain a tight policy stance.