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According to Cointelegraph, Vietnam issued Decree No. 284/2026/NĐ-CP on July 16, officially establishing an administrative penalty framework for cryptocurrency violations, providing a legal basis for the upcoming regulated cryptocurrency market.According to the decree, investors trading on unlicensed platforms face fines of up to 50 million Vietnamese dong (approximately $1,900); unauthorized issuance of crypto assets and serious anti-money laundering (AML) violations can incur fines of up to 200 million Vietnamese dong (approximately $7,700); authorities are also authorized to suspend related activities, revoke licenses, and confiscate assets.The decree will officially take effect on September 1. In terms of background, Vietnam opened applications for domestic cryptocurrency exchange licenses in January this year, and Deputy Minister Nguyen Duc Chi previously stated that the first batch of regulated activities is expected to launch in the third quarter.

According to the official announcement from Gate, Gate has completed the cash dividend distribution for 84 U.S. stock targets including Alibaba (BABA), Intuit (INTU), Thermo Fisher Scientific (TMO), and American Tower (AMT), and has proportionally distributed the equivalent amount in USDT to eligible users' spot accounts, with no action required from users.This dividend distribution covers multiple categories including technology and semiconductors, financial services, energy, consumer goods, healthcare, industrial manufacturing, real estate REITs, utilities, materials manufacturing, and strategic ETFs. Users can check the dividend details in the APP under [TradFi] - [Stocks] - [Trading] - [History] - [Funds Flow] or on the Web under [Stocks] - [Funds Flow]. The final amount and timing of the funds received will be based on the actual receipt situation.

According to an official announcement from Zilliqa, the project team has learned that a security incident occurred with one of its exchange partners, resulting in the theft of some ZIL from cold wallets. The incident is currently under joint investigation by various parties, and the specific scale and cause of the theft have not yet been disclosed.As a precautionary measure, Zilliqa has notified all exchanges to temporarily suspend ZIL deposits and withdrawals to prevent the stolen funds from being transferred or sold through centralized platforms. The team stated that further updates will be released once they have accurate information and reminded users to only pay attention to official channels.

According to the latest report released by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), FATF conducted the seventh special assessment of the implementation of Recommendation 15 (R.15) across global jurisdictions. The report indicates that since the last update in 2025, countries have continued to advance in the regulation of virtual assets (VA) and virtual asset service providers (VASP), including conducting risk assessments, improving licensing and registration frameworks, implementing travel rules, and strengthening law enforcement actions.However, the report also points out that significant gaps still exist, mainly reflected in: the difficulty in effectively translating risk assessment results into mitigation measures, insufficient implementation of licensing and registration frameworks, challenges in identifying VASP activity subjects, and inadequate effectiveness of risk-based supervision and law enforcement. In terms of emerging risks, the report focuses on the following areas: the exacerbation of the "industrialization" trend of organized crime groups using virtual assets to commit fraud, the rising risk of stablecoin abuse, risks associated with non-custodial wallet peer-to-peer (P2P) transactions, offshore VASPs operating outside of regulation, and ongoing challenges in the DeFi sector. FATF calls for the public and private sectors to jointly strengthen the implementation of R.15, enhance risk mitigation capabilities, and deepen domestic, international, and public-private cooperation mechanisms.

According to the latest report from TokenInsight, the TradFi perpetual contract market continued its rapid growth trend in the second quarter of 2026, and the competitive landscape further concentrated. Binance ranked first with a trading volume of approximately $380 billion, holding a market share of about 59.96%; Bitget ranked second with approximately 11.01%, and OKX ranked third with about 10.97%. Both platforms had a quarterly trading volume of around $69 billion, forming the core tier of the market together with Binance.From the perspective of internal penetration rates, there are still significant differences in the proportion of TradFi perpetual contracts within the derivatives business of different exchanges. Among them, Binance ranked first with a penetration rate of 8.65%, followed closely by Bitget at 8.61%, indicating that leading platforms are accelerating the introduction of traditional financial assets into the crypto derivatives market.

According to monitoring by Catcher Predict, in the prediction market Polymarket for the event "LoL Nongshim Red Force vs KT Rolster," the "Odd" option in the sub-market "Odd/Even Total Kills" has experienced severe fluctuations in win rate, dropping from 99.45% an hour ago to the current 77.45% (a fluctuation of 22%). Please note the impact of relevant breaking news.

According to the official announcement, the Bitget trading bot now supports U.S. stock tokens (rToken) for smart positions and has simultaneously launched several recommended portfolios including the top ten U.S. stocks Mag 10, the White-haired Stock God portfolio, and the Elon Musk concept. This allows users to copy positions with one click and automatically manage their holdings.Users can enter the "Trading Bot" and select "Smart Positions," choose the desired portfolio to create, input the investment amount, and complete the position creation. They can also manually create their own configurations for supported stocks rToken and cryptocurrencies, set target ratios for each currency and rebalancing conditions, and complete the creation. App users can upgrade to the latest version to experience this feature.It is reported that the rToken, identified by the letter r + stock code (for example, Nvidia is rNVDA), is issued by Reality, a licensed RWA protocol under Bitget, and is directly connected to global liquidity pools such as Nasdaq and NYSE through collaboration with the compliant broker Alpaca. Its features include: 1:1 reserves of underlying assets managed by a licensed custodian, stock dividends distributed in token form at a 1:1 ratio, support for corporate actions (such as stock splits), and positions can serve as joint collateral for unified accounts and U-based contracts, allowing users to flexibly manage funds while holding global stock assets.

According to Bloomberg, AI startup 01.ai, founded by AI expert Kai-Fu Lee, plans to conduct an initial public offering (IPO) in Hong Kong after the end of the 2027 fiscal year and intends to seek Pre-IPO financing during its first annual performance announcement. To comply with the Hong Kong Stock Exchange's listing regulations for specialized technology companies, 01.ai is currently adjusting its offshore holding structure to pave the way for its future listing in Hong Kong.Founded in 2023, 01.ai achieved a valuation of over $1 billion in just 8 months after receiving investments from institutions such as Alibaba Cloud. The company has completed a business strategy transformation, shifting from its early self-developed cutting-edge large language models to building AI infrastructure services for enterprises, primarily fine-tuning and customizing based on domestic open-source models such as DeepSeek, Alibaba Qianwen, and Zhiyu GLM. Kai-Fu Lee revealed that approximately 50% of 01.ai's business revenue currently comes from overseas markets.

Recently, the market has focused on the performance of the technology and semiconductor sectors, with trading activity in related assets continuing to rise. Gate gStocks quotes show that SOXLG (3x Long Semiconductor ETF) is currently priced at $139.46, up 3.40%; INTCG (Intel) is currently priced at $96.36, up 3.20%.Gate gStocks adopts a 1:1 fully-backed native stock reserve mechanism, where each tokenized security corresponds to an equal number of native stocks as underlying asset support, and supports 24/7 trading, unified account management, and a minimum investment of 1 USDT with fractional share trading. Users can participate more flexibly in global popular stock investments, achieving a one-stop allocation of digital assets and traditional securities. As the ecosystem of tokenized securities continues to enrich, Gate gStocks will continue to expand more quality stocks and ETF targets, providing users with a more diverse selection of global asset allocation options.

The core project of the TRON ecosystem, JustLend DAO, has completed four consecutive rounds of efficient buyback and burn plans. Over 17% of the total supply of $JST has been permanently removed from circulation, marking a milestone in the deflationary process. All funds for this round were raised in compliance with the established mechanisms approved by the community and were fully transparent on-chain, with burn data verifiable at any time.As the cornerstone of the TRON DeFi ecosystem, JustLend DAO will continue to optimize the buyback and burn mechanism, advancing the continuous deflation of the token economic model as the market evolves, and building a more solid long-term value expectation for JST holders.

According to Digital Asset, officials from the Korean National Tax Service have proposed legislative suggestions, believing it is necessary to amend the Criminal Procedure Act to allow for the seizure of virtual assets held by individuals. Individual ownership of digital assets refers to the situation where the private key is directly held by the individual, without the need to entrust a third party for custody or disposal.In June of this year, four individuals, including Zhang Xiyuan, the head of the National Tax Service investigation team, published a paper titled "Limitations and Legislative Review of Self-Protecting Virtual Asset Seizure Execution" in the journal "Criminal Policy Research" of the Korean Institute of Criminology and Justice. The paper explains that separate regulations must be established for the requirements and procedures for transferring to a public wallet or obtaining control. The paper first points out that when a suspect or owner holds access means such as a private key, the search warrant must clearly specify the following: the type and quantity of digital assets to be seized; verified addresses; addresses to be transferred; methods of transfer; and storage methods after the transfer. Furthermore, due to the risks of theft associated with transferring assets to wallets managed by a single entity, the paper proposes a method for transferring to a joint address managed by both the court and investigative agencies.

According to SolanaFloor data, Solana regained the top position among all blockchains in terms of daily network revenue (on July 18), marking the first time in nearly five months.

According to The Block, Hyperliquid announced that it will introduce a permissionless deployment mechanism for the HIP-4 outcome markets in future upgrades. According to the disclosure plan, validators will vote on outcome templates to ensure market quality and clarity of expression.In addition, HIP-4 market deployers are required to stake 500,000 HYPE and can receive up to 50% of the fee share from the markets they create.

According to reports from South Korean media, the Financial Services Commission, the Bank of Korea, the Financial Supervisory Service, and the Korea Securities Depository jointly announced relevant plans aimed at transforming the Korean won from a restricted exchange currency to a freely convertible currency, and improving the cross-border capital flow system. Among them, the South Korean government plans to clarify the issuance and circulation rules of the won stablecoin under the framework of the "Basic Law on Digital Assets," providing a institutional foundation for the entry of won-denominated stablecoins into the market.In addition, the Bank of Korea will also promote pilot projects that combine institutional CBDC with the tokenization of government bonds, and participate in the Project Agora led by the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) to explore a digital cross-border payment system.

On July 18, 2026, at 21:44:51 UTC, Cardano activated the Van Rossem hard fork, upgrading the network to protocol version 11, with no reported downtime. This upgrade is part of the changes within the Conway ledger era, aimed at reducing the operating costs of Plutus smart contracts, enhancing ledger security, and introducing new cryptographic tools.Van Rossem includes 5 Cardano Improvement Proposals, involving BLS12-381 multi-scalar multiplication, on-chain array types, optimization of multi-asset value processing, acceleration of list operations, and built-in modular exponentiation. Staking pools are now prohibited from reusing the same verifiable random function key across the entire network; each pool must hold a unique key bound to its identity.This upgrade was completed through the Cardano on-chain governance process, with the proposal to activation advanced by on-chain voting. Delegated representatives passed the proposal with a support rate of 77.63%, while the support rate among staking pool operators was 52.7%, and the constitutional committee's voting result was 6-0-0-1. Wallets holding between 100,000 and 100 million ADA saw their total balance rise to the highest level since 2023, currently controlling over a quarter of the circulating supply of ADA. Cardano will subsequently advance Ouroboros Leios and plans to achieve a target of over 1,000 transactions per second during the testing period in 2026.

One year ago, U.S. President Donald Trump signed the "Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins Act," known as the GENIUS Act, marking the first time the U.S. initiated the construction of a federal regulatory framework for stablecoins. The GENIUS Act requires federal regulatory agencies to establish governance rules for stablecoins, covering issuer reserves, governance, and operational requirements.Relevant details are still being developed by agencies such as the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.