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Binance Wallet officially announced that Binance Alpha will be the first platform to launch the cross-chain protocol Squid (QUID), with the launch date set for August 4. After trading opens, eligible users can use Binance Alpha points to claim airdrops on the Alpha event page, with more details to be announced later.It is reported that Squid is a cross-chain platform that supports access to over 20,000 tokens across more than 100 blockchains and has processed over $6 billion in transaction volume, with QUID as its native token.

According to the data panel on the ChainCatcher official website, regarding BTC wallet balances, in the past 7 days, all of the top 10 exchanges by balance have achieved positive growth or remained flat, with Bithumb showing the largest increase at 2.42%.In terms of exchange asset transparency proof, the top three net outflows are Bybit (-$126 million), MEXC (-$15.4429 million), and Bitget (-$11.4947 million); in terms of net inflows, Binance saw the most inflow at $382 million, followed by Gate (+$255 million) and OKX (+$233 million).

According to market news, Dark Side of the Moon (Kimi) plans to submit its Hong Kong IPO application as early as this month, aiming to raise approximately $3 billion. As of the time of publication, Dark Side of the Moon has not publicly responded to or confirmed this matter.

CryptoQuant analyst Zizcrypto stated that the current percentage of unrealized losses for Bitcoin is 35.2%, which means that approximately 35% of the tracked supply is in a state of unrealized loss. This indicator is still above 20%, but has now fallen below the deep pressure range of 40%, far below the similar capitulation drop zone of 60%.This indicator broke through 40% around the end of June, reaching 42.2%, then dropped to 30.4% around July 21, and subsequently rebounded to 35.2%. In previous major bear market phases shown in the chart, after the first test of the 40% area, there is usually a period of pressure consolidation, after which the indicator tends to approach or exceed 60%, often leading to a capitulation-like drop. Zizcrypto believes that the current supply of unrealized losses is still high, but the latest data has fallen below the deep pressure range and has not yet reached capitulation-level pressure. However, levels above 40% and 60% remain key areas to watch.

According to GMGN market data, possibly influenced by CZ's tweet "Why run around? The Coin Security Department has everything," the market cap of Meme coins on the BSC chain briefly surpassed 10 million USD, currently reported at 9.5 million USD, with a daily increase of over 240%.Meme coin prices are highly volatile, driven largely by market sentiment and trending events, lacking actual value support, and investors need to be aware of the risks.

According to Jinshi reports, strategists from Citigroup and Barclays Bank stated that the appreciation of the yen may drive various Asian currencies stronger, especially the South Korean won, Singapore dollar, and Thai baht. The yen has risen more than 4% over the past three trading days, while during the same period, the South Korean won, Thai baht, and Philippine peso have all appreciated by at least 0.7%.Strategists pointed out that recent USD/JPY intervention actions may have spillover effects on the Asian foreign exchange market, pushing up Asian currencies sensitive to the yen's movements.

Standard Chartered Hong Kong and Greater China and North Asia CEO Mary Huen announced that there will be an official announcement regarding the issuance of the Hong Kong dollar stablecoin HKDAP. At the same time, a distribution agreement will be signed, with its subsidiary Dingdian Financial acting as the issuer of the stablecoin, adopting a business-to-business-to-consumer (B2B2C) model. It will not connect directly with end users but will distribute through recognized distributors to its relevant corporate and institutional client base, including small and medium-sized enterprises, traders, service providers, fund companies, and individual users, for cross-border settlement. Other application scenarios also include tokenized assets.

According to data from RootData stock derivatives exchanges, the top three exchanges by cumulative trading volume over the past 7 days are Binance, Hyperliquid, and OKX.The total trading volume of the three exchanges is approximately $212.519 billion, accounting for 77.79% of the market share. Among them, Binance's total trading volume over 7 days is approximately $141.376 billion, with a market share of 51.75%; Hyperliquid is approximately $36.869 billion, with a market share of 13.50%; OKX is approximately $34.274 billion, with a market share of 12.55%.

According to Lookonchain monitoring, Arthur Hayes (@CryptoHayes) has once again purchased 6 million ENA at an average price of $0.09, worth $525,000.

According to financing data statistics from RootData, in July 2026, the crypto primary market disclosed a total of 46 financing events, with a total financing amount of approximately $2.235 billion, representing a month-on-month increase of about 148.9% compared to approximately $898 million in June, and a year-on-year increase of about 90.0% compared to approximately $1.176 billion in July 2025. The number of financing events increased by 4.5% compared to 44 events in June, but decreased by 41.0% compared to 78 events in the same period last year. Additionally, there were 18 merger and acquisition events not included in the above statistics.From the perspective of sector distribution, CeFi was the highest amount sector this month, completing 9 financings with a disclosed amount of approximately $1.230 billion; the infrastructure sector completed 12 financings with a disclosed amount of approximately $413 million, ranking first in the number of events; DeFi completed 11 financings, but the disclosed amount was approximately $34.25 million, overall showing a characteristic of "active quantity, smaller amounts."The top three projects by financing amount were: Crypto.com ($400 million), Ionic Digital ($400 million), and Securitize ($400 million). In addition, projects such as Augustus ($180 million), Alpaca ($135 million), Prime Intellect ($130 million), and Gauntlet ($125 million) also received significant financing. The top five financing projects this month totaled approximately $1.515 billion, accounting for about 67.8% of the overall disclosed financing scale.Overall, the crypto financing market in July showed a significant rebound in terms of amount, with Coinbase Ventures, Dragonfly, Hack VC, and others remaining active, and capital mainly flowing into trading platforms, asset tokenization, institutional-level financial infrastructure, and AI/computing power-related infrastructure projects.

According to CryptoSlate, Nasdaq-listed company Zhibao Technology (a Chinese insurtech company) signed a PIPE (Private Investment in Public Equity) agreement worth approximately $154.7 million on July 31, with investors paying in 2,380 bitcoins (calculated at a fixed price of $65,000 per bitcoin).The agreement lists 10 investor entities, each allocated 44.2 million units, totaling $154.7 million, paid in 238 bitcoins. Investors will purchase 442 million units at $0.35 per unit, with each unit consisting of 1 share of Class A common stock and a 2-year warrant (to buy 1 additional share at an exercise price of $0.35), with a potential total issuance of up to 884 million shares.After the transaction is completed, investors will designate 4 out of 5 directors and choose a new CEO and CFO. The existing 4 directors and the current CEO and CFO will resign. This issuance will significantly dilute the shareholding ratio prior to the PIPE transaction. The 49,001,662 shares will account for approximately 9.98% of the share base after the transaction is completed, while Class B shareholders will lose their 20-to-1 voting advantage.If all new warrants are subsequently exercised, the share base will increase to at least 933,001,662 shares, while the shareholding ratio prior to the PIPE transaction will drop to about 5.25%. The agreement is intended to be settled within 12 business days after July 31, or on another date agreed upon in writing by both parties, but the required capital increase and approval issues remain unresolved.

Well-known trader CryptoD stated on social media, "Recently looking back at community messages, I found that the entire Meme ecosystem has become very fragmented. The Chinese and foreign markets are gradually forming different ecosystems, leading to ineffective concentration of funds. Additionally, the market has been in a bear phase for a long time, with no significant increase in funds, but rather more chains emerging and liquidity becoming more dispersed.However, I also believe that the overall crypto market is gradually approaching the bottom, and Q3 and Q4 are likely to be the last period to calmly position before the next bull market."Previous reports indicated that CryptoD earned over 10 million dollars by trading the Meme coin TRUMP.

According to a report by LatePost, Ant Group's embodied intelligence company Lingbo Technology has launched its first round of financing, aiming to raise 1.5 billion yuan, and is striving to complete a second round of financing by the end of this year. The report points out that Lingbo has currently formed a relatively complete layout in the brain chain related to robot perception, understanding, and action, covering areas such as vision, depth, mapping, video, world models, VA, and VLA, thus attracting the attention of several investment institutions before the financing launch.The report states that funds in the embodied intelligence sector are currently accelerating towards the "embodied brain" direction. Ant Lingbo is seen as Ant Group's core vehicle in the fields of embodied and physical AI, and Ant will continue to provide support in areas such as AI infrastructure, data assets, and application scenarios. One of the core goals of this round of financing is to accelerate the development of Lingbo's embodied brain. The report also mentions that Lingbo's future valuation will depend on model generalization capabilities, real deployment and data flywheel, as well as whether it can grow into a global physical AI foundational model platform.

According to Coinglass data, on August 03 at 14:27, 40 million USDT was detected being transferred from an unknown wallet to Binance.

The AI-driven meme infrastructure project 2U2.ai announced that its native token $2U2 will officially launch on Bitget, KuCoin, and MEXC for spot trading at 15:00 (UTC+8) on August 3, while KuCoin will simultaneously launch $2U2 contract trading.Meanwhile, the community incentive campaign "The Meme Arms Race," which lasted for several months, has officially concluded. The project team will simultaneously open airdrop claims for 100,000,000 $2U2, and eligible users can log in to official channels to claim them. According to the rules, users can choose between an "immediate claim" or "long-term release" mechanism, corresponding to different earning models.2U2.ai is committed to building a Web3 native meme content production and distribution infrastructure, achieving on-chain assetization of memes through the "Create--Share--Earn" mechanism. This token listing and distribution marks the comprehensive entry of its ecosystem into the circulation and operation phase.

According to the official announcement, Gate has released the latest reserve report. As of July 27, 2026, the overall reserve coverage of the platform reached 117%, significantly higher than the industry safety benchmark of 100%. The reserves cover nearly 500 different types of user assets, continuously ensuring the security of user assets through verifiable mechanisms. Among them, the reserve scale of core assets continues to grow.The BTC user asset scale increased from 19,054 to 21,557, corresponding to a platform-held reserve of 26,775, with an excess reserve ratio of 24.2%; the ETH user assets grew from 344,935 to 374,348, with the corresponding platform-held reserves also increasing from 423,960 to 456,798, resulting in an excess reserve ratio of 22.02%.In terms of stablecoins, the total user assets of USDT, USDC, USD1, and GUSD amounted to 1.336 billion, corresponding to a total platform reserve of 1.59 billion, with a comprehensive reserve ratio of 118.97% and an excess reserve ratio of 18.97%, reflecting the platform's emphasis on the security of user assets and its ability to maintain sufficient liquidity.In addition, the reserve ratios for major assets such as GT and XRP are also significantly above the 100% reserve standard, reaching 131.13% and 116.5%, respectively. Gate's latest reserve report shows that its core asset reserve scale remains robust, providing strong assurance for the safety of user funds and the stability of platform operations.

According to the Korea Herald, in June this year, the five major cryptocurrency exchanges in South Korea (Upbit, Bithumb, Coinone, Korbit, Gopax) had a stablecoin outflow to overseas exchanges amounting to 27.625 trillion won, while inflows from overseas reached 22.022 trillion won during the same period, resulting in a net outflow of 5.603 trillion won, which is equivalent to 77.6% of the net overseas stock purchases by South Korean investors (approximately 7.22 trillion won) during the same period. At the beginning of last year, this ratio was only around 20%.The report states that stablecoins have been in a net outflow state for 18 consecutive months from the beginning of last year to June this year, contrasting with some months of net selling in overseas stocks. In the second quarter of this year alone, the net outflow of stablecoins was 16.872 trillion won, while overseas stocks experienced a net selling of 16.185 trillion won. These outflowing stablecoins are believed to be primarily used for derivatives trading not offered by domestic exchanges. Recently, overseas exchanges have launched spot and futures products for major South Korean stocks such as Samsung Electronics, SK Hynix, and Hyundai Motor, in addition to cryptocurrency futures, with some high-leverage products allowing for tens of times leverage on indices or individual stocks.

According to The Block, the Hong Kong police stated that a local insurance practitioner fell victim to a fraudulent cryptocurrency investment romance scam, with total losses exceeding 26 million Hong Kong dollars, approximately 3.3 million US dollars.