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According to Decrypt, BlackRock has launched a tokenized share class for its European money market funds, involving six funds under the BlackRock Institutional Cash Series, with total assets of $311 billion.This is BlackRock's first on-chain fund access in Europe, covering both distribution and accumulation shares for euro, pound, and dollar strategies.The related tokens are minted on Ethereum through JPMorgan's blockchain division Kinexys, which is responsible for minting and burning, and connecting on-chain activities with traditional shareholder registration systems.Each token represents a share of the underlying fund, and the official shareholder register is still maintained by the fund's transfer agent. Smart contracts can transfer holdings between approved investor wallets, and the related shares are sold to professional and qualified clients, not to retail investors.On Monday, BlackRock also issued tokenized money market funds for stablecoin reserve management on Solana, Ethereum, and Stripe's Tempo.

According to The Bell, Alexander Samoilov, an official from the 12th Center of the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation (FSB), revealed at the KROS Network Technology Annual Conference held in Sochi in May 2026 that the FSB plans to extend the installation requirements of SORM (System for Operative Investigative Activities) to cryptocurrency exchanges and gaming platforms, mandating them to share user data with security agencies in real-time.It is noteworthy that Samoilov also acknowledged that the "Yarovaya Law" has been in effect for 10 years since its passage in 2016, but the implementation rate of the relevant provisions is only about 80%. Market participants believe this estimate is still on the high side. According to The Bell's investigation, following the terrorist attack at the "Krokus City Hall," the FSB's Second Directorate took the opportunity of a large-scale inspection of the SORM system to further strengthen its control over the Russian internet.

According to on-chain detective Specter, it has discovered a cluster of wallets holding 28,600 BTC, worth approximately $1.8 billion, suspected to be related to wallets previously attributed to the money laundering case of Zhimin Qian.A few weeks ago, a Bitcoin wallet that had been dormant since 2017 transferred 1,020 BTC, worth about $60 million, and began distributing funds to multiple addresses in a manner consistent with money laundering activities. After tracking these transactions, Specter found that the related wallet cluster was connected to publicly associated addresses investigated in the UK concerning Zhimin Qian. From 2014 to 2017, Zhimin Qian organized large-scale investment fraud in China, affecting over 128,000 victims. UK authorities later traced a significant amount of criminal proceeds flowing into Bitcoin, with the Met Police ultimately seizing 60,000 BTC, marking the largest cryptocurrency seizure in UK history at that time.In July 2021, UK authorities transferred the seized BTC, creating identifiable on-chain associations. Following the recent transfer of 1,020 BTC, Specter identified additional wallets, which currently hold a total of 28,600 BTC, worth approximately $1.8 billion. These wallets have largely been dormant since June 2021. Based on on-chain evidence, it remains unclear whether these wallets are still controlled by the same actor, other custodians, or have been identified by law enforcement.

According to the ranking data from RootData on stock derivatives exchanges, as of the time of writing, the Top 10 exchange BingX has the largest spread, reaching 0.398%; MEXC follows with a spread of 0.234%. In addition, XT.COM has a spread of 0.147% and Hyperliquid has a spread of 0.178%, both exceeding 0.1%.It is reported that this spread is weighted by the trading volume over 24 hours, and a higher value usually indicates higher trading costs.

According to monitoring by Catcher Predict, in the predicted market event "San Diego Padres vs. Arizona Diamondbacks" on Polymarket, the "San Diego Padres" option in the sub-market "San Diego Padres vs. Arizona Diamondbacks" has experienced a sharp fluctuation in winning probability, dropping from 46.5% an hour ago to the current 11% (a fluctuation of 35.5%). Please note the impact of related breaking news.

According to on-chain analyst Ai Yi's monitoring, the new address 0x341...CaADb accumulated 40 million ENA (approximately 3.69 million USD) 3 hours ago, with a proposed price of 0.09269 USD, and then staked it into Ethena.ENA has increased by 18.13% in the past month.

According to The Block, the proportion of DEX in spot trading volume reached a historic high of 24% in July, up from 17% a year ago, while the spot trading volume of centralized exchanges is expected to hit a 12-month low, dropping from a yearly high of $2.23 trillion to $670 billion.The decline in trading volume is partly attributed to predicted market diversion and also reflects a general decrease in crypto interest. Meanwhile, on-chain trading products continue to improve, with deeper aggregator liquidity and faster cross-chain swap routing, narrowing the execution gap with centralized exchanges. Analysts expect that the improved experience and cost will continue to drive users towards on-chain alternatives.

Nick Tomaino, founder of 1confirmation, commented on the AI investment fund Situational Awareness regarding the recent discussions surrounding the fund, reflecting a long-standing issue in the investment community: many so-called "elites" and "smart money" lack basic risk judgment capabilities.Tomaino stated that he does not understand all the details of the incident and does not wish to comment on the specific liquidation process, but he believes that a deeper issue is that many investors, driven by wealth and attention, gradually ignore facts, risks, and judgments about others.He cited the collapse of FTX as an example, noting that many people could sense something was off after brief interactions with the founder, but a large amount of "smart money" chose to continue investing and endorsing it in pursuit of returns and market narratives.Tomaino pointed out that the founders of Situational Awareness and the investment circles supporting the fund exhibited similar phenomena: investors of the same type chased grand narratives, provided funding, and promoted publicity, but ultimately the fund fell into trouble due to high-risk bets and market reversals. Industry participants learned lessons to avoid repeating the cycle of "chasing trends—ignoring risks—collectively stepping on landmines."

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.

According to official data, Gate's multiple asset issuance and airdrop activities in July have been continuously hot. Among them, Gate Launchpool has launched 4 projects, with a total staking amount of approximately 490 million USD, and the SLX project has a maximum annualized return rate of 135.54%. Gate CandyDrop has also launched 4 projects. In addition, Gate Pre-IPOs launched the OpenAI project, with a total subscription amount of approximately 260 million USD; Gate Direct IPO launched 1 project, with a total subscription amount of approximately 125 million USD.It is reported that Gate Launchpool, as an innovative staking airdrop platform, supports staking of various tokens such as GT, BTC, ETH, USDT, GUSD, etc., distributing new coin airdrop rewards every hour, helping users participate in quality projects with a low threshold. Gate CandyDrop adopts an innovative "task-driven" model, where users can earn "candies" by completing various tasks such as trading, recharging, and inviting friends, and exchange them for quality token airdrops.Gate Pre-IPOs provides users with early participation opportunities in quality unlisted projects, while Direct IPO further expands users' investment channels for participating in popular IPO projects, continuously enriching the platform's primary market asset ecosystem.

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.

Morgan Stanley replaced Goldman Sachs to become one of the top three underwriters for Asian stock issuances last month, excluding Japan. So far this year, the total issuance in this market has increased by 55% compared to the same period last year.According to compiled data, companies raised $162 billion through stock issuances in July, compared to $104.8 billion in the same period last year. Morgan Stanley's market share rose to 6.07%, surpassing Goldman Sachs' 5.62%; China International Capital Corporation maintained the top underwriting position with a 13.1% share. Changxin Storage completed a fundraising of $9.84 billion in July, making it the largest stock issuance project of the month.

According to monitoring by Lookonchain, a certain whale wallet, after being inactive for 7 months, transferred all 16,400 BTC it held to a new wallet 1 hour ago, worth 1.04 billion dollars.

The Thai Immigration Bureau recently issued a warning, pointing out that while the cross-border trade of amulets is thriving, it is being exploited by gray capital networks as a money laundering channel.From online gambling, telecom fraud to drug smuggling, some illegal proceeds are being disguised as legitimate business income through means such as amulet trading, fake auctions, temple rentals, and cryptocurrency peer-to-peer transfers.

The agenda released by the U.S. Senate on Monday shows that the CLARITY Act is not included in the discussion schedule for Monday. Currently, the Senate only plans to conduct a procedural vote on H.R.6500, the continuing resolution.According to Senate rules, a typical motion to terminate debate requires the signatures of at least 16 senators. If the Senate submits a motion to terminate debate on August 5 (Wednesday), the earliest possible vote could take place on August 7 (Friday). However, this vote only concerns whether to end the debate on the "motion to advance the bill," not the final passage of the CLARITY Act.If the motion to terminate debate passes, the Senate will still need to: discuss the motion to advance for up to 30 hours; formally consider the bill; and may face another motion to terminate debate. Therefore, the normal process may not be completed before the recess.

Binance co-founder CZ retweeted user Rager's experience about hardware wallet failures on the X platform. CZ stated that protecting the wallet backup seed phrase is a highly challenging task.The seed phrase cannot be seen by others, or it may be copied or exploited, and it must not be accidentally damaged by fire, flood, or other incidents, while also preventing hackers from gaining access. More importantly, users themselves must not lose the seed phrase.

According to SolanaFloor, the number of independent active trading wallets on the Solana network rose to the highest level in seven months in July, with a total of 609,000 independent wallets executing transactions that month.

According to Jinshi, the People's Bank of China held a work meeting for the second half of 2026, deciding to continue implementing a moderately loose monetary policy. The State Administration of Foreign Exchange also held a meeting, stating that it will continue to steadily expand the institutional opening of the foreign exchange sector.In addition, the China Cotton Association opposes U.S. sanctions against Chinese cotton textile enterprises, while the State Grid indicated that electricity loads in multiple regions have reached historical highs and will take multiple measures to ensure power supply.

According to CoinDesk, cryptocurrency trading platforms are expanding into traditional finance by offering perpetual futures linked to stocks, indices, and commodities, with related trading volume reaching $1.32 trillion in the first five months of 2026.Stock-linked perpetual futures allow traders to gain around-the-clock price exposure to assets like the S&P 500 without holding the underlying stocks and without shareholder protections. This product is aimed at institutions seeking low-friction trading and retail investors looking for access channels.Major platforms like Coinbase and Binance are building an "everything exchange" model, integrating crypto assets, stocks, and derivatives into a single account, including using tokenized stock positions as collateral. Large funds remain cautious about decentralized trading venues.