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According to Jinshi reports, Jordan has informed Iraq that if Iran-aligned militias attack Jordan, Jordan will retaliate.

According to CoinDesk, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has suspended its decision to approve the Nasdaq cash-settled Bitcoin index options (QBTC) and will re-examine it in response to a legal challenge raised by the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME). The SEC has frozen the approval until August 24, seeking feedback from all parties. QBTC will remain suspended until the commission completes its review.The SEC conditionally approved the product for listing in May this year, but it requires an exemption from the CFTC. The CME raised objections in June, arguing that Bitcoin is a commodity and its options should fall under the exclusive jurisdiction of the CFTC, not the SEC. If the CME's claim is established, Nasdaq would need to register as a futures platform regulated by the CFTC or redesign the contracts.

According to on-chain analyst Yu Jin's monitoring, multiple institutions have released their staked HYPE and sold it. HYPE has dropped from $72 to $52 in the past month, a decline of 28%. A certain whale holds 1.38 million HYPE long positions, valued at $72.15 million, with the current liquidation price at $47.6, approximately 9% away from HYPE's current price.This position has been held for 8 months and has not been closed. At the end of January, it had an unrealized loss of $26 million, with a maximum unrealized profit of $47.46 million in June, and currently still has an unrealized profit of $18.8 million; its proximity to the liquidation price is due to the previous withdrawal of a significant amount of unrealized profit margin.

According to Bitcoin.com, U.S. President Trump is weighing the bipartisan ethical counterproposal of the CLARITY Act, and Senate negotiators need to finalize the cryptocurrency conflict of interest rules before the recess on August 7.The bill aims to establish a federal regulatory framework for cryptocurrency companies through the division of responsibilities between the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC).Republican Senator Thom Tillis and Democratic Senator Ruben Gallego submitted an enforcement proposal to the White House on July 29. This proposal allows state-level agencies to enforce federal officials' bans on issuing or sponsoring digital tokens, rather than solely handling related violations through the Department of Justice.The U.S. House of Representatives passed a version of the bill on July 17 with 294 votes in favor and 134 against, with over 70 Democrats voting in favor. The Senate has not yet held a full vote; the bill needs 60 votes to pass, and if all Republicans support it, at least 7 Democrats will still need to vote in favor.

According to monitoring by Lookonchain, a former BNB Chain employee deployed a new token ASTEROID and used 4 newly created wallets to purchase 796.7 million ASTEROID for $10,000 (accounting for 79.67% of the total supply).The employee has since sold 718.8 million ASTEROID, exchanging it for 1,103 BNB (approximately $638,000), making a profit of $628,000.ChainCatcher previously reported that the BNB Chain officials stated that a former employee was unauthorized to use the original official test wallet to issue the new Meme token (referring to ASTEROID) and legal action has been taken.

According to Jinshi reports, U.S. European Command Commander Alexus Grynkewich privately warned the Pentagon this week that it lacks sufficient naval power to protect Israel from ballistic missile attacks. This situation highlights the ongoing pressure on U.S. military resources due to the Iran war.Grynkewich stated that if he cannot obtain another naval destroyer, he will be forced to choose between homeland defense and defense for Israel.

According to Onchain Lens monitoring, a certain whale has accumulated 266,400 LINK from Binance over the past month, worth approximately 2.15 million USD, and then transferred the entire balance to a Gnosis Safe multi-signature wallet.

According to Jinshi reports, Trump has ordered a new round of attacks on Iran, aiming to force Tehran to surrender, with actions possibly starting as early as this weekend and lasting for several days. In an interview, Trump stated that the strikes by Washington and Israel against Iran are "progressing smoothly." Additionally, due to the ongoing war in Iran and soaring gasoline prices, Trump's approval rating has dropped to 40.6% this month, a new low since his second term began.

According to token unlock data from the crypto asset data platform RootData, Immutable X (IMX) will unlock approximately 9.62 million tokens at 8:00 AM Beijing time on August 8, worth about 1.05 million USD.

According to Jinshi, the U.S. Department of Defense's emergency funding request of $67 billion for this fiscal year includes more than $10 billion for the purchase of "Patriot" missiles and the "THAAD" missile defense system. Among them, $5.75 billion is allocated for the procurement of "THAAD" missiles, and $5.57 billion for the additional purchase of "Patriot" missiles. In addition, the procurement list also includes $1.9 billion for "Standard-6" missiles and $1.3 billion for "Tomahawk" cruise missiles, as well as $692 million for the procurement of "precision strike missiles." With the U.S. military's operations in the Middle East, concerns have been raised about the status of weapon inventories.

Bitget has launched the 8th phase of the "Ten Million Club" contract VIP event, with the event snapshot rules being "cumulative achievement for the natural month + end-of-month status confirmation."The platform will base its account data on August 31 and will gift different tiers of esports-themed gift boxes based on users' US stock rToken trading volume or contract trading volume from August 1 to August 31. Rewards include: Razer gaming chair, PS5 Pro, Colorful RTX 5090 graphics card, and other great gifts.Previously, Bitget announced an upgrade to its contract VIP service system and launched the "Ten Million Club" program, where eligible users can receive customized high-end physical gift boxes from the platform on a monthly basis. Gifts such as Moutai, Hermès, Apple gift boxes, and Luk Fook jewelry have already been given to users. Specific rights and benefits will be announced for each month.

According to token unlocking data from the crypto asset data platform RootData, Stable (STABLE) will unlock approximately 8,888,900 tokens at 1:00 PM Beijing time on August 8, worth about 30.11 million USD.

According to Jinshi reports, Tesla's official WeChat account stated today that it took a full 20 years from the first prototype to the production of the 10 millionth vehicle, and now a new Tesla rolls off the production line globally approximately every 18 seconds.

The U.S. Attorney's Office announced that it has filed a civil forfeiture lawsuit to recover 47,461.73111 USDT, stating that this amount comes from a cyber fraud case. The fraudsters deceived victims into depositing funds into cryptocurrency ATMs and then stole the funds.Law enforcement tracked part of the funds to a cryptocurrency wallet and seized it in March 2026. The investigation also confirmed that the funds of four other similar fraud victims can be traced back to the same wallet.

ARK Invest, led by Cathie Wood, announced its trading records for July 31, revealing that it purchased 109,127 shares of Circle (CRCL) stock through its ETFs, valued at approximately $6.83 million based on a price of $62.61 per share.Additionally, it bought 11,784 shares of the 3iQ Solana Staking ETF (SOLQ.U), valued at approximately $98,000 based on a price of $8.33 per share.

Strategy tweeted support for the CLARITY Act, believing that establishing a clear and long-term stable market regulatory framework will help promote the development of the digital asset industry and encourage broader institutional adoption in the United States.

According to Jinshi reports, the White House stated that Trump believes it is appropriate to implement tariff quotas on imported quartz surface products for the next four years.

According to monitoring by Bitcoin News, Chainalysis stated that an analysis of the Coldcard exploit event involving over $38 million shows that the attackers deliberately targeted the highest value wallets, including one holding $1.8 million, indicating that the victims had been profiled before the asset transfers began. Approximately $30 million was stolen in the first 10 minutes, and then about 500 wallets were emptied within 25 minutes.Clay Garrett from Block stated that investigators also confirmed that the attackers used a paid account from a well-known blockchain service provider to query the victims' addresses during the operation. The provider's internal logs matched the request times and order, but Block stated that no evidence was found indicating that the company knowingly assisted in the theft. Relevant information has been shared with the authorities.

According to monitoring by Hyperliquid News, HypeStrat DAT has started buying PURR, as its mNAV is currently below 1; it purchased 500,000 PURR for $2.8 million, valued at approximately $3.159 million.

According to Jinshi reports, Federal Reserve official Barkin stated that he is unsure whether he will support the interest rate hike proposal put forward by the three dissenters.