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Binance founder CZ recently posted on social media that artificial intelligence (AI) and Bitcoin (BTC) serve different functions; AI drives productivity improvements, while Bitcoin is used to combat inflation and protect wealth. CZ stated, "AI is great, but it cannot protect you from the effects of inflation; Bitcoin can."CZ believes that the market often views AI and Bitcoin as two major hot investment themes, but their natures are fundamentally different. AI is a technology that enhances business efficiency and economic productivity, while Bitcoin is a digital asset with a fixed supply. He pointed out that the AI industry is rapidly developing, with global companies continuously investing billions of dollars in AI software, data centers, chips, and other infrastructure, driving transformations in various sectors such as healthcare, finance, and manufacturing. However, AI companies can issue more shares and raise funds for expansion, and their investment value still depends on business performance and market competition. In contrast, Bitcoin has a total fixed supply of 21 million coins, and holders possess a non-dilutable scarce asset. CZ believes this characteristic gives Bitcoin long-term value storage properties, providing protection when the purchasing power of fiat currency declines due to inflation.CZ has also previously stated that the AI boom may attract some funds that would have originally flowed into the Bitcoin market. As AI companies like OpenAI and Anthropic gain more capital attention, some investors may sell other assets to allocate to AI-related investments. However, CZ believes that AI and Bitcoin are not in competition; rather, they should be viewed as complementary assets: AI drives technological advancement and productivity improvements, while Bitcoin offers a way to store value that is unaffected by supply expansion.

Base announced that Cobalt will be launched in September, with key features including Sponsorship, Batch Calls, and Session Keys.Among them, Sponsorship allows applications to sponsor transaction fees for users, achieving free Gas; Batch Calls support bundling multiple transactions into one, reducing operational steps; Session Keys allow users to authorize applications to sign transactions on their behalf within a specific scope, reducing repeated authorizations.

According to monitoring by Catcher Predict, in the event "Winner of the Golden Globe Award 2026" on the prediction market Polymarket, the "Yes" option for the sub-market "Rodri" has experienced a sharp fluctuation in winning probability, dropping from 50% an hour ago to the current 15.5% (a fluctuation of 34.5%). Please note the impact of related breaking news.

On-chain detective ZachXBT stated that the cross-chain protocol TeleSwap suffered a vulnerability attack of approximately $735,000 on July 15, and after the incident, its Bitcoin hot wallet immediately stopped processing transactions.As of now, five days have passed since the incident, and the project team has not made any public disclosures regarding this event. ZachXBT noted that about two hours ago, the attacker transferred the stolen funds to Tornado Cash.

According to Onchain Lens monitoring, a certain Hyperliquid whale closed a $3.5 million short position on Micron (MU) with a profit of $439,000, and a $2.42 million short position on SK Hynix (SKHX) with a profit of $582,000, totaling over $1 million in profit.Subsequently, the address staked 115,000 HYPE (approximately $7.2 million), currently holding a staked position of 115,000 HYPE, 100,000 HYPE in spot, and $1.1 million in USDC.

According to Decrypt, the cross-chain bridge protocol Allbridge has suspended its Core protocol due to a flash loan attack, with the attacker having stolen approximately $1.65 million in assets from the Solana stablecoin liquidity pool.According to analysis by blockchain security firms PeckShield and CertiK, the attacker borrowed $1.12 million in flash loan funds through the Solana lending protocol Kamino, and then manipulated the price mechanism within the Allbridge pool through multiple stablecoin exchange operations to exchange assets at a low price, subsequently transferring the funds across chains to an Ethereum address.During the attack, the attacker exchanged several thousand dollars in USDT to obtain approximately $2.24 million in USDC, and then bridged the funds to Ethereum for further dispersal. It is currently unclear whether some of the funds can still be recovered.Allbridge stated that the team has suspended the Core protocol for security reasons and has requested affected liquidity providers to withdraw their funds immediately. Due to the attack causing an imbalance in the liquidity pool, some traders profited from arbitrage opportunities. Allbridge has called on relevant users to return their profits, stating that the funds will be used to compensate affected LPs.The team indicated that there is no further risk to user funds at this time and will release a detailed incident analysis report after completing the investigation, while also planning to relaunch the Core protocol after removing the liquidity pool. This is the second time Allbridge has encountered a similar flash loan attack. In April 2023, the protocol's BNB Chain liquidity pool suffered a loss of approximately $573,000 due to a similar vulnerability, after which the project team stated that they had recovered most of the funds and adjusted the liquidity calculation mechanism.

According to Bitcoin.com, U.S. Senator Cynthia Lummis stated that the CLARITY Act will change the way customer crypto assets are handled when digital asset platforms enter bankruptcy proceedings; customer assets should continue to belong to the customers, rather than being included in the company's bankruptcy estate.The bill requires regulated digital asset intermediaries to treat customer cash and digital assets as customer property and to segregate them from company property. The bill also generally prohibits brokers, dealers, and exchanges from using customer assets for their own or others' benefit without authorization.The bankruptcies of Celsius and Voyager sparked disputes over the ownership of customer deposits. In January 2023, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Martin Glenn ruled that the cryptocurrency deposited in Celsius Earn accounts became company property under the terms of use, involving approximately 600,000 Earn accounts and about $4.2 billion in assets.Lummis stated that the CLARITY Act also aims to provide regulatory certainty for developers, enhance investor protection, and improve market integrity. The bill will clarify the responsibilities of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) in different areas of the crypto market, and it has already passed the House of Representatives but has not yet passed the Senate.

According to Onchain Lens monitoring, a certain address opened a 40x long position of 58.31 BTC, worth approximately 3.77 million USD.The account is 3 days old and has accumulated a profit of 72,100 USD.

According to TechRepublic, Elon Musk recently acquired the mobile power generation company APR Energy, with the deal valued at least around $1 billion. According to regulatory documents, Duos Technologies sold its 5% non-voting shares in New APR Energy, gaining a net profit of $50.4 million, which implies the company's overall valuation exceeds $1 billion.APR Energy is headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida, USA, and specializes in rapidly deployable gas and diesel generator sets, providing temporary or supplemental power for scenarios such as data centers. Its total power generation capacity exceeds 1 GW and can complete some project deployments within 15 to 30 days. Analysts suggest that this move may provide options for xAI to expand its computing power infrastructure and reduce reliance on local power grids, but it will also bring trade-offs in emissions, compliance, and costs.

According to official news, Strategy did not purchase Bitcoin from July 13 to 19, 2026, maintaining a position of 843,775 coins, with a total holding cost of approximately $6.369 billion, and an average price of about $75,476.During the same period, the company sold 2.7323 million shares of MSTR common stock through the ATM program, raising approximately $263.5 million, and did not implement a stock buyback. As of July 19, the company's dollar reserve balance was $3.225 billion, an increase of about $225 million compared to the previous week.

According to Yu Jin monitoring, the hacker who emptied the Bonk treasury of 4.426 trillion BONK through a governance proposal has completed the liquidation, and the last 400 billion BONK (1.17 million USD) has also been deposited into Coinbase.As of now, all 4.426 trillion BONK that he extracted from the Bonk treasury 13 days ago has been transferred to CEX. Due to his selling over the past few days, the price of BONK has dropped by 40%. When he first obtained these BONK, they were worth 21.2 million USD, and after selling while the price was falling, the total cash amount should be around 13.58 million USD.

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 data from the Aurora browser, the Aurora mainnet has resumed normal block production.

According to token unlocking data from the Crypto asset data platform RootData, Walrus (WAL) will unlock approximately 38.33 million tokens at 10:00 AM Beijing time on July 27, worth about 1.11 million USD.

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.

According to the Korea Herald, the second phase of South Korea's central bank digital currency (CBDC) pilot project "Han River Plan" is about to officially launch. The Bank of Korea and commercial banks are making final preparations for the real transaction testing of deposit tokens in the second phase. If the system development and participant recruitment preparations are completed as planned, actual transactions are expected to begin as early as September.In the first phase transaction testing from April to June last year, 81,000 people participated through electronic wallets and conducted 114,880 transactions using deposit tokens. The first phase examined the deposit token payment system, while the second phase focuses on exploring commercialization. Additionally, the Ministry of Economy and Finance of South Korea announced in its economic growth strategy for the second half of the year released on the 15th that next year it will implement a pilot project for the tokenization of government bonds linked to the central bank's institutional-level central bank digital currency (CBDC).

According to on-chain analyst Onchain Lens (@OnchainLens), Bitvavo has withdrawn 3,890,000 LINK from Coinbase Prime to a new wallet, valued at approximately $32,590,000 at current prices.

According to Onchain Lens monitoring, Abraxas Capital (0xb83...6e36) deposited 3 million USDC into Hyperliquid and further increased its short position of 796.4 BTC and 31,600 ETH, valued at approximately 51.5 million USD and 59.2 million USD, respectively.In the past 2 days, both short positions have significantly increased.

According to Jinshi reports, CME's "FedWatch" shows that the probability of the Federal Reserve keeping interest rates unchanged in July is 85.6%, while the probability of a cumulative increase of 25 basis points is 14.4%. By September, the probability of keeping interest rates unchanged is 38.5%, the probability of a cumulative increase of 25 basis points is 53.5%, and the probability of a cumulative increase of 50 basis points is 7.9%.