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According to on-chain analyst Yu Jin (@EmberCN), an address belonging to the initial team/investors of MakerDAO sold all 1,050 MKR, which had been held for nearly 10 years, 20 minutes ago, exchanging it for 1.316 million USDC before transferring it to Kraken exchange. This address originally received the aforementioned MKR in April 2016 and had not moved any of it for 10 years, except for a migration operation during the token upgrade in 2018.

According to the Financial Times, after three years of combating cryptocurrency tax evasion, the UK's HM Revenue and Customs has recovered over £8 million in taxes by reaching settlements with hundreds of cryptocurrency investors. Data obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request shows that in the past two years, 502 crypto investors reached disclosure settlement agreements with HMRC regarding unpaid taxes. In the 2024/25 tax year, a total of 280 individuals settled with HMRC, paying a total of £3.5 million. In the 2025/26 tax year, the number of settlements decreased to 222, but the total amount increased to approximately £4.8 million.

According to South Korean media Daum, data from the Korea Exchange shows that from July 20 to 23, foreign investors net purchased the South Korean stock market for four consecutive trading days, with a total net purchase of 55.74 trillion won, marking the first consecutive four-day net inflow since April. Among them, Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix became the main recipients of funds, with net purchases of 17.3 trillion won and 27.6 trillion won, respectively, totaling 44.8 trillion won, accounting for over 80% of the total net purchases by foreign investors during the same period. The market believes that tech giants like Google continue to raise their AI capital expenditure expectations, improving the demand outlook for HBM and server DRAM, coupled with the increased attractiveness of the two companies after prior valuation adjustments, driving foreign investment to focus on leading South Korean memory chip manufacturers.

Last month, comments from Liang Wenfeng during the DeepSeek investor meeting have recently circulated. Liang Wenfeng clearly stated that DeepSeek's goal is AGI, rather than becoming the next super app. They will not engage in 3D, video generation, or world modeling, nor will they close source code, stating, "Restraint is a strategy used to increase the probability of achieving AGI." He believes that products are merely "by-products" on the path to AGI, with the current focus on Coding Agent and continuous learning capabilities. The next phase aims to achieve autonomous model iteration, with the endpoint pointing towards embodied intelligence.In terms of commercialization, Liang Wenfeng stated that they only seek to earn "reasonable profits" and do not set profit maximization as their pricing goal. DeepSeek is "still far from a complete shift to commercialization." He assesses that the gap between AI in China and the U.S. mainly lies in resources rather than talent, stating, "Using a fraction of the computing power can narrow the gap to 6 months, 3 months." Regarding industry competition, he believes that open source is "the sweet point for companies of this scale," while also predicting that domestic large models will ultimately converge to "two large companies and two small companies." Liang Wenfeng also mentioned that maintaining team stability is the only non-negotiable core principle, and the company is driven by vision, with "a group of ordinary people achieving extraordinary things."

On July 18 to 19, the Bangalore branch of the Indian Enforcement Directorate conducted raids at multiple locations involved in a virtual asset over-the-counter trading scam targeting overseas investors, based on the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).The criminal gang claimed to supply tokens such as MultiversX, Kava, BEAM, GRASS, SUI, VANA, and AGLD at discounted prices through private social channels, thereby enticing foreign investors to invest funds. The total amount involved in the case is approximately $35 million, initially reported by a Dutch entity.This operation has seized electronic devices, wallet credentials, and cryptocurrency assets worth 8,700 USDT. Law enforcement agencies are continuing to expand leads and dig deeper into the complete criminal chain.

Changxin Technology announced that the results of the company's initial public offering and listing on the Sci-Tech Innovation Board have been released. The issuance price is 8.66 yuan per share, with an initial number of shares issued being 6.688 billion shares, accounting for approximately 10% of the total share capital after issuance.The final strategic placement quantity is 1.667 billion shares, and the final online issuance winning rate is approximately 0.47141739%. Online investors subscribed for 3.845 billion shares and abandoned subscriptions for 6.5862 million shares; offline investors subscribed for 2.173 billion shares and abandoned subscriptions for 31,567 shares.The joint lead underwriters underwrote 6.6178 million shares, with an underwriting amount of 57.3101 million yuan. Before the exercise of the over-allotment option, the issuance costs amounted to 281 million yuan.

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced that it has filed a lawsuit against Florida resident Zan Shaikh and his company Bright Vision Distribution LLC (operating under the name Mining Automatic), accusing them of defrauding investors through a fraudulent cryptocurrency mining investment scheme, with approximately $22 million raised.The SEC stated that from June 2023 to May 2025, Shaikh and Mining Automatic promised investors fixed monthly returns by participating in cryptocurrency mining operations, but the related mining operations were actually unable to generate the promised returns. According to the SEC's complaint, Shaikh and Mining Automatic are accused of making false statements regarding their cryptocurrency mining experience, operational capabilities, the use of investment funds, and the status of the mining business, and explained payment delays by claiming they were unable to pay investor returns.

According to Yu Jin Monitoring, an initial investor/institution of Lido transferred 4.3 million LDO (1.61 million USD) to Kraken after holding LDO for five and a half years. This institution received an investment allocation of 5 million LDO in December 2020, and at its peak in 2021, these LDO were worth 30 million USD, but now their market value is only 1.88 million USD.However, their cost of acquiring the coins was only 0.0085 USD, and even at the current price, they still have over 40 times the profit.

According to Bits.media, the final version of the Russian government's cryptocurrency regulation bill includes new restrictions, proposing to prohibit non-professional investors from purchasing foreign stablecoins, a group that encompasses the vast majority of residents in the country. The bill introduces two new concepts: "foreign digital tools" and "non-deliverable foreign digital tools," with collateral-backed stablecoins categorized under the latter.Qualified investors can purchase foreign digital tools, while non-qualified investors can only buy specific assets from a special list provided by the central bank. At the end of June, the Central Bank of Russia proposed a draft regulatory framework for stablecoins, requiring all transactions to be conducted under national control and completed through exchanges or legal exchange points. Central Bank Governor Elvira Nabiullina previously expressed a "cautious attitude" towards foreign stablecoins, as their issuers can freeze assets in users' wallets.

Bitcoin rose to nearly $65,000 due to the U.S. inflation data in June being lower than expected, but on-chain data shows that long-term and short-term holders are synchronously selling off.

According to The Block, a federal grand jury in the United States has indicted South Dakota cryptocurrency investor Benjamin Paul Wiener on 29 counts, including telecommunications fraud, money laundering, bank fraud, and aggravated identity theft.

According to market news: Anthropic plans to hold an IPO investor meeting in the coming weeks.

Multicoin Capital Managing Partner Tushar Jain shared in detail his valuation logic and investment framework for HYPE during the "When Shift Happens" podcast. He believes that HYPE is currently severely undervalued, with a benchmark valuation of $319, and recommends a pragmatic accumulation strategy to cope with volatility.Tushar candidly stated that trying to precisely time the market is nearly impossible. The recommended framework is: the first third: buy immediately (enter the market right away); the second third: invest according to a fixed schedule (for example, in batches over 1-2 months); the third third: increase positions opportunistically when prices dip. This method can significantly reduce psychological burden while achieving a good average cost when optimistic about the long-term prospects of the asset.Tushar's valuation model is based on four relatively conservative assumptions: the trading volume of crypto derivatives will maintain a 35% annual compound growth rate over the next two years; the DeFi derivatives market share will increase to 32%; the USDC collateral balance will grow in sync with trading volume; and the "false prosperity" currently created by some projects relying on subsidies will disappear after the subsidies are withdrawn, leading to an increase in Hyperliquid's true market share. Even with these conservative assumptions, HYPE's current price still has significant upside potential, possibly exceeding $600 in some optimistic scenarios.Tushar believes that Hyperliquid is far more than just a rapidly growing perpetual contract platform; it is expected to become a core part of crypto financial infrastructure.

According to official news, Coinvestor Ventures announced a strategic investment in the decentralized on-chain trading platform Universe Pro.It is reported that Universe Pro is an on-chain trading platform powered by the UNAI engine. The platform aims to optimize and enhance users' capital efficiency by integrating core functions such as MEV (Maximum Extractable Value), market-making scheduling, and smart routing.

According to on-chain analyst Yu Jin's monitoring, the one-year lock-up period for the Pump.fun team and investor tokens has ended, entering a three-year unlocking period. Early this morning, the Pump.fun team and investor tokens were unlocked for the first time, with 57.279 billion PUMP unlocked and distributed to 121 wallets, worth 86.49 million USD.Among them, the GsM3...u6ya address unlocked and transferred 52.039 billion PUMP, worth 78.58 million USD; the ESRc...ZM67 address unlocked and transferred 5.24 billion PUMP, worth 7.91 million USD.

According to Jinshi reports, a Bank of America fund manager survey shows that 83% of investors expect the Federal Reserve will not raise interest rates before the November midterm elections in the United States.

According to on-chain data, 181,000 SOL held by a certain early investor (OG) in Solana, previously disclosed by on-chain detective ZachXBT, was stolen, valued at approximately $14.2 million at current prices.The attacker subsequently sold all 181,000 SOL and transferred the funds across chains to the Ethereum network, ultimately exchanging them for 7,918 ETH.Currently, the attacker has completed the asset transfer and exchange operation from Solana to Ethereum. The specific reasons for the incident and the method of fund theft have not yet been disclosed.

RootData has launched the [Stock Perpetual Contract Exchange Ranking](https://cn.rootdata.com/exchanges/stock), covering centralized and decentralized platforms that support stock perpetual contracts and other stock-related derivatives trading, aiming to establish a reliable data benchmark for investors. It is reported that RootData's ranking directly collects primary data through the exchanges' official APIs and public market data sources, rather than relying on third-party data service providers, thus maximizing the originality, timeliness, and accuracy of the data. In addition, this ranking system will continuously track the performance of each platform across multiple dimensions, including trading volume, open interest, liquidity, spreads, depth, trading costs, and contract coverage. Currently, RootData's data submission channel is open, supporting exchanges with stock perpetual contract business to submit official APIs and supplementary data.