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Stablecoin infrastructure company Bastion announced that the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) has granted it preliminary conditional approval for a national trust bank charter. This charter allows Bastion to incorporate stablecoin issuance, custody, and exchange products under the same federal regulatory entity, adding OCC federal oversight on top of its existing state licenses. The company will operate under the name Bastion Platforms National Trust Company, providing stablecoin custody and wallets, payment infrastructure, and white-label issuance services.Bastion previously obtained a New York trust license in February 2025. Under the new charter, the company will offer custodial services for USDC and other digital assets compliant with the GENIUS Act, as well as white-label stablecoin wallet and issuance services (minting, redemption, and exchange), and continue to provide technology and operational infrastructure to other regulated issuers. Bastion itself does not issue stablecoins but primarily provides technology, operations, and compliance stacks for enterprise stablecoin projects.Bastion also appointed four new advisors: Colleen Taylor (Board, former President of American Express U.S. Merchant Services), Michael Patterson (Board, former Chief Compliance Officer of Genesis), Stuart Breslow (Advisor, former Chief Compliance Officer of Morgan Stanley), and Gabriella Fitzgerald (Advisor, former CEO of Optum Financial Medical Payments).

According to TradingBeats monitoring, the short position loss of ZEC held by BTC OG insider whale agent Garrett Jin has reached 33.83 million dollars, with a short position size of 37,999.54 ZEC, valued at 59.33 million dollars, funding rate income of 660,000 dollars, and a liquidation price of 4,790 dollars.

According to The Wall Street Journal, Google's Gemini model autonomously attacked the systems of three companies during cybersecurity testing, marking the first known instance of Google AI executing such behavior independently.

California Governor Gavin Newsom stated that I have just signed an executive order to significantly accelerate independent oversight of artificial intelligence companies and promote the creation of an "artificial intelligence off switch."In the absence of leadership from Trump and Congress, California is taking action to ensure the safety of all Americans.

According to a joint alert issued by the Japanese National Police Agency, FBI, ASD/ACSC, BND, and BfV, the North Korean-backed cyber attack organization "WaterPlum" (also known as Contagious Interview) targets job seekers by disguising itself as an AI, cryptocurrency, and NFT company to post fake job listings. This lures job seekers into downloading NPM packages containing malware such as BeaverTail, InvisibleFerret, and OtterCookie, which then steal cryptocurrency wallet information and confidential data.As of July 2026, the organization has infected over 30,000 devices in more than 100 countries and regions worldwide, stealing information from over 7,000 cryptocurrency wallets, with the wallets under its control receiving at least approximately 1.7 billion yen (about 10.71 million USD) in cryptocurrency. The Japanese National Police Agency has discovered and dismantled a "notebook farm" established by local "supporters" for the first time in the country, where North Korean IT laborers remotely control PCs within the supporters' residences to conduct business, with the related amount involved reaching several hundred million yen.The police and FBI assess that WaterPlum and some North Korean IT laborers are under the unified command of the 313 Bureau of the Ministry of Military Industry of the Workers' Party of Korea, with the profits directly flowing into North Korea's national funding pool. The police remind IT technicians and corporate issuers to remain vigilant and avoid executing third-party code in unverified environments.

According to Gate market data, the decline of major European stock indices has widened during the trading session, with the Euro Stoxx 50 index, Germany's DAX index, France's CAC 40 index, and Italy's FTSE MIB index all dropping over 1%, while the UK's FTSE 100 index fell by 0.9%.

The Smarter Web Company announced plans to launch the UK's first Bitcoin-backed preferred stock, and its stock TSWCF has risen over 36% in the past week.

The Cardano development company Input Output Group (IOG) issued a warning on its official X account, urging users to temporarily avoid interacting with its YouTube channel. The channel began streaming a video of Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson that is suspected to have been altered by AI, discussing a cryptocurrency giveaway event, and by the time of the report, the stream had been ongoing for nearly two hours.It is reported that the live stream encourages viewers to scan a QR code and promises to "double their wealth." IOG stated in the warning, "Please avoid interacting with the IO Group YouTube channel until further notice," and advised users not to click on links in the channel, not to transfer funds, or share personal information.

According to Bloomberg, as the stock prices of companies holding cryptocurrency assets have significantly declined, retail and institutional investors are facing cumulative losses of about 50 billion dollars.Some investors are strengthening their scrutiny of governance issues such as employee compensation at related companies through shareholder actions to limit further losses.

On Friday, the Bank of Japan raised interest rates by 25 basis points as the market expected. After the announcement of the rate hike decision, the Japanese yen weakened against the US dollar and Bitcoin. The price of Bitcoin, priced in US dollars, remained basically stable.

Stablecoin payment company dtcpay announced that it has received strategic investment from Japanese financial giant SBI Group, with the total amount of Series A financing expanding to 25 million USD. This round was led by Vertex Ventures, a subsidiary of Temasek, in April, with follow-on investment from Genedant Capital, which manages over 2 billion USD in assets, and continued support from Guo Liangde, the founder of Capella Hotel Group. SBI Group stated that this investment marks the beginning of a strategic partnership between the two parties, aiming to jointly expand the digital asset corridor between Japan and Southeast Asia.dtcpay is an official member of Visa and has issued a compliant stablecoin Visa card; its licensed operations cover regions such as Singapore, Hong Kong, Luxembourg, Australia, the United States, and Canada, and it continues to expand, providing compliant infrastructure for global stablecoin payments.

According to official news, Robinhood's Robinhood Ventures Fund I (RVI) participated in the $3.9 billion Series F financing of AI infrastructure company Crusoe, with an investment amount of $25 million.Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev stated that AI infrastructure is just as important as models, and RVI investors now indirectly hold equity in Crusoe through this fund.

On-chain analytics firm Glassnode stated that publicly listed companies have only increased their holdings by 5,900 bitcoins in the past three months, while in July 2025, the monthly increase reached 89,000 bitcoins.The spot price is slightly below its average cost basis of $80,500, and corporate buyers are facing moderate unrealized losses, while the new demand provided is limited.

The Bank of England has maintained the policy interest rate at 3.75% for the sixth consecutive meeting and announced the cancellation of the long-term government bond sale plan.Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Ltd. plans to invest 1.4 billion yuan to build a new lithium carbonate project in Ya'an with an annual production capacity of 40,000 tons, while Huawei simultaneously released a new computing architecture.

According to Gate market data, Intel (INTC.O) has expanded its intraday gain to 10%.

According to a report by the Korean News Agency, the stock exchange transaction between Upbit's parent company Dunamu and NAVER Pay, a subsidiary of South Korean internet giant NAVER, may have uncertainties. Data disclosed by the Legislative Investigation Office of the Korean National Assembly indicates that the related transaction may simultaneously face the minimum shareholding ratio for subsidiaries stipulated by the Fair Trade Act, as well as the maximum shareholding ratio limit for major shareholders of virtual asset exchanges.Currently, NAVER Pay does not seem to belong to a holding company, but if it becomes a holding company in the future and includes the exchange as a subsidiary, there may be a situation where two conflicting shareholding standards apply simultaneously, necessitating an adjustment of the governance structure. The Korean Fair Trade Act stipulates that a holding company's shareholding ratio in listed subsidiaries must not be less than 30%, and for non-listed subsidiaries, it must not be less than 50%; for venture capital holding companies, it is 20%. Additionally, the second phase of discussions on South Korean virtual asset legislation also involves setting a shareholding limit for major shareholders of exchanges to reduce the concentration of control and the risk of conflicts of interest among specific shareholders.

The Japanese yen stablecoin issuer JPYC has issued a malfunction notice, announcing the emergency suspension of the JPYC issuance reservation service on the Ethereum network.The official statement indicates that this function is currently in a suspended state, and the technical team is urgently investigating the specific cause of the malfunction. JPYC apologizes to the affected users regarding this matter and promises to release updates through official channels as soon as the details are confirmed.

According to PR Newswire, AI-native data loss prevention (DLP) security company MIND announced the completion of a $72 million Series B financing round, led by Crosspoint Capital Partners, with existing investors YL Ventures and Paladin Capital Group participating. To date, the company has raised a total of $112 million.MIND revealed that it has joined the Anthropic Cyber Verification Program and has obtained ISO/IEC 42001 certification. The company plans to use this round of funding to accelerate the development of its AI-native DLP platform, expand its enterprise market, deepen technology and channel partnerships, and grow its team size.

According to PR Newswire, S&P Global (NYSE: SPGI) announced the signing of an agreement to acquire the on-chain financial security standards company OpenZeppelin.OpenZeppelin was founded in 2015 and its open-source smart contract library has supported over $37 trillion in value transfers, covering mainstream stablecoins and tokenized funds globally, and has completed over 900 security audits, identifying more than 10,000 vulnerabilities.This acquisition will expand S&P Global's assessment capabilities in the on-chain technology risk layer, helping it to build a new generation of on-chain security assessment and benchmarking products. OpenZeppelin will continue to operate as an independent business unit, with CEO Demian Brener remaining in position and reporting to S&P Global's Ratings President Yann Le Pallec. The financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed and are expected to have no significant impact on S&P Global's financial performance.