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According to Yonhap News Agency, data released by the National Investigation Headquarters of the Korean National Police Agency shows that during the concentrated crackdown campaign in the first half of this year (March to June), a total of 5,203 drug suspects were caught and 1,039 were detained, representing a year-on-year increase of 1.8% and 7.8% respectively. Among them, suspects involved in online drug transactions reached 2,178, accounting for 41.9% of the total number of suspects caught, an increase of 300 people compared to the same period last year; there were 848 foreign nationals involved in drug-related activities, an increase of 114 people year-on-year, with supply-related crimes accounting for up to 47.2%. During this period, the police also successfully extradited Philippine drug lord Park Wang-yeol and recovered criminal proceeds of 3.84 billion Korean won. In the second half of the year (August to December), the police will focus on strengthening crackdowns on drug sales channels on social platforms such as Telegram, and establish a 41-member special tracking team for virtual assets, while jointly strengthening efforts to crack down on drug crimes involving foreign personnel with international law enforcement agencies.
Odaily News: OpenAI announced that as of the end of July, ChatGPT's global active users surpassed 1 billion, and the number of enterprise customers exceeded 2 million.Data shows that ChatGPT gained over 1 million registered users within just 5 days of its launch, after which its user base grew rapidly, surpassing 200 million, 500 million, and 800 million users in August 2024, August 2025, and October 2025, respectively. OpenAI had previously projected internally that its user count would exceed 1 billion by the end of last year, but growth subsequently stalled, with the addition of 100 million new users taking about 5 months.OpenAI is bolstering its service competitiveness through GPT-5.6 Sol, the agent tool ChatGPT Work, as well as the lower-priced models GPT-5.6 Terra and GPT-5.6 Luna. OpenAI is also advancing the Stargate project in the U.S. with Oracle and SoftBank, and building data centers in South Korea with Samsung and SK.
The People's Bank of China held a work conference for the second half of 2026. The conference emphasized steadily deepening financial reforms and opening-up. Cooperation on inter-central bank currency swaps and local currency settlement will be carried out actively and prudently. Support and facilitation will be provided for more overseas institutions to participate in the issuance of Panda bonds. The development of the offshore RMB market will be coordinated, supporting Shanghai in enhancing its cross-border finance and offshore financial service capabilities, and consolidating Hong Kong's status as an offshore RMB business hub. Reforms to facilitate cross-border trade and investment and financing will be deepened. Construction of the Cross-Border Interbank Payment System will be advanced, international cooperation on cross-border payments strengthened, and cross-border infrastructure for the digital RMB improved.
Odaily News, Galaxy Research Head Alex Thorn posted on X platform, stating that the attack targeting wallet addresses with weak random numbers generated by Coldcard is still ongoing. Users who still hold funds in Coldcard single-signature wallets should immediately migrate to secure addresses. New victim addresses and attacker addresses are continuously being added to the investigation database, and Galaxy Research plans to release updated statistics on the number of affected addresses.He noted that the previously identified waves 1, 2, and 3 of the attack exhibit clear programmatic characteristics, and the stolen BTC currently remains in the attacker's addresses without any transfers. However, in recent times, smaller-scale attackers have begun exploiting the vulnerability to steal funds and move them through peeling chains, cross-chain services, and other methods. It is certain that single-signature wallet addresses generated by Coldcard after the March 2021 firmware upgrade are all potentially at risk, and users should migrate funds as soon as possible.Previously reported, Galaxy Research has disclosed that the Coldcard vulnerability attack has affected approximately 1,367.05 BTC (approximately $88.6 million), involving around 4,585 addresses.
Odaily News: The U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued a fraud alert on July 30, warning that scammers are mailing counterfeit IRS notices requiring cryptocurrency holders to register through a non-existent "Digital Asset Compliance Portal" before an urgent deadline. Each fraudulent letter contains a QR code that directs recipients to a website impersonating IRS.gov. The fake portal may request personal information, cryptocurrency wallet details, exchange login credentials, recovery phrases, private keys, or other data that could be used for theft. Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase and cybersecurity firm Darktower traced the related infrastructure to a domain registered through a Hong Kong-based registrar shortly before the letters were distributed. Investigators found that the website is hosted in Romania, on a network previously associated with phishing pages impersonating financial institutions.
Odaily News: In response to the persistent attacks on Coldcard wallets, Binance co-founder CZ reposted on X platform stating that for self-custody wallets, developers fixing vulnerabilities cannot resolve the risks associated with previously generated wallets, and developers are unable to directly contact users of air-gapped devices.CZ stated that users' wallets may still be exposed to attack risks before any action is taken. He emphasized that he still supports the self-custody model, but self-custody means users need to bear more security responsibilities.
Odaily News: Bitcoin News posted on X platform that a new technical analysis by Core-Lightning developer ddustin shows that the 2021 COLDCARD vulnerability may have originated when developers attempted to connect the wallet using Python code, MicroPython's C code, and the STM32 hardware random number generator. The custom code appears to have conflicted with MicroPython's existing implementation, potentially triggering a compiler error. Evidence suggests that developers subsequently set MICROPY_HW_ENABLE_RNG to 0, allowing the firmware to compile successfully. This change led to unintended consequences: when users created new wallets, the firmware no longer used the hardware random number generator, instead falling back to MicroPython's weaker Yasmarang software random number generator. The commit message left by the developers was only "runs." The analysis states that this serves as a reminder to developers not to release security-critical code they do not fully understand, especially when it protects billions of dollars in Bitcoin.
Bitget launches Phase 8 of the Contract VIP "Ten Million Club" event. The event snapshot rules are "Calendar Month Cumulative Target Achievement + End-of-Month Status Confirmation". Based on account data from August 31, the platform will award esports-themed gift boxes of different tiers 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" plan. Eligible users can receive platform-customized high-end physical gift boxes on a monthly basis. Previous gifts to users have included Moutai, Hermes, Apple gift boxes, and Luk Fook Jewellery. Specific benefits are subject to the monthly announcement.
Brian Armstrong stated on the X platform that for years, he has been pushing to modernize outdated and opaque financial systems through cryptocurrency, with permissionless networks helping to advance this process. Now, AI needs a similar shift. He has signed an open letter supporting U.S. AI innovation through open-weight models.
MicroStrategy Founder Michael Saylor stated that BIP-110 has failed to reach the 55% voluntary support threshold within the current Bitcoin mining difficulty adjustment cycle, believing that current miner signaling does not represent Bitcoin network consensus.
Odaily News: U.S. President Trump is weighing a bipartisan ethics counterproposal to the CLARITY Act, as Senate negotiators need to finalize crypto conflict-of-interest rules before the August 7 recess. The bill aims to establish a federal regulatory framework for crypto companies through a division of labor between the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). Republican Senator Thom Tillis and Democratic Senator Ruben Gallego submitted a state attorneys general enforcement plan to the White House on July 29. The plan allows state-level agencies to enforce the ban on federal officials issuing or sponsoring digital tokens, rather than leaving related violations solely to the Department of Justice. The U.S. House of Representatives passed its 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 floor vote, and the bill needs 60 votes to pass. If all Republicans support it, at least 7 Democrats would still need to vote in favor.
Odaily News: Michael Saylor posted on the X platform, stating that before block 961,632, BIP-110 signaling was voluntary. From block 961,632 to 963,647, his software will reject every block that does not signal. Any "100% signaling" shown during this window reflects that rule, rather than voluntary support from miners or Bitcoin consensus.
Odaily News: Zurich-based crypto bank Sygnum Bank has integrated its regulated cryptocurrency services into the Bancastato online banking system, allowing clients in the Swiss canton of Ticino to buy, hold, and sell BTC, ETH, LTC, and SOL via Bancastato's web and mobile platforms without needing to open a separate exchange account. Bancastato has become the first bank to offer cryptocurrency trading through Sygnum's application programming interface within an Avaloq software-as-a-service banking environment. Clients can place market orders based on cryptocurrency quantity or dollar value, with Sygnum handling trade execution while Bancastato retains the client relationship, brand, and front-end experience. Sygnum stated that its B2B platform has provided trading, custody, compliance, and settlement infrastructure to more than 25 banks and international financial institutions, including partners such as Zuger Kantonalbank, Luzerner Kantonalbank, Postfinance, and VZ Vermögenszentrum. Sygnum noted that these collaborations have delivered regulated digital asset services to over one-third of the Swiss population through existing banking relationships.
BNB Chain: Former Employee Used Original Test Wallet Without Authorization to Deploy Meme Tokens, Legal Proceedings Initiated
Odaily News: BNB Chain posted on the X platform stating that a certain wallet address was previously created by a former employee and used to generate tokens in a video tutorial. This individual is no longer employed by the company due to this incident. After leaving the company, they retained unauthorized access to the associated mnemonic phrase and used it to generate new private keys. BNB Chain has learned that the same address is being independently used for a new Meme token. BNB Chain did not create, authorize, promote, or participate in the creation of this token, nor can it control the token or wallet address. Both are unrelated to and not endorsed by BNB Chain. BNB Chain is taking legal action against the former employee and is cooperating with relevant authorities on this matter.
According to newly disclosed information, this unreleased model (possibly GPT-6) has solved 10 long-standing unsolved problems in the fields of mathematics, quantum complexity, and theoretical computer science, including the first explicit non-sofic group and overturning the Connes rigidity conjecture, among others. The core argument was generated by Astra and formally proven in Lean, producing a 249-page manuscript and machine-verifiable certificates. The token cost for a single successful solution at the Sol API rate was only about $2,000.
DeepSeek officially launches the public beta of version V4-Flash-0731. Through post-training and Agent framework optimization, DeepSWE benchmark scores have improved from 7.3 to 54.4, Cybergym scores have doubled to 76.7, and performance on some hard benchmarks approaches Claude Opus 4.8. The new version does not increase parameters, prices remain unchanged, it natively supports the Responses API, and existing user APIs will automatically switch to the new version. Currently, only the Flash API is updated; the V4 Pro official version is still under development.
Google has begun rolling out Gemini Spark to Google AI Pro users outside the United States. Spark is a personal AI agent that runs 24/7 in the background, capable of handling heavy tasks based on user instructions. According to the test account Testing Catalog, the product's next major upgrade will support true MCP (Model Context Protocol), with related features already in development.
Odaily News: HyperliquidNews posted on X platform, stating that HIP-3 DEX @tradeparagon has introduced a new feature for VIP users, who can now request tickers they wish to have listed.
Minicoin, an IP RWA network built on the Creditcoin blockchain, has announced that its native token, MINI, will be the first project to launch on the PenguinSwap Launchpad.In addition, Mini Labs, the development company behind Minicoin, has received official authorization from IPX. Minicoin will mint each piece of intellectual property into IP NFTs representing full ownership. The platform ecosystem includes an on-chain IP registration system, smart contract-based revenue settlement (settled in MINI), creator and fan incentive mechanisms, and AI creation tools.Currently, the survival adventure game "minini universe: ROOM" has been deployed on the PenguinBase platform. Users can qualify for the MINI Launchpad public offering by playing the game, leveling up, and minting SBTs.