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the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has released its seventh targeted update on the implementation of standards for virtual assets and virtual asset service providers, stating that 83% of surveyed jurisdictions have advanced their crypto regulation and Travel Rule implementation, while another 11 jurisdictions are still progressing related work. The FATF stated that jurisdictions need to continue advancing the supervision, licensing, and registration of Virtual Asset Service Providers (VASPs) to close gaps exploited by threat actors for illicit purposes. The report also highlighted challenges in regulating offshore VASPs and cases of stablecoin misuse, including a money laundering node in Cambodia that issued and promoted a stablecoin claiming to be resistant to asset freezes.
according to Zilliqa's monitoring, it has learned of a security incident involving a CEX partner, where some ZIL has been stolen from a cold wallet. The incident is currently under investigation, and the team is working with relevant parties to determine the root cause and the scope of the impact. As a precautionary measure, Zilliqa has notified all CEX partners to temporarily suspend ZIL deposits and withdrawals to prevent the stolen funds from being transferred or sold through centralized platforms. The official stated that further updates will be released after verifying the information and reminded the community to only follow information published through official channels.
据巴西证券委员会（CVM）官网消息，CVM 于2026年 7月 17 日正式成立证券代币化工作组（GTT），旨在围绕分布式账本技术（DLT）开展研究、测试及规范制定工作，涵盖证券的登记、托管、交易与清算等环节。工作组初始运行期为 120 天，可延期 30 天，汇聚 CVM 内部 14 个部门代表，并将邀请政府机构、自律组织及市场专家参与。首项任务为在成立后 60 天内向 CVM 委员会提交证券代币化实验性监管框架方案。CVM 主席 Otto Lobo 表示，代币化是资本市场最重要的结构性变革之一，需要同等创新的监管应对。
According to the official announcement, the Bitget Trading Bot now supports smart holdings for US stock tokens (rTokens). It has also simultaneously launched multiple recommended portfolios, including the US Stock Top 10 Giants Mag 10, Serenity Holdings, Musk Concept, and more, enabling users to copy holdings with one click and automatically manage positions. Users can navigate to "Trading Bot" and select "Smart Holdings", choose a desired portfolio from the recommendations, enter the investment amount, and establish the position. Alternatively, they can create manually by configuring supported stock rTokens and cryptocurrencies, setting target allocations and rebalancing conditions for each asset, and completing the creation. App users can upgrade to the latest version to experience this feature. It is reported that rTokens, identified by the letter "r" plus the stock ticker (e.g., Nvidia as rNVDA), are issued by Reality, a licensed RWA protocol under Bitget. They connect directly to global liquidity pools such as Nasdaq and NYSE through cooperation with the compliant broker Alpaca. Features include: underlying assets reserved 1:1 and custodied by licensed institutions, stock dividends distributed 1:1 in token form, support for synchronized mapping of corporate actions (stock splits, etc.), and holdings can serve as joint margin for Unified Accounts and USDT-margined contracts, allowing users to flexibly manage funds while holding global stock assets.
According to CoinDesk, Tokyo-listed logistics company AZ-COM Maruwa Holdings (9090) announced plans to use the regulated yen stablecoin JPYC to make payments to its approximately 2,300 partners (including subcontractors and truck drivers). The company has provided delivery services for Amazon Japan since 2017, with revenue reaching 230.5 billion yen (approximately $1.4 billion) in the previous fiscal year.
Odaily News on July 20th, according to official sources, JustLend DAO, a core project in the TRON ecosystem, has completed four consecutive rounds of efficient repurchase and burn plans. Over 17% of the total supply of $JST has been permanently removed from circulation, marking another milestone in the deflationary process. All funds for this round were raised in compliance with previously approved community mechanisms, with full transparency on-chain, and the burn data can be verified at any time. As a cornerstone of the TRON DeFi ecosystem, JustLend DAO will continue to optimize its repurchase and burn mechanism, driving the ongoing deflation of the token economic model as the market evolves, building a more stable long-term value expectation for JST holders.
that, according to DeFi researcher @Zun2025 posted on X platform, "MetaMask hired a DPRK-linked hacker as a developer without even conducting a proper background check that could have revealed his identity.The hacker's GitHub username is imyugioh, and he has been publicly listed on the Lazarus Group website since September 2025, yet MetaMask still hired this individual in March 2026. Source: lazarus.group/team/mauro-liu. Imagine that one of the largest wallets granted core code repository access to someone already on a publicly known list of DPRK hackers. Now think about what might happen to those small protocols with absolutely no security teams."Earlier reports stated that a North Korean hacker, Tyler Knapp, infiltrated the MetaMask team. He entered MetaMask through a long-term cooperating human resources supplier via an outsourcing arrangement, bypassing the background checks of the company's direct recruitment process. He worked at the company for a month and participated in the development of the wallet's fiat on/off ramp functionality. During this period, his IP address and behavioral anomalies were detected by the company's security monitoring. The company immediately revoked all his access permissions and suspended the release of all products he had worked on. No substantial data or financial losses have been caused so far.
The PPP Prediction Market Tool monitors that on Polymarket, for the event "Will the US government ban open-source AI models in 2026?", the "Yes" probability is currently at 16%.According to the resolution rules, if the US federal government, before December 31, 2026, through legislation, executive orders, export controls, or other formal policy actions, restricts the US public's access or use of a specific open-source AI model, the market outcome will be resolved as "Yes." Otherwise, the market outcome will be resolved as "No." Eligible open-source AI models refer to general-purpose large language models or multimodal foundation models whose model weights and source code are publicly downloadable and can be run on hardware under user control, such as Meta Llama, Mistral, DeepSeek, Qwen, etc.Recently, the open-source Kimi K3 model launched by Moonshot AI has drawn market attention to whether it will impact closed-source AI. OpenAI's Director of Strategy, Dean W. Ball, stated on X platform that the US government might adopt soft legal measures to prevent open-source models from entering the US. David Sacks, Chairman of the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, believes that using regulatory uncertainty to suppress open-source competition is "unacceptable."Join the PPP Signal Push Community to stay ahead and seize the opportunity.
: Anchorpoint Financial Technology, led by Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong), is one of the two stablecoin issuer license holders first approved by the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) in April this year. Standard Chartered and Anchorpoint Financial are expected to issue a joint announcement as soon as the end of this month, within the next two weeks, announcing the launch of the Hong Kong dollar-pegged stablecoin HKDAP. Previously, the HKMA issued the first batch of stablecoin issuer licenses to Anchorpoint Financial and HSBC in April this year.
Odaily Odaily reports, one year after the enactment of the US "GENIUS Act", Tether's stablecoin USDT faces a compliance adjustment window of approximately two years. If it fails to meet US stablecoin regulatory requirements in the future, USDT may risk being unable to continue trading on crypto platforms in the United States.The GENIUS Act requires stablecoin issuers to maintain fully backed reserves, primarily allocated to highly liquid assets such as cash and US Treasuries. Tether's latest reserve disclosure shows that USDT reserves still include some assets allocated to precious metals, lending assets, and Bitcoin, which may not meet the requirements of the new regulations. (Coindesk)
The South Korean government has released a "Roadmap for the Internationalization of the Won," aiming to transition the currency from a regulated currency to a freely convertible one. The roadmap was jointly formulated by the Financial Services Commission, the Bank of Korea, the Financial Supervisory Service, and the Korea Securities Depository. The Bank of Korea also plans to advance a tokenized treasury bond pilot project linked to an institutional CBDC (Central Bank Digital Currency). Additionally, South Korea will participate in Project Agora, an international payment initiative led by the Bank for International Settlements (BIS). (coinpost)
CryptoQuant analyst Darkfost posted on X platform, pointing out that Bitcoin has been oscillating around the key support level of $60,000 for nearly 165 days, failing to hold firm and reignite upward momentum. One core reason is the market's lack of new liquidity. Over the past 30 days, the net outflow of stablecoin reserves from Binance and Bybit has approached $2.3 billion. New demand, whether flowing into Bitcoin or the entire crypto market, remains weak. Since the beginning of this year, stablecoin reserves on exchanges have continued to decline. This rather pessimistic market sentiment continues to restrict the funding support needed for Bitcoin to break out of its current consolidation range.However, as regulatory measures like the GENIUS Act require stablecoins to improve compliance, the decentralized nature of the stablecoin ecosystem may be weakened. In the long term, Bitcoin's decentralized characteristics could thereby become more prominent.
Sentiment regarding bets on the formal enactment of the CLARITY Act in 2026 has turned bearish, with the probability of the bill being passed within the year falling to a historic low. The market's peak expectation for the bill at the beginning of the year once reached 82%, but as negotiations have hit multiple deadlocks, the probability has continued to decline. The core disagreements hindering the bill's progress include a standoff over ethics clauses, opposition from banking lobbying groups regarding provisions related to stablecoin interest payments, as well as a tight congressional schedule and the approaching midterm elections, which have compressed the window for deliberation and voting. Although major industry players generally support this comprehensive digital asset regulatory bill, traders believe that the multiple disagreements cannot be resolved in the short term, and the bill will likely be unable to complete the full legislative process and take effect within 2026.
: In an interview this week, Circle President Heath Tarbert responded to questions about the stock price falling from $260 to $62, stating that the company is focusing on long-term development. If it can fulfill its mission of building a full-stack internet platform infrastructure, the stock price will ultimately reflect that value in the long run. Addressing the new competition posed by the Open USD Alliance, which consists of 140 companies including Visa, Stripe, Mastercard, and Google, Heath Tarbert noted that USDC, as a stablecoin natively supporting 34 blockchains, has built a network effect with a circulating supply of $73 billion that is extremely difficult to replicate. Discussing the difference in market position compared to Tether, he stated that USDC is the world's largest regulated stablecoin and boasts the highest real transaction volume.
U.S. President Donald Trump signed the "Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins Act," known as the GENIUS Act, one year ago, marking the first time the United States has initiated the construction of a federal regulatory framework for stablecoins. The GENIUS Act requires federal regulatory agencies to formulate stablecoin governance rules, covering issuer reserves, governance, and operational requirements. The specific details are still being developed by agencies such as the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
David Sacks, Chairman of the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, stated on the X platform that using regulatory uncertainty as a competitive tool is "completely unacceptable," and regulatory decisions should be based on facts, logic, and evidence, rather than deliberately creating fear and uncertainty (FUD). He is unsure whether venture capitalist and AI policy researcher Dean Ball is admitting to a "regulatory capture" strategy or merely predicting its occurrence, but in any case, leveraging regulatory agencies to issue "soft law" warnings, creating market panic, and thereby forcing regulated companies to stay away from Chinese open-source models should not be tolerated.David Sacks pointed out that Dean Ball believes there is no need to directly ban Chinese open-source models; simply guiding regulators to issue relevant warnings can influence corporate decisions by generating enough doubt and uncertainty, and these reasons "don't even need to be very solid."In response, Sacks argued that any regulatory decision must be well-founded, rather than implementing policies in disguise through "manufactured doubt." He warned that bypassing public deliberation processes in this way would not only erode the foundation of the rule of law but could also open the door to future regulatory abuses targeting any enterprise or individual.Sacks further stated that AI policy is currently at a critical turning point. Major closed-source labs, which have already formed a duopoly in AI model revenue, are now attempting to use government power to eliminate open-source competitors.He called on other companies and developers in Silicon Valley that still support open competition to take a clear stance and jointly safeguard an open ecosystem in the AI field.
the US stablecoin regulatory bill, the GENIUS Act, has now been in effect for one year. Non-US issuers such as Tether have two years remaining to establish compliance strategies to meet US stablecoin issuance rules. The bill originally required federal financial regulatory agencies to finalize stablecoin rulemaking before the one-year mark, but the relevant rules have not yet been issued, leaving the compliance pathway uncertain. Under the basic framework of US standards, Tether’s USDT would need to undergo multiple significant adjustments before the rules take effect in order to meet legal requirements.
: The South Korean government today released a "Roadmap for the Internationalization of the Korean Won," aiming to transform the won from a regulated currency into a freely convertible currency and to establish an offshore won settlement network. The Bank of Korea will launch a system tentatively named the "Offshore Won Settlement Network," which is expected to begin trial operations in September this year and officially launch in January next year. South Korea will also build digital asset payment infrastructure to lay the foundation for the issuance, distribution, and trading of won-pegged stablecoins, and plans to launch a pilot project next year to promote the tokenization of government bonds linked to the central bank digital currency (CBDC) of the Bank of Korea. Additionally, South Korea will officially join Project Agora, a cross-border digital payment initiative led by the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) that brings together the central banks of eight countries.
According to Odaily, as of June 23, 2026, Foundry Digital, AntPool, ViaBTC, and F2Pool collectively control over 70% of the Bitcoin network's hashrate, with shares of approximately 31%, 18%, 13%, and 10% respectively. Foundry Digital is a US-based mining pool backed by Digital Currency Group, primarily serving large institutions and publicly listed mining companies. In the first half of 2026, D-Central reported a Nakamoto coefficient of 3, meaning that just three mining pools would be enough to produce more than half of the blocks. ViaBTC faced stricter regulatory scrutiny in 2026, prompting some miners to shift to alternative pools like EMCD.
U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren on July 16, 2026, asked President Donald Trump to release a full financial disclosure through July 15, covering his cryptocurrency income. The Senate is currently reviewing the CLARITY Act, a crypto market structure bill. The U.S. Office of Government Ethics released Trump's 2025 annual public financial disclosure on June 30, 2026. Warren stated the report shows Trump's crypto-related revenue at approximately $1.4 billion, more than double his total income in 2024, with crypto businesses accounting for the vast majority of his disclosed income. The disclosure documents show that Trump family members hold a 30% ownership stake in DT Marks Defi LLC, an entity whose assets include a Coinbase account valued at over $100 million, as well as a 38.25% interest in WLF Holdco LLC. DT Marks Defi LLC generated over $590 million in revenue in 2025. Trump stated on July 2 that the related income "is not illegal in any way, nor is there any problem," adding that his involvement in cryptocurrency predates his second term. He said he does not personally track profit details and noted that large institutions manage his investments.