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According to the official announcement, HTX listed the UNITREE/USDT perpetual contract on August 5, with a maximum leverage of 10x.
According to NADA NEWS, the Japan Financial Services Agency announced on August 5 that it will officially establish the "Crypto Assets and Stablecoins Division" on August 7, placing it under the jurisdiction of the newly established Asset Management and Insurance Supervision Bureau. This organizational restructuring marks a substantive upgrade of Japan's crypto asset regulatory system—relevant functions previously dispersed among multiple affiliated bodies such as the "Crypto Assets, Blockchain, and Innovation Counselor Office" and the "Crypto Assets Monitoring Office" are now formally integrated into an independent division-level department. The newly established division comprises three sub-departments: the "Crypto Assets Monitoring Office" responsible for exchange supervision, the "Innovation Promotion Office," and the "Digital Payment Planning Office." The Financial Services Agency stated that this restructuring aims to address new challenges more precisely, such as the rapid development of digital technology in the financial sector and the strengthening of regulation over financial institutions.
Currently, Hollywood giants such as Disney, Universal, and Warner Bros. Discovery have filed lawsuits against MiniMax for unauthorized use of copyrighted content to train AI models. The U.S. court rejected MiniMax's application to withdraw the lawsuit in May this year, and the case is currently under review. H3 officially released model weights on August 3, supporting the generation of videos up to 15 seconds long with 2K resolution, and ranks first on the video editing leaderboard of the benchmark platform Artificial Analysis.
Binance will open 10 bStocks trading pairs, including Astera Labs (ALABB), ASML (ASMLB), AST SpaceMobile (ASTSB), BitMine Immersion Technologies (BMNRB), Coherent (COHRB), Credo Technology (CRDOB), IREN (IRENB), Netflix (NFLXB), Super Micro Computer (SMCIB), and USA Rare Earth (USARB), on August 5, 2026, at 20:00, simultaneously supporting spot algorithmic trading bots and Binance Convert zero-fee trading.
Bitget has launched a new round of CandyBomb, with a total prize pool of 20,000 USDT. This event is exclusive to new futures users, and the participation period is from August 4 to August 14. During the event, users can unlock corresponding candies by completing net deposit and futures trading tasks, with a maximum of 150 USDT per user. Detailed rules have been published on the Bitget official platform. Eligible users must click "Join Now" to complete registration before participating.
Odaily News - U.S. Democratic Senators Elizabeth Warren and Richard Blumenthal sent a letter to SEC Chairman Paul Atkins on Monday, calling for an investigation into whether President Trump's related Meme coins violate securities laws.In the letter, the two senators cited reports stating that since the Trump Meme coin launched in January 2025, nearly 1 million crypto wallets have incurred losses, totaling approximately $3.81 billion. They accused Trump of potentially engaging in a "rug pull" and requested that the SEC determine whether fraudulent arrangements or securities law violations exist.Warren and Blumenthal stated that despite the token's price being driven by Trump's own public statements, its value has plummeted significantly, making it necessary for the SEC to investigate whether a fraudulent scheme exists and to prevent continued extraction of substantial value from hundreds of thousands of investors.The letter comes as the White House is evaluating the latest ethics provisions compromise regarding conflicts of interest in Trump's cryptocurrency business. This proposal is seen as key to advancing the "Clarity Act" crypto market structure legislation. A previous Trump-endorsed draft drew opposition from Democrats because it only restricted public officials and their spouses from issuing or sponsoring digital assets, did not cover other family members, and designated the Department of Justice for enforcement.The two senators also claimed that Trump has an "active interest" in encouraging supporters to trade his Meme coin, and alleged that Trump has earned $636 million in revenue from the Meme coin. With the Senate entering its August recess on Friday and attention subsequently shifting to the November elections, whether the "Clarity Act" can advance in the near term still depends on whether both parties can reach consensus on Trump-related crypto conflicts of interest.
Odaily News – Regulators from the United States and the United Kingdom, at the 13th US-UK Financial Regulatory Working Group meeting held in London on July 8, reaffirmed their commitment to strengthening financial regulatory cooperation. The two sides discussed stablecoin regulation, the US digital asset market structure, tokenization, and the UK's digital strategy for the wholesale financial market. A joint statement released on August 4 showed that US officials briefed the UK side on the progress of the GENIUS Act implementation and work related to the digital asset market structure. Participants also discussed payment modernization and the G20 cross-border payments roadmap, which aims to improve cross-border payments. The meeting did not yield new policy measures. Both sides stated that they would coordinate regulation in key areas of the digital asset industry and support responsible digital asset innovation within the framework of financial stability and international regulatory cooperation. On July 14, the Transatlantic Taskforce for Markets of the Future, a joint US-UK initiative focused on financial innovation and capital market cooperation, released preliminary recommendations and simultaneously issued a joint statement on stablecoins. The two governments stated that these measures would lay the foundation for continued cooperation between the US and the UK in the digital asset and capital market sectors.
Odaily News: Lookonchain posted on the X platform that as of August 4: Bitcoin ETFs saw a net inflow of 1,600 BTC (approximately $102 million) on the day, and a 7-day net inflow of 1,241 BTC (approximately $79.36 million). Ethereum ETFs recorded a net outflow of 6,558 ETH (approximately $12.27 million) on the day, and a 7-day net outflow of 16,300 ETH (approximately $30.44 million).
According to the official announcement from Sequans Communications (NYSE: SQNS), the company released its preliminary financial report for Q2 2026 on August 4 and announced a gradual exit from its Bitcoin treasury strategy. The company continued to orderly reduce its Bitcoin holdings in Q2, holding 314 BTC at the end of the period, with a market value of approximately $18.4 million, a significant reduction from 1,514 BTC at the end of Q1; net gains from Bitcoin sales in Q2 amounted to $5.3 million. Meanwhile, with the full redemption of convertible bonds completed in May, the company officially entered a debt-free status, with cash at the end of the period reaching $20.97 million, nearly double the $10.6 million at the end of Q1.
Odaily News The U.S. crypto market structure bill, the CLARITY Act, enters a critical week. According to Senate procedure, if lawmakers still hope to proceed into the August recess as planned, Senate Majority Leader and Republican Senator John Thune needs to file a motion to proceed on Tuesday to schedule a procedural vote for Thursday. John Thune said on Monday that the Senate may stay in session until it completes a series of pending matters, including a stopgap government funding measure, the Russia sanctions bill, nominations, the college athletics bill, and a procedural vote on the crypto market structure bill. Republicans are currently uncertain whether they can secure the 60 votes needed to begin debate and allow for amendment discussions.
OneBullEx announces the launch of a TradFi perpetual contract position incentive campaign. The campaign period is from August 4, 18:00 to August 19, 18:00 (UTC+8), with a total prize pool of 40,000 USDT in contract trial funds. The campaign covers TradFi USDT-margined perpetual contracts including tech stocks, indices, and gold. After completing registration, users can receive rewards based on their daily average position value. The applicable reward rate is unlocked jointly by the total average position size of all registered users, with a maximum annualized reward rate of 21%. Of this, 35,000 USDT is allocated for position rewards; another 5,000 USDT is for new user first-trade bonuses. New users who have never completed contract trading on OneBullEx prior to registration can receive 10 USDT in contract trial funds if they complete a net deposit of no less than 100 USDT into their contract account during the campaign period and achieve 5,000 USDT in valid trading volume for designated TradFi contracts, limited to the first 500 users. The maximum annualized reward rate is calculated based on the maximum 50x leverage supported by designated contracts and the actual margin occupied, and does not constitute fixed income or a promise of returns.
Odaily News: According to the official announcement, Binance Futures will update the collateral rates and tiered collateral rates for certain assets under Portfolio Margin mode at 14:00 (Beijing Time) on August 7, 2026, and simultaneously adjust the leverage and margin tiers for multiple USDT-margined perpetual contracts. This adjustment involves assets such as UNI, PEPE, ASTER, HFT, and KMNO, as well as contracts including 0GUSDT, BERAUSDT, WUSDT, SUPERUSDT, TURBOUSDT, and 1MBABYDOGEUSDT, and is expected to be completed within 30 minutes to one hour. Please note that existing positions will be affected, and users are advised to adjust their positions in advance.
Odaily News: According to official sources, MGBX will list GSUSDT, SMHUSDT, and PYPLUSDT perpetual contract trading pairs at 18:00 (SGT) on August 4, 2026. Trading will open at 18:00 (SGT) on August 4, 2026, with support for up to 25x leverage.Goldman Sachs is a long-established financial institution founded in 1869, renowned as one of the world's leading investment banks. The SMHUSDT perpetual contract tracks the price of the VanEck Semiconductor ETF, one of the largest and most liquid exchange-traded funds (ETFs) focused on the semiconductor industry globally. Additionally, PayPal, spun off from eBay in 2015, focuses on online transactions, providing electronic payment solutions for merchants and consumers.
Odaily News: SK Hynix and SanDisk have unveiled the first standard specification for High Bandwidth Flash (HBF), a next-generation storage technology based on NAND flash. SK Hynix presented the specification at FMS 2026, held from August 4 to 6 in Santa Clara, California, USA.HBF stacks NAND flash vertically in a manner similar to High Bandwidth Memory (HBM) to enhance capacity and data transfer speeds. The specification defines two stacked configurations—8-layer and 16-layer NAND dies—with a maximum capacity of 512GB and bandwidth offered in three tiers, supporting 0.4TB to 3.0TB per second.HBF connects to processors using the industry-standard UCIe interface, enabling compatibility with different processor types such as GPUs and CPUs. The specification has been released through the Open Compute Project (OCP), and the HBF Consortium currently includes Google and AI semiconductor company Tenstorrent.SK Hynix will also showcase its in-development 10th-generation (V10) 375-layer 4D NAND wafers and products for the first time at this event, with plans to begin mass production of high-performance, high-capacity enterprise SSDs (eSSD) utilizing this technology early next year.
Odaily News: The Enforcement Decree of South Korea's "Special Act on Strengthening the Semiconductor Industry Competitiveness and Support" was reviewed and approved by the State Council on August 4, and will officially take effect on August 11. The Act is being advanced under a presidential-level mechanism, detailing the composition of a special committee, procedures for designating semiconductor clusters, support for talent development, and the operation of a dedicated accounting system.According to the Enforcement Decree, applicants seeking designation as a semiconductor cluster must submit a construction plan that includes basic objectives, development direction, name, location, area, current local industry and infrastructure status, as well as talent cultivation and research infrastructure plans. Non-capital regions will receive priority consideration in cluster designation.Construction and operation costs for industrial infrastructure required by semiconductor clusters may be covered by the national and local governments for 50% to 100% of the total project cost. Among these, facilities for redundancy (dualization), supply chain stabilization, and industrial security-related infrastructure are eligible for full support.The Enforcement Decree also stipulates that priority support may be provided for employment linkage and retraining of local professionals in non-capital region semiconductor companies, and specifies the criteria and procedures for designating institutions dedicated to cultivating semiconductor industry professionals. South Korea's Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy, Kim Jung-kwan, stated that the ministry will cooperate with relevant departments to advance the key policy tasks stipulated by the law.
Odaily News, RWA.xyz's tokenized stock dashboard shows that as of August 3, the number of holding addresses for tokenized stocks, including exchange-traded funds, approached 967,000, with a distributed value of $2.16 billion. In late July, the number of related addresses had reached 759,000, a 92% increase over 30 days and a 522% increase since early 2026.The above data counts blockchain addresses, not verified individual investors. A single user may control multiple wallets, and custodian addresses may also represent multiple clients.Jupiter stated that year-to-date, its platform's monthly tokenized stock trading volume during hours when the Nasdaq and New York Stock Exchange are closed has grown by 360%, with over 65% of stock token activity occurring outside regular trading hours. Demand for semiconductor and memory chip-related stock products is high, involving companies such as Nvidia, Micron Technology, and SK Hynix.Market commentator David Alexander estimates that Robinhood Chain has gained 325,000 new holders within four weeks of its launch. Robinhood's related tokens provide economic exposure to the underlying securities but do not grant investors direct legal ownership or beneficial ownership of these stocks.
According to TechFlow Research, Goldman Sachs released the monthly update of its US Stock Conviction List on August 3, adding Applied Materials (AMAT), Delta Air Lines (DAL), Microsoft (MSFT), O'Reilly Automotive (ORLY), Viking Holdings (VIK), and UPS (United Parcel Service), and removing Broadcom (AVGO), Dick's Sporting Goods (DKS), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), and ServiceNow (NOW). In July, the S&P 500 Equal Weight Index outperformed the S&P 500 Index by approximately 435 basis points, and index correlation fell to a near-decade low. Goldman Sachs believes the stock selection environment is improving following the unwinding of AI momentum, with new additions spanning six sectors: semiconductor equipment, aviation, logistics, auto parts, cruise lines, and enterprise software. MSFT and AMAT carry the AI computing power logic, while the four non-AI stocks bet on economic and consumer resilience. The four removed stocks still maintain a Buy rating; their removal reflects the committee's view that there are more attractive opportunities on the current list.
Bitget launches the 9th CFD King Championship, with a total prize pool of 75,000 USDT. The event runs from August 3 to August 17. During the event, completing specified CFD trading tasks grants blind box draw opportunities, ensuring a 100% chance to win USDT cash vouchers. Additionally, inviting new users to complete trading tasks allows both new and existing users to receive USDT rewards; users ranked in the top 470 by cumulative CFD trading volume can also jointly unlock a 47,400 USDT ranking prize pool, with the champion receiving 4,000 USDT. For more details, please refer to the Bitget official platform.
Odaily Odaily News: TokenWorks announced on the X platform that the initial distribution phase of Fake World Assets has been completed, and external purchases will officially open at 3:00 PM EST on August 4.Previously, to prevent external capital from affecting the protocol's early development, Fake World Assets only distributed tokens to participants. TokenWorks stated that going forward, the 50% portion of protocol fees originally allocated to TokenWorks will be redirected to a buyback mechanism.Under the new mechanism, tokens repurchased will be distributed proportionally: 70% to buyers, 10% to depositors, and 20% burned. Additionally, the platform will reduce the purchase fee from 5% to 2.5% and increase the depositor bid ratio from 85% to 90%.TokenWorks stated that these parameters will be continuously adjusted based on protocol performance in the future to drive the protocol toward long-term sustainable development.
Odaily News – On August 3 local time, U.S. President Trump answered reporters' questions at the White House, stating that negotiations with Iran are currently underway. Trump said that regarding talks with Iran, the first phase is the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, and the second phase is denuclearization. Trump emphasized that the U.S. maintains a firm stance: Iran cannot possess nuclear weapons. Additionally, Trump disclosed progress in the negotiations concerning the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz. Trump stated that the Strait of Hormuz could potentially be reopened as soon as tomorrow. He also noted that the talks were initiated at Iran's request, with support from Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Qatar, and several other countries. He said that originally, "the U.S. was going to strike Iran with overwhelming force—more severe than any previous attack," but then Iran called, and Saudi Arabia, the UAE, and Qatar also called. Iran did not want to be hit, so it said it wanted to negotiate; they wanted to discuss the issue of the strait. Trump said, "This is Iran's last chance." Trump also said he would not allow Iran to charge fees for vessels passing through the Strait of Hormuz. (CCTV News)