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Odaily News: Ethereum infrastructure company Blockspace announced its establishment, aiming to improve Ethereum's off-protocol infrastructure and facilitate more global applications' access to Ethereum blockspace.Blockspace stated that Ethereum's core business is providing blockspace. Currently, over 90% of global Ethereum blockspace traffic relies on infrastructure outside the protocol, which still has gaps in economic models, reliability, performance, and service capabilities. Blockspace recently completed a funding round led by BlueYard Capital, with participation from ether.fi Ventures, Quasar, SharpLink Gaming, and other institutions.Blockspace stated that it will collaborate with the Blockspace Forum and the broader Ethereum community in the future to accelerate the development of off-protocol infrastructure in Ethereum's transaction process. Its business model relies entirely on ETH. The company will operate and support Ethereum infrastructure, including staking operations, earning transaction fee rewards from blocks generated by its staked ETH, and then reinvesting the proceeds into staking.
According to the market weekly report released by market maker Wintermute (@wintermute_t), the macro and crypto markets experienced multiple shocks over the past week: On the macro level, the Federal Reserve maintained interest rates unchanged at 3.50-3.75% with a 9-3 vote. Officials Hammack, Kashkari, and Logan rarely voted together to support a 25bp rate hike, marking dissent at the second meeting since Chairman Warsh took office. The 30-year US Treasury yield once touched 5.24%, hitting a new high since July 2007, while the 10-year yielded 4.67%. The yield curve bear-steepened, indicating market doubts about the Federal Reserve's inflation credibility. On the stock market level, AI leveraged fund Situational Awareness (under Leopold Aschenbrenner) encountered margin calls due to leverage as high as 400%. Its size plummeted from $45 billion in early July to about $10 billion, forced to sell all public positions to Citadel at a discount. Long positions in AI infrastructure such as SK Hynix and CoreWeave fell sharply, partially explaining the reason for the continuous decline in chip stocks in July. On the crypto level, BTC fell 2.84% weekly and ETH fell 3.63% weekly, but Wintermute believes major sellers are nearly exhausted, and the painful trade direction has turned upward. ETH has outperformed BTC for two consecutive months,
Blockchain media ChainCatcher recently released the report "Options Market Enters New Paradigm: 2026 H1 Landscape Evolution and Key Features," systematically reviewing the global crypto options market in the first half of 2026 based on data from platforms such as CoinGlass, with Bybit's options business listed as a core case for focused analysis.
Odaily News: Lookonchain posted on X platform, August 3 update: Bitcoin ETF single-day net outflow of 3,321 BTC, valued at $210 million; 7-day net outflow of 297 BTC, valued at $18.8 million. Ethereum ETF single-day net outflow of 3,515 ETH, valued at $6.52 million; 7-day net inflow of 1,573 ETH, valued at $2.92 million.
: Asset management giant BlackRock has announced the launch of two tokenized money market products: the BlackRock Select Treasury Based Liquidity Fund (BSTBL) and the BlackRock Daily Reinvestment Stablecoin Reserve Vehicle (BRSRV). BSTBL will offer Ethereum-based tokenized shares of an existing money market fund. These on-chain shares can be transferred between approved wallets, subject to regulatory compliance. BNY Mellon will serve as the transfer agent and tokenization service provider for BSTBL. BRSRV, meanwhile, is a new tokenized money market fund designed for digital-native institutional investors, supporting daily dividend reinvestment and multi-blockchain access, and can be used for a variety of digital asset applications, including stablecoin reserve management. Securitize will serve as the transfer agent and tokenization service provider for this fund.
Odaily News – On July 30, the minority staff of the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs released a new analysis raising Democratic objections to the amended draft of the CLARITY Act. The analysis states that Donald Trump’s 2025 crypto revenue amounts to approximately $1.4 billion, and that current ethics provisions still allow him to retain related business arrangements. The analysis reviews World Liberty Financial, the TRUMP meme coin, cryptocurrency investments, staking income, and other business activities, concluding that provisions restricting officials from issuing or sponsoring digital assets would not materially affect the aforementioned financial arrangements. Staff estimated approximately $799 million in revenue related to World Liberty Financial and approximately $635 million from the TRUMP meme coin. Trump’s annual financial disclosure report lists $635.1 million in royalties from a licensing agreement with CIC Digital LLC related to Celebration Coins, along with Bitcoin and Ethereum wallets each valued at over $50 million, and validator rewards obtained through staking agreements on Coinbase. The Senate draft of the CLARITY Act seeks to prohibit covered officials and their spouses from issuing or sponsoring digital assets for compensation during specified periods, while also establishing exceptions for qualified blind trusts, unauthorized third-party activities, continued use of an official’s likeness, and holding digital asset investments.
Odaily News, Tom Lee, Chairman of Bitmine, an Ethereum treasury company, said in a post on X that an increasing number of public institutions and major organizations have stepped forward to support the CLARITY Act. If the Act fails to pass smoothly, the U.S. could lose its leading edge in the digital finance sector and cede dominance to other countries. He also expressed that, as Ethereum marks its 11th anniversary, he looks forward to "exponential progress" for Ethereum over the next 11 years, continuing to drive growth in the digital asset and blockchain ecosystem.
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.
Uniswap partners with decentralized lending protocol Morpho to launch yield product Earn, enabling users to directly deposit USDC, USDT, and ETH to earn on-chain yield while keeping assets non-custodial.
Bitwise released its Q3 2026 staking report. Currently, 40.2 million ETH are staked, accounting for 33% of the total supply. New staking this year primarily comes from institutions, including staking ETFs, corporate treasuries, and other large holders, continuing to increase despite price declines. Staking ratios on other networks also remain high: Solana at 68%, Near at 45%, Hyperliquid at 44%, and Avalanche at 41%. Ethereum throughput increased 73% year-over-year, while Avalanche trading volume grew 4x year-over-year. Institutional staking is also expanding to emerging networks.
Ethereum Institutional (@ethereuminsti) posted that Open Standard's stablecoin project Open USD will be deployed on Ethereum on its first day of launch, having already attracted over 140 enterprises to join, including Visa, Mastercard, Stripe, BlackRock, BNY, and others. All reserve yields will flow to partners driving its growth. Open Standard stated that shared assets require neutral infrastructure, and Ethereum is the deployment platform it has chosen.
Japanese listed company Quantum Solutions has sold another 1,000 Ethereum, cashing out approximately $1.9 million to support its AI data center expansion. Following this sale, the company has reduced its ETH holdings by nearly 30% since mid-June.According to company documents, Quantum Solutions' subsidiary, GPT Pals Studio, sold this batch of ETH on Thursday at an average price of $1,903. The company expects to record a loss of approximately $100,000 from this transaction. After the sale, Quantum Solutions' remaining ETH holdings amount to approximately 4,765, which is lower than the 4,976 ETH held by Def consulting, thereby losing its position as the largest corporate ETH holder among Japanese listed companies.Quantum Solutions has sold a total of 1,904 ETH in less than two months, accounting for approximately 28.6% of its pre-sale holdings of 6,668.8 ETH. Previously, GPT Pals had sold 904 ETH on June 16, cashing out about $1.6 million.The company acquired the majority of its ETH during the crypto market highs of the fourth quarter of 2025, when ETH prices were in the range of approximately $4,000 to $4,500.
During the 11th year of Ethereum, the Ethereum Foundation underwent organizational restructuring, including leadership departures, layoffs, the introduction of a new CROPS mandate, and the spin-off of EthLabs, Ethereum Systems, and Ethereum Institutional as independent entities. The Ethereum Foundation seeks to further decentralize its role within the ecosystem. Concurrently, Ethereum continued to advance its technology and institutional adoption, launching the Fusaka upgrade and attracting participation from Wall Street institutions such as BlackRock and JPMorgan; cumulative inflows into US spot Ethereum ETFs have exceeded $11.23 billion.
Odaily News Trader 0xSun stated on social media that during Robinhood's earnings call, the only token appearing in a fleeting search bar was CASHCAT. Additionally, Robinhood CEO Vlad, when discussing the Robinhood Chain, mentioned that the chain will be built around RWA, adding that he also likes Meme coins.As a result, CASHCAT's market cap rebounded from approximately $30 million to nearly $50 million. 0xSun believes that an ideal trajectory for a public chain resembles the Base ecosystem in late 2024, initially driven by factors such as founder influence and team background, and later ignited by events like exchange listings. Currently, Robinhood possesses similar conditions, and tokens on its chain could benefit from expectations of potential exchange listings.Furthermore, 0xSun noted that the Meme coin PIPEDOG on the Robinhood chain saw its market cap quickly surge past $75 million within a few hours. The project team locked the liquidity pool and refunded 173 ETH to users affected by the initial contract. The project currently has deep liquidity, with the pool containing approximately $4.5 million in ETH at a market cap of around $30 million.Previously active HOODRAT also once approached zero due to the overall downturn of the Robinhood chain but recently received attention from Matt, the original artist of the Pepe comic, causing its market cap to rebound from a low of $500,000 to $5 million.Beyond Meme coins, 0xSun indicated that STONKBROKER is currently one of the better projects within the Robinhood ecosystem that combines NFT, RWA, and game mechanics, making it worthy of continued attention.
the Federal Reserve held its benchmark interest rate steady at 3.5% to 3.75% on Wednesday, in line with market expectations. This marks the fifth consecutive meeting where the committee has taken no action since the 25 basis point rate cut in December 2025. Following the Fed's announcement, the price of Bitcoin fell approximately 1% to $63,890, while Ethereum also dropped about 1%, trading above $1,900. This decision did not include a Summary of Economic Projections or a dot plot, with the next dot plot scheduled for release in September. The committee stated that the U.S. economy is expanding at a solid pace, but inflation remains above the 2% target, partly due to rising energy prices driven by tensions in the Middle East. Cleveland Fed President Beth Hammack, Minneapolis Fed President Neel Kashkari, and Dallas Fed President Lorie Logan dissented against maintaining the rate, supporting an immediate 25 basis point hike instead. The next FOMC decision is scheduled for September 16, 2026, and will include updated economic projections and a new dot plot.
According to The Block, SoFi's crypto trading revenue in the second quarter increased 10% quarter-over-quarter, reaching $134.3 million, with net income of approximately $1.2 million after deducting $133.1 million in transaction costs. Meanwhile, SoFi's stablecoin SoFiUSD has begun processing 24/7 business payments through its business banking platform Big Business Banking, and went live for retail users in May, supporting buying, selling, holding, and exchanging on Ethereum and Solana.
the token is issued by Anchorage Digital Bank, can be natively minted and redeemed on Celo, and can be directly used to pay on-chain gas fees via Celo's fee abstraction mechanism. USAT went live in January this year and currently has a market cap of approximately $185 million.
以太坊机构（Ethereum Institutional）宣布完成初始生态系统融资轮，获得逾 100 位生态参与者支持，锚定投资方包括 BitMNR、Sharplink 及以太坊联合创始人 Joseph Lubin、Mihai Alisie，参与者涵盖加密原生机构及个人投资者。 后续，该组织将加速与银行、资产管理公司、托管机构、金融科技及主权机构的直接接触，并联合 L2、应用团队、基础设施及托管服务商等推进以太坊机构化进程。目前该组织已开放招聘。
据悉，Bybit 已上线最新一期定投机器人挑战赛，用户定投 BTC, ETH和 XAUT 即可有机会瓜分奖池。 活动由即日起至 2026 年 8 月 17 日 23:59（UTC 时间）结束，赛事包括两部分： 第 1 部分：此前未在 Bybit 创建过定投机器人定投新用户，可享高达 20% 返现。活动期间，新用户创建新的 BTC、ETH 或 XAUT 定投机器人，即可根据其 BTC、ETH 和 XAUT 累计定投量获得 20% 的返现（最高 50 USDT）。该奖赏仅限 BTC、ETH 和 XAUT 累计定投量排名前 100 的用户领取，且参与用户累计定投量须超过$100。 第 2 部分：所有符合资格的已报名用户创建 BTC、ETH 或 XAUT 定投机器人，即可瓜分 50,000 USDT 奖池。奖励将根据每位创建定投机器人的用户在累计 BTC、ETH 或 XAUT 日均持仓量中所占的份额，从 50,000 USDT 的奖池中进行分配。参与用户须通过定投持有价值至少 $200 的 BTC、ETH 或 XAUT 才能获得奖励资格。
According to Cryptopolitan, the Central Bank of Russia (CBR) has released a draft of supporting regulatory rules for the cryptocurrency market, covering registration and operational requirements for crypto exchanges, digital depository institutions, and token issuers. The draft stipulates that the minimum net assets of digital depository institutions must range between 50 million and 250 million rubles (approximately $600,000 to $3 million), depending on the nature of the business. These rules will supplement the "Law on Digital Currency and Digital Rights" passed by the Russian State Duma earlier this month, which is expected to officially take effect on September 1, 2026. Under the new framework, non-qualified investors are limited to purchasing mainstream assets such as BTC, ETH, and USDT annually, with a cap of $4,000; industry participants will have a transition period until March 1, 2027, to complete compliance and approval procedures.