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Sharplink CEO Joseph Chalom (former Head of Digital Assets Strategy at BlackRock) posted that the EIP-8363 "decreasing issuance burn" proposal currently being discussed in the Ethereum community will gradually reduce validator staking yields by about 2.75%, until yields reach zero when staking volume reaches about half of the total supply; validators will then rely solely on transaction tips, accounting for 15% of current yields, to maintain operations. Chalom strongly opposes this, listing four major reasons: 1. Harms DeFi: Staking yields are the benchmark interest rate for on-chain lending; cutting them will raise on-chain capital costs and compress the collateral value of liquid staking tokens (approximately $35 billion TVL); 2. Weakens institutional appeal: ETH's native productivity is a core advantage distinguishing it from BTC; EIP-8363 will erase this difference, affecting institutional capital inflows such as ETPs and DATs; 3. Destroys ecosystem capital circulation: Issuance rewards are not "leakage," but flow to node operators, client development teams, and ecosystem builders; burning them will cut off the return of capital; 4. Extremely poor timing: Top institutions such as Robinhood, BlackRock, and BNY have successively chosen Ethereum; on-chain stablecoin scale reaches $159 billion, RWA exceeds $15 billion; modifying the underlying economic logic at this moment carries extremely high risk. Chalom expressed support for ETH's long-term deflationary goal, but believes the existing base fee burn mechanism (EIP-1
Odaily News: Bitcoin treasury company Strategy has announced its participation in the U.S. "Invest America Business Pledge" corporate commitment program, which will provide long-term investment support for eligible employees' children through "Trump Accounts."Strategy stated that the company will contribute $250 annually to the Trump Account of each eligible employee's child under 18, regardless of the child's year of birth. For children born on or after January 1, 2025, the company will also make an additional one-time contribution of $1,000, matching the initial funding provided by the U.S. government. Strategy CEO Phong Le stated that the Trump Accounts and the Invest America program help American children build a stronger financial foundation, and the company aligns with the initiative's philosophy of fostering the next generation's wealth management capabilities through long-term investment, financial education, and savings habits. Strategy will officially launch the program once the U.S. Department of the Treasury publishes final implementation rules and the corporate contribution mechanism goes live, and will open registration to eligible employees. (Businesswire)
According to Bloomberg, SoftBank Group will release its first-quarter earnings report in Tokyo this Thursday, with the market focusing on its latest progress in robotics, data centers, and energy sectors to assess whether the company's AI value surpasses its debt financing bet of up to $65 billion on OpenAI. Currently, there are expectations of delays to OpenAI's IPO timeline; if SoftBank can demonstrate substantial progress in the aforementioned emerging fields, it may effectively alleviate investors' concerns regarding its financing strategy.
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.
According to official news, decentralized exchange RISEx stated that at 07:21 UTC today, the Real World Asset (RWA) strategy associated with the XLP vault experienced an unauthorized withdrawal due to a configuration error, involving 673,011.56 USDC. The issue had existed since deployment on July 13; the team detected the anomaly within minutes of the incident and completed the fix at 08:09 UTC.
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, July saw the U.S. manufacturing PMI rise to 55.6, the highest since 2022, with both production and employment recovering. However, strong demand and geopolitical inflation concerns have roiled the bond market, with Bank of America warning that the Federal Reserve is facing a credibility test. The hot manufacturing performance, coupled with geopolitical inflation threats, has sent U.S. Treasury markets into sharp turbulence. Long-dated Treasuries have recently faced heavy selling, with yields briefly surging to near two-decade highs.Mark Cabana, Head of U.S. Rates Strategy at Bank of America, commented on this, calling the bond market's violent swings a "textbook inflation credibility shock."Cabana noted that the core driver of the market turmoil is not the data itself, but the Fed's lack of policy communication. He specifically pointed to Fed Chair Kevin Warsh's performance at a recent press conference, arguing that Warsh failed to clearly articulate how the Fed would achieve its 2% inflation target."Standing firm on the inflation target is one thing, but if you don't tell the market the specific path, investors won't buy it," Cabana said bluntly in a Bloomberg TV interview. "The bond market cannot be fooled; it sees through all appearances." (Jin10)
According to CoinDesk, Strategy founder Michael Saylor announced that the company has launched the Bitcoin 200-week moving average (200W MA) and its premium/discount tracking feature on its official website. Saylor stated that since the 200W MA data became available, Bitcoin has traded above this line 92% of the time, and the current price is almost exactly near this line.
Odaily News: A wallet associated with Strategy transferred 299.84 BTC, worth approximately $18.91 million. The company has not yet issued an official statement regarding this transfer. On-chain monitoring shows that this bitcoin was transferred to a new address, with timing similar to a previous transfer. Strategy sold 3,588 BTC between July 1 and July 5, amounting to approximately $216 million. Strategy currently holds 843,775 BTC, with a total acquisition cost of $63.69 billion and an average cost of $75,476 per coin. The company also added $525 million in cash reserves this month to pay preferred stock dividends and interest.
On August 2, Strategy Executive Chairman Michael Saylor posted "Bitcoin Drive engaged" along with a chart tracking the company's Bitcoin reserves. The chart shows that Strategy holds 843,775 BTC, with a market value of approximately $53.25 billion, an average cost of $75,653 per coin, and an unrealized loss of $10.58 billion. Strategy's real-time ledger shows that the company has had a total of 116 disclosed treasury events, purchasing 843,775 BTC for approximately $63.69 billion, at an average price of $75,476 per coin. The ledger also shows that Strategy recently sold a total of 3,588 BTC in two transactions—1,363 and 2,225 coins respectively—reducing its holdings from 847,363 to 843,775 BTC. Strategy disclosed in an SEC filing that the BTC sales were used to pay preferred stock distributions and replenish dollar reserves. Recent disclosures also show that the company did not purchase BTC during the week ending July 26, and increased its dollar reserves to approximately $3.75 billion, enough to cover about 2.1 years of preferred stock dividends and debt interest.
Odaily News: Michael Saylor, founder and Executive Chairman of the bitcoin treasury company Strategy, has once again published Bitcoin Tracker-related information. Based on previous patterns, Strategy typically discloses changes in its bitcoin holdings the day after such announcements.
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.
Strategy expressed support for the CLARITY Act, believing that establishing a clear and long-term stable regulatory framework for the digital asset market will drive industry development and promote wider adoption of digital assets by U.S. institutions.
Odaily News, Strategy Executive Chairman Michael Saylor said at the company's Q2 earnings call that while the company has previously allocated nearly "100% of its funds to Bitcoin," it may adopt a combined strategy of holding both cash and BTC going forward. He stated, "Perhaps the best way to buy the most Bitcoin is not to buy the most Bitcoin immediately."TD Cowen and Benchmark both maintained their Buy ratings on Strategy following the Q2 earnings call. The two firms believe that the core goal of the company's current management has shifted toward bringing its STRC preferred stock price back to near par value, thereby restoring its ability to function as a financing tool.TD Cowen analyst Lance Vitanza said the most important takeaway from the call was management's strong focus on STRC. Company executives repeatedly emphasized that restoring STRC to par value is the core objective, and noted that despite recent price deviations in the security, institutional adoption continues to rise.Benchmark analyst Mark Palmer holds a similar view. He pointed out that Saylor and his team spent most of the 90-minute call focused on the same goal: restoring STRC to the $99–$100 range, making it once again the primary engine for the company to raise capital and purchase Bitcoin.
According to CNBC, Apple CEO Tim Cook stated during the latest earnings conference call that Apple's hybrid AI strategy—where some AI tasks run locally on-device and complex tasks are processed via Google Cloud—is a "competitive weapon", distinct from the data center investments of tech giants like Meta, Microsoft, and Amazon, which often exceed $100 billion. Apple's capital expenditure in the second fiscal quarter was only $2.46 billion, lower than the market expectation of $3.44 billion. Cook also revealed that Apple plans to make AI a core selling point for iCloud+ subscription upgrades, offering paid expansion options for users with higher AI usage, but the specific pricing plan has not been finalized yet.
According to IT Home, ByteDance announced on July 30 the launch of an organizational structure adjustment focused on AI enterprise services. This restructuring merges the Feishu product team into the Doubao product team, under the unified management of Doubao head Zhao Qi; simultaneously, the Feishu GTM team will be integrated with Volcengine to establish a new ToB GTM organization "Creativity Service Platform", led by Volcengine head Tan Dai, who will oversee the marketing, sales, and customer service for ByteDance's cloud services including MaaS and SaaS. Following the restructuring, Doubao Enterprise Edition will natively integrate the Feishu ecosystem, covering all office scenarios such as documents, spreadsheets, meetings, and group chats, and has currently begun internal beta testing with selected Feishu customers.
BitcoinTreasuries.NET posted on X, stating that Strategy MSTR has been tokenized on Solana, supporting 24/7 trading; 38 million monthly active users can now access the largest corporate Bitcoin reserve and fully redeem it to traditional brokerage accounts.
According to Bitcoin.com, Strategy Inc. (NASDAQ: MSTR) Executive Chairman Michael Saylor stated that since the company established Bitcoin as its primary reserve asset in August 2020, MSTR stock has achieved an annualized return of 42%, surpassing Bitcoin itself, the "Magnificent Seven" tech stocks, and the S&P 500 Index. As of July 29, Strategy holds 843,775 BTC, with a cumulative purchase cost of approximately $63.69 billion, and an average price of approximately $75,476 per coin, currently showing an unrealized loss of approximately 17.9% compared to the cost price (approximately $11.4 billion). To address the increasingly complex capital structure, Strategy launched three new metrics on July 24: Net BTC Per Share, BTC Hurdle ARR (minimum annualized return required to cover financing costs), and BTC Floor ARR (minimum annualized return required to maintain leverage ratio sustainability), to help investors more clearly assess the actual value of their Bitcoin holdings. Additionally, the company plans to provide funding for preferred stock repurchases through the future sale of a portion of its Bitcoin.
Odaily News: BitcoinTreasuries.NET posted on X platform that Metaplanet's DylanLeclair stated the market did not notice Saylor selling 3,500 Bitcoin until Strategy MSTR released its disclosure document. He also noted that looking back in the future, this will be one of the reasons for STRK’s strong trading performance. Strategy did not issue new shares, and dividends are still being paid.
According to BeInCrypto, El Salvador's two major opposition parties have officially nominated candidates for the February 2027 presidential election: the Nationalist Republican Alliance (ARENA) nominated former legislator Maytee Iraheta, while the Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (FMLN) nominated doctor and union leader Rafael Aguirre. Both candidates clearly oppose Bukele's Bitcoin strategy, characterizing it as a fiscal failure. However, Bukele's approval rating remains as high as 94%, and his New Ideas party has also completed nominations, holding a clear advantage for re-election. It is worth noting that El Salvador revoked Bitcoin's legal tender status in February 2025 after reaching a $1.4 billion loan agreement with the IMF, restoring the US dollar as the sole official currency, but the government still maintains the plan to purchase approximately 1 Bitcoin per day, with holdings reaching approximately 7,730 BTC as of July 27.