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According to Cointelegraph, Morgan Stanley's latest 13F filing submitted to the U.S. SEC shows that as of June 30, it held approximately 16.5 million shares of BlackRock IBIT, an increase of 23% from 13.4 million shares in the first quarter. However, due to the decline in Bitcoin prices during the quarter, the market value of this holding dropped from $667 million to $549 million, a decrease of about 18%.During the same period, Morgan Stanley also held 2.57 million shares of MSBT, valued at approximately $43.3 million, and increased its holdings in Grayscale Bitcoin Mini Trust, Bitwise Bitcoin ETF, and Fidelity FBTC, with FBTC holdings increasing by nearly 38%.In terms of Ethereum, its ETHA holdings increased by about 202% to 4.6 million shares, and the Grayscale Ethereum Staked Mini ETF holdings increased by about 26% to 5.1 million shares. Additionally, Morgan Stanley also established new positions in the Grayscale Solana Staked ETF and Fidelity Solana Fund, with market values of approximately $4.25 million and $2.26 million, respectively.On the individual stock front, Morgan Stanley's holdings in Circle (CRCL) surged from about 1.46 million shares to 8.32 million shares, while also increasing positions in mining companies and infrastructure firms such as Cipher Digital, Core Scientific, Hut 8, and Bitdeer; on the other hand, it reduced its holdings by about 550,000 shares in Coinbase, reduced over 3.1 million shares in CleanSpark, and completely exited approximately 8 million shares in Bitfarms.

Elon Musk stated that the image and video understanding capabilities of Grok 4.6 have undergone significant upgrades.

According to The Defiant, Geoff Kendrick, the Global Head of Digital Assets Research at Standard Chartered Bank, stated that the previously set target price of $100 for UNI by the end of 2030 may be too low. Kendrick pointed out that the protocol fee burn rate for Uniswap on the Robinhood Chain exceeded previous expectations.Data shows that from July 27 to August 12, the average daily income of the Uniswap protocol was approximately $244,000, annualizing to about $89.1 million, all of which was used for repurchasing and burning UNI. Based on the current price of about $3.53, the annualized burn amount accounts for approximately 4% of the circulating supply (624.2 million tokens). Kendrick described this burn rate as "clearly unsustainable," and even with his target price of $6.5 by the end of 2026, the annualized burn rate would still reach 2.2%, which is also difficult to maintain in the long term, and does not account for more collaborations similar to Robinhood.In the recent 7 days, the total income of the Uniswap protocol was approximately $1.55 million, with the Robinhood Chain contributing about $925,000, accounting for about 60%. Uniswap has deployed v2, v3, v4, and UniswapX on this chain, becoming a major public AMM.

EtherFi announced that the existing lending infrastructure of EtherFi Cash can no longer meet development needs. A dedicated Aave V4 instance is currently being deployed on the Optimism chain to support the credit card backend.EtherFi Cash currently has an active loan amount of 22 million USD, and it is expected that the lending capacity will reach 500 million USD by 2027. There are already 70,000 cardholders using cryptocurrency for consumption without the need to sell their cryptocurrency.

The Monaco government submitted Bill No. 1131 to the National Council, intending to replace Law No. 1.528 passed in 2022, and to align the regulatory framework for crypto assets more closely with the EU's Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA) and the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) standards.The proposed regulation will clarify the crypto asset services that can be conducted in Monaco and enhance corporate governance, prudential safeguards, and professional conduct requirements. Service providers must obtain prior approval from the Commission de Contrôle des Activités Financières (CCAF), and the relevant licenses must also be jointly reviewed by the Autorité Monégasque de Sécurité Financière and the Agence Monégasque de Sécurité Numérique. The bill also expands the supervisory and enforcement powers of the CCAF. If approved by the National Council, Monaco will further develop supporting implementation rules; Monaco has been placed on the FATF grey list starting in the summer of 2024 and has been included in the European Commission's list of high-risk countries for money laundering.

According to the Wall Street Journal, Apple is seeking to reach new agreements with publishers to use their content to develop the artificial intelligence voice assistant Siri.

Japan's largest banking group, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG), plans to utilize blockchain technology to provide instant settlement services for certain Japanese Government Bonds (JGB) transactions.According to reports, MUFG plans to conduct blockchain-based Japanese Government Bond repurchase transactions using tokenized money market funds and stablecoins to shorten the settlement process of traditional securities transactions.

According to ChianCatcher news, GSR Content Director Frank Chaparro tweeted that Nasdaq is hiring a RWA Principal Protocol Engineer, who will serve as the primary technical author for the "Nasdaq Token Design Standard."This standard is the authoritative specification for the on-chain representation of publicly traded stocks. Responsibilities include issuance, compliance, corporate actions, chain selection, and institutional trading infrastructure. The base salary ranges from $155,000 to $287,000, plus bonuses and equity.

According to The Block, Standard Chartered Bank's subsidiary Anchorpoint officially launched the first phase of the Hong Kong dollar stablecoin HKDAP on Wednesday, opening test access to institutional distributors and professional investors.Anchorpoint was jointly established by Standard Chartered Bank, HKT, and Animoca Brands, and received a stablecoin issuance license from the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) in April this year, making it one of the first licensed institutions.

According to official news, Aster announced that AOS-2 is officially in effect. Previously, AOS-1 opened up the listing of spot tokens to projects that meet public standards, and AOS-2 extends the same principle to the perpetual market, which traditionally relies on private negotiations for listings.According to AOS-2, eligible applicants must stake 1,000,000 ASTER, lock it for four years without an early exit option, and then apply to enter the on-chain validator voting phase. If the vote passes, the Aster risk control team will complete market allocation, and the perpetual contract will go live on T+1; if it does not pass, the full staked amount will be returned.The leverage and other risk parameters for each market are set by the Aster risk control system, with rules made public and decisions recorded on-chain. AOS-3 will be launched subsequently.

Morgan Stanley announced the launch of the "U.S. Innovation Infrastructure Initiative," which aims to drive approximately $1.5 trillion in capital raising and investment activities over the next 10 years to support U.S. economic growth.The initiative will focus on strategic areas such as artificial intelligence, quantum technology, and semiconductors, and will promote the construction of digital and physical infrastructure.

Supported by the uncertainty of the reopening prospects of the Strait of Hormuz and the ongoing tensions in the Middle East, both WTI and Brent crude oil prices continued to rise in the U.S. trading session. Iran reiterated several conditions before agreeing to fully reopen the strait. According to Al Jazeera, the conditions proposed by the Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council of Iran, Zolghadr, include: ending the U.S. maritime blockade and the withdrawal of the U.S. Navy and Air Force from around Iran.Tehran also demanded compensation for damages caused by recent conflicts, the lifting of sanctions, and the unconditional unfreezing of Iranian assets. These demands currently reduce the likelihood of a swift return to normal shipping and help maintain the risk premium in WTI prices. Meanwhile, negotiations with Oman to establish a secure shipping route through the Strait of Hormuz seem to be making progress.However, due to the failure to reach an agreement on full reopening, investors remain cautious about the risks of long-term disruptions to oil supply. Regional tensions are not limited to the Strait of Hormuz. The Iran-backed Houthi forces in Yemen claimed responsibility for a drone attack on Saudi Aramco's refinery in Saudi Arabia. The latest attacks on major energy infrastructure have heightened market concerns about the security of regional oil supplies.

White House economic advisor Kevin Hassett stated that he would not succeed Lisa Cook if the Federal Reserve Board member were to be removed from her position due to related allegations.Hassett mentioned that the allegations against Cook are matters under investigation by law enforcement and expressed, "I hope Cook is innocent." Previously, Cook had been challenging the Trump administration's attempts to remove her from her position as a Federal Reserve Board member.Regarding monetary policy, Hassett indicated that if he were involved in decision-making, he would lean towards maintaining the current interest rate levels or implementing rate cuts. He believes that inflation in the United States is easing, while the growth momentum on the supply side remains strong, providing room for a more accommodative policy environment.

Standard Chartered Bank set a target price of $200 for the Chainlink token LINK by the end of 2030, indicating significant upside potential from the current level of around $8.The bank believes that the development of asset tokenization will continue to increase the demand for reliable on-chain data, and Chainlink is expected to play a key role in the infrastructure of traditional finance and decentralized finance.

According to official news, the global instant delivery track RWA project CCC (Courier Cycle Coin) completed a deep strategic signing ceremony for cross-shareholding with Binance's ALPHA zone Anome on August 5, 2026, achieving deep cooperation. At the same time, both parties jointly launched the three-party co-branded card pre-sale signing ceremony with the global Caishendao organization, completing the inaugural signing ceremony.It is reported that CCC integrates RWA and DeFi, puts the cash flow of electric vehicle rental business on-chain for rights confirmation, and realizes the same source of currency and stock through token dividends, driving business expansion and ecological market value growth with physical profits, thereby building a complete closed-loop operation system.

According to Arkham monitoring, Morgan Stanley has once again "bought the dip," investing $15.05 million through its spot Bitcoin exchange-traded fund MSBT to increase its holdings by approximately 232.548 BTC. As of now, its total Bitcoin holdings have surpassed 6,500 for the first time, currently reaching 6,563, valued at over $426 million.

Bloomberg data shows that Asian companies raised over $83 billion through IPOs, private placements, and block trades in July, setting a record for the highest monthly total. Among them, South Korean chip giant SK Hynix raised $26.5 billion through its U.S. listing, becoming the largest financing project.In August, Asian stock financing activities remained active, with the Indian government selling shares of state-owned insurance giant LIC, raising $3.3 billion. Cathy Zhang, head of Morgan Stanley's Asia-Pacific ECM, stated, "We remain optimistic about the capital market outlook for the second half of this year, especially in Hong Kong, mainland China, and Taiwan." She expects multiple transactions exceeding $1 billion to be initiated in the coming months, primarily focused on consumer internet, industrial technology, and AI-related fields.

Starknet announced that it has completed the quantum-resistant signature transfer test, where a wallet account using a quantum-resistant signature mechanism completed a real transfer on the Starknet mainnet, with a transaction fee of about 6 cents, and can be queried through the block explorer. This account is currently an experimental, unaudited version, mainly used for research testing. StarkWare stated that this transfer benefits from the design of the Starknet account model.Unlike most blockchains that fix the signature algorithm at the protocol layer, each account on Starknet is a smart contract that can autonomously define the accepted signature schemes, allowing users to upgrade their wallets from traditional elliptic curve signatures to quantum-resistant signatures without hard forks, asset migrations, or changing addresses. StarkWare pointed out that most blockchains face quantum computing risks because wallet signatures and underlying verification systems rely on elliptic curve cryptography. Once large-scale quantum computers appear, running Shor's algorithm could potentially break the related encryption systems. Currently, the Starknet ecosystem supports a quantum-resistant signature scheme based on Falcon-512, which is part of the NIST post-quantum cryptography standardization process, with relevant implementations promoted by ecosystem teams and organizations such as OpenZeppelin.