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The ULTRA Web3 Festival successfully concluded on July 30-31 at The Arch Galeries in Kuala Lumpur. As the core site of the "Global Series Conference Integrating Web3, Traditional Finance, and Artificial Intelligence," this two-day summit brought together international builders, business leaders, and institutional investors to build a bridge between decentralized technology and traditional markets.The success of the Kuala Lumpur event was attributed to the support of a wide range of visionary alliances and industry-leading sponsors, including Pudgy Penguins, Orca, DDNEXUS, Alpha Insight, AI Nova, Decentralized Intelligence, SuperFlow, CloudBank, Morpheus, Razer, ChainUp, DYLI, Saat Dimensi, Oper8 Capital, Lavo Protocol, WageFlow, Echobit Exchange, LifyX Exchange, X18, and Starshine. Additionally, the event further expanded its influence through strategic collaboration with key ecosystem partners such as Access Blockchain Association, CCACC, Emerge Group, Global Impact Fintech, Web3Labs, and ADI Foundation.It is reported that the ULTRA Web3 Festival is set to enter the South Korean market, partnering with Web3Labs as the official global business partner to appear at the second Global Web3 Developers Conference (GWDC 2026 Korea). The conference is scheduled to take place on September 29-30 at the aT Center in Seoul, where both parties will promote cross-border collaboration, technology exchange, and drive international business growth in the Asia-Pacific region.

On June 24, the "ETH Summer 2026 Ethereum Summer" Kuala Lumpur event, jointly hosted by Synbo Protocol, ETHPanda, and LXDAO, successfully concluded in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. This event focused on the discussion of "In the era of Web3 applications, how far are we from ordinary users?" and attracted builders from wallets, security, communities, infrastructure, and industry research institutions to participate.During the event, attendees shared and exchanged ideas on topics such as on-chain primary markets, market infrastructure, Web3 development in Southeast Asia, community growth, and real-world application implementation. The organizer, Synbo, stated that they hope to promote Web3 from infrastructure development to more authentic user scenarios by connecting developers, entrepreneurs, communities, and capital.

Synbo Protocol successfully held the "On-chain Primary Market Summit Forum" at the Sheraton Hotel in Kuala Lumpur, attracting numerous industry OGs, representatives from well-known investment institutions, core community consensus participants, and hundreds of senior players in the blockchain and primary market.Community leaders of Synbo Protocol shared in-depth insights on their latest product developments and future vision: to completely transform the traditional primary market investment, which is often obscure, has high barriers to entry, and suffers from severe information asymmetry, through an innovative "Position Consensus Mechanism," allowing ordinary users to participate in top-tier project primary investment opportunities as simply and transparently as buying and selling spot assets, achieving "fair participation in early wealth effects for everyone."During the event, several heavyweight guests delivered keynote speeches and engaged in deep interactions with the audience. Synbo Protocol is driving the evolution of the primary market from a "closed club" to a new paradigm of "open transparency and community co-governance," aiming to become one of the most imaginative infrastructures in the next bull market.

Recent adjustments to multiple tariff and non-tariff measures have been made by both China and the United States, beginning to implement the consensus reached during the Kuala Lumpur economic and trade consultations. On the 4th local time, the White House issued two presidential executive orders, announcing that starting from November 10, 2025, the 10% so-called fentanyl tariff imposed on Chinese goods will be canceled, and the one-year extension of the 24% reciprocal tariff on Chinese goods will be implemented. On the 5th, two Chinese departments successively released corresponding adjustment measures. Huo Jian Guo, vice president of the China WTO Research Association, stated that currently, both sides are implementing the first aspect of the consensus, which involves the increase of fentanyl tariffs and the reciprocal tariffs imposed on China on March 4 and April 4, with China taking corresponding countermeasures.He indicated that according to the consensus reached by both sides, the future implementation of the results of China-U.S. consultations will involve the U.S. 50% penetration rules and relevant trade restrictions related to the 301 investigations on China's maritime, logistics, and shipbuilding industries, as well as cooperation on fentanyl control and the expansion of agricultural trade between both sides. (Global Times)

ChainCatcher message, the "Rooftop Pool Party" hosted by the Web3 asset issuance platform ANOME will be held on July 21 at the W Hotel's infinity pool in a landmark location in Kuala Lumpur.As the official partner, the DePIN project CyberCharge will showcase smart hardware and exclusive airdrops on-site, creating an immersive scene of social + interaction + ecological resonance, demonstrating the practical value and imaginative scenarios of DePIN devices and NFT applications. This event brings together global founders, investors, KOLs, and Web3 builders, and is regarded as a frontier experimental ground for the integration of Web3 ecology and DePIN applications.

ChainCatcher news, according to Crypto News, Argentine electronic bank Uala has been asked to suspend its cryptocurrency business, and customers must sell their holdings within 30 days. Uala currently has 300,000 users holding cryptocurrencies. Previously, it launched cryptocurrency trading services in November last year.Earlier, the Central Bank of Argentina prohibited payment platforms from offering digital assets such as Bitcoin to customers, stating that this move aims to mitigate the risks that operating with crypto assets may pose to financial service users and the national payment system. (Source link)