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According to The Defiant, the dispute between AMC Entertainment CEO Adam Aron and Robinhood over tokenized AMC stock has escalated into a debate among tokenized stock issuers about which model should become the industry standard.Gabriel Otte, co-founder of Dinari, criticized Robinhood's synthetic tokens with Ondo as "worse for end investors than regular stocks," while Uniswap founder Hayden Adams compared it to early stablecoins, stating that it meets users' demands for programmability and 24/7 trading.Currently, three models are competing in the $2.91 billion tokenized stock market: Robinhood's stock tokens are debt securities issued by a Jersey entity, available only to non-U.S. persons; Ondo, xStocks, and Dinari hold the underlying stocks through regulated intermediaries and pass on economic benefits; Securitize and Superstate directly put company-registered stocks on-chain. The U.S. SEC's Division of Corporation Finance has legally defined the three models as of January 28. Data from rwa.xyz shows that the total scale of tokenized stocks reaches $2.91 billion, with a 14.4% growth over 30 days, and Ondo leads with $869.6 million.Securitize CEO Carlos Domingo also supports Aron's position, stating that he does not wish for others to create offshore derivatives of company stocks. Brian Huang, co-founder of Glider, believes that the trading venue is more important than the packaging format, as AMMs cannot guarantee users the best execution.

Sun Yuchen posted a response regarding recent related disputes, stating that it is an ordinary civil property dispute between both parties, which has now entered the judicial process. He respects the court, the judicial process, and all rights of the other party, and will accept the final outcome regardless of what it may be.Sun Yuchen also stated, "This matter ends with me," and expressed hope that Jing Tian's future life will no longer be affected by this issue.

Zhao Changpeng recently commented on the emotional and property disputes related to Sun Yuchen, stating that while aggressive marketing can be acceptable, there is no need to use the incident for personal attacks or to affect others' future career development. Instead of disclosing unnecessary details, it is better to resolve the matter directly through legal means. He hopes both parties can handle it properly and respect each other.Zhao Changpeng then added that the cryptocurrency industry should set higher standards for itself. In response, Sun Yuchen expressed agreement, stating, "Mutual respect, proper resolution, and leave the rest to the court; I won't say more."

Stablecoin issuer Tether entered Uruguay in May 2023, planning to engage in sustainable Bitcoin mining and invest in energy production with local licensed companies. The project has two mining sites in the Florida province, with an estimated investment of 60 million USD each, totaling approximately 120 million USD.Uruguay's state-owned electricity company UTE had a disagreement with Tether regarding the electricity supply contract amount. Tether's Uruguayan entity Microfin stopped paying electricity bills in May 2025 and notified of its intention to terminate the contract in June; on July 25, UTE cut off power to the mining site, with Microfin owing nearly 5 million USD and monthly electricity costs of about 2 million USD.On November 25, 2025, Tether notified the Uruguayan labor department of its cessation of operations, with 30 out of 38 local positions being eliminated. UTE stated that Microfin had settled its debts by December; in 2025, 98% of Uruguay's electricity generation came from renewable energy.

U.S. President Trump stated that the United States urgently needs aluminum, most of which comes from Canada. Trump plans to build an aluminum plant in Oklahoma to address the escalating U.S.-Canada trade dispute and the 50% metal tariff controversy.More than half of the aluminum consumed in the United States each year is produced in Canada. The two sides were close to reaching an agreement to halve the aluminum tariff, but it faced opposition from the U.S. steel and aluminum industries.

According to a report by Reuters, Tether's Bitcoin mining project in Uruguay has ultimately come to a halt due to a power supply contract dispute with the local state-owned electricity company UTE, with an estimated investment scale of about $120 million. The two parties have differences regarding the contracted power supply amount, with Tether believing the relevant figure is the minimum guaranteed supply, while UTE considers it the maximum supply limit.Due to the failure to sign a new agreement and overdue electricity payments, UTE cut off power supply to two mining sites on July 25, 2025. Tether subsequently ended its local operations and laid off most of its employees. The Uruguay project was seen by Tether as the "first step" into the South American Bitcoin mining market. However, Tether continues to expand its regional energy and mining layout, having previously acquired a 70% stake in the renewable energy company Adecoagro and plans to utilize its remaining electricity for Bitcoin mining.

Sun Yuchen stated that his lawyer recently appeared in federal court in California to oppose World Liberty Financial (@worldlibertyfi)'s request to force the dispute into confidential arbitration and seal documents. The court ruled that all of Sun Yuchen's personal claims will continue to be heard in open court; at the same time, it rejected the suggestion to submit all company-related claims to arbitration and required both parties to negotiate which claims will remain in court and which will go to arbitration. Sun Yuchen called this a significant victory, emphasizing that token holders have the right to know how the project treats its trusters.Sun Yuchen stated that as one of the earliest and largest investors in World Liberty, he invested $45 million to obtain $WLFI tokens. The lawsuit alleges that after this investment helped raise approximately $550 million in token sales, the project secretly embedded a backdoor in the smart contract that could unilaterally freeze, restrict, or destroy token holders' tokens, and based on this, illegally seized his tokens, even threatening him with criminal reports during his rights protection efforts. The lawsuit claims damages amounting to hundreds of millions of dollars. He has previously obtained a court injunction prohibiting the other party from destroying or disposing of his tokens.Sun Yuchen also stated that World Liberty similarly embedded backdoor capabilities in its USD1 stablecoin and mentioned that the project had pledged a large amount of $WLFI tokens as collateral in Dolomite lending, as well as public information regarding co-founder past lawsuits related to Dough Finance, expressing concerns about the project's solvency and transparency, urging investors to conduct their own due diligence and remain cautious. The above content is all his unilateral statements and accusations.

Apple has stated that it has resolved the dispute with the European Union regarding app store fees and will eliminate the per-installation fee for app developers in the EU.

U.S. District Judge Jed S. Rakoff in New York has denied the emergency temporary restraining order application filed by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), which aimed to stop the state of New York from advancing its enforcement case against the prediction platform Kalshi. The judge found that the CFTC failed to demonstrate a likelihood of success on the merits of its case and did not prove the existence of irreparable harm. However, the denial was made "without prejudice," allowing the CFTC to refile the relevant motion by August 7.New York Attorney General Letitia James filed a lawsuit against Kalshi last Friday, accusing it of operating an illegal unlicensed prediction business by offering contracts on events such as sports and elections. The state of New York had issued a cease-and-desist order to Kalshi as early as October 2025. The core dispute in this case revolves around whether federal commodity law takes precedence over state law—state authorities believe that event contracts are predictions subject to state law, while the CFTC and Kalshi argue that they are derivatives under the exclusive jurisdiction of the CFTC.

In response to the recent market controversy regarding the reduction of Stabledrop shares, Cap founder Benjamin issued a statement of apology and provided a detailed response. He stated that the team prematurely committed to an airdrop scale of 11 million before the funding was fully secured, but subsequent changes in the market environment led to a fundraising amount that fell short of expectations, resulting in the actual airdrop pool shrinking to 4.2 million.To avoid substantial principal losses for early YT (Yield Token) holders, the team temporarily adjusted the originally planned linear distribution scheme to a "capital protection but no profit" restructuring model, ensuring that no one incurs losses. This rule applies equally to all wallets. Meanwhile, in response to community concerns about a related whale address allegedly engaging in "internal score manipulation," Benjamin clarified that the wallet belongs to a former colleague and is not operated by the team, and that project treasury funds have not been utilized. Additionally, he emphasized that the Cap protocol is still operating healthily, and the decline in TVL that occurred over the weekend was mainly due to the surge in USDM lending rates on Aave for MegaETH, causing arbitrageurs to exit, which is unrelated to this airdrop incident. All redemptions have been processed smoothly.

According to Caixin, the case involving 60,000 bitcoins belonging to Qian Zhimin held a three-day hearing from July 7 to 9, 2026. Blue Sky Ge Rui Company officially joined the battle for bitcoin rights through the litigation administrator. The bitcoin dispute has transformed from a "two-party confrontation" into a "three-party competition": 1. The UK prosecution (DPP) claims that the assets should be recovered by the state; 2. The Chinese victims assert that they have property rights to the bitcoins that can be traced and have significantly appreciated in value; 3. The litigation administrator representing Blue Sky Ge Rui Company argues that the bitcoins are substitute assets formed after Qian Zhimin misappropriated company funds.It is reported that the estimated value of the bitcoins involved in the case is about 427,000 yuan each as of July this year, a 152-fold increase from the purchase price when Qian Zhimin acquired them in 2014 (2,815 yuan each). If the applicant can successfully assert their property rights to the relevant bitcoin assets, the amount they can recover will not be limited to the original investment loss but can also extend to the appreciation gains of the bitcoins. The litigation administrator representing Blue Sky Ge Rui Company believes that the bitcoins in question are essentially transformed from misappropriated company property, and the company has the right to trace them and assert property rights.Meanwhile, the Director of the UK Crown Prosecution Service (DPP) continues to insist that Chinese law should apply, while the leading law firm representing individual victims has proposed four complementary legal arguments to avoid the victims' claims being entirely dismissed due to any single legal pathway: 1. Bitcoin in the UK should be governed by UK law; 2. The investment contract is a scam, and upon cancellation, the rights revert to the victims; 3. The tracing mechanisms under POCA Sections 305 and 306 should also apply to the victims; 4. A "mixed structure" should break the binary choice between Chinese and UK law.

Custodia Bank has submitted a petition for rehearing to the U.S. Supreme Court, requesting confirmation on whether the president of the regional Federal Reserve Bank has the authority to refuse to provide master account services to institutions. Custodia Bank has applied for a Federal Reserve master account multiple times and was denied by the Federal Reserve in 2023, citing significant safety and soundness risks associated with its new business model and its intended focus on digital assets.Custodia Bank subsequently appealed to the U.S. Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals, which ruled in favor of the Kansas City Federal Reserve Bank in 2024. The U.S. Supreme Court will decide in October whether to hear the case.

According to CoinDesk, the Genlayer Foundation, in collaboration with 27 companies including OKX, MetaMask, and Matter Labs, has launched the "Internet Court" protocol, aimed at providing a unified dispute resolution mechanism for payments, custody, and contract disputes between AI agents.The project seeks to address the current issues of fragmentation in payment, identity, and interoperability standards within AI business systems, providing a more suitable adjudication infrastructure for transactions between machines.

Metagent co-founder and former CTO Li Bojie responded to the accusations from ABCDE Capital partner Du Jun, stating that of the $1.5 million stipulated in the investment agreement, only $500,000 has been received, while the remaining $1 million has not been paid, yet the cap table still calculates ABCDE's equity based on $1.5 million. Li Bojie indicated that due to the long delay in funding, he and the co-founders voluntarily reduced their salaries, which hindered the company's recruitment and research and development; he left in October 2024 due to family reasons and compliance issues with Web3 in mainland China. Before leaving, he disclosed the cap table and business progress as required, and stated that future entrepreneurial projects will avoid areas related to non-compete clauses such as Web3, AI infrastructure, and image generation.

Court documents from New York State show that William Wood and Thomas Bush have sued entities related to Polymarket and CEO Shayne Coplan, accusing them of incorrect settlement in the "Will Strategy sell Bitcoin before May 31, 2026?" market.The lawsuit states that the 8-K filing submitted by Strategy to the SEC disclosed the sale of 32 BTC during the relevant period, sufficient to prove that the market should settle as "Yes," but Polymarket ultimately determined it to be "No," and was accused of subsequently issuing a "clarification" that changed the criteria for judgment.

BNB Financial Company CEA Industries announced a cooperation agreement with YZi Labs, and both parties will jointly promote the adjustment of the BNC governance structure. According to the agreement, Ella Zhang, Alex Odagiu, and Matthew Roszak have been appointed as company directors, and both parties will jointly select an independent director with experience in digital assets, capital markets, and governance of listed companies.At the same time, the board of directors will establish a CEO selection committee, with YZi Labs partner Alex Odagiu serving as interim president until a new CEO is appointed. As part of the agreement, YZi Labs will terminate the previous consent solicitation and withdraw related requests. CEA Industries stated that this move will help strengthen corporate governance and enhance its ability to execute long-term strategies around the BNB ecosystem.

According to Bloomberg, the rulings on controversial contracts on Polymarket are being dominated by a small number of UMA holders. Bloomberg's statistics show that among over 6,400 addresses that participated in Polymarket's controversial ruling votes over the past three years, only 9 large wallets contributed about half of the UMA voting power and sided with the winning side in almost all disputes.In April 2026, about 230 contracts with a total trading volume exceeding $1 billion entered the controversial ruling process, accounting for less than 1% of all contracts on Polymarket, but the frequency of disputes increased with the trading scale. Some traders criticized that this mechanism effectively grants anonymous whales "fact-determining power" driven by economic interests, while Polymarket and Risk Labs, responsible for UMA, had originally promised to improve the relevant processes, which has now been shelved.