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On July 23, the European Union passed the 21st round of sanctions against Russia, expanding the trading ban to 14 cryptocurrency service platforms located in Georgia, Panama, the UAE, the Marshall Islands, Kyrgyzstan, and Belarus, and adding 4 new sanctions measures targeting the A7 Russian ruble network. The new regulations will take effect on August 25, prohibiting Russian and Belarusian citizens from holding, controlling, or serving in positions within MiCA cryptocurrency asset service providers in the EU, with the scope extending to services such as consulting, portfolio management, and transferring cryptocurrency assets on behalf of clients.The new regulations also allow the EU to impose a comprehensive ban on cryptocurrency transactions against third countries that have not prevented relevant sanction evasion activities. The list of relevant countries is currently empty and only includes third countries identified by the EU Council as having continuously and systematically failed to prevent the provision of cryptocurrency asset services or the operation of related platforms.

Centrifuge released governance proposal CP172 on August 18, exploring the feasibility of converting CFG tokens into company equity. The proposal states that Centrifuge's current business has shifted towards institutional infrastructure, and the original token structure restricts partner expansion and capital raising. It proposes to offer eligible CFG holders the option to convert their tokens into equity.The core details of the proposal include: 1 CFG can be exchanged for 1 share of Centrifuge Inc. equity, which will be recorded in a tokenized form; qualified holders with more than 100,000 CFG can directly enter the shareholder register, while holders below this threshold are proposed to participate through CoinList's trust structure, with no additional fees or minimum requirements; holders who do not participate in the conversion can continue to hold or sell their tokens, and the team, community, and partners will receive the same class of shares. The proposal is currently in the Request for Comments (RFC) stage for 14 days and will proceed only after board approval and governance voting.It is reported that Centrifuge is an open decentralized infrastructure for on-chain asset management and real-world asset (RWA) tokenization. The platform enables asset management companies to tokenize institutional-grade assets (such as credit, real estate, and government bonds) into freely transferable tokens for use in the DeFi ecosystem. Its core components include a compliant asset origination framework, Anemoy (a full-service fund architecture asset management division), and index proof (PoI) infrastructure for tokenizing structured financial products (such as S&P 500 index funds).

UBS's second quarter IBIT call option exposure increased 24 times. As of now, the bank holds 407,890 shares of IBIT, valued at $13.6 million; at the end of the first quarter, it held 364,371 shares.

The GitHub official status page shows that the platform is currently experiencing service disruptions, with multiple core functionalities experiencing decreased availability.According to the latest announcement, the error rate for GitHub's web interface and API requests reached about 20%, while the error rate for repository archive downloads and raw repository content downloads was around 50%. Additionally, SAML and OIDC authentication, SCIM, and Team Sync functionalities are also affected.Currently affected services include: decreased performance of Pull Requests; decreased performance of Issues; decreased performance of Actions; decreased performance of Webhooks; anomalies in API Requests; decreased availability of GitHub Copilot.GitHub stated that the team is continuously investigating the root cause of this incident and will provide further updates once more information is available.As of now, GitHub has not disclosed the specific cause of the outage, nor has it indicated whether it involves a security incident. This service disruption may affect developers and enterprise users who rely on GitHub for code hosting, continuous integration and deployment, and AI-assisted development.

According to The Block, Bitcoin mining company HIVE Digital Technologies has signed a five-year GPU cloud service agreement worth approximately $350 million through its subsidiary BUZZ High-Performance Computing, with a client that has not been disclosed as an investment-grade enterprise.The contract is expected to add approximately $70 million in annual revenue for HIVE, bringing BUZZ HPC's total annual revenue to about $180 million.

According to the Financial Times, the artificial intelligence boom is giving rise to a new class of super-rich individuals. This new wealthy class is keen on purchasing highly personalized luxury items such as private jets, yachts, and cars, and they are starting to use cryptocurrencies for payments.The report points out that the rapid accumulation of wealth related to AI is driving changes in the high-end consumer market, with cryptocurrencies appearing as a payment method in scenarios such as private aviation, yacht customization, and luxury car transactions, reflecting the practical application of digital assets among ultra-high-net-worth individuals.

According to the Netherlands National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC-NL), attackers are exploiting a serious authentication vulnerability CVE-2026-65400 in the macOS screen sharing feature to target Mac devices exposed to the internet. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 9.8, allowing attackers to bypass authentication and gain system root access without valid credentials.NCSC-NL stated that multiple reports of active exploitation have been received, with the affected devices' port 5900 being directly accessible from the internet. In the currently confirmed cases, attackers have successfully obtained root access and deployed Monero (XMR) mining programs on the infected Mac devices. Apple has recently patched the vulnerability through macOS Tahoe 26.6.1, Sequoia 15.7.9, and Sonoma 14.8.9. Security Affairs reminds users who have screen sharing enabled and have not yet updated their systems to complete the upgrade as soon as possible; if updating is temporarily not possible, they should disable the screen sharing feature to avoid exposing port 5900 to the internet.

Goldman Sachs stated that as U.S. inflation is cooling, market expectations for the Federal Reserve's interest rate hikes remain overly aggressive. Goldman Sachs Chief Economist Jan Hatzius pointed out that weak retail sales data, disappointing employment data, and continuously slowing inflation data make the likelihood of an interest rate hike at the Fed's September meeting extremely low.The market has pushed back expectations for the next 25 basis point rate hike to January of next year.

The AQAv2 stablecoin model protocol of Hyperliquid has previously received support from 19 out of 26 validators, and the relevant mechanism is expected to officially start accruing yields on August 26. Meanwhile, Circle has transferred approximately $4.4 billion USDC to Coinbase via the AQAv2 mechanism on HyperEVM, setting a record for the largest single USDC transfer on HyperEVM.If everything proceeds as planned, the yields generated by AQAv2 will begin accruing on August 26, with the first payment expected to enter the Assistance Fund on October 3. AQAv2 (Aligned Quote Asset v2) is a stablecoin mechanism announced by Hyperliquid in May this year, allowing stablecoins, including USDC, which are not exclusively issued by Hyperliquid, to qualify as "Aligned." According to public information, most of the stablecoin yields from AQAv2 will be returned to the Hyperliquid ecosystem, with 90% of the yields allocated to the relevant mechanism, and subsequently, 100% used for the buyback and destruction of HYPE tokens.Coinbase has been designated as the fund deployment party, while Circle is responsible for technical deployment, and both parties will also stake HYPE to participate in the mechanism. The mechanism previously required stablecoins to be exclusive assets of Hyperliquid, but AQAv2 has removed this restriction and will focus on the HIP-4 standardized market and the perpetual contract market operated by validators. According to relevant public disclosures, AQAv2 is expected to generate up to approximately $200 million in revenue and further enhance token value capture through the HYPE buyback and destruction mechanism.

According to BBX data, last weekend, publicly listed companies in the U.S. stock market disclosed the latest real accounts regarding digital asset treasury adjustments, staking yields, and computing power infrastructure financial data. The core dynamics are as follows:Hyperscale Data ( NYSE : $ GPUS ) sold 685 BTC for $43 million: AI data center company Hyperscale Data officially announced that it has sold approximately 685 bitcoins in the open market, obtaining about $43 million in cash. After this reduction, the company still holds approximately 275 BTC. The funds will mainly be used for the ongoing development and expansion of its Michigan data center, as well as to optimize its debt and equity capital structure to support its computing power transformation strategy.Solana concept stock HSDT ( NASDAQ : $ HSDT ) recorded 31,200 SOL staking yields in Q2: Nasdaq-listed Solana treasury and ecosystem company HSDT disclosed its performance for the second quarter of 2026. The company's total revenue for the quarter was $2.5 million, mainly contributed by the 31,200 SOL staking rewards obtained during the quarter; the net loss for the quarter was $30.3 million. As of June 30, HSDT's total assets reached $176.1 million, including $147.3 million in long-term digital assets, related positions, and fund investments.Soluna ( NASDAQ : $ SLNH ) Q2 revenue increased by 145% year-on-year, repaid $19.1 million loan early: Green data center listed company Soluna released its Q2 financial report, with total revenue reaching $15.1 million (a year-on-year increase of 145%). Among them, data hosting revenue surged to $12.65 million, while cryptocurrency mining revenue decreased to $1.72 million; the net loss was $22.6 million, with an adjusted EBITDA loss of $1.6 million. As of the end of the quarter, the company held unrestricted cash of $113.4 million. The financial report disclosed that the company fully repaid approximately $19.1 million of Generate debt early on August 10.

According to sources, Anthropic expects its revenue to reach between $190 billion and $200 billion by 2028. Wall Street is using the 2028 revenue forecast and the enterprise value/revenue multiple (EV-to-Revenue) to value its IPO.

According to Binance spot market data, there has been significant volatility in the market. DIA has increased by 11.9% in 24 hours and is in a rebound state after hitting a low.At the same time, ALICE, BEL, SFP, MOVR, HFT, PORTAL, and WAL have all shown a "high-to-low" state, with declines of 5.83%, 5.04%, 8.34%, 12.7%, 18.47%, 9.68%, and 20.94%, respectively.In addition, VIC and HOLO have also shown a rebound state after hitting a low, with increases of 9.9% and 6.01%, respectively.

On-chain detective Specter posted on the X platform, stating that considering the time period covered by the stolen data, this could mean that the data breach occurred as early as April, and no later than early May. However, the parties involved chose to remain silent until recently, roughly at the same time Trezor announced its own data breach.Some users had already received phishing attacks and suffered asset losses at that time, but the parties involved did not maintain transparency, warn users, or provide risk alerts, instead denying the data breach.

According to The Hacker News, the Netherlands National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has warned that a recently patched severe authentication vulnerability (CVE-2026-65400, CVSS score 9.8) in Apple's macOS screen sharing component has been exploited in the wild, allowing attackers to access Macs exposed to the internet (port 5900) and implant Monero mining software without valid credentials.Apple has fixed the vulnerability with an emergency update on August 6, alongside macOS Tahoe 26.6.1, Sequoia 15.7.9, and Sonoma 14.8.9, by enhancing credential verification through improved state management. The NCSC confirmed that in multiple attacks, the attackers gained root access and deployed mining software. Security researcher @osxreverser disclosed another pre-authentication vulnerability in the same component (also patched in 26.6), which allows bypassing password authentication with just the target IP, without needing a username.According to Calif, researchers developed usable attack programs for both vulnerabilities using AI in just 4 hours, demonstrating that AI is significantly shortening the time from vulnerability discovery to the development of attack code. Users are advised to update their systems immediately; if unable to update, they should disable the screen sharing feature.

According to three informed sources, in mid-May, when U.S. negotiators attempted to reach an agreement to end the war with Iran, they encountered a problem: they could not determine whether the Iranian representatives across the negotiating table truly represented the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, which holds significant influence in the country. The report stated that, as a result, officials from the Trump administration took an unusual approach—bypassing the Iranian negotiating representatives and directly contacting senior leaders of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.The U.S. chose Nechirvan Barzani, the President of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, to handle this secret communication channel. He possesses a rare advantage: he has gained the trust of both the U.S. and the leadership of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. This incident highlights that one of the significant reasons for the difficulties in U.S.-Iran negotiations is Washington's inability to determine who truly holds decision-making power in Iran. The U.S. and Iran did eventually reach a memorandum of understanding, but it quickly fell apart.

IREN Co-Founder and Co-CEO Daniel Roberts stated that each new AI data center will further increase rather than decrease AI demand.Roberts believes that simply comparing the current AI infrastructure cycle to past technology booms is misleading. More powerful AI requires more computing power, and lower-cost AI will drive more users and applications to use AI.He pointed out that each leap in AI capabilities creates a large number of new application scenarios that did not exist before, so demand can grow rapidly at the pace of software development, but the supply of computing power cannot expand at the same speed.The construction of computing power infrastructure is limited by real-world conditions such as power access, transmission lines, concrete, steel, and construction personnel, making it difficult to quickly increase the speed of supply expansion.Roberts stated that in past technology boom cycles, technological advancements often helped the supply side catch up with demand, but the current AI technology itself is driving demand to grow exponentially, while the speed of infrastructure construction in the real world struggles to keep up.