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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.

According to Cointelegraph, Mauro Eldritch, the founder of cybersecurity company BCA LTD, and Heiner García, a network threat intelligence analyst at Telefónica Tech, jointly established a fake cryptocurrency startup "Ballena Azul," successfully luring suspected North Korean IT workers to work in a controlled virtual desktop environment for up to five weeks while monitoring their behavior throughout.Investigations show that the external servers used by the workers are linked to North Korean cyber operations that previously distributed malware such as InvisibleFerret, BeaverTail, and OtterCookie; the workers also heavily relied on ChatGPT for programming assistance and Google Gemini to forge identity documents. Researchers pointed out that North Korean IT workers obtained remote jobs by faking U.S. identities, with their earnings ultimately flowing into Pyongyang's weapons of mass destruction programs. According to the U.S. Treasury Department, such programs are expected to generate nearly $800 million for North Korea in 2024.

Tom Lee, Chairman of Bitmine and Co-founder of Fundstrat, stated that the blockchain project Robinhood Chain launched by Robinhood has become the "biggest success story" in the crypto industry for 2026, being a groundbreaking project in terms of cumulative trading volume, total value locked (TVL), and potential market size.Lee pointed out that the biggest advantage of Robinhood Chain lies in its massive user base. Robinhood (HOOD) is opening this service to its approximately 27 million users, which itself constitutes a huge potential market. Ethereum (ETH) has also been continuously developing in recent years, although its growth has been relatively low-key, gradually expanding its application scope mainly through stablecoin settlements and crypto payments and asset purchases on platforms like Shopify.He believes that directly connecting 27 million Robinhood users to the Ethereum economic system will have a significant impact on the crypto industry, likely further promoting the expansion of blockchain applications from native crypto users to mainstream financial users. The success of Robinhood Chain is not only reflected in its technological aspects but, more importantly, in its ability to connect traditional financial users, trading platforms, and the Ethereum ecosystem, potentially becoming an important case for the mainstream adoption of crypto assets.

Yushu Technology will launch its new stock subscription on Monday. According to public information, its issue price is 150.8 yuan, corresponding to an issue market value of approximately 61 billion yuan.According to on-chain analyst Yu Jin (@EmberCN), currently, the pre-market contract price on the Hyperliquid platform is about 88 USD (approximately 587 yuan), corresponding to a market value of about 237.4 billion yuan, which is about 3.9 times higher than the valuation corresponding to the issue price. Based on the pre-market price calculation, if one wins a subscription for 500 shares, the potential profit is about 220,000 yuan. In addition, based on the maximum subscription of 12 lots, the probability of winning one lot is about 0.3%.

According to Jinshi reports, the media advisor to the King of Bahrain stated that the Bahrain Air Defense Forces are repelling Iranian aerial attacks. In recent hours, Bahrain has successfully repelled multiple Iranian aerial assaults, and air raid alarms have been sounded due to the threat of airstrikes.

According to Jinshi reports, SpaceX has confirmed that all three BlueBird satellites have been successfully deployed.

According to mempool data, at 10:11:00 today, an independent Bitcoin miner successfully packaged block 960804, receiving a block reward of 3.157 BTC, worth approximately $199,300.

According to South Korean media reports, the Bank of Korea participated in the real transaction testing of the global payment settlement project "Agora Project" led by the Bank for International Settlements (BIS), successfully completing transactions using tokenized reserve funds.A total of 28 institutions participated in this test, including the Bank of Korea, central banks from various countries, and private financial institutions, covering six currencies: Korean won, US dollar, euro, British pound, Swiss franc, and Japanese yen. Domestic participating institutions in South Korea include KB Kookmin Bank, NongHyup Bank, Shinhan Bank, Woori Bank, and Hana Bank. The participating institutions conducted real transaction tests valued at approximately 800,000 Swiss francs, covering multiple currencies and testing 17 different transaction scenarios. The Bank of Korea stated, "In the future, the Agora Project plans to conduct more real transaction tests by identifying transaction types and scenarios not covered in this test."

The reporter learned that the Alibaba Zhenwu M890 super node has successfully adapted to Qwen3.8 and has launched on the Alibaba Cloud Bailian platform to provide model inference services.Alibaba Cloud claims that this is the first super node in the country to successfully run a large model with over 20 trillion parameters.Qwen3.8 is Alibaba's latest flagship model, with a parameter scale of up to 24 trillion. The Zhenwu M890 is the new generation training and inference integrated AI chip from PingTouGe. The Zhenwu super node instance connects 64 Zhenwu M890 chips through the ICN Switch 1.0 interconnection chip, achieving high-speed interconnection of 800GB/s, with a video memory scale reaching 9TB, allowing a single instance to support the expert parallel requirements of a large-scale 20 trillion parameter MoE model.

JustLend DAO has completed the fourth $JST buyback and burn as planned. This round has cumulatively burned over 355 million tokens, corresponding to 3.59% of the total supply, with a market value exceeding 34.59 million USD.As of now, the cumulative burn progress of JST has reached 17.29% of the total supply, approaching the 20% mark. The funds come from the buyback of protocol revenue in the second quarter and the accumulation of historical stability fees from USDJ. With the implementation of this round of deflation, the market circulation of JST has further contracted, validating the long-term value logic driven by protocol revenue, and solidifying the foundation for the continued prosperity of the community ecosystem.

The global stablecoin payment infrastructure platform WasabiCard, in collaboration with WIDTH, held the CCO Leadership Edition compliance high-end exchange event in Hong Kong. WasabiCard CMO Jack Derong gathered with executives and experts from the fields of digital assets, payments, fintech, and regulatory compliance in Hong Kong to engage in in-depth discussions on topics such as the evolution of global regulations, the development of stablecoin payments, and corporate compliance practices.As Hong Kong's Web3 ecosystem continues to develop and the digital asset regulatory framework becomes increasingly refined, stablecoin payments are ushering in new development opportunities. With the continuous improvement of compliance requirements surrounding the HKMA stablecoin licensing system, Travel Rule, AML, KYT, and others, companies are increasingly focused on how to build payment infrastructure that combines global payment capabilities, risk management capabilities, and compliance capabilities to achieve the scalable implementation of stablecoin payments.WasabiCard believes that the future competition in stablecoin payments will hinge on whether companies possess the infrastructure capabilities to cover global compliance, risk management, and cross-border payment networks, rather than just payment efficiency.In the future, WasabiCard will continue to enhance global payment infrastructure based on the highest standards of compliance systems and risk management capabilities, helping clients confidently respond to the evolving global regulatory requirements and expand their international business more securely.

The Websea offline summit was successfully held, bringing together hundreds of industry partners, channel representatives, market elites, and regional operation center teams to exchange ideas on transaction innovation, market growth, and long-term value opportunities.The holding of this summit releases a positive signal that Websea's market strategy is accelerating comprehensively. Currently, Websea is continuously advancing the layout of regional operation centers, global BD recruitment, channel cooperation upgrades, and regional market expansion, with multiple business lines working simultaneously to further expand the platform's market coverage, channel scale, and ecological influence.In the future, Websea will continue to focus on product innovation as the foundation, channel growth as the core, and market implementation as the driving force, working hand in hand with outstanding global teams and partners to build a more vibrant and long-term valuable digital asset ecosystem.

According to Documenting Bitcoin, the Bitcoin network successfully mined a block using the Stratum V2 protocol for the first time. Compared to the currently widely used Stratum V1, Stratum V2 allows miners to independently construct block templates and choose transactions to package, rather than being completely determined by the mining pool. This retains the mining pool's revenue distribution mechanism while reducing the mining pool's control over transaction packaging, which helps enhance the decentralization and censorship resistance of Bitcoin mining.

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.

Coinbase posted on the X platform that the first mortgage in the U.S. backed by Fannie Mae and using Bitcoin as the underlying asset has been successfully issued.The loan was initiated and serviced by Better, with technology supported by Coinbase. Coinbase stated that the product will be promoted nationwide this summer, providing innovative mortgage options for Bitcoin holders while advancing the application of crypto assets in traditional finance.

Gate Europe successfully held the "Capital Social at Money20/20 Europe" industry exchange event. The event was jointly organized by Gate Institutional, Gate Fiat, and Gate Pay, attracting over 150 professionals from the fields of payment, OTC, institutional trading, and fintech to discuss the integration trends of digital assets and traditional finance, as well as opportunities for institutional market development.During the event, the senior team of Gate and industry guests engaged in discussions on topics such as the integration of fiat currency and digital assets, institutional liquidity, cross-border payments, and institutional-level settlement. Partner Utexo conducted specialized discussions on institutional liquidity, fiat infrastructure, and payment collaboration. In a roundtable discussion themed "Everything Capital," attendees focused on topics such as capital flow efficiency, the construction of institutional payment networks, the evolution of OTC market structure, and innovations in cross-border settlement.This event provided a deep communication platform for traditional financial institutions, payment companies, and participants in the digital asset industry.Currently, Gate Group's Malta entity Gate Europe has obtained European MiCA and PI licenses under the supervision of the Malta Financial Services Authority (MFSA), continuously advancing its compliance layout in Europe and strengthening its infrastructure capabilities in institutional payments, fiat channels, and cross-border settlement. As the industry moves towards a higher level of compliance and institutional development, Gate will continue to deepen global industry collaboration and promote the integration of digital assets and traditional finance.

Galaxy Research monitored that a physical Casascius Bitcoin minted between 2011 and 2013 (denomination of 25 BTC, approximately 1.78 million USD) had its private key extracted and completed an on-chain withdrawal.It is reported that Casascius Coin is an early physical collectible of Bitcoin, which contains real BTC private keys sealed inside. Holders can extract the assets after peeling off the anti-counterfeiting hologram sticker. This series was discontinued in 2013, and there are still tens of thousands of BTC sealed in unopened Casascius physical coins.