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According to Ledger Insights, Africa Finance Corporation issued digital bonds worth 350 million Swiss francs (approximately 431 million USD) through the SDX platform of the Swiss Stock Exchange (SIX). This marks the first time an African institution has issued digital bonds through a Central Securities Depository (CSD) and an exchange.The five-year bond has a coupon rate of 1.4925% and is one of the larger digital bonds on the platform, although UBS had previously issued bonds worth 375 million Swiss francs in 2022. This transaction was arranged by Commerzbank AG (technical lead) and Deutsche Bank.

According to Bloomberg, the stablecoin payment company RedotPay has postponed its plans for an IPO in the United States. Sources reveal that the company previously aimed to complete its IPO as early as this year, but the listing date may now be delayed until next year or even later. RedotPay needs to obtain regulatory approval from the country where it operates before advancing its IPO, and the company is also facing related legal issues that need to be addressed.

On the evening of August 14, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced that the "Regulation Crypto" rule proposal meeting originally scheduled for August 15 was canceled due to "unforeseen scheduling issues," and a new meeting date has not yet been announced. This rule is seen as the SEC's first significant rule-making attempt in the digital asset space, expected to provide a limited exemption framework for crypto securities issuance, allowing issuers to advance projects without triggering full registration requirements, and potentially allowing for a gradual exit from SEC oversight in later stages.SEC Chairman Paul Atkins had previously identified this rule-making as one of the core components of the digital asset regulatory agenda. The industry had also anticipated that the SEC would simultaneously advance the "tokenized securities innovation exemption," but this matter is also facing delays. Meanwhile, the legislative process for the Senate's "Digital Asset Market Clarity Act" remains unresolved, with negotiations between both parties and the White House yet to reach a consensus on crossing the 60-vote threshold. The two regulatory paths for the crypto industry, administrative rule-making and legislative advancement, are currently at a standstill.

Digital asset company Tether announced that it has completed a full independent audit conducted by KPMG U.S. on the financial statements of Tether International, S.A. de C.V. as of December 31, 2025. KPMG U.S. issued an unqualified audit opinion.The audit covered transactions, systems, ownership records, valuations, counterparties, and financial statement evidence, and reviewed the balance sheet, income statement, statement of changes in equity, and cash flow statement. KPMG U.S. also physically counted and inspected each gold bar held by Tether. Tether's Chief Financial Officer Simon McWilliams stated that the audited financial statements for 2025 show that its reserve assets exceed liabilities by $6.814 billion. Tether stated that this audit is an important step in fulfilling its long-term commitment to financial transparency.

Cryptocurrency exchange Bybit has filed a civil lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, suing North Korea, the North Korean Reconnaissance General Bureau, and the hacker group Lazarus Group, regarding a theft incident of approximately $1.5 billion in February 2025. Bybit stated that the judge has approved a preliminary injunction prohibiting the transfer or disposal of identified stolen assets during the case proceedings, and believes that Bybit has a high likelihood of success on the merits.The lawsuit also lists unknown individuals and entities holding or transferring the relevant funds as John Doe defendants. Bybit disclosed that approximately $48.4 million has been recovered, and about $30.5 million has been frozen across more than 28 exchanges and custodians, together accounting for approximately 5% of the stolen amount. The attackers transferred about 500,000 ETH from Bybit's cold wallet in February 2025, with most of the funds subsequently exchanged for Bitcoin via Thorchain and transferred through mixing services. Bybit stated that the case is progressing in parallel with a criminal investigation.

Cryptocurrency exchange Bybit has filed a civil lawsuit against the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, its intelligence agency Reconnaissance General Bureau (RGB), and the state-sanctioned hacking organization Lazarus Group, involving a $1.5 billion hacking incident.A U.S. federal court has issued a preliminary injunction prohibiting the transfer or dissipation of identified assets related to the case during the litigation period.

The Bitcoin security organization Bitcoin Red Team, composed of 16 volunteers, stated that during a rapid AI-assisted review of Bitcoin ecosystem projects, nearly 5,000 potential issues were discovered. The members of the organization include AnchorWatch CEO Rob Hamilton and Bitcoin developer Calle, among others.Calle mentioned that the Bitcoin Red Team used AI tools alongside manual reviews to scan for vulnerabilities in open-source code repositories related to Bitcoin, averaging about one critical vulnerability discovered per person per hour. Calle revealed that within 29.8 hours of launching, the team had identified 4,962 potential issues across 390 projects, with as many as 720 considered high-risk or critical issues, and currently, 21.4% of the findings are reproducible. This security review initiative was launched a few days after the Coldcard hardware wallet vulnerability incident, in which stolen Bitcoin valued at over $100 million was involved.

According to Bloomberg, Binance affiliated entities Nest Trading, Distributed Technologies, and Chaintecs Consulting Singapore have filed a lawsuit in Hong Kong against RedotPay co-founders Gao Zhangpeng, Chan Wa Choi, and Yao Chao, accusing the three of breaching agreements by redirecting over 470,000 users from Binance Card to RedotPay, claiming damages of $472.8 million. Binance stated that since March 2026, it discovered that RedotPay had been allowing Binance Pay funds to be used for RedotPay card top-ups without isolation, claiming that this cooperation allowed RedotPay to obtain approximately $304 million in user funds from Binance Pay. RedotPay responded that it will vigorously defend against all allegations and that it does not affect the company's daily operations.In addition, Binance affiliated entity Chaintecs has also filed a lawsuit against RedotPay affiliates in Singapore, with a hearing scheduled for Friday. RedotPay had previously sought an IPO with an estimated valuation of approximately $4 billion, stating that its annualized payment volume currently reaches $14 billion, with annualized revenue of $180 million and over 8 million users.

According to Jinshi, U.S. Treasury Secretary Yellen stated that the level of the yen exchange rate could trigger other issues, including depreciation.

According to Axios, despite AI labs offering huge salaries, top titles, and abundant computing resources to compete for top talent, the issue of talent loss remains prominent. Data shows that over 400 former Apple employees are currently working at OpenAI, and Apple has filed a lawsuit against OpenAI, accusing it of using Apple's internal code names to extract confidential information obtained from potential applicants.The latest case is that Lilian Weng, co-founder of Thinking Machines Lab, returned to OpenAI just days after leaving, where she will be responsible for recursive self-improvement research. She is the fourth co-founder to leave the lab in the past year. Meanwhile, Google has also seen two well-known researchers switch jobs recently—Noam Shazeer returned to OpenAI, and Nobel Prize-winning chemist John Jumper joined Anthropic. Meta is also facing the issue of high-priced talent rapidly leaving. Reports cite insiders saying that Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei has expressed concerns about the new trend of hiring talent "for money rather than mission."

According to The Nation Online, the Nigerian Tax Authority has released the "Virtual Asset Taxation Guidelines," officially incorporating cryptocurrencies, stablecoins, NFTs, and other blockchain digital assets into the country's tax system. The guidelines were published on July 31 and provide the first detailed framework for taxing the income from assets such as cryptocurrencies, stablecoins, governance tokens, and NFTs.The guidelines stipulate that income generated from the disposal, exchange, or transfer of virtual assets must be taxed according to Nigerian tax law, and income from blockchain activities such as mining, staking, validating, airdrops, and token rewards is also subject to taxation. Virtual assets must be valued at the market price of exchange platforms recognized by the tax authority. Individuals and businesses must maintain complete transaction records, and virtual asset service providers must register for taxation and report large or suspicious transactions. The SEC continues to regulate securities-type virtual assets, while the tax authority is responsible for tax management. The guidelines do not set a separate tax rate for cryptocurrencies but apply existing tax law provisions. The guidelines follow President Bola Tinubu's executive order on establishing a coordinated regulatory framework for virtual assets.

According to Jinshi reports, U.S. Secretary of State Rubio stated in an interview with Fox News that due to Washington's military strikes, Iran is now more willing to negotiate on issues including its nuclear program and the Strait of Hormuz. Rubio reiterated that the U.S. strikes have destroyed Iran's navy, air force, and missile defense systems, and have "severely weakened" its defensive capabilities. He pointed out that Iran no longer has a "conventional shield," which has changed the negotiation landscape, making Iran more willing to reach agreements on denuclearization and the Strait issues.

Binance founder Zhao Changpeng reposted on the X platform about a user being attacked by a Coldcard wallet and stated that software will always have vulnerabilities; the key is how the team behind it addresses the issues.Zhao Changpeng added that Trust Wallet also faced a similar problem years ago, where the use of a non-truly random pseudorandom number generator led to a loss of about 12 million dollars, but the team ultimately covered the users' losses.Previously, a suspected third wave of attacks targeting Coldcard-generated addresses has emerged, with attackers again transferring about 207.7294 BTC. Data shows that the scale of observed Coldcard-related attacks has expanded to about 1,367.05 BTC, involving approximately 4,585 addresses, valued at about 88.6 million dollars at current prices.

According to Blockaid monitoring, the trading price of MetronomeDAO's Synth USD (msUSD) on Ethereum, Base, and Optimism once dropped about 11% below the pegged value. Subsequently, MetronomeDAO released a post-mortem report stating that its synthetic asset swap module had insufficient collateral issues, resulting in a lack of adequate asset backing for approximately 6,367 msETH and 4.57 million msUSD, with the impact primarily concentrated on that module.The report pointed out that the problem stemmed from delays in the Chainlink price oracle during swap execution, and Metronome's fee design failed to adequately account for this variable, particularly on the Base chain where the situation was more severe. The team has deployed over $34 million in defensive positions and about $6.5 million in "last exit" liquidity, which could be used to repurchase and destroy sufficient assets to eliminate the gap if the peg deviates by about 30%. The team has increased the transaction fees for all synthetic trading pairs and upgraded the protocol to support a directionally isolated fee mechanism. Priority will be given to ensuring the treasury repurchases and destroys synthetic assets to restore 100% adequate collateral, while not affecting the rights of MET token holders, and the MET repurchase and distribution plan will proceed as usual.

Rob Nichols, the President of the American Bankers Association, stated in an interview that the banking industry's lobbying group hopes for the passage of the CLARITY Act, but issues surrounding stablecoins still need to be resolved.The bill is about 600 pages long, and the banking industry only suggests making minor and precise modifications to two sections to prevent stablecoins from replacing bank deposits. They are referred to as payment stablecoins for a reason, not deposit stablecoins. However, he does believe that the cryptocurrency industry and the banking industry can coexist.

According to INBi, consultant François Garcin, who assisted in building MARA's business in France, filed a lawsuit against MARA Holdings in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York on July 22, seeking over 11 million euros in compensation.Garcin claims that after MARA terminated the contract on March 6, 2026, it failed to pay 2.4 million euros in consulting fees and approximately 5.92 million euros in success commissions (based on 4% of the 148 million euro investment in Exaion). Exaion is a subsidiary of EDF, and this investment accounts for 64% of the capital for the relevant project.Garcin's previous tasks included recruiting former Engie CEO Gérard Mestrallet, obtaining an invitation to the Choose France summit, and arranging a meeting with former President François Hollande, among others.

According to market news, the U.S. Congress is engaged in bipartisan discussions on ethical issues. Negotiators are also discussing DeFi provisions, but ethical issues remain the main obstacle.When asked about the ethical proposal, Sen Lummis's spokesperson stated that the dialogue with the White House last week "went smoothly," and the ethical text to be released in the coming days will reflect this productive conversation.

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced that it has filed a lawsuit against Florida resident Zan Shaikh and his company Bright Vision Distribution LLC (operating under the name Mining Automatic), accusing them of defrauding investors through a fraudulent cryptocurrency mining investment scheme, with approximately $22 million raised.The SEC stated that from June 2023 to May 2025, Shaikh and Mining Automatic promised investors fixed monthly returns by participating in cryptocurrency mining operations, but the related mining operations were actually unable to generate the promised returns. According to the SEC's complaint, Shaikh and Mining Automatic are accused of making false statements regarding their cryptocurrency mining experience, operational capabilities, the use of investment funds, and the status of the mining business, and explained payment delays by claiming they were unable to pay investor returns.

Injective's official account posted on the X platform, stating that recent media reports have covered news about "potential security risks involving the Injective npm package." This issue has been promptly identified and resolved. User funds have never been at risk and have not suffered any losses.The official statement indicated that its security monitoring system detected the issue immediately and quickly marked the affected package version as deprecated, while replacing it with a new version, thus blocking the risk before the malicious package could be downloaded.As a result, the download volume of the malicious package is zero, and it has not affected users; the security of user funds has also not been threatened. Injective's npm package is one of the most widely used SDKs in the cryptocurrency field, and the official team has now implemented optimization measures to ensure that such attack attempts cannot occur again.