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Founder of Strategy, Michael Saylor, stated that Bitcoin integrates computers, digital networks, and cryptography to create the first currency network in human history designed in a digital manner. It completely dematerializes monetary assets, with supply controlled by public protocols rather than decisions, transforming economic value into information that can be securely transmitted across global communication networks.Compared to gold, Bitcoin is harder to inflate, easier to integrate with software, faster in transmission, and every participant has the incentive to maintain network security. The proof-of-work mechanism anchors it in the physical world, making the cost of tampering with history high by consuming real energy for ledger security, attracting miners, energy providers, and investors to collaboratively build a defense system. Bitcoin is digital gold, but understanding it as digital currency is more fitting.The Bitcoin network is not static software; it is an adaptive system composed of miners, nodes, developers, capital, and users. Bitcoin deliberately maintains functional simplicity, focusing solely on maintaining a secure and reliable ledger of scarce digital assets, leaving complexity to higher-level applications.This layered design of underlying integrity and upper-level functionality allows it to serve as a foundation for transmitting monetary energy across time and space while supporting continuous innovation in payments, credit, and financial services.The more profound impact is that Bitcoin creates a new form of digital sovereignty: private keys empower individuals to control economic energy without permission, with ownership verified by mathematics rather than institutions. Companies, banks, trusts, and applications can build a complete economic system around it, and social networks can introduce real costs and responsibilities into the digital space.Gold monetized physical scarcity, while Bitcoin monetizes digital scarcity. It is not merely a payment tool but an engineering solution to humanity's problems of energy preservation and guidance—currency is energy, and Bitcoin is the currency energy of the digital age.

According to ChianCatcher news, as reported by CoinDesk, the U.S. SEC's Investment Management Division has issued a no-action letter to Franklin Templeton, allowing its registered funds to use the on-chain money market fund FOBXX (also known as BENJI) to manage cash and collateral via blockchain, rather than following traditional custody rules.This letter is based on Section 17(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 and Rule 17f-2, allowing registered funds to hold shares of FOBXX without meeting certain physical custody requirements. This supports intraday trading, hourly net asset value calculations, and faster transaction processing. FOBXX primarily invests in U.S. government securities and aims to maintain a stable share price of $1, and has expanded to multiple blockchains.

According to CoinDesk, the Pokémon trading card market is currently estimated to be between $10 billion and $15 billion, leading to queues at retailers like Costco. A Pikachu Illustrator card owned by Logan Paul once sold for $16.5 million.Sales at large chain stores like Target and Walmart, along with eBay's projected card sales of $26.2 billion in 2025, indicate that trading cards have become an important alternative asset class, recently outperforming the S&P 500 index and Bitcoin.The blockchain startup Deadstock, launched by ATH Labs, is attempting to tokenize high-grade cards and store them in a vault to address issues of market fragmentation and slow transaction speeds. The project still faces liquidity challenges and the network effect advantages created by existing platforms like eBay.

The U.S. Senate passed a temporary funding bill to avoid a government shutdown on the eve of the election. The vote resulted in 90 in favor and 6 against, with Senator Lindsey Graham (Republican-South Carolina) casting a vote of abstention. This does not necessarily prevent a government shutdown entirely, but it helps to avert a shutdown on October 1 (the start of the new fiscal year for the government). The House of Representatives will still need to reach a consensus on the bill after returning from recess.

According to CoinDesk citing informed sources, the cryptocurrency exchange BitMEX spent two years discussing potential sales with multiple buyers, including competitor exchanges and payment platform Exodus, before announcing its shutdown, but ultimately failed to reach a deal. Informed sources indicated that potential acquirers were deterred mainly by the holding structure led by the company's founder, the ongoing shrinking of the business, and lingering reputation issues.Reports state that the company had hired investment bank Broadhaven to manage the sale process in early 2025. Informed sources said that although co-founders Arthur Hayes, Ben Delo, and Samuel Reed had already exited the business after facing U.S. criminal charges in 2020, the three still controlled the vast majority of the company's equity, which made some buyers uneasy and complicated negotiations, as buyers typically hope to secure management's retention post-transaction through partial acquisition consideration.Additionally, during the sale process, BitMEX continued to lose market share as trading activity flowed to larger centralized exchanges and decentralized perpetual contract platforms, making potential acquirers reluctant to pay the revenue multiples typically offered to growth companies.

Bitwise Chief Investment Officer Matt Hougan stated that if the Clarity Act does not pass this week, the market may experience a brief fluctuation, but it will be prepared for a rebound in the fall.

According to the American media MS NOW, two Middle Eastern diplomats familiar with the negotiations stated that Oman has agreed to reach a framework agreement with Iran to temporarily reopen the Strait of Hormuz. An Iranian government official said that the agreement will establish a new shipping route by allowing commercial vessels to enter the Persian Gulf via Iranian-controlled routes and exit via Omani-controlled routes. The agreement does not include charging tolls for commercial vessels seeking safe passage through the waterway. This proposal is a "temporary agreement" that will lay the groundwork for Washington and Tehran to announce a new ceasefire and restart nuclear negotiations.According to Iranian officials, the United Nations International Maritime Organization and the United States will participate in the formal announcement of the agreement. A government official from a Gulf country stated that the arrangement has been recognized by the member states of the Gulf Cooperation Council. Officials have not disclosed when the agreement will be announced. However, whether the United States will support the management agreement for the strait will depend on the final details. An American official stated that Washington only supports a temporary agreement to reopen the strait on the premise of no tolls and unobstructed passage.

According to the Procuratorial Daily, an employee of a company in Shenzhen, under the pressure of over 400,000 yuan in online loans, stole the company's core research and development materials and disguised himself as an overseas hacker, demanding a ransom of 0.88 bitcoins and 90,000 USDT from the company. He was ultimately sentenced to three years and three months in prison for attempted extortion and fined 10,000 yuan.

Bitcoin News posted on the X platform that ZEUS stated it has temporarily taken its infrastructure offline following a cybersecurity incident that occurred in the past few hours. ZEUS indicated that the attack has been mitigated, and services will remain offline until a comprehensive security audit is completed and operations are restored. ZEUS claimed that there has been no loss of customer funds, and currently, there is no risk to customer funds.Customers with closed Lightning Service Provider channels will receive alternative channels once services are restored. According to the current investigation, ZEUS stated that the incident appears to be limited to its own infrastructure, and there is no evidence suggesting that the incident was caused by a vulnerability in the Lightning node software. ZEUS added that it has been strengthening its infrastructure using Trusted Execution Environments and the Validating Lightning Signer project, and stated that the project aims to mitigate such attacks in its upcoming architecture. ZEUS indicated that it will continue to provide updates as the investigation progresses.

According to Bloomberg, informed sources revealed that a recent wave of complex cyberattacks targeted several large asset management firms on Wall Street, with attackers attempting to infiltrate the information systems of the relevant companies. Several large hedge funds globally became targets of the attacks, including Two Sigma Investments, Citadel, and Point72 Asset Management. In addition, several private equity firms were also attacked.It is currently unclear who the attackers are, the methods used in the attacks, and whether any sensitive data has been compromised. Informed sources requested anonymity due to the involvement of undisclosed information. This incident has once again raised market concerns about the cybersecurity risks faced by financial institutions. As asset management companies increasingly rely on complex information systems, algorithmic trading, and cloud infrastructure, the financial industry is becoming a primary target for cyber attackers.

According to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Connecticut, three men from St. Louis, Missouri, Sedric Louis (32), John Davis (34), and Martel Williams (27), have been indicted by a grand jury on charges of "conspiracy to interfere with commerce by robbery" (Hobbs Act Robbery), facing up to 20 years in prison.The three are accused of being hired by a mastermind in August 2024 to travel to Connecticut to track and attempt to kidnap an individual who had been involved in the theft of hundreds of millions of dollars in Bitcoin and his parents, in order to coerce him into transferring cryptocurrency. The three withdrew midway due to concerns about being captured on surveillance cameras, after which another group from Florida took over and carried out the actual kidnapping. All three have appeared in court and pleaded not guilty.

According to Jinshi reports, Fed's Schmid stated that the recent easing of energy prices may be temporary.

According to Jinshi reports, Musk stated that this year they will attempt to recover the first and second stages of Starship V3, possibly achieving this in the next flight.

Telegram founder and CEO Pavel Durov stated that Telegram was briefly removed from the App Store by Apple recently due to a user embedding illegal pornographic content in a public group. The app was restored within hours.Durov mentioned that the attackers exploited a technical vulnerability to insert AI-modified illegal content into old messages in active groups, hiding the content by editing historical messages, making it difficult for regular group members to discover and report it in a timely manner. Such attacks are classified as "takedown extortion," where attackers use automated accounts to embed violations in public groups and report them to platforms like Apple, attempting to force group administrators to pay a ransom, or else the community would be banned due to platform rules.Durov further explained that Telegram continuously combats illegal content through user reports, AI filtering, content hashing, and other mechanisms. This incident is not a systemic issue of the platform but rather a targeted attack exploiting rule loopholes by the attackers.He also warned that Apple's direct removal of the app without prior contact with Telegram could pose risks to all mobile applications that provide user-generated content (UGC), and platform developers need to enhance their defenses against malicious reporting and "takedown attacks."

According to Jinshi reports, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Baghaei stated that Iran is cooperating with Oman to establish a temporary security corridor in the Strait of Hormuz.

According to on-chain analyst @ai_9684xtpa, a suspected insider address for LAB became active again after three weeks, depositing 5.8 million LAB (approximately $834,000) to KuCoin 9 hours ago, with an average deposit price of $0.1439.In the next hour and a half, the coin price continued to decline, briefly dropping to $0.1273, a decrease of 11.5%. This address had a similar operation record previously—on July 12, it transferred $9.15 million worth of LAB tokens to Aster, after which the coin price plummeted by 42.5%.Currently, this entity still holds 74.7 million LAB, valued at approximately $10.11 million.

According to Jinshi reports, the Persian Gulf Strait Management Authority announced that due to aggressive actions by the United States, passage through the Strait of Hormuz is no longer possible. The announcement stated that once stability and calm are restored, all applications will be reviewed in order and according to the timeline, and permits will be gradually issued.

According to Jinshi reports, local power plant officials stated that a drone from the Ukrainian armed forces attempted to attack the critical infrastructure of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant.

According to the Korea Herald, the Korea Exchange conducted an internal review on July 29 regarding the technical feasibility and system requirements for a temporary ban on short selling and narrowing the price limit (currently at 30%) to address the recent severe fluctuations in the stock market. Sources familiar with the matter stated that "only technical feasibility was confirmed," and it was not a prerequisite for implementation, but rather a screening process during the review of available emergency measures.Recently, the South Korean stock market has continued to plummet, causing increasing damage to individual investors. During a meeting of the National Assembly's Administrative Committee, several lawmakers urged authorities to consider a temporary ban on short selling and to restart the Securities Market Stabilization Fund. A national petition to suspend short selling garnered over 10,000 signatures within two days of being made public. However, the ban on short selling conflicts with South Korea's goal of being included in the MSCI developed market index; a previous 17-month short selling ban from November 2023 to March 2025 had led to MSCI downgrading South Korea's market accessibility rating. The exchange's officials stated that they have not received any related requests from the government and have not formally discussed a short selling ban.

According to Jinshi reports, Jordan has claimed to have thwarted an attempt by Iran to launch 5 missiles attacking its territory.