bitwise Chief Investment Officer Matt Hougan published an analysis article on the SEC Project Crypto titled "Cryptocurrency Projects: Three Investments that may Benefit from the SEC's New Policy Shift," pointing out that there are three main investment opportunities in the current blockchain financial field:

according to OpenSea data, CryptoPunk #1021 was sold 10 hours ago for 720 ETH (about $2.58 million), making it one of the 24 ApePunks.

according to on-chain analyst Ai Auntie (@ai_9684xtpa), FlowTraders received 2.5 million PROVE tokens (1.28% of the total circulating supply) from the project address 14 hours ago. Currently, all tokens have been deposited into major CEX such as Binance, Gate, Kucoin, Bitvavo, etc.

 according to Scam Sniffer, a user lost approximately $3.05 million worth of encrypted assets due to signing a phishing deal 6 hours ago.

US President Trump had privately contacted allies to discuss who will ultimately succeed Federal Reserve Chairman Powell and outgoing Federal Reserve Board member Cugler. Trump has discussed the future of the Federal Reserve with Fox News anchor Sean Hannity, Newsmax CEO Chris Ruddy, and former White House advisor, later turned talk show host Steve Bannon. 

according to on-chain analyst Yu Jin's monitoring, a whale/institution that created a wallet through BitGo has continued to receive 37,293 ETH ($134 million) from multiple institutional business platforms in the past 2 hours.

according to Bloomberg terminal news, OpenAI will allow employees and shareholders to sell shares at a valuation of $500 billion, after recently completing a $300 billion financing.

US President Trump was interviewed on the CNBC financial talk show "Squawk Box" last night at 20:00. The content of the interview is as follows:

Jackpocket raised $ 50M on Feb 9, 2021

the market shows BNB breaking through $750, now at $750.12, with a 24-hour decline of 1.79%. The market fluctuates greatly, so please be prepared for risk control.

the China National Security Department's public account stated: There are publicly available cases showing that a certain overseas company used the distribution of encrypted currency tokens as a gimmick to scan and collect user iris information worldwide, and transferred the data source, posing a threat to personal information security and even national security.

 according to the on-chain analysis platform Lookonchain (@lookonchain), the whale account with the address 8rWuQ5 withdrew 71,000 SOL tokens from the Binance exchange, worth about $12 million, and deposited them into the Kamino protocol. This operation occurred about an hour ago.

 according to Lookonchain monitoring, in the past 7 days, the inflow of funds into the Mantle network has significantly increased, with a total market value of stable coins growing by 22.85% to reach $653.51 million. At the same time, Mantle has been included in the strategic ETH reserve, contributing 101,867 ETH, worth approximately $388 million.

the BSC on-chain micro-strategy project BigStrategy Inc. announced on social media that it has reserved more than 2 million WLFI tokens and plans to continue increasing its holdings. The company stated that this is a long-term capital allocation strategy aimed at creating real value for shareholders. It emphasized that this is not based on speculation, but on building value through strict discipline and continuous accumulation.

 according to the data on the Hong Kong stock market, as of the close of trading, the turnover of 6 Hong Kong virtual asset ETFs today was 26.286 million Hong Kong dollars. Among them: the turnover of Huaxia Bitcoin ETF (3042.HK) was 13.72 million Hong Kong dollars, the turnover of Huaxia Ethereum ETF (3046.HK) was 9.86 million Hong Kong dollars, the turnover of CSOP Bitcoin ETF (3439.HK) was 0.2262 million Hong Kong dollars, the turnover of CSOP Ethereum ETF (3179.HK) was 0 Hong Kong dollars, the turnover of Foresight HashKey Bitcoin ETF (3008.HK) was 0.6899 million Hong Kong dollars, and the turnover of Foresight HashKey Ethereum ETF (3009.HK) was 1.79 million Hong Kong dollars.

according to the official announcement, Binance Alpha will go live with Towns (TOWNS) on August 5, 2025 at 20:30 (UTC+8). Eligible Binance users can use Binance Alpha points to claim 1359 TOWNS tokens within 24 hours after the trading starts on the Alpha activity page.

EU officials said on Tuesday that the 15% tariff faced by EU goods entering the United States is all-inclusive, including the most favored nation tariff rate, which is different from some other countries that have agreements with the United States. The official stated that the 15% tariff applies to all goods except for steel and aluminum. Currently, drugs and semiconductors have zero tariffs, but if these goods are increased due to the US 232 investigation, the tariffs will also not exceed 15%. This 15% cap also applies to cars and car parts. There are no quotas or restrictions on cars and car parts.

Binance will launch a limited-time zero trading fee activity for BNB/USDC, ADA/USDC, TRX/USDC, and XRP/USDC spot trading pairs from August 12, 2025 to October 11, 2025 (UTC), applicable to VIP2 to VIP9 users and Spot Liquidity Providers. During the activity period, both buyers and sellers can enjoy zero Maker/Taker fees.

the South Korean stock market saw its biggest single-day gain in nearly a month on Tuesday, as hopes of a US rate cut boosted risk appetite in global financial markets. The benchmark KOSPI index in South Korea closed up 50.25 points, or 1.60%, at 3198.00 points, marking the largest percentage gain since July 8. Out of a total of 934 trading stocks, 687 rose while 190 fell. Foreign net inflows totaled 291.9 billion Korean won ($2.1031 billion). An analyst at Samsung Securities stated that the likelihood of a rate cut by the Federal Reserve in September is close to 100%, leading to the market's rise. (Jinshi)

 the South Korean Internet giant Kakao has established a stablecoin special working group. Kakao CEO Shina Chung, Kakao Pay CEO Shin Won-keun, and Kakao Bank CEO YoonHo-young will attend weekly meetings to discuss various situations and tasks related to the project. Other subsidiaries, including Kakao Games, are expected to join in the future. In addition, it has also established a working group involving grassroots employees from subsidiaries to actively promote the proposed agenda.