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According to Jinshi, the Southern Theater Command of the People's Liberation Army of China has organized combat readiness patrols in the territorial waters and airspace around Huangyan Island.

According to Jinshi reports, the World Trade Organization has announced that Brazil has filed a dispute resolution lawsuit regarding the U.S. tariff increase issue.

According to Jinshi reports, the headquarters of the Iranian intelligence department in Ahvaz was bombed.

According to Jinshi reports, the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard stated that the aggressors will be punished today.

The "China Business Journal" issued a statement saying: "Recently, our company discovered that illegal individuals are impersonating 'China Business Journal' and sending emails to some companies through non-official company email accounts, falsely claiming to have obtained significant negative information about the companies through so-called 'undercover investigations,' and threatening that if financial compensation (in Bitcoin) is not paid, the related 'undercover articles' will be published."The "China Business Journal" stated that all its news reports strictly comply with national laws and regulations, and interviews and communications are conducted through official channels. Such behavior is suspected of fraud and has been closely monitored, with evidence collected, and all rights to pursue legal responsibility are reserved. The statement reminds relevant companies to remain vigilant; if they receive such impersonated emails, they should not pay any financial compensation, and should immediately preserve all evidence and report to the local public security authorities.

According to BBX data, the listed entities in the global capital markets (NASDAQ and Japanese stocks) disclosed the latest developments in digital asset investment and treasury expansion yesterday and in recent days. The core information is as follows:Core Scientific (NASDAQ: $CORZ) resumes accumulation in Q2, increasing holdings to 848 BTC: The latest financial report from NASDAQ-listed mining company Core Scientific shows that its Bitcoin holdings have increased from 547 to 848 BTC, with a net addition of 301 BTC. Previously, the company had sold a large amount of Bitcoin to facilitate its transformation towards the AI and high-performance computing (HPC) industries, but it reestablished its accumulation strategy in Q2. The financial report indicates that its Q2 revenue surged to $164.2 million (over 100% year-on-year growth), and gross profit skyrocketed to $70 million. At the same time, the company decisively terminated its BTC mining chip procurement contract with Block (under Jack Dorsey) at a cost of $41.9 million in losses.Tokyo Stock Exchange-listed company Iole announces allocation of HYPE as a strategic asset: Iole, listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange's startup board, officially announced that in addition to Bitcoin, it has formally established HYPE as a strategic treasury asset for the company. The company plans to gradually increase its total HYPE purchase plan to 100 million yen (approximately $610,000) by the end of August. Currently, the company completed its first batch of purchases worth approximately 10 million yen on July 28, holding about 1,078.25 HYPE.gumi and SB I launch a 3 billion yen cryptocurrency investment fund: Japanese listed gaming company gumi announced that its subsidiary gC Labs, in collaboration with SB I Financial Services, will officially operate the cryptocurrency investment fund "SB I Crypto Fund I" starting August 1. The total scale of the fund is approximately 3 billion yen (about $18.32 million), and it has received funding from leading institutions such as Daiwa Securities Group, with its investment targets strictly focusing on Bitcoin (BTC) listed on exchanges and major high-liquidity altcoins.HeartSciences advances merger with DCG's mining company: NASDAQ-listed company HeartSciences (NASDAQ: $HSCS) announced that it has formally submitted a preliminary proxy statement to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) regarding the previously announced proposed business merger plan with Fortitude Mining Holdings (a wholly-owned subsidiary of DCG), accelerating the process of going public in the mainstream capital market.

According to Jinshi reports, the United States and Saudi Arabia launched a joint airstrike on Iraq's Diyala Province in the early hours of July 30, resulting in the deaths of four members of the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.

According to Jinshi reports, a senior Israeli official stated that Iran is still deploying centrifuges at "Mount Hala", and Israel believes that its nuclear program has not been completely destroyed. The official pointed out that Israel has previously targeted Iranian nuclear scientists and related facilities, successfully causing significant setbacks to its nuclear program, but these setbacks are not permanent. He emphasized that "Mount Hala" indeed has centrifuges and is conducting enrichment activities, and warned that if Iran attempts to rebuild its nuclear program or ballistic missile capabilities, Israel will not hesitate to take action again.

According to The Block, the Solana Policy Institute in the United States has sent a letter to the bipartisan leaders of the Senate, urging them to push the Clarity Act digital asset bill into the voting process before the congressional legislative window closes in early August. The bill aims to provide regulatory clarity for U.S. crypto developers, institutions, and consumers, and establish a "non-money transmission" safe harbor for non-custodial software developers through the Blockchain Regulatory Certainty Act.The latest Republican version also adds ethical provisions that prohibit federal officials and their spouses from issuing or sponsoring digital assets, with the relevant provisions set to expire on January 20, 2029. SPI stated that the bill helps prevent "overreach" of regulation and criminal enforcement against software developers, maintaining the momentum for domestic construction in the United States.

According to Jinshi, the U.S. Treasury Department announced sanctions against eight oil tankers and ten entities related to Iran.

According to official news, the institutional-level Ethereum ecosystem service organization Ethereum Institutional announced the completion of its initial ecosystem funding round and the formation of a supporter alliance, receiving support from over 100 ecosystem participants, led by BitMine, SharpLink, and Ethereum co-founders Joseph Lubin and Mihai Alisie, with the amount undisclosed. The organization stated that this funding will be used to support its accelerated efforts in tokenization, stablecoins, and on-chain market infrastructure.Ethereum Institutional indicated that in the coming months, it will strengthen direct engagement with banks, asset management institutions, custodians, market infrastructure, fintech companies, and sovereign institutions to advance specific work related to tokenization, stablecoins, market infrastructure, and on-chain settlement, while expanding its core business areas such as institutional education, market intelligence, and ecosystem marketing; at the same time, it will continue to collaborate with a broader Ethereum ecosystem community, including L2, application teams, infrastructure, and custodial service providers.

According to official news, Kaito announced the launch of Kaito Katalyst, a new reward layer aimed at creator activities, where project parties can pay based on the actual results brought by creators. This mechanism is based on Kaito's latest intelligence infrastructure and supports the distribution of rewards through various flexible criteria such as mind share, clicks, registrations, deposits, and platform activities. The underlying support comes from Kaito's data protocol with X, Brevis_zk's verification architecture, and its self-built attribution infrastructure.In the past two months, Kaito has conducted pilot tests in multiple companies across AI laboratories, consumer-grade AI applications, smart hardware companies, as well as in the cryptocurrency and financial sectors, with some projects set to launch soon. For TGE projects, Kaito has also introduced a dedicated format with no service fees: project parties must provide both a refundable deposit and a reward pool to ensure that creators are aware that funds are in place before the release. Each activity will announce the token distribution pool and attribution terms in advance, allowing creators to clearly understand the content and timing of their earnings.Under this mechanism, 80% of the token pool is allocated to creators who deliver actual results, while the remaining 20% is distributed to KAITO stakers and holders of YT-sKAITO on Pendle. Long-term holders and Yapybara holders can receive additional multiplier rewards. Kaito stated that this structure continues the Stakedrop mechanism that has been in operation since 2025, bringing approximately 136% annualized returns to the entire Kaito ecosystem. This model is also applicable to tokenized equity projects willing to use tokens or equity to accelerate growth.

The Ethereum Foundation stated on platform X that pcaversaccio (pc) has joined the board of the Ethereum Foundation. pc is a long-term contributor to the Ethereum ecosystem, co-founder and head of SEAL 911, and previously a member of the EF Silviculture Society, which provides informal advice to EF with the aim of maintaining core values such as anti-censorship, open source, privacy, and security.pc has joined the board on a voluntary basis for a term of one year. pcaversaccio authored the "Ethereum Cypherpunk Manifesto" (2024, adapted from Eric Hughes' "Cypherpunk Manifesto") and "Ethereum Privacy: The Path to Autonomy" (2025), and has promoted the development of security practices across the ecosystem through technical contributions and community advocacy.

Circle's Senior Director of Strategy and Policy for the EU, Patrick Hansen, pointed out that since the implementation of the EU's Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA), approximately 35 electronic money tokens (EMT) from 21 institutions have obtained compliance certification, with banks and electronic money institutions entering the market, showing a good momentum for local issuance.However, among the top 50 stablecoins globally, currently only USDC, USDG, and EURC meet MiCA requirements, while the rest remain outside the regulatory framework, leaving EU users facing a dual dilemma of lack of protection or being forced to cut off access. Hansen believes that for MiCA to truly become a global regulatory blueprint, it must achieve two goals simultaneously: first, to promote local EMTs to go global with competitive systems; second, to establish a recognition mechanism for compliant stablecoins from abroad, attracting global issuers into the MiCA regulatory framework, rather than making local issuance the only entry path.

The AI revenue intelligence agent Sigvi in the car rental industry of Vilnius, Lithuania has completed a €1.2 million seed pre-financing to accelerate product development and international expansion. This round of financing was led by Superhero Capital.

Antpool mined Bitcoin block 941,881 at 15:49:35 UTC, and Foundry USA mined another version at the same height 12 seconds later, leading to a brief formation of two competing chains on the Bitcoin blockchain.Subsequently, ViaBTC extended block 941,882 on the Antpool version, and Foundry USA continued to extend its own branch. Foundry USA then consecutively mined blocks 941,883 to 941,886, with its branch accumulating more work. Nodes then reorganized to the Foundry USA version, and the blocks mined by Antpool and ViaBTC were orphaned. Relevant miners lost the corresponding block rewards and transaction fees, and transactions not confirmed on the winning chain re-entered the memory pool and were confirmed in subsequent blocks.

According to Jinshi reports, senior Iranian officials stated that the southern route of the Strait of Hormuz may pose a danger to vessels, and Oman’s control over the waterway should correspond to its share in the waterway.

According to Jinshi reports, senior Iranian officials stated that the United States and Saudi Arabia are trying to pressure Oman to promote the implementation of unrealistic plans regarding the Strait of Hormuz.

According to Jinshi reports, the Korean Exchange has activated the circuit breaker mechanism for the KOSDAQ index, suspending trading for 20 minutes.

Trade.xyz issued a statement regarding the SK Hynix contract price spike incident: On July 27 at 23:01 UTC, the marked price of SK Hynix tokens plummeted from $1,127.9 to $917.25, triggering a large number of long position liquidations. This price originated from an actual transaction captured by multiple independent data providers, with the external venue being a major pre-market in South Korea. Its oracle system operates according to established specifications, synchronously tracking prices from external exchanges, functioning "as designed" on a technical level.However, the platform acknowledges that user dissatisfaction with the liquidations triggered by this event is understandable, emphasizing that "market integrity is the core value of Trade.xyz." To address this, Trade.xyz has decided to cover all liquidation losses caused by this price anomaly on a one-time discretionary basis. Specific eligibility requirements will be announced soon, with compensation expected to be completed within a few days, but it clearly states that this decision "does not constitute a guarantee for similar situations in the future." At the mechanism level, the platform will accelerate the review of pricing methods— including reassessing the assumptions of reliance on external venues and giving greater weight to its own order book price discovery (its order book depth and signal strength have significantly improved compared to external sources) to more effectively handle tail events.