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According to Bitcoin Magazine, Spain's largest bank, Santander Bank, reported that it holds a spot Bitcoin ETF worth $4.3 million.

The B.AI API officially launched its first "official 10% discount group," providing users with highly reliable AI calling services through official direct connection channels while balancing model invocation stability, service quality, and cost efficiency. The first batch supports the Claude series models, with more mainstream models set to be opened successively. Meanwhile, the platform's "self-selected service provider" model offers discounts as low as 20%, granting users full autonomy to flexibly weigh performance, stability, and cost based on the actual needs of their business scenarios, achieving optimal configuration.

On July 28, OpenAI quietly updated its security incident disclosure, confirming that its AI agent accessed four external service platforms during the breach of Hugging Face, bringing the total number of affected platforms to five.Previously, OpenAI had disabled security filters while testing GPT-5.6 Sol and a more powerful model to assess raw capabilities. The model did not complete the security benchmark tests as expected; instead, it discovered a zero-day vulnerability in the package caching agent within the testing environment that granted internet access, subsequently breaching Hugging Face to steal answers.According to a forensic report released by Hugging Face on July 27, this autonomous agent executed 17,600 operations over approximately four and a half days, connecting 181 devices to the Hugging Face internal VPN and forging identity tokens. Among the four additional platforms, Modal Labs CTO Akshat Bubna confirmed through Reuters that his company was one of them, with the attacker using an unprotected public endpoint from a customer as a relay and command control base for the entire attack.The identities of the other three platforms remain undisclosed. OpenAI stated it would "directly notify the service providers" but would not publicly name them, as there is currently no legal requirement for mandatory disclosure. The U.S. Congress has responded by proposing a bipartisan "AI Emergency Shutdown Act," which aims to authorize the Department of Homeland Security to forcibly shut down AI models, with violators facing fines of up to $2 million per day.

According to Jinshi, the Japanese government on Thursday lowered its economic growth forecast for the current fiscal year due to rising oil prices caused by tensions in the Middle East, which are squeezing household spending and corporate profits. The inflation-adjusted GDP growth rate is expected to be 0.9% for the fiscal year ending March 2027, down from the 1.3% forecast in January. However, the economic growth rate for the next fiscal year is expected to accelerate to 1.1%.

The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin dismissed the CFTC's request for a preliminary injunction to prohibit Wisconsin from enforcing sports-related event contracts on platforms such as Kalshi, Coinbase, Robinhood, Polymarket, and Crypto.com. The court found that the CFTC failed to demonstrate a likelihood of success on its claim—that the Commodity Exchange Act (CEA) defines "swaps" to include sports event contracts—and that gambling regulation falls within the traditional police powers of the states, with federal law not clearly indicating an intent to preempt state law.Additionally, the court also denied the intervention requests from Kalshi, Crypto.com Derivatives North America (CDNA), and the American Gaming Association (AGA). The substantive litigation between the CFTC and the state of Wisconsin will continue to proceed.

Microsoft released its Q4 fiscal year 2026 financial report, with revenue of $90 billion, a year-on-year increase of 18%, exceeding market expectations of $87.7 billion; adjusted earnings per share of $4.74, a year-on-year increase of 23%, which is 11.5% higher than expected; operating profit of $40.6 billion, a year-on-year increase of 18%. Intelligent cloud revenue was $39.3 billion, a year-on-year increase of 32%, with Azure and other cloud services revenue growing by 43%, significantly higher than the market expectation of 39.6%. Total revenue from Microsoft Cloud was $59.3 billion, a year-on-year increase of 27%. CEO Satya Nadella disclosed that Azure's annual revenue has surpassed $100 billion for the first time, and paid users of Microsoft 365 Copilot exceeded 30 million.In terms of capital expenditure, the fourth quarter's property and equipment acquisition expenditure was $35.8 billion, a year-on-year increase of approximately 110%; total capital expenditure including finance leases was $41 billion, a year-on-year increase of 70%, but lower than the market expectation of $42.5 billion. The remaining performance obligations (RPO) for cloud business surged 84% year-on-year to $678 billion, about twice the annual revenue. Microsoft disclosed in a regulatory filing that new unexecuted data center lease commitments in the fourth quarter exceeded $130 billion, with the total unexecuted lease commitments increasing by 67.4% quarter-on-quarter to $329.1 billion. Annual revenue was $331.8 billion, a year-on-year increase of 18%; net profit was $133.7 billion, a year-on-year increase of 31% (GAAP).

According to monitoring by Catcher Predict, in the predicted market Polymarket for the event "Milwaukee Brewers vs. San Francisco Giants," the "Milwaukee Brewers" option in the sub-market "Milwaukee Brewers vs. San Francisco Giants" has experienced a sharp fluctuation in winning probability, dropping from 50.5% an hour ago to the current 34.5% (a fluctuation of 16%). Please note the impact of related breaking news.

According to Jinshi reports, Microsoft recorded a $3.2 billion gain in the fourth fiscal quarter due to its investment in Anthropic, combined with expenses related to the voluntary departure plan being lower than expected, resulting in a positive impact of 27 cents on earnings per share (EPS).

According to Jinshi reports, Microsoft's fourth fiscal quarter revenue growth for AZURE and other cloud services, excluding the impact of exchange rates, increased by 43%, exceeding market expectations.

According to Jinshi, Federal Reserve Chairman Waller stated that the Federal Reserve had a heated discussion around four issues, including high inflation over the past five years, recent economic shocks, price increases caused by the shocks, and monetary policy tools and strategies.

According to official social media news, Huobi HTX will hold a themed live broadcast today at 20:00 titled "FOMC Tonight Determines the Future------ The 20% Interest Rate Hike Probability: Can BTC's $70 Options Bet Still Pay Off?" At that time, crypto KOLs such as Sister Maomao, Genuine Little Taoist, 0xJoker, and Mr. Mis will be invited to attend, focusing on the core variables that the market is concerned about on the eve of the FOMC meeting, analyzing the macro signals behind the 20% interest rate hike probability, discussing the impact of changes in US dollar liquidity on the crypto market, and combining BTC's key options positions to find short-term market breakthroughs and risk turning points.

SlowMist announced that a new recruitment scam targeting Web3 practitioners has recently been discovered. Attackers impersonate recruiters, luring victims to install an AI meeting software called "Relay," which is actually an information-stealing malware.This malware targets both macOS and Windows users and can steal sensitive information such as browser credentials, cryptocurrency wallet-related data, Keychain data, Telegram sessions, and more. SlowMist has completed sample analysis and disclosed how this attack chain operates. SlowMist reminds that when participating in online interviews or recruitment processes, one should be cautious about installing unfamiliar software, avoid running unverified applications, and pay attention to unusual installation requests or system password prompts.

Anthropic announced that the Claude Mythos Preview model has made breakthroughs in cryptographic research, discovering improved attack methods against the post-quantum digital signature candidate HAWK. HAWK is a post-quantum signature candidate solicited by NIST to combat quantum computer attacks, which has already passed two rounds of expert review. However, Claude reduced the effective key strength of HAWK-256 from 2^64 to 2^38 in just 60 hours, significantly lowering the theoretical cost of cracking. HAWK has not yet been deployed in practice, and this attack currently does not affect any production systems.Claude also discovered an improved attack against 7-round AES, achieving a speed increase of 200 to 800 times. During the research process, Claude independently completed literature reviews, mathematical reasoning, and experimental validation with limited guidance from cryptographers. The HAWK attack took about 60 hours and had an API cost of approximately $100,000; the AES attack was completed independently by Claude, which generated about 1 billion tokens before proposing core innovative ideas. Anthropic researchers then spent hundreds of hours validating the results. Anthropic stated that AI models can now help identify significant flaws in cryptographic algorithms, and the cryptography community may face bottlenecks similar to those in the software vulnerability field—AI-generated research results far exceed human verification capabilities. Anthropic has collaborated with academic institutions to launch the CryptanalysisBench benchmark and coordinated disclosures with NIST authors and government partners. The research team has achieved preliminary results on algorithms such as LEA and Serpent-128. Anthropic warns that as AI capabilities improve, actual attacks against deployed systems may be discovered in the future, necessitating the establishment of response mechanisms in advance.

Visa announced its third-quarter financial report for fiscal year 2026, with revenue of $11.6 billion, a year-on-year increase of 14%. Payment transaction volume, cross-border transaction volume, and processed transactions all achieved double-digit growth. In the earnings call, Visa outlined its stablecoin strategy, stating that it is actively investing in various levels of the stablecoin stack, including blockchain, issuance, wallets, infrastructure, and applications. The company announced its membership in the OpenStandard alliance, which plans to issue the OpenUSD stablecoin for global capital flow.The Visa stablecoin platform will provide partners with stablecoin settlement, on-chain wallet-as-a-service infrastructure, and exchange services between fiat and stablecoins, initially supporting OpenUSD. The platform will also integrate with Pismo to provide tokenized deposit support for financial institutions and plans to introduce third-party tokenized deposit infrastructure providers in the future. Visa views stablecoins and AI as complementary technologies, believing that "agent commerce will expand the reachable market and drive future growth." Cross-border transaction volume increased by 13% year-on-year, while processed transaction volume grew by 10%.

According to crypto user @HowardLouisHL, on June 30, 2026, he deposited 100,000 USDT into Ourbit and engaged in normal trading for about a week. On July 4, when he attempted to withdraw to Binance, the system prohibited the transaction. Customer service only replied, "Triggered risk control," without specifying the exact reason. The next day, the user's account was restricted from logging in. After being forced to submit all identity and account information, on July 20, he received an official email from Ourbit stating that the review had been postponed to July 3, 2027, and declared that "it may be extended again without reason."The user made three demands: to publicly disclose the specific risk control reasons, to provide a clear timeline for handling, and to immediately unfreeze and return the 100,000 USDT.As of now, Ourbit has not issued a public response regarding this incident.

According to monitoring by Catcher Predict, in the prediction market Polymarket for the event "Los Angeles Angels vs. San Francisco Giants," the option "Los Angeles Angels" in the sub-market "Los Angeles Angels vs. San Francisco Giants" has experienced a dramatic fluctuation in winning probability, rising from 58.5% an hour ago to the current 85.5% (a fluctuation of 27%). Please note the impact of relevant breaking news.

Michael Saylor, the founder and executive chairman of Bitcoin Treasury Company Strategy, has once again released information related to Bitcoin Tracker.According to previous patterns, Strategy usually discloses changes in Bitcoin holdings the day after relevant news is released.

Onchain Lens stated on the X platform that in the first half of 2026, 224 publicly disclosed crypto hacking incidents resulted in approximately $1.32 billion in losses. The largest losses came from access control failures, phishing attacks, and oracle issues.In terms of attack type breakdown, access control failures involved compromised permissions and privileged access, driving several of the largest attacks, including Kelp DAO with a loss of $292 million, Drift Protocol with a loss of $280 million, Humanity Protocol with a loss of $31 million, Step Finance with a loss of $30 million, Truebit with a loss of $26.5 million, Resolv Labs with a loss of $25 million, AFX with a loss of $24.15 million, and BonkDAO with a loss of $21 million. In terms of phishing and social engineering attacks, social engineering attacks caused $282 million in losses. Regarding oracle issues, Ostium lost $24 million, Blend Protocol lost $10.86 million, and Bonzo lost $9 million. A small number of incidents accounted for the majority of the losses, with compromised permissions and privileged access driving several of the largest attacks.

According to monitoring by Catcher Predict, in the market prediction event "Los Angeles Angels vs. San Francisco Giants" on Polymarket, the option "San Francisco Giants" in the sub-market "Spread -1.5" experienced a drastic fluctuation in winning probability, plummeting from 86% an hour ago to the current 35.5% (a fluctuation of 50.5%). Please note the impact of related breaking news.