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In response to the abnormal volatility in the SK hynix perpetual contract market, Hyperliquid stated that the platform is an unlicensed blockchain, and the HIP-3 market can be independently deployed and operated by different teams. The xyz:SKHYNIX perpetual contract is deployed and operated by the Trade.xyz team, which is currently investigating the incident and will announce progress after reaching a conclusion.Hyperliquid also explained that HIP-3 deployers can independently push the market's mark price, oracle price, and external perpetual price inputs. If a pricing mechanism similar to that used by platform validators for operating perpetual contracts is adopted, the protocol only provides one of the three median components, namely the on-chain latest transaction price, the best buy price, and the best sell price median, while the other two components are provided by the deployer, who jointly determines the final mark price.

According to BBX data, yesterday and in recent days, global companies listed on the US stock market have disclosed the latest real announcements regarding digital asset transformation and ecological strategic investments. The core dynamics are as follows:Canton sells traditional business to fully transition to blockchain clearing: Canton Strategic Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: $ CNTN) officially announced that it has sold its biotechnology R&D department Gravitas Life Sciences, LLC to Gravitas Collective Corp. The transaction was completed on July 17, 2026. The company clearly stated that this divestiture is an important milestone in its transformation into an operating company, and in the future, it will support the Canton Network through Canton Coin and promote the on-chain digital transformation of traditional financial markets as a strategic investor.Empery Digital invests $20 million in cross-industry computing power electricity park: The US-listed company Empery Digital Inc. (NASDAQ: $ EMPD), which adopts a Bitcoin fund management strategy, announced that it has completed a $20 million preferred stock investment (holding approximately 8%) in Cardinal Data Power, Inc. (CDP) on July 20, 2026. CDP focuses on building electricity-driven data center parks, and this round of financing will support its construction of the first gigawatt-level data center park covering over 3,000 acres in West Texas (Phase I is planned to be operational in 2027, with a long-term plan exceeding 5GW) to meet the next generation of AI and computing power energy demands.

According to a report by Bloomberg, Meta Platforms Inc. has completed the operational separation from Manus and has stopped data sharing between the two companies. According to informed sources, Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, has effectively established a firewall between itself and the Chinese company Manus. The sources stated that since the beginning of this month, Meta has prohibited Manus and its employees from accessing the internal data systems of the American company. The sources also indicated that Meta's employees are therefore unable to use Manus's tools for internal projects. Due to the involvement of internal decisions, these sources requested anonymity.An internal memo seen by Bloomberg News shows that Meta is gradually winding down Manus's operations. The memo indicates that employees have been instructed to migrate existing Manus projects to Meta's systems and not to undertake new work on the artificial intelligence platform. Informed sources stated that these measures aimed at separating the operations of the two companies mark a step forward in the eventual divestiture of Manus.

Aave announced that its bug bounty program has been updated to better align rewards with the risk status of each part of the ecosystem and to simplify the review process. The maximum reward for critical vulnerability fixes for Aave V4 and Core Aave V3 has now been increased fivefold.

According to Cointelegraph, the Bank of Italy is urging the EU to consider building a tokenized version of the SEPA payment system to keep up with the pace of financial innovation.SEPA, or the Single Euro Payments Area, aims to unify cross-border payment standards within the Eurozone. The Bank of Italy believes that with the development of tokenization and blockchain payments, the EU needs to assess the upgrade path for existing payment infrastructure.

According to Bloomberg, 39 signatories, including Nasdaq, Stuttgart Stock Exchange Group, and various financial technology associations, are calling on the European Commission and the European Parliament to treat the distributed ledger technology pilot system as an independent legislative fast track and to separate it from the EU market integration and supervision scheme.The signatories stated that if the overall negotiation process takes too long, Europe may fall behind the United States in DLT applications, and they demand the removal of asset class restrictions, an increase in the total trading volume cap to €150 billion, and the elimination of license time limits. The letter also mentioned that the United States has established a stablecoin regulatory framework through the Genius Act and is rapidly establishing a leading position in the tokenized asset field.The European Commission is currently promoting a rapid resolution of the entire regulatory scheme and views it as a key part of the Capital Markets Union plan. Financial Services Commissioner Maria Luis Albuquerque has previously called for all legislative proposals to be passed in sync.

Vitalik posted on the X platform, stating that we should maintain an open attitude towards the current separation of the Ethereum beacon chain and execution clients, believing that the complexity of running two daemons and having them communicate with each other is significantly higher than running a single daemon.Vitalik pointed out that Ethereum's goal is to allow users to use the network in a self-hosted manner and have a good user experience, which in many cases means needing to run their own nodes. However, the current way of running nodes adds unnecessary complexity. He suggested that in the short term, a more standardized foundational packaging solution could allow users to install Docker images of different clients and achieve more convenient communication. At the same time, as the LeanEthereum consensus scheme matures, the overall architectural design should also be reconsidered in the future.

According to The Block, Coinbase's Ethereum Layer 2 network Base announced that it will no longer rely on Optimism's OP Stack and Superchain architecture, instead opting for a "unified stack" operated independently by Base.According to the official blog, Base will integrate core components that were previously scattered across multiple teams and code repositories (including key modules like the sequencer) into a unified codebase "base/base" to reduce coordination and maintenance costs, and to optimize deeply for its own needs.At the same time, Base will also reduce its external dependencies on Flashbots, Paradigm, and others. In terms of governance, Base will adjust the security committee structure, replacing the original Optimism-related seats with newly added independent signers.Despite the shift towards an autonomous technical architecture, Base stated that the protocol will remain open source and publicly standardized, welcoming third-party developers to create independent clients and maintain cross-upgrade compatibility. Base is currently the largest network in the OP Stack Superchain ecosystem.

The Liberal Democratic Party of Japan and the Japan Innovation Party proposed in the 2026 fiscal year tax reform outline to classify virtual currencies as financial products that contribute to public asset accumulation, and are considering applying the same separate taxation system for virtual currency income as for stocks and investment trusts.According to the outline, spot trading, derivatives trading, and ETFs of virtual currencies are listed as separate taxable items, and losses from virtual currency trading can be carried forward for three years. In addition, financial products invested in virtual currencies are also included. Currently, the proposal does not explicitly mention the taxation details for NFTs and reward transactions such as staking and lending. The outline also mentions that future gains from virtual currencies may be subject to taxation when transferred overseas.

Sources in the Japanese political arena have revealed that a proposal has been made regarding when Japan will transition to a separate self-assessment tax system for crypto assets (virtual currencies), with plans to implement it starting from January 2028.Although the market expects the amendment to the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act to pass in the National Diet next year, and the new tax system may be implemented within 2027, the Japanese government prefers to carry out tax reform after confirming the market conditions under the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act. Currently, profits from crypto asset trading in Japan are classified as "miscellaneous income," combined with other income such as wages, with a maximum tax rate of up to 55%. Investors and industry groups have long called for it to be changed to a separate tax system of 20%, similar to that of stocks. Government officials have stated that the delay is mainly due to the need to improve "investor protection-related measures."

According to Nikkei News, the Japanese government and the ruling party are working to adjust the taxation policy on cryptocurrency trading income, planning to uniformly impose a 20% income tax rate regardless of the transaction amount, allowing it to enjoy the same treatment as stocks, investment trusts, and other financial products.This move aims to reduce the tax burden on investors and invigorate the domestic trading market. The Japanese government plans to replace the current comprehensive taxation method with a separate taxation method, meaning that cryptocurrency trading income will no longer be combined with other income such as wages and business income, but will be taxed separately. The government's goal is to include this adjustment in the 2026 tax reform outline, which is expected to be finalized by the end of the year.Currently, Japan adopts a comprehensive taxation method for cryptocurrency trading income, which combines it with other types of income and applies a progressive tax rate based on the total income amount, with a maximum rate of up to 55%. The Financial Services Agency of Japan plans to submit an amendment to the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act to the Diet during the 2026 regular session, aimed at strengthening strict regulation of cryptocurrency trading.The amendment will explicitly prohibit insider trading using undisclosed information and require cryptocurrency issuers to fulfill information disclosure obligations. With the advancement of tax reform, it is expected that investment trust products containing cryptocurrency components will also be deregulated in Japan.

The perpetual contract Aster posted on platform X, stating that the recent update to the ASTER token economic model has caused confusion in the community. It clarifies that the ASTER token economic model remains unchanged. Aster added that the relevant updates aim to accurately reflect the circulating supply of the token and address the issue regarding the monthly unlocking of community and ecosystem allocation amounts. The monthly unlocked token allocation has not been used and has not been included in the circulating supply of ASTER tokens. In the future, the unlocked tokens will be transferred to a separate public unlocking address, but currently, there is no expenditure demand or plan for this address.

ChainCatcher news, according to Jinshi reports, Federal Reserve official Barr stated that he advocates separating stress tests from binding regulatory capital requirements, while correspondingly increasing the latter.

ChainCatcher news, according to official sources, Binance has announced that the CESS token airdrop is currently experiencing delays and is working to ensure the event restarts, with the specific date to be announced.

According to ChainCatcher news and reported by CoinPost, the Financial Services Agency of Japan today released a document announcing that it will seriously consider transferring the regulation of crypto assets from the Payment Services Act to the framework of the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act.If this progresses smoothly, crypto assets will be officially positioned as financial products, and the relevant tax system is expected to shift from a maximum comprehensive tax rate of 55% to a separate tax rate of about 20%, and the ban on Bitcoin ETFs may be lifted, improving the investor access environment.

ChainCatcher news, Ripple's Chief Legal Officer Stuart Alderoty announced that Ripple has submitted a supplemental letter to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) cryptocurrency task force, focusing on the issue of when digital assets can be separated from investment contracts. This move responds to relevant questions raised by SEC Commissioner Peirce in her "New Paradigm" speech.In the letter, Ripple cites legal analysis from 2022 and the 2023 ruling in the SEC v. Ripple Labs case, emphasizing that XRP itself is not a security and arguing that most cryptocurrencies should not be considered securities in secondary market trading. Ripple also suggests that the SEC introduce a "safe harbor" mechanism to provide clearer compliance guidance for market participants and proposes criteria based on network maturity to help clarify which digital assets have moved away from investment contracts.Ripple expresses hope that through ongoing dialogue with the SEC, it can promote transparency and clarity in cryptocurrency market rules, providing a clearer direction for industry development.

ChainCatcher message, the Swarms API has launched several major updates, including Flex Processing, an intelligent caching mechanism, and a brand new dedicated agent completion endpoint, aimed at enhancing the performance, cost efficiency, and flexibility of multi-agent systems.Among them, Flex Processing provides cost savings for non-urgent AI tasks, and the newly introduced dynamic intelligent caching system supports smart TTL management and LRU eviction policies. In addition, the dedicated agent completion endpoint allows developers to customize agent configurations.