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The Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) issued a restriction notice to Futu Securities International (Hong Kong) Limited, prohibiting it from handling or disposing of assets in customer accounts held by a certain entity, limited to HKD 125,247,000. This entity is suspected of participating in a fraudulent scheme aimed at creating a false or misleading appearance of demand for initial public offering shares. Futu is not the subject of the SFC's investigation, and this restriction notice will not affect Futu or its other clients.According to the notice, Futu must not dispose of or handle the relevant account assets in any way without the SFC's written consent, and must immediately notify the SFC if it receives any instructions related to the restricted assets. The SFC believes that issuing this restriction notice is in the interest of investors and the public. The investigation is still ongoing.

According to Jinshi News, the Caspian Pipeline Consortium decided to suspend oil loading operations after a tanker was attacked by a drone.

According to Digital Asset, on July 28, 15 members of South Korea's People Power Party, including Kim Sang-hoon, proposed an amendment to the Specific Financial Information Act, allowing financial authorities to request the suspension of payments for virtual asset accounts suspected of being used for illegal asset transfers.The amendment defines "account" as a unique identification number provided by exchanges to users. The Financial Intelligence Analysis Institute can request a suspension of payments for 30 days when an account is deemed suspicious, which can be extended once. Those who do not comply may face fines of up to 100 million won. The bill will take effect six months after its announcement.

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

Co-founder of the crypto wallet Solflare, Vidor, posted on the X platform that operations have been halted due to the solvency issues of the card issuer partner Kulipa, and the Solflare Card has suspended services. Vidor emphasized the safety of user funds, as the Solflare Card uses an end-to-end self-custody model—funds are deducted directly from the user's wallet without the need for deposits or top-ups, and no user funds are held by the card issuer.The team had made efforts to help Kulipa find a buyer and explore continuity solutions, but to no avail. A new version of the Solflare Card is in development, which will include features such as Apple Pay and Google Pay, higher limits, and cashback, while still maintaining self-custody, and is expected to launch in a few weeks.

According to CoinDesk, U.S. District Court Judge Katherine Menendez in Minnesota ruled that the state law classifying the operation of prediction markets as a criminal offense likely violates the federal Commodity Exchange Act (CEA), and granted a preliminary injunction to Kalshi, Polymarket, and the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), suspending the enforcement of the state law.The judge found that prediction market contracts structurally fall under the category of "swap" products regulated by the CFTC, and that federal law takes precedence over state law, with the three plaintiffs "likely to prevail in a formal trial." Additionally, the judge noted that failing to suspend the enforcement of the law would cause "irreparable harm" to Kalshi and Polymarket. This preliminary injunction will remain in effect until a final judgment is made in the case.

The South Korean trading platform (KRX) triggered the sidecar mechanism due to fluctuations in the KOSPI index, suspending programmatic trading for about 5 minutes.The sidecar mechanism is mainly used to respond to severe fluctuations in a short period of time, limiting only programmatic trading while manual trading can continue normally. Unlike the circuit breaker mechanism, the sidecar mechanism does not suspend trading for the entire market and is more viewed as a "speed bump" during market volatility.In contrast, the circuit breaker mechanism is typically used in extreme market conditions and, once triggered, suspends trading for the entire market to prevent panic-induced fluctuations from further escalating.

According to Bloomberg, DeepSeek announced the suspension of its second round of financing and verbally notified some potential investors that it would not sign investment agreements as expected. This suspension partly stems from founder Liang Wenfeng's dissatisfaction with the leak of a 4-hour internal transcript during its first financing deal, where he made 52 statements in an investor meeting regarding DeepSeek's organizational culture, open-source logic, technology roadmap, and views on the competitive landscape of the industry. The nearly 4-hour meeting record recently went viral on social media, including statements such as "The biggest gap between China and the U.S. in AI is computing power resources." Both DeepSeek and Liang Wenfeng have not confirmed the authenticity of the leaked record.DeepSeek stated that it may still choose to resume the transaction process in the future and has begun preparations for an initial public offering, with the IPO potentially being filed as early as this year.DeepSeek completed its first round of external financing in June 2026, raising over 50 billion yuan, approximately 7.4 billion dollars, with a post-investment valuation of about 50-59 billion dollars. It adopted a special structure, with most funds entering a limited partnership managed by Liang Wenfeng, where investors have no voting rights and are locked in for 5 years. Liang Wenfeng himself contributed about 20 billion yuan as the largest contributor, with participation from Tencent, CATL, JD.com, NetEase, and the Chinese National AI Fund. DeepSeek subsequently initiated discussions for its second round of financing in mid-July, targeting a valuation of about 71 billion dollars.

According to MLM monitoring, a whale address that previously accumulated 2.94 million HYPE (approximately $172 million) from September to October last year has staked 2.785 million HYPE through 20 wallets in the past 11 hours, currently valued at approximately $164 million.On-chain analysts speculate that this address may belong to a16z (Andreessen Horowitz), but this has not yet been officially confirmed. This large staking indicates that the whale is transferring a significant amount of HYPE into the staking system, which may suggest confidence in the long-term development of the Hyperliquid ecosystem.

According to Specter monitoring, the stablecoin payment infrastructure Triple-A hot wallet is suspected to have been attacked, with over $9.3 million in funds stolen, exchanged, and cross-chained to Ethereum.

According to the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission, Victory Securities Limited has been reprimanded and fined HKD 1.7 million for violating regulatory requirements, and its responsible personnel's licenses have been temporarily revoked.Previously, Hong Kong Victory Securities announced in February this year that it would close all virtual currency trading functions for users with mainland Chinese identities, retaining only withdrawal permissions and no longer supporting deposits and new transactions. The platform's gradual tightening of services for mainland users includes previous measures such as prohibiting purchases and suspending new address verification, aimed at complying with the regulatory requirements of the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission and relevant policies in the mainland.

According to Mlm monitoring, a certain HYPE whale staked 2.785 million HYPE through 20 wallets in the past 11 hours, worth approximately 164 million USD.This whale accumulated a total of 2.94 million HYPE from September to October last year, currently valued at about 172 million USD, making it one of the largest holders of HYPE. This whale may be related to a16z, but this has not yet been confirmed.

On-chain data shows that cryptocurrency theft suspect Dritan Kapllani Jr laundered 126.7 ETH again on July 22, worth approximately $239,000.Previously, on-chain detective ZachXBT revealed that Dritan Kapllani Jr is suspected of stealing assets from cryptocurrency holders through social engineering techniques, with a total amount involved reaching $19 million. Dritan Kapllani Jr has long showcased a lifestyle featuring luxury cars, high-end watches, and private jets on social media, and publicly displayed assets worth $3.68 million in his Exodus wallet during a Discord call on April 23, 2026.

According to Jinshi reports, the Korea Exchange has initiated a suspension of the programmatic trading mechanism for the KOSPI index.

According to Arkham monitoring, a suspected Abraxas Capital address has just transferred 2,211 BTC to Kraken, worth $143.88 million.

According to Onchain Lens monitoring, a wallet suspected to belong to Multicoin Capital has just transferred 93,000 HYPE to a new wallet, valued at approximately 5.48 million USD.Two days ago, the same wallet transferred 397,500 HYPE, valued at approximately 24 million USD, which was subsequently circulated through multiple addresses and finally deposited into Coinbase. The wallet has transferred a total of 490,000 HYPE in two days, valued at approximately 29.48 million USD. The new addresses include 0xFA2173AD69De51769d75934AcBCF5C2382B1B7F1 and 0x257F1352204A01f59abC5bc60384Bf4c1e5f8B70.

According to Decrypt, the cross-chain bridge protocol Allbridge has suspended its Core protocol due to a flash loan attack, with the attacker having stolen approximately $1.65 million in assets from the Solana stablecoin liquidity pool.According to analysis by blockchain security firms PeckShield and CertiK, the attacker borrowed $1.12 million in flash loan funds through the Solana lending protocol Kamino, and then manipulated the price mechanism within the Allbridge pool through multiple stablecoin exchange operations to exchange assets at a low price, subsequently transferring the funds across chains to an Ethereum address.During the attack, the attacker exchanged several thousand dollars in USDT to obtain approximately $2.24 million in USDC, and then bridged the funds to Ethereum for further dispersal. It is currently unclear whether some of the funds can still be recovered.Allbridge stated that the team has suspended the Core protocol for security reasons and has requested affected liquidity providers to withdraw their funds immediately. Due to the attack causing an imbalance in the liquidity pool, some traders profited from arbitrage opportunities. Allbridge has called on relevant users to return their profits, stating that the funds will be used to compensate affected LPs.The team indicated that there is no further risk to user funds at this time and will release a detailed incident analysis report after completing the investigation, while also planning to relaunch the Core protocol after removing the liquidity pool. This is the second time Allbridge has encountered a similar flash loan attack. In April 2023, the protocol's BNB Chain liquidity pool suffered a loss of approximately $573,000 due to a similar vulnerability, after which the project team stated that they had recovered most of the funds and adjusted the liquidity calculation mechanism.

According to an official announcement from Zilliqa, the project team has learned that a security incident occurred with one of its exchange partners, resulting in the theft of some ZIL from cold wallets. The incident is currently under joint investigation by various parties, and the specific scale and cause of the theft have not yet been disclosed.As a precautionary measure, Zilliqa has notified all exchanges to temporarily suspend ZIL deposits and withdrawals to prevent the stolen funds from being transferred or sold through centralized platforms. The team stated that further updates will be released once they have accurate information and reminded users to only pay attention to official channels.