诈骗分子冒充中国官方媒体《中国商业报》，实施了一起比特币敲诈骗局：他们威胁企业称，若不支付加密货币以压下报道，就将发布捏造的调查报道。

澳大利亚已将Telegram告上法庭，指控该平台在用户多次举报后仍未删除与恐怖主义相关的内容。Telegram否认了这些指控，而此案进一步加剧了该公司及其创始人帕维尔·杜罗夫在多个国家面临的日益增大的法律压力。

俄罗斯已对Telegram创始人帕维尔·杜罗夫发出国际逮捕令，指控他通过允许该即时通讯平台被用于据称由乌克兰情报机构和极端组织策划的破坏活动，从而助长了恐怖主义。

俄罗斯一家法院已对BitRiver创始人伊戈尔·鲁内茨下达了审前羁押令，原因是一起涉及近10亿卢布（1250万美元）的诈骗案，该案与未交付的加密货币挖矿设备有关。

出于对与抗议活动相关的安全担忧，印度下令GitHub和谷歌下架Bitchat及其他离线即时通讯应用。这些应用目前仍可使用，这引发了关于去中心化私密通信的争论。

预测市场平台Kalshi正面临其市场诚信方面的一大考验——此前，一名白宫工作人员因被指控利用白宫机密信息在该平台上牟利，而失去了联邦政府的工作。

MoonPay 推出了 PayBox，这是一款支付保管库，允许用户通过自然语言对话，使用自己选择的 AI 机器人（无论是 ChatGPT 还是 Claude）购买加密货币、兑换代币以及在不同区块链之间转移资产，同时无需将资金托管给 AI。

MoonPay 推出了 PayBox，让 ChatGPT 和 Claude 用户能够直接在聊天界面中进行加密货币和日常支付。该平台采用 MPC 安全技术并设置了消费限额，从而让 AI 能够安全地完成已获批准的交易。

随着阿联酋加速推进无现金经济，阿联酋航空已开始通过Crypto.com Pay接受加密货币支付机票预订，成为全球首批整合受监管数字资产支付的航空公司之一。

一家区块链安全公司提出了一种利用零知识证明使比特币钱包具备抗量子攻击能力的方法——无需更改地址、无需转移资金，也不会对现有钱包基础设施造成任何干扰。Q-Day 或许已迎来一个潜在的解决方案。

U.S. stocks gave back part of their gains, and the Nasdaq 100 Index briefly turned lower. According to Jin10, the Nasdaq 100 Index once fell into negative territory.

According to Jin10, Baker Hughes said the impact of the Iran conflict on some projects and supply chains is expected to be offset by strong performance in other regions.

Anthropic nearly tripled its federal lobbying spend to $3.53 million, outpacing OpenAI by more than $1 million in the first half of 2026. According to BeInCrypto, federal disclosures show Anthropic added the Treasury Department to its list of lobbied agencies for the first time this quarter, while OpenAI nearly doubled spending to a record $2.22 million. Issue One counted $41 million in combined spending from January to June across 11 major technology, social media and AI companies and their trade associations, with Kalshi also spending $990,000 on lobbying in the first half of 2026.

Lido has started consolidating 8 million ETH in staked ether and will cut its validator count by a third as part of a broader node-operator overhaul. According to CoinDesk, the liquid staking protocol is also requiring its professional node operators to post bonds for the first time.

According to Jin10, Baker Hughes said regional facilities are expected to face higher logistics and inflation pressure due to the Middle East conflict.

Blueway Photoelectric said on July 27 that it is planning to issue shares and pay cash to buy assets while raising matching funds, with Suzhou Lancan Technology Co. as the target. The company's shares were suspended from the start of trading on July 27, 2026, because the transaction remains uncertain, and Blueway Photoelectric expects to disclose the deal plan within no more than 10 trading days, according to Jiemian News.