Neutrl has halted NUSD minting and redemptions after unspecified circumstances affected its reserves, while also pausing other protocol functions as it investigates. The protocol has not disclosed the cause, any potential losses or a restart date, leaving approved users unable to redeem NUSD directly for its backing assets.

The City of Baltimore has launched a legal challenge against prediction-market platforms Kalshi and Polymarket, accusing them of operating unlicensed sportsbooks and misleading users about the legality of their sports contracts in Maryland.

Meta has begun a limited beta rollout of Scam Alert on WhatsApp, using on-device AI to detect suspicious messages without sending private chats to its servers.

Twitch has begun allowing its parent company, Amazon, to use streamers’ content to train generative AI models by default, triggering backlash over creator consent after a senior executive bluntly admitted why the platform had been secretly doing this without their consent

Chinese AI start-up DeepSeek has quietly released an updated version of its flagship model — DeepSeek-V4-Pro-0813 — to a mixed reception from the developer community.

全球经济的指针拨向2026年下半程，地缘格局重构、政策周期分化、产业迭代加速，市场不确定性持续凸显。

Trezor has disclosed a data breach at its shipping and logistics partner ShipMonk that exposed the personal information of nearly 14,000 hardware-wallet customers, raising concerns that attackers could use the leaked data for targeted phishing campaigns — or potentially identify crypto holders for physical attacks.

Tether said KPMG U.S. completed its first full financial audit of Tether International for 2025, issuing an unqualified opinion and finding assets exceeded liabilities by $6.814 billion.

American AI companies are blocking verified Bitcoin security researchers from using frontier cybersecurity models — so the volunteers trying to protect critical Bitcoin infrastructure are turning to Chinese open-source AI instead. The Bitcoin Policy Institute just made it a formal policy demand.

Metaplanet CEO Simon Gerovich has moved to shut down speculation that the Japanese Bitcoin treasury company is selling its holdings after a $322 million transfer triggered alarm among crypto market watchers.

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.