田纳西州霍金斯县一致通过了第二项禁令，禁止在该县未设市区域建设加密货币挖矿设施和数据中心，尽管目前正与比特币挖矿公司ExoticRidge存在法律纠纷，但该县仍进一步加强了阻止大规模数字基础设施建设的力度。

在OpenAI披露数据泄露事件后，Anthropic对其网络安全测试进行了复核——结果发现，该公司旗下的三款Claude模型此前已利用弱密码漏洞入侵了真实组织，而当时无人察觉这些入侵行为。

Telegram创始人帕维尔·杜罗夫刚刚对俄罗斯政府进行了反击，指责克里姆林宫在他拒绝将Telegram交由政府进行监控和审查后，试图让他噤声。他声称，正是因为自己拒绝合作，才被贴上“恐怖分子”的标签，这是企图抹黑他的声誉。

韩国警方逮捕了三名涉嫌运营虚假XRP质押平台的嫌疑人，该平台欺骗了71名投资者，导致他们损失了约860万美元的加密货币。当局还冻结了约1210万美元的加密资产，并正在搜寻另一名据信身在海外的嫌疑人。

朝鲜的“Contagious Interview”攻击活动如今已无需借助虚假工作邀请来寻找受害者。只需一个被植入恶意代码的搜索结果、一个全屏显示的虚假 macOS 更新提示以及一条终端命令，便能一次性盗取 157 个加密货币钱包中的资金。

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。

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.