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The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) requires the prediction market platform Kalshi to continue operating its exchange, executing in accordance with normal business practices and the core principles of the Commodity Exchange Act. The CFTC previously determined that New York's attempt to prevent the platform's operation constitutes a market emergency.The CFTC stated that forcibly liquidating a Bitcoin price position that extends until the end of 2026 could trigger traders to simultaneously unwind Bitcoin and other asset positions, exposing arbitrageurs holding opposite positions to one-sided risk. The order also enumerates contracts such as federal funds rates, traffic in the Strait of Hormuz, and the timing of economic recessions. A ruling signed by Judge Vernon D. Oliver of the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut concluded that Kalshi's sports contracts do not constitute swaps; even if they were swaps, federal law would not take precedence over Connecticut's gambling regulations.

According to Caixin's disclosure, Tencent, Zhenge Fund, Sequoia China, and other major shareholders of Manus previously repurchased Manus shares from Meta for $2 billion. This $2 billion transaction price is close to the acquisition price announced by the American social media tech giant Meta in December 2025. Benchmark was the largest shareholder before the acquisition but will not participate in this repurchase of Manus. Benchmark's previous shares will be acquired by Tencent, which will become Manus's largest shareholder. Currently, Manus is operating normally.Yesterday, Manus announced that it will soon resume independent operations. To complete this transition and meet regulatory requirements in some jurisdictions, affected users must complete data backups by 7:59 AM Singapore time on August 23 and begin data recovery from 8:00 AM on August 25 to ensure normal usage thereafter. Manus also stated that it is preparing a series of new features to further expand the capabilities of general AI entities and expressed optimism about the development prospects after the company resumes independent operations.

Manus announced that the company will soon resume independent operations. To complete this transition and meet regulatory requirements in certain jurisdictions, affected users must back up their data by 7:59 AM Singapore time on August 23, and data recovery will begin at 8:00 AM on August 25 to ensure normal usage thereafter.Manus stated that affected users will be notified via email and in-app notifications; users who registered with an Apple ID or Facebook account should pay attention to in-app notifications. Affected users can perform multiple backups before August 23 and can continue to create data after the first backup, followed by re-executing the backup. Starting at 8:00 AM on August 25, the data recovery portal will officially open, and users can continue using their previous data after completing the recovery. During the transition period, affected users will incur no charges, and Manus will also provide rewards.For users not affected by this adjustment, no action is required, and they can continue to use Manus normally; the system will also confirm via in-app notifications that their accounts are unaffected. Manus understands that this adjustment may cause inconvenience to affected users and has provided detailed operational guidelines in the help center, while the customer service team will offer 24/7 support.Manus stated that it is preparing a series of new features aimed at further expanding the capabilities of general AI entities and expressed optimism about the company's development prospects after resuming independent operations.

KuCoin announced that it has obtained ISO 22301:2019 Business Continuity Management System (BCMS) certification, further strengthening its global operational resilience and service continuity capabilities. As an internationally recognized business continuity management standard, ISO 22301 aims to help enterprises identify operational risks, improve business continuity mechanisms, and enhance the ability to maintain and restore critical services in the event of sudden interruptions.This certification, along with ISO/IEC 27001:2022 and SOC 2 Type II, constitutes the three pillars of the KuCoin trust framework, covering information security, operational reliability, and business continuity. The three international standards and certifications complement each other, reflecting KuCoin's ongoing commitment to improving global operations and security systems, ensuring the stable operation of critical services, and providing safe and reliable digital asset services to global users.

According to informed sources, Anthropic PBC has reached a deal worth $9.1 billion with cloud computing company Riot Platforms. This deal highlights Anthropic's efforts to meet customer demands and ensure access to sufficient computing resources.Recently, Riot disclosed that the company has signed a 20-year agreement with a business to provide 191 megawatts of computing capacity from its facility in Rockdale, Texas.

According to The Block, Keel Infrastructure Corp. (formerly Bitfarms) announced in its second-quarter financial report that it has shut down all of its Bitcoin mining operations in the United States in preparation for transforming its mining sites into AI and high-performance computing data centers.The company sold 1,085 BTC between April 1 and August 7, generating $75 million, and currently holds 1,861 BTC. Keel's CEO stated that power is a limiting factor, and the three priority sites are close to obtaining full permits, with multiple potential tenants in negotiations. The company has $819 million in liquid assets and unused power capacity for 2027.Keel's stock price fell over 11% on Monday, with second-quarter revenue of $300 million, a 50% year-over-year decline, turning from a profit of $110 million in last year's Q2 to a loss of $141 million.

The prediction market Trepa announced that the last playable round will take place on August 12, 2026, after which no new rounds will be opened. The referrals and continuous rewards that users have earned will be sent to the Trepa wallet on August 13. The application will remain online until September 30 for withdrawals, after which it will no longer be accessible. If there is a balance, please withdraw it to your own address through the app wallet before this date.Trepa started at the Bybit x DMCC hackathon in November 2024, initially as a Telegram mini-program based on TON, used for predicting public opinion poll results, and later underwent several hackathons, shifting towards macro events and short-term cryptocurrency price predictions.

The Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre (AUSTRAC) announced that it has suspended the virtual asset service provider (VASP) registration of digital asset ATM operator Cryptolink for a period of 3 months, effective from Sunday, during which its Bitcoin ATMs are not allowed to operate. AUSTRAC stated that Cryptolink failed to meet basic reporting requirements, particularly by not submitting transaction reports that meet the threshold and not responding to information requests.The agency noted that it continues to monitor Cryptolink's management of high-risk transactions processed through cryptocurrency ATMs. This action was taken following the executable commitment signed between Cryptolink and AUSTRAC in October 2025. Previously, the Cryptocurrency Taskforce found that it was suspected of late reporting of transactions and deficiencies in risk assessment, and AUSTRAC issued a penalty notice of $56,300 to it, which Cryptolink has paid. The company operates 96 ATMs in Australia, mostly located in major cities such as Sydney, Melbourne, and Brisbane.

According to official news, the global instant delivery track RWA project CCC (Courier Cycle Coin) completed a deep strategic signing ceremony for cross-shareholding with Binance's ALPHA zone Anome on August 5, 2026, achieving deep cooperation. At the same time, both parties jointly launched the three-party co-branded card pre-sale signing ceremony with the global Caishendao organization, completing the inaugural signing ceremony.It is reported that CCC integrates RWA and DeFi, puts the cash flow of electric vehicle rental business on-chain for rights confirmation, and realizes the same source of currency and stock through token dividends, driving business expansion and ecological market value growth with physical profits, thereby building a complete closed-loop operation system.

The mining pool Roughnecks, which supports the BIP-110 protocol, announced after a team meeting that it has decided to cease mining operations under the Roughnecks name and advised all miners using the current algorithm to pause mining on the BIP-110 chain until further notice. Roughnecks emphasized that this decision is not a failure of the BIP-110 movement, but a step towards the next journey, and thanked all supporters. The struggle will continue, but Roughnecks will no longer act as a pioneer.

The prediction market platform Kalshi announced the launch of the AI tool Blanket, aimed at helping small businesses hedge operational risks related to weather, energy prices, tariffs, elections, and more using event contracts.Blanket was developed by independent fintech entrepreneur Lauris Zminsky, based on Kalshi's CFTC-regulated prediction market operations, but it is not an internal product of Kalshi. The tool does not directly execute trades or handle funds, but instead analyzes the risks faced by businesses through AI and recommends Kalshi event contracts that can be used for hedging.

The Federal Reserve accepted a total of $1.429 billion from 6 counterparties in the fixed-rate reverse repurchase operation.

The Move-to-Earn application Step App officially announced its closure after four years of operation. The official statement indicated that the platform has achieved over 1 million downloads, tracked billions of steps, and facilitated the integration of Web2 and Web3 in the fitness sector.All services will cease before August 21, 2026. The team reminds users to unstake locked tokens and manage their exchange positions before this date.

Bitget recently signed a cooperation agreement with the Gelephu Mindfulness City Authority (GMCA) of Bhutan. According to the framework of the agreement, Bitget will establish a legal entity in Gelephu Mindfulness City (GMC) and prepare relevant financial service license applications under the regulatory framework of the Gelephu Financial Services Office (GFSO), while collaborating with GMCA on workflows related to operations, regulation, and ecosystem development. According to the plan, Bitget will also gradually establish offices locally and conduct local recruitment to support local talent development and long-term construction.As a special administrative region in southern Bhutan, GMC is being developed as the next-generation international financial and innovation center, with its virtual asset system governed by the Financial Services Act of 2025. Jigdrel Singay, a board member of the Gelephu Mindfulness City Board, pointed out that introducing partners like Bitget helps bring global expertise while promoting local capabilities and the broader financial ecosystem development.

The U.S. Department of the Treasury issued a joint statement outlining the discussions from the U.S.-UK Financial Regulatory Working Group meeting held on July 8 in London. The regulatory agencies from both sides expanded their collaboration in areas such as digital assets, stablecoins, payment modernization, AI, financial stability, capital markets, and cross-border financial cooperation. Participants included the finance departments of both countries, the Bank of England, the Federal Reserve, the UK's Financial Conduct Authority, and several U.S. financial regulatory agencies.The U.S. side introduced the implementation progress of the stablecoin GENIUS Act and the market structure for digital assets, while the UK side presented the digital strategy for wholesale financial markets. Both sides support comparable regulatory standards for stablecoins, including cross-border use, comparable treatment of similar risks, and that stablecoins used as currency should be backed by high-quality liquid assets at least on a one-to-one basis. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation has proposed implementation standards for the GENIUS Act, covering reserves, redemption, capital, liquidity, risk management, custody, and safekeeping.The Bank of England has released a draft rule for stablecoins that could achieve systemic scale in the UK economy, including a temporary issuance cap of £40 billion for each systemic stablecoin, unrestricted use by individuals and businesses, and reserve requirements. The Financial Regulatory Working Group is expected to hold another meeting in early 2027.

According to Jinshi reports, the Federal Reserve accepted a total of $1.65 billion from 2 counterparties in fixed-rate reverse repurchase operations.

Coinbase released its Solana validator node operation report for the second quarter of 2026, stating that its operated Solana validator nodes outperform the network average in terms of yield, stability, and infrastructure distribution.Data shows that Coinbase currently stakes approximately 41.63 million SOL through 23 validator nodes, accounting for 9.72% of the total staked amount on Solana, with nodes distributed across 7 countries, including the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, Japan, Singapore, and others.Key operational data is as follows: Staking scale: 41.63 million SOL, accounting for 9.72% of the total staked amount; staking yield: Q2 2026 APY is 6.52%, higher than the network average of 6.38%, leading by 14 basis points; block skip rate: 0.035%, lower than the network average of 0.136%, about one-fourth of the network average.Coinbase stated that its validator nodes adopt a multi-client architecture, currently running 4 clients including Harmonic, Jito, JitoBAM, and Firedancer. All solutions have been reviewed by the Solana Foundation, and aggressive MEV time strategies that may affect user experience are not used.In terms of infrastructure, Coinbase has deployed its validator nodes on two independent bare-metal service providers and configured off-site backups for each node to reduce single points of failure risk. At the same time, the company stated that it has migrated the entire validator node cluster to the DoubleZero network, achieving approximately 99.9% session availability.Coinbase also revealed that it is preparing for the Alpenglow consensus upgrade expected to be advanced by Solana later in 2026, including running community test nodes, developing new consensus health monitoring tools, and completing related voting account upgrade verification.

Bitget's licensed RWA issuance platform Reality announced a deepened cooperation with the American auditing firm The Network Firm. After the upgrade, The Network Firm will provide daily Proof of Reserve (PoR) audit reports for the rToken, a U.S. stock token issued by Reality, based on the attestation standards set by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA). The aim is to verify that each issued rToken corresponds to the stocks or ETF assets held in the custody account. The underlying stocks and ETFs continue to be held by the FINRA-registered and SIPC-protected U.S. brokerage firm Alpaca Securities LLC, forming an independent and transparent structure for issuance, verification, and custody.The rToken issued by Reality currently supports 634 tokenized stocks and ETFs and is deeply integrated with the Bitget ecosystem, allowing for core scenarios such as unified account margin and collateralized lending. Previous data showed that the assets under management (AUM) of Bitget's stock token rToken exceeded $100 million one month after its launch.

According to Cointelegraph, at the 13th U.S.-U.K. Financial Regulatory Working Group (FRWG) meeting held in London on July 8, both the U.S. and U.K. reaffirmed their commitment to strengthening financial regulatory cooperation and discussed topics such as stablecoin regulation, digital asset market structure, tokenization, and the U.K. wholesale financial market digitalization strategy.The joint statement indicated that the U.S. informed the U.K. about the implementation progress of the GENIUS Act and related work on digital asset market structure, expressing support for "responsible" digital asset innovation while emphasizing financial stability and international regulatory cooperation. On July 14, the "Transatlantic Taskforce on Future Markets" (TTMF) further released preliminary recommendations on stablecoins and a joint statement, laying the foundation for continued U.S.-U.K. leadership in the digital asset and capital markets sectors.