according to Reuters, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has launched Project Crypto initiative, aimed at modernizing securities regulations and enabling the U.S. financial markets to be blockchain-enabled.

 according to Arkham monitoring, FTX/Alameda has pledged $125 million worth of ETH and SOL. FTX cold wallet pledged $45 million worth of SOL last night, while Alameda's wallet address deposited $80 million worth of ETH into Figment.

according to on-chain analyst Ai Auntie (@ai_9684xtpa), 781,147 addresses participated in the minting of Ethereum's tenth anniversary commemorative NFT, spending a total of 153.7 ETH in Gas (approximately $584,000).

 software design giant FIGMA's US stock IPO continued to rise on the first day, now up more than 200%, at $99.6, with the initial public offering price at $33.

 according to Onchainlens monitoring, as Bitcoin fell below $115,000, the contract whale Aguila Trades' BTC (40x) long position has been completely liquidated, with all funds deposited in HyperLiquid (about $40 million) being completely lost, leaving only $86,000 in the wallet.

 the market shows SOL falling below $170, now trading at $169.99, with a 24-hour decline of 5.23%. The market is volatile, please manage risks.

according to OnchainLens monitoring, a whale address withdrew 749,990 LINK from Binance 50 minutes ago, worth $12.43 million.

according to Lookonchain monitoring, the whale starting with 0xCB92 shorted ETH with 20 times leverage three days ago, currently with a floating profit of 3.7 million US dollars.

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong revealed in a post on X platform that he had met Vitalik Buterin at the 2013 Bitcoin conference in San Jose, USA. At that time, Buterin was writing for the Bitcoin Magazine (his articles were great). A few months later, Armstrong invited him to visit Coinbase's first office in San Francisco, where he showed some cool things on his laptop. As a result, Armstrong decided to try to hire him and contacted Vitalik Buterin to see if he was interested in joining Coinbase. However, due to a series of reasons, including his inability to obtain a work visa in the United States, he was ultimately unable to do so and had to return to Canada. While staying in Canada, Vitalik Buterin created Ethereum, so in a way, the imperfect US immigration system contributed to the birth of Ethereum.

 according to the official announcement, Binance Alpha will be the first to launch OLAXBT(AIO) on August 2nd. Eligible users can go to the Alpha activity page to receive airdrops using Binance Alpha points after trading opens. More details will be announced soon.

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Ying Ying, chief analyst of the computer industry at CITIC Securities, recently stated that Hong Kong stable coins and digital RMB are not in a competitive relationship, but are building a "de-dollarization" payment network through "currency bridge + on-chain payment" synergy; RWA tokenization is not just asset financing, but will also reshape global asset pricing rules; With the issuance of the Hong Kong stable coin license, securities firms' IT transformation, virtual asset trading, and other areas will usher in deterministic opportunities. 

according to the on-chain analysis platform Lookonchain (@lookonchain), "Brother Pump" Huang Licheng reduced his long position in the PUMP token while in a loss state. The address still holds approximately 4.175 billion PUMP tokens (worth about $13.3 million) in long positions, with a current unrealized loss of about $4.47 million.

according to Arkham monitoring, BlackRock's Ethereum spot ETF ETHA has bought a total of $375 million worth of ETH this week. Currently, ETHA holds $11.32 billion worth of ETH, accounting for 2.46% of ETH's circulating supply.

the market shows BNB breaking through $800, currently reported at $800.1, with a 24-hour decline of 0.08%. The market is fluctuating greatly, please manage risks carefully.

 according to Lookonchain monitoring, the whale address starting with 8RwxXR, which had previously lost $125,000 on PUMP, spent another 17,542 SOL (approximately $3.16 million) two hours ago to purchase 1.06 billion PUMP at a price of 0.00297.

the market shows BTC breaking through $118,500, now trading at $118,512.48, with a 24-hour increase of 0.4%. The market fluctuates greatly, so please manage your risks.

the Hong Kong Monetary Authority responded to the Federal Reserve's interest rate decision, stating that the Federal Reserve's decision to maintain interest rates unchanged is in line with market expectations. Currently, the Hong Kong-US interest rate differential still makes carry trade attractive, hence keeping the Hong Kong dollar close to the 7.85 level. However, at the same time, there has been strong demand for Hong Kong dollar funds related to stocks recently, providing some support for the Hong Kong dollar. Depending on changes in the supply and demand of Hong Kong dollar funds in the future, as well as other uncertainties including the Federal Reserve's monetary policy and interest rate trends, the sentiment in the stock investment market, external financial markets, and global capital flows, the "weak-side exchange rate guarantee" may be triggered again.

 according to rockflow market data, Ethereum reserve concept stocks in the US stock market continued to rise in the night session, including:

according to the Stablecoin Regulations issued by the Hong Kong Monetary Authority, licensed stablecoin issuers are required to "ensure that stablecoins are not issued or offered in jurisdictions where trading is prohibited" and that "licensees should implement control measures to mitigate risks of remote customer identification processes and location masking during daily operations (such as using a Virtual Private Network, VPN)".