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the Brazilian Federal Police, in Operation Commodity, have cracked down on a drug trafficking gang that laundered money through cryptocurrency. Since 2021, the gang has smuggled over 6.5 tons of cocaine to Europe via the Port of Rio de Janeiro, hiding the drugs in shipments of coffee, cement, and mortar. The operation covered the states of São Paulo, Minas Gerais, Santa Catarina, and Espírito Santo. Police executed 13 preventive arrest warrants and 44 search and seizure warrants. The court ordered the seizure of assets and the freezing of up to 1 billion Brazilian reais, approximately $196 million. According to police, the gang is linked to the Primeiro Comando da Capital (PCC) and Comando Vermelho (CV), and laundered money through a luxury car dealership in the Greater São Paulo area and shell companies. The dealership in question sold vehicles such as Ferrari, Porsche, Corvette, and Land Rover. Those involved used shell companies to issue invoices lacking supporting documentation, funneling drug trafficking proceeds into the Brazilian financial system and using cryptocurrencies to conceal transactions. The suspects will face charges including transnational criminal organization, international drug trafficking, and money laundering.
Bitget 上线“加密合约 VS 股票合约”对抗赛，总奖池为 30,000 USDT，参与时间为 7 月 27 日 11:00 至 8 月 3 日 11:00（UTC+8）。前 3000 位报名用户完成任意合约交易量，即可获得 2 USDT 早鸟奖励。 用户可选择加入“加密合约战队”或“股票合约战队”，通过交易指定标的累计对应交易量；胜方与败方战队将分别瓜分 12,000 和 8,000 USDT 专属奖池，胜方冠军可享 2,000 USDT，败方冠军可享 1,500 USDT。此外，若每日累计合约交易量达标，还可额外获得 USDT 奖励。详情请参阅 Bitget 官方平台。
据官方公告，Upbit 将上线 GEOD 韩元、BTC 及 USDT 交易对。
According to the official announcement, Binance Alpha will be the first to list AEON (AEON) on July 27. Eligible users can claim the airdrop using Binance Alpha points on the Alpha event page after trading opens.
According to the official announcement, OKX will officially open AEON/USDT spot trading on July 27 at 11:00 UTC, with deposits opening at 03:00 UTC and withdrawals opening at 13:00 UTC. AEON is a crypto payment infrastructure project oriented towards AI agents and real-world business scenarios, integrating AI-native payment protocols such as x402, ERC-8004, and Google AP2, and supporting interoperability between on-chain assets and global offline merchant payment networks.
According to the research summary published by Rohan Paul, a large-scale study covering 207 GitHub projects and 1.02 million pull requests shows that introducing AI agent review can reduce code review time by 2.5 to 4.5 days/KLOC, but at the cost of declining review quality—in reviews involving AI, 78%~94% of PRs exhibit "review smells", higher than the 69%~76% in pure human reviews. The study points out that repeatedly assigning the same AI reviewer identity is the main reason leading to the decline in review diversity. Notably, projects that introduced LLM review extensively in the early stage did not achieve significant efficiency improvements.
Odaily reports: trade.xyz posted on X platform, stating that ChangXin Memory Technologies has been converted to the standard XYZ perpetual contract, supporting 10x leverage and enabling 7×24 trading throughout the year.
on July 27 that during an interview with crypto KOL Ansem, Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong stated that the crash of related Meme coins triggered by his change of X avatar was a complete misjudgment of the community's reaction. He described it as a "wake-up call" and said he will try to communicate expectations more clearly in the future.Previously, the Meme coin Brain attracted market attention because it adopted the native B20 token standard introduced by the Base chain's Beryl upgrade, and its token name was derived from Brian Armstrong. After Brian Armstrong briefly changed his X avatar to match the coin's icon, the community speculated, driving up trading activity.Later, when Brian Armstrong changed his X avatar again, Brain faced massive sell-offs and gradually collapsed to zero, sparking controversy within the community.
According to the official announcement, Bithumb will list the BANK/KRW trading pair.
OKX will list FWDI (Forward Industries), AEHR (Aehr Test Systems), and FLY (Firefly Aerospace) stock perpetual contracts between 17:00 and 17:30 on July 27.
Odaily GLC Research posted on X, stating that Hyperliquid’s “priority fees” mechanism has achieved great success, having cumulatively generated over $5 million in revenue to date.Based on the 14-day and 30-day average, the annualized buyback scale supported by this revenue has exceeded $30 million, accounting for approximately 7% of HYPE’s total revenue. Considering that “priority fees” are still in a very early stage, it is expected that this figure will continue to grow, with the annualized scale of this revenue projected to reach between $50 million and $100 million by the end of the year.
According to Cointelegraph, decentralized cloud storage provider Storj Labs has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of West Virginia. The company stated that during the restructuring, the network will maintain normal operations, customer service will not be affected, and parent company Inveniam will continue to provide support. Storj management plans to propose a mechanism allowing STORJ token holders to participate in the equity of the restructured company, but specific eligibility criteria, token snapshots or lock-up arrangements, and equity allocation ratios have not yet been disclosed; any plan must be approved by the court.
According to "Digital Assets", South Korean blockchain platform WEMIX released an official announcement on July 27, acknowledging a security incident involving its stablecoin WEMIX$ (WEMIX Dollar) smart contract. The incident occurred at 6:18 PM on July 26, when the owner permissions of the WEMIX$ smart contract were hijacked, resulting in approximately $6.25 million (approximately 87 million KRW) worth of WEMIX$ being abnormally minted and transferred to external addresses. WEMIX stated that it has identified the addresses suspected of being used in the attack and is conducting on-chain tracking, while collaborating with major exchanges and blockchain security agencies to monitor the flow of stolen assets, and will cooperate with law enforcement agencies if necessary.
South Korean trading company POSCO International and LG CNS are conducting a pilot program to deploy real-time trade receivables on the Injective blockchain, aiming to accelerate payment processes among its global subsidiaries. By placing receivables on a shared blockchain ledger, the two parties create a single, transferable record embedded with compliance rules, reducing reconciliation time between buyers, sellers, and banks. POSCO plans to advance this project into a live production environment after the pilot. The initiative involves blockchain applications such as trade finance, stablecoin-based funds transfer, and asset tokenization.
Bitwise Chief Investment Officer Matt Hougan stated that Bitcoin's increasing momentum, ETF demand, and institutional adoption may indicate early signs of a new crypto bull run, driven by factors including tokenization, stablecoins, and blockchain-based financial markets. Hougan pointed out that since July 1st, Bitcoin has risen by 9%, while the Nasdaq 100 has fallen by 6%. He noted that market sentiment and ETF flows have improved, but the market has not yet confirmed a bottom. Hougan believes the next crypto cycle will focus on the convergence of blockchain technology and traditional finance, encompassing stablecoins, tokenization, 24/7 trading, instant settlement, and the expansion of institutional DeFi to a trillion-dollar scale. Hougan views Hyperliquid and Robinhood as two paths for on-chain finance. He stated that nearly half of Hyperliquid's trading volume comes from traditional assets such as crude oil, silver, and the S&P 500. Robinhood launched Robinhood Chain on July 1st to support tokenized stocks and DeFi services.
Brian Armstrong posted on platform X, stating that the number of tradable assets on Coinbase Advanced far exceeds external perception, and users can now view its newly launched market dashboard.
As the 2026 midterm elections enter the final 100-day countdown, cryptocurrency advocacy group Stand With Crypto stated in a post on X on July 26 that nearly 70% of surveyed cryptocurrency holders believe a candidate's stance on crypto will influence their vote, and nearly 80% indicated they are almost certain to vote. Stand With Crypto noted that 73% of surveyed crypto holders are closely monitoring which crypto policies lawmakers support, while 59% do not have a fixed party affiliation. The organization stated that crypto supporters have contacted Congress over 1 million times regarding relevant legislation. Market attention is focused on the CLARITY Act, the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act of 2025. The bill aims to clarify the division of responsibilities between the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) in digital asset regulation, and will influence whether certain digital assets are classified as securities or commodities under federal oversight. Supporters of the bill argue that there is a limited time window to advance legislation before the election-year agenda tightens. Opponents contend that any new framework must maintain protections against fraud, market manipulation, and investor losses. The discussions involve issues such as exchange access, investment products, taxation, and the role of federal regulators in digital finance.
a US Senator has released a new draft of the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act (Clarity Act), merging two previously advanced versions from the Senate Banking Committee and the Senate Agriculture Committee, and for the first time, includes content related to ethics clauses. The ethics clause in the new draft proposes to prohibit senior government officials from sponsoring or issuing their personal cryptocurrencies. The bill has not yet been fully advanced, and it remains uncertain whether the key provisions will receive bipartisan support.
Odaily news "On-chain detective" ZachXBT posted in his personal channel, stating that Telegram continues to allow scam advertisements to be displayed to subscribers in his channel, impacting user experience and posing potential security risks.ZachXBT stated that if users are Telegram Premium members and wish to support upgrading his channel, they can help it reach the required level by using the channel's Boost function, thereby unlocking the ability to disable ads. Currently, the channel needs to reach Level 50 to enable the ad-disabling option.ZachXBT has long focused on scams, hacker attacks, and on-chain fund tracking within the crypto industry, and has repeatedly exposed incidents involving phishing attacks, fake projects, and fund theft.This time, he raised concerns about Telegram's advertising mechanism, arguing that the platform allowing scam advertisements to appear in crypto community channels may increase the risk of users encountering malicious links and fraudulent activities.
Ethereum staking protocol Lido stated on X platform that today's stETH Rebase has been completed as expected, and has compensated for the ETH rewards missed yesterday due to calculation deficiencies. The corresponding annual percentage rate (APR) is approximately 2.29%. Additionally, the protocol's oracle has been updated and passed audit. The new version will improve report processing speed and help locate the cause more quickly when similar issues arise in the future.Regarding the yield calculation anomaly that occurred yesterday, Lido stated that contributors are still conducting a root cause analysis. Further investigation details will be published on the official forum and social platforms. Throughout the entire incident, user funds were never at risk. Preliminary analysis suggests the issue may have stemmed from a specific edge case: the yield report from yesterday omitted a validator that was in a pending deposit status, causing some staking rewards to be excluded from the calculation.Lido stated that a complete post-mortem report will be released in the coming days to further explain the cause of the issue, remediation measures, and subsequent improvement plans.