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Odaily News: Bitcoin's BIP-110 will enter the enforcement phase after block 961,632, where nodes will reject blocks that do not signal support. Monitoring page data shows that among the 1,674 blocks counted in the current cycle, only 41 blocks support BIP-110, putting the miner signal support rate at 2.45%. BIP-110, officially named "Reduced Data Temporary Softfork," plans to tighten certain data rules in Bitcoin transactions within approximately one year, restricting the size of certain data elements used by Ordinals inscriptions and multiple token protocols. The proposal is primarily distributed through Bitcoin Knots, and Bitcoin Core has not adopted it. Major mining pools such as Foundry, Antpool, F2pool, and Viabtc have not issued support signals. If BIP-110 nodes execute as planned, the network could see two transaction histories, with the majority of miners and Bitcoin Core users expected to continue using the existing rules. Australian Bitcoin exchange Hardblock stated that BIP-110 activation is expected around August 7-8 and may temporarily suspend buying, selling, deposits, and withdrawals. Lightning Network tools and analytics provider Amboss has warned of a fork risk in early August, and Australian Bitcoin exchange Bitaroo plans to freeze deposits and withdrawals as the mandatory signaling deadline approaches.
Odaily News Coinbase has released its Q2 2026 Solana validator operations report, stating that its 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 across 23 validator nodes, accounting for 9.72% of Solana's total staked supply, with nodes distributed across 7 countries, including the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, Japan, Singapore, and other regions. Key operational metrics are as follows:Staking scale: 41.63 million SOL, representing 9.72% of total network staked supply;Staking yield: Q2 2026 quarterly APY of 6.52%, higher than the network average of 6.38%, outperforming by 14 basis points;Block skip rate: 0.035%, lower than the network average of 0.136%, approximately one-quarter of the network average.Coinbase stated that its validator nodes employ a multi-client architecture, currently running four clients, including Harmonic, Jito, JitoBAM, and Firedancer. All solutions have been reviewed by the Solana Foundation and do not employ aggressive MEV timing strategies that could impact user experience. In terms of infrastructure, Coinbase has deployed its validator nodes across two independent bare-metal service providers, with off-site backups configured for each node to mitigate single points of failure. Additionally, the company stated that it has migrated its entire validator cluster to the DoubleZero network, achieving approximately 99.9% session availability.Coinbase also revealed that it is preparing for Solana's Alpenglow consensus upgrade, expected to advance later in 2026, including running community test nodes, developing new consensus health monitoring tools, and completing related vote account upgrade verification.
SolanaFloor stated that Solana's first block time reduction adjustment under the SIMD-0525 framework will go live on the testnet within two hours. This adjustment will reduce the target block time from 400 milliseconds to 350 milliseconds, marking the first step in a four-phase rollout towards a 200-millisecond target block time.
According to The Block, Cloudflare has announced the early launch program for programmable stablecoin wallets, designed specifically for AI agents to pay for APIs, data, and online content. The wallets are divided into two categories: Account Wallets for individuals and institutions to fund and control spending, and Virtual Wallets that operate via API keys, allowing AI agents to complete purchases autonomously. Users can set spending limits, authorized merchant lists, and per-transaction limits. The wallet will support the x402 protocol developed by Coinbase, enabling machine-to-machine micropayments without traditional accounts or subscriptions. Currently, users can claim wallet accounts in advance, with funding and payment functions going live soon.
据 The Block 报道，德克萨斯州州长 Greg Abbott 本周一下令要求公用事业委员会（PUCT）及电网运营商 ERCOT 对州内所有在队列中的数据中心项目展开审计，ERCOT 随即暂停了原定本月公布结果的"Batch Zero"大型用电审批流程。目前数据中心申请占 ERCOT 474GW 互联队列的约 90%。 Bernstein 分析师在周二发布的客户报告中指出，此次监管审查将抑制投机性开发、压缩新增电力容量供给，从而提升已获批电力容量的稀缺价值，利好现有比特币矿企及 AI 运营商。报告点名 Cipher Digital（CIFR）、CleanSpark（CLSK）及 Core Scientific（CORZ）受审计影响较大，因其近期扩张计划依赖德州电网接入；而 Terawulf（WULF）因电力资产分布于肯塔基、马里兰及纽约等多州，抗风险能力较强；Riot Platforms（RIOT）和 IREN 则因已在 ERCOT 拥有大规模获批运营资产而受益。
According to The Block, a Telegram spokesperson stated that Telegram has been relisted on the Apple App Store and will soon be open to all users again.
According to The Block, the JPMorgan analyst team (led by Managing Director Nikolaos Panigirtzoglou) released a report on July 30 stating that the probability of the "Clarity Act" (Crypto Market Structure Act) passing in the US Senate within the year has dropped to a historic low. The Kalshi prediction market shows a passing probability of only 37%, while Polymarket is even lower at 26%. Analysts pointed out that disagreements on core issues such as ethical provisions, enforcement standards, stablecoin yields, decentralized finance, and illicit finance remain unresolved. Voting is expected to be difficult to complete before the Senate summer recess, and may be postponed until after senators return in mid-September.
According to The Block, bipartisan Senators Thom Tillis (Republican) and Ruben Gallego (Democrat) submitted a new ethics compromise proposal to the White House on Thursday morning local time, attempting to break the deadlock in advancing the Clarity Act cryptocurrency legislation. Currently, there is less than a week left until the Senate recesses on August 7, but the bill still has not obtained the 60 votes required for passage. Democrats insist on adding stricter ethics provisions to constrain the Trump family's crypto interests, including the Meme coins they issued and the World Liberty Financial project in which the family participates, while some Republican senators have objections to the stablecoin interest provisions, worrying that it will divert deposits from traditional banks to the crypto sector. Although the draft leaked last week prohibited public officials and their spouses from issuing digital assets, it did not cover other family members, and included a "sunset clause" expiring in January 2029, which critics believe essentially nullifies the entire ethics provision. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent subsequently blamed the Democrats on X, stating that they "chose political gaming on the verge of a major victory". The Crypto Innovation Committee (CCI) warned that if the bill fails to pass, the US will hand over its global leadership position in the field of crypto regulation.
According to The Block, Aave founder Stani Kulechov announced on July 30, 2026, that Aave proposed to delist 50 low-adoption asset reserves and 21 expired Pendle PTs, and completely shut down six small deployments: Sonic, Scroll, zkSync, Metis, Soneium, and Aptos, involving a total of approximately $98.1 million in supplied assets and $15.6 million in outstanding debt. The proposal was drafted by risk service provider LlamaRisk and executed under Aave's new risk framework, aimed at streamlining operational overhead and reducing maintenance costs for oracle and liquidation infrastructure. Affected reserves will have new activities frozen and supply and borrow caps reduced, while reserve factors for deployments pending closure will be increased to 99% to encourage users to actively close positions.
According to The Block, following the launch of Pump.fun's new default launch mechanism BOOST, the platform's token graduation rate has significantly increased. Last Friday, the graduation rate reached 6.7%, approximately 8 times the average level in June; the average for the preceding four days also remained at 4.7%, higher than the 2.5% of the previous week. The BOOST mechanism targets the approximately 20% of migrated liquidity previously permanently locked in the PumpSwap pool, automatically executing market buys and burning the acquired tokens within the first five minutes after token migration, incentivizing traders to participate more actively in bidding for tokens before bonding by ensuring immediate buy pressure and supply burn. It is worth noting that BOOST only takes effect after a token completes bonding and does not directly increase the proportion of tokens reaching the bonding threshold.
According to The Block, SoFi's crypto trading revenue in the second quarter increased 10% quarter-over-quarter, reaching $134.3 million, with net income of approximately $1.2 million after deducting $133.1 million in transaction costs. Meanwhile, SoFi's stablecoin SoFiUSD has begun processing 24/7 business payments through its business banking platform Big Business Banking, and went live for retail users in May, supporting buying, selling, holding, and exchanging on Ethereum and Solana.
the token is issued by Anchorage Digital Bank, can be natively minted and redeemed on Celo, and can be directly used to pay on-chain gas fees via Celo's fee abstraction mechanism. USAT went live in January this year and currently has a market cap of approximately $185 million.
According to The Block, 44 state attorneys general led by Ohio Attorney General Andy Wilson jointly submitted a public comment letter to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), stating that the CFTC's proposed rules exceed the authority granted by the Commodity Exchange Act and requesting them to redraft new rules compliant with the Constitution. The letter emphasized that sports betting has historically fallen under state-level regulatory jurisdiction, and the federal government has never intervened. Meanwhile, the NFL also wrote to CFTC Chairman Michael Selig, requesting to curb the expansion of sports prediction markets, arguing that the current proposed rules are insufficient to protect the integrity of events. Currently, the legal battle between states and the CFTC continues to intensify: a Minnesota court ruled to suspend the enforcement of the state's prediction market ban, allowing Kalshi and Polymarket to continue operations; however, a New York federal judge again refused to block New York State from enforcing gambling laws against Kalshi, and Michigan and Washington states have also issued temporary injunctions restricting Kalshi from conducting sports event contract business locally.
According to The Block, Alex Svanevik, CEO of on-chain data platform Nansen, stated that AI trading agents are expected to surpass human traders within the next two years. To this end, Nansen is expanding its platform from on-chain data analysis to direct trade execution, aiming to achieve "all-asset on-chain trading via agents." He mentioned that the platform has launched relevant trading features, with cumulative trading volume exceeding $500 million.
SolanaFloor posted on X platform, stating that Solana plans to increase the mainnet block compute limit from 60 million CU to 100 million CU within less than 24 hours, an increase of about 66%. The relevant upgrade SIMD-0286 is expected to be activated at the start of Epoch 1009.
Singapore-based asset management firm Psalion has announced the launch of a $50 million fund targeting early-stage blockchain startups. Psalion stated it will support Pre-seed and Seed stage companies in the fields of infrastructure, real-world assets, stablecoins, DeFi, and trade finance. (The Block)
据 The Block 报道，美国国家橄榄球联盟（NFL）于 7 月 27 日向 CFTC 主席 Michael Selig 发函，回应 CFTC 近期发布的预测市场监管草案，要求在多个关键领域予以强化。NFL 在信中强调，保护比赛完整性是其首要优先事项，并呼吁 CFTC 收紧对易被操纵、依赖裁判自由裁量或结果可提前知晓的高风险合约的定义。 此外，NFL 还对 10 天预审批窗口期过短表示异议，要求明确内幕交易禁令，建立强制性"联盟专属禁止投注者"名单，并重申此前提出的禁止保证金交易、限制广告投放、设定 21 岁年龄门槛等消费者保护建议。
South Korean bank KB Kookmin Bank will launch a blockchain-based corporate cross-border payment service next month, integrating J.P. Morgan’s Kinexys blockchain payment network. This makes it the first financial institution in South Korea to utilize the Kinexys network for corporate import and export settlement services.According to reports, the service will be offered through KB Kookmin Bank's domestic branches in South Korea and its Singapore branch. Initially, it will prioritize supporting USD cross-border remittances, covering 10 countries including South Korea, the United States, Singapore, Saudi Arabia, India, Thailand, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, and South Africa. Kinexys is J.P. Morgan's blockchain business platform, providing institutional clients with programmable payments, asset tokenization, and near real-time settlement services. (The Block)
According to The Block, Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev's X account was hacked at approximately 17:24 UTC on July 23. Hackers posted claiming to launch "Vladhood ($VLAD)" as the "official mascot of Robinhood Chain," and attached a contract address. The Robinhood Chain blockchain explorer has labeled the token as a "potential scam," and the token has generated approximately 1,868 transactions since deployment. Robinhood officially confirmed later that the account was compromised, the relevant posts have been deleted, and the company is working with the X platform to restore account access.
MoonPay has announced that users in the United States can now use Discover Network cards to buy and sell cryptocurrencies. With this integration, Discover becomes the third major US bank card payment network supported by MoonPay, following Visa and Mastercard. Additionally, MoonPay also supports Apple Pay, Google Pay, PayPal, Venmo, bank transfers, and various regional payment channels. (The Block)