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According to Decrypt, Microsoft is silently pushing the new OneDrive Photos app to some Windows 11 users via Windows Update or OneDrive client updates. The app can automatically index local photo libraries, supports natural language AI search and optical character recognition, and includes an optional face grouping feature. Since face data is considered biometric information in some regions, this feature requires users to actively enable it. Notably, the app currently cannot be uninstalled separately; users who wish to remove it must fully uninstall OneDrive.
According to Decrypt, a report released by the Consumer Federation of America (CFA) shows that estimated losses from cryptocurrency fraud in the US in 2025 reached as high as $80.7 billion, approximately 7 times the amount actually reported to the FBI ($11.37 billion). Based on 2017 Bureau of Justice Statistics survey data, the CFA extrapolated unreported losses using a 7.1x multiplier. Investment fraud was the largest single category, with estimated losses reaching $61.4 billion, a year-on-year increase of 32%; losses were particularly severe for the group aged 60 and above, with losses from crypto fraud alone reaching $4.4 billion. Currently, US law enforcement agencies have taken multiple actions, including the FBI's "Operation Level Up" which has prevented approximately $500 million in losses, and the Department of Justice has also seized over $25 million in crypto assets involved in fraud.
According to Decrypt, the Myanmar military-backed parliament passed an anti-online fraud law on Tuesday. According to the draft published in May this year, using violence or illegal detention to force others to engage in online fraud, if it results in the death of victims, is punishable by death; those operating online fraud compounds or committing "digital currency fraud (cryptocurrency fraud)" face up to life imprisonment.
OdailyOdaily reports that the parliament controlled by Myanmar's military passed the "Anti-Online Scam Law" on Tuesday, allowing the death penalty for those who use violence or illegal detention to force others to engage in online fraud. A draft released in May showed that if the related abuse results in the death of the victim, the death penalty shall be imposed. The draft also stipulates that those who operate online scam centers or commit digital currency fraud can face a maximum sentence of life imprisonment, with sentences for coercion-related crimes ranging from 10 years to life imprisonment. Lower house lawmaker Aye Chan stated that the death penalty clause has been retained in the approved version, the important parts of the bill remain unchanged, and the full text has not yet been published. This bill is the first law passed by the new government of Min Aung Hlaing. The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) estimates that scam activities in East Asia, Southeast Asia, and Oceania caused losses of between $88.3 billion and $114.1 billion in 2025, and individuals from at least 80 countries were found in related scam compounds. (Decrypt)
据 Decrypt 报道，高盛董事长兼 CEO 大卫·所罗门公开表态支持加密货币市场结构法案（Clarity Act），称其有助于"建立公平竞争环境、提升市场稳定性并推动创新"。此举与摩根大通 CEO 杰米·戴蒙及多家银行业协会的立场明显相左——后者强烈反对法案中允许稳定币提供收益的条款，认为此举将吸走传统银行存款。 目前，参议院共和党人正在流传最新法案草案，新增了限制总统及其家人参与加密业务的伦理条款，但该限制将于 2029 年到期且不适用于特朗普之子，遭民主党批评力度不足。法案能否在八月休会前完成参议院投票，前景仍不明朗。
the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) released a report stating that decentralized criminal syndicates in Southeast Asia have reorganized into a single, interconnected criminal economy, operating based on shared fraud and money laundering infrastructure.The UNODC estimates that fraud crimes in East Asia, Southeast Asia, Australia, and New Zealand caused losses of between $88.3 billion and $114.1 billion in 2025, with a significant portion stemming from crypto investment scams and romance scams run from industrial parks, with related proceeds laundered on-chain. The report states that personnel from at least 80 countries have been identified within scam compounds, and the scam networks are recruiting individuals with proficiency in European and North American languages through advertisements. The report also points out that malicious advertising has increased by 42% year-over-year in 2025, and satellite internet enables criminal activities to operate in remote areas. (Decrypt)
According to Decrypt, Jack Dorsey's payment company Block has officially launched the open-source collaboration platform Buzz, built on the Nostr protocol, enabling employees and AI agents to collaborate within the same workspace. Buzz integrates team chat, code repositories, and automated workflows, where each user and AI agent possesses an independent encrypted identity, supporting mainstream model frameworks such as Claude Code, OpenAI Codex, and Block's self-developed goose, with the code released open-source under the Apache 2.0 license. Jack Dorsey stated that the platform aims to reduce the company's reliance on Slack and GitHub; the current version is 0.4.21, already supporting macOS, Windows, and Linux desktops, while the mobile version is still under development.
According to Decrypt, Galaxy Digital has officially launched the "Bitcoin Quantum Readiness Initiative," with three core pillars including: providing up to $5 million in post-quantum cryptography research grants to developers, publishing specialized research reports through Galaxy Research, and establishing a quantum advisory committee composed of scholars from multiple top universities. The initiative targets "Q-Day"—the critical moment when quantum computers utilize Shor's algorithm to crack Bitcoin's elliptic curve encryption, forge signatures, and steal wallet assets. Project Eleven predicts that quantum computers capable of cryptographic threats may emerge as early as 2030, at which point approximately 6.9 million BTC will face exposure risks. The Coinbase Quantum Advisory Committee has also called on developers to immediately initiate migration work. Meanwhile, Trump has signed an executive order setting the deadline for the U.S. federal government to complete post-quantum cryptography migration to December 2031.
According to Decrypt, Strategy Executive Chairman Michael Saylor recently published a long article titled "110 Reasons BIP 110 Is a Bad Idea," comprehensively opposing the Bitcoin BIP-110 soft fork proposal. BIP-110 aims to temporarily restrict non-financial data such as Ordinals and inscriptions from being on-chain by tightening consensus rules. Supporters (including developer Luke Dashjr and the Bitcoin Knots camp) characterize it as an "anti-spam transaction" measure. Saylor raised three core objections to this: • Precedent Risk: Bitcoin cannot identify data "intent"; blocking a type of usage via consensus means will set a dangerous template for future innovations targeting privacy tools, stablecoin settlements, etc., "The restriction period is about one year, but the precedent exists permanently" • Activation Mechanism Risks: BIP-110 lowers the miner signaling threshold from 95% to 55%, and removes the proposal natural expiration option. With the current signaling rate below 1%, inconsistent execution could lead to network split • Classification Controversy: Saylor believes "spam" is not a consensus-layer concept; dislike for a certain type of usage does not equal invalidity. "Bitcoin does not need guardians of purity, but guardians of neutrality" Saylor's stance aligns with Blockstream CEO Adam Back, Casa Co-founder
TxFlow L1 has announced the launch of its second Channel, Probly, the first prediction market application developed based on the TxFlow Improvement Protocol 3 (TIP3). Upon launch, Probly offers 172 live markets covering over 7,000 events, including continuous rolling markets with a minimum duration of 5 minutes, and supports on-chain settlement and TxFlow L1's shared financial infrastructure. Probly covers 15 categories including politics, sports, crypto, finance, and geopolitics, and provides prediction markets related to BTC, ETH, SOL, and XRP price movements for 5-minute, 15-minute, 1-hour, and 4-hour intervals. Users can access Probly via an email-based embedded wallet without needing to manage seed phrases, or by connecting compatible wallets such as MetaMask, Coinbase Wallet, Phantom, and Uniswap Wallet. Eligible settlement amounts will be automatically credited in USDC after the event is resolved, with no separate claim required. (Decrypt).
: The UK's HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has confirmed that depositing crypto assets into DeFi lending protocols and liquidity pools will no longer be treated as a taxable disposal, and capital gains tax will be deferred until the investor makes an actual economic disposal of the assets. Announced on Monday, this measure will take effect on April 6, 2027, and will amend the Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992. HMRC estimates that the measure will affect approximately 700,000 individuals and trustees using crypto loans and liquidity pools. Aave founder Stani Kulechov stated that this move is a "step in the right direction." (Decrypt).
According to Decrypt, OpenAI has released a new prompt engineering guide for the flagship model GPT-5.6 Sol, with the core concept being "Outcome-First Prompting"—clarifying goals and termination conditions and avoiding lengthy procedural instructions. Internal programming agent tests show that streamlined system prompts improved evaluation scores by approximately 10–15%, while reducing total token usage by 41–66% and costs by 33–67%. The guide also adds the text.verbosity API parameter to globally control output verbosity, as well as a new "Programmatic Tool Calls" section, supporting the handoff of intermediate tasks such as filtering and batch processing to code to reduce the model's judgment burden. Additionally, the guide warns that GPT-5.6 strictly follows prompt rules, and conflicting instructions within the prompt will consume significant inference tokens and may lead to erroneous output.
New Hampshire Governor Kelly Ayotte signed HB 639 into law last week. Known as The Blockchain Basic Laws, the bill provides protections for cryptocurrency innovation and usage within the state and allows for the establishment of a special blockchain dispute docket in the superior court. Last year, New Hampshire passed a strategic Bitcoin reserve bill, allowing the state treasurer to invest up to 5% of public funds in Bitcoin, as well as precious metals such as gold and silver. Additionally, the state's Executive Council last week rejected a proposal that would have allowed the New Hampshire Business Finance Authority to promote Bitcoin-backed municipal bonds. (Decrypt)
According to Decrypt, on-chain activity surged rapidly one week after Robinhood Chain went live. Data shows that the chain has cumulatively processed over 17 million transactions, with nearly 350,000 addresses, a total protocol value locked of approximately $250 million, and cumulative DEX trading volume exceeding $1 billion. Its single-day trading performance was also notable, with Wednesday trading volume reaching $568 million and Thursday exceeding $350 million; within 24 hours, transaction count exceeded 5.2 million, with approximately 213,000 active addresses.
According to Odaily, within a week of its launch, Robinhood Chain has processed over 17 million transactions, reached nearly 350,000 addresses, has a protocol TVL of approximately $250 million, and a DEX trading volume exceeding $1 billion. This Arbitrum-powered blockchain recorded a trading volume of $568 million on Wednesday and over $350 million on Thursday, with more than 5.2 million transactions in 24 hours and 213,000 active addresses.Data from DefiLlama shows that Robinhood Chain's 24-hour DEX trading volume is approximately $433 million, ranking fifth among all blockchains and surpassing Hyperliquid. Its TVL has risen to around $94 million within a week, with a stablecoin balance exceeding $260 million. The market cap of Cash Cat has surpassed $180 million, while Robinhood-themed tokens such as Dog In Hood, Hoodrat, and Robinhood Summer have seen gains of hundreds to thousands of percentage points. ARB has risen by 20%, as Robinhood Chain operates on the Arbitrum technology stack and returns 10% of its net protocol revenue to the Arbitrum ecosystem (Decrypt).
researchers from the Ethereum Foundation Protocol Security team said in a blog post on Thursday that they have deployed a series of AI agents to test the software relied upon by Ethereum, searching for vulnerabilities in encryption systems, protocol code, and smart contracts. The vulnerabilities discovered by the AI agents include a remotely triggerable panic issue in the libp2p gossipsub peer-to-peer layer used by Ethereum consensus clients. The issue has been fixed and disclosed on Github as CVE-2026-34219. Researchers stated that the AI agents are organized into specialized roles such as reconnaissance, search, patching, and verification, used to find potential attack paths, reproduce faults, and verify their applicability to production code. The Ethereum Foundation stated that AI has not replaced security researchers but has changed the way they work, enabling the team to cover far more scope than manual review. However, it requires researchers to exercise more careful judgment when evaluating a large number of seemingly credible conclusions. (Decrypt)
According to Decrypt, MoonPay officially launched the Telegram integration feature for MoonAgents on July 9, allowing users to engage in natural conversations with the AI assistant via Telegram to perform operations such as market analysis, creating dashboards, and preparing crypto transactions. According to Kevin Arifin, Head of Product for MoonPay Agents, this integration is an extension of the MoonAgents desktop application, aimed at meeting users' trading needs in mobile scenarios. It is worth noting that Telegram serves only as an interaction interface; users' private keys and data remain stored on local devices, so even if Telegram ceases service, users can continue to use full functionality via the desktop application.
Eli Lavon, an American citizen studying at an ultra-Orthodox yeshiva in Jerusalem, has been indicted in Israel on espionage-related charges. According to the indictment, Lavon faces two counts of contact with a foreign agent and 14 counts of transmitting information that could potentially aid the enemy.Prosecutors allege that Lavon was recruited via Telegram, photographed sensitive locations, and concealed items with coded messages for Iran-linked contacts. He received approximately $1,379 in cryptocurrency as payment from two contacts. Lavon's attorney, Raz Bar Tzvi, told CNN that being contacted by a foreign actor online does not make someone a spy and that the facts stated in the indictment are insufficient to support the charges. (Decrypt)
Polymarket, a crypto prediction market platform, has been accused of paying dozens of creators, mostly of college age, to film betting videos on pages closely resembling its website, with some videos also showing fabricated profits. A review of 1,105 videos posted by 10 creators since December found that approximately 70% contained betting content, and the roughly $1.9 million in wagers displayed were not real transactions. One video released in January showed college student George Makihara celebrating a $100,000 win from betting that Donald Trump would say "McDonald’s" that month. However, the footage was reportedly filmed two months early; Trump did not publicly utter the word in January of that year, and over 50 real accounts betting on the same event on Polymarket all incurred losses. Some creators entered trades on test pages, including the misspelled domain "poiymarket.com," which were allegedly built by Polymarket or used for engineering test environments. In 118 videos, creators displayed nearly $900,000 in fictitious gains, while these bets would have resulted in losses of over $166,000 based on actual outcomes. Creators received approximately $2,000 to $3,000 per month and were instructed not to disclose the collaboration arrangement. Polymarket stated it is committed to maintaining accurate, fair, and transparent markets and plans to conduct a comprehensive audit of promotional content. (Decrypt)
investment firm Bernstein has released a report indicating that the expanded 48-team 2026 FIFA World Cup, set to take place in North America, is expected to drive up to $10 billion in consumer transaction volume for sports betting and prediction markets, along with over $3 billion in incremental capital.Bernstein analysts pointed out that this World Cup could be a turning point for prediction markets and online sports betting platforms, accelerating the development of platforms like Kalshi and Polymarket. Robinhood is leveraging this opportunity to commercially launch its CFTC-licensed prediction market exchange, Rothera. Institutions such as Binance and Coinbase are also offering World Cup contracts through partnerships. Currently, on the Myriad platform, Spain and France have the highest odds of winning. (Decrypt)