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According to Interfax, Sberbank, Russia's largest bank, plans to launch cryptocurrency trading infrastructure including a digital depository no later than December 1 as the country integrates crypto into its regulated financial system. The digital depository will record client cryptocurrency ownership and process most transactions outside the main blockchain. Russia's parliament completed final readings on a comprehensive crypto market regulation bill earlier this month, with the framework set t

According to the latest poll by Nikkei and TV Tokyo, Prime Minister Takagí Sanae's cabinet support has dropped 10 percentage points to 58%. This marks the first time her approval rating has fallen below 60% since she took office in October 2025.

According to South Korea's Financial Supervisory Service (FSC), domestic market return accounts (RIA) reached 313,594 as of late June 2026, with total balances hitting 2.656 trillion won. The accounts surged approximately 3.8-fold in account count and 6.4-fold in assets from end-March, reflecting heightened investor interest in tax incentives for redirecting overseas stock proceeds into domestic equities. The FSC emphasized that investors must complete overseas stock sales by July 31 to qualify

According to DefiLlama CEX transparency data, BitMart's on-chain public reserves dropped significantly from approximately $12 million on July 12 to about $2.31 million on July 26, just days before the exchange announced its closure. The remaining reserves are distributed across multiple blockchain networks: Ethereum holds approximately $815,000, Solana $660,000, Binance Smart Chain $362,000, Starknet $37,000, and Bitcoin roughly $17,000.

According to Bitcoin News, Fidelity Investments has called on the U.S. Senate to pass the Clarity Act, emphasizing that clear regulatory frameworks are necessary to build investor confidence and establish America's leadership position in the digital asset industry.

According to Odaily, Bitcoin network completed its 15th mining difficulty adjustment of 2026 at block height 959,616, lowering difficulty by approximately 0.74%. Since the beginning of the year, mining difficulty has declined from 14.647 quadrillion to 12.623 quadrillion, a decrease of 13.82%. Over the same period, Bitcoin price fell 26% from January 1, while hashprice (estimated daily revenue per PH/s) dropped from $37.39 to $32.21.

According to Odaily, ZachXBT, a crypto fraud researcher, accused Telegram of allowing scam advertisements to appear on his channel, posing security risks to subscribers. In a recent post, he called on the platform to remove restrictions on the ad-blocking feature. Currently, channels must reach Level 50 through Telegram's Boost feature to unlock the option to disable ads. ZachXBT has long tracked crypto scams, hacking incidents, and on-chain fund movements, and has repeatedly exposed phishing at

According to BlockBeats, on July 26, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated that the conflict between Israel and Iran will only end when Iran's current regime collapses or is substantially weakened enough to abandon its nuclear program. He emphasized that Iran's nuclear ambitions must cease "regardless of any agreement." Regarding his planned meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump, Netanyahu clarified that the primary purpose is to discuss and understand Trump's position on the Iran

According to Iran's Foreign Ministry, Ukraine's President Zelensky attacked an Iranian commercial vessel, resulting in the death of one sailor. Iran's foreign minister characterized the incident as a violation of the UN Charter carried out under Israel's direction, with the stated aim of dragging Europe into the conflict.

According to Jin10, on July 26, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated that the conflict with Iran will only end if the Iranian government collapses or is severely weakened to abandon its nuclear program. Netanyahu emphasized that Iran's nuclear activities must cease "regardless of any deal." Discussing his planned meeting with U.S. President Trump, Netanyahu said the focus is not on sharing new intelligence but on discussing Trump's views on the Iran issue. He also endorsed Trump's po

According to CoinMarketCap, tokenized products tracking SK Hynix ADRs reached a combined market cap of $65.9 million as of July 25 at 3 p.m. The largest offering is XStock's SKHYx, traded primarily on OKX exchange, with a market cap of approximately $49.9 million. Additional products include Binance-issued SKHYB with a market cap of $12 million. The surge in ADR-tracking tokens follows SK Hynix's Nasdaq listing on July 10.

According to CoinGlass, over the past 24 hours the cryptocurrency derivatives market saw approximately $90.86 million in liquidations involving 50,635 traders. Short liquidations totaled $49.36 million compared to $41.49 million in long liquidations. Binance led exchange liquidations with $41.60 million, followed by Hyperliquid ($17.57 million) and Bybit ($10.12 million). The largest single liquidation occurred on Hyperliquid's XYZ:BRENTOIL-USD contract at $9.35 million.

According to Iran's Energy Minister, 70 megawatts of solar power capacity came online last week, with approximately 100 megawatts of additional solar capacity set to begin operation this week. The Minister indicated the process of expanding renewable energy capacity will continue.

According to Lido's official statement, stETH Rebase completed as expected today with an annual percentage rate (APR) of approximately 2.29%, recovering ETH rewards missed yesterday due to a calculation error. The protocol has completed updates to its oracle system, which underwent audit, improving report processing speed and enabling faster issue identification in future cases. Lido attributed the error to a rare edge case: yesterday's reward report omitted a validator in pending deposit status

According to a July 26 X post by Michael Saylor, Strategy Inc. (Nasdaq: MSTR) holds 843,775 BTC purchased for $63.69 billion, with an average acquisition price of $75,653 per coin. Saylor shared the company's bitcoin acquisition chart with the remark, "We're gonna need another color," renewing speculation on whether the company plans another large purchase. During its latest reporting period, Strategy sold $263.5 million of stock but did not purchase bitcoin, bringing its cash reserve to $3.225

According to Mehr News Agency, Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi held a phone call with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov this afternoon to discuss the latest regional and international developments.

According to Crypto Briefing, Samsung announced at Galaxy Unpacked 2026 that Samsung Wallet will support native stablecoins, with USDC among the expected options. Samsung did not disclose which stablecoins will be supported, which blockchain will be used, who the custody partners will be, the launch date, or eligible markets. The announcement represents an expansion of Samsung's crypto integration following its July 2025 partnership with Coinbase, which allowed Galaxy users in the US to access c

According to Bloomberg, on July 25, Chinese AI company DeepSeek told potential investors that it has suspended its Series B round, citing co-founder Liang Wenfeng's dissatisfaction with media coverage of private conversations during the Series A financing process. The Series A, completed in June, raised $7 billion from investors including Tencent, CATL, and China's national AI fund. The Series B was originally planned to raise at least 10 billion yuan at a pre-money valuation of 480 billion yuan

According to OpenAI CEO Sam Altman on July 26, ChatGPT's new end-to-end workflow agent feature can complete complex multi-step tasks in a single prompt. Altman demonstrated the capability by submitting a long instruction to ChatGPT on mobile that requested the model to generate three eight-person weekend travel itineraries based on all past conversations, build a full-stack website for nine-person collaborative decision-making, automatically complete bookings upon consensus, and draft group emai

According to Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, controlled explosions will be conducted in the eastern area of Abbas Port on Monday (July 27) between 8:00 a.m. and 12:00 p.m. local time. The authorities stated that residents need not be concerned about the blasts.