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Iran said through the spokesperson for the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps that it would continue controlling the Strait of Hormuz until the enemy accepted all of Iran’s conditions and acknowledged defeat; the other side is focusing its efforts on reopening the strait, while Iran said the resistance would continue for a long time and defeating the enemy remained its unchanging strategy.

Emerging Asian central banks are stabilizing their currencies by bringing in foreign-exchange funds rather than drawing heavily on reserves: India issued dollar deposits to overseas nationals, attracting nearly $40 billion; South Korea encouraged companies to repatriate dollars, boosting the won; Indonesia used incentives for foreign investment in bonds to attract about $1.6 billion; and Taiwan prompted exporters to sell dollars when its local currency weakened. Analysts said that amid oil price volatility and rising U.S. interest rates, these measures combine capital inflows with intervention and rate hikes, diversifying currency-defense tools while preserving foreign-exchange reserves.

PANews reported on August 9, citing a Reuters/Ipsos poll referenced by Jin10 Data, that 61% of Americans support stricter regulation of social media applications. Among them, 71% of Democrats and 62% of Republicans support tighter regulation; additionally, 74% of Republicans and 69% of Democrats support age-verification rules for social media.

PANews reported on August 9 that Michael Saylor posted on X, stating that the BIP-110 branch currently has only about 0.15% of Bitcoin’s hash rate, has mined 2 blocks, and is more than 80 blocks behind the Bitcoin mainnet. At the current pace, the branch would need to mine another 2,015 blocks, or take about 25 years, before its first difficulty adjustment. He believes that anyone can fork Bitcoin, but without security, utility, capital, and users, a fork is meaningless; consensus must be earned, not declared.

VALR co-founder warns that if South Africa’s cross-border crypto draft is implemented, it will severely undermine the local industry, innovation, and investment, while pushing funds and trading toward offshore/underground markets. The draft allows individuals to transfer crypto assets abroad within their foreign exchange allowances, but prohibits companies from conducting cross-border transactions and classifies deposits into self-custodial wallets as unlicensed capital flows. Ehsani called for capital controls to be abolished or the rules to be rewritten in a technology-neutral manner while maintaining transparency.

Today’s Key News Highlights:
The EU plans to revise the MiCA framework, focusing on access rules for non-EU stablecoin issuers
U.S. Senate Majority Leader John Thune submitted a motion to end debate on the Clarity Act, with a vote scheduled for September 15
The TUT token surged sixfold in one day, with 24-hour spot and futures trading volume exceeding $3 billion
Binance Alpha will launch the DAPPOS (DOS) airdrop on August 10
Santiment: Bitcoin’s on-chain transaction volume has surged, with weekly new wallet creation reaching a 10-month high, potentially boosting the market
The Bitcoin BIP-110 proposal has triggered a node fork, with supporters splitting from the mainnet and currently trailing the main chain by 20 blocks
BitMart founder: We will not run away; an asset inventory and orderly wind-down are underway
AI fund Situational

According to PANews, the simplified Chinese Mac user guide on Apple’s official website previously mentioned “using Qwen with Apple Intelligence on Mac,” suggesting collaboration with Alibaba’s Qwen model. The page was deleted on the 9th and reverted to the previous version, “using ChatGPT with Apple Intelligence.” Apple customer service said it had not yet received official notification of the feature, and its rollout would still take time.

PANews reported on August 9 that AngelList founder and renowned investor Naval posted on X that open-source AI models will not threaten the profitability of frontier labs. The most valuable areas of the economy, including investing, product development, warfare, cybersecurity, and even scientific discovery, are inherently adversarial and competitive; participants must pay to win, otherwise someone else will be the winner.

KPMG’s Q2 2026 global AI survey shows that nearly half of executives have scaled back or postponed AI agent deployments because costs outweigh benefits; however, 79% view AI as their top investment priority, with average spending of approximately $188 million. The proportion incorporating AI into their daily work rose from 13% to 22%, indicating that adoption is gradually expanding.

The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission plans to conduct on-site and desk-based reviews of authorized crypto-asset service providers from the second half of 2026 through the first half of 2027, focusing on operational resilience, governance and control frameworks, key storage, private keys and access controls, while also covering transaction controls, monitoring, incident response, smart contract security and third-party risk management.

Moore Threads announced that its board of directors had approved a proposal to issue H-shares and list them on the Main Board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. The company plans to issue H-shares and list in Hong Kong at an opportune time during the validity period of the shareholders’ meeting resolution. The matter still requires review by the shareholders’ meeting, as well as regulatory filings and approval from government authorities. Specific details have yet to be determined, and implementation remains subject to significant uncertainty.

PANews, August 9 — According to CoinGlass data, total liquidations over the past hour amounted to $74.8935 million, including $58.2532 million in short liquidations. By token, TUT liquidations reached $34.9932 million, including $33.5307 million in short liquidations and $1.4625 million in long liquidations.

PANews, August 9 — Market data shows that after breaking above $0.25 to reach a new high, Tutorial (TUT) briefly fell below $0.13 and is currently up 325.8% over 24 hours.

PANews, August 9: According to an official announcement, Binance Alpha will launch the DAPPOS (DOS) airdrop on August 10. Eligible users can claim the airdrop using Binance Alpha Points on the Alpha activity page after trading opens. More details will be announced soon.

Bifrost stated that at 19:47 on August 8 (UTC+8), hackers stole approximately 881,150 DOT (about $720k) through a liquidity pool vulnerability, involving vDOT, vASTR/ASTR, and vMANTA/MANTA. Some of the funds flowed into HitBTC and were then transferred to Binance. Freeze and recovery requests have been submitted, all liquidity mining has been suspended, and a security review is underway. vDOT remains fully backed 1:1 and is unaffected; the vulnerability is limited to the affected shared custodial vaults and does not affect the underlying DOT reserves, minting, redemption, or staked assets.

According to Ai Auntie’s monitoring, an ancient whale that obtained 40k ETH through an ICO in 2015 transferred MKR after seven years. Between September 2018 and May 2019, it acquired 7,020.84 MKR at an average price of $828.92, worth approximately $5.81 million; after holding for more than seven years, it transferred 3,510.42 MKR (approximately $4.41 million) to a new address for the first time four hours ago, with an unrealized profit of approximately $40k. It has not sold.

According to News.bitcoin, prosecutors in Connecticut charged three St. Louis men with conspiring to break into a Connecticut home and force the transfer of bitcoin linked to a bitcoin theft worth hundreds of millions of dollars; all three face up to 20 years in prison. The suspects conducted surveillance, rented a car, and prepared air guns and walkie-talkies, but abandoned the plan out of concern that they would be exposed. Subsequently, a group in Florida continued with a similar plan, leading to carjacking and kidnapping.

Cointelegraph reports that BTCPay Server has temporarily restricted public remote connections to Lightning nodes running Lightning Network Daemon (LND) after an LND vulnerability was exploited to steal credentials and transfer funds, preventing external wallets such as Zeus from connecting through BTCPay Server domains. Lightning payments can still be made, and BTCPay says it will restore remote access once security is confirmed.