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🏦 28 banks conducted a real test of tokenized payments through the BIS
The Bank for International Settlements (BIS), together with 28 of the world’s largest banks—including JPMorgan, Citi, and UBS—conducted a live experiment on cross-border settlements on a blockchain. Participants moved real money across borders using tokenized assets.
The pilot volume was $1 million. The test confirmed the technical feasibility of blockchain settlements between major financial institutions in real conditions, not in a test environment.
The experiment under the BIS initiative shows growing interest from trad

Meta is betting on personal AI agents — Zuckerberg promises billions of users
On the call to report Meta’s results for the second quarter of 2026, Mark Zuckerberg unveiled the company’s strategic priority: personal AI agents that can work in the user’s interest around the clock—in areas such as health, finance, relationships, and other fields. According to him, over the next five years, billions of people will be using such agents.
In addition to the consumer direction, Zuckerberg outlined a large corporate opportunity: Meta expects to monetize AI through agents, APIs, computing power, and int

⚖️ The US imposed sanctions on an Iranian company for Bitcoin payments
The US Treasury Department has imposed sanctions on the Iranian shipping company HormuzSafe and another Iranian insurer.
According to the Treasury, HormuzSafe accepted Bitcoin and other digital assets to bypass sanctions restrictions and generate revenue for the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (КСИР). This is one of the rare cases where the US’ official sanctions materials explicitly mention the use of cryptocurrency as a tool to evade restrictions.
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⚡US macro data
🔴Federal funds rate
• Current value: 3.75%
• Forecast: 3.75%
• Previous value: 3.75%
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The FCC Bans the Import of Foreign Humanoid Robots, Closing the Market to China
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) added foreign humanoid robots, quadruped machines, and connected power inverters to its list of prohibited devices, citing “unacceptable risks” to national security and critical infrastructure. The main target is primarily the Chinese company Unitree and other manufacturers, whose new models will now be unable to obtain permission to import and sell in the U.S.
Context: in 2025, Chinese robot manufacturers shipped 25 times more units of equipment than their U.S. comp

Microsoft will report: investors will assess returns on $190 billion in AI spending
Microsoft publishes quarterly results on Wednesday — the first major test of the payback from large-scale investments in artificial intelligence. The company has allocated about $190 billion to the development of AI infrastructure and products, and the market expects confirmation that these expenses translate into real growth in revenue and profit.
For investors, the key question is the dynamics of the cloud segment Azure, where AI services are embedded, and the monetization of Copilot in enterprise products. A

🔥 ARK is awaiting a wave of closures
ARK Invest said that the crypto industry has entered the deepest phase of consolidation in history.
📊 Hyperliquid and Pump.fun account for 67% of crypto app revenue, and with Ethena the share almost reaches 80%.
In the coming months, there may be significantly more closures, bankruptcies, and acquisitions.
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⚠️ Solana is at risk of falling further
Solana dropped below $74.60, and the risk of a fall to $70 has increased amid external pressure.
📊 A major network update increased Solana’s throughput by approximately 66%.
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The FSB has put Pavel Durov on an international wanted list on charges of facilitating terrorism.
If his guilt is proven, he could face life imprisonment in Russia.
The charges are linked to the fact that Telegram does not remove channels and bots used to prepare terrorist attacks, sabotage operations, and mass killings.
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₿ Bitcoin holds at $65,000 despite AI-stock selloff
BTC held near $65,000 while shares of Nvidia and other AI companies were falling sharply—this suggests Bitcoin is relatively independent of the tech sector.
The key event of the week will be the Federal Reserve meeting. According to analysts, its outcome will determine the next direction: either BTC finally breaks above, or it returns to the June lows.
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💵 Decrease in the dollar’s purchasing power
Since the founding of the Fed in 1913, the US dollar has lost 97% of its purchasing power. Savings of $10,000 since then would today allow you to buy goods worth only $290.
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🗽Trump: Iran wants to meet, and we will meet
▶ The possibility of reaching an agreement with Iran is real.
▶ Iran initiated the meeting through its representatives.
▶ Trump said there is enough time when asked about his patience regarding Iran.
▶ The talks with Iran are going well. We’ll watch how things develop.
▶ There is a high chance that something significant could happen during the negotiations with Iran.
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💰 TRON Era: How the blockchain giant is shaping the planet’s financial future
TRON has again confirmed its status as an absolute leader. The latest reports from CoinDesk and CryptoQuant for Q2 show impressive figures:
93% of all global stablecoin P2P transfers go through this network, and the total USDT market cap on the platform has exceeded $90 billion.
Thanks to innovations like GasFree technology and integration into the AI economy, TRON has become the world’s main settlement backbone, daily proving its exceptional reliability
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⚡️ Trump earned more in crypto than in the previous decades of his business
Despite refusing the presidential salary, Donald Trump’s fortune has grown rapidly thanks to crypto projects (World Liberty Financial), meme coins (TRUMP), the Trump Media media empire, and licensing his own brand.
According to an official filing, in just 2025 alone, the income of the presidential entities totaled more than $2.2 billion (about 91.3 billion UAH) 💰
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The Fed at its July 28–29 meeting may face pressure to raise rates
The Federal Open Market Committee meeting, which just a few weeks ago was seen as a foregone conclusion, is turning into one of the key events this year. Rising inflation has changed expectations: economists and traders now do not rule out that the regulator may move away from a wait-and-see stance.
Pressure on the Fed is mounting amid inflation data that complicates the case for a pause. Markets are recalibrating the probabilities of a rate hike, which directly affects borrowing costs, equity valuations, and bond market dynami

💰 Chainlink drew $7 billion following a wave of bridge hacks
In the second quarter, Chainlink recorded an inflow of more than $7 billion in tokens into its cross-chain infrastructure. The catalyst was a wave of $650 million bridge hacks—crypto projects began replacing outdated bridges with Chainlink solutions at scale.
At the same time, traditional financial companies are entering the tokenized assets market more actively, expanding the use of Chainlink infrastructure on both sides—in crypto and in TradFi.
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S&P 500 is close to a historical record valuation unseen since the US Civil War
The Dow Jones, S&P 500, and Nasdaq Composite indices have hit record highs amid the hype around artificial intelligence and a number of other factors. According to the outlet, the market is approaching a valuation level that has not been seen since periods close to the US Civil War.
Extremely high multiples have historically preceded long stretches of weak returns or corrections — a key risk for investors with a long-term horizon.
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💰 XRP Ledger attracted $2.6 billion in tokenized real-world assets in half a year
The total RWA volume on XRP Ledger reached $4.38 billion— the blockchain ranked second among all networks by inflow of tokenized real-world assets over the past six months. Tokenized energy has been the main driver of growth this year.
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🪙 World (WLD) attracted $52.5 million — tokens are locked for a year
Biometric startup World by Sam Altman has completed the sale of WLD tokens to institutional investors for $52.5 million. The key condition of the deal is a full lock-up of all acquired tokens for 12 months.
A one-year lock-up means institutional buyers will not be able to sell the tokens until this period expires — despite market volatility. This points to a long-term interest from major players in the decentralized digital identity segment, especially in the context of the growth of AI technologies.
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🛡 Cardano founder: the crypto market is not ready for the era of AI hacks
Key takeaways from a podcast with Charles Hoskinson, founder of Cardano.
• AI is accelerating the growth of vulnerabilities in software; the “ship faster” principle no longer works
• The crypto market needs wallet and cross-chain bridge insurance so users can recover funds after a hack
• Cardano is betting on ZK technologies (proof of data without disclosing it) and digital identity
• The biggest competitor to crypto today isn’t other blockchains, but corporations like Google and JPMorgan
• Ethereum risks losing its ind