Shield: The KiloEx Attacker Tagged Address has returned approximately 1.4 million USDT to KiloEx

Second-largest Ethereum treasury firm Sharplink, Inc. (SBET) announced it will stake $200 million worth of ETH via Lido—Ethereum’s largest liquid staking protocol—receiving wstETH tokens representing the staked ETH and its earnings, which will be held in custody at Anchorage Digital. This move continues the company’s efforts this year to make its ETH treasury more productive for shareholders, adding Lido to its existing staking and restaking strategies. Lido currently holds the majority share of all liquid-staked ETH, with roughly $165 billion in ETH staked on its protocol. wstETH has been integrated into over 100 protocols, with around $100 billion actively used as collateral. wstETH allows holders to utilize the token in Ethereum’s DeFi ecosystem while the underlying ETH continues accruing staking rewards. Sharplink CEO Joseph Chalom stated: “This is an exciting expansion that makes our ETH more productive, leveraging wstETH’s composability while maintaining institutional-grade risk standards. Joining the Lido staking protocol deepens the diversification of our treasury strategy and grants us access to one of the most liquid and widely integrated assets in Ethereum’s DeFi space.”

According to Iran’s Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB), a spokesperson for Iran’s Joint Military Command stated: "No vessel can safely transit the Strait of Hormuz without prior approval. Any ship passing through the strait must obtain Iran’s permission, and Iran has full control over the Strait of Hormuz. The Iranian military monitors U.S. movements in the region, and Trump’s claim about controlling the strait is a lie."

US-listed Ethereum treasury firm Bit Digital (BTBT) has released its Q2 2026 financial results: the company’s total revenue for the second quarter hit $32.1 million, up 15% quarter-over-quarter. Gross profit reached $18.6 million, with a gross margin of 57.9%. Net loss attributable to shareholders amounted to $107.2 million, narrowing from the prior quarter’s $146.7 million loss. As of June 30, 2026, Bit Digital held approximately 164,310.5 ETH, alongside $83.6 million in cash and cash equivalents.

According to Robinhood Markets, Inc.’s July 2026 operational data release, as of the end of July, the platform had 28.5 million funded users, an increase of roughly 1.77 million year-over-year. The platform’s total assets stood at $355 billion, up 19% year-over-year but down 4% month-over-month from June. July net deposits hit $5.6 billion, with an annualized growth rate of 18%. Nominal stock trading volume reached $333 billion, up 59% year-over-year; options contract volume was 324 million contracts, up 66% year-over-year; event contract volume came in at 6.1 billion contracts, surging approximately 20 times year-over-year. Cryptocurrency trading volume underperformed: July’s nominal crypto volume was only $10.9 billion, down 33% month-over-month and a sharp 62% year-over-year drop, with the Robinhood App’s crypto trading volume seeing an even steeper 74% year-over-year decline. On the interest assets side, margin balances totaled $20.7 billion, up 82% year-over-year; cash and deposit balances were $19.5 billion, up 34% year-over-year. Total securities lending revenue reached $40 million, down 34% year-over-year.

According to on-chain analyst Ai Yi (@ai_9684xtpa), a whale has deployed nearly $50 million in long positions, betting on a rebound in U.S. equities. Address 0xb37…a66ca is using TWAP (Time-Weighted Average Price) orders to go long on XYZ100 (Nasdaq 100 Index) with 20x leverage. The total position amounts to 1,006.8 XYZ100 units, with roughly $32 million in trades already filled. The entry price is $29,778, and the remaining portion is still being executed gradually.

Strategy founder Michael Saylor has published an article systematically elaborating on the "currency spectrum" concept for digital assets, categorizing digital assets into four tiers: Bitcoin as digital capital, STRC as digital credit, SR-strcUSX as digital currency, and USDT as digital currency substitute. On this spectrum, moving from left to right, volatility and return potential gradually decline, while stability and transaction utility rise progressively. Saylor defines Bitcoin as the ultimate store of value: highly volatile, high-energy, and a sound bearer asset. USDT, meanwhile, is the ultimate medium of exchange—stable and easy to transact. Digital credit and digital currency serve as bridges between capital and currency. Saylor further detailed the attributes of each tier: STRC, as digital credit, is semi-stable, offers high fixed yields, and has store-of-value features. SR-strcUSX, as a digital currency, combines the technology of digital currency substitutes and the economic characteristics of digital capital, integrating stability, yield, transaction utility, and store-of-value functions. In terms of ownership structure, Bitcoin is a bearer asset, while digital credit, digital currency, and digital currency substitutes are created and managed by digital financial firms, with their ownership layer being digital equity. Together, they form a complete digital financial stack. This framework extends Saylor’s long-standing strategic vision of building a "Bitcoin + digital financial tools" ecosystem, integrating various securitized products issued by Strategy into a unified theoretical narrative.