New Zealand has completely banned cryptocurrency ATMs and set transfer limits as part of anti-money laundering reforms

On July 9th, Bedrock sent out a tweet stating, "Recently, there has been a notable amount of price volatility for BR on decentralized exchanges. In reaction to this, we have taken the initiative to disclose the wallet address of the project team in order to enhance transparency, enabling the community to monitor fund flows in real time. To provide further support for users trading in the PancakeSwap BR/USDT liquidity pool, we will launch the following plan: the PancakeSwap BR/USDT trading user special airdrop plan. During periods of intense price fluctuations, if users experience significant slippage or a price difference due to market volatility, they will be eligible for special airdrop compensation. The specific rules and the distribution plan for the airdrop will be announced and completed in the next few days."

On July 9th, according to Blockworks, the Monad Foundation has purchased the stablecoin infrastructure project Portal. The specific acquisition amount has not been disclosed yet. Portal will continue to operate as an independent entity while leveraging Monad's technology to serve its customers.

On July 9th, based on HTX market data, Ethereum witnessed a more than 3% rise within the past 24 hours and is currently trading at $2661.

On July 9th, the White House Trade Advisor Navarro declared that the Fed was supposed to lower interest rates in July. (Xinhua News)

On July 9th, as per The Block, Ripple announced on Wednesday that it has chosen BNY Mellon to hold the U.S. dollar cash and U.S. Treasury bond reserves for its stablecoin RLUSD. The circulation of RLUSD has exceeded $500 million. As one of the largest custodian banks in the United States with approximately $52 trillion in assets under management, BNY Mellon will safely custody the reserve assets for RLUSD and assist in liquidity management. This action is intended to ensure that RLUSD holders can redeem dollars on a 1:1 basis. The redemption mechanism complies with regulatory standards similar to those of traditional money market funds. BNY Mellon established a dedicated digital asset unit in 2021 and officially started providing services to institutional-grade crypto clients in 2022.

On July 9th, Bitget declared a strategic partnership with the stock tokenization platform xStock. It launched six tokenized stocks, namely TSLAx, NVDAx, MSTRx, SPYx, CRCLx, and AAPLx, on Bitget's Onchain for on-chain trading. This characteristic has accomplished the integration of the traditional stock market and the crypto ecosystem, enabling 24/7 real-time trading and instant settlement, thereby breaking the trading hour limitations and access barriers of the traditional stock market.