US Stock Futures Dive Further

According to Bitget's market data, Brent crude oil has surged 4% intraday, currently trading at $78.9, while WTI crude oil's gain has expanded to 4%, now at $74.3.

According to EmberCN’s monitoring, the ETH/BTC exchange rate has recently rebounded from 0.02524 to 0.02855. A crypto whale specializing in ETH/BTC pair trading converted 13,708 ETH (worth roughly $25 million) into 393.4 BTC half an hour ago to go short on ETH/BTC at the 0.02855 rate. The whale adopts a coin-margined trading strategy, planning to convert back to more ETH after the ETH/BTC rate falls. Over the past six months, it has accumulated a total of 6,475 ETH via multiple exchange rate trades, valued at approximately $11.78 million at current prices.

According to monitoring by SolanaFloor, a SpaceX-linked account suspected of being hacked posted and promoted a Robinhood Chain meme coin. Official X accounts for SpaceXAI and Starlink subsequently reposted the content. The token’s market cap surged to roughly $2 million before a rug pull occurred, leading its price to crash rapidly to zero.

According to Bitget's market data, South Korea's KOSPI index has extended its decline to 2%, SK Hynix has fallen nearly 7%, and Samsung Electronics has dropped more than 1%.

Japanese convenience store chain Lawson will launch a pilot program for JPYC (yen-pegged stablecoin) payments at its Tokyo Gateway City outlet in early August. The trial, run in partnership with digital asset wallet provider Hashport, marks Japan’s first experiment linking stablecoin payments to point-of-sale (POS) systems. By integrating with POS systems, purchase data including item quantities and payment timings can be synced to existing in-store management systems for administration. Lawson plans to verify the stability of the POS integration and actual payment processing time through this pilot, before deciding whether to roll out the system chain-wide.

According to local Thai media reports, Thailand will require individuals to verify the source of funds when depositing cash exceeding 5 million Thai baht (approximately $150,000). This measure expands the compliance obligations of commercial banks in cash networks, bulk currency exchange, precious metals trading, and suspicious stablecoin transactions, directly preventing regulated entities from facilitating systemic corruption or the shadow economy. Additionally, the Bank of Thailand and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) are conducting joint audits, focusing on Tether (USDT), to identify and block illicit fund flows. This crackdown also includes tightened oversight of precious metals trading, requiring banks to report suspicious patterns such as rapid digital purchases and same-day physical withdrawals to combat money laundering.