According to CNN, Iran said on Monday that it will continue to cooperate with the United Nations nuclear watchdog "in accordance with existing procedures." This comes after Iran refuted claims by senior U.S. officials that Tehran had agreed to allow International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) inspectors back into the country.

Iran's official IRNA news agency quoted Foreign Ministry spokesman Baghaei as saying that Iran's interaction with the IAEA will proceed "in accordance with Iran's obligations under its Safeguards Agreement" and "consistent with the resolutions passed by parliament and the decisions of the Supreme National Security Council." Previously, U.S. Vice President Vance stated at a press conference in Switzerland that Iran had agreed to allow IAEA inspectors entry. (Jin Shi)

Odaily: U.S. Vice President Vance: (On Iran) Very satisfied with the progress we have made. Establishing mechanisms to ensure the Strait of Hormuz remains open. (Jin Shi)

OdailyOdaily reports that the Bank of England released its final policy statement and draft rules for systemic stablecoins on Monday, relaxing several previously proposed regulations. The central bank has canceled the original plan to impose caps on individual holdings, instead establishing a temporary issuance limit for each stablecoin, with an initial amount set at £400 billion (approximately $52.8 billion).

Additionally, the Bank of England will allow issuers to hold up to 70% of reserve assets in short-term UK government bonds, up from the previously proposed 60%, with the remainder required to be held in non-interest-bearing central bank deposits. Public consultation on the proposals will remain open until September 22, with the rules expected to be finalized by the end of 2026. Regulated stablecoins are anticipated to begin operations in the UK by 2027. (decrypt)

Odaily reported that on Monday, Canada unveiled a strategy to accelerate the construction of nuclear reactors nationwide, with officials aiming to expand electricity generation while leveraging the country's abundant high-grade uranium resources.

Officials stated that the goal is to build 10 new large-scale reactors in Canada, with at least two of them beginning construction before 2035. They also pledged to speed up regulatory approvals and establish a new financing framework by early next year, designed to attract capital from pension funds and sovereign wealth funds to kickstart the nuclear power expansion plan. (Jin10)

Odaily reported that Google (GOOG.O) shares fell on Monday after another prominent artificial intelligence leader left the company to join a competitor. Following the announcement over the weekend that Google DeepMind Vice President John Jumper would be leaving to join Anthropic, Alphabet's stock fell as much as 7.2%, marking its biggest intraday decline since February.

Just last week, Noam Shazeer, one of Google's most renowned researchers, announced his departure to join OpenAI. The decline in Alphabet's stock coincided with overall weakness in big tech stocks. Jumper, who won the 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his research contributions to artificial intelligence, was also a core member of Google's AI programming development team. (Jin Shi)

Odaily reports that according to DefiLlama data, Q2 2026 has become the most active quarter on record for crypto hacks, with 83 separate attack incidents, setting a new all-time high.

Despite the increased frequency of attacks, the total losses for the quarter were approximately $755.3 million, still lower than the $3.56 billion lost in Q4 2020. Of this, the $293 million attack on KelpDAO and the $280 million attack on Drift Protocol accounted for more than three-quarters of the quarter's total losses. Cross-chain bridges were the largest source of losses, with related attacks leading to approximately $351 million being stolen. Earlier this month, Humanity Protocol lost $36 million, Aztec Connect experienced two attacks on passive smart contracts, each losing about $2.1 million, and decentralized exchange Raydium suffered a $1.3 million attack in June. (financefeeds)

According to reports from multiple Japanese media outlets including JNN and Kyodo News, as the yen approaches its lowest level in 39 years, Japanese Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama held an online meeting with U.S. Treasury officials on the evening of the 22nd local time.

Sources said she may have exchanged views with U.S. Treasury Secretary Bessent, discussing trends in the foreign exchange market and the possibility of currency intervention. Earlier, the USD/JPY pair experienced a sharp intraday decline, sparking speculation that Japanese authorities had intervened. (Jin Shi)

Odaily reports that a contributor to the African crypto lending project Goldfinch has claimed that the project has seen tens of millions of dollars in loan defaults and has lost over $300 million in market value from its peak.

The project, which previously raised $25 million in a round led by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), has seen its GFI token price drop 99.8% from its all-time high of $32.94 on January 11, 2022, to below $0.07. One depositor stated that out of 8 borrowers, 2 have defaulted and 6 are in restructuring, with over $50 million in funds being mismanaged. Furthermore, loans including a $5 million loan to Tugende Kenya, a $20 million loan to Stratos, and a $10.15 million loan to Lend East have all experienced varying degrees of default or impairment, with cumulative losses exceeding $18 million. (protos)

Odaily reported that according to Gate data, WTI crude oil fell below $74 per barrel, dropping 4.22% intraday; Brent crude oil fell below $77 per barrel, dropping 3.91% intraday.

Odaily Planet Daily News As of press time, SanDisk's stock price rose 6.2% to $2,319.26, hitting a new all-time high, with a trading volume of 8.9 billion yuan, ranking third among all US stocks in trading volume, behind only Micron Technology and SpaceX, and surpassing companies such as Nvidia, Tesla, Intel, AMD, Google, and Microsoft. Micron Technology's trading volume was 21.386 billion yuan, ranking first, with its stock price rising 4.71% on the day; SpaceX's trading volume reached 9.534 billion yuan, ranking second, with its stock price falling 10.65%.

According to Lookonchain monitoring, SpaceX SPCX has declined, and a whale holding a long position in SPCX is currently facing an unrealized loss of nearly $2 million on this position.

Odaily reported that crypto bank Anchorage Digital launched a new infrastructure platform on Monday to help banks issue and manage tokenized deposits. The platform aims to assist financial institutions in leveraging blockchain technology to provide 24/7 payment and settlement services without the need to replace their existing core banking systems.

Anchorage Digital CEO Nathan McCauley stated that the product creates blockchain-based representations of customer deposits while keeping the underlying funds in the bank's traditional deposit accounts. Anchorage Digital is responsible for providing blockchain infrastructure, wallet management, and smart contract technology, while the banks continue to maintain customer relationships and custody deposits. This move aims to offer banks faster payment and settlement methods.

Currently, major banks including JPMorgan, Citibank, and Bank of America are planning to establish a shared tokenized deposit network by the first half of 2027. (coindesk)

Odaily News: According to CNBC, SpaceX (SPCX.O) has signed a computing power agreement with the US AI startup Reflection, with the transaction value reaching up to US$6.3 billion (Jin Shi).

Odaily reported that Greece rejected Binance's authorization application under the EU's Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) framework, possibly due to political pressure exerted by European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde.

Binance submitted its application to the Hellenic Capital Market Commission earlier in 2026, established a holding company locally, and had already passed key technical reviews. However, the application was swiftly overturned between June 7 and June 15, 2026. During a meeting in May, Lagarde told Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis that Europe does not welcome Binance. The reason is that Binance, as a dominant platform providing stablecoin liquidity, is considered by some policymakers to be large enough to potentially complicate the European Central Bank's push for the digital euro project.

With the Greek route blocked, Binance has shifted its focus to France in an effort to obtain a MiCA license. (crowdfundinsider)

Odaily Odaily reported that Bybit Alpha, Byreal has now listed $ARX and $MU for trading. ARX is the token of the Solana ecosystem AI infrastructure project, while MU corresponds to the on-chain asset of the popular AI storage stock Micron Technology.

Odaily Odaily reports that, according to MSX.COM data, SpaceX (SPCX.O) stock price fell for the third consecutive trading day, with its intraday decline expanding to 10%.