Odaily News: According to market sources, Amazon Web Services (AWS) has announced a partnership with JPMorgan Chase to advance quantum computing research and development. (Jin Shi)

Odaily News: Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister stated that the agreement between Iran and Oman regarding arrangements for the Strait of Hormuz is nearing completion, with significant progress made by both sides. (Jin Shi)

Odaily reported that Strategy posted on X: "Our ambition is to become the world's largest company by market capitalization—holding the most capitalized Bitcoin (BTC), issuing the most powerful credit instrument (STRC), and creating the best equity asset (MSTR)."

Strategy stated that its strategic core includes three major directions:

Bitcoin reserves: Continuously accumulate BTC and treat Bitcoin as a long-term capital asset;

Credit instruments: Expand capital sources through preferred stocks such as STRC and other financial tools;

Equity value: Provide investors with Bitcoin exposure through MSTR stock and enhance shareholder value.

Strategy is currently one of the public companies holding the largest amount of Bitcoin globally. In recent years, the company has raised funds through issuing stocks, convertible bonds, and preferred shares, using the proceeds to purchase BTC, forming a cycle of "capital market financing—accumulating Bitcoin—enhancing company value."

Strategy founder Michael Saylor has long believed that Bitcoin is scarce capital in the digital age, and the company aims to position itself as a core platform connecting traditional capital markets with the Bitcoin economy by continuously expanding BTC reserves and innovating financial instruments.

Market observers believe that Strategy's goal is not merely to become a Bitcoin-holding company, but to establish a new corporate capital structure with Bitcoin as the underlying asset.

Odaily News Multi-strategy hedge funds Balyasny Asset Management and Verition Fund Management both posted losses last month, as the selloff in AI-related stocks rattled markets and weighed on numerous hedge funds. According to sources familiar with the matter, Balyasny fell 1.5% in July, trimming its cumulative return for the first seven months of the year to 1.2%. Another source said Verition declined 1.1%, bringing its year-to-date return to 4.5%. The sources requested anonymity as the performance data is confidential. Meanwhile, some hedge funds managed to profit from the market turmoil. Citadel's flagship fund Wellington rose 5.9% in July, benefiting from taking over positions in Situational Awareness. ExodusPoint Capital Management fell 0.9%, bringing its year-to-date gain to 3.5%. (Bloomberg

Odaily Planet Daily News Google's parent company Alphabet has announced a major leadership reshuffle in its artificial intelligence division. AI chief Demis Hassabis is stepping down from his main management role, while several Gemini model leads, including senior engineer Jeff Dean, have also left successively. This personnel change comes at a critical moment for Google DeepMind: the flagship version of its latest Gemini model, originally scheduled for release in June, has yet to be launched, raising concerns among investors and the industry that Google is falling behind its competitors Anthropic and OpenAI, both of which have poached one of Google's star AI employees this summer.

Hassabis will take on the newly created role of Chief Scientist at Alphabet and will transition from CEO of Google DeepMind to Chairman. The business unit's Chief Technology Officer, Koray Kavukcuoglu, will take over day-to-day management. He will serve as Senior Vice President of the business unit while continuing to hold the position of Chief AI Architect at Alphabet. (Jin Shi)

Odaily Odaily News: Google's chief scientist and DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis plans to step down from his role. Hassabis is one of the key figures in the field of artificial intelligence, co-founding DeepMind in 2010 and continuing to lead the team after its acquisition by Google in 2014. In recent years, he has driven DeepMind's development in areas such as foundation models, AI research, and scientific computing. Under his leadership, DeepMind has launched influential AI projects including AlphaGo and AlphaFold, becoming a core force in Google's AI strategy. Hassabis's departure may lead to structural adjustments in Google's AI business management. Google has not yet officially announced relevant arrangements, and the specific successor and subsequent responsibility allocation remain unclear. (Axios)

Odaily News Coinbase has released its Q2 2026 Solana validator operations report, stating that its Solana validator nodes outperform the network average in terms of yield, stability, and infrastructure distribution. Data shows that Coinbase currently stakes approximately 41.63 million SOL across 23 validator nodes, accounting for 9.72% of Solana's total staked supply, with nodes distributed across 7 countries, including the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, Japan, Singapore, and other regions. Key operational metrics are as follows:

Staking scale: 41.63 million SOL, representing 9.72% of total network staked supply;

Staking yield: Q2 2026 quarterly APY of 6.52%, higher than the network average of 6.38%, outperforming by 14 basis points;

Block skip rate: 0.035%, lower than the network average of 0.136%, approximately one-quarter of the network average.

Coinbase stated that its validator nodes employ a multi-client architecture, currently running four clients, including Harmonic, Jito, JitoBAM, and Firedancer. All solutions have been reviewed by the Solana Foundation and do not employ aggressive MEV timing strategies that could impact user experience. In terms of infrastructure, Coinbase has deployed its validator nodes across two independent bare-metal service providers, with off-site backups configured for each node to mitigate single points of failure. Additionally, the company stated that it has migrated its entire validator cluster to the DoubleZero network, achieving approximately 99.9% session availability.

Coinbase also revealed that it is preparing for Solana's Alpenglow consensus upgrade, expected to advance later in 2026, including running community test nodes, developing new consensus health monitoring tools, and completing related vote account upgrade verification.

Odaily News: Coinbase has announced that it will suspend trading for 6 non-USD trading pairs on August 6, 2026, as part of efforts to enhance overall market health and consolidate trading liquidity.

The adjustment involves the following trading pairs: LSETH-ETH, MINA-EUR, GRT-GBP, MASK-GBP, CHZ-USDT, and CRO-USDT.

Coinbase stated that this delisting only affects the relevant non-USD trading pairs, and users of Coinbase Advanced Trade in eligible regions can still trade these assets through the USD order book.

The exchange noted that regularly evaluating platform market performance is part of its operational process, and the adjustment aims to concentrate liquidity, enhance the trading experience, and improve order book depth.

In recent years, mainstream crypto trading platforms have continued to improve trading efficiency and reduce the impact of liquidity fragmentation by cutting low-liquidity trading pairs and optimizing market structure.

Odaily Planet Daily News According to insiders, a recent wave of sophisticated cyberattacks has targeted multiple large asset management institutions on Wall Street, with attackers attempting to infiltrate the companies' information systems. Several major global hedge funds have become targets of the attacks, including Two Sigma Investments, Citadel, and Point72 Asset Management. In addition, multiple private equity firms have also been attacked.

It is currently unclear who the attackers are, how the attacks were carried out, or whether sensitive data has been compromised. The insiders requested anonymity as the matter involves non-public information.

This incident has once again drawn market attention to cybersecurity risks facing financial institutions. As asset management companies increasingly rely on complex information systems, algorithmic trading, and cloud infrastructure, the financial industry is becoming a key focus for cyber attackers. (Bloomberg)

Odaily News: According to journalist Eleanor Terrett, U.S. Senate Majority Leader John Thune has filed a motion for cloture on a proposal to advance college sports-related legislation. This move is seen as an indication that a bipartisan consensus has yet to form around the CLARITY Act, which would establish a regulatory framework for the crypto industry.

Previously, the market had hoped that Congress would push the CLARITY Act forward, providing a clearer legal framework for issues such as digital asset market structure and the division of regulatory authority. However, the latest developments show that divisions remain within the Senate.

Analysts believe that if the two parties fail to reach an agreement on the CLARITY Act, the timeline for the bill's advancement could be further delayed. Nevertheless, supporters still argue that the bill is crucial for clarifying the boundaries of U.S. crypto asset regulation and reducing industry uncertainty.

Odaily News, according to Lookonchain monitoring, U.S. Bitcoin ETFs recorded a net inflow of 3,275 BTC today, with a 7-day net inflow of 5,565 BTC; Ethereum ETFs saw a net inflow of 23,222 ETH, with a 7-day net inflow of 4,953 ETH.