消息人士:香港稳定币牌照审核将以邀请申请制进行
据财新报道,消息人士透露,此次稳定币发行商的牌照将不会以申请人自行下载表格、统一提交书面申请的方式进行,而是会以类似邀请申请制来安排。「在实际操作层面,负责监管发牌的香港金管局将与有意向的稳定币牌照申请人预先沟通,了解对方是否合乎基本申请资质,只有在预沟通中获得基本认可,才会由金管局发出申请表格。」(Foresight News)
据财新报道,消息人士透露,此次稳定币发行商的牌照将不会以申请人自行下载表格、统一提交书面申请的方式进行,而是会以类似邀请申请制来安排。「在实际操作层面,负责监管发牌的香港金管局将与有意向的稳定币牌照申请人预先沟通,了解对方是否合乎基本申请资质,只有在预沟通中获得基本认可,才会由金管局发出申请表格。」(Foresight News)
Odaily Planet Daily News: The AI proxy protocol Swarms disclosed in an article on X platform that its Discord account was hacked. The attacker deleted multiple channels and removed more than 300 community members. Currently, the team is actively working to restore the community and taking additional security measures to prevent such incidents from happening again.
Odaily Daily News: Memo project MAOMAO announced the launch of an airdrop activity, where users can participate by filling out a form to receive MAOMAO's early distribution tokens. According to the official introduction, airdrops do not require whitelists and are open to all users.
BlockBeats reported that on July 21st, US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick stated in an interview with CBS News last Sunday that August 1st is the deadline for countries to start paying tariffs to the United States, but emphasized that "countries can still continue negotiations with the United States after August 1st". Lutnik revealed that some small countries - Latin American countries, Caribbean countries, and many African countries - will be subject to a benchmark tariff of 10%. This statement may bring some relief to these countries, as Trump had previously hinted that their benchmark tax rates could exceed 10%. But he also said, "Larger economies have only two choices - either open their markets to the United States or pay fair tariffs
On July 21st, according to 4E observations, the cryptocurrency market has recently experienced multiple milestone developments, including stablecoins IPO、 On chain data and regulatory expectations are heating up comprehensively, and institutional participation and policy evolution are jointly driving the deepening transformation of the encryption industry. According to Tether's official announcement, the market value of USDT has exceeded 160 billion US dollars, setting a new historical high. CEO Paolo Ardoino stated that this is a "key node in the global financial liquidity restructuring". At the same time, the total holdings of Ethereum on chain contracts also exceeded $52 billion on July 20th, breaking historical records, and the on chain activity continued to rise. The cryptocurrency industry has also ushered in a new round of IPO frenzy. Bullish, an exchange and media giant, has submitted a prospectus to the US SEC for listing on the New York Stock Exchange. Bullish was founded by Block.one in collaboration with veteran Silicon Valley investor Peter Thiel, and its shareholder lineup includes the founder's fund Thiel Capital、 Alan Howard, Nomura Securities, etc. This action is seen as an important signal of further opening up of the US capital market to the cryptocurrency industry. At the policy level, the US House of Representatives has fully passed the CLARITY Act, GENIUS Act, and Anti CBDC Surveillance National Act, among which GENIUS Act is about to be signed into law by Trump. The White House will also release its first cryptocurrency policy report on July 22, with US Treasury Secretary Besson stating that "the US dollar is about to go live" and will strengthen the encrypted continuation of the US dollar as a global reserve currency.
According to BlockBeats news, on July 21st, according to on chain information, Abraxas Capital's spot hedging increased its position by 10 times in ETH and BTC short positions. Currently, it holds a total of $345 million worth of Bitcoin short positions and $291 million worth of Ethereum short positions. The address has incurred a cumulative loss of $82.64 million on Hyperliquid.