Weekly highlights: Bitcoin breaks through $110,000 to a new high; Hong Kong passes stablecoin legislation; Trump hosts MEME dinner

  • Bitcoin Surge: Bitcoin breaks through $110,000, reaching a new all-time high, with analysts predicting further growth potential toward $160,000.
  • Hong Kong Stablecoin Law: Hong Kong passes stablecoin legislation, paving the way for Web3 innovation and potential inclusion of RMB-backed stablecoins.
  • Trump’s MEME Dinner: Former U.S. President Donald Trump hosts a high-profile crypto-themed dinner, with attendees including major holders like Sun Yuchen and varying ticket costs.
  • US Stablecoin Bill: The GENIUS Act passes Senate but faces further legislative hurdles, while Trump-linked stablecoins spark controversy.
  • Ethereum Rebound: Ethereum’s value rebound highlights ecosystem challenges, with the Pectra upgrade fueling optimism.
  • AI & Meme Trends: Labubu’s global hype as a cultural meme drives crypto interest, while AI projects like Sahara AI gain traction.
  • Web3 Developments:
    • Market maker transparency debates arise after the Movement incident.
    • Ethereum whale Abraxas Capital accumulates 270K ETH, leveraging DeFi strategies.
    • Bancor sues Uniswap, raising questions about open-source vs. commercial interests.
    • Sui’s leading DEX suffers a $260M oracle attack, reigniting centralization debates.
  • Key Updates:
    • Solana’s second phone, Seeker, launches with SKR token.
    • CME adds XRP futures.
    • Societe Generale plans the first bank-issued USD stablecoin on Ethereum.
    • Tether’s U.S. Treasury holdings surpass Germany’s at $111.4B.
    • BlackRock and Circle agree to restrict stablecoin issuance for four years.
    • Kraken to list 50+ tokenized stocks/ETFs.
Summary

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Macro perspective

The US GENIUS stablecoin bill passed the Senate vote, but still needs the green light from the House of Representatives and the President. The Trump family stablecoin has become a controversial issue

With the Senate passing the bill, what are the hurdles for the GENIUS Act to become a formal law? What legislative procedures need to be completed? What clauses are the focus of debate among lawmakers? PANews sorted out its core links.

Hong Kong's stablecoin legislation passed, JD.com and other technology companies are ready to go, and RMB stablecoin is expected to be included in the system

Hong Kong regulators have conducted certain supervision and testing on the operation plans of the three issuers in the stablecoin sandbox. Councillor Qiu Dagen expressed support for the establishment of stablecoins anchored to the Hong Kong dollar and the renminbi, strengthening Hong Kong as a digital bridge connecting the mainland and other countries, and advocating the government to issue licenses flexibly and speed up the approval process.

BTC enters a "step-by-step" upward trend, is $160,000 within reach?

Analyst Willy Woo predicts that BTC’s compound annual growth rate will stabilize at 8%.

Data interpretation of Ethereum after the surge and rebound: the ecological cold and hot faults behind the value reconstruction

After a long period of depression, the market hopes to prove that Ethereum is still a low-value asset through this rebound, and the Pectra upgrade seems to provide evidence for this narrative. PANews attempts to outline the current true state of Ethereum through a comprehensive interpretation of Ethereum data. An Ethereum that is undergoing value reconstruction is gradually emerging.

From two pizzas to $100,000 per coin, here are 27 key drivers of Bitcoin's 16-year rise

Let us review together, who pushed Bitcoin from a "pizza voucher" to the top of the global asset today?

AI and Meme

Labubu successfully "entered the US", and the MEME coin with the same name LABUBU was hyped again

From being sold out in seconds on domestic e-commerce platforms to queues all night long at overseas flagship stores, from being the center of street snaps to being swiped on social media, Labubu is evolving into a cross-border cultural meme that is spreading rapidly. Behind this global trend, not only does it accurately hit the deep desire of young people to release their personality and express their emotions, it has also become an alternative asset that the capital market is competing for attention. Not only is the traditional collection circle flocking to it, but even the crypto world is also blowing the Labubu trend.

From concept to application, review of 5 waves of AI track hype

Let’s review the five waves of AI development in WEB3 in recent years and find the best potential targets.

FBI raid, death threats... meme coin endorsement turns into a nightmare

Haliey Welch, an internet celebrity who became famous overnight, admitted that this experience made her "almost go to jail" and caused countless fans who trusted her to lose all their money.

Coinbase Venture: Overview of the full track and business model of on-chain AI

On-chain AI expands the crypto space to potentially billions of AI-powered participants.

Luxurious team + top VC, how should the star project Sahara AI interact?

From AI asset registration to Sahara Legends gamification quests.

PANews' account [MEME Daily] will select the hot memes of the day for readers to understand the track situation. Click here to view.

Seize the opportunity

Deep dive into Monsters: Luxury team + official support, Abstract ecosystem deterministic opportunities

Monsters is one of the few projects that has received official support from Abstract.

Supported by a16z and founded by the PayPal "gang", this article explains the new Bitcoin L2 Spark and its ecosystem

There is a preliminary consensus on multiple LRC20 tokens, and the early ecosystem already has a sense of BRC20.

Virtuals Genesis recent data analysis: The average return on new shares is 32 times, and the degree of oversubscription is strongly correlated with the return

Just focus on earning points, and aim for high-demand items.

Web3

Dragonfly, Wintermute and others discuss the Movement incident in detail: How to make market makers only make markets and not do evil?

I think for market makers, disclosing information is ultimately very beneficial. I think it will help normalize the market because it's all about creating norms.

Who is Abraxas Capital, the new Ethereum whale? It raised over 270,000 ETH in a single week, a "mysterious" big client of Tether

Recently, Abraxas Capital has become a focus of attention in this round of rebound due to its high-frequency on-chain operations and heavy Ethereum DeFi strategy. It is a London-based asset management company with an asset size of over US$3 billion. Its core investment platform Heka Funds mainly engages in stablecoin arbitrage and is one of Tether's largest institutional clients.

The algorithmic "tight ring": Kaito's game of thrones

Kaito may be making the criteria for judging content creation monotonous, binding creators into a system oriented towards "algorithms" and "scores".

A look at 17 Web3 games that will be discontinued in 2025: The decline of blockchain games is caused by financial difficulties and confidence crisis

Including games such as Nyan Heroes, Mystery Society, etc.

Bancor sues Uniswap for infringement: Is the free and open spirit of the crypto world gone?

Technology ownership, open source spirit and commercial interests collide in the on-chain world. Who will define the future of DeFi? Let us walk into this storm of code and court.

$260 million shocking loophole: Sui ecosystem leader DEX attacked by oracle, official "frozen transaction" caught in centralization controversy

The controversy over "centralized public chains" has started since the last cycle of Solana, and some community members have pointed out that "anti-censorship properties" are not the most important properties for current crypto investors. In a world where return rate is still the goal and core, perhaps "pulling the market" is justice.

From two pizzas to $100,000 per coin, here are 27 key drivers of Bitcoin's 16-year rise

Let us review together who pushed Bitcoin from a "pizza voucher" to the top of the global asset today.

7 details of Trump's Memecoin dinner: Sun Yuchen, the largest holder, spoke, some people bought tickets for only $1,200, and protests took place outside the venue

The $TRUMP dinner has attracted widespread attention in the crypto market. Although the guest list is mostly anonymous, seven details of this crypto political dinner can still be pieced together from public information and on-site reports. For example, the top 220 holders spent an average of $1.78 million each, with the lowest cost being only about $1,200.

A comprehensive review of the stablecoin ecosystem of 12 public chains: SUI has the fastest growth, and USDT TRON issuance exceeds Ethereum

As one of the most important forms of asset accumulation, stablecoins are not only an indicator of changes in asset flows, but also an important indicator of the market recognition of public chains. PANews analyzed the stablecoin data of the top 12 public chains, trying to outline a panoramic picture of the development of public chain stablecoins.

Key Information

Solana Mobile: The second phone, Seeker, will start shipping on August 4 and will launch the SKR token

CME now has XRP futures

Source: Societe Generale to launch world’s first bank-issued USD stablecoin on Ethereum

U.S. SEC Chairman reflects on crypto regulation: from "ostrich policy" to active adaptation, FinHub functions will be integrated

Cardano founder denies allegations of misappropriation of $600 million in ADA, promises to release audit report

Tether’s holdings of U.S. Treasuries surpass Germany’s at $111.4 billion

BlackRock and Circle’s cooperation agreement revealed: No stablecoins can be issued on their own in the next four years

CICC: The spillover effect of insufficient Japanese yen liquidity may accelerate the "triple kill" of US stocks, bonds and currencies

Kraken to offer over 50 tokenized stocks and ETFs, including Apple, Tesla, and Nvidia

Wall Street Journal: Several large U.S. banks discuss jointly issuing stablecoins

The "Trump Coin Dinner" will be held in the early morning of the 23rd Beijing time

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