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Pakistan requires active VASPs to submit NOC applications before September 5, marking a shift from establishing legal frameworks to implementing oversight of crypto assets. Pakistan has officially opened licensing for the crypto asset industry, requiring that virtual asset service providers (VASP) operating in the country must either participate in a new management process or exit the market. The move shifts the country’s virtual asset framework from the law-building stage to real-world implementation.
Post-Quantum Testbed for Tokenized Asset Transfers
Banks and regulators in three pilot regions for post-quantum cryptography infrastructure of asset tokenization, using the NIST ML-DSA-65 digital signature standard. Banks and financial regulators in Europe, the Middle East, and Asia are participating in a pilot program for post-quantum infrastructure for tokenized asset wallets and transfer activity on the blockchain, signaling that the financial industry is beginning to prepare in practice for the cryptographic risks that may arise as quantum computing technology advances.
Solana reduces slot time on the mainnet to 350 ms, kicking off a roadmap toward 200 ms to improve transaction confirmation and completion latency. Solana has deployed a mainnet upgrade, reducing the target slot time from 400 milliseconds (ms) to 350 ms. This is the first step in the technical roadmap to bring this metric down to 200 ms, thereby shortening transaction confirmation time and improving the blockchain network’s responsiveness.
Tether Withdraws From $120 Million Bitcoin Mining Project in Uruguay
Tether abandons a Bitcoin mining project worth about $120 million in Uruguay after an electricity dispute, disrupting plans to expand in South America. Tether has ended a Bitcoin mining project in Uruguay with total investment estimated at about $120 million following a prolonged dispute with state-owned power utility UTE, Reuters reported. The project had previously been seen by the world’s largest stablecoin issuer as a testing step before expanding mining operations into other South American markets.
Term Finance DeFi Lending Protocol Loses $8.5 Million Due to a Governance Vulnerability
A governance exploit caused Term Finance to lose $8.5 million, equivalent to 68% of the value locked in the protocol’s vaults. Term Finance, a protocol for decentralized financial lending (DeFi) with fixed interest rates on Ethereum, has become the target of a governance system hack that caused approximately $8.5 million in assets to be withdrawn from asset vaults. The incident once again shows that the risk not only lies in the core smart contract code, but can also arise from custom governance layers built around the protocol.
Washington Acts in Unison, Promoting Regulations for Crypto Assets
Trump calls for passage of the Clarity Act, the SEC proposes a capital-raising framework of $5-75 million, and the CFTC warns it will write its own regulations. The usual lull in Washington during August has disappeared this week. On Tuesday, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced a proposal to create the first set of rules specifically for crypto assets; on Wednesday, President Donald Trump met industry leaders at the White House; and on Thursday, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) held the first meeting of the Innovation Advisory Committee.
AI Lowers the Barrier to Attacks, Bitcoin Security Community Races to Patch Vulnerabilities
Bitcoin Red Team is a group of more than 20 developers that is scanning the entire Bitcoin ecosystem to counter vulnerabilities that AI may detect and exploit. AI is putting powerful cyber-attack capabilities into the hands of people with very little cybersecurity expertise, forcing developers in the cryptographic assets field to race to identify vulnerabilities before attackers publicly exploit them. One of the groups facing this challenge is the Bitcoin Red Team, established as an urgent effort to find AI-assisted security threats across the entire Bitcoin ecosystem.
Pew Research Study: 35% of Post-ChatGPT Web Content Is AI-Written
Pew Research scanned nearly 490,000 websites using an AI detection tool, finding that the share of AI-written content has surged, with the highest concentration on .com domains. AI-written content is everywhere—in the literal sense. According to a study by Pew Research Center released Thursday, for every 10 English-language websites, one shows significant signs of being written by AI. If the sample is narrowed to only pages published since ChatGPT launched in November 2022, the figure rises to 35%.
X is considering using a stablecoin, including Circle’s USDC, to pay copyright royalties to cross-border content creators. According to a CoinDesk report, X’s team is conducting consultations and reviewing multiple options to use stablecoins for royalty payments to content creators and influencers on the platform. One of the assets under consideration is Circle’s USDC, the stablecoin pegged to the US dollar that many financial institutions and technology companies use for digital payment transactions.
Binance, the world’s largest centralized crypto asset exchange by trading volume, has just announced Agent OS — infrastructure connecting AI agents to its trading ecosystem. Amid the wave of autonomous AI agents making their way into every corner of the digital economy, Binance has officially introduced Agent OS, a platform that allows developers to connect AI agents directly with trading tools, market data, and other services within the exchange’s ecosystem.
Securitize Brings Tokenized SECZ Shares to the Solana Credit Market
Tokenized SECZ stock is integrated into Loopscale, allowing investors to borrow stablecoins with a fixed interest rate without selling their shares. Securitize, a managed digital assets platform, has announced that the tokenized SECZ shares of the company have now been deployed on Loopscale’s on-chain credit markets on the Solana blockchain. This move enables eligible holders to use these shares as collateral to borrow stablecoins with a fixed interest rate, while continuing to maintain their SECZ holding position without having to sell the underlying shares.
Rapid7 discovers a large-scale phishing scam campaign, identifying 5,576 Binance accounts with a target match rate of 13.6% in Germany and many other countries. Cybersecurity firm Rapid7 has just discovered a new cryptocurrency asset scam campaign codenamed Operation Asterix, targeting around 885,000 phone numbers across multiple countries in order to steal investors’ crypto assets. According to a report released on Monday, the campaign identified 5,576 accounts corresponding to users of the Binance exchange to be put on a waiting list for attacks, while restored logs also show signs of fake Crypto.com emails.
South Korea Proposes Expanding Investigation Authority for Unregistered Crypto Asset Market Assets
A South Korean lawmaker, Eom Tae-young, together with nine colleagues, introduced a bill to grant the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) direct investigative authority after 23/25 transferred cases were halted. A group of South Korean lawmakers has introduced a bill to amend the Act on Reporting and Use of Specific Financial Transaction Information, aiming to expand the authority of the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) to investigate companies holding unregistered crypto assets. On Thursday, lawmakers led by Eom Tae-young of the People Power Party, along with nine other lawmakers, submitted the bill, proposing additional provisions that would allow any individual to report to the FIU suspected legal violations.
Bitcoin Surpasses 75,500 USD, Experts Warn the Uptrend Is “Too Soon”
Bitcoin rose 8.9% to 75,560 USD after a U.S. Treasury announcement to expand bond buybacks, leading to the liquidation of $2.75 billion in short positions. Bitcoin has surpassed the $75,000 mark, a price level the crypto asset market has not seen in more than three months. According to The Block’s Bitcoin price page, the world’s largest crypto asset has gained more than 8.9% in 24 hours and is currently trading at $75,560. The main driver behind this rally is a U.S. Treasury announcement that it will increase at least twofold the size of buyback operations to support liquidity for the group of Treasury securities that pay coupon interest with maturities ranging from 10 to 30 years, along with other supportive factors such as the SEC’s new proposal related to crypto assets and a meeting at the White House between President Donald Trump and industry leaders.
Shinhan Partners With Solana to Develop Tokenized Fund in South Korean Won
Shinhan Asset Management signs an MOU with the Solana Foundation, Etherfuse and Orca to test a tokenized KRW fund based on BlackRock’s BUIDL model. Shinhan Asset Management, one of South Korea’s largest financial institutions, announced on Friday that it had signed a four-party memorandum of understanding with the Solana Foundation, Etherfuse and Orca to roll out a pilot model for issuing and distributing a tokenized fund denominated in South Korean won (KRW).
The U.S. Charges 17 Iranian Hackers in the HBO Bitcoin Extortion Case
The U.S. Department of Justice indicts 17 members of the Mabna Institute, accusing them of stealing 31 terabytes of data and extorting HBO 6 million USD in Bitcoin. The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has just indicted 17 Iranian hackers accused of being members of the Iran-based Mabna Institute, related to a multi-year cyberattack campaign targeting hundreds of universities, businesses, and government agencies worldwide. Among notable cases were a 2017 breach of the HBO entertainment conglomerate’s system and an extortion plot against the company of about 6 million USD in Bitcoin. According to prosecutors, the Mabna Institute is accused of carrying out attacks at the request of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), along with other clients including various Iranian government agencies and universities.
Nearly 2,000 WordPress Sites Turned Into Malware-Distribution Infrastructure
The StopAndProtect campaign used compromised WordPress sites to spread malware, steal encrypted asset wallet files, and deploy ransomware. According to a report released Tuesday by cybersecurity company Check Point Research, nearly 2,000 compromised WordPress websites were used as infrastructure for a large-scale cybercrime campaign named StopAndProtect, for the purposes of distributing malware, stealing data, tracking victims, and deploying extortion malware (ransomware).
CFTC Chairman Ready to Unilaterally Issue Crypto Asset Regulations If Congress Delays
Michael Selig directs the CFTC to study a regulatory framework for crypto assets and prepare a contingency plan if the Clarity Act remains deadlocked in Congress. CFTC Chairman Michael S. Selig instructed the agency’s team to begin drafting regulations on the market structure for crypto assets, in order to prepare an action plan in the event that Congress does not pass the Clarity Act.
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