According to Cointelegraph, US District Judge Jessica Clarke has rejected the withdrawal request of Anton and James Peraire Bueno brothers, determining that their theft of $25 million in cryptocurrency by manipulating the Ethereum network MEV robot constitutes telecom fraud. This pair of MIT graduate brothers completed this unprecedented vulnerability exploitation in just 12 seconds, using a four step plan of "bait, block, search, and spread" and setting up 16 Ethereum validators to execute the plan. Although the brothers argued that their behavior complied with the system code rules, the judge believed that the government had fully charged them with behavior that met the standards of fraud. The case is currently in the pre-trial motion stage and is expected to be tried in October 2025.

BlockBeats News: On July 24th, EU diplomats strongly stated that if an agreement cannot be reached with the United States, they will support anti coercive measures. US Treasury Secretary Vincent responded by stating that if the EU wants to reduce tariffs by 30%, it must propose an "innovative financing arrangement" similar to Japan's. At present, the EU has not submitted a specific plan, and the progress of negotiations is limited, exacerbating market concerns about the escalation of transatlantic trade frictions. BitUnix analysts suggest: Under macro uncertainty, BTC oscillates around $119300, with a short-term long liquidation intensive area between $120800 and $121200, indicating strong potential pressure. The support around $117000 below is evident, and if it falls below, it may trigger a new wave of stop loss. It is recommended that short-term traders adopt a range strategy of $117000 to $121200, with high selling and low buying being the main focus. If it breaks above $121800, it may be seen as a short-term strong signal; On the contrary, if it falls short of $116500, it is recommended to take a wait-and-see approach to avoid liquidation risks. The overall perspective is still dominated by macro policies and trade patterns, and it is recommended to maintain flexibility and adaptability.

According to Onchain Lens monitoring, a certain whale has sold multiple Base ecological tokens in the past 48 hours, resulting in a cumulative loss of $5 million Selling 1.08 million VIRTUAL for 1.87 million USDC, resulting in a loss of 1.73 million USD (original purchase price of 3.59 million USD); Sell 5.75 million AIXBT for 951000 USDC, resulting in a loss of 1.7 million USD (original purchase price of 2.655 million USD); Selling 4.47 million GAMEs for 188000 USDC, resulting in a loss of 1.19 million USD (original purchase price of 1.375 million USD); Sell 38443.75 VVVs for 123000 USDC, resulting in a loss of 379000 USD (original purchase price of 502000 USD). Note: These tokens were purchased between December 2024 and January 2025.

According to Cointelegraph, Solana plans to make another major capacity increase through the SIMD-0286 proposal, proposing to raise the block limit from 60 million to 100 million CUs, with a growth rate of up to 66%.

The former crypto giant used to be a mainstay in the digital asset ecosystem till a CoinDesk expose in 2022 resulted in the downfall of Sam Bankman-Fried's empire.