AiCoin | 7.23 snapshot: tariff escalation, Iran conflict, shutdown risk

According to Bitcoin Magazine, Lightning Labs has released the Wavelength alpha version, a toolkit that provides developers and AI agents with an unmanaged Bitcoin payment API without the need to run nodes, manage channels, or obtain liquidity. Wavelength supports on chain Bitcoin, Lightning Network payments, and settlement layers similar to Ark, with standard BOLT 11 invoices used for each off chain payment. AI agents can call APIs through Model Context Protocol (MCP), hold balances, and pay for services such as API calls.

Analyst Tom Wan stated that the synergy between Meme coin and RWA proposed by Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev is becoming a reality. Currently, LONG(), Bankr, and other Launchpads have issued new tokens paired with Robinhood stock tokens. Over 50% of the stock token trading volume comes from Meme coin trading pairs, with LONG()'s AI token contributing the most. Nvidia and SPCX are the fastest-growing stock tokens, with Nvidia's market value approaching $5 million and the total value of tokenized stocks approaching $20 million.

[Cynthia Lummis: Ethical Provisions and Illicit Finance Regulations in the Clarity Act Still Require Discussion] According to CoinDesk, Senator Cynthia Lummis stated that the ethical provisions and illicit finance regulations in the Clarity Act still require further discussion. Lummis pointed out that allowing state attorneys general to bring criminal or private lawsuits against bound parties based on ethical provisions is a red line for Republican negotiators, and this clause will continue to be negotiated over the weekend. A group of Democratic senators has expressed opposition to the current version of the bill, stating that it fails to meet the conditions for their support. Lummis revealed that the ethical provisions apply to the president, members of Congress, senior federal judges, and their spouses. The bill requires at least 60 votes to advance, and the Senate will enter its summer recess on August 7, with the voting date yet to be determined.

According to Cointelegraph, BitGo has partnered with OTC Markets Group to provide tokenized securities trading and custody infrastructure for over 150 broker dealers using OTC Link ATS. Participants can use existing OTC and US stock electronic trading infrastructure for quoting, trading, and settlement, with BitGo Bank&Trust serving as the custodian and settlement conducted through Go Network.

White House technology policy chief Michael Kratsios accuses Darkside of training Kimi K3 through distillation of Anthropic's Fable, while US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says sanctions and inclusion on entity lists are under consideration. Michael Kratsios claimed that the Dark Side of the Moon built an internal platform to evade detection and used Nvidia GB300 servers, but did not disclose any evidence. Anthropic has accused the Dark Side of the Moon of interacting with Claude over 3.4 million times through hundreds of fake accounts. The dark side of the moon did not respond to the accusations, and the Chinese Embassy in the United States stated that the claims were completely unfounded. A unified plan has not yet been formed within the US government.