近1700名英国投资者在伦敦高等法院起诉币安及其创始人赵长鹏，索赔至少1.5亿英镑（约2亿美元），指控其自2019年底起向零售用户非法销售高风险杠杆加密衍生品。原告称因产品设计缺陷及缺乏适当风险披露而蒙受重大损失。本案为英国首起针对全球头部加密交易所的集体诉讼，直指其本地化合规缺口，可能影响Binance在英业务存续及用户资金安全预期。

Bitcoin Improvement Proposal BIP-110 would use a soft fork to invalidate large arbitrary data associated with protocols such as Ordinals and Runes, and would also disable some Taproot scripting features including OP_IF, affecting Miniscript wallets and certain legacy script types. Critics say that after activation, some wallets could still generate and receive to addresses based on now-banned scripts, even though the resulting BTC could become permanently unspendable. They also point to more than 1.7 million BTC held in pay-to-public-key (P2PK) outputs, arguing the proposal could introduce temporary freezes or theft risks under some conditions. The proposal is expected to force activation starting at block 961,632, projected for August 2026, while current miner and node support is described as thin.

Ford is recalling more than 741,000 SUVs and pickups, including 2018–2021 Expedition and Navigator, 2020–2021 Explorer and Aviator, and 2021 F-150 models, over a transmission defect that can allow a vehicle to roll away. The company has linked the issue to 24 reports of property damage and nine alleged injuries, including two reports involving emotional injuries. Dealers will install a software update and inspect and replace damaged transmission components at no cost, with interim owner letters expected to begin Aug. 3. Ford said a permanent repair is not expected to be available until April 2027.

Bloom Energy (BE) rose 13.97% to $345 in after-hours trading, bringing its gains to more than 24% on the day. The stock is up about 20.5% over the past month and roughly 269% year-to-date. The move followed partner Brookfield’s decision to raise its financing framework for AI infrastructure-related power projects from $5 billion to $25 billion, calling Bloom a key clean power provider for expanding AI compute.

The article says the Strait of Hormuz has been closed, disrupting flows that include 20% of global oil and natural gas, 30% of seaborne fertilizer trade, 30% of helium supply and transport linked to 10% of aluminum production. It says gasoline has risen more than 50% to around $4.50 a gallon and diesel is up more than 60%, while fertilizer and helium shortages could lift food prices and disrupt semiconductor production. The piece adds that U.S. CPI has climbed to 3.8% and wholesale prices are up 6%, with markets expecting the Federal Reserve may raise rates by year’s end.

Women are more likely than men to rely on Social Security for retirement income, but they receive about $4,800 less per year on average, according to research from the AARP Public Policy Institute. The report points to lower earnings and more time spent out of the workforce for caregiving as key drivers of the gap. Financial advisors say the disparity makes the timing and coordination of benefit-claiming decisions especially consequential for women.

Sydney home prices fell 1.2% month on month in June, while Melbourne declined 1% and Canberra slipped 0.6%. The national median price dropped 0.4% over the month, the biggest month-on-month fall since 2022. The faster declines are attributed to Labor’s tax changes and expectations of further interest rate rises weighing on buyer confidence, signalling a sharper cooling in Australia’s housing market.

DeFi suffered 88 hacks with known dollar amounts in Q2 2026, with total losses of $780.3 million through June 30. April accounted for $644.8 million, while May and June added a combined $135.4 million across dozens of incidents. Bridge-related hacks were tagged at $353.4 million, and DeFi protocol-targeted entries made up $735.8 million of the quarter’s total, according to DeFiLlama’s hacks tracker. The data suggest exploit pressure has shifted from isolated events to ongoing strain across multi-chain infrastructure such as bridges, oracles, frontends, signing systems, and contract logic.