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Odaily Planet Daily News: The European Union's Anti Money Laundering Authority (AMLA) has issued a warning to the cryptocurrency industry, requiring companies to comply with upcoming stricter regulatory requirements, including the ban on anonymous wallets and privacy coins. The new regulations require regulatory agencies to review the actual owners and shareholders of cryptocurrency service providers to ensure that they are not involved in money laundering or terrorist financing activities. Cryptocurrency companies also need to provide government agencies with direct, immediate, and unfiltered access to account data. These measures will be fully implemented before July 2027. Previously, France and the Netherlands had launched anti money laundering investigations into Binance, involving issues of terrorist financing and tax fraud. （Decrypt）

BlockBeats News: On July 17th, Flashblocks was launched on the Base network, increasing the network's base speed by 10 times. It is reported that Flashblocks have shortened the effective block time from 2 seconds to 200 milliseconds, making the Base network the fastest EVM chain currently available. This upgrade may prepare the infrastructure for the launch of the Base App. Previously, Coinbase announced the launch of the "everything app" - the "Base App" to replace Coinbase Wallet. The new application integrates wallet, transaction, and payment functions, as well as social media, instant messaging, and mini program support, all running on its independently developed Ethereum Layer 2 network Base.

According to Golden Finance, Russian lawmakers have voted to pass a digital ruble bill that sets a timetable for the launch of a central bank digital currency (CBDC). According to the Russian state news agency TASS, the Duma has passed a law on the "gradual introduction" of the digital ruble, which is scheduled to take effect on September 1, 2026.

According to BlockBeats, on July 17th, SharpLink Gaming (SBET) bought 20279 ETH (approximately 68.38 million) again through Coinbase Prime and Galaxy Digital in the past 4 hours, as monitored by on chain data analyst Yu Jin. Since early June, SharpLink Gaming has been reserving ETH through a micro strategy and has purchased a total of 321000 ETH. The average purchase price is about 2745 US dollars, and there is currently a floating profit of 204 million US dollars.

BlockBeats News: On July 17th, according to Farside Investors data, the net inflow/outflow of the REX Osprey SOL spot ETF was zero yesterday, with a cumulative net inflow of $73 million after listing.