白宫经济顾问凯文·哈塞特表示，如果美联储理事 Lisa Cook 因相关指控被解除职务，他不会接替其职位。凯文·哈塞特称，针对 Lisa Cook 的指控属于执法部门调查事项，并表示希望 Lisa Cook 是清白的。凯文·哈塞特表示，如果由其参与决策，倾向于维持当前利率水平或实施降息。凯文·哈塞特认为，美国通胀正在缓解，同时供应端增长动能仍然强劲，为更宽松的政策环境提供空间。

According to the Yomiuri Shimbun, the Japanese government is considering using Sakana Fugu for the command and control of the Self Defense Forces and has listed it as a candidate for domestic AI. Sakana acknowledges that the Fugu command model was previously trained on Alibaba Qwen and has now been retrained using Google Gemma 4 E2B, with plans to replace it with a Japanese made model in the future.

Onchain Lens detected that Ethereum Foundation transferred 566.27 ETH worth approximately $1.09 million from its donation wallet to an anonymous address; Transfer 2.62 ETH worth approximately $5000 to another associated address. （Onchain Lens）

BitMine increased its holdings of 7391 ETH last week, bringing its total holdings to 5.805238 million ETH as of August 9, 2026, accounting for 4.8% of the total supply of Ethereum. BitMine holds a total value of approximately $11.6 billion in cryptocurrency, cash, and other investment assets, including $104 million in cash and securities, 209 bitcoins, $180 million in Beast Industries equity assets, and $69 million in investment in Eightco Holdings (ORBS). BitMine has pledged an increase of 5.067309 million ETH, valued at approximately 9.8 billion US dollars, with an annualized staking income of approximately 257 million US dollars. BitMine repurchased 3 million shares of common stock during the same period, and has repurchased a total of 19.1 million shares since July 1st.

Mastercard has completed the acquisition of stablecoin infrastructure company BVNK for a transaction amount of $1.8 billion. Concentric's founding partner Kjartan Rist stated that Concentric invested in BVNK at a valuation of $4 million in 2019. During the acquisition process, Coinbase proposed a maximum offer of $2.5 billion, and Visa also participated in the competition. BVNK ultimately chose to reach a deal with Mastercard. Stripe previously acquired stablecoin infrastructure company Bridge for $1.1 billion. At present, the global market value of stablecoins is about 300 billion US dollars. BVNK provides stable currency payment and fund management infrastructure for enterprises.