This September, Taipei will transform into a global stage for financial technology and blockchain ecosystems, hosting three major international forums over six consecutive days — FinTechOn 2025 & AFA Summit, Blockchain Enthusiasts Annual Meeting (TBS), and Taipei Blockchain Week (TBW), covering three main themes: policy, technology, and community, connecting over 200 speakers from both domestic and international backgrounds, making it the largest scale ever.
During the event, the "Trendy Taipei" series of music and cultural activities will be combined, allowing participants to listen to trends during the day and stroll through the streets at night, immersing themselves in the city's rhythm where technology and art dance together.
First Leg: FinTech Leading the Charge: FinTechOn 2025 × AFA Summit (9/1–9/2)
Organized by the Taiwan FinTech Association and guided by the National Development Council, "FinTechOn 2025" collaborates with the Asian FinTech Alliance (AFA) and will take place on September 1.

As a global leading Crypto Assets exchange and Web3 AI pioneer, BingX today officially announced the results of the first phase of its TalentX Internship Program. This program is part of BingX's core human capital strategy, the Global TalentX Strategy, launched at the beginning of the year, with a clear objective: to cultivate internationally skilled talents with practical abilities from a strategic perspective, laying the talent foundation for the next generation of Decentralization technology and AI applications.
BingX is not just an exchange, but also a talent cultivation base.
Since its launch in February 2025, the TalentX program has received widespread response from the global market, accumulating over 1,000 applications from five continents and more than ten countries. After multiple rounds of screening and skill matching, more than 100 professionals have already been selected.

Scam techniques are constantly emerging, and major banks in Taiwan are also cooperating with the government to raise defenses against fraud. Recently, several major banks have successively lowered ATM withdrawal and online transfer limits, and even introduced facial recognition systems and latency mechanisms for fund transfers to help the public protect their wallets.
Preventing Fraud: Multiple Banks in Taiwan Update Withdrawal and Transfer Limits
In recent years, scams involving fake investments and online shopping have been rampant. According to the Ministry of the Interior's National Police Agency "Anti-Fraud Dashboard" statistics, in June of this year, scams caused losses of up to 8.91 billion NTD across Taiwan, with "fake investment" scams accounting for 4.58 billion NTD and over 3,000 cases being handled.
To ensure the safety of public funds and strengthen the government's anti-fraud policies, major banks across Taiwan have recently lowered withdrawal limits to prevent victims from being instructed by fraud groups to withdraw large amounts of cash.
Major Banks Limit New System Simplified Guide
Several banks have recently adjusted their withdrawal limits, including Taiwan.

The Taiwan Financial Supervisory Commission continues to strengthen anti-money laundering regulations for virtual asset operators. Recently, San Chuan Tong Zheng was fined NT$1.5 million due to multiple KYC and transaction monitoring deficiencies. In the past year, over six operators have been fined for similar violations, indicating that compliance has become a key focus for industry development. In the future, a more transparent and safe market environment will be promoted.

MicroStrategy has purchased another 21,021 Bitcoins, bringing its total holdings to 628,791 coins, with unrealized gains reaching 2.81 billion dollars. They plan to announce their second-quarter financial report on July 31, expecting to record 14.05 billion dollars in unrealized gains, which may boost the stock price. STRC preferred shares successfully raised funds for Bitcoin purchases, increasing market follow.

Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) reported impressive Q2 earnings, with both revenue and profit exceeding market expectations, leading the company to raise its full-year guidance. However, the market's already high expectations caused the stock price to drop by over 4% following the earnings release. Revenue for the second quarter reached $11.08 billion, a 17.3% year-over-year increase, slightly above the company's estimate of $11.04 billion. Earnings per share (EPS) were $7.19, higher than the expected $7.03, and significantly above last year's $4.88.
Netflix's Q2 earnings report is impressive, with a price-to-earnings ratio of about 40 times.
Netflix has raised its revenue forecast for the full year 2025 to between $44.8 billion and $45.2 billion, up from the previously estimated range of $43.5 billion to $44.5 billion. Netflix

Apple will close its retail store in Dalian, China on August 9 due to declining performance in the mall, marking its first store closure since entering China in 2008. Sales in the Greater China region have declined for six consecutive quarters, with intense market competition leading to decreased market share and dump volume. Nevertheless, Apple will continue to operate in Dalian and other regions.

The American Bitcoin company Twenty One Capital announced that it will acquire 5,800 Bitcoins from Tether, bringing its total holdings to over 43,500 coins, with an average cost of $87,280.37. The company has submitted a listing application to the SEC and plans to trade under the stock symbol "XXI" after the merger, with major shareholders including Tether and Bitfinex.

Generative AI significantly increases the speed of information output, but it also raises a neglected concern known as the "Verification Gap (Verification Gap)." From former Coinbase CTO Balaji to OpenAI co-founder Karpathy, and venture capital giant a16z, all warn: "The verification costs of AI outputs are becoming the biggest bottleneck and risk of the new era."
Balaji: The "verification cost" for AI users has become a real bottleneck.
Former Coinbase CTO Balaji pointed out in a post last month that the workflow of AI can be divided into two stages: "Input prompt (prompting)" and "Validate output.

The article discusses the future evolution of the US dollar stablecoin and the convergence of regulatory arbitrage, covering the impact of the passage of the stablecoin bill on operators, the structure and issues of the stablecoin penetration system, and an introduction to the IOSR solution.

Bitcoin has surged more than 27% this year; however, most encryption liquidity funds (Liquid Fund) not only failed to outperform the market but also faced significant losses and were forced to shut down. Joe McCann's Asymmetric fund lost ten million dollars in half a year, which is the best example, raising questions from the outside: "How can you even lose in a bull run?"
Analysis of Asymmetric Half-Year Loss of 80% Reason: High Leverage High Exposure
Recently, the case of the liquidity fund closing in the encryption industry that has caused a stir is none other than the Liquid Alpha Fund of the hedge fund company Asymmetric, owned by Joe McCann. This fund touted a "high volatility market strategy," yet has suffered a tragic loss of 80% from the beginning of the year to now and has quietly closed.
( Hedge fund loses millions, founder Joe McCa

The promotion of Lightning Network payments is going smoothly, and the earliest fork of the Bitcoin chain, "Bitcoin Cash," is also actively expanding its layout. Bitcoin Cash (, abbreviated as BCH), forked from Bitcoin in 2017. August 1, 2017, is the anniversary of the hard fork. Although Satoshi Nakamoto initially referred to Bitcoin as Peer to Peer Electronic Cash ( in the White Paper published in 2009, due to the high fees at that time, it may not have been suitable for use as cash in everyday shopping. The Bitcoin Cash community forked out, focusing on small payments for daily life applications. The Bitcoin Cash community has stores joining globally, and several businesses in southern Taiwan have started accepting Bitcoin Cash. Below is an introduction to the development history and overview of Bitcoin Cash.
The history of Bitcoin Cash
Bitcoin Cash at 2

XYZVerse (XYZ) is seen as a promising meme coin project that has attracted the attention of many investors. Its goal is to achieve a 50x rise after listing, and the response during the current presale phase has been enthusiastic, raising over $15 million. The Token combines sports and meme culture, emphasizing community orientation and providing rewards and collaboration opportunities for holders. As the presale progresses and with the potential for significant returns, XYZVerse is expected to become a market focus. However, investors should carefully consider the risks.

One of the largest online brokerages in the world, Interactive Brokers (, is considering launching a stablecoin aimed at achieving round-the-clock funding deposits and encryption asset transfers, potentially reshaping the immediacy and flexibility of the flow of funds between brokerages and users. This would be the latest case following several Financial Institutions entering the encryption field.
Interactive Brokers considers issuing a stablecoin: value is hard to determine, but participation should come first.
According to a report by Reuters, brokerage giant Interactive Brokers is actively assessing the feasibility of launching a stablecoin. Founder and Chairman Thomas Peterffy stated in an interview that the company is exploring how to provide 24-hour instant funding deposits and encryption asset transfer services for user accounts through a stablecoin, symbolizing traditional brokerages further expanding their technological layer to blockchain infrastructure:
Currently, we have not yet decided on the specific launch form of the stablecoin, apart from issuing it ourselves, it may also be.

"Wood Sister" Cathie Wood's ARK Invest sold shares of Coinbase, Robinhood, and Block on 7/21 and 7/24, and continued to sell these three stocks, as well as Palantir, at 7:28 PM Eastern Time on 7/28. They then purchased Ether ( ETH ) reserves in Bitmine, and leading AI chip companies NVIDIA ( and AMD ).
Continue to reduce positions in COIN, XYZ, and HOOD, while selling PLTR.
According to tracking data from Ark Invest Daily:
Coinbase (COIN): Sold 18,204 shares of ARKW, approximately 6.9 million USD.
Block (XYZ): ARK

Binance recently launched the yield product RWUSD, attempting to bring returns from real-world assets (RWA) into the platform ecosystem. Although this product does not have on-chain liquidity, it offers a 4.2% annual return rate linked to U.S. Treasury bonds and can be used as collateral for lending, making it one of the options for high-net-worth users seeking stable returns in a volatile market.
What is RWUSD? It is yield-linked to US Treasuries, but it is not a stablecoin.
RWUSD is not a new stablecoin, nor is it a tokenized asset representing ownership of a physical asset, but rather a "book-entry profit certificate" that exists solely within the Binance system. After subscribing with USDT or USDC, Binance will issue RWUSD to the user's spot account at a 1:1 ratio and calculate and distribute interest based on the user's daily holdings.
While held, RWUSD cannot be transferred or traded, cannot be withdrawn to an on-chain wallet, and cannot be

This week, investors remained cautious about the upcoming economic data and corporate earnings reports, with U.S. stocks slightly fluctuating to reach new highs. The crypto market fell overall by 2.12%, as the SEC delayed the approval of the Truth Social Bitcoin ETF and Grayscale Solana ETF, while only TRX rose by 13% due to Justin Sun's financing plan.

After the success of MicroStrategy, a Bitcoin asset reserve company, the largest altcoin ETH has also followed suit. Now this effect has extended to other altcoins, including BNB, SOL, SUI, HBAR, and ENA, which have all been listed through this channel. The financing amount reached 1.25 billion, and BNB, strongly supported by the CZ family office, has seen a single-day pump of over after the news became public.

Following the large-scale recall vote in Taiwan, the volume of immigration to Thailand has increased. Taiwanese people can choose from various types of visas based on their needs, such as work, investment, marriage, and retirement visas. Those holding encryption assets can conveniently withdraw funds at Binance Thailand, but they need to complete KYC verification. The platform offers instant withdrawal services, becoming a new choice for foreigners living long-term in Thailand.