Iranian Foreign Minister: Sanctions Lifted, Partial Frozen Assets Released, Iran Launches Major Reconstruction and Development Plan

A White House economic policy reporter revealed that since Walsh took office as Federal Reserve Chair, Trump has called him multiple times, maintaining a rare line of communication between a U.S. president and the central bank chief. Nick Timiraos, known as the "Fed Whisperer," responded to the revelation: "The president’s calls to Walsh come in fits and starts—sometimes several times in a few days, then long stretches with no contact. Trump has sought Walsh’s input on a range of issues, including the Iran war and the economic impact of the rapid rise of artificial intelligence." Earlier, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent singled out Nick, noting that one key aspect of Walsh’s tenure as Fed Chair is observing so-called "stenographers in press clothing"—like The Wall Street Journal’s Nick Timiraos, previously dubbed the "Fed Whisperer"—who are reduced to reporting on behind-the-scenes Fed gossip, as they cannot produce genuine economic or monetary policy analysis without being fed information. (Source: Jin10)

Grayscale Investments has announced the rebalancing results for its multi-asset funds in Q2 2026, adjusting allocations across several of its crypto funds in line with respective index methodologies. The Grayscale DeFi Fund (DEFG) adjusted per the CoinDesk DeFi Select Index, selling Uniswap (UNI) and reallocating proceeds proportionally to existing fund components. As of the August 3 close, DEFG’s holdings stand at: UNI 34.16%, Ondo (ONDO) 25.44%, Aave (AAVE) 19.97%, Ethena (ENA) 12.19%, Curve (CRV) 4.42%, and Lido DAO (LDO) 3.82%. The Grayscale Smart Contract Fund (GSC) adjusted its portfolio per the CoinDesk Smart Contract Platform Select Capped Index, selling some existing assets and using proceeds to purchase BNB, making BNB the fund’s largest weighted asset. As of August 3, GSC’s holdings are: BNB 30.6%, Ethereum (ETH) 29.47%, Solana (SOL) 29.15%, Cardano (ADA) 4.88%, Hedera (HBAR) 2.08%, Avalanche (AVAX) 1.92%, and Sui (SUI) 1.9%. The Grayscale Decentralized AI Fund (AI Fund) sold NEAR Protocol (NEAR) and reallocated funds to other fund component assets. As of August 3, its holdings include: NEAR 31.35%, Bittensor (TAO) 29.15%, Render (RENDER) 21.59%, and Filecoin (FIL) 17.91%.

According to an official announcement, Binance’s US stock trading services will be temporarily unavailable to support a system upgrade for its partner broker program. During the upgrade period, users will not be able to submit stock trading orders. The system upgrade is scheduled from 18:50 to 22:00 on August 8, 2026 (GMT+8). The upgrade is arranged outside regular US stock trading hours; downtime is expected to fall within the above window, though it may be completed early or extended if additional work is required. Once the upgrade is finished, stock trading services will automatically resume. Users are advised to plan their trading activities accordingly based on the above timeline.

According to Farside data, U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs saw a total net inflow of $244.4 million yesterday. Among them, BlackRock’s IBIT recorded a net inflow of $196.8 million, ARKB $37.6 million, FBTC $11.3 million, BITB $10.6 million, and MSBT $2.8 million; HODL had a net outflow of $14.7 million, while all other ETFs had zero net flow. U.S. spot Ethereum ETFs posted a total net inflow of $60.8 million. Breakdown shows BlackRock’s ETHA attracted $50.3 million in net inflows, ETHB $4.9 million, FETH $2.9 million, ETHW $1.4 million, and TETH $1.3 million, with all remaining ETFs registering zero net flow.

Arthur Hayes(@CryptoHayes) just bought another 10.9M $ENA($985K). Over the past 5 days, he has bought a total of 22.64M $ENA($2M).

According to Lookonchain’s monitoring data, Arthur Hayes has purchased an additional 10.9 million Ethena tokens, worth approximately $985,000. Over the past five days, he has accumulated a total of 22.64 million Ethena tokens, with a total value of around $2 million.