Michael Saylor has reduced his Bitcoin holdings three times within a week, selling a total of nearly 3,000 BTC.

Circle Releases Q2 2026 Financial Results: USDC Circulation Hits $73.3B, Up 19% YoY; On-Chain Volume Surges 151% Circle announced its Q2 2026 financial results, showing that as of the end of the second quarter, USDC’s circulating supply reached $73.3 billion, a 19% year-over-year (YoY) increase; USDC on-chain transaction volume for the quarter stood at $14.8 trillion, up 151% YoY. The company’s Q2 total revenue and reserve income amounted to $701 million, rising 7% YoY; adjusted EBITDA was $143 million, an 8% YoY growth; net profit from continuing operations reached $48 million, a YoY increase of $530 million. In business developments, Circle announced that the Arc public blockchain will launch its mainnet on September 16, with institutions including BlackRock, DTCC, Galaxy, Mastercard, Visa, and Standard Chartered serving as network validators. BlackRock plans to deploy its BUIDL fund on Arc, while DTCC will support the tokenization of DTC-custodied assets on the network. Additionally, Circle has obtained final approval from the U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) to establish Circle National Trust, a national trust bank, making it one of the first stablecoin issuers to secure a U.S. federal banking license. It also received approval from the New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) to set up Circle New York Trust. Circle Payments Network (CPN) saw its annualized transaction volume rise to $14.7 billion over the past 30 days, a 76% quarter-over-quarter (QoQ) increase, while the number of connected financial institutions grew to 175, up 29% QoQ.

Circle has announced the founding validator lineup for its open blockchain network Arc, confirming the public mainnet will launch on September 16, 2026. To date, Arc has onboarded over 100 ecosystem and institutional builders on its private mainnet. The initial founding validators include BlackRock, Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC), Galaxy, Global Payments, Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), Mastercard, MoneyGram, SBI Group, Standard Chartered, Sumitomo Corporation, and Visa. Circle stated that Arc is positioned to serve global financial markets, real-time fund flows, and on-chain financial applications, emphasizing a balance of openness, composability, and institutional-grade compliance and security standards. Additionally, BlackRock is expected to deploy its BUIDL Fund on Arc; Circle is also collaborating with DTCC to support the tokenization of assets held by the Depository Trust Company (DTC) on Arc starting in the second half of 2027.

The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has announced it is simplifying rules related to initial public offerings (IPOs) to support corporate listing activities. The new rules will eliminate the 7-day waiting period for related research reports during IPOs and streamline information sharing requirements between issuers and companies. The FCA noted that this reform will reduce issuers’ execution risks and compliance costs, making it easier for companies to access public markets. The new rules will officially take effect on August 5, 2026. (Jinshi)

According to disclosures from the Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (HKEX), H&H International Investment, managed by Duan Yongping, cut its long position in Pop Mart International Group Co., Ltd. from 7.65% to 5.55% as of July 30, 2026. (Source: Jinshi)

According to an official announcement, Binance will add 10 bStocks tokens as eligible collateral for its Cross Margin, Unified Account, and Unified Account Pro services at 20:00 (UTC+8) on August 5, 2026. The tokens are BitMine Immersion Technologies (BMNRB), Super Micro Computer (SMCIB), IREN Limited (IRENB), ASML (ASMLB), Netflix (NFLXB), AST SpaceMobile (ASTSB), Coherent (COHRB), Credo Technology (CRDOB), USA Rare Earth (USARB), and Astera Labs (ALABB). Corresponding bStocks trading pairs will also be opened for margin trading. Eligible users can use these bStocks tokens as margin collateral to expand the collateral options for margin trading.

Bitget’s latest data shows that rToken recorded $1.153 billion in trading volume in July, with a single-day peak of $81.38 million and 127,691 trades on its busiest day. Currently, rToken’s assets under management (AUM) have risen to $160 million. As trading activity increases, rToken’s round-the-clock trading demand is further unlocked. Statistics indicate that roughly one-third of rToken trades occur during traditional US stock market off-hours, reflecting that users still have strong demand for US stock trading outside regular sessions, while also creating new growth space for liquidity during non-trading periods.