Binance will add 10 bStocks tokens as eligible collateral assets on August 5, 2026, at 20:00, including BitMine, Super Micro Computer, IREN, ASML, Netflix, AST SpaceMobile, Coherent, Credo Technology, USA Rare Earth, and Astera Labs. Eligible users can use these tokens as margin collateral for cross margin, unified account mode, and unified account professional mode trading.

Bitcoin traded in a tight range around $64,000 after briefly touching about $64,500, with traders watching U.S. nonfarm payrolls, progress on the Clarity Act, and developments tied to a temporary Hormuz Strait agreement. On-chain data cited in the report showed roughly 155,000 BTC changed hands between $62,000 and $65,000, while Glassnode said about 515,000 BTC last moved near $63,000 and another 362,000 BTC near $61,000. The report also noted that spot price is sitting close to the 200-week moving average around $63,700, pointing to a key support area. Options markets remain calm for now. Bitcoin’s 30-day implied volatility has dropped to 36%, the lowest level since late May, even as traders on Kalshi increased bets on a move below $60,000 this month, with more users also positioning for $57,500 and $55,000. CryptoQuant analyst Axel Adler Jr. said Bitcoin has a 55% probability of trading between $58,000 and $67,000 in August, versus a 30% bearish scenario and a 15% bullish one. The report also reviewed U.S. equity futures, crypto-related stocks, Michael Burry’s renewed warning that the stock market may be near a major top, and a series of upcoming earnings and token unlocks that traders are tracking.

U.S. stocks rallied sharply Monday as strong corporate earnings and signs of easing tension around the Strait of Hormuz lifted risk appetite across markets. The Dow Jones Industrial Average jumped 1.71% to close above 54,000 for the first time, while the S&P 500 rose 1.79% and the Nasdaq Composite gained 2.59%, both setting fresh records. Oil prices extended losses after Axios reported that the U.S., Iran and Oman were nearing a temporary agreement aimed at reopening the Strait of Hormuz, restoring a ceasefire and creating room for follow-up nuclear talks. WTI crude fell 5.58%, and Brent dropped below $80. The move in energy also fed into rates. The 10-year U.S. Treasury yield slipped about 6 basis points to around 4.6%, and CME FedWatch showed the probability of a 25-basis-point rate hike in September falling to 57.1% from 67.2% a day earlier. Investors are now looking to Friday’s nonfarm payrolls report for the next major macro signal. AI remained the strongest equity theme, but this time the rally spread well beyond chipmakers. Semiconductor, memory, optical communications, AI software, and data center infrastructure names all advanced. Palantir, ARM, Intel, Sandisk, Micron, AMD, Nvidia, and Bitdeer were among the names in focus, while markets also turned to upcoming earnings, SpaceX lockup expirations, and storage-sector results later this week.

VAST, a Chinese AI 3D modeling startup backed by Alibaba and Baidu, is weighing a Hong Kong initial public offering, according to Bloomberg. The company has discussed a potential share sale with Bank of America Corp and China International Capital Corp. The move comes shortly after VAST announced a new funding round of nearly $200 million in June, a deal that reportedly lifted its valuation to about $1 billion and pushed it into the ranks of China’s newest AI unicorns. Bloomberg said the round was led by Ince Capital, with Primavera Capital and existing investor Jingya Capital also participating. Founded in Beijing in 2023 by Song Yachen, a former member of the founding team at large language model developer MiniMax, VAST is known for its AI 3D generation platform Tripo Studio. The product lets users create textured and detailed 3D models from text prompts or uploaded photos, with export options for major game engines and design software. The company says it has about 20 million users worldwide, with the United States as its largest market, followed by Europe, Japan, and South Korea. VAST has also worked with NetEase on the role-playing game Where Winds Meet and has project collaborations with Sony and other companies.

Wall Street opened August with a broad risk-on move as falling oil prices, lower Treasury yields and a renewed bid for AI and cloud stocks pushed major U.S. indexes higher. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 1.32% to a record close, while the Nasdaq Composite gained 2.13% and the S&P 500 climbed 1.48%. Markets repriced energy risk after U.S. President Donald Trump said talks with Iran had begun and suggested the Strait of Hormuz could reopen soon. Iranian officials denied direct talks with Washington, saying discussions were limited to shipping security arrangements with Oman, but crude still sold off sharply. WTI dropped 7.42% and Brent fell about 6%, easing inflation pressure and helping Treasuries rally. The 10-year U.S. yield slipped about 5 basis points to around 4.68%, while gold held above the $4,000 mark. The strongest equity action came from AI and cloud names. Amazon rose 4.58% and crossed a $3 trillion market capitalization for the first time after stronger-than-expected AWS results. Nvidia gained nearly 3% and moved back above $5 trillion, Meta rose more than 6%, and Microsoft and Google each added close to 5%. Crypto-linked stocks also mostly advanced, with SoFi Technologies up more than 10%, IREN up over 8%, and Hut 8 and Robinhood both up more than 4%.

Spending on crypto payment cards climbed to a record $748.7 million in July, according to onchain analytics tracker Paymentscan, marking the fifth straight month of increases. The figure was up 19.1% from June’s $628.7 million and 144.7% from $306 million a year earlier. Paymentscan, which tracks card transactions across roughly 20 chains, also recorded all-time highs in user activity, with 8.77 million transactions and 158,857 active addresses in July. February was the last month to show a decline, and every month since March has set a fresh record. At the card-provider level, RedotPay handled $395.1 million in July, accounting for more than half of the tracked volume. Ether.fi’s Cash card ranked second with $100.3 million, followed by KAST at $89.6 million. Smaller programs posted the fastest month-over-month growth, including Avalanche Card, Plasma One, and Exa. The sector also set a single-day record of $36.8 million on July 20, when KAST’s daily volume exceeded RedotPay’s for the first time during a points promotion tied to its planned fourth-quarter token generation event. Paymentscan said cumulative deposits into crypto cards crossed $10 billion around July 1.

Lookonchain said on Aug. 1 that a former BNB Chain employee bought 796.7 million ASTEROID tokens, equal to 79.67% of total supply, shortly after deploying the token. The purchases were made through four newly created wallets for a combined cost of $10,000. The same wallet cluster has since sold 718.8 million ASTEROID for 1,103 BNB, worth about $638,000 at the time cited, generating a profit of roughly $628,000. The figures were attributed directly to Lookonchain’s on-chain tracking. The trading activity follows an earlier statement from BNB Chain, which said a former employee had used an original official test wallet without authorization to issue a new meme token identified as ASTEROID. BNB Chain said it had already taken legal action over the matter. The case links the token’s issuance, concentrated early ownership and subsequent large-scale selling to the same former employee identified in the prior statement.

BNB Chain said on Aug. 1 that a wallet address previously created by a former employee had first been used to issue the meme token TST as part of a video tutorial, and that the employee is no longer with the company over the incident. According to the statement, the former staff member retained unauthorized access to the relevant seed phrase after leaving and used it to generate a new private key. BNB Chain said it has since learned that the same address is being used independently in activity tied to another meme token, ASTEROID, on BNB Chain. The network said it did not create, authorize, promote, or participate in the token’s issuance and has no control over either the token or the wallet address. BNB Chain added that the matter is unrelated to the organization and not endorsed by it, and said it is taking legal action against the former employee while cooperating with relevant government agencies. BlockBeats had earlier reported that BSC ecosystem meme token ASTEROID reached a $10 million market capitalization within four hours of launch.