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The AI security start-up, Neo, completed $100 million in financing, a16z

Neo, an AI security start-up company, announced the completion of $100 million in financing, with the current round being led by the venture capital, Andressen Horowitz (a16z) and Bessemer Venture Partners, with the participation of Craft Ventures and Merlin Ventures. According to the information received, the company, located as an “agent software control company”, works to build real-time control layers for the enterprise, helping the security operations team (SecOps) to manage and protect the rapidly expanding AI Agents, AI applications, browsers, identity systems and the intellectual capabilities of traditional software, and new funds will be used to expand the engineering and market team and accelerate business client outreach。

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THE BITCOIN IMPLICIT VOLATILITY INDEX BVIV APPROACHES CRITICAL SUPPORT AREAS AND MARKETS ARE AT RISK OF VOLATILITY

According to Coindesk, market analysts have alerted traders to the movement of the 30-day BVIV index of bitcoin, which currently hovers between 34 and 38 per cent. Historical data indicate that the region often foresaw the risk of fluctuations and price reversals, and that bitcoin prices fell from $74,000 to less than $60,000 in less than a week after BVIV entered a similar zone at the end of May today. Currently, BVIV is below the 30- and 200-day simple moving average, with bitcoin prices above $64,000。

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The American-Iranian conflict has maintained a fragile balance, and Israel has invested $45 million to influence American public opinion

The Wall Street Journal reports that the United States and Iran maintain a fragile balance between military operations and diplomatic negotiations, that the United States continues to strike at infrastructure in Iran and that Iran attacks United States targets in the area. Israel is now exercising restraint, but there is a risk of direct Israeli involvement if United States forces attack Iranian nuclear facilities or ballistic missile projects, the situation escalates by miscalculation or when Israel voluntarily seeks military opportunities. The Israeli Government had recently invested $45 million to improve United States public awareness of Israeli policy。

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Clarity's Crash Morality Clause narrowed through the window in August

According to Crypto In America, there is still no indication that the Clarity Bill is ready for consideration by the Senate as a whole. The encryption money industry is dismayed by the fact that no date has been set for the vote, that no updated legislative text has been published and that negotiations on the most controversial issues of the bill are still under way; and that only 14 working days remain until the senators leave Washington for the August recess. The issue of ethics remains an inescapable major challenge; finding a viable solution that enjoys both the support of Democrats and the approval of some Republicans is likely to determine whether the Clarity Bill will enter the full-house deliberations this month. However, Democrats have stated that in recent weeks they have had little knowledge of the ethics-related issues - including a meeting in the White House last Thursday afternoon, which aimed to secure presidential support for the provisions to prevent government officials from using digital assets for profit. Although it is not clear what the specific discussions will be and whether the President has made any commitments, sources familiar with the negotiations have indicated that as of this morning, the White House has not clearly expressed its support for the ethical guidelines, which could further delay the release of an updated version of the Republican bill. Summer Mersinger, Chief Executive Officer of the Block Chain Association, stated that “The Committee on Agriculture is still finalizing the details of the text. They say that at this stage only a few technical revisions are left.” The prevailing view in Parliament Hill is that negotiators must be ready by the end of the weekend for a “closing debate vote” on “motion to move forward”, which will require 60 votes to move the bill forward to the entire Senate. If the bill fails to enter into the full-house review next week, the window for its adoption before the August recess is effectively closed。

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Hacken Report: Institutional investors are more concerned with ongoing surveillance and incident response

In its security and compliance report for the second quarter of 2026, Hacken indicated that institutional investors were no longer relying solely on smart contract audits, but were focusing more on ongoing surveillance, signatory control and incident response capacity. Of the 1,427 projects tracked by Hacken, only 9 per cent had third-party monitoring and 4 per cent had monitoring, leakage payments and security audits. The report indicates that 88.3 per cent of the approximately $764 million in stolen funds in the second quarter was related to the destruction of private keys, signatories and infrastructure. The report states that 14 of the targeted projects were previously audited, but most of the losses were outside the scope of the traditional smart contract audit。

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