Odaily Planet Daily reports that cybersecurity firm Kaspersky has disclosed a new malware framework called OkoBot targeting cryptocurrency investors through social engineering techniques and a Trojan-infected GitHub application. This malware can steal encrypted wallet files, browser data, and user credentials, inject malicious extensions, and intercept wallet application windows to steal assets. Kaspersky stated that multiple attacks involving this malware family have been discovered since January 2026. This framework evolved from TookPS, which was first identified in 2025 and distributed Trojan downloaders through fake software websites. Separately, cybersecurity firm SlowMist has disclosed a new wave of malicious activity infiltrating Web3 developer devices by faking LinkedIn job postings. Attackers impersonate Web3 recruiters, sending fake GitHub repositories to induce developers to pull code, install dependencies, and run projects, ultimately stealing project keys, cloud credentials, or wallet extension data.

According to Odaily Planet Daily, Abdul Rafay Gadit, co-founder of Zignaly and Layer 1 network Zigchain, stated that traditional wealth management relies on slow, expensive, and isolated settlement layers. Asset clearing or investor verification can take days and require repeated manual compliance checks. He pointed out that dedicated Layer 1 blockchains can directly embed eligibility requirements, geographic restrictions, and transfer rules into assets, placing execution, ownership, settlement, and reconciliation in a single, verifiable state. Zignaly has expanded to over 500,000 users and has a trading volume exceeding $10 billion. Abdul Rafay Gadit stated that the key to RWA tokenization is not token minting, but rather the underlying structure of legal ownership, custody, valuation, redemption, and qualified holders.

Odaily Planet Daily reported on July 18th that at the 2026 World Artificial Intelligence Conference, renowned futurist and "father of the Silicon Valley spirit," Kevin Kelly, stated in a media interview that if one day everyone starts to care about the cost of tokens, the existence of open-source models will be an advantage for Chinese AI. Kelly mentioned that the cost of token consumption is becoming increasingly important, while currently, people don't seem to care about the cost. "But I think that when we are constantly consuming such a huge amount of tokens, people will become concerned (about the cost). If you can provide a model with a cost that is only one-tenth of Anthropic's, then it will be a game-changer." However, Kelly also cautioned that the open-source model requires sufficient funding to operate, as it is not as profitable as the closed-source model. "Building these large models requires a huge amount of capital." (The Paper)