A look at the key developments for the evening of July 29th

12:00-21:00 Keywords: Bitmain, JD Chain, ZOOZ, Dragonfly

1. BitMine announces $1 billion stock buyback plan

2. Bakkt announces $75 million equity financing to purchase BTC

3. Bloomberg: Bitmain plans to establish its first factory in the United States

4. Lido founder borrows 85 million USDT from Aave to purchase ETH

5. Hong Kong Monetary Authority: Regulatory regime for stablecoin issuers to take effect on August 1

6. SharpLink increases holdings by 77,210 Ethereum, totaling approximately 438,000

7. JD Chain, a subsidiary of JD.com, has registered JCOIN and JOYCOIN, possibly as stablecoin names

8. US-listed company ZOOZ announces a private placement of $180 million to launch a Bitcoin treasury reserve strategy

9. Dragonfly partner: US Department of Justice has clarified that it will not bring charges against Dragonfly and its employees