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Bitget announces the listing of the MINIMAX Quanto Perpetual Contract MINIMAXHKDUSDT, supporting up to 20x leverage and 7×24-hour trading. As the industry's first TradFi Quanto Perpetual Contract, this product allows users to directly trade non-USD denominated overseas stocks such as HK stocks using USDT, without the need for foreign currency exchange throughout the process. The contract itself is quoted in HKD, while margin deposits and profit and loss settlements are both completed in USDT, simplifying the trading process while effectively avoiding additional risks caused by exchange rate fluctuations. According to the TokenInsight Q2 2026 Report, TradFi Perpetual Contracts have become the fastest-growing sector, with monthly trading volume surging from approximately $52 billion in January to $268 billion in June, a 5-fold increase. Against this backdrop, Bitget's TradFi contract trading volume in Q2 was approximately $69 billion, ranking second in the industry with a market share of 11.01%.
Odaily报道，据官方消息，OKX将于2026年7月21日上线RLUSD持仓收益活动。用户持有RLUSD无需申购、赎回或锁仓，即可自动获得持仓收益；其中，持仓用户前2,000 RLUSD立享10%年化收益。此外，VIP用户年化收益最高可达4.1%，且持仓不设上限，普通用户可享3.5%年化收益。奖励将支持选择以RLUSD或XRP形式发放。用户可在OKX账户"赚币"—"RLUSD Rewards"参与并查看持仓及收益情况。据悉，RLUSD是一种锚定美元的稳定币，由Ripple子公司Standard Custody & Trust Company发行。
RobinHub posted on platform X, stating that data shows since the launch of the Robinhood mainnet three weeks ago, the number of transactions has reached 119.75 million, the number of blocks has reached 15.25 million, the number of unique sending addresses has reached 1.66 million, the protocol TVL has reached $262 million, the number of deployed contracts has reached 974,300, the number of ERC-20 tokens has reached 396,000, the number of NFT collections has reached 9,090, and the number of DEX transactions has reached 46.66 million.
According to official sources, Fluidstack stated that the company completed an $830 million Series A financing round in January this year, with a valuation of $7.5 billion. The round was led by Situational Awareness, with participation from multiple well-known investment institutions. The company primarily provides infrastructure for leading artificial intelligence laboratories, aiming to accelerate hyperscale computing deployment speed and support the deployment of hundreds of gigawatts-level computing resources.
据官方公告，Bitget 已上线 NVDL（2 倍做多英伟达 ETF）、TSLL（2 倍做多特斯拉 ETF）、AAPU（2 倍做多苹果 ETF）、MSFU（2 倍做多微软 ETF）等 8 只美股杠杆及 ETF 永续合约。 上述合约均以 USDT 结算，最高支持 20 倍杠杆，并支持 7×24 小时交易。截至目前，Bitget 股票合约共支持 230 只标的。更多详情可参阅 Bitget 官方平台。
that, according to Daniel Wallach, a U.S. Washington State court has issued a preliminary injunction against Kalshi, ruling that its operations violate Washington state gambling laws and constitute illegal gambling activities; moreover, the Commodity Exchange Act does not have the authority to supersede state-level gambling laws.
According to monitoring by the BlockFlow KOL opinion aggregation platform, NVIDIA (NVDA) has received bullish views from multiple KOLs, with key arguments including AI model release speeds exceeding compute supply, Morgan Stanley issuing a best risk-reward rating, and continued growth in advanced packaging capacity.
Tencent Hunyuan announced the launch of the first version of Hyra (Hunyuan Research Agent), Hyra-1.0. According to Tencent Hunyuan, this is an agent capable of recursive self-improvement, oriented towards performance-driven research and engineering tasks. In addition to model R&D and scientific discovery, Hyra can also enter open scenarios such as gaming, design, and content creation, continuously iterating strategic outputs based on self-play, self-evaluation, and user feedback.
Robinhood announced on the X platform that Robinhood is now open to AI agents. Users can open an agent account and connect an AI agent to it, after which the agent can conduct research, trade, and manage the investment portfolio on behalf of the user on the platform.
Bitget 推出美股财报竞猜活动，活动周期为 7 月 21 日至 8 月中下旬。活动期间，用户完成股票现货（rToken）或股票合约交易任务即可获取竞猜票，可参与美股财报涨跌竞猜。竞猜结果将以「财报发布后首个交易日收盘价」对比「财报发布前一交易日收盘价」进行判定。 活动将根据美股财报发布时间陆续开放不同竞猜专场，首批覆盖特斯拉、谷歌及英特尔等标的。单场总奖池为 10,000 USDT，胜方与败方奖池瓜分比例为 70% 与 30%，单人单场最高可获得 1,000 USDT。更多详情可参阅 Bitget 官方平台。
Odaily Odaily News: Base co-founder Jesse Pollak stated that Base is focused on reshaping the financial ecosystem, including areas such as trading, payments, agents, the long tail effect of developer-driven innovation, and Meme trading.Jesse Pollak said the team will continue to scale up support for developers, progressing from batch-based support to the BEF (Base Ecosystem Fund), and then to mass distribution, prioritizing support for products that can naturally gain market recognition.
据彭博社报道，智谱 AI 已完成一座仅采用国产芯片的数据中心建设，并已开始部分投运。该数据中心设计功率为 1 吉瓦，将用于支持其 GLM 大模型 的训练与研发。报道称，智谱 AI 目前已建成或运营多个计算集群，单个集群芯片数量均超过 1 万枚。
According to people familiar with the matter cited by The Wall Street Journal, BlackRock is leading a debt financing deal of at least $12 billion to fund a large-scale data center project in El Paso, Texas, jointly supported by BlackRock and Meta Platforms.
: On the prediction market platform Polymarket, the probability of the Bab el-Mandeb Strait closing before August 31 has risen to 21%, up from a low of 11% on Monday morning. The probability of a closure before September 30 once rose to 26%. The Yemeni Houthi group, Ansar Allah, has announced a maritime blockade against Saudi Arabia, stating that the operation is based on the principle of "an eye for an eye" and aims to disrupt the flow of Saudi crude oil exports. The relevant passage handles the transit of over 4.5 million barrels of crude oil. The outcome of this prediction contract will be determined based on maritime trade flow data released by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) platform, PortWatch. If the 7-day moving average of vessel arrivals at the Bab el-Mandeb Strait is equal to or less than 10 on any day between the contract's creation and its expiration date, the contract will be resolved as "Yes."
one year after the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Clarity for Digital Assets Act (CLARITY Act), the bill remains stalled in the Senate, facing opposition from the banking industry and partisan divisions. Supporters anticipate a potential vote before the Senate's August recess. Industry organizations Coin Center and the Blockchain Association have identified Section 604 as a key provision for protecting open-source innovation. This provision aims to prevent non-custodial blockchain developers, node operators, and validators from being classified as federal money transmitters. Stefan Muehlbauer, Head of U.S. Government Affairs at CertiK, stated that removing Section 604 could conflate software development with financial services, subjecting developers to the Bank Secrecy Act and triggering First Amendment-related constitutional challenges. Iana Dimitrova, CEO of Openpayd, noted that the expanding use of stablecoins for cross-border value transfer has made the need for a federal regulatory framework more apparent. The bill also addresses accounting standards, acknowledges the rescission of SEC Staff Accounting Bulletin SAB 121, and prohibits the SEC from reimposing equivalent crypto custody accounting requirements without a full notice-and-comment rulemaking process. Mark Zalan, CEO of Gomining, pointed out that Bitcoin still faces regulatory gaps, such as tax treatment.
Odaily News: Nigerian President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has signed an executive order to coordinate virtual asset regulation, enhance cooperation between the country's financial, tax, and capital market institutions, and address the fragmentation of digital asset regulation. The executive order establishes a Virtual Assets Committee composed of heads from Nigeria's major financial regulatory agencies to guide relevant policies. Nigeria's tax authority will update digital asset policies and provide more details on the impact on taxpayers. Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President, stated that the executive order does not create new regulatory agencies nor transfer powers between agencies; each institution retains its statutory duties and independence, and registration requirements will be determined based on the nature of the activity and the assets involved. A June report from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) shows that since 2019, Nigeria has accounted for approximately 60% of stablecoin inflows in Sub-Saharan Africa; between July 2023 and June 2024, the country's cryptocurrency inflows reached approximately $59 billion.
Odaily News: US President Trump posted on social media, thanking Speaker Mike Johnson, House Budget Committee Chairman Jody Arrington, and the members of the Budget Committee for their efforts in incorporating as much of the "Save America Act" as possible into the budget, while providing assistance to our great farmers and funding for our military. I am asking all House Republicans to vote “yes” on the budget resolution this week. This is a crucial first step toward passing the budget. House Republicans must stand united and fight for the "Save America Act."
Base announced that Cobalt will launch in September, with key features including Sponsorship, Batch Calls, and Session Keys. Among these, Sponsorship allows applications to sponsor transaction fees for users, enabling free Gas; Batch Calls supports bundling multiple transactions into one, reducing operational steps; Session Keys allow users to authorize applications to sign transactions on their behalf within a specific scope, reducing repeated authorizations.
Skyfall AI, an artificial intelligence startup founded by former Microsoft AI team members, has announced it will spend up to $1 million to acquire a small B2B SaaS or e-commerce company, attempting to let an AI system fully take over operations to test whether an 'AI CEO' can manage a real commercial organization.Skyfall AI co-founder Sam Pasupalak and CTO Kaheer Suleman believe the current AI industry is largely focused on creating 'autonomous employees'—gradually replacing individual tasks—but this does not represent true enterprise autonomy. They aim to test whether AI can cover the full range of decisions, including pricing, marketing, customer support, finance, and operations, by running a real business.The project's goal is to have the AI serve as the core manager of the enterprise, driving revenue growth with reduced human intervention, while publicly documenting the successes and failures encountered during the experiment.Skyfall’s founders stated that while existing large language models (LLMs) perform well with known knowledge and in fixed environments, they still fall short in continuous learning when faced with competitive changes, shifts in customer behavior, and market dynamics. Therefore, the company is exploring a new AI architecture called 'Enterprise World Models,' aiming to enable AI to understand the operational state of a business and predict the impact of decisions on future development.Skyfall AI was founded by members of the Maluuba team. Maluuba was acquired by Microsoft for approximately $160 million in 2017, and its technology later became part of Microsoft's AI research presence in Canada. (Forbes)
Odaily Odaily News The Cardano network completed the Van Rossem hard fork upgrade on July 18, upgrading the mainnet protocol version to 11 (Protocol Version 11). This upgrade not only brings smart contract performance optimizations but also marks the first time Cardano has completed a protocol upgrade led by its community governance system, rather than being directly driven by the founding team.Previously, Cardano hard forks were mainly coordinated by core organizations such as the engineering firm Input Output (IOG), which is responsible for development. In contrast, the Van Rossem upgrade was fully facilitated through Cardano's on-chain governance system for proposal, discussion, and voting, becoming the first major upgrade autonomously approved by network participants since Cardano entered the Voltaire governance era.According to on-chain data, the Cardano mainnet upgraded from version 10 in epoch 643 to version 11 in epoch 644, officially activating on July 18 at 21:44 UTC. The upgrade received final approval on July 13, requiring consensus from the representative bodies, the Constitutional Committee, and stake pool operators.Among them, DReps (Delegated Representatives), who vote on behalf of ADA holders in governance, approved the proposal with a 78.97% support rate, exceeding the 60% requirement; all seven members of the Cardano Constitutional Committee confirmed the upgrade complies with constitutional requirements; and stake pool operators, responsible for running the network's infrastructure, approved the upgrade with a 53.02% support rate.The Van Rossem upgrade primarily includes technical improvements such as optimizing the Plutus smart contract platform, reducing smart contract execution costs, and enhancing ledger validation rules. This upgrade also paves the way for the future Dijkstra-era hard fork and the Ouroboros Leios scaling solution.Ouroboros Leios aims to enhance the processing capacity of Cardano’s proof-of-stake consensus mechanism. It is expected to launch in 2026, potentially significantly increasing the network's transaction throughput while maintaining security.For ordinary ADA users, this upgrade does not bring significant operational changes; wallets do not need updating, and transfer methods and fees remain the same. However, in the long run, Plutus optimizations could lower the operational costs of decentralized applications (DeFi, NFTs, etc.), providing lower-cost infrastructure for ecosystem development.Cardano stated that the greatest significance of Van Rossem is not merely the technical upgrade, but the shift in governance model—the future direction of the network will be determined by community votes, rather than being entirely controlled by the founding team. This means ADA holders now truly possess governance rights to participate in protocol evolution for the first time. (CoinDesk)