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according to an official announcement, Binance will add SK Hynix (SKHYB) bStocks tokens as eligible collateral assets in Cross Margin, Portfolio Margin, and Portfolio Margin Pro, effective July 13, 2026, at 13:30 (UTC), while also enabling leveraged trading for corresponding trading pairs. This feature is available exclusively to VIP3 and above users and does not support borrowing for the time being.
Over the past two weeks, 99% of the platform's daily fees were used to repurchase 3.0838 million ASTER for staker incentives; meanwhile, an equivalent amount of 3.0838 million ASTER from the team allocation has been burned. Since the tokenomics model upgrade on June 17, 2026, a cumulative total of 6.0209 million ASTER has been burned; the total cumulative burn across all burn plans reaches 184 million ASTER.
: On July 13, crypto KOL @amathxbt and others revealed that Circle’s public chain Arc may have been launched non-publicly. Cross-chain protocols LayerZero and LI.FI have been deployed on the Arc network, but community testing has not yet been publicly opened. Arc is a public Layer 1 blockchain, positioned as the "economic operating system of the internet," providing shared and composable infrastructure to support economic contracts, stablecoins, tokenized assets, and global market operations. In May this year, Circle officially released the ARC whitepaper, outlining the design framework of ARC as the native coordination asset of the Arc blockchain network. The Arc public testnet launched in October 2025, with the mainnet expected to go live in the summer of 2026.
Odaily Reports, qinbafrank posted on the X platform stating that KorProtocol announced the completion of a $7.5 million Series A funding round, co-led by 1kx and Blockchain Capital, at a post-money valuation of $100 million. Other participants include Republic, Animoca, Solana, Avalanche, and others. Through its three core engines — Verify, Route, and Settle — KOR transforms creative assets into on-chain assets that are verifiable, matchable, and automatically settled. The Verify engine allows creators to register their works on-chain, recording provenance, ownership, and licensing terms. The Route engine uses data and AI to match creators, assets, labels, brands, platforms, and agencies. The Settle engine enables instant automatic revenue sharing via smart contracts and USDC on the Base chain, supporting complex split rules and recurring income. KOR currently has over 1 million registered users, more than $2 million in revenue, over 285,000 NFTs, and over 1,000 IP partners, and has collaborated with deadmau5 and "Black Mirror." Following the funding, KOR will continue to expand its IP supply, deepen partnerships, and advance network expansion.
SBI and the Solana Foundation have announced a strategic partnership to jointly advance the development of Japan's on-chain financial market. Under the collaboration agreement, the Solana Foundation will acquire a stake in SBI R3 Japan, and work alongside existing shareholders SBI and Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group to drive a new growth strategy. The company plans to rebrand as SBI Solana Global Co., Ltd. SBI Solana Global will focus on promoting the issuance and circulation of yen stablecoins such as JPYSC on the Solana network, supporting the issuance and circulation of corporate bonds and tokenized RWAs, building cross-border payment infrastructure, providing on-chain financial services for institutional investors, and developing the next generation of payment infrastructure for the AI Agent era.
According to the official announcement, Binance Spot will list SK Hynix tokenized securities SKHYB on July 13 at 21:30, open the SKHYB/USDT trading pair, and provide trading bot services.
BitcoinTreasuries.NET posted on X platform, stating that following the completion of its acquisition of Siiibo Securities, Metaplanet (3350.T) has launched Metaplanet Securities, offering BTC-backed credit facilities to Japanese investors. BTC-backed credit is on the rise.
Bitget CEO Gracy Chen 在 X 平台发文指出，这个周末中东局势骤变，当传统美股市场闭市、全球交易员寻找出口时，Bitget 美股代币（rToken）作为支持 7×24 小时交易的 RWA 资产，承接了溢出的交易需求。数据显示，该周末 rToken 交易量达到前一周的 10 倍，较 6 月周末均值增长约 2.2 倍；其中 rNVDA、rMU 和 rGOOGL 位列交易量前三，且平台 VIP 用户的周末美股交易活跃度强于用户平均值。 Gracy Chen 强调，尽管周末美股代币交易量绝对值仍处于早期阶段，但市场波动时刻已凸显 7×24 小时交易的重要性。
According to official sources, MGBX will list SKHYUSDT and SNXXUSDT perpetual contract trading pairs on July 13, 2026, at 18:00 (SGT)Trading opening time: July 13, 2026, at 18:00 (SGT)Leverage multiples: SKHY supports up to 50x, SNXX supports up to 25x.
According to a report released by CryptoQuant analyst maartunn, Binance's monthly futures trading volume has climbed to $1.6 trillion, the highest level this year. Despite the current Bitcoin price still hovering in the mid-$60,000 range, generally cautious market sentiment, and multiple headwinds such as the European MiCA regulatory adjustment period and the summer trading off-season, momentum in Binance derivatives trading has not subsided, indicating that traders are still actively establishing futures positions.
On-chain data analysis shows that on the Hyperliquid HIP-3 platform, the SK Hynix (SKHX) perpetual contract currently accounts for approximately 33% of all HIP-3 trading volume, while also accounting for about 50% of the total trading volume of stock perpetual contracts, making it the single contract with the highest trading volume in this category. SKHX is a tokenized stock perpetual contract deployed by a builder via the HIP-3 mechanism, corresponding to the stock price of SK Hynix, South Korea. SK Hynix has long been listed on the Korean main board and is scheduled to complete its U.S. ADR (Nasdaq: SKHY) listing around July 10, 2026. HIP-3 allows eligible builders to stake HYPE and then permissionlessly deploy perpetual markets, enabling traders to trade related assets with leverage on the platform 24/7. This is also the context behind the original post author @0xNairolf's joke that "people really want to trade it before they are truly allowed to trade it"—namely, achieving relatively barrier-free trading through decentralized rails. The data is sourced from Hyperliquid official HIP-3 dashboard screenshots and verified by on-chain tracking sites; recently, SKHX's single-day trading volume has reached the hundreds of millions of U.S. dollars level multiple times.
Four departments including the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology issued guiding opinions on promoting the high-quality development of Internet infrastructure resources, which mentioned strengthening Internet technology innovation planning, promoting the implementation of relevant national key R&D programs and national major science and technology projects, and strengthening original technology innovation. Technical breakthroughs should be carried out in the integration and innovation of technologies such as artificial intelligence, blockchain, and distributed identifiers with Internet infrastructure resources, breaking through key technologies such as network dynamic optimization, intelligent resource scheduling, and secure data interaction. Innovation in the IPv6 technology system should be strengthened to solve key issues such as protocol compatibility and high-performance transmission. Key technologies such as satellite Internet mega-constellation networking, rapid routing switching, and reliable anti-interference transmission must be broken through. Key technologies for the large-scale deployment and application of resource public key infrastructure should also be broken through. (Jin10)
Gate Predictions Market has officially launched a real-time alert feature. By monitoring large buy and sell orders in the market in real-time, it helps users quickly gain insights into capital flows, shifts in market sentiment, and potential trading opportunities, further enhancing the efficiency of event trading decisions. Users can experience this feature after upgrading the Gate App to version v8.27.0. Without needing to check event order books one by one, they can centrally grasp major capital movements in the market through the "Alerts" list. Additionally, the feature supports filtering by dimensions such as buy/sell direction, transaction amount thresholds, and event categories. It also displays core information including trading users, event markets, trading direction, and transaction amounts, and allows users to customize alert subscriptions to receive in-app notifications immediately when qualifying large transactions occur.This feature launch enhances Gate Predictions Market's data analysis and strategy assistance capabilities, working in conjunction with the previously introduced "Smart Money" feature. Users can not only track capital movements in real-time but also combine this with the historical trading, holdings, and profit performance of top traders to obtain more valuable market references. As the first centralized exchange to integrate with Polymarket, Gate continuously enriches its predictions market product suite and has simultaneously launched World Cup-themed activities. The "World Cup Prediction King Tournament" offers a total prize pool of 100,000 USDT, while the "World Cup Daily Featured Events" activity has a prize pool of 50,000 USDT, aiming to enhance user participation experience and strive to build a professional predictions market platform that integrates market discovery, strategy analysis, and trading participation.
According to Bitcoin.com, Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis launched a nighttime special operation in conjunction with the Metropolitan Police Department, seizing multiple luxury vehicles using forged or unregistered license plates, with drivers all claiming to be cryptocurrency and forex "traders". Among them was a Mercedes-AMG GLE valued at over $153,000 (approximately 2.5 million South African rand), which was fraudulently registered as a white BMW. Authorities pointed out that such "financial influencers" are accustomed to flaunting wealth with luxury cars on social media platforms like TikTok, luring victims into investing in fraudulent platforms. A report released in March had previously identified Cape Town and Johannesburg as hubs for organized crypto fraud, where criminal groups employ technologies such as deepfakes and cloned apps to commit fraud, and illicit funds are laundered through crypto wallets and physical assets. To address increasingly complex financial crimes, the mayor has established an independent Metropolitan Police Detective Unit to enforce the law independently, bypassing the under-resourced national police system.
According to the official announcement, HTX listed SHAZ/USDT, GEV/USDT, SNOW/USDT, and APP/USDT perpetual contracts on July 13, with a maximum leverage of 10x for all. Additionally, HTX launched the SHAZ, GEV, SNOW, and APP contract trading competition from 15:00 on July 13 to 15:00 on July 20 (UTC+8), with a total prize pool of up to 20,000 USD. During the event, users who complete registration and participate in SHAZ/USDT, GEV/USDT, SNOW/USDT, and APP/USDT contract trading with a cumulative valid trading volume ≥ 1,000 USDT can share the prize pool based on their trading volume ranking; new contract users who complete contract trading of event tokens will also receive exclusive benefits.
: Digital asset trading platform Gate has announced that it will open subscriptions for the second phase of its Pre-IPOs project, OpenAI (OPENAI), from July 15, 2026, 15:00 to July 17, 2026, 15:00 (UTC+8), supporting participation with both USDT and GUSD. The total subscription value for the project is approximately $20 million, with 27,700 OPENAI asset certificates issued at a price of 1 OPENAI = $722. The minimum investment is 100 USDT or 100 GUSD, with implicit handling fees and custody costs waived. OpenAI, driven by products like ChatGPT, is advancing generative AI development and has received investments from Microsoft and others, with an implied market valuation of approximately $895 billion.The OPENAI asset certificate is a pre-IPO mirror note for OpenAI, designed to reflect the company's value before and after its public listing. Gate will hedge its exposure by acquiring the corresponding stocks and will offer pathways including pre-market trading, long-term holding, and future conversion into underlying stock assets, stock tokens, or USDT. Allocations are calculated based on the "average hourly locked amount"; the earlier the participation and the longer the lock-up period, the higher the weight. The certificates will be unlocked in three phases on July 17, August 17, and September 17, with pre-market trading opening on July 20. Concurrently, Gate is launching VIP/Super Agent airdrops, GT rewards, and a 3.8% annualized GUSD minting yield. Furthermore, Gate has already introduced Pre-IPOs, IPO Access, Gate Stocks, and gStocks, covering US, Hong Kong, and Korean stocks, encompassing over 12,500 stocks and ETFs, and will continuously expand its global asset ecosystem, including ETFs and RWAs. Gate will continue to bridge traditional finance with on-chain assets, providing global users with a more open, efficient, and one-stop investment service.
following the recent launch of margin trading functionality, BIT (formerly Matrixport) today officially announced the上线 of its US stock short selling (short) function, marking a key闭环 in BIT's brokerage business achieving a long/short two-way trading ecosystem for US stocks. This provides investors with tools to hedge risks and profit flexibly in a volatile market, and lays sufficient foundational infrastructure for the upcoming options trading.Regarding this business upgrade, Elio Cui, Head of BIT Brokerage, stated: "With the launch of short selling, BIT Brokerage has become one of the very few trading platforms in the industry that simultaneously supports margin trading, short selling, and options布局 under a real US stock framework. Our product planning has been built from the start to benchmark against the complete investment experience of traditional brokerages. Within a single account, users can seamlessly execute long/short two-way allocation and risk hedging, navigating different market cycles with higher capital efficiency."After this feature goes live, users of BIT's integrated account (margin account) who meet the initial margin requirements can short sell designated US stocks. The platform will dynamically update key risk control indicators such as margin rates, stock borrowing costs, and short pool availability in real-time to ensure transparency and efficiency in trading.As a crucial part of enhancing its US stock brokerage services, BIT also reminds investors that short selling involves market risks and is affected by factors such as market volatility, stock borrowing costs, and interest rate fluctuations. The platform will dynamically adjust the list of stocks available for short selling based on market liquidity and risk control policies, offering investors qualified US stock short selling opportunities within a stable and secure framework.To coincide with the launch of the new service, BIT Brokerage is offering a limited-time "0 fee" promotion.
: Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis recently participated in a municipal police night operation targeting individuals claiming to be cryptocurrency and forex traders who were driving luxury vehicles with fake or no license plates. During the operation, police seized a silver Mercedes-AMG GLE, falsely registered as a white BMW and valued at over $153,000, and arrested a driver of an unregistered BMW 3-Series. Local officials stated that fraudulent crypto syndicates use TikTok to display assets and employ luxury cars as status symbols to lure victims into fake investments. A report released in March revealed that corporate fraud centers operated by international crime syndicates have formed clusters in Cape Town and Johannesburg, using deepfakes, cloned apps, and fake investment platforms to commit fraud. The illicit funds are typically laundered through crypto wallets, money mules, and physical assets such as unlicensed high-end vehicles. (Bitcoin.com News)
according to official sources, BitMart has officially launched SKHYON spot trading and introduced a first-week trading campaign with a total reward value of up to $100,000. During the event, users who register and complete designated SKHYON spot trading volumes can participate in a stock gift lottery, with a chance to win up to 10 shares of SK Hynix stock tokens. Additionally, users can join a prediction competition for the price change on the first trading day's close; those who guess correctly have the opportunity to win SK Hynix stock token rewards.Furthermore, new users who complete their first deposit and trade can participate in the stock gift event. By completing specific spot trading tasks, they can also earn chances to open mystery boxes and win rewards such as SK Hynix stock tokens. The campaign also includes holding incentives, where users meeting various holding volume and duration requirements can receive benefits such as interest-boosting coupons and VIP experience cards. VIP users who contact their account manager for the first time can also receive exclusive interest-boosting coupon rewards.
according to DeFiLlama data, since its launch, Robinhood Chain has attracted over $290 million in stablecoin inflows, with a TVL of $134 million, an RWA scale reaching $12 million, and cumulative DEX trading volume exceeding $4 billion.