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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)
TownSquare, an institutional yield and cross-chain lending brokerage service infrastructure, announced the official launch of its ICO public sale. This public sale is technically supported by the Echo Sonar platform from the Coinbase ecosystem. The valuation is divided into two tiers: a $150 million valuation based on a 6-month lock-up, and a $200 million valuation with no lock-up and full release at TGE, with a fundraising cap of $1 million. Currently, 30 minutes into the public sale, over $200,000 has been raised. According to data, most users chose the second tier with the $200 million valuation. This public sale is the first project based on the Monad ecosystem on Sonar, supporting USDC and USDT0 tokens on Monad. Previously, TownSquare completed a total of 3 rounds of financing totaling $16.25 million, with participation from World Liberty Financial, Auros Ventures, Amber Group, Animoca Ventures, OKX Ventures, as well as angel investors and institutions from ecosystems such as Monad, a16z, etc. It is projected that the previous valuation is comparable to this ICO valuation. TownSquare Sonar Public Sale Registration: townsq.xyz/sale
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong has responded to recent controversy surrounding his X account profile picture change and claims that the Base community is "unsupported." He thanked the community for their feedback and acknowledged that his previous communication regarding expectations was not clear enough. Users should not interpret the content of his personal X account as investment advice or signals for individual tokens. He stated that he simply shares internet content he finds interesting or amusing, and may not even be aware whether such content is associated with any particular token or project. He pointed out that his tweets and profile picture changes do not represent endorsements of or commitments to any project.Regarding support for the Base ecosystem, Brian Armstrong explained that Base aims to build financial services infrastructure, supporting various application scenarios including stock tokenization, lending protocols, stablecoin payments, and Meme coin trading. Coinbase supports users in freely trading assets but will not use its official influence to "pump" or promote specific tokens. Both Coinbase and the Base team are indeed subject to compliance and regulatory restrictions, preventing them from listing certain tokens on the centralized exchange and from marketing specific projects at the community's request.Base currently supports ecosystem development primarily through offline Base Batches events, developer grant programs, and investments from Coinbase Ventures and the Base Ecosystem Fund. Additionally, based on long-term user value assessment, Coinbase may integrate certain Base ecosystem DeFi protocols into its own products to help projects expand distribution.Brian Armstrong stated that Coinbase will continue to prioritize projects capable of creating long-term user value in the future, and expressed hope that this clarification will help the community set clearer expectations. He added that he may still continue to post Meme content he finds interesting, but such content will not constitute investment advice.
Blockworks' Solana Q2 2026 Token Holder Report indicates that the scale of on-chain tokenized asset trading reached a new high this quarter, hitting $5.8 billion, a 114% increase quarter-over-quarter. Among this, tokenized stock trading accounted for $4.8 billion, representing 97% of the entire network's tokenized equity trading volume, with institutional demand for RWA becoming the core growth driver.Dragged down by the ebbing tide of the meme coin market, Solana's real economic revenue decreased by 43% quarter-over-quarter to $51 million, and DEX spot trading volume fell back to $160.8 billion. However, the funding side remained robust, with SOL spot ETPs seeing a net inflow of $120 million and total staked amount reaching 427 million SOL, accounting for two-thirds of the total supply. Going forward, Solana will implement the Alpenglow upgrade and related SIMD proposals to adjust inflation and token burning rules, enhancing SOL's value capture capabilities.
Bybit Alpha has now launched Jimothy trading. Jimothy is a meme coin on the Solana blockchain, based on a viral video of a short-tailed raccoon from Seattle, which quickly gained popularity through its cute and quirky "mutant raccoon" image. The current on-chain price is approximately $0.007, with a market cap of $6.95 million.
the cross-chain protocol Allbridge has issued an official statement confirming that an attacker has withdrawn approximately $1.65 million in assets from the Allbridge Core liquidity pool. A detailed analysis of the incident is currently being compiled, and the full investigation results will be published subsequently. The team emphasizes that there is no further risk to current user liquidity and that the Allbridge Next service is operating normally.In response to this incident, Allbridge plans to relaunch the Core version but will remove the liquidity pool design. Future cross-chain transfers will be facilitated via Circle CCTP and the LayerZero router to eliminate the risk of liquidity pool imbalance and the model vulnerabilities exploited in this attack. This incident has accelerated the previously initiated migration plan to fully transition to the more secure new infrastructure, Allbridge Next. According to the plan, Allbridge Core and Allbridge Classic will cease operations in their current form within the next three months, and users are advised to withdraw their relevant liquidity in advance.It is understood that this attack has exposed the risks inherent in the traditional cross-chain liquidity pool model and has further driven the protocol's transition towards a cross-chain architecture based on message passing and native asset transfer.
Bitget launches a new round of CandyBomb, with a total prize pool of 3 XAUT. This event is exclusive to new users of precious metals and commodities contracts. Participation ends on July 30 at 20:00 (UTC+8). During the event, trade designated contracts such as gold, silver, and crude oil. Reach the cumulative trading volume threshold to unlock corresponding candies. A single user can receive up to 0.03 XAUT in airdrop rewards. Detailed rules have been published on the Bitget official platform. Eligible users must click "Join Now" to complete registration before participating.
According to AMD's official blog, AMD and Microsoft announced an expanded collaboration to jointly provide AI infrastructure for production-scale deployments on Azure. Microsoft will adopt the AMD Helios rack-scale AI infrastructure powered by AMD Instinct™ MI455X accelerators as a significant part of its continued investment in Azure AI infrastructure. AMD Helios is AMD's integrated platform for rack-scale AI infrastructure, integrating AMD Instinct™ MI455X accelerators, next-generation AMD EPYC™ processors, AMD Pensando™ networking technology, and the ROCm™ software ecosystem, supporting large-scale AI training, inference, fine-tuning, and Agentic AI workloads. Additionally, Microsoft will launch new Azure infrastructure products based on 6th Gen AMD EPYC processors, covering high-demand scenarios such as AI data systems and semiconductor design. Both parties stated that this collaboration aims to provide customers with more infrastructure options and drive AI from the experimental phase to scaled production deployment.
sources familiar with the matter have revealed Google is developing a new server chip, internally codenamed "Frozen v2," which will directly integrate the architectural design of the Gemini AI model to enhance AI model operational efficiency and alleviate current computing power supply pressures. Google aims to optimize the inference process of the Gemini model through this new chip, enabling it to provide AI services to users at lower costs and higher efficiency. Industry insiders believe that if Frozen v2 successfully launches, it will further strengthen Google's independent capabilities in the AI infrastructure sector and become an important bargaining chip in its competition with Nvidia and AMD for the AI computing ecosystem. (The Information)
据 Forbes 报道，微软针对 Windows 11 版本 25H2 及 24H2 发布了紧急带外安全更新（KB5121767），以修复此前 7 月补丁星期二更新（KB5101650）在部分戴尔设备上引发的性能问题及系统关机故障。 该问题源于最新 Windows USB-C 连接管理器接口与英特尔 Innovation Platform Framework 处理器驱动程序之间的冲突，已知受影响设备包括 Dell Pro Max 14/16 Premium 及 Dell XPS 17 9720/9730 等型号。微软表示，此次更新仅建议受影响的戴尔用户安装，未受影响的设备无需任何操作。