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: Arcus, a decentralized exchange supported by Robinhood, launched tokenized stocks and perpetual futures on the Robinhood Chain on Tuesday. Arcus is built by the team behind the decentralized exchange dYdX and is supported by Robinhood Crypto. Arcus previously launched its spot market on July 1st when the Robinhood Chain went live. The platform offers over 95 stock tokens, perpetual markets, and crypto assets via self-custodial trading accounts, using USDG, a stablecoin issued by Paxos, as the primary collateral and settlement asset. The tokens launched on Arcus include stock tokens for major US companies such as Nvidia, Tesla, Apple, Microsoft, Meta, Google, and Amazon, as well as perpetual markets linked to stocks, ETFs, commodities, indices, and crypto assets. Arcus stated that its stock tokens are not available in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and other restricted jurisdictions. The platform utilizes a self-custody model, allowing users to retain control of their assets and connect self-custodial wallets such as MetaMask, Ledger, and WalletConnect.
according to official sources, OKX Wallet has now launched "Social Login," allowing users to create a wallet in seconds using their email, Apple, or Google accounts, without the need to record or back up a seed phrase throughout the process. Wallets created via social login remain self-custodial; the seed phrase and private key will be generated, stored, and used for signing within a TEE (Trusted Execution Environment). OKX cannot access or export the user's private key, ensuring users always maintain control over their assets. Users can export their private key or convert to a standard seed phrase wallet at any time.It is reported that OKX Wallet's "Social Login" adopts a unified account system. One account can seamlessly connect across the App, browser extension, web platform, and Agent, automatically restoring the same wallet upon login. The initial launch supports 19 chains, including X Layer, Solana, among others, and natively supports trading scenarios such as Swap, cross-chain transactions, limit orders, copy trading, and RWA.
OpenAI Chairman Bret Taylor said in an interview with CNBC that the company currently has no update on its Initial Public Offering (IPO) plans. Taylor's interview centered on OpenAI's newly launched AI agent tools, and discussed topics including the outlook for enterprise AI spending, a lawsuit related to Apple, and development trends in the artificial intelligence industry.As OpenAI's valuation continues to climb and competition in the AI industry intensifies, the market has maintained a high level of attention on its listing timeline. However, Taylor's statement indicates that OpenAI has no new IPO arrangements to announce in the near term.
Odaily reports, Ondo Perps announced that since its public launch one week ago, total trading volume has exceeded $3 billion, while 24-hour trading volume has doubled to $200 million compared to the first day of launch.The platform has also added two new Korean stock tokenization targets: SK Hynix (SKHY) and Samsung Electronics (SMSN). Ondo Perps allows users to directly use tokenized stocks and ETF holdings as margin for perpetual contracts, offering non-U.S. users up to 20x leverage on assets such as Tesla, Nvidia, Apple, as well as gold and silver.The Ondo Perps team previously stated that using U.S. stocks as collateral is just the starting point, and future AI-driven trading flows will become a key focus area.
Odaily Bitget has launched a Unified Trading Account (UTA), incorporating over 370 assets, including 100 US stock tokens (rTokens), into a unified margin pool. Under this mechanism, users' held US stock tokens (rTokens) not only entitle them to stock dividends but can also serve as margin and collateral for borrowing, further enhancing capital efficiency.The first batch of US stock tokens included in the margin system covers 100 mainstream underlying assets such as Apple (rAAPL), Nvidia (rNVDA), and Tesla (rTSLA), with discount rates set according to asset tiers, reaching up to 95%. As the product evolves, Bitget will continue to expand the list of assets eligible for margin and leveraged trading, further bridging the liquidity gap between traditional financial assets and the crypto trading ecosystem.
According to Odaily, the persistent memory supply shortage driven by AI demand continues to exert upward pricing pressure on smartphone manufacturers such as Samsung Electronics, Apple, and Xiaomi in the second half of the year. Industry sources indicate that Samsung Electronics' upcoming Galaxy Z8 series, set to be released this month, has an increased likelihood of price increases based on storage capacity. The price of the 256GB base model is expected to remain at a similar level to its predecessor, approximately 3.05 million won, while the 512GB and 1TB models may see price increases of around 120,000 won each. This pricing strategy aims to minimize the price increase for the base model while prioritizing adjustments to higher-capacity models, which are more affected by memory cost pressures.
Apple is shifting its reliance to NVIDIA GPUs to support its artificial intelligence operations, as the company's self-developed M2 Ultra chip has failed to meet expectations when running advanced AI workloads.Sources indicate that Apple previously attempted to use its own servers to run Google's Gemini model to power AI capabilities for the new Siri. However, the performance of its chips fell short of requirements, ultimately forcing the company to turn to NVIDIA GPUs deployed on Google Cloud. Additionally, the development of Apple's next-generation AI server chip, "Baltra," has been delayed, while the M7 Ultra chip, which is expected to rival the performance of NVIDIA's Blackwell architecture, is unlikely to be launched before 2029 at the earliest. (Coin Bureau)
The official WeChat account of the Cyberspace Administration of China released an announcement regarding the filing information of 7 generative artificial intelligence services provided on the mobile end-side. Among them, the "Apple Intelligence" large model of Apple Technology Development (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. was filed on July 8, 2026, with the applicable scenario being Apple phones, which means the AI features of mainland China version Apple phones are expected to accelerate their launch.
According to TechFlow Research, the latest report on Apple released by Morgan Stanley on July 14, 2026, shows that Apple increased prices for Mac, iPad, and accessories by 15-54% within two weeks. The underlying driver is forced cost hedging, rather than simple profit extraction. DRAM and NAND chip costs are expected to rise by 190% and 280% respectively in 2027. The chip cost for a single iPad will rise from $51 to $144, and this item alone could consume 30-40% of the gross profit.
According to The Information, the rift between OpenAI and Apple continues to deepen, and Apple's lawsuit may cast a shadow over OpenAI's upcoming first hardware device, which is expected to be released as early as February next year.
the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA) and PitchBook recently released the "Venture Monitor" report, noting that after SpaceX's listing and the potential IPOs of Anthropic and OpenAI, the combined value generated by these three companies will reach an unprecedented level. The report states: "With SpaceX going public, combined with the future exits of these companies, the value created will surpass the total exit value of all US VC-backed companies since 2000." The core factor lies in the extremely high valuation expectations of these three companies.SpaceX is currently valued at approximately $1.77 trillion, while Anthropic and OpenAI are also moving towards multi-trillion-dollar enterprise valuations. The market estimates that the combined valuation of the three companies could exceed $4 trillion. This scale far surpasses past large-scale tech IPOs. Data from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) shows that total US IPO fundraising last year was about $70 billion, whereas SpaceX's single-company valuation has already reached a level that traditional large-scale IPOs find hard to match. As a once-highly-watched tech IPO case, Uber was valued at around $84 billion when it went public in 2019, which is less than 5% of SpaceX's current valuation.However, the comparison by NVCA and PitchBook is based on "enterprise value created," not the actual cash-out amounts for investors. Additionally, the analysis does not include non-US companies like Alibaba. Furthermore, the value created by already-public companies such as Apple, Google Android, YouTube, and Instagram is not counted in the VC exit statistics.The report points out that over the past 25 years, the US tech market has seen several historic IPOs, including Google in 2004, Tesla in 2010, and Meta in 2012. These companies have since become some of the world's most valuable enterprises. Additionally, companies like LinkedIn, Slack, and WhatsApp were acquired for over $20 billion.The NVCA believes that the current IPO cycle driven by artificial intelligence (AI) could further break these records. The analysis suggests two main reasons driving this trend:First, tech companies are staying private for longer periods than in the past, accumulating higher valuations through prolonged financing and business expansion. If today's Google were in its early stages, it might also choose to go public later to achieve a higher market valuation.Second, the AI industry is highly capital-intensive. Training large AI models requires massive investment, pushing AI companies to continuously raise substantial funds and driving rapid valuation growth.Industry insiders believe that the potential scale of IPOs by SpaceX, Anthropic, and OpenAI will test the capacity of the US capital market. As AI companies transition from the private financing stage to the public market, how trillions of dollars in tech assets flow into the stock market will become a focus for investors. (DigitalToday)
Kraken has begun allowing eligible users to use select tokenized stocks and ETFs as collateral for futures and margin trading, enabling them to open leveraged positions without selling their existing holdings.The initial offering includes 10 tokenized stocks and ETFs, featuring Apple, Nvidia, Tesla, Strategy, SPDR S&P 500 ETF, and Invesco QQQ Trust. This feature is currently only available to eligible users outside the United States.Kraken has also set collateral limits for different assets, with a maximum collateral value of $1 million for large-cap ETFs, $250,000 for most individual stocks, and $100,000 for tokenized gold and Circle stock. The platform stated that collateral limits and haircut rates will be reviewed periodically and may be adjusted based on market conditions. (Cointelegraph)
European cryptocurrency exchange WhiteBIT has announced the launch of a new market category, TradeFi. Users can now trade over 45 perpetual contracts tied to the price movements of commodities, stocks, and ETFs within a crypto trading interface. TradeFi uses USDT as margin and settlement currency, enabling users to trade relevant contracts through a single WhiteBIT account. The underlying assets cover gold, silver, crude oil, natural gas, copper, as well as stocks like Apple, Microsoft, Nvidia, Tesla, Coinbase, Robinhood, and certain market ETFs. WhiteBIT stated that TradeFi instruments are offered through its perpetual contracts interface, and these products only track the price fluctuations of traditional assets. They do not represent actual trading or investment in the underlying assets, nor do they confer ownership, shareholder rights, or related entitlements.
Ondo Finance has announced the integration of its tokenized securities platform, Ondo Global Markets, with Uniswap. Over 430 tokenized stocks and ETFs on the platform are now simultaneously available on Ethereum and BNB Chain. Users can trade via the Uniswap interface or the UniswapX API.Compliant users can trade tokenized shares of companies such as SpaceX, Tesla, NVIDIA, Apple, Microsoft, and Amazon, as well as major ETF assets like SPY and QQQ, directly on-chain. Trades leverage UniswapX to benefit from optimal liquidity routing, MEV protection, and gas-free transactions. All wallets and protocols integrated with the UniswapX API can support Ondo's full suite of tokenized securities without requiring additional development. Data shows that since its launch in September 2025, Ondo Global Markets has covered over 430 tokenized securities, with its TVL surpassing $1 billion and cumulative trading volume exceeding $20 billion.
“White-Haired Stock God” Serenity posted on X, stating that Micron Technology’s CEO’s remarks today are highly noteworthy. He predicts that humanoid robots will drive a storage demand cycle lasting several decades. The memory requirements for humanoid robots could be approximately 10 times those of current L2+ autonomous vehicles, and this wave of demand is expected to begin before the end of this decade. Additionally, Micron’s CEO noted that the growing value of on-device AI—and the release of pent-up device upgrade demand—will drive future growth in the storage market. Although Apple’s Apple Intelligence has so far underperformed, innovations in localized AI and edge AI remain promising. Today, industry leaders—from TSMC’s chairman and Elon Musk to Micron’s CEO—are all identifying humanoid robots as the next major trend, suggesting that “physical AI” may represent the next phase of AI development.
Odaily Odaily, According to an official announcement, Gate Stocks has officially launched 7×24 trading services for US, Hong Kong, and Korean stocks. Building on pre-market, regular, and after-hours trading, the platform now further supports overnight and weekend trading, breaking through the traditional securities market's time restrictions. This makes it one of the first platforms in the industry to offer round-the-clock coverage across the US, Hong Kong, and Korean stock markets, providing users with a more flexible and efficient global stock trading experience.Currently, Gate Stocks has established a global stock trading system covering the three core markets of the US, Hong Kong, and Korea. It supports over 10,000 US stocks and ETFs, more than 1,500 Hong Kong stocks, and over 1,000 Korean stocks, covering a total of more than 12,500 stocks and ETF assets worldwide. This includes globally representative listed companies such as Apple, Nvidia, Microsoft, Tencent Holdings, Xiaomi Group, Samsung Electronics, and SK Hynix. Users can participate in global stock investment using USDT via a unified account, enjoy stock dividend rights, and benefit from fractional share trading starting from as low as 0.01 shares, further lowering the threshold for global asset allocation.At the same time, Gate Stocks has been fully integrated into the platform's VIP tier system. Users can upgrade to VIP by holding a position of $2,000 or more, thereby enjoying stock trading fees as low as 0.023% and access to a dedicated 1V1 account manager service. In the future, Gate will continue to expand its global market coverage and improve its multi-asset trading service system, aiming to build a more open, convenient, and efficient one-stop investment platform for users worldwide.
: According to an official announcement, to meet users' round-the-clock trading needs, Bitget Stock Spot (rToken) has officially launched its weekend trading feature. The first batch supports 20 popular U.S. stock options, including rAAPL (Apple), rNVDA (NVIDIA), and rTSLA (Tesla).During U.S. stock market closures, the platform will generate continuous weekend trading prices based on Friday's closing prices, market maker quotes, and market expectations. This feature supports limit orders and stop-loss/take-profit settings. To prevent abnormal fluctuations, the system implements an approximate ±20% protection limit for weekend limit orders.rToken, identified by the letter "r" followed by the stock ticker (e.g., rNVDA for NVIDIA), is issued by Reality, a licensed RWA protocol under Bitget. Through a partnership with compliant broker Alpaca, it connects directly to global liquidity pools such as Nasdaq and the New York Stock Exchange. Its features include: 1:1 reserves of the underlying assets held by a licensed custodian, stock dividends distributed 1:1 in token form, corporate actions such as stock splits and reverse splits synchronously reflected, and holdings can be used as joint margin for unified accounts and U-margined contracts, allowing users to flexibly manage funds while holding global stock assets.
Odaily Odaily Reports: Blockchain oracle and market data provider Pyth Network has announced the launch of continuous price indices for U.S. stocks and commodities, aiming to support around-the-clock trading products in the crypto market. The initial coverage includes U.S. stocks such as Nvidia, Tesla, Apple, Circle, and Strategy, as well as commodities like gold, silver, WTI crude oil, and Brent crude oil.It is reported that Coinbase, Kraken, dYdX, and Nado have been the first to integrate these indices to build new trading markets. This pricing system can provide continuous reference prices for perpetual contracts, tokenized assets, prediction markets, derivatives settlement, and ETF benchmarks, even updating data during traditional exchange closures.Additionally, Pyth is collaborating with MarketVector (a VanEck-owned index provider) to develop sector index futures covering themes such as artificial intelligence, defense, and technology. (Cointelegraph)
Bitget has launched the sixth edition of its Futures VIP “Million-Club” campaign. The snapshot rules are based on “cumulative achievement within a natural month + end-of-month status verification.” Based on users’ account data as of June 30, Bitget will award high-tech electronic gift boxes to those who meet either the cumulative futures trading volume or the average daily net asset increase requirements between June 1 and June 30. Rewards include premium physical items such as Dyson air purifying fans, Roborock sweep-and-mop robots, and Apple Mac Mini & monitor bundles. Previously, Bitget announced an upgrade to its Futures VIP service system and introduced the “Million-Club” program, through which eligible users receive custom high-end physical gift boxes monthly. The program runs from January to June 2026; past gifts have included Moutai liquor, Hermès products, Apple gift boxes, and premium gold items. Specific benefits are subject to the official announcement each month. For more details, please visit the Bitget official platform.
Gracy Chen, CEO of Bitget, announced that Bitget’s new product, RealityFi (@RealityFi_xyz), directly connects to licensed broker-dealers registered with FINRA and members of the Securities Investor Protection Corporation (SIPC). This enables orders to flow straight into the native order books of NASDAQ and the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), fundamentally resolving the liquidity fragmentation and severe slippage issues plaguing existing tokenized U.S. equities products—and delivering “what you see is what you get” execution prices. The product supports 24×5 trading hours, with plans to expand to 24×7 continuous trading. Pre-market and after-hours liquidity matches that of established brokers, utilizing compliant off-market channels. RealityFi is a pure spot product—offering no leverage and zero liquidation risk. In its initial phase, over 30 U.S. equity tokens will be listed, scaling to more than 100 within one to two weeks. These will include popular stocks such as Apple, Tesla, and NVIDIA, as well as major index ETFs like SPY and QQQ. The corresponding rTokens will begin rolling out in early June.