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According to blockchain data analytics platform Bubblemaps, after BitMEX announced its closure, the price of its platform token BMEX dropped significantly, falling approximately 95% from its previous levels. However, based on the tokenomics publicly disclosed by BitMEX, about 75% of the total BMEX supply was originally planned for employee incentives, ecosystem development, and long-term reserves, but these tokens were never distributed on-chain. Data shows that approximately 92% of the BMEX supply was locked in vesting contracts in 2021, with the remaining 8% distributed at the token launch, including: 5% for airdrops and 3% for product and liquidity support.On November 2, 2022, the product and liquidity address claimed approximately 63.75 million BMEX, while addresses designated for employee incentives, ecosystem growth, and long-term reserves did not claim any tokens. Bubblemaps stated that this does not necessarily indicate a problem, as the project may have subsequently adjusted its tokenomics, contracts, or distribution plans, which were not reflected on-chain.
the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) released a report stating that decentralized criminal syndicates in Southeast Asia have reorganized into a single, interconnected criminal economy, operating based on shared fraud and money laundering infrastructure.The UNODC estimates that fraud crimes in East Asia, Southeast Asia, Australia, and New Zealand caused losses of between $88.3 billion and $114.1 billion in 2025, with a significant portion stemming from crypto investment scams and romance scams run from industrial parks, with related proceeds laundered on-chain. The report states that personnel from at least 80 countries have been identified within scam compounds, and the scam networks are recruiting individuals with proficiency in European and North American languages through advertisements. The report also points out that malicious advertising has increased by 42% year-over-year in 2025, and satellite internet enables criminal activities to operate in remote areas. (Decrypt)
PPP Prediction Market Tool monitoring shows that on Polymarket, the probability of "the next Claude Opus model will be released on July 23, 2026" is currently at 61%, up 51% in 24 hours; additionally, the probability of "release before July 24" is at 9%; the probability of "release before July 25" is at 5%;This event will be settled based on the date (Eastern Time) when Anthropic's next Claude Opus model becomes available to the public. Only models explicitly named "Opus" by Anthropic are valid, and they must be accessible to the public (including public beta testing or open waitlist). Other models such as Sonnet and Haiku are not counted. The final settlement will primarily rely on official Anthropic information.Join the PPP Signal Push Community to stay ahead and seize the opportunity.
According to IT Home, NVIDIA donated a supercomputer built based on GB300 "Grace Blackwell" servers to the Naval Postgraduate School Foundation, marking the first time the US military has directly deployed NVIDIA's most advanced AI computing platform. The system has been deployed on the campus of the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California, with the specific scale undisclosed. NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang stated that artificial intelligence will become an important pillar of the US defense system.
According to official announcements, Ondo Perps has now launched a dual reward mechanism: on one hand, traders can share a portion of the USDC reward pool by inviting new users, and their own trading volume also counts towards this reward pool; on the other hand, every trade will also simultaneously earn Ondo Points based on trading volume and Open Interest.
: Sandy Kaul, Head of Digital Assets and Innovation at investment management firm Franklin Templeton, stated that the AI agent economy will increase demand for blockchain protocols to facilitate machine-to-machine micropayments. Traditional bank card networks are unsuitable for agent-based payments due to fees and settlement times. Sandy Kaul pointed out that blockchain networks like Aptos, Solana, and BNB Chain are more suitable for the agent economy, with transactions settling in seconds, faster than the 1 to 3 business day settlement time of the Visa network. In a joint report, payment company Visa and investment validation platform Artemis stated that traditional bank cards designed for low-frequency human commercial activities are insufficient to support AI agents, which require near-zero fees and faster settlement. Since its launch in May 2025, the x402 payment protocol developed by Coinbase has seen an adjusted transaction volume of $15 million and over 109 million adjusted transactions.
According to PR Newswire, institutional digital asset infrastructure provider Talos announced the completion of its integration with CFTC-regulated exchange Kalshi, enabling institutional clients to directly trade Kalshi event contracts and crypto perpetual contracts via the existing Talos interface without requiring additional access. Talos has launched two core features for this: first, an algorithmic trading suite for market makers and hedge funds (including strategies such as TWAP and POV), supporting spread trading between perpetual contracts and between perpetual contracts and spot; second, a block OTC trading interface based on the RFQ platform, connecting the OTC liquidity provider network.
: BNB Chain Agent commercial clearing layer TermiX announced that Web3 security infrastructure GoPlus and smart contract security auditing firm Salus have officially become Provider Agents on the Agent.family platform. They have launched two production-grade security audit services, promoting the autonomous invocation and settlement of "security capability as a service" for AI Agents in on-chain commercial scenarios.GoPlus has packaged its verified token contract deep scanning capability as a standard Provider Agent service. DeepScan conducts comprehensive security checks on token contracts, identifying risk patterns such as Rug Pulls, honeypot scams, contract permission abuse, and trading restrictions, and generates structured audit reports.Salus has launched smart contract auditing and penetration testing services, encompassing formal verification, fuzz testing, machine learning-based vulnerability detection, and manual expert auditing. It covers high-risk vulnerability categories such as reentrancy attacks, access control issues, integer overflows, and DoS attacks. Salus, a seed-stage investment from Binance Labs, is a core security partner within the BNB Chain ecosystem.
Cardano ecosystem wallet SecondFi announced that due to a cryptographic defect in its wallet software, approximately 16.1 million ADA (worth around $2.6 million) were stolen. The platform will gradually shut down the SecondFi and Yoroi wallet services. This incident has affected 374 wallets. SecondFi stated that an independent investigation by blockchain intelligence agency Groom Lake identified the attackers as a sophisticated external actor and found indicators potentially linked to North Korea's Lazarus Group, though attribution has not yet been confirmed. SecondFi is developing a recovery tool based on zero-knowledge proofs to help affected users recover assets while limiting the information that needs to be shared. The tool is still being tested and will undergo third-party audits before its planned release in August. SecondFi is also preparing a wallet export feature to allow users to migrate their assets to other services. The platform has not announced a direct compensation plan, nor has it indicated whether it will use its own funds to compensate users.
BIT US stock options trading will officially launch on July 24. Following its margin trading (securities lending and borrowing) service, BIT is further expanding its derivatives matrix to provide users with lower-cost, risk-controllable tools for US stock trading and hedging.In terms of fees, BIT US stock options charge $0 commission for both buying and selling, with platform usage fees as low as $0.30 per contract—only half the fee charged by similar platforms. The minimum fee per transaction is $0.99, consistent with US stock trading, and options trading incurs no additional markup, helping users enter the market with a lower threshold.The initial launch will cover approximately 2,000 highly liquid US stock underlying assets, and will prioritize opening options buyer trading (Long Call / Long Put), while not yet supporting seller (Short) opening positions. The maximum loss for buyers is locked in as the premium paid at the time of order placement, effectively avoiding liquidation risks in extreme market conditions. The product's coverage scope and trading methods will be gradually expanded based on risk control system validation and market demand.Early bird exclusive offers and experience benefits are now available. By completing your first option trade or inviting a friend to participate, you can receive multiple early bird rewards, including 30 days of free real-time options quotes and popular stocks. For event details, please refer to the BIT US Stock Channel.Risk Warning: Options trading involves risk, which may result in the total loss of the premium paid. Please use investment and financing tools reasonably based on your own investment objectives and risk tolerance.
Ethereum Improvement Proposal EIP-8222 plans to leverage STARK-based cryptographic mechanisms to separate staking deposits from withdrawals and re-anonymize validators, aiming to reduce the traceability of validator activity. Currently, approximately one-third of all ETH is staked. Thibault Dubuis, Head of Staking and Decentralized Finance Products at Sygnum Bank, stated that current deposit addresses, validators, and withdrawal credentials form visible links, making institutional holdings sizes, entry timings, and staking strategies nearly public. The proposal remains in the discussion phase, with no deployment timeline yet announced. Its design may involve fixed deposit denominations, asset withdrawal waiting periods, and other arrangements, potentially requiring institutional users to bear higher execution costs, process delays, and compliance overhead.
Odaily, July 21 - Microsoft and French AI startup Mistral AI announced an expansion of their strategic partnership on July 21, signing a multi-billion dollar agreement centered on European AI infrastructure to enhance AI computing capabilities in the region. Under the agreement, Microsoft will leverage Mistral's expanded European GPU infrastructure to support its cloud computing and AI services. This infrastructure will be based on thousands of Nvidia Vera Rubin GPUs.In terms of products, the Mistral Medium 3.5 and OCR 4 models are now available on the Microsoft Foundry platform, and Mistral Medium 3.5 has also been integrated into Microsoft Copilot Studio for agent applications, document processing workflows, and industry-customized workflows. Additionally, the two parties will expand AI deployment options through Azure and Azure Local, supporting cloud, cloud-connected, and fully offline environments, targeting industries with high data compliance requirements such as finance, healthcare, and manufacturing.
According to official sources, Gate's new lightweight trading product, Event Contracts, has officially launched. After updating the Gate App to version v8.28.5, users can enter the dedicated section within the contracts module to trade. The product focuses on short-term price direction predictions for BTC and ETH, requires no leverage or margin, and carries no liquidation risk. Participation starts from as low as 1.5 USDT, with automatic settlement at expiration, making it suitable for beginner short-term traders.Meanwhile, Gate is launching the Event Contracts Premier Carnival from July 21, 10:00 (UTC+8). Users who click "Participate Now" to register can trade and share in a total airdrop reward of $50,000. The event features a three-tier incentive mechanism. First Trade Loss Coverage: The first 2,000 users incurring a loss on their first trade will receive compensation, capped at $5 per person. Profit Doubling Reward: Net profits during the event period are eligible for doubling, distributed based on profit ranking from high to low, capped at $500 per person. Trading Sprint Reward: Users with a cumulative buy and sell trading volume of ≥ $1,000 will share a prize pool proportionally based on their trading volume, with a maximum of $1,000 per person.
: Asset management firm Fidelity Investments announced the expansion of its institutionally managed Separately Managed Account (SMA) product line, adding 6 custom strategies and 2 model strategies for Registered Investment Advisors (RIAs) and brokerage clients, aiming to enhance personalized investment services for high-net-worth clients.The newly added strategies include the Fidelity Institutional Tax-Managed Enhanced Equity strategy and the Fidelity Institutional Tax-Managed Fundamental Equity strategy. Both strategies cover large-cap core, growth, and value investment styles, combining Fidelity's long-term active management capabilities with customized SMA service models.Among them, the Enhanced Equity strategy employs a benchmark-tracking framework, seeking excess return opportunities through diversified alpha factors; the Fundamental Equity strategy is based on a systematic portfolio construction process combined with high-conviction individual stock selection.Fidelity stated that the above strategies are now available to RIA firms through its customized SMA platform. This platform integrates with the Fidelity Wealthscape brokerage platform, helping wealth management firms handle client account opening, strategy customization, execution, and portfolio monitoring.Amanda Robinson, Head of Wealth Advisor Management Solutions Distribution at Fidelity, noted that as investor demand for personalized investment experiences continues to grow, particularly with the expanding base of ultra-high-net-worth clients, wealth advisors require more flexible and customized asset management tools. By combining active management, direct indexing, and factor strategies, Fidelity provides advisors with deeper portfolio customization and tax management capabilities.Since launching its institutional customized SMA product line in 2022, Fidelity has expanded the number of standardized SMA strategies to 50, while also supporting advisors in combining multiple indices or strategies to form custom allocation solutions based on client needs.Additionally, Fidelity launched two equity model SMA strategies, including the Fidelity Institutional Blue Chip Growth Focused Model SMA and the Fidelity Institutional Small Growth Focused Model SMA. These are available to RIA and brokerage clients and can be integrated into a Unified Managed Account (UMA) structure to achieve more comprehensive and tax-optimized investment management.Currently, Fidelity offers 8 active equity model SMA strategies covering U.S. equities, sectors, and international stock markets. Additionally, 5 factor model strategies and 2 index model strategies are available through the Fidelity Managed Account Xchange (FMAX) and third-party platforms.Fidelity stated that its SMA strategies are developed by the Quantitative Research and Investments team within Fidelity Asset Management. This team comprises over 250 quantitative analysts, data scientists, and technologists, leveraging long-accumulated proprietary da
According to official announcements, Morph has officially launched Morph Tachyon, an independent Layer 1 network built specifically for on-chain trading. As one of the first projects to build trading infrastructure on Morph Tachyon, the decentralized perpetual contract trading platform PopDEX will establish a high-performance on-chain trading environment based on Morph Tachyon, further enhancing the execution efficiency and user experience of on-chain derivative trading. Leveraging Morph Tachyon's high-performance on-chain trading scenario design and independent consensus and settlement architecture, PopDEX achieves a 200ms target block time, up to 200,000 TPS throughput capacity, and instant finality. Building on these high-throughput processing capabilities and trading-native architecture, PopDEX will further strengthen on-chain trading execution capabilities, supporting faster and more stable order processing and market interaction, providing traders, market makers, and liquidity providers with an on-chain trading experience closer to professional trading platforms. Both parties will continue to collaborate on on-chain trading infrastructure, jointly promoting the development of a higher-performance, higher capital efficiency on-chain market.
According to Chaoxiang Research, UBS released a SemiBytes Flash Note on July 20, 2026, judging that the semiconductor sector is transitioning from a broad-based rally to a phase of severe divergence, while the AI-themed crowded trade continues. The report covers five core topics. The release of Kimi K3 drives another upgrade in open-source model scale; longer context windows boost demand for HBM and storage, with NVIDIA being the biggest beneficiary. Micron's cumulative free cash flow over the next few years is expected to exceed $400 billion; after the buyback ban is lifted, the theoretical buyback ratio could exceed 40%, which is not yet fully priced in by the market. Divergence within the analog chip sector is intensifying; stocks with higher AI exposure have gained a 42x P/E premium, while valuations for stocks with automotive and industrial exposure remain near historical averages. Position crowding data shows that Lam Research, Broadcom, Seagate, Micron, and AMD remain in a state of extreme long positioning crowding.
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.
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.
: 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."
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.