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According to BIT Official Chinese (@BITofficial_CN) analysis, the current crypto market faces dual pressure from the Federal Reserve's hawkish stance and the slowed progress of the CLARITY Act. Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh maintains a hawkish stance; the 2-year US Treasury yield has risen cumulatively by approximately 35 basis points since late January, and the Committee has seen a pattern of 9 votes to maintain interest rates and 3 votes supporting rate hikes. Regarding the CLARITY Act, prediction markets indicate a mere 32% probability of it being signed by the end of 2026, with the legislative window continuing to narrow. Meanwhile, crypto market trading volume has retreated 80% from highs, total market cap has fallen approximately 50%, and USDT and USDC have shown no significant expansion since November 2025, reflecting an overall lack of new USD liquidity in the market. Despite this, Bitcoin remains within the $62,000 to $66,000 range, correcting only about 3% over the past week. It demonstrates stronger resilience compared to most altcoins, reflecting that active position adjustment pressure has been largely released. BIT points out that if Bitcoin subsequently regains $70,000 and drives multiple indicators to turn bullish, it will further confirm that the low point of this cycle has been established.
on July 30 that assets related to the South Korean market performed actively, with multiple Korean stock tokens on Gate gStocks seeing upward trends. According to the latest data from Gate, the MSCI Korea Index 3x Leveraged ETF token (KORUG/USDT) surged 11.54% in the past 24 hours, now trading at $13.817, making it the current top gainer among gStocks targets. Meanwhile, Samsung Electronics (SAMSUNG/USDT) is currently trading at $156.81, up 8.16% in 24 hours; SK Hynix (SKHYG/USDT) stands at $131.67, up 7.56% in 24 hours.Gate gStocks employs a 1:1 fully backed native stock reserve mechanism, where each tokenized security is backed by an equivalent amount of the underlying native stock. It supports 7×24 trading, unified account management, investment starting from as low as 1 USDT, and fractional share trading. Users can participate in global popular stock investments with greater flexibility, achieving a one-stop allocation of digital assets and traditional securities. As the tokenized securities ecosystem continues to expand, Gate gStocks will persistently introduce more high-quality stock and ETF targets, offering users an increasingly diverse range of global asset allocation options.
B.AI API has officially launched its first "Official 10% Off Group". While balancing model invocation stability, service quality, and cost efficiency, it leverages official direct channels to provide users with highly reliable AI invocation services. The initial batch supports Claude series models, with more mainstream models set to open soon. Meanwhile, the platform's "Select Your Own Provider" mode offers up to 80% off, granting users full autonomy to flexibly balance performance, stability, and cost based on the actual needs of their business scenarios to achieve optimal configuration.
MEXC, in collaboration with CoinGecko, has released the latest report "How Crypto Exchanges Are Reshaping Traditional Asset Trading," which provides an in-depth analysis of the rapid expansion of traditional financial assets on centralized crypto exchanges and the shift in global investor behavior.Key findings of the report:1. The TradFi (Traditional Finance) trading volume of six major centralized exchanges surged from $3.46 billion in January 2025 to $393.15 billion in June 2026, representing a growth of over 100 times. Among this, perpetual contracts accounted for 98.5% of the total trading volume in June 2026.2. In June 2026, US equities surpassed precious metals to become the largest TradFi asset class, with monthly trading volume increasing by 337.4% to $189.84 billion, capturing a 48.3% market share. Meanwhile, precious metals trading volume decreased by 48.2% from its March peak, falling to $122.59 billion.3. MEXC's TradFi monthly trading volume grew approximately 59 times, rising from $1.54 billion in November 2025 to $91.12 billion in May 2026. Between January and May 2026, MEXC maintained the second-largest market share among the six exchanges for five consecutive months.4. In precious metals trading, MEXC ranked first among the six exchanges for two consecutive months, with trading volumes reaching $72.12 billion and $85.15 billion in April and May 2026, respectively.5. Among native crypto users, 61.9% have begun trading traditional assets through crypto exchanges.6. Among users with traditional finance experience, 74.2% have transferred some or all of their traditional asset trading to crypto exchanges.7. Across all respondents, 83.3% indicated plans to further increase their scale of trading traditional assets on crypto exchanges.
that, according to an official announcement, Binance will cease support for the AEUR product on July 31, 2026, at 03:00 (UTC), including delisting the AEUR/USDT spot trading pair. Starting from August 14, 2026, at 03:00 (UTC), AEUR withdrawals will be disabled, and any remaining AEUR balance in accounts will be automatically converted to Euros at a 1:1 ratio. Users can convert their AEUR to Euros via Binance Convert before this date. Meanwhile, related services such as Binance Simple Earn, Margin, Loans, Payments, and Gift Cards will gradually discontinue support for AEUR between July 30 and 31, 2026.
According to The Block, SoFi's crypto trading revenue in the second quarter increased 10% quarter-over-quarter, reaching $134.3 million, with net income of approximately $1.2 million after deducting $133.1 million in transaction costs. Meanwhile, SoFi's stablecoin SoFiUSD has begun processing 24/7 business payments through its business banking platform Big Business Banking, and went live for retail users in May, supporting buying, selling, holding, and exchanging on Ethereum and Solana.
According to the official SecondFi X account release, asset recovery efforts have made phased progress. The white hat team involved in the rescue has successfully deposited the rescued assets into the recovery fund originally established by EMURGO (address: addr1qyvvn9e9ulvzw2nvgkwraxwrla4a28l7gmduk7jru2rw9kdxkls8aczwgg8u44nj87uaq50rgcjulcxtzv9q8j0g2lss9kv2ss), available for public tracking. SecondFi stated that assets protected through emergency rescue measures are currently secure, and progress will continue to be disclosed subsequently. Meanwhile, SecondFi reminds users again: the official team will never proactively request private keys, seed phrases, or wallet credentials, nor will it require users to transfer funds to any wallet address. Please beware of scams impersonating the official team.
After market close on July 29, US Eastern Time, Microsoft (MSFT) and Meta (META) will release their Q2 2026 earnings reports simultaneously. The core market suspense is consistent: When will the massive AI capital expenditures yield returns? Bybit Academy brings you a preview of this earnings season feast: (1) Microsoft: Focus on whether Azure Cloud growth can offset continuously rising AI infrastructure investment, implied volatility 6.5%; (2) Meta: Capital expenditure guidance is the biggest highlight, whether the gap between AI investment and ad monetization can narrow, implied volatility 7.3%. Volatility for both may amplify today; the earnings trading window is open. Bybit US Stock Earnings Season Event Reminder: Currently in a limited-time trading task window period (7/21–7/30), trading META stock contracts earns extra points, independent from TSLA, GOOGL, AAPL, and AMZN tasks, and can be completed separately. Meanwhile, you can bet on the next-day Top Gainer among 10 popular US stocks including META in the "Top Gainer" daily prediction; those who bet correctly will proportionally share the points pool of those who bet incorrectly. This US stock earnings season lasts until August 30, with a million prize pool waiting to be unlocked, plus a Tesla Cybertruck grand prize.
According to The Block, 44 state attorneys general led by Ohio Attorney General Andy Wilson jointly submitted a public comment letter to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), stating that the CFTC's proposed rules exceed the authority granted by the Commodity Exchange Act and requesting them to redraft new rules compliant with the Constitution. The letter emphasized that sports betting has historically fallen under state-level regulatory jurisdiction, and the federal government has never intervened. Meanwhile, the NFL also wrote to CFTC Chairman Michael Selig, requesting to curb the expansion of sports prediction markets, arguing that the current proposed rules are insufficient to protect the integrity of events. Currently, the legal battle between states and the CFTC continues to intensify: a Minnesota court ruled to suspend the enforcement of the state's prediction market ban, allowing Kalshi and Polymarket to continue operations; however, a New York federal judge again refused to block New York State from enforcing gambling laws against Kalshi, and Michigan and Washington states have also issued temporary injunctions restricting Kalshi from conducting sports event contract business locally.
According to e27, the "2026 Affluent Investor Snapshot" survey released by HSBC shows that the average cryptocurrency allocation for global affluent and high-net-worth investors is 6%, a slight decrease of 1 percentage point compared to 2025. Singapore investors' crypto allocation remained unchanged at 5%, and Malaysia remained unchanged at 6%, with no significant signs of exit. Meanwhile, investors in both regions are actively reducing cash holdings—13% of respondents in Singapore and 16% in Malaysia plan to reduce cash allocation within the next 12 months, shifting to increase alternative assets such as fixed deposits, gold, and private equity. Malaysian investors' interest in gold is particularly prominent, with the proportion planning to increase gold holdings rising by 20 percentage points; Singapore investors are more inclined towards fixed deposits (+18 percentage points) and alternative investments (+15 percentage points). Conducted between January and February 2026, this survey covered a total of 9,993 investors across 10 global markets, with a minimum investable asset threshold for respondents of USD 100,000.
According to Korean media NATE, South Korea's KB Financial Group announced the establishment of the "KB Kookmin Growth Unicorn Scale-up Fund" with a scale of 150 billion won, focusing on investing in unicorn enterprises in industrial fields such as AI, semiconductors, and robotics. It is reported that the fund will be fully funded by subsidiaries under KB Financial and managed by the KB Securities PE Growth Investment Department. Meanwhile, KB Financial also plans to increase financial support for Physical AI, AI data centers, power infrastructure, and semiconductor enterprises.
the race for the EU's Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA) is coming to an end, but the real challenges for companies are just beginning. The high cost of maintaining ongoing compliance systems may reshape the European crypto landscape. The future competitive focus in the industry is likely to shift from "who can obtain a license" to "who can afford the regulatory costs," driving companies towards scaling through mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, or partnerships with banks. As MiCA is gradually implemented and the UK's crypto regulatory framework takes shape, the European crypto industry is entering a new phase of consolidation. Insiders believe that high-standard regulatory requirements could fuel a new wave of M&A, and cooperation between crypto-native companies and traditional financial institutions will deepen further.This trend may be even more pronounced in the UK market. The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is developing a new regulatory framework for crypto assets, which is expected to bring crypto businesses under the existing financial services regulatory system, subjecting them to capital, operational, and customer asset protection requirements similar to those for traditional investment firms. Steven Lightstone, a partner at Morgan Lewis in London and co-head of the global fintech team, stated that while the FCA aims to promote market competition and support new entrants, its regulatory standards will be very strict when it comes to consumer protection. Unlike the EU's standalone MiCA framework, the UK's approach will directly leverage the existing financial regulatory system to manage crypto firms.Meanwhile, increased regulatory certainty is accelerating the entry of European banks into the digital asset space. Simon Schneider, CEO of Sygnum Europe, noted that currently fewer than 20% of banks in Europe offer crypto-related services, indicating a significant market gap. The greatest value of MiCA is not just creating a new licensing system but providing legal certainty for financial institutions to enter the digital asset market. Citing Switzerland as an example, he pointed out that after the introduction of distributed ledger technology regulations, most major Swiss banks have begun offering digital asset services, a path that other parts of Europe may follow in the future. Banks are unlikely to replace crypto-native companies altogether; instead, they are more likely to rely on specialized infrastructure providers and collaborate in areas such as custody, brokerage, staking, and asset tokenization.As companies that fail to secure MiCA licenses gradually exit the European market, assets may become further concentrated among regulated entities. However, Schneider believes that self-custody models and institutional custody models will continue to coexist for the long term.Industry insiders suggest that the European crypto industry is entering a "regulatory-driven consolidation cycle." For crypto startups that previously
Cryptocurrency exchange Gemini has donated approximately $10 million worth of Bitcoin to MAGA Inc., a super PAC supporting former US President Donald Trump. According to a report filed with the US Federal Election Commission (FEC), Gemini co-founders Cameron Winklevoss and Tyler Winklevoss completed the donations in two installments on June 19, each worth over $5 million. This donation occurred about three weeks after the CFTC and Gemini jointly filed a motion with the US District Court for the Southern District of New York, seeking to vacate the $5 million settlement agreement reached in January 2025. The settlement stemmed from the CFTC's earlier allegations that Gemini had made false or misleading statements. MAGA Inc. can use these funds to support independent political expenditures for Donald Trump. Previously, the Winklevoss brothers each donated $1 million to Donald Trump's 2024 campaign and contributed $21 million worth of Bitcoin to the Digital Freedom Fund PAC to support the crypto policy direction of the Trump administration. Currently, the court has not yet ruled on the motion to vacate the settlement between the CFTC and Gemini. Meanwhile, CFTC Chairman Michael Selig remains the sole commissioner of the agency. As of June 30, MAGA Inc. has reported receiving over $397 million in funds.
documents filed by Protect Progress PAC, an affiliate of the crypto-focused political action committee Fairshake, with the U.S. Federal Election Commission (FEC) show that as of Tuesday, it has spent over $986,000 to support current Democratic Representative Shri Thanedar in Michigan’s 13th Congressional District and oppose challenger Donavan McKinney. The expenditure occurs two weeks before the August 4 Democratic primary, which will determine the party’s nominee for the November general election. Protect Progress PAC spent approximately $1 million in 2024 to support Thanedar, who received 54.9% of the vote in that year’s Democratic primary and went on to secure 68.6% of the vote in the November general election. Fairshake and its affiliated organizations report having a $191 million war chest to influence key elections. Other crypto industry-related political action committees include the Fellowship, backed by Cantor Fitzgerald and Anchorage Digital, and the Blockchain Leadership Fund, supported by Anchorage and Chainlink Labs. Protect Progress PAC has also spent over $100,000 to support Arizona Representative Greg Stanton’s re-election. Meanwhile, Defend American Jobs PAC has spent over $65,000 to support Amanda McKinney, the Republican candidate in Washington’s 4th Congressional District.
According to a post by a16z crypto researcher Robert Hackett and data advisor Ryan Holloway, the tokenized stock market is experiencing explosive growth. As of June 2026, the total market capitalization of tokenized stocks reached approximately $1.7 billion, representing a more than fivefold increase from $329 million a year earlier, making it one of the fastest-growing categories among tokenized assets. On-chain data shows that monthly transfer volume surged from $53 million last June to $9.22 billion this June, a year-over-year increase of more than 170 times. The market structure has also changed significantly: the proportion of crypto-related products dropped from 79% to 21%; the AI and chip category jumped from nearly zero to a market share of 15.5%; tech giants rose from 0.6% to 10.6%; and ETFs and indices increased from 4.5% to 17.3%. At the institutional level, DTCC has completed the first live trades of tokenized Treasury bonds and stocks on Digital Asset's Canton network, with full services planned to launch in October, which will open access for Wall Street to approximately $114 trillion in DTC custodied assets. Meanwhile, Robinhood has launched its own chain, NYSE's parent company announced a joint venture with OKX (pending regulatory approval), and Coinbase and Binance have also sequentially launched offerings for non-U.S. users.
According to Wintermute OTC trader @Jjay_dm, June CPI fell 0.4% month-over-month, the largest single-month drop since April 2020, overall inflation decreased from 4.2% to 3.5%, the market immediately priced in a hold for the July FOMC, and the probability of a rate hike in September also dropped from over 75% to 63%. However, the US restarted a naval blockade on Iranian ports and conducted air strikes for the fourth consecutive night, Brent crude surged 15.54% in a single week, reaching a high of $87 per barrel, pressure for energy inflation to rebound is accumulating, casting doubt on the sustainability of this CPI decline. Meanwhile, China's Moonshot released the open-source model Kimi K3, claiming performance comparable to frontier models from OpenAI and Anthropic, directly impacting the AI compute narrative, TSMC fell 7% in a single day, the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index recorded its worst weekly performance in 15 months, the Nasdaq dropped 4.16%, and Nvidia temporarily ceded the top spot in global market cap to Apple. The crypto market, however, strengthened against the trend, becoming the best-performing risk asset of the week. Within minutes of the CPI data release, BTC surged from around $62,000 to $64,900, ETH jumped 7% in a single day to $1,884, CoinGlass data showed approximately $134 million in short positions were liquidated within the first hour. BTC ETF
Odaily Odaily, digital asset trading platform Gate has released its Q2 2026 report. According to data from multiple authoritative institutions, Gate's spot liquidity and trading volume rank second globally, its derivatives market is firmly among the top three in the industry, and its open interest (OI) market share ranks among the global top three. In terms of asset class diversification this quarter, Gate advanced its integration of crypto assets and TradFi, accelerating the development of stock trading, Pre-IPOs, CFDs, wealth management, and other businesses, further enhancing its global asset allocation capabilities. The platform has officially launched stock trading, building a 7×24 trading system covering three major markets: U.S. stocks, Hong Kong stocks, and South Korean stocks. It supports fractional share trading, stock dividends, cross-broker position transfers, as well as stock splits and reverse stock splits. As of the end of the second quarter, Gate's global registered users exceeded 58 million, supporting the trading of over 4,800 digital assets and more than 12,500 stock assets, continuously attracting global users to participate in trading across a diverse asset system.Meanwhile, Gate has completed a full asset service chain from pre-listing investment to public market trading. The cumulative subscription funds for the SpaceX (SPCX) Pre-IPOs project exceeded $396 million, and cumulative subscription funds for direct IPOs surpassed $143 million. Gate CFD has listed 663 trading assets, with quarterly ETF trading volume approaching $60 billion, representing a quarter-over-quarter increase of over 40%. Additionally, Gate has launched a global wealth management brand, Gate Wealth, offering global users more efficient asset allocation and long-term value growth opportunities. Gate.AI has completed an architecture upgrade and brand refresh, supporting access to over 200 mainstream large language models worldwide, and continues to expand its presence in AI Agents, RWAs, prediction markets, and on-chain infrastructure. In the second quarter of 2026, Gate continuously integrated its asset allocation capabilities across digital assets, stocks, ETFs, RWAs, foreign exchange, and commodities, accelerating its evolution into a global one-stop financial service platform.
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.
According to Decrypt, Galaxy Digital has officially launched the "Bitcoin Quantum Readiness Initiative," with three core pillars including: providing up to $5 million in post-quantum cryptography research grants to developers, publishing specialized research reports through Galaxy Research, and establishing a quantum advisory committee composed of scholars from multiple top universities. The initiative targets "Q-Day"—the critical moment when quantum computers utilize Shor's algorithm to crack Bitcoin's elliptic curve encryption, forge signatures, and steal wallet assets. Project Eleven predicts that quantum computers capable of cryptographic threats may emerge as early as 2030, at which point approximately 6.9 million BTC will face exposure risks. The Coinbase Quantum Advisory Committee has also called on developers to immediately initiate migration work. Meanwhile, Trump has signed an executive order setting the deadline for the U.S. federal government to complete post-quantum cryptography migration to December 2031.
Odaily Odaily reports, according to the official announcement, Bitget's spot copy trading module now supports trading of US stock tokens rToken. Traders can trade US stock rTokens (such as rTSLA, rNVDA, etc.) in the copy trading zone, while copy traders can automatically follow the traders' open position signals. The operational logic for related opening and closing positions, order records, and profit-sharing mechanisms remains consistent with existing crypto spot copy trading. Meanwhile, US stock rTokens adopt a new candlestick chart that supports adjusted price settings, eliminating the impact of events such as stock splits on historical price trends.When a related rToken undergoes a stock split, reverse stock split, or dividend event, new copy buy orders for the corresponding trading pair will be temporarily suspended, though selling will not be affected. During this period, the system will take profit/loss snapshots and settle profit-sharing for existing positions, and will uniformly transfer the relevant rToken assets along with any cash or stock dividends to the user's main account. Once the event processing is completed, the trading pair will resume normal copy trading. Users can upgrade their App to version v2.89.0 to experience this feature.