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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.
Gate DEX has announced its full integration with Robinhood Chain, becoming one of the first mainstream exchange on-chain gateways to support this ecosystem, further expanding the platform's multi-chain ecosystem layout and Web3 infrastructure capabilities. This integration covers core scenarios such as asset discovery, wallet management, on-chain trading, cross-chain swaps, market tracking, and DApp interaction, providing users with a more complete and efficient on-chain experience.With this upgrade, Gate Main Site Alpha has added support for the display and trading of Robinhood Chain ecosystem assets, and has integrated with ecosystem launch platforms such as Noxa.fun and Bankr; Gate Wallet supports Robinhood Chain asset management and DApp interaction; Gate DEX Swap supports single-chain and cross-chain swaps on Robinhood Chain, and achieves asset interoperability with mainstream public chains such as BSC, Ethereum, and Base via Across and LayerZero, further improving the efficiency of multi-chain asset flow.As emerging public chain ecosystems like Robinhood Chain develop rapidly, Gate DEX continues to enhance its one-stop on-chain service capabilities covering asset discovery, trading, cross-chain connectivity, and ecosystem applications. Looking ahead, Gate will continue to deepen its multi-chain ecosystem development, connect with more high-quality public chains and innovative applications, continuously improve its Web3 product capabilities, and create a more open, efficient, and convenient on-chain experience for global users.
according to an official announcement, Binance will adjust the collateral rate and tiered collateral rate for assets such as LUNC and MORPHO under the portfolio margin program at 06:00 UTC on July 17, 2026. Additionally, it will update the leverage and margin tiers for USDⓈ-M perpetual contracts including PTBUSDT, NOMUSDT, VICUSDT, HFTUSDT, ACEUSDT, BMTUSDT, LYNUSDT, ANIMEUSDT, KERNELUSDT, TAGUSDT, CELRUSDT, XAIUSDT, PIXELUSDT, and SAPIENUSDT. The adjustment is expected to be completed around 06:30 UTC on the same day, and existing positions will be affected.
: Prediction market platform Kalshi has officially launched the beta version of its professional trading terminal, Kalshi Pro. The product is targeted at high-frequency, professional event traders to meet real-time trading demands across multiple markets. The terminal is equipped with several institutional-grade features, including real-time public trade data feeds, full order book depth, multi-leg contract calculation, and batch order management. It also introduces professional charting tools and position risk management tools tailored for perpetual contracts. Kalshi Product Lead Andy Chang stated that active traders now view prediction markets and perpetual contracts as standardized trading asset classes comparable to stocks and bonds. Kalshi Pro aims to provide professional investors with the complete suite of institutional trading capabilities they require. (CNBC)
: Japanese convenience store operator Lawson plans to test yen-pegged stablecoin payments in August at its Lawson Takanawa Gateway City store in Tokyo. HashPort has signed agreements with Lawson and KDDI to conduct the pilot, where participants will use HashPort's non-custodial wallet. The store will process payments through the HashPort payment system, eliminating the need for merchants to open or manage crypto wallets. Japanese payment company Netstars has launched Stablecoin Pay, opening applications to merchants looking to accept multiple stablecoins. The service initially supports USDC, USDT, and the yen-pegged stablecoin JPYC on the Solana and Polygon networks. Supported wallets include MetaMask, and the merchant transaction fee rate is 0.98%. (Cointelegraph).
According to Circle's (@circle) official announcement, Circle Agent Stack is now open source, enabling developers to add wallets, USDC payments, and on-chain operation capabilities to AI agents. It currently supports the following mainstream frameworks: OpenAI Agents SDK, Claude AI Agent SDK, LangChain, Mastra, Vercel AI SDK, and Google AI ADK. Developers can directly clone the example code to get started quickly, and the project is hosted on GitHub. This move is regarded by the industry as a significant advancement in AI agent payment layer infrastructure, expected to accelerate the large-scale adoption of Agentic AI.
Gate issued an announcement regarding the recent "user asset theft incident," sharing internal comprehensive verification results, analysis of the incident's cause, and progress on subsequent handling. Regarding the verification process and key facts, the announcement stated that after comprehensive verification, materials submitted by the applicant at the time, including account information, real-name information, transaction records, Alipay screen recordings, etc., matched the account completely. According to analysis by the technical team, Alipay screen recordings can only be made by the customer themselves or someone with access to the customer's Alipay account. Alipay possesses an extremely strict real-time risk control system; logging into Alipay on a different device will mandate multi-factor authentication. This indicates a situation involving serious leakage of customer information or device compromise. Regarding the Gate platform audit mechanism, the announcement stated that the Company's security unbinding audit mechanism strictly executes the four-fold verification process of "Multi-channel advance notification + System risk control preliminary screening + Manual multi-layer review + Time protection," and never has nor will it approve any security item change application based on a single material alone. Gate always takes information security and customer data protection as the Company's core management requirements. The issue of internal information leakage mentioned by some parties does not exist. Regarding fund recovery and subsequent handling, the announcement stated that Gate processed the matter with the highest priority immediately after the incident occurred, coordinating security, compliance, legal, business, and other teams to carry out on-chain analysis and asset tracking and freezing. It continues to coordinate with third-party institutions such as Tether to advance fund freezing. Subsequently, it will also actively cooperate with judicial authorities in investigations and data collection. Any substantive progress will be communicated immediately.
According to The Block, Block agreed to pay $45 million to settle with regulators in nearly 50 U.S. states. Regulators alleged that its Cash App exaggerated platform security safeguards, describing it as having fund protection capabilities comparable to traditional banks, but failed to effectively prevent fraud and did not provide adequate customer support and fraud reporting channels.
ENS community member AvsA has proposed a draft suggesting that the approximately 5 million ENS tokens held by the DAO be allocated to various governance stakeholders through a multi-delegation contract. This aims to alleviate the current issue of voting power being highly concentrated in the hands of a few representatives. The proposal plans to withdraw tokens from the DAO treasury and select candidates from stakeholders such as users, integrators, developers, traditional domain name service providers, and the governance community based on preset criteria, delegating approximately 1 million ENS equally to each group. Delegates will only receive voting rights and will not have the authority to dispose of the tokens. If they fail to participate in voting for six consecutive months, their delegated tokens will be reclaimed and redistributed.
Bitget launches the long-term investor education program "TradFi Knowledge 100 Questions," breaking down the traditional finance knowledge system into 100 core questions, covering six major modules: Financial Basics, Asset Encyclopedia, Market Mechanisms, Macroeconomics, Risk Management, and the Evolution of Multi-Asset Trading. The course features structured content and weekly updated educational materials, focusing on analyzing the driving logic behind stocks, commodities, interest rates, and capital flows, helping traders build an investment framework across asset classes.
“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.
Bitget has announced the launch of the VIP Miracle Medal Program. This program targets traders active in the cryptocurrency, U.S. stock, and CFD markets, establishing four types of achievement medals: UEX Trading Master, Futures Trading Master, CFD Trading Master, and Stock Trading Master. It aims to further expand exclusive services and rights for VIP users through a recognition system.Following the introduction of initiatives such as the VIP Fast Track and VIP Airdrop Season, Bitget's addition of this medal system aims to enhance its user rights ecosystem. Leveraging the UEX strategy, the platform continues to expand its multi-asset product categories and meet the differentiated needs of traders across various regions and groups through a tiered rights mechanism.
Bitget has announced an upgrade to its CFD copy trading feature, introducing two new position-following modes and independent risk management settings—evolving copy trading from “simple strategy replication” to “personalized risk management.” While referencing professional strategies, users can now establish a foundational risk control layer aligned with their individual risk tolerance. Regarding position management, two new modes have been added: “Fixed-Ratio Copy Trading” and “Fixed-Lot Copy Trading.” Under the Fixed-Ratio mode, the system intelligently calculates position sizes based on the capital ratio between the user and the lead trader, ensuring proportional risk alignment. Under the Fixed-Lot mode, users can set a fixed order size per trade (e.g., 0.01 lots), enabling small-capital users to cost-effectively test a trader’s actual win rate. On the risk control front, this upgrade introduces independent take-profit and stop-loss settings. Users can now define personalized take-profit and stop-loss amounts for their own accounts when copying any trader—even if the lead trader remains in open positions, the system automatically triggers the user’s stop-loss. Additionally, a new “Maximum Lot Size per Copy Trade” limit has been added to prevent excessively large positions triggered automatically due to high account equity.
According to Fortune magazine, the political battle surrounding New York State Assemblymember Alex Bores’ congressional campaign has escalated into a direct confrontation between two major camps in the AI industry: OpenAI and Anthropic have each contributed millions to tens of millions of dollars through affiliated political action committees (PACs) to support candidates with opposing stances.
Curve Finance has launched its lending protocol Llamalend v2 on Optimism as the first phase of a major upgrade, with plans to deploy it on the Ethereum mainnet in the second half of 2026. The new version removes the restriction of only supporting crvUSD, allowing nearly any combination of collateral and lending assets, and introduces LlamaRisk to handle collateral assessment and market management. Users can stake Curve LP tokens as collateral, borrowing funds while retaining market-making exposure, thereby improving capital efficiency. (The Block)
MetaMask has officially launched Agent Wallet, a self-custody wallet designed for AI agents. It enables automated trading, perpetual contracts, and liquidity provision on Ethereum, multiple EVM-compatible chains, and the Hyperliquid network. The product is equipped with multiple security mechanisms, including transaction simulation, spending limits, and address whitelisting. It integrates with Blockaid's risk scanning, requiring user secondary confirmation for high-risk transactions. The platform also introduces a transaction guarantee service, offering up to $10,000 in compensation for compliant and secure transactions. Currently, the product is only being tested by a small group of users via the command line, with plans for a full public release this summer. (The Block)
Bitget has officially launched the 2026 Global Anti-Fraud Month in June, with the theme "More Assets, Stronger Protection: Safely Navigating the Multi-Asset Era". As crypto assets, tokenized stocks, AI-related products, and others converge on the same platform, the security challenges users face have far surpassed those of the single-asset era. This marks the third consecutive year Bitget has initiated this security campaign, aiming to help users enhance risk awareness in the multi-asset era.According to Interpol data, financial fraud related to the global multi-asset market caused losses exceeding $442 billion in 2025. As tokenized financial products accelerate their entry into mainstream trading environments, fraudulent methods have expanded from traditional phishing and SMS impersonation to new scenarios like AI-generated scams, identity manipulation, and malicious smart contracts. Bitget CEO Gracy Chen stated that as financial systems become more interconnected, it is necessary to help users better identify risks.During the Anti-Fraud Month, Bitget will release a series of security educational articles and video content, delving into new fraud trends in the AI and RWA sectors. In the later phase of the campaign, it will collaborate with on-chain security agencies, RWA institutions, and AI industry partners to publish joint anti-fraud reports on multi-asset trading and AI financial risks, further expanding the reach of user protection and risk education.
According to The Block, Base—the Ethereum Layer 2 network operated by Coinbase—has officially activated the Azul upgrade on its mainnet. This marks Base’s first independent network upgrade following its separation from the Optimism Superchain. The Azul upgrade introduces a multi-proof system that combines TEE (Trusted Execution Environment) proofs with zero-knowledge (ZK) proofs, reducing the shortest possible withdrawal finalization time to just one day. Both proof types can independently confirm proposals; in case of conflict, permissionless ZK proofs override TEE proofs—further enhancing the network’s censorship resistance. Additionally, Azul integrates Base into a single execution client, <code>base-reth-node</code>, and introduces a new consensus client, <code>base-consensus</code>, built on OP Kona. Following the upgrade, the number of empty blocks has plummeted from approximately 200 per day to roughly 2 per day, and the network has achieved a sustained peak throughput of 5,000 transactions per second.
Decentralized USDD announced that its yield-bearing token, sUSDD, has officially launched on Pendle’s Ethereum-chain 91-day fixed-yield market—marking another breakthrough for USDD in DeFi yield scenarios and capital efficiency strategies. The campaign begins on May 28 at 8:00 AM (Singapore Time). sUSDD holders can participate by locking in fixed rates, trading yield rights, or providing liquidity. During the campaign, YT users can share over $300,000 in incentives; combined with Pendle’s official 30% exclusive reward, participants also stand a chance to receive random TRX airdrops. The official team stated that it will continue exploring diversified yield opportunities to effectively meet market liquidity demand and further integrate USDD deeply into the mainstream DeFi ecosystem.
Coinbase released its Solana Validator Performance Report for Q1 2026, disclosing its staking volume, infrastructure upgrades, and network optimization progress. The report reveals that Coinbase has staked approximately 40.48 million SOL on the Solana network—representing 9.52% of the network’s total staked SOL—with validator nodes distributed across six countries/regions. The report also highlights that Coinbase has implemented a near-zero downtime (ZDD) upgrade mechanism, leveraging hot-swapping and dual-signature protection to ensure network security and stability during validator updates. It supports multiple client implementations—including Harmonic, Jito, JitoBAM, Firedancer, and Rakurai—to enhance diversity and resilience within the Solana validator ecosystem and mitigate risks associated with centralized scheduling strategies.