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ChainCatcher news, with the "Stablecoin Regulation" set to officially take effect on August 1, currently 50 to 60 companies intend to apply for a Hong Kong stablecoin license, half of which are payment institutions and the other half are well-known internet companies, most of which have Chinese backgrounds. The industry expects that only 3 to 4 licenses will be issued in the first phase, with the initial stablecoins primarily pegged to the Hong Kong dollar and the US dollar.

According to ChainCatcher news and Coinglass data, in the past 24 hours, the total liquidation across the network reached 228 million USD, with long positions liquidated at 94.4817 million USD and short positions liquidated at 134 million USD. Among them, Bitcoin long positions were liquidated at 7.7843 million USD, Bitcoin short positions at 43.1873 million USD, Ethereum long positions at 21.2665 million USD, and Ethereum short positions at 24.2905 million USD.In addition, in the last 24 hours, a total of 93,663 people were liquidated globally, with the largest single liquidation occurring on Binance - BTCUSDT worth 2.7896 million USD.

ChainCatcher message, the Binance Alpha platform has launched the Sperax (SPA) token airdrop event. According to the rules, users holding at least 160 Alpha points can claim 4,607 SPA tokens.This airdrop operates on a first-come, first-served basis until the quota is exhausted or the event ends.

ChainCatcher news, Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy) Executive Chairman Michael Saylor posted information related to Bitcoin Tracker on the X platform, captioned "Sometimes you don't just HODL."Historical data shows that after Saylor releases such information, he often discloses the company's Bitcoin acquisition data the following day.

ChainCatcher news, according to Jinshi reports, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen stated that the suspension period for countermeasures against U.S. tariffs will be extended to early August, and she has consistently expressed a preference for reaching a solution through negotiations with the United States, a position that remains unchanged. The countermeasures are designed for unconventional situations and have not yet reached the stage of implementation.

ChainCatcher message, the important macroeconomic data to be released in the United States next week is as follows:Tuesday 20:30: U.S. June CPI data, July New York Fed Manufacturing Index;Tuesday 21:15: Federal Reserve Governor Bowman delivers a welcome speech at a Federal Reserve-hosted conference;Wednesday 00:45: Federal Reserve Governor Barr speaks at a Federal Reserve-hosted conference;Wednesday 20:30: U.S. June PPI data;Thursday 20:30: U.S. June Retail Sales MoM, U.S. Initial Jobless Claims for the week ending July 12, July Philadelphia Fed Manufacturing Index, June Import Price Index MoM;Friday 22:00: U.S. July preliminary one-year inflation expectations, July preliminary University of Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index.