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According to The Defiant, Robinhood has confirmed that CEO Vlad Tenev's X account was hacked and used to promote a counterfeit meme coin called Vladhood on the Robinhood Chain. According to DexScreener data, VLAD recorded over $22 million in trading volume within hours, with a fully diluted valuation of about $2.6 million. The Robinhood Chain block explorer has marked the contract as a scam.On-chain records show that the token issuance address launched via the issuance platform Pons 46 minutes before the false post, and filled Tenev's X homepage as the token's official website, indicating that the token issuance and the hacking were part of the same coordinated operation. The attacker did not withdraw liquidity throughout the process but instead made six calls to Pons's fee collection function, extracting approximately 31.6 ETH and about 72 million VLAD, totaling around $247,000. This is at least the third social media scam related to Robinhood Chain meme coins in three weeks.

Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev stated that their X account has now been restored and is awaiting an explanation from the platform team regarding the situation that occurred earlier. He emphasized that Robinhood has never issued any cryptocurrency or tokens and reminded users to be cautious of related misinformation.

The People's Bank of China Shenzhen Branch, Shenzhen Securities Regulatory Bureau, Municipal Internet Information Office, and Municipal Local Financial Supervision Administration continue to carry out special rectifications, urging local website platforms to strictly implement their main responsibilities and legally handle a number of illegal self-media accounts.Some typical cases include: "USDT Merchant Group Chat," "Gather Together to Play Virtual Currency," "Search for Bitcoin," "WeChat Quick Exchange," "Zhongchain Laojiu," "Medicine Breaks a Good Sleep," "Little Goldfish 9884," "User 0767527971," and other accounts that illegally provided marketing and promotional information related to virtual currency business activities within the country, enticing the public to participate in illegal financial activities related to virtual currency. According to the relevant policy provisions such as the "Notice on Further Preventing and Handling Risks Related to Virtual Currency," the aforementioned accounts have been permanently closed and dealt with by the platform in accordance with the law and agreements.

According to SolanaFloor, the financial platform Ramp, which serves over 70,000 enterprises, has launched a stablecoin account on Solana, allowing businesses to hold USDC or USDT and enabling around-the-clock cross-border payments through existing approval and accounting workflows.

Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF) latest forecast shows that by 2035, electricity consumption by data centers in the United States will account for about 20% of the nation's total electricity consumption, a significant increase from the current level of about 5.9%. The agency has raised its forecast for data center electricity demand in 2035 to 106 GW, which is 36% higher than the 78 GW predicted in April this year. Currently, the operating capacity of data centers in the U.S. is about 40 GW, accounting for approximately 3.5%-4% of the national electricity demand, while under BNEF's baseline scenario, this proportion is expected to reach 8.6% by 2035. The high-growth model from the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) indicates that if the combined effects of cryptocurrency mining and AI computing power are taken into account, the upper limit of this proportion also points to 20%.In response to the explosive growth in AI computing power demand, Bitcoin mining companies are actively transforming. Companies like Core Scientific and Riot Platforms have partnered with tech giants such as AWS and Google to convert their existing mining sites into AI data centers. Currently, Bitcoin mining companies have secured about 6 GW of electricity capacity, which is expected to expand to 12 GW by 2027, with some analysts estimating that about 20% of mining companies' computing power capacity will shift towards AI workloads by then. Data from the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) shows that data centers now account for about 90% of local large load applications, with many sites originally used for cryptocurrency mining being repurposed as AI computing facilities. This trend is also directly reflected in the capital markets, as Core Scientific has seen a significant rebound in its stock price after emerging from bankruptcy and partnering with AI cloud service provider CoreWeave.

The Korean stock market's semiconductor concept stocks are actively traded, and the market's attention to related assets continues to rise. According to data from the Gate platform, Samsung Electronics (005930) is currently priced at $175.14, with a 24-hour increase of 6.14%; SK Hynix (000660) is currently priced at $1241.59, with a 24-hour increase of 4.08%.CoinGlass data shows that trading in Gate-related stock derivatives is active, with the Gate SKHX contract's open interest reaching $37.73 million and a 24-hour trading volume of $88.09 million; the Gate SAMSUNG contract's open interest is $2.63 million, with a 24-hour trading volume of $7.75 million, both ranking among the industry's top.Gate stocks have established a 7×24 hour trading service system covering the three core markets of US stocks, Hong Kong stocks, and Korean stocks, supporting over 10,000 US stocks and ETFs, more than 1,500 Hong Kong stocks, and over 1,000 Korean stocks, totaling coverage of more than 12,500 stocks and ETF assets globally.Users can participate in global stock investments through Gate's unified account using USDT, supporting fractional share trading starting from a minimum of 0.01 shares, and enjoying stock dividend rights. The platform also supports cross-brokerage transfer of US and Hong Kong stocks and company actions such as stock splits and consolidations, further optimizing the stock investment service experience.

According to Bloomberg, AI startup 01.ai, founded by AI expert Kai-Fu Lee, plans to conduct an initial public offering (IPO) in Hong Kong after the end of the 2027 fiscal year and intends to seek Pre-IPO financing during its first annual performance announcement. To comply with the Hong Kong Stock Exchange's listing regulations for specialized technology companies, 01.ai is currently adjusting its offshore holding structure to pave the way for its future listing in Hong Kong.Founded in 2023, 01.ai achieved a valuation of over $1 billion in just 8 months after receiving investments from institutions such as Alibaba Cloud. The company has completed a business strategy transformation, shifting from its early self-developed cutting-edge large language models to building AI infrastructure services for enterprises, primarily fine-tuning and customizing based on domestic open-source models such as DeepSeek, Alibaba Qianwen, and Zhiyu GLM. Kai-Fu Lee revealed that approximately 50% of 01.ai's business revenue currently comes from overseas markets.

According to on-chain analyst Ai Yi's monitoring, a certain address opened a $2.155 million short position on Changxin Storage TWAP. If fully executed, it will become the second largest position in Hyperliquid CXMT. The TWAP size is 300,000 CXMT, with an opening average price of $7.1825, and currently 1.14% has been executed, with an account margin of $15 million.

According to The New York Times, as Robinhood incorporates prediction markets into its app, concerns about the platform potentially exploiting young, inexperienced investors have intensified. Additionally, many still associate Robinhood with the Meme stock craze that swept the market, of which Robinhood was a significant driver.Now, Robinhood hopes that the public sees more than just these labels. The company has become one of the institutions responsible for operating the Trump Accounts program, which gives Robinhood the opportunity to build closer connections with the next generation of investors while further strengthening its ties with Washington.Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev responded that this move is not intended to encourage speculation but rather to expand financial inclusion and help more American families participate in long-term investing. Currently, Robinhood has adjusted some product designs and is attempting to transition from a "speculative trading platform" to a broader financial services company.

According to FinanceFeeds, security researchers have discovered an information-stealing malware targeting macOS devices that is attacking cryptocurrency users. This malware can hijack Telegram Desktop sessions, steal passwords and wallet databases, further controlling user accounts and stealing digital assets. Currently affected wallets and applications include software wallets like Exodus, Atomic, Electrum, Wasabi, and Monero.The malware is capable of extracting sensitive information from macOS Keychain, Safari Cookies, Apple Notes, Telegram Desktop, and multiple cryptocurrency wallet-related databases, including login credentials, authenticated session files, wallet data, and browser extension information. Security analysis points out that the danger of this attack chain lies in its reliance not on a single wallet vulnerability, but on collecting various types of data from the device, linking device intrusion, account takeover, wallet cracking, and mnemonic phrase theft together. Among these, Telegram Desktop sessions have become a key target.Attackers can copy authenticated Telegram local session data and restore the login on another Mac device without needing to enter a phone number, verification code, or Telegram two-factor authentication password. This means that Telegram 2FA cannot provide complete protection in this attack scenario, as the attacker is not performing a new login but is exploiting an already trusted local session. For cryptocurrency users, the risks are further amplified. Since Telegram is widely used for exchange customer service, project communities, OTC trading, and wallet communication, once attackers gain access to user session permissions, they could impersonate the victim, read private chats, locate asset information, and even spread malicious links to contacts.

According to Fortune, Airbnb co-founder and CEO Brian Chesky's X account was hacked this Monday, posting a bullish tweet about "RWA tokenization," which was later deleted.Analysis by the AI detection tool Pangram revealed that the tweet was 100% generated by AI, with users pointing out its lack of commas and other characteristics typical of AI writing. Chesky had previously praised AI technology, but this incident shows that low-quality AI-generated content is becoming an increasingly serious concern for businesses and creators. The X platform security team has secured the account after receiving the report, and Chesky has regained access.

Bitget has launched the industry's first Unified Trading Account (UTA) across assets, currently incorporating over 370 assets including 100 U.S. stock tokens (rToken) into a unified margin pool. Under this mechanism, the U.S. stock tokens (rToken) held by users not only allow for dividend distribution but can also serve as margin and collateral for lending, further enhancing capital efficiency.The first batch of U.S. stock tokens included in the margin system covers 100 mainstream assets such as Apple (rAAPL), Nvidia (rNVDA), and Tesla (rTSLA), with discount rates set by asset tiers, reaching up to 95%. With product iterations, Bitget will continue to expand the list of assets that can be used as margin and support leveraged trading, further bridging the liquidity gap between traditional financial assets and cryptocurrency trading scenarios.

According to Hyperliquid News monitoring, the largest Solana 5u8PrRBuWvVLEJrjNRNSinhH3Rsxmtx1hjUynTZP pump position currently stands at a $3.8 million short position.The trader has also placed a sell order of $4.17 million above the current price. This position accounts for 17.36% of the market's open contracts, with an unrealized profit of $45,000.

According to official news, Gate announced the launch of the interest-earning feature for stock and CFD account assets, allowing users to earn automatic returns on eligible idle USDT and USDx in their accounts while participating in stock trading, IPOs, and CFD trading. This feature uses a tiered interest mechanism, matching interest levels based on the USDT balance in the stock account and the USDx balance in the CFD account. A single account balance exceeding 1,000 USDT or USDx can participate in interest calculation, with a reference annualized return rate of up to 3.00%.

According to the Financial Times, based on the latest publicly available court documents, the stablecoin issuer Circle had banned the crypto fund Heka Funds, supported by Tether, at the end of 2023 due to suspicions that it was manipulating the market through large-scale arbitrage operations and helping Tether expand its market share. The documents show that during the Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) crisis in 2023, USDC briefly fell below the $1 peg. Heka continuously bought discounted USDC in large quantities and redeemed it for cash from Circle. Circle believed that Heka's redemption scale far exceeded that of other market participants and suspected that the related funds ultimately flowed to Tether to help expand its USDT market size.Arbitration documents also revealed that Tether had invested about $800 million in Heka, accounting for about 75% of the fund's assets, and waived the stablecoin minting fees. The arbitrator found that Heka did not truthfully disclose its supportive relationship with Tether and was aware that the related information would raise concerns for Circle. In 2024, Heka initiated arbitration due to its account being frozen, claiming approximately $49 million in lost profits. In February of this year, the arbitrator dismissed all of Heka's claims, determining that it had engaged in malicious behavior and ordered it to pay Circle about $166,000 in attorney and expert fees. Heka denied any market manipulation and stated that it had never been subject to regulatory investigation; Circle declined to comment, and Tether did not respond to media requests for comment.

According to Onchain Lens monitoring, the X account of Noxa Fi is suspected to have been hacked. Users should not connect their wallets, sign any transactions, or interact with any links posted by that account.Currently, there are reports of users having their wallet assets stolen after interacting with that account.

According to GoPlus analysis, Lumi Finance on Arbitrum was attacked on July 13, resulting in a loss of approximately $270,000.The vulnerability originated from a logical flaw in the validateUserOp function of the Sodium smart account contract (ERC-4337) when calling _validateSignature to verify the signature—specifically, during the execution of isValidSignatureNow, the signer parameter was passed as the attacker's address. After an error occurred in the call to ECDSA.tryRecover, it did not revert but instead called the isValidSignature function in the attack contract and passed the verification. The attacker exploited this vulnerability to execute Token approve operations during the UserOperation verification period, obtaining approval rights for ERC20 tokens from multiple smart accounts without the payer's consent.

SK Hynix has recently continued to decline, triggering an increase in the activity of related derivatives markets. According to the RootData perpetual contract data panel, Binance, OKX, and Bitget rank in the top three for SK Hynix (SKHYNIX) contract open interest, collectively accounting for approximately 87.8% of the market share. Among them, Binance has an open interest of about $422 million, OKX about $93.21 million, and Bitget about $54.08 million.In terms of trading volume, Binance leads with a 24-hour trading volume of approximately $3.68 billion, followed by OKX with about $954 million and Bitget with about $414 million. Regarding price spreads, Binance has the smallest spread at 0.0008%, while XT.com has the largest spread at 0.2004%.It is reported that RootData has recently officially launched a ranking of stock perpetual contract exchanges, which directly collects primary data through the exchanges' official APIs and public market data sources, aiming to establish a reliable data benchmark for investors. Currently, the RootData data submission channel is open, supporting exchanges with stock perpetual contract business to submit official APIs and supplementary data.

According to Yicai, global chip stocks faced a Black Monday. On that day, during the Asian trading session, rising geopolitical tensions in the Middle East suppressed risk appetite, with SK Hynix plunging over 15% on the Korean Exchange, marking the largest single-day drop in 18 years; the South Korean benchmark index KOSPI fell more than 9% in a single day, retreating 25% from its historical high on June 22.Data from the Financial Supervisory Service of Korea shows that the total amount of forced liquidations across the entire South Korean market reached 344.2 billion won in a single day, the largest scale of credit liquidation this year. Retail investors accounted for 92% of leveraged positions, referred to as "ant investors," who made full bets on memory chips and have very weak capacity to withstand volatility. As of Monday, over 1.2 million leveraged retail accounts in the entire South Korean market had reached the margin call line. Among them, approximately 320,000 to 360,000 accounts have been fully liquidated by brokerages, resulting in the loss of principal, with some accounts even owing debts to brokerages.Institutions believe that the short-term Gamma effect of leveraged shorts in South Korea cannot be eliminated, and the trillion-won level of leveraged selling pressure has not been fully cleared, with the risk of volatility still unresolved. However, this round of decline is not a reversal of the industry's fundamentals but rather a concentrated deleveraging event following macro shocks faced by crowded high-position leveraged trades.

According to CoinLaunch data, LAB Terminal will see an investor token unlock on July 14, with an unlock amount of 16.23 million LAB, accounting for approximately 1.6% of the maximum supply. This unlock corresponds to a value of about 4.06 million USD, representing 8.5% of the investor share, which is about 5.0% of the current market capitalization.At the same time, the total allocation for Investors is 192 million LAB, with 94.6 million LAB currently unlocked, accounting for 49.27% of that allocation; subsequently, 16.23 million LAB will be unlocked monthly from August 14 to December 14, 2026. Additionally, 70.8% of the token supply is still marked as "Untracked," with the page indicating that this data is unavailable, and the related tokens may be unlocked at any time.In terms of market performance, LAB is currently priced at 0.3777 USD, with a decline of 97.6% over the past 7 days, and the current market capitalization is approximately 12.2 million USD.