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According to monitoring by Catcher Predict, the "2026 Ballon d'Or Winner" event is currently among the hottest trading topics on the prediction market Polymarket, with a total pool size reaching $134 million. The option with the highest market consensus is "Lamine Yamal," corresponding to a winning probability of approximately 36.15%.

According to monitoring by Catcher Predict, in the predicted market Polymarket for the event "LoL Kiwoom DRX vs KT Rolster KeSPA Cup Group Stage," the "Yes" option win rate in the sub-market "Both teams kill the dragon" has experienced a dramatic fluctuation, soaring from 50.5% an hour ago to the current 90.5% (a fluctuation of 40%). Please note the impact of related breaking news.

Base announced that Cobalt will be launched in September, with key features including Sponsorship, Batch Calls, and Session Keys.Among them, Sponsorship allows applications to sponsor transaction fees for users, achieving free Gas; Batch Calls support bundling multiple transactions into one, reducing operational steps; Session Keys allow users to authorize applications to sign transactions on their behalf within a specific scope, reducing repeated authorizations.

OKX CEO Star posted on platform X that former New York Governor Andrew M. Cuomo (@andrewcuomo) has officially joined the OKX Board of Directors. Cuomo has been serving as an advisor to OKX since 2023, providing guidance for the platform's development, and this marks his formal promotion to board member.OKX Star stated that 2026 is a milestone year for the platform, and bringing in Cuomo's extensive leadership experience is an important step in continuing to build the world's most trusted large digital asset exchange.

According to Gate market data, U.S. stocks opened with the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 0.27%, the S&P 500 index rising 0.54%, and the Nasdaq Composite index rising 0.8%. Google (GOOG.O) rose 2%, with media reports stating that it is developing new chips to enhance AI model efficiency.The storage sector saw widespread gains, with SK Hynix (SKHY.O), Micron Technology (MU.O), and SanDisk (SNDK.O) all rising 4%, while Western Digital (WDC.O) and Seagate Technology (STX.O) rose about 3%.

According to Jinshi reports, Goldman Sachs stated that hedge funds are selling U.S. tech stocks at a record pace.

According to official news, Tether Gold (XAU₮) has been recognized as a "qualified spot commodity" by the Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM).After approval, ADGM institutions holding the relevant licenses can provide XAU₮ related services to clients, provided they meet regulatory requirements.

According to Jinshi reports, Goldman Sachs' latest research report shows that inflationary pressures in the United States are spreading from a few industries to a broader range of sectors. Although the current inflation level has not yet reached the peak of 2022, the coverage of rising prices is expanding, posing greater challenges for Federal Reserve policy. Goldman Sachs economist Jessica Rindels analyzed the degree of inflation diffusion based on the Personal Consumption Expenditures (PCE) price index, which the Federal Reserve focuses on, using a six-month annualized change rate.The data shows that compared to the average inflation level from 1990 to 2019, the pressure index for inflation categories exceeding 3% has reached about "6," while this index was "10" at the peak of inflation in 2022.The report points out that areas such as audio-visual equipment, financial services, healthcare, and transportation have become significant sources of current price increases. Meanwhile, housing rent inflation, which has a high weight in the PCE, is expected to fall below 3% in the fourth quarter of this year, potentially becoming an important factor in alleviating inflationary pressures.Goldman Sachs' analysis resonates with the recent concerns of new Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh regarding the "diffusion" of inflation. Warsh stated that preventing price increases from spreading to more sectors of the economy is an important task for the Federal Reserve. However, unlike the more explicit policy communication style of former Chairman Powell, Warsh currently refuses to provide specific guidance on interest rate paths.Jeremy Schwartz, a senior U.S. economist at Nomura Securities, stated that the Federal Reserve is reducing its forward guidance to the market, and this policy uncertainty has increased concerns on Wall Street. Meanwhile, hawkish voices within the Federal Reserve are rising. Dallas Federal Reserve President Logan has expressed support for moderate interest rate hikes, believing that the current economic resilience does not match the inflation risks.

The "whale" stated in a post on platform X, "Recently, several trades (in Bitcoin) have been short-term long positions, and no short positions have been taken, as the cost-effectiveness of shorting is too low at this time. Relatively speaking, we are already at a phase bottom, and I have a feeling that the trend for Bitcoin should soon emerge, starting a new round of increases. I am afraid of missing the signal for the start.This trade (referring to a long position of 69.4 BTC opened on the 18th) may be considered a medium to long-term position, depending on the situation, and short-term fluctuations cannot be ruled out. In the next six months, a large-scale correction in U.S. stocks related to artificial intelligence technology cannot be ruled out."

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 Yu Jin monitoring, the hacker who emptied the Bonk treasury of 4.426 trillion BONK through a governance proposal has completed the liquidation, and the last 400 billion BONK (1.17 million USD) has also been deposited into Coinbase.As of now, all 4.426 trillion BONK that he extracted from the Bonk treasury 13 days ago has been transferred to CEX. Due to his selling over the past few days, the price of BONK has dropped by 40%. When he first obtained these BONK, they were worth 21.2 million USD, and after selling while the price was falling, the total cash amount should be around 13.58 million USD.

According to market news, Goldman Sachs reported on July 18 that the Dark Side of the Moon released the Kimi K3 model, with 28 trillion parameters, surpassing Claude Fable 5 and GPT-5.6 Sol on the Arena.ai programming leaderboard, reaching a new high for Chinese models with an API pricing of $2.3 per million tokens. Two days after the release, Zhiyu fell by 28%, MiniMax dropped by 16%, the Nasdaq 100 index futures fell by more than 1.8%, and the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index has cumulatively dropped by more than 18% from its peak.Goldman Sachs believes that Kimi K3 marks a turning point: a Chinese laboratory that cannot match the largest pre-trained computing power in the West has rapidly narrowed the gap with top American models through architectural innovation and reinforcement learning, proving that "scaling" is no longer the only winning path. Goldman Sachs warns that the "era of computing power expansion" may be coming to an end, and the investment logic for AI infrastructure built around "the more computing power, the better" needs to be rewritten. Goldman Sachs maintains a buy rating on MiniMax and a neutral rating on Zhiyu. Future attention will focus on the intensive release of 20-50 trillion parameter models such as Zhiyu GLM, Alibaba Qwen, and MiniMax M3 Pro.

According to reports from South Korean media, the Financial Services Commission, the Bank of Korea, the Financial Supervisory Service, and the Korea Securities Depository jointly announced relevant plans aimed at transforming the Korean won from a restricted exchange currency to a freely convertible currency, and improving the cross-border capital flow system. Among them, the South Korean government plans to clarify the issuance and circulation rules of the won stablecoin under the framework of the "Basic Law on Digital Assets," providing a institutional foundation for the entry of won-denominated stablecoins into the market.In addition, the Bank of Korea will also promote pilot projects that combine institutional CBDC with the tokenization of government bonds, and participate in the Project Agora led by the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) to explore a digital cross-border payment system.

According to Jinshi reports, as the conflict between the U.S. and Iran escalates over the weekend, the market bets that the Federal Reserve may need to raise interest rates to curb inflation, leading to a decline in gold prices. Following a drop of more than 2% last week, gold is currently trading around $3,995 per ounce.Escalating hostilities in the Middle East, including an attack on a key oil facility in Kuwait, have caused oil prices to soar. Tehran has stated that the ceasefire agreement between the U.S. and Iran is effectively null and void, intensifying concerns about potential severe disruptions to critical energy supplies.

On July 18, 2026, at 21:44:51 UTC, Cardano activated the Van Rossem hard fork, upgrading the network to protocol version 11, with no reported downtime. This upgrade is part of the changes within the Conway ledger era, aimed at reducing the operating costs of Plutus smart contracts, enhancing ledger security, and introducing new cryptographic tools.Van Rossem includes 5 Cardano Improvement Proposals, involving BLS12-381 multi-scalar multiplication, on-chain array types, optimization of multi-asset value processing, acceleration of list operations, and built-in modular exponentiation. Staking pools are now prohibited from reusing the same verifiable random function key across the entire network; each pool must hold a unique key bound to its identity.This upgrade was completed through the Cardano on-chain governance process, with the proposal to activation advanced by on-chain voting. Delegated representatives passed the proposal with a support rate of 77.63%, while the support rate among staking pool operators was 52.7%, and the constitutional committee's voting result was 6-0-0-1. Wallets holding between 100,000 and 100 million ADA saw their total balance rise to the highest level since 2023, currently controlling over a quarter of the circulating supply of ADA. Cardano will subsequently advance Ouroboros Leios and plans to achieve a target of over 1,000 transactions per second during the testing period in 2026.

According to monitoring by Catcher Predict, in the prediction market Polymarket for the event "Chicago White Sox vs. Toronto Blue Jays," the "Over" option in the sub-market "O/U 8.5" has experienced a drastic fluctuation in winning probability, dropping from 44.5% an hour ago to the current 17.5% (a fluctuation of 27%). Please note the impact of related breaking news.

According to monitoring by Catcher Predict, in the Polymarket event "Spain vs Argentina - Player Performance," the "Yes" option for the sub-market "Alex Baena: 3+ Goals + Assists" has experienced a dramatic fluctuation in winning probability, soaring from 6% an hour ago to the current 49% (a fluctuation of 43%). Please note the impact of related breaking news.

According to ETNews, the South Korean government has released the "Korean Won Internationalization Roadmap," aiming to transform the Korean won from a regulated currency to a freely convertible currency and to establish an offshore Korean won settlement network.It is reported that the Bank of Korea will launch the "Offshore Korean Won Settlement Network" (tentative name), which is expected to undergo trial operation in September this year and officially start in January next year. At the same time, it will also build digital asset payment infrastructure to lay the foundation for the issuance, distribution, and trading of Korean won-denominated stablecoins, with plans to launch a pilot project next year to promote the tokenization of government bonds linked to the central bank digital currency (CBDC) of the Bank of Korea.In addition, South Korea will officially join the cross-border digital payment project "Agora," led by the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) and involving the central banks of eight countries.

According to monitoring by Lookonchain, a certain whale continues to go long on BTC, with a position of 1,660 BTC, valued at 107 million USD, and a liquidation price of 63,123 USD.

According to monitoring by Catcher Predict, in the "World Cup Golden Boot Winner" event on the prediction market Polymarket, the "Yes" option for the sub-market "Lionel Messi" has experienced significant fluctuations in winning probability, soaring from 52.05% an hour ago to the current 67.3% (a fluctuation of 15.25%). Please note the impact of related breaking news.