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Famous trader and chart analyst Peter Brandt posted that the daily chart of Nasdaq 100 mini futures (NQ) may form a "diamond" pattern or may have already constituted a market top. In addition, Peter Brandt recently predicted in an interview that Bitcoin could first rebound by $10,000, then drop to a high of $40,000, and form a bottom in early October 2026.Brandt issued a warning based on Bitcoin's historical cycle pattern, pointing out that Bitcoin may experience a false breakout, with the current Bitcoin price fluctuating around $60,000 and facing short-term downside risks. Brandt also emphasized that he remains optimistic about Bitcoin in the long term, expecting the coin price to reach between $300,000 and $500,000 by 2029.

According to monitoring by Catcher Predict, in the prediction market Polymarket for the event "LoL Hanwha Life Esports vs T1," the "Yes" option for the sub-market "Any Player Pentakill" has experienced a sharp fluctuation in win rate, soaring from 26% an hour ago to the current 43.5% (a fluctuation of 17.5%). Please note the impact of related breaking news.

ESMA has included 14 new cryptocurrency companies, including Ripple Payments Europe, in its MiCA registration list, bringing the total number of licensed cryptocurrency service providers to 294.

RootData has integrated stock perpetual contract-related data into the API Professional Edition subscription system, covering core data such as stock perpetual contract trading pairs, market conditions, and liquidity.Currently, the RootData API has served over 220 institutional clients, covering not only mainstream trading platforms like Binance, OKX, Bitget, and Gate, but also widely adopted by market makers and quantitative institutions such as Amber Group and Presto Research. With continuously expanding data dimensions and stable real-time data service capabilities, RootData is gradually becoming an important provider of institutional-level crypto data infrastructure.

On July 17, Interlace and BlockSec jointly held the summit "The Next Decade of Payments: Digital Currency, AI Agents, and the New Global Financial Order." The event brought together industry guests from AI, Web3, security, and payments to discuss the development trends of stablecoin payments, security compliance, AI agents, and global payment infrastructure.BlockSec co-founder Zhou Yajin and Interlace founder and CEO Michael Wu delivered keynote speeches on "Security and Compliance in Crypto Payments" and "Agentic Payment and the New Infrastructure of Global Finance," respectively, sharing their latest observations on the development trends of digital asset payments. As the scenarios for stablecoin payments continue to expand, the security compliance system and the construction of a new generation of payment infrastructure are becoming key supports for driving industry development. In the future, payment infrastructure will not only serve the function of capital flow but will also further evolve into a programmable, trusted, and verifiable value transfer system, providing underlying support for the connection between digital assets and real-world commerce.At the event, Interlace also officially released the white paper "The Value Transmission Layer of the AI Economy: From Concept to Implementation." The white paper was jointly initiated with ecosystem partners such as Bitget, BlockSec, Cobo, Conflux, Stable, Xagent, and Hetu, systematically defining the architecture, standards, and implementation paths of Agentic Payment infrastructure, providing a reference for value transfer in the era of the AI economy.

B.AI announced that the Kimi K3 model is officially launched on its API platform, seamlessly integrated after the release by @Kimi_Moonshot. As the world's first open-source 3T level (28 trillion parameters) model, Kimi K3 has made significant breakthroughs in long-range programming, complex reasoning, and knowledge work, and natively supports visual capabilities and 1M ultra-long context. As a model aggregation service platform, B.AI has prioritized opening its API interface, allowing developers to directly experience the capabilities of the new generation model through B.AI. B.AI will continue to provide efficient and stable interface services to promote the rapid implementation of cutting-edge AI technology and empower developers' innovation.

The Binance Futures platform will launch the SPCXUSD1 perpetual contract on July 20 at 17:00, with a maximum leverage of up to 25 times. This contract is based on Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (Nasdaq: SPCX), with the settlement asset being USD1, and trading will be available 24/7.

According to Gate market data, Netflix fell 9.2% in pre-market trading, as the company expects third-quarter revenue and profit to be below market expectations.

According to Coinglass data, the current holdings of whales on the Hyperliquid platform amount to $5.402 billion, with long positions totaling $2.665 billion, accounting for 49.33% of the holdings, and short positions totaling $2.737 billion, accounting for 50.67%. The profit and loss for long positions is -$122 million, while the profit and loss for short positions is $32.1452 million.Among them, the whale address 0x0ddf..02 has shorted ETH with a 3x leverage at a price of $1700.06, currently showing an unrealized profit and loss of -$658.17 thousand.

The National Development and Reform Commission officially released the "Action Plan for the Cooperative Development of Artificial Intelligence," aimed at building an open, shared, secure, orderly, and collaboratively governed global artificial intelligence ecosystem. The plan clearly outlines eight core actions, comprehensively promoting deep international cooperation in the AI field from multiple dimensions, including data, computing power, algorithms, talent, and governance. At the foundational level of data and computing power, the action plan emphasizes the need to promote cross-border data flow and build a trustworthy cross-border data space, collaboratively constructing a high-quality corpus; at the same time, it promotes the interconnection of intelligent computing facilities, providing inclusive intelligent computing services to developing countries, and creating low-carbon intelligent computing infrastructure driven by green energy.In terms of industrial empowerment and ecological sharing, the plan encourages the co-construction of an international open-source community for artificial intelligence, promoting the sharing of general large models, basic algorithms, and tool components, and supporting countries in conducting localized innovation based on open-source models. By deepening "Artificial Intelligence +" cooperation, it aims to build a cross-national industrial cooperation platform, promoting the deep application and empowerment of AI technology in fields such as science, manufacturing, healthcare, education, agriculture, and governance. In addition, the plan also proposes the establishment of a joint training mechanism for top digital talent, collaboratively formulating occupational standards and skill certification systems, comprehensively enhancing public literacy, and jointly addressing the structural impacts of AI on employment.Regarding industry rules and technical security, the action plan advocates for the co-construction of rules and standards and collaborative governance for security. All parties will strengthen information sharing on cybersecurity threats and emergency response cooperation, researching ways to enhance the explainability, transparency, and safety of artificial intelligence. Finally, the plan emphasizes adherence to the technological ethics principle of "AI for Good," collaboratively constructing an ethical guideline system dedicated to eliminating algorithmic biases in the forms of racism, discrimination, and others. By promoting international governance cooperation in AI research, it aims to contribute public scientific products to the Global South, effectively serving the United Nations' 2030 Sustainable Development Goals.

According to Coinglass data, the Coinbase Bitcoin premium index has been in the negative premium range for 60 consecutive days (from May 19 to present), with the latest value at -0.0908%.Previously, this index was in the negative premium for 40 consecutive days from January 16 to February 24 this year, setting the record for the longest "continuous negative" period since the launch of this indicator, surpassing the approximately 30 days of continuous negative premium during the "1011 crash." Historical data shows that prolonged negative premiums are often accompanied by the exit of institutional funds from the United States, and caution is needed regarding short-term pullback pressure.

According to monitoring by Catcher Predict, in the market prediction on Polymarket for the event "Swiss Open: Alexander Bublik vs. Quentin Halys," the option "Total Games: Over 2.5" in the sub-market experienced a dramatic fluctuation in winning probability, plummeting from 99.45% an hour ago to the current 76.05% (a fluctuation of 23.4%). Please note the impact of related breaking news.

According to the Dune dashboard, competition among token launch platforms on the Robinhood Chain continues to heat up. On July 16, the total number of newly launched tokens across the entire chain reached 42,709, with pons.family leading the way with 11,547 tokens, followed closely by flap.sh with 9,935 tokens, and hood.fun launching 6,471 tokens.In terms of trading volume, as of July 15, noxa.fun held a 43.0% market share among launch platforms on the Robinhood Chain, followed by pons.family at 37.4%, flap.sh at 5.8%, and clanker.world and bankr.bot at 3.3% and 2.3%, respectively.From the current data, the launch platforms on the Robinhood Chain have formed a pattern where "pons.family leads in the number of tokens launched, and noxa.fun dominates trading volume."

According to on-chain analyst Yu Jin's monitoring, a suspected a16z address retrieved 471,500 HYPE (worth $305,700) from Hyperliquid within the last day, and then transferred it to exchanges such as OKX, Bybit, and Gate.

According to a report by Reuters, informed sources revealed that the PayPal board believes the $53 billion acquisition offer from competitor Stripe and Advent International undervalues the company and faces regulatory and financing hurdles. The sources stated that PayPal has not formally responded yet, and the board is evaluating the trade-offs between the offer and the management's strategy to turn around the company, initially considering that the offer of $60.5 per share, while a premium over recent stock prices, does not fully reflect the company's future potential.The acquirers have secured approximately $50 billion in financing commitments from JPMorgan and Morgan Stanley, along with $17 billion in equity raised by Stripe and Advent, to support the $53 billion acquisition offer. If antitrust regulations are violated, the acquirers have considered remedies such as divesting the Braintree business to Advent. Block was initially involved but withdrew before the latest offer submission. Investors will be paying attention to PayPal's earnings report on July 28.

Bonzo Finance Labs stated on platform X that, in response to the oracle attack on July 11 that affected Bonzo Lend, the Bonzo Finance Foundation will provide full compensation based on the position status prior to the incident, with funds supported by the recovery mechanism promised by the Hedera Foundation.

According to Jinshi News, Bernstein has raised its gold price target for 2026 to $4,533 per ounce, citing that central banks around the world are diversifying their reserves and that the Federal Reserve is expected to raise interest rates only once or twice in the next year at most.