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According to The Block, the UK Parliament's All-Party Group on Digital Assets has launched an investigation into the access to banking services for the local cryptocurrency industry.This investigation will focus on examining the difficulties faced by cryptocurrency companies in opening and maintaining bank accounts, as well as the relevant circumstances regarding banks imposing restrictions on cryptocurrency transactions.

Fluidstack, a cloud computing startup focused on AI computing power leasing Neocloud, announced that it completed an $830 million Series A funding round in January, with a valuation of $7.5 billion. The round was led by the Situational Awareness fund of former OpenAI researcher Leopold Aschenbrenner, with participation from multiple investors.According to reports, Fluidstack builds infrastructure for AI laboratories, aiming to become the company that can deploy hundreds of gigawatts of computing power the fastest in the world.

Bitget launches a U.S. stock earnings report guessing event, which will run from July 21 to mid to late August. During the event, users can complete stock spot (rToken) or stock derivatives trading tasks to obtain guessing tickets and participate in the U.S. stock earnings report rise and fall guessing. The guessing results will be determined by comparing the "closing price on the first trading day after the earnings report is released" with the "closing price on the last trading day before the earnings report is released."The event will gradually open different guessing sessions based on the U.S. stock earnings report release times, with the first batch covering targets such as Tesla, Google, and Intel. The total prize pool for each session is 10,000 USDT, with the winning and losing prize pools split at a ratio of 70% to 30%, and an individual can win up to 1,000 USDT per session. For more details, please refer to the Bitget official platform.

According to Lookonchain monitoring, Arthur Hayes (@CryptoHayes) bought 1,332.5 ETH again 3 hours ago, worth 2.53 million USD.

Recently, Zhipu and MiniMax have plummeted, leading to an increase in trading activity of related stock derivatives. According to the RootData Pro data panel, there are significant differences in trading conditions across platforms.From the perspective of Open Interest (OI), Zhipu contracts show Binance at $1.79 million as the highest, followed by Bitget at $780,100, and OKX at $243,700; in the MINIMAX contracts, Binance is highest at $606,700, followed by Bitget at $510,700.From the liquidity perspective, Zhipu contracts show Bitget at $142,600 as the highest, with the strongest capacity for large order execution; in the MINIMAX contracts, Bitget is highest at $130,000, followed by Binance at $60,600. HTX has insufficient liquidity at $2,700, with high slippage risk for large orders.From the price difference perspective, Zhipu contracts show Bitget with the lowest (0.0604%), resulting in the smallest entry cost; OKX follows (0.0776%). In the MINIMAX contracts, Bitget has the lowest (0.0315%), resulting in the optimal entry cost. HTX has price differences exceeding 0.18% for both contracts, and Aster exceeds 0.58%, indicating significantly higher entry costs.From the funding rate perspective, both contracts on HTX are at the lowest of 0.0013%, resulting in the smallest long-term holding cost, but with a high price difference; both contracts on Aster have rates below 0.3%, while also having a high price difference.In summary, Binance has the highest OI, suitable for capital accumulation; Bitget excels in both price difference and liquidity, resulting in the lowest overall entry cost. HTX has a high price difference and weak liquidity, leading to significantly higher entry costs compared to other platforms.

AI inference infrastructure startup Infinity announced the completion of a $15 million financing round, with the company's valuation reaching $100 million. Investors in this round include Touring Capital, Principal VC, and researchers from organizations such as OpenAI and Anthropic.The company is developing a general reasoning library that enables different AI chips to automatically reproduce cutting-edge AI research results and enhance hardware performance through software optimization.

The Solana Q2 2026 Token Holder Report published by Blockworks states that the trading volume of on-chain tokenized assets reached a new high this quarter, totaling $5.8 billion, a 114% increase compared to Q1. Among them, tokenized stock trading amounted to $4.8 billion, accounting for 97% of the total tokenized equity trading volume on the network, with institutional RWA demand becoming the core growth driver.Affected by the decline in meme coin market conditions, Solana's real economic revenue fell by 43% quarter-on-quarter to $51 million, and DEX spot trading volume dropped to $160.8 billion. However, the funding situation remained robust, with a net inflow of $120 million into SOL spot ETPs and a total staking amount of 427 million tokens, accounting for two-thirds of the total supply. Solana will subsequently implement the Alpenglow upgrade and SIMD-related proposals to adjust inflation and token burn rules, enhancing SOL's value capture capability.

According to GlobeNewswire, AI security startup Neo announced the completion of a $100 million financing round, led by venture capital firms Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) and Bessemer Venture Partners, with participation from Craft Ventures and Merlin Ventures.It is reported that the company positions itself as an "Agentic Software Control" company, dedicated to building a real-time control layer for enterprises, helping security operations teams (SecOps) manage and protect the rapidly proliferating AI agents, AI applications, browsers, identity systems, and intelligent capabilities in traditional software. The new funds will be used to expand the engineering and marketing teams and accelerate the expansion of enterprise customers.

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 the official announcement, the Bitget trading bot now supports U.S. stock tokens (rToken) for smart positions and has simultaneously launched several recommended portfolios including the top ten U.S. stocks Mag 10, the White-haired Stock God portfolio, and the Elon Musk concept. This allows users to copy positions with one click and automatically manage their holdings.Users can enter the "Trading Bot" and select "Smart Positions," choose the desired portfolio to create, input the investment amount, and complete the position creation. They can also manually create their own configurations for supported stocks rToken and cryptocurrencies, set target ratios for each currency and rebalancing conditions, and complete the creation. App users can upgrade to the latest version to experience this feature.It is reported that the rToken, identified by the letter r + stock code (for example, Nvidia is rNVDA), is issued by Reality, a licensed RWA protocol under Bitget, and is directly connected to global liquidity pools such as Nasdaq and NYSE through collaboration with the compliant broker Alpaca. Its features include: 1:1 reserves of underlying assets managed by a licensed custodian, stock dividends distributed in token form at a 1:1 ratio, support for corporate actions (such as stock splits), and positions can serve as joint collateral for unified accounts and U-based contracts, allowing users to flexibly manage funds while holding global stock assets.

According to Bloomberg, producing the world's most popular advanced semiconductors requires a large amount of energy and relies on rare mineral resources. A UK AI startup, CuspAI, which was founded just two years ago, is betting that artificial intelligence can optimize this process and has raised nearly $500 million in funding for this purpose.CuspAI announced the establishment of the AI Materials Foundry alliance. This alliance brings together more than 48 tech giants, industrial companies, and research institutions, including Nvidia, Meta, and Hyundai Motor Group. The alliance aims to integrate the computing power resources and research capabilities of its members to jointly develop AI software, helping researchers develop new materials suitable for chip manufacturing and other industries at lower costs and faster speeds, thereby improving the efficiency of material research and accelerating innovation in advanced semiconductors and related industries.

According to Cointelegraph, Japanese logistics company AZ-COM Maruwa Holdings plans to use the JPYC stablecoin to make payments to approximately 2,300 business partners, potentially becoming the first large-scale enterprise in Japan to use the yen stablecoin JPYC. This stablecoin will be used to pay transportation contractors (including truck drivers) fees and compensation.Since JPYC does not charge transfer fees, using the stablecoin allows for faster and more frequent payments. AZ-COM Maruwa is also considering establishing a partnership with JPYC and plans to invest over 1 billion yen (approximately 6.2 million USD). AZ-COM Maruwa is a medium-sized Japanese logistics company, with major clients including Amazon Japan.

According to the Korea Herald, the second phase of South Korea's central bank digital currency (CBDC) pilot project "Han River Plan" is about to officially launch. The Bank of Korea and commercial banks are making final preparations for the real transaction testing of deposit tokens in the second phase. If the system development and participant recruitment preparations are completed as planned, actual transactions are expected to begin as early as September.In the first phase transaction testing from April to June last year, 81,000 people participated through electronic wallets and conducted 114,880 transactions using deposit tokens. The first phase examined the deposit token payment system, while the second phase focuses on exploring commercialization. Additionally, the Ministry of Economy and Finance of South Korea announced in its economic growth strategy for the second half of the year released on the 15th that next year it will implement a pilot project for the tokenization of government bonds linked to the central bank's institutional-level central bank digital currency (CBDC).

According to monitoring by Onchain Lens, the smart money address gritsa.eth has just opened 50 BTC long positions on Hyperliquid, worth approximately 3.22 million USD.Data shows that this address is positioning itself for Bitcoin long trades.

ForeGate, in collaboration with partners such as OneBullEx, OKX, WEEX, Interlace, HTX Live, and Billion Live, is currently hosting the "Final Battle 48 Hours · Predictions Never Stop" special event for the World Cup.The total prize pool for the event is as high as 8 million USDT, with benefits including goal airdrops, penalty shootout doubles, late-night subsidies, and lotteries. Among them, OneBullEx will provide a 100 USDT experience bonus and whitelist rewards for the OneBullEx Card, further enriching user participation rights.The event revolves around "AI vs Mysticism vs Human Judgment," covering the third-place match and the finals of the World Cup. ForeGate AI will provide match result judgments, championship probabilities, and post-match hit reviews, while entertainment predictions such as Tarot, astrology, Bazi, and I Ching will also participate, bringing users a richer event interaction experience. Users can participate through the event prediction market, live interactions, red envelope rains, and lucky bags.On the evening of July 20, partners will also hold a wrap-up review through X Space to discuss the final performance of different prediction methods and announce the lottery results. This event also extends to the EWC esports prediction scene, connecting sports and esports prediction markets through AI predictions, event interactions, and multi-platform collaboration.

Well-known crypto trader Doctor Profit stated that he has closed all cryptocurrency short positions, including a Bitcoin short position established in the $115,000 to $125,000 range, another Bitcoin short position established in the $79,000 to $82,000 range, and over 100 altcoin short positions opened in the past few months, claiming that these positions have all achieved significant profits.He also mentioned that he has re-entered Bitcoin spot at $64,000, marking his first long allocation since September 2025. His plan is to invest 5% of the planned funds daily for spot purchases when Bitcoin is in the $54,000 to $64,000 range, continuing for a maximum of 20 days; if the price approaches $54,000, he will increase the buying intensity. Doctor Profit believes that there is a clear "herd behavior" in the current market: investors who were previously bullish at high levels up to $150,000 are now generally waiting for Bitcoin to drop to $40,000 to $50,000, viewing September or October as the bottom of the four-year cycle. When a large number of investors are waiting for the same price and time point, the market may not operate according to this expectation, which is why he chose to build positions in advance, judging that this round of bottom may appear earlier than the market generally expects.He also listed regulatory clarity, asset tokenization infrastructure, and institutional adoption progress as structural reasons for the shift to buying, and retracted his previous prediction that Bitcoin would drop to $40,000 to $50,000. However, he still retains all short positions in the S&P 500 index, believing that the crypto market has undergone significant repricing, while U.S. stock valuations remain relatively high.