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The B.AI API platform officially launches the Claude Opus 5 model. This model offers a context window of up to 1 million tokens and a single output limit of 128,000 tokens, achieving significant performance leaps in scenarios such as complex reasoning, long code project development, large-scale document analysis, and knowledge-intensive workflows.To meet diverse deployment needs, this release synchronously opens a dual-channel API access solution on the B.AI platform: in addition to the official standard interface, a new "designated service provider" collaboration channel has been added. Enterprise users can obtain up to a 40% cost discount through this model, making it easier to flexibly balance performance and budget expenditures based on actual business loads. Developers can log in to the B.AI official platform starting today to experience the exceptional capabilities of Claude Opus 5 first-hand.

World announced that the project has entered the Phase 3 stage of its third year, focusing on advancing "proof of human" with World ID in more scenarios, including real-name participation in Zoom meetings, preventing bots in Tinder matches, and combating scalpers for concert tickets. Currently, the World ID network covers over 390 million users globally.World stated that the next phase will further expand proof of human to consumer platforms, enterprise client identity verification, and human identities linked to AI agents, with plans to launch a new version of the World ID app and introduce new developments this fall.

At the 2026 Wiki Finance Expo, Bitget was awarded two industry awards for its innovative performance in the multi-asset trading market: "Global Outstanding All-Asset Innovation Platform" and "Asia's Leading Innovative Trading Platform."Currently, Bitget's CFD daily trading volume reaches 10 billion dollars. The platform has launched a zero-fee model for CFDs and continues to upgrade its CFD copy trading system, extending its mature cryptocurrency trading capabilities to a broader range of multi-asset scenarios.Bitget's Chief Analyst Lewis Huang stated that the next phase of the trading market will be driven by the deep integration of Web3 and traditional finance. Bitget will rely on the UEX architecture to continuously provide users with a more unified, flexible, and global cross-asset trading experience.

As the second quarter earnings season for US stocks enters a phase of intensive disclosure, the performance of the AI industry chain has become the focus of market attention. Investors are particularly focused on the capital investments of tech giants in AI, the growth of cloud computing, and commercialization progress. The market's focus is gradually shifting from expectations of AI development to the ability to realize profits. Meanwhile, geopolitical risks continue to disrupt global markets, with safe-haven assets such as energy and gold drawing attention, and the demand for cross-asset allocation and risk management among investors further increasing.In response to changes in the global market structure, Gate has continuously strengthened its institutional-level infrastructure and comprehensive service capabilities. Relying on a multi-asset trading system covering stocks, indices, foreign exchange, commodities, and digital assets, it provides professional users with market insights, trade execution, and asset management support. In the second quarter of 2026, the scale of Gate's institutional OTC Loan lending increased by 43.61% year-on-year, and the scale of leveraged lending rose by 14.33% quarter-on-quarter; at the same time, the SBE market service was launched, supporting public and private data channels, and a new contract Book Ticker real-time market push capability was added, further enhancing trading efficiency and quantitative strategy execution capabilities.In the future, Gate will continue to deepen its global institutional ecosystem layout, improve its trading, liquidity, and asset management service system, and assist professional users in more efficiently responding to market changes and seizing cross-asset trading opportunities.

Recently, market risk appetite has cooled, and high-valuation technology chip sectors are under significant pressure; in contrast, supported by expectations in infrastructure, manufacturing, and cyclical demand, industrial machinery-related assets have shown relative resilience. According to Gate platform data, ARM/USDT (Arm) is currently priced at $284.29, down 1.13% in the last 24 hours; CATG/USDT (Caterpillar) is currently priced at $892.11, up 0.16% in the last 24 hours; GEG/USDT (General Electric) is currently priced at $341.55, down 0.61% in the last 24 hours. In terms of performance, Caterpillar-related trading pairs have slightly strengthened, while Arm and General Electric-related trading pairs have fluctuated downwards, overall still showing a divergent pattern.

According to analysis by XWIN Japan, CryptoQuant data shows that although there are occasional spikes in daily Bitcoin deposits, Binance's 30-day net flow tends to balance out, with withdrawals essentially offsetting deposits. This means that large deposits have not translated into sustained net inflows of funds—incoming BTC is either absorbed by market buying or withdrawn for long-term custody.Analysts point out that neutral or negative net flows typically reflect holding behavior rather than a willingness to sell. Current data suggests that investors may be more inclined to use Binance for liquidity rather than preparing for large-scale sell-offs. Although short-term spikes in deposits may still lead to price volatility, the overall picture does not indicate sustained selling pressure.

According to monitoring by Catcher Predict, in the Polymarket event "Baltimore Orioles vs. Boston Red Sox," the "Baltimore Orioles" option in the sub-market "First 5 Innings Spread -1.5" experienced a drastic fluctuation in winning probability, dropping from 51.5% an hour ago to the current 16.5% (a fluctuation of 35%). Please note the impact of related breaking news.

According to monitoring by Catcher Predict, in the predicted market Polymarket for the event "Counter-Strike: EYEBALLERS vs FaZe (BO3) - BLAST Bounty Qualifier," the win rate of the "FaZe" option in the sub-market "Map Handicap: FaZe (-1.5) vs EYEBALLERS (+1.5)" has experienced significant fluctuations, soaring from 41.5% an hour ago to the current 77% (a fluctuation of 35.5%). Please note the impact of relevant breaking news.

According to Jinshi reports, World Bank Chief Economist Gill stated that the global economy is only "a few months" away from the worst-case scenario, at which point global growth will slow to 1.3%, and inflation is expected to rise to 4.5%.

According to CoinDesk, the algorithmic stablecoin Balance Coin was attacked on Wednesday due to a protocol pricing vulnerability, with its price plummeting from nearly 1 dollar to about 0.0014 dollars, a drop of over 99%, resulting in an almost total evaporation of a nominal market value of 3.5 million dollars. Security company SlowMist revealed that the attacker manipulated the protocol's oracle, writing an abnormally low Bitcoin price into the system, while the lending contract did not perform reasonable range checks and lacked a liquidation delay mechanism, allowing the attacker to instantly liquidate a Bitcoin collateral vault that should not have been liquidated with a single transaction and profit from the exchange, netting approximately 912,000 dollars, with funds coming from the governance entity 42DAO.At the time of this attack, DeFi security is facing stricter scrutiny due to the enhanced capabilities of AI systems. Last night, an OpenAI test model broke out of its controlled testing environment and breached the Hugging Face servers during an evaluation, highlighting the real threat posed by the upgrade of automated attack methods to on-chain protocols.

According to monitoring by Catcher Predict, in the Polymarket event "Baltimore Orioles vs. Boston Red Sox," the option "Boston Red Sox" in the sub-market "First Five Innings Spread -1.5" experienced a dramatic fluctuation in winning probability, soaring from 27.5% an hour ago to the current 54.5% (a fluctuation of 27%). Please note the impact of related breaking news.

Augustus is a startup that is building a federally chartered clearing bank. The company stated that it has raised $180 million, aiming to expand its dollar payment infrastructure, while stablecoins are reshaping the global financial system. This round of financing values Augustus at $1 billion. The round was led by Tiger Global Management, with participation from investors such as Hummingbird Ventures, QED Investors, as well as founders of Nubank, Ramp, Circle, and Deel.This financing comes at a time when banks, fintech companies, and crypto firms are competing to upgrade cross-border payment infrastructure. While the market's focus is mostly on stablecoin issuers, Augustus is targeting a less noticed but crucial part of the financial system—the correspondent banking system. Augustus CEO Ferdinand Dabitz stated in an interview, "We believe that the distribution of financial services is bottlenecked at the clearing bank level." He pointed out that traditional clearing systems are "slow, not available around the clock, take two days to settle, and are closed on weekends."

According to the latest "2026 Q2 Cryptocurrency Market Report" released by CoinGecko, in the context of ongoing adjustments in the overall cryptocurrency market in the second quarter of 2026, Gate's spot trading business performed exceptionally well, consistently ranking among the top three global spot trading platforms, and achieving the fastest trading volume growth among the Top 10 exchanges from May to June. In terms of derivatives, Gate's perpetual contract trading volume remains in the global top five, with a market share consistently maintained at 8%--11%; the market share of open interest remains at 11%--12%, consistently ranking in the global top four, demonstrating the platform's leading advantages in trading depth, liquidity, and user activity.The report shows that in the second quarter of 2026, the total market capitalization of the cryptocurrency market decreased by 12.6% to $2.1 trillion, marking the third consecutive quarter of adjustment; the overall trading activity of centralized exchanges (CEX) has declined. At the same time, the prediction market has become one of the most vibrant sectors this quarter, with a quarterly nominal trading volume increasing by 48.7% to $113.8 billion, driven significantly by major sporting events such as the World Cup. As the world's first centralized trading platform to connect with Polymarket, Gate continues to enhance the user experience of prediction market products, providing users with a more convenient and efficient way to participate in prediction markets.As emerging sectors such as prediction markets, RWA, and tokenized assets continue to unleash growth potential, the industry structure is moving towards diversified ecological competition. Leveraging its continuously improving product ecosystem, global liquidity advantages, and increasingly rich trading scenarios, Gate continues to enhance the competitiveness of its spot, derivatives, and innovative products, providing global users with more diverse and efficient digital asset trading services.

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.

According to monitoring by Catcher Predict, in the event "Winner of the Golden Globe Award 2026" on the prediction market Polymarket, the "Yes" option for the sub-market "Rodri" has experienced a sharp fluctuation in winning probability, dropping from 50% an hour ago to the current 15.5% (a fluctuation of 34.5%). Please note the impact of related breaking news.

According to SoSoValue data, as of 8 AM Eastern Time on July 20, 2026, the total net purchase of Bitcoin by global listed companies (excluding mining companies) for the week was $1.33 million, a decrease of 98.4% compared to last week.Official documents show that Strategy did not purchase Bitcoin last week. Strategy's dollar reserves increased by approximately $225 million to about $3.23 billion.The Japanese listed company Metaplanet did not purchase Bitcoin last week.In addition, another company purchased Bitcoin last week. Asset management company Strive announced on July 20 that it spent $1.15 million to buy 21 Bitcoins at a price of $63,221, bringing its total holdings to approximately 19,921 Bitcoins.Capital holding company ORANGE JUICE announced the completion of a $40 million financing, with the raised amount used to purchase Bitcoin.As of the time of writing, the total amount of Bitcoin held by the global listed companies (excluding mining companies) in the statistics is 1,139,656 Bitcoins, an increase of 0.002% compared to last week, with a current market value of approximately $7.376 billion, accounting for 5.7% of Bitcoin's circulating market value.

According to the data panel on the ChainCatcher official website, regarding BTC wallet balances, in the past 7 days, among the top 10 exchanges by balance, OKX had the largest increase at 1.86%; Bithumb had the largest decrease at 5.15%.In terms of exchange asset transparency proof, in the past 7 days, the top three net inflows of reserve assets were Gate (+$384 million), Binance (+$110 million), and MEXC (+$11.4139 million); the top three net outflows were OKX (-$152 million), Bybit (-$93.4699 million), and Bitget (-$89.3868 million).