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According to monitoring by Catcher Predict, in the predicted market Polymarket for the event "Counter-Strike: MIBR vs EYEBALLERS - IEM Beijing Global Qualifiers Playoffs," the "Map 1 Total Rounds: Over/Under 21.5" sub-market's "Over" option win rate has experienced a sharp fluctuation, plummeting from 75.5% an hour ago to the current 50% (a fluctuation of 25.5%). Please note the impact of related breaking news.

Cryptocurrency exchange Bybit announced the appointment of Sean Ballard as the Head of Derivatives and Institutional Business. Ballard will play a key role in strengthening trading infrastructure, risk frameworks, and institutional capabilities, with responsibilities covering trading risk and exchange technology.Ballard has over 25 years of experience in global financial markets, encompassing derivatives, high-frequency trading, trading risk, market structure, and exchange technology. Before joining Bybit, he worked at Jump Trading, where he led the company's high-frequency futures trading operations in the United States, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Latin America, managing portfolios and collaborating with global exchanges and regulators on market structure, trading performance, and infrastructure. During his time at Jump Trading, he also served as a senior trader on the Jump Crypto team, managing centralized exchange trading and driving strategic partnerships related to ecosystem growth.At Bybit, Ballard will enhance the institutional trading experience through market infrastructure, risk management, and product development. Bybit Institutional has introduced professional services such as bank tripartite arrangements over the past year, allowing institutions to manage counterparty risk through regulated custody while retaining full trading authority; the market maker gateway has reduced latency for high-frequency and quantitative clients from 4 milliseconds to 1.5 milliseconds. Starting July 2026, Finloop's AAA-rated USD money market fund FUIDL will be available as trading collateral on Bybit.

According to data from DefiLlama, Gate has seen a net capital inflow of $300.43 million in the past 7 days, ranking among the top three globally.In addition, Gate's net capital inflow in the past 24 hours reached $48.54 million, also ranking among the top three globally.

According to Coinglass data, in the past 24 hours, the total liquidation across the network was $3.024 billion, with long liquidations amounting to $252 million and short liquidations totaling $2.77 billion, surpassing the $1.011 billion short liquidation on 24.666 billion, making it the largest liquidation day in the crypto market in nearly two years.In the last 24 hours, a total of 171,045 people were liquidated globally, with the largest single liquidation occurring on Hyperliquid - BTC-USD worth $48.8049 million.

World Liberty Financial (WLFI) announced that the company has appointed Ryan Ballantyne as Chief Business Officer.Ryan Ballantyne has over thirty years of experience in capital markets, derivatives, asset management, and digital assets. Previously, he served as the Head of Institutional Client Strategy at Coinbase Institutional, where he was responsible for assisting public companies and institutions in adopting digital asset fund management, trading, and custody solutions. Earlier, he held senior positions at Osprey Funds and Blackforce Capital, and worked at institutions such as Susquehanna, Deutsche Bank, and Smith Barney.

The digital asset trading platform Gate released its transparency report for July 2026. The report shows that the platform has maintained growth in multiple areas including trading, TradFi, and innovative businesses, strengthening the global multi-asset ecosystem that connects digital assets with traditional capital markets. In July, Gate launched zero-fee trading for US stocks and ETFs, and introduced features such as gStocks, stock copy trading, and account asset interest generation, covering over 12,500 stock and ETF assets, with the number of ETF products increasing to 386 trading pairs and a monthly trading volume of approximately $20 billion. Meanwhile, the cumulative subscription amount for Pre-IPOs of OpenAI exceeded $260 million, indicating a continued increase in global demand for high-quality pre-IPO asset allocation.Gate's innovative business also continued to strengthen in July. The average daily trading volume in the event contract market increased by over 13% month-on-month, with daily trading volume consistently ranking among the top three globally, and market share once exceeding 36%, setting a historical record; CandyDrop contracts surpassed $4.6 billion, and the cumulative staking amount for Launchpool reached $490 million, with SLX peak APR exceeding 135%, breaking the platform's historical record. According to CoinDesk data, Gate has also made significant achievements in promoting the integration of traditional finance and digital assets, with the trading volume of RWA perpetual contracts across the network rising to $460 billion in July, setting a historical high. Gate holds a 4.39% market share, ranking among the top three global centralized trading platforms, becoming an important leader in this sector. Additionally, Gate's futures trading volume reached $276 billion in July, with a derivatives market share of 9.08% and an open interest market share of 11.2%, firmly maintaining its position among the top two retail trading platforms. As stocks, ETFs, gStocks, Pre-IPOs, direct IPOs, and innovative trading products continue to improve, Gate is constantly expanding its global asset trading and investment service capabilities.

According to Cointelegraph, Mauro Eldritch, the founder of cybersecurity company BCA LTD, and Heiner García, a network threat intelligence analyst at Telefónica Tech, jointly established a fake cryptocurrency startup "Ballena Azul," successfully luring suspected North Korean IT workers to work in a controlled virtual desktop environment for up to five weeks while monitoring their behavior throughout.Investigations show that the external servers used by the workers are linked to North Korean cyber operations that previously distributed malware such as InvisibleFerret, BeaverTail, and OtterCookie; the workers also heavily relied on ChatGPT for programming assistance and Google Gemini to forge identity documents. Researchers pointed out that North Korean IT workers obtained remote jobs by faking U.S. identities, with their earnings ultimately flowing into Pyongyang's weapons of mass destruction programs. According to the U.S. Treasury Department, such programs are expected to generate nearly $800 million for North Korea in 2024.

Global venture capital firm Accel announced that it has raised a new fund of $3.5 billion for early-stage investments worldwide. A total of four funds were raised, including a global expansion fund of $1.35 billion for larger early rounds and follow-on investments; the U.S. fund and the European and Israeli funds are each $800 million, while the Indian fund is $550 million.Accel partner Harry Nelis stated that companies are raising funds more quickly in their early stages than ever before, which presents opportunities for investors, although the scale of risk still exists. Accel has invested in AI companies such as Anthropic, Cursor, and Perplexity.

According to Catcher Predict monitoring, in the predicted market Polymarket for the event "Counter-Strike: Sinners vs EYEBALLERS," the "EYEBALLERS" option in the sub-market "Map Handicap: EYEBALLERS (-1.5) vs Sinners (+1.5)" experienced significant fluctuations in winning probability, soaring from 21.5% an hour ago to the current 53% (a fluctuation of 31.5%). Please note the impact of related breaking news.

According to Jinshi reports, on July 31 local time, U.S. Treasury Secretary Becerra stated at a cabinet meeting in Camp David, Maryland, that the Treasury Department is continuing its economic offensive against Iran as directed by President Trump and is tracking Iranian assets globally.He mentioned that after advancing related actions in March 2025, Iran's largest private bank declared bankruptcy, and the central bank was forced to print a large amount of money, leading to rising inflation. Becerra claimed that Iran is now even unable to pay military salaries.

According to Jinshi reports, U.S. officials stated that Iran launched a ballistic missile at a U.S. military base in Jordan.

According to the open-source dataset from NeobankBeat as of July 2026, there are 368 neobanks globally that are still actively operating, serving approximately 1.46 billion users. Among them, Asian users account for 817 million (with WeBank alone serving over 400 million people), and Brazil's Nubank has 131 million customers, surpassing the total of all U.S. neobanks. Out of the 368, only 127 hold a full banking license, with two-thirds relying on partner banks, electronic money licenses, or issuing institutions to operate, leaving customers largely unaware of the actual custodian of their funds.Among the neobanks established in the 2020s that are still alive today, 30% are Web3 native self-custody applications (compared to only 4% in the 2010s). This dataset audits the AI application status of the 368 one by one, revealing that only 67 (18%) have evidence of production-level AI deployment, with leaders mostly being lending institutions from emerging markets like Nigeria, the Philippines, and Mexico. The report warns that 106 infrastructure providers support 368 consumer brands, with a few partner banks and BaaS platforms each supporting dozens of brands, creating concentration risk that could lead to the next Synapse-like event.

According to Sina Finance, on Monday local time, Apple surpassed Nvidia to become the world's most valuable company for the first time since April 2025. Nvidia's stock price fell nearly 5% on Monday, with its market value dropping to $4.77 trillion, as investors expressed concerns about the enormous costs of AI infrastructure, leading to a decline in the AI chip sector overall. Meanwhile, Apple's stock price rose by 1%, bringing its market value to $4.95 trillion, as the company is set to release its highly anticipated earnings report after the market closes on Thursday. Nvidia has maintained its position as the world's most valuable company since it took the title from Microsoft in June 2025, briefly reaching a market value of $5 trillion last October. So far in 2026, Nvidia's stock price has only increased by 4%, while Apple's has risen by 24%. Apple's performance has outpaced the market, as it remains cautious with its AI capital expenditures, preferring to lease computing power rather than build its own infrastructure, a strategy that has been well received by investors.

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.

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 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 Jinshi reports, the Iranian Revolutionary Guard used ballistic missiles to strike U.S. military aircraft located at Aqaba Airport in Jordan.

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 "Lionel Messi" has experienced severe fluctuations, plummeting from 40.5% an hour ago to the current 17.5% (a fluctuation of 23%). Please note the impact of relevant breaking news.

According to Jinshi reports, Kyiv, Ukraine was hit by a ballistic missile attack, with multiple explosions heard. The Air Force warned that more missiles are on the way.