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According to the Miner Weekly briefing published by BlocksBridge Consulting, Bitcoin mining companies expanding into the fields of artificial intelligence and high-performance computing are facing significantly different borrowing costs, with lenders increasingly scrutinizing large data center projects. The briefing points out that securing large AI clients is only part of the challenge; mining companies also need to raise billions of dollars to purchase computing power equipment, build data centers, and ensure the power infrastructure required for contract fulfillment. BlocksBridge indicates that large lending institutions have become more selective about data center loans, with decisions increasingly depending on client qualifications, contract terms, and project completion paths.The transition from Bitcoin mining to AI infrastructure by IREN reflects the differences in financing costs: the company secured $3.65 billion in GPU financing in June at a blended interest rate of 6%; in August, it completed another $2.4 billion financing with a fixed interest rate of 9%. The two agreements correspond to different projects and are not directly comparable, but they show that even within the same company, borrowing costs can vary significantly. Financing arrangements may also incur costs beyond interest; in another transaction involving Cipher Digital, Google guaranteed a $1.4 billion lease obligation in exchange for warrants representing a 5.4% equity stake in Cipher, with exercising the warrants potentially diluting existing shareholder equity.The rise in financing demand highlights the overall challenges mining companies face in entering the AI market. Data from VanEck shows that during the peak of the Bitcoin bull market in October last year, mining company debt surged by approximately 500% compared to the second quarter of 2024.

Fitch Ratings pointed out that global borrowing costs are rising, and bond yields are climbing.

The Solana ecosystem lending protocol Kamino has launched the sUSDai collateral market. This market is planned and operated by Allez Labs, and sUSDai is an asset linked to GPU loans.In this market, sUSDai holders can collateralize assets to borrow USDC, with a maximum loan-to-value ratio of 80%. Liquidation will be triggered when the collateralization ratio rises to 85%.

Circle announced that the Digital Asset Backed Borrowing and Lending (DABB) feature has been launched on the Arc and Ethereum networks, available to eligible Circle Mint institutional clients.Clients can deposit Bitcoin, mint Circle Wrapped Bitcoin (cirBTC), and supply cirBTC as collateral to third-party lending markets in a single process using a self-custody wallet. The USDC borrowed will be directly settled into the Circle Mint account balance, without the need to sell the pledged Bitcoin; collateral can be released after repaying the USDC.

According to monitoring by Lookonchain, a certain whale withdrew 8,474 BNB from Binance, worth 5.9 million dollars, and deposited it into Venus.Subsequently, they borrowed 2.6 million dollars in USDT from Venus and deposited it back into Binance to buy more BNB.

Bitget's staking and borrowing section has added support for 25 stock tokens (rToken) as collateral assets, bringing the total supported to 128. The newly added tokens include popular US stocks and ETFs such as rIVV, rKLAC, and rSMCI, covering diverse sectors like technology, consumer, and finance. Users holding related stock tokens can now use them as collateral to borrow mainstream assets like USDT, USDC, and over 100 types of cryptocurrencies, releasing liquidity without selling their positions. Specific collateral parameters can be referenced on the Bitget official platform.It is reported that the rToken, identified by the letter r + stock code (for example, Nvidia is rNVDA), is issued by Bitget's licensed RWA protocol Reality, which connects directly to global liquidity pools such as NASDAQ and NYSE through collaboration with compliant broker Alpaca. Its features include: underlying assets are 1:1 reserved and managed by a licensed custodian, stock dividends are distributed in token form 1:1, corporate actions (such as stock splits) are synchronized, 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.

Japanese Bitcoin treasury company Remixpoint released a performance announcement for its cryptocurrency operations. As of July 31, 2026, the company's Bitcoin lending principal amounted to approximately 1,501.27 BTC, with a total borrowing fee of about 12.44 BTC, approximately 133 million yen, accumulated from February to July.In addition, it has staked approximately 901.45 ETH and about 13,920 SOL, with total staking rewards amounting to approximately 28.89 million yen.

According to Jinshi, the U.S. Treasury Department expects that in the quarter from July to September 2026, the net marketable debt financing held by the private sector will reach $739 billion, assuming a cash balance of $950 billion at the end of September. This estimate is $68 billion higher than the data released in May, primarily due to a projected decrease in net cash inflows.The U.S. Treasury Department expects to finance $628 billion in the quarter from October to December 2026, assuming a cash balance of $850 billion at the end of December.

According to Jinshi reports, the Iraqi government spokesperson stated that if the Strait of Hormuz remains closed, the government will turn to external borrowing.

Bitget's staking and borrowing section has added support for 38 stock tokens (rToken) as collateral assets, bringing the total supported to 103. The newly added assets include popular U.S. stocks and ETFs such as rIBM, rTQQQ, and rNOK, covering diverse sectors like technology, consumer, and finance. Users holding the relevant stock tokens can now use them as collateral to borrow mainstream assets like USDT and USDC, as well as over 100 types of cryptocurrencies, thereby releasing liquidity without selling their positions. Specific collateral parameters can be referenced on the Bitget official platform.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 compliant broker Alpaca. Its features include: 1:1 reserve 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.

Coinbase posted on the X platform stating that users can borrow up to 100,000 USDC by staking SOL through jitoSOL, and continue to earn staking rewards, with the borrowed funds available for immediate use.

According to the official announcement, Binance has announced that it will gradually launch Aerodrome (AERO) to SimpleEarn flexible products, the "Buy Crypto" page, Binance Instant Exchange, Binance Leverage (cross margin and isolated margin), and VIP lending starting from July 17, 2026, at 16:00 (UTC). Users can instantly purchase AERO through VISA, MasterCard, and other methods, and use AERO in the instant exchange, leverage, and lending features. Related services will be available within one hour after the AERO spot launch.

According to Onchain Lens monitoring, a whale address has borrowed 2 million USDC again on Hyperlend. Currently, the address has 742,130 WHYPE as collateral, with the collateral value approximately 50.66 million USD, corresponding to a total borrowing of 17.73 million USDC.

According to the official announcement, Bitget's staking and borrowing section has added support for 39 stock tokens (rToken) as collateral assets. The newly listed targets include popular US stocks and ETFs such as rAMD, rSMH, rARM, and rSKHY, covering diverse categories like semiconductors, finance, healthcare, and energy.Users holding the relevant stock tokens can now use them as collateral to borrow mainstream assets like USDT and USDC, releasing liquidity without selling their positions. The related features are now available on the web, and the app version is expected to be launched within this week. Specific collateral parameters and more details can be found on the Bitget official platform.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 like NASDAQ and NYSE through cooperation with compliant broker Alpaca. Its features include: 1:1 reserves of underlying assets managed by licensed custodians, stock dividends distributed in token form at a 1:1 ratio, support for corporate actions (such as stock splits), and the ability to use holdings as joint collateral for unified accounts and U-based contracts, allowing users to flexibly manage funds while holding global stock assets.

According to the official announcement, the Bitget staking and borrowing platform has now added support for stock tokens (rToken) as collateral assets. The first batch includes 26 popular US stocks and ETF tokens such as rNVDA, rAAPL, rGOOGL, and rQQQ, covering sectors like technology, semiconductors, and index funds.Users holding the relevant stock tokens can now use them as collateral to borrow mainstream assets like USDT and USDC, releasing liquidity without selling their positions. The related features have been launched on the web, and the app version will be available next week.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 the underlying assets managed by a licensed custodian, stock dividends distributed in token form 1:1, support for corporate actions (such as stock splits and consolidations) mapped in real-time, and the ability for positions to serve as joint collateral for unified accounts and U-based contracts, allowing users to flexibly manage funds while holding global stock assets.

According to on-chain analyst Ai Yi's monitoring, a whale that short-sold ETH by borrowing coins has once again taken profit of 4,386 ETH, earning $233,000. Currently, they are still collateralizing 99.75 million USDT to borrow 23,618.97 ETH for short-selling, with an average price of $1,672; since yesterday, they have accumulated a total profit of 11,386 ETH, realizing a profit of $423,000.

According to on-chain analyst Ai Yi's monitoring, the giant whales short-selling ETH by borrowing coins have begun to take profits. From June 8 to June 9, they cumulatively pledged 132 million stablecoins and sold 35,000 ETH at an average price of $1,672.Two hours ago, they withdrew 7,000 ETH from Binance for the first time and repaid an Aave loan, realizing a profit of $190,000, with 28,000 ETH still outstanding.

The General Office of the State Council has released guiding opinions on strengthening regulation, preventing risks, and promoting the high-quality development of private equity investment funds. The opinions mention adhering to goal-oriented and problem-oriented approaches, addressing issues such as the need to improve the access mechanism for the private equity fund industry, inadequate regulation, incomplete systems, insufficient coordination and cooperation among ministries, central and local governments, the failure to implement the responsibilities of some government investment funds and state-owned enterprise investment fund contributors, and the use of some private equity funds as tools for illegal activities, new forms of corruption, and hidden corruption. A system and long-term mechanism for strengthening regulation and preventing risks will be established to promote the development of the industry in a standardized manner and enhance it during development.Uphold functional positioning, coordinate the overall layout, optimize increments, revitalize existing resources, support the excellent and limit the inferior, improve quality and efficiency, and strictly prohibit private equity funds from engaging in illegal activities such as lending and disguised debt. Adhere to classified regulation, implementing "one policy for one category" regulation based on different dimensions such as contributor entities and product types. Insist on regulating both legal and illegal entities, with strict regulation for legal institutions, resolute prohibition of illegal institutions, and severe crackdowns on illegal activities.Promote the revision of the Securities Investment Fund Law. Push for the issuance of judicial documents related to criminal cases involving private equity funds. Formulate regulations for the supervision of private equity fund managers, information disclosure, fundraising, and mandatory custody rules. Introduce standardized arrangements for private equity fund betting agreements. Fully establish a regulatory system for private equity funds that is primarily based on administrative regulation and supplemented by self-regulation.

According to Onchain Lens monitoring, a certain whale has become active again after being silent for 3 years, depositing 20,000 ETH (approximately 33.28 million USD) out of the 38,554 ETH (approximately 64.28 million USD) it holds into Aave V3, borrowing 30 million USDT, and purchasing 17,826 ETH at a price of 1,683 USD each for a circular lending operation. Currently, this whale holds a total of 56,380 ETH, valued at approximately 94.04 million USD.

According to on-chain analyst Yu Jin's monitoring, Ethereum bulls have today borrowed 58 million U from Spark to purchase 32,919.2 ETH, at an average price of 1,762 USD.