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According to The Block, Multicoin Capital has invested $1.75 million in Trasia, completing its seed round financing. This is its first investment in the Hyperliquid ecosystem and makes it the sole investor in the startup.Trasia is built on the Hyperliquid platform and was co-founded by former Multicoin Capital partner Mable Jiang, aiming to serve Asian traders through its perpetual contract platform.

The Dubai cryptocurrency trading platform Quote Trade announced the completion of a $4 million financing round, which will be used to expand support for more blockchain and digital assets, strengthen liquidity partnerships, recruit engineering and trading teams, and continue building infrastructure for human traders and AI trading agents.

According to The Block, crypto infrastructure and capital markets company Keyrock has completed the acquisition of BlockFills' institutional trading and brokerage business. This transaction brings Keyrock BlockFills' trading technology, institutional client relationships, and a team of experienced derivatives traders.The announcement stated that this acquisition also expands Keyrock's regulatory footprint, establishing a CIMA-registered entity in the Cayman Islands and planning to obtain FCA authorization in the UK. Keyrock's announcement did not disclose the acquisition price. According to previous court documents and reports, Keyrock was selected for $3.25 million in BlockFills' bankruptcy restructuring process. Chicago-based BlockFills filed for bankruptcy protection in early 2026 after suffering significant losses due to the cryptocurrency market crash in February.

Crypto journalist Eleanor Terrett posted on the X platform that the U.S. Senate yesterday passed a resolution by unanimous consent, stating that FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried should not receive a presidential pardon.The resolution was introduced by Senators Ruben Gallego and Cynthia Lummis, formally recording the Senate's political statement opposing the pardon for SBF.However, the resolution is not legally binding, so it will not prevent the U.S. President from pardoning SBF in the future, nor does it have any direct impact on his current legal situation.

According to Fortune, the AI dining platform Wonder announced the completion of a $650 million financing round, with participation from Accel, Google Ventures (GV), and NEA, as well as new investors including ARK Invest, AllianceBernstein, and Kayne Anderson. Goldman Sachs, Jefferies, and JPMorgan acted as the arrangers for the financing.The company is developing an AI platform called "MEL," which automatically plans and orders meals that meet individual needs by analyzing users' biometric indicators and physical conditions.It is reported that Wonder's post-financing valuation has reached $9 billion, and it plans to launch an initial public offering (IPO) early next year.

According to Fortune, the prediction market platform Pascal announced the completion of a $9 million Series A financing round, planning to create a new generation of prediction market platform aimed at professional traders and institutional users, challenging the current market landscape dominated by Kalshi and Polymarket. This round of financing was led by Union Square Ventures (USV), with specific valuation undisclosed.This financing is an extension based on the $6 million seed round from last August, with early investors including Wintermute Ventures and DBA. Pascal is headquartered in New York and positions itself as a prediction market platform similar to Kalshi, but aims to provide users with lower fees, higher liquidity, and more specialized trading tools through a trading model closer to perpetual futures.Pascal co-founder Ivo Crnkovic-Rubsamen stated that they hope to establish a high liquidity prediction market for real business risks in the future, allowing companies to use these markets for risk management and hedging.

WEEX Exchange Announcement: ONDO zero-fee trading is now open, and airdrop rewards of 50,000 USDT are being offered. Event time: 7/16 17:00 - 7/23 17:00 (UTC+8).

According to Jinshi, the number of initial jobless claims in the United States for the week ending July 11 was 208,000, expected to be 217,000, and the previous value was revised from 215,000 to 216,000.

Researcher Adam from Greeks.live stated that the trading of large Bitcoin call options has significantly increased, with a total of 25,766 BTC call options traded, with a nominal value of approximately $1.65 billion. Among them, nearly 10,000 sets of the 70,000/72,000 USD call bull spread expiring at the end of this month have been traded, making it the most active contract.Adam noted that with about two weeks left until expiration at the end of this month, the large-scale purchases of out-of-the-money call options that are about 10% higher than the current price reflect the market's optimistic expectations for the market trend in late this month; however, the trading strategy of using the lower-cost bull spread also indicates that the funds are primarily taking a tentative approach rather than making aggressive bets.

According to the Financial Times, informed sources reveal that the Chinese AI unicorn company Moonshot AI plans to release a new large language model, Kimi K3, in the near future. This model has between 20 trillion to 30 trillion parameters, making it the largest AI model in China by parameter scale, and its performance is expected to surpass the flagship model Claude Opus 4.8 from Anthropic in mainstream benchmark tests (industry speculation suggests its parameter count is around 15 trillion to 20 trillion).Unlike the currently mainstream closed-source and expensive cutting-edge large models in the United States, Kimi K3 will be available as an open-weight model for users to download and modify for free, which may create competitive pressure for leading American labs like OpenAI and Anthropic. Currently, due to the rising service fees for large models in the U.S. (for example, Anthropic has announced a 50% price increase for Opus 4.8 in September), some overseas companies have begun to shift towards using more cost-effective Chinese open-source models.In terms of the capital market, informed sources indicate that Moonshot AI is preparing for a new round of financing, with the latest valuation expected to reach approximately $31.5 billion. Meanwhile, the valuations of other AI giants in China and the U.S. are also rising; DeepSeek is starting a new round of financing with an estimated valuation of about $71 billion, while Anthropic and OpenAI have reached valuations of $965 billion and $852 billion, respectively, in their latest round of financing. In response to the aforementioned release and financing rumors, Moonshot AI has currently declined to comment.

Global chip foundry giant TSMC announced its financial report for the second quarter of 2026. Benefiting from the strong demand for advanced process chips driven by global AI infrastructure development, TSMC's performance this quarter significantly exceeded market expectations. During the period, it achieved revenue of NT$1.27 trillion (approximately US$40.2 billion), a year-on-year increase of 36%; net profit reached NT$706.6 billion (approximately US$22 billion), a year-on-year surge of 77.4%, far exceeding the market's previous estimate of NT$623.7 billion. In addition, the company's gross margin for the quarter reached 67.7%, and the operating margin was 60.3%, both better than expected.In terms of process structure, advanced processes (7 nanometers and below) contributed a total of 77% to the total wafer revenue this quarter. Among them, the 3-nanometer and 5-nanometer processes accounted for 30% and 33%, respectively, while the 7-nanometer process accounted for 11%. Notably, TSMC's newly shipped 2-nanometer advanced process recorded revenue for the first time, accounting for 3%.Looking ahead, TSMC confirmed that its capital expenditure for 2026 will approach a record US$56 billion and plans to invest approximately US$26.5 billion in its advanced manufacturing park in Arizona, USA. TSMC CEO C.C. Wei stated that the current pace of capacity expansion still lags behind demand, and the situation of supply not meeting demand is expected to continue for several years. Meanwhile, despite TSMC's strong performance, the market remains somewhat cautious and concerned about whether the massive AI investments by tech giants can translate into actual returns and the medium- to long-term competitive landscape.

According to Gate market data, South Korea's semiconductor leader SK Hynix (000660) is currently priced at $1245.42, down 11.52%; Samsung Electronics (005930) is currently priced at $172.47, down 8.76%, with the semiconductor sector overall weakening. According to CoinGlass data, the SKHYNIX contract open interest on the Gate platform reached $26.36 million, with a 24-hour trading volume of $56.49 million; the SAMSUNG contract open interest reached $2.67 million, with a 24-hour trading volume of $5.40 million, with related indicators ranking among the industry's top.

According to official data, in just over a week since its launch, the trading volume of Agents on the Robinhood Chain has exceeded $100 million, with over 2,440 Agents launched, raising $1.8 million for developers from well-known companies such as Google and General Dynamics.Previously, it was reported that the Robinhood Chain integrated the AI Agent infrastructure of Virtuals from day one, allowing users to launch, fund, own, and use Agents in the tokenized market. Currently, Virtuals has become an important AI Agent infrastructure on the Robinhood Chain.

According to official news, OneBullEx has launched U-based stock and index-related contracts such as QQQUSDT, NVDAUSDT, TSLAUSDT, AAPLUSDT, MUUSDT, WDCUSDT, and SPCXUSDT. The related products support both full margin and isolated margin models.This round of new products covers multiple key tracks in the global innovation industry. QQQ provides an overall perspective on large technology and growth sectors, with Nvidia, Micron Technology, and Western Digital corresponding to AI computing power, memory, and data storage infrastructure. Apple and Tesla cover smart terminals, automation, and energy technology, while the addition of SPCXUSDT extends the platform's global asset coverage to commercial aerospace, satellite connectivity, and space infrastructure.This new launch allows OneBullEx to increase its offerings of global technology companies and index-related products beyond cryptocurrency assets. OneBullEx stated that it will continue to expand global asset coverage around the development direction of AI-native financial exchanges and explore the long-term application of AI intelligent trading capabilities in more asset and market scenarios.

UPBIT will end trading support for Tottenham Hotspur (SPURS) on August 18, 2026, at 15:00. The affected trading pair is SPURS/BTC. Users must complete withdrawals before September 18, 2026; otherwise, the related assets will not be processed.

According to official data, the second phase of the Gate Pre-IPOs project for OpenAI (OPENAI) has seen a continuous rise in user participation 24 hours after the subscription opened. As of now, the total subscription amount has exceeded 231 million USD, with a subscription rate of 1156.57%.This round of OpenAI (OPENAI) subscriptions will continue until July 17 at 15:00 (UTC+8), supporting participation in both USDT and GUSD. The total subscription value is approximately 20 million USD, with a total issuance of 27,700 OPENAI asset certificates. The subscription price is 1 OPENAI = 722 USD, with a minimum subscription amount of 100 USDT or 100 GUSD, and it waives implicit fees and custody costs. In terms of the allocation mechanism, the platform uses "average locked amount per hour" as the basis for asset certificate allocation. The earlier users participate and the longer the locking period, the higher the allocation weight. Additionally, OPENAI will open pre-market trading in the Pre-IPOs section on July 20 at 16:00 (UTC+8).

According to Tiger Research and RootData based on research of 9,416 investment transaction data from the first half of 2018 to 2026, the capital inflow in the cryptocurrency market reached $13.3 billion in the first half of 2026, which is basically on par with the total of $13.2 billion for the entire year of 2024. However, the number of financing rounds was only 435, a decrease of 78% from the peak of 1,978 rounds in 2022, indicating that market funds are accelerating towards a few large transactions.The report points out that the current cryptocurrency investment market is dominated by a few large crypto-native VCs focused on leading investments, as well as venture capital departments of exchanges with liquidity and marketing support, while medium-sized institutions are being rapidly squeezed out. In terms of financing structure, the number of seed round transactions decreased by 88% from 2022 to 81, while financing in Series A and later stages accounted for 75.2% of total investments, with Series A financing amounting to $745.8 million, exceeding the total amount of all seed round financing of $423.3 million during the same period.In terms of sectors, payments and stablecoins, centralized exchanges, and prediction markets have become the most concentrated areas of capital. The payments and stablecoins sector attracted $2.85 billion in funding in the first half of 2026, but about 84% of this was driven by mergers and acquisitions such as Mastercard's acquisition of BVNK and Payward's acquisition of Reap; the investment share in the CEX sector rose to 18.2%, while prediction markets rose to 17.5%. In contrast, the number of financing rounds in the gaming sector plummeted from 141 rounds in 2024 to only 5 rounds, a decrease of 96%. Additionally, traditional financial institutions participated in 54.5% of all investment transactions in the first half of 2026.It is reported that Tiger Research is an independent research institution established in 2022, covering the Asian digital asset market, with business operations in South Korea, Japan, China, and Indonesia, publishing institutional-level research content in five languages, with over 100,000 monthly readers and more than 200 institutional clients.

According to CoinGlass data, the total contract trading volume of ETH across the network has decreased by 4.19% in the past 24 hours, with the current total trading volume at $42.961 billion. Among them, Binance's trading volume is $11.25 billion, OKX's trading volume is $8.41 billion, and Gate's trading volume is $5.314 billion. Meanwhile, the total contract open interest for ETH across the network is approximately $27.493 billion. Among them, Binance's open interest is $6.84 billion, and Gate's open interest is $2.55 billion.In addition, the 24-hour spot trading volume for ETH across the network is $2.078 billion, with Binance's trading volume at $598 million and Gate's trading volume at $288 million.

According to OnchainLens monitoring, a certain trader, after accumulating a loss of 4.89 million USD, has once again heavily invested in long positions, currently holding 84 BTC long positions worth approximately 5.43 million USD, with a leverage of 40 times.The account also holds long positions in HYPE worth approximately 290,000 USD and long positions in PUMP worth approximately 148,000 USD. In addition, the trader has placed a limit buy order for 6.56 BTC, worth approximately 424,000 USD, with a limit price of 64,600 USD.

According to SoSoValue data, the total net inflow for Ethereum spot ETFs is $53.83 million. The Ethereum spot ETF with the highest single-day net inflow yesterday was Blackrock ETF ETHA, with a single-day net inflow of $45.29 million. Currently, the historical total net inflow for ETHA has reached $11.282 billion.The second is Grayscale Ethereum Trust ETF ETH, with a single-day net inflow of $4.5786 million. Currently, the historical total net inflow for ETH has reached $1.814 billion. As of the time of publication, the total net asset value of Ethereum spot ETFs is $10.399 billion, and the ETF net asset ratio (the market value as a percentage of Ethereum's total market value) is 4.48%. The historical cumulative net inflow has reached $11.07 billion.