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According to a report by Nikkei Asia citing multiple informed sources, TSMC (TSM.N) plans to raise the foundry prices for advanced and mature process chips by up to 10% in 2027, in response to rising costs of materials, manufacturing equipment, and the construction of new overseas plants. TSMC has begun discussions with customers regarding the price increase, which involves 7-nanometer and more advanced processes. This segment contributed approximately 77% of TSMC's revenue in the quarter from April to June this year.Informed sources indicated that the basic price increase will range from 5% to 10%, depending on the customer and product. For new orders of high-performance computing (HPC) chips that exceed the customer's original forecast, TSMC plans to impose an additional premium of 10% to 15% on top of the basic price increase. As a result, the overall price increase for some advanced process chip orders may exceed 10%. In terms of mature processes (including 12-nanometer, 16-nanometer, 28-nanometer processes, and other traditional technologies), TSMC plans to raise prices by up to 10%, but some products will see increases below this level. The mature process business accounted for about 23% of the company's revenue in the last quarter. Informed sources stated that relevant negotiations began around June and were finalized in July, with the new prices set to take effect in early 2027.

According to Onchain Lens monitoring, the largest short position in ETH, pension-usdt.eth, holds 50,000 ETH short contracts, worth approximately $93.3 million, currently facing an unrealized loss of about $8.31 million.This whale has historically accumulated a profit of $35.6 million.

According to a post by Frank Chaparro, GSR's Director of Strategic Communications, Visa is hiring for a "Sr Director, Stablecoin Labs" position in New York, with a maximum annual salary of $400,900, plus bonuses and equity incentives.The job listing indicates that this position will be responsible for Visa's Web3 and stablecoin product roadmap, exploring new commercialization application scenarios, and participating in the planning of the company's next-generation stablecoin payment products. Frank Chaparro believes this further indicates that stablecoins are becoming a core priority in the global payments sector.

The on-chain digital asset management neobank ether.fi has chosen Nexus Mutual to provide ETH slashing coverage, covering slashing penalties for its validators up to a maximum of 15,000 ETH. ether.fi stated that it operates a large-scale validator set on Ethereum, and slashing is considered a tail risk.This coverage is used to cover validator losses, exceeding the total historical ETH slashing losses. ether.fi currently manages over $6 billion in assets across products such as Cash, Stake, and Liquid. Since 2019, Nexus Mutual has provided over $7 billion in coverage for smart contract attacks, slashing, and other digital asset risks.

According to the Ethereum Magicians forum, developer Leo Glisic officially released Privacy Guardians 2 and announced the open-sourcing of its design. The project is positioned as a decentralized privacy payment system aimed at maximizing privacy protection for on-chain payments to combat issues such as freezing and monitoring present in centralized payment solutions (like OUSD launched by Corpo Consortium).The current V1 version includes multiple modules such as private payment mechanisms, insurance mechanisms, honeypot designs, exchange rate management, liquidity pools, and metadata processing. Glisic stated that this version is still in the early stages and has significant room for optimization in areas such as cryptographic security, incentive mechanism alignment, and capital efficiency, and he called on the community to participate in its improvement. The white paper has been simultaneously published on glisic.xyz.

According to Bits.media, Anatoly Aksakov, chairman of the Financial Market Committee of the State Duma of Russia, stated that the second and third readings of the criminal liability bill for illegal cryptocurrency transactions will be postponed until the new State Duma is reviewed. The reason is that the Duma's spring session will end on July 27, and there will be an election recess from August to September, with the Duma election voting ending on September 20. Therefore, the review will not resume until the autumn session at the earliest.The bill completed its first reading in early July, with a maximum penalty of 7 years in prison for organizing illegal cryptocurrency circulation. The relevant penalty provisions are proposed to officially take effect on July 1, 2027. Under the current regulatory framework, Russian citizens can only buy and sell cryptocurrencies through institutions holding a license from the Central Bank of Russia, and P2P and over-the-counter transactions may face criminal liability. Aksakov denied concerns that the bill would affect cryptocurrency exchanges and P2P users, stating that the related worries are "unfounded." Meanwhile, another Russian government initiative to strengthen state control over cryptocurrencies, the "Digital Currency and Digital Rights Law," has also been postponed, with the original timelines for implementation in July and September now missed.

According to official news, Gate announced the launch of the interest-earning feature for stock and CFD account assets, allowing users to earn automatic returns on eligible idle USDT and USDx in their accounts while participating in stock trading, IPOs, and CFD trading. This feature uses a tiered interest mechanism, matching interest levels based on the USDT balance in the stock account and the USDx balance in the CFD account. A single account balance exceeding 1,000 USDT or USDx can participate in interest calculation, with a reference annualized return rate of up to 3.00%.

Bitget launches VIP exclusive BTC financial management, with the event ending on July 19 at 18:00 (UTC+8). This event is aimed at VIP users who participated in ARX PoolX between July 7 at 18:00 and July 14 at 18:00 (UTC+8). Eligible users can subscribe to the BTC flexible simple earning product, enjoying up to 2.5% APR. For more details, please refer to the Bitget official platform.

According to official news, the Gate stock derivatives section will launch on July 14 at 14:00 (UTC+8) with the debut of BOT (robot strategy closed-end fund), INTW (2x long Intel daily leveraged ETF), SNXX (2x long Sandisk daily leveraged ETF), XBI (State Street S&P Biotechnology ETF), and APP (Applovin) perpetual contract trading (settled in USDT), supporting 1-20x leverage.

According to Jinshi reports, Federal Reserve Governor Waller stated that the labor market is stable and close to the Federal Reserve's maximum employment goal.

On July 10, WEEX Exchange announced the official launch of the TradFi trading competition, with a total prize pool of up to 50,000 USDT. Users can receive 5 USDT just for opening a position. The event period is from 7/9 00:00 to 7/23 23:59:59 (UTC+8).During the event, new users who net recharge a total of 100 USDT and complete any one spot transaction among MSTRON / SPCXON / MUON (no trading volume limit), as well as any one TradFi contract transaction (with a margin of at least 10 USDT), can receive a bonus of 200 USDT; all users trading any TradFi contract transaction will receive a bonus of 5 USDT upon opening a position; for any TradFi contract trading volume ≥ 5,000 USDT, users can receive corresponding tiered bonus rewards, and multiple tiered rewards can be stacked, with a maximum of 63 USDT.

WEEX Exchange Announcement: The platform has launched zero-fee trading for Prismevm (PP) and is offering a new user incentive activity. From July 7, 18:00 to July 14, 18:00 (UTC+8), new users can participate in the distribution of a total airdrop reward of 20,000 USDT by completing tasks during the event.It is reported that Prismevm (PP) is the 234th WE-Launch project of WEEX, which was officially launched on July 2 at 16:00 (UTC+8).

SPR welcomes an important development milestone: the ecological IP "Congcong" officially celebrates its hundredth day, with the protocol's liquidity pool scale continuously breaking through 11,920,000 USDT, and the SPR market is simultaneously included in the Binance market platform.Three important developments have been implemented simultaneously, reflecting the continuous improvement of the protocol's ecological construction, on-chain liquidity, and market attention. In the future, SPR will continue to enhance ecological construction, optimize liquidity structure, and promote the stable development of the protocol.

StableStock officially launched its leveraged spot trading feature today. Users can now directly use stablecoins to conduct leveraged spot trading on global market targets, accessing the real stock market through stablecoins.Leveraged spot trading supports zero interest for intraday trading: positions opened and closed before the end of the day's after-hours session do not incur interest, with only the overnight portion subject to interest calculation according to the rules, effectively reducing the holding costs for active traders. This covers major global markets, allowing for leveraged trading on over 700 targets, with a maximum leverage of about 10 times, including SK Hynix, Samsung Electronics, Zhizhu, and many popular US stocks; in addition to individual stocks, several short (inverse) ETFs are also included, providing options on both long and short sides.StableStock CEO Zixi stated: "Leveraged spot trading further connects stablecoin settlement with the real stock market, marking another step for stablecoins from being a settlement tool to becoming an entry point for real asset trading."Users must complete identity verification (KYC) and transfer funds to the leveraged account before use; interest calculation, forced liquidation, and other details are subject to the product page. Leveraged trading will amplify both gains and losses, so please use it cautiously.StableStock is supported by institutions such as YZi Labs, MPCi (Matrix Partners China), and Vertex Ventures, and currently supports trading on approximately 1,400+ global stock targets, with plans to continue expanding into more markets and categories.

According to Gate market data, the Nasdaq 100 Index turned negative, giving back a gain of up to 2.1%.

According to on-chain analyst Yu Jin's monitoring, the largest long position holder on the Hyperliquid platform holds a long position worth $415 million through 7 addresses, including 120,000 ETH (approximately $271 million, with an opening average price of $2,261) and 2,000 BTC (approximately $144 million, with an opening average price of $72,134). With the recent price drop, the current unrealized loss has reached $91.46 million, close to $100 million.Due to the relatively low actual leverage ratio, there is currently no liquidation risk, with the ETH liquidation price around $1,160 and the BTC liquidation price around $47,000.