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The FATF released a report stating that criminals are increasingly using stablecoins for illegal financial activities, calling on countries to accelerate the implementation of cryptocurrency anti-money laundering standards.

Bitcoin rose to nearly $65,000 due to the U.S. inflation data in June being lower than expected, but on-chain data shows that long-term and short-term holders are synchronously selling off.

According to Fortune, global payment giant Visa is accelerating its layout of stablecoin infrastructure by launching the Visa Stablecoin Platform, which helps banks and fintech companies integrate stablecoin payment capabilities into existing payment and fund management systems.It is reported that the platform aims to provide stablecoin service support for approximately 15,000 financial institutions and over 200 million merchants globally, allowing businesses to use USD stablecoins for settlement, fund circulation, and financial management within traditional payment networks.Visa currently processes about $150 trillion in payment transactions annually and has handled stablecoin settlement business worth billions of dollars. The company hopes to further expand the application of stablecoins through the new platform. The Visa Stablecoin Platform will initially support the new stablecoin OUSD launched by the Open Standard Alliance, while continuing to be compatible with existing stablecoins supported by Visa, including USDC issued by Circle and USDG issued by Paxos.Visa believes that stablecoins are becoming an important component of future financial infrastructure, with advantages including: instant settlement, transactions that do not rely on traditional bank clearing cycles; low-cost transfers, reducing payment costs based on blockchain networks; and transparency and traceability, with on-chain transaction records providing higher verifiability. Visa has been continuously laying out its strategy in the stablecoin field. In 2020, Visa became the first global payment network to support USDC settlements; in 2025, the company launched a stablecoin settlement program to further promote stablecoins into the mainstream payment system.Meanwhile, Visa's competitors are also accelerating their entry into the stablecoin market. Mastercard recently launched a stablecoin settlement solution and collaborated with companies such as MoonPay and Paxos; American Express is also participating in the ecosystem development related to Open Standard. As traditional payment giants increasingly adopt stablecoins, stablecoins are gradually transforming from payment tools in the crypto industry to an important component of global financial infrastructure.

On July 16, according to WEEX TradFi market data, the overall Chinese concept technology sector has warmed up, with market funds refocusing on the valuation repair of leading e-commerce, content, and search companies. Among them, BABAON rose over 6.62% in 24 hours; BILION rose over 4.01%; JDON rose over 3.71%, with multiple Chinese concept tech stocks jointly driving the sector's enthusiasm.WEEX Labs believes that Alibaba's latest release of a real-time voice model further enhances market expectations for AI business development. Coupled with improved profit expectations before the earnings report and capital rotation, this has jointly driven the sector's rebound, with this round of market activity leaning towards the repricing of undervalued tech stocks. In the short term, attention still needs to be paid to performance realization, policy signals, and changes in the risk appetite of the US stock market.

According to Gate market data, U.S. stocks opened with the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 0.18%, the S&P 500 index rising 0.41%, and the Nasdaq Composite rising 0.63%. SK Hynix ADR fell 7%, Alibaba rose over 4%, with reports stating that Alibaba Qianwen will be integrated as AI capabilities into Apple products.

According to Jinshi, renowned economist Nouriel Roubini warned that inflation remains the biggest risk facing the market. Factors driving inflation include geopolitical tensions, de-globalization, and increased government spending. He stated that if the U.S. Consumer Price Index (CPI) reaches 5% - 6%, the yield on the 10-year U.S. Treasury bond could be "close to" 8%, which would be the highest level since 1994, a significant increase from the current level of about 4.58%.

CryptoQuant analyst Axel Adler Jr. stated that Bitcoin rose from $62,700 to $64,700 in the past 24 hours, an increase of about 3.1%. The Taker order pressure indicator was negative for almost the entire week last week, dropping to a low of -3.9, turning positive on July 14, and currently at +4.1; the liquidation pressure indicator is at -55.2, remaining negative since July 11, with long liquidations dominating the market.The analyst pointed out that the combination of these two indicators suggests that this rebound is driven by real demand rather than a short squeeze. The reversal of Taker capital flow occurring simultaneously with the price increase is a typical characteristic of aggressive buying. If the Taker indicator remains positive in the next 24 hours, the upward trend will be confirmed; if it falls below the zero axis, it indicates a waning buying momentum. The current market has shifted to a cautious risk preference.

According to on-chain analyst Darkfost (@Darkfost_Coc), the current proportion of loss UTXOs in the Bitcoin market continues to expand, with the loss/profit UTXO ratio rising to an extreme range, a level that has historically only appeared during deep pressure periods of bear markets.Darkfost pointed out that this indicator measures market sentiment by calculating the ratio of profit and loss UTXOs, unaffected by the absolute value distortion of BTC prices, and has strong historical consistency. The current reading shows significant pressure from holding losses, which has certain accumulation value from a long-term perspective; however, caution is needed when market sentiment shifts, as the rapid increase in the number of profit UTXOs could sharply drive up the ratio, which may signal a potential local top.

According to the latest data from Polymarket Builders, on July 14, Gate's prediction market ranked first in daily trading volume among all channels on Polymarket. With the World Cup semi-finals underway, trading related to the events remains active, and Gate's prediction market maintains its leading advantage. In addition, Gate's prediction market not only ranks first in daily trading volume but also leads in weekly and monthly trading volumes across all channels on Polymarket, continuously demonstrating strong performance and showcasing the platform's user activity and trading enthusiasm in the sports event prediction market.Currently, Gate is launching the "Gate Prediction Market × World Cup Semi-Final Focus Event" campaign, with a total prize pool of 50,000 USDT. During the event, users can sign up and participate in the specified focus event predictions for the World Cup semi-finals on Gate Polymarket. Meeting the event requirements will qualify users for rewards, with no need to predict correctly, allowing them to share the 50,000 USDT prize pool. Additionally, Gate has launched the "World Cup Final Sprint Gift" campaign. During this period, users participating in predictions related to the quarter-finals, semi-finals, or finals in the World Cup section of Gate Polymarket have the chance to receive an 88 yuan JD.com gift card, with a total of 10,000 rewards to be distributed, accompanying users in witnessing the birth of the World Cup champion.As the first centralized trading platform to integrate with Polymarket, Gate has become an important entry point for users to participate in the prediction market. Users can directly access the prediction market through the Gate App, entering the Polymarket page from the Alpha section on the homepage, and conveniently participate in various event predictions using USDT in their accounts. Users can also utilize the "Smart Money" feature to track the positions and market judgments of high-win-rate traders, gaining more reference for event predictions. Gate is continuously expanding the application scenarios of the prediction market, providing users with a diversified experience from event judgment to trading participation.

According to data from DefiLlama, possibly influenced by the increase in trading volume of its US stock tokens (rToken), Bitget has seen a net inflow of $666 million in the past 30 days, ranking first among centralized exchanges (CEX).

According to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, DeepSeek founder Liang Wenfeng's net worth has risen to approximately $36 billion, more than doubling from about $16.7 billion previously, surpassing Anthropic co-founder Dario Amodei and OpenAI co-founder Greg Brockman.Previously, DeepSeek completed a $7.4 billion financing round in June 2026, with the company's valuation reaching $50 billion. Bloomberg estimates that Liang Wenfeng holds about 78% of DeepSeek's shares, and his wealth increase mainly comes from the rise in the company's valuation.

According to Jinshi, U.S. short-term interest rate futures indicate that the probability of the Federal Reserve raising interest rates in July is about 45%, an increase from 35% earlier on Monday.

According to Gate market data, at the opening of the US stock market, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose by 0.08%, the S&P 500 index fell by 0.32%, and the Nasdaq Composite Index fell by 0.73%. Technology stocks generally declined, with SK Hynix down over 8%, SanDisk down over 6%, Micron Technology down 5%, Qualcomm down 1%, and Intel down 4%.

According to the second quarter industry report from the Australian cryptocurrency exchange Swyftx, the global gig and freelance payment market is expected to reach $2.1 trillion by 2033, with AI-native practitioners contributing $775 billion.Under the assumption of approximately 33% adoption rate, Swyftx's benchmark model predicts that $262 billion of this will be settled through stablecoins. Swyftx's Chief Market Analyst Pav Hundal stated that micro-enterprises with fewer than five people are becoming the fastest adopters of AI, giving rise to a group of independent entrepreneurs operating cross-border and invoicing at high frequencies, currently numbering about 6 to 10 million globally, expected to increase to 17 million within a decade.Traditional cross-border payment fees are high and settlements take several days, while transferring stablecoins via Ethereum Layer 2 networks can reduce costs by 80% to 90%. Swyftx added that if the predictions come true, the institutional settlement layer providing off-exchange liquidity, custody, and yield services for these payments could capture up to $1.3 billion in new revenue by 2033. The market capitalization of stablecoins has doubled in the past two years, with June trading volume reaching a historic high of $1.79 trillion.

Real Vision's Chief Crypto Analyst Jamie Coutts stated that Bitcoin may be entering the later stages of this bear market. Although the bear market has not ended, the downward momentum has begun to weaken. The current BTC price has fallen about 50% from the historical high of $126,100 set in October 2025. Coutts referred to the current trend as a "typical bear market" and pointed out that Bitcoin's volatility has decreased by about 50% compared to the previous cycle, which suggests that this decline may not be as severe as the previous bear market. However, he cautioned that all current trend indicators are still clearly bearish, and the market will not mechanically replicate historical cycles.He noted that longer-term momentum indicators are beginning to show bullish divergence, indicating that negative momentum is slowing down, but this does not mean that Bitcoin has technically exited the bear market. In addition to the tightening of global liquidity, the deterioration of on-chain demand has also been a significant reason for Bitcoin's decline. Regarding long-term price predictions, Coutts is cautious about Bitcoin reaching $1 million by 2030. He prefers to predict that BTC will rise to between $200,000 and $250,000 in the next two to three years. He also warned that the Bitcoin community needs to more clearly address the potential threat of quantum computing before 2027, as significant protocol upgrades may take about five years.

Binance's official announcement shows that the total scale of stablecoins held by cryptocurrency exchanges has reached $93 billion, of which Binance holds approximately $53 billion, accounting for 57% of the market share, which is $42 billion higher than the stablecoin reserves of the second-ranked exchange platform.In addition, since the beginning of 2025, the stablecoin reserves of exchanges have cumulatively increased by 61%, adding approximately $35 billion, while Binance's market share has also risen from 54% to 57% during the same period.

Vitalik posted on the X platform, stating that AI 2040 and its critics have incompatible worldviews regarding the speed and significance of AI progress. AI 2040 believes that unless strong measures are taken to completely prevent it, some form of superintelligence will emerge in various scenarios by 2040; critics argue that AI 2040 underestimates human coordination capabilities and threatens freedom, but do not view ASI itself as a risk of power concentration.He believes that if he were convinced that the current form of AI is just an ordinary technology, he would be closer to the critics' camp; if he were convinced that superintelligence would inevitably arrive by 2030, he would be closer to the AI 2040 camp. At the same time, due to significant uncertainty, he remains open to the idea of slowing down or pausing, and feels uncomfortable with the stance proposed by some large AI companies and intellectuals that "open source is detrimental, and the ideal outcome is to maintain global control dominance."Vitalik stated that an important reason he supports the d/acc platform is that directions such as formal verification, cryptography, secure and open hardware, pandemic resilience, defensive biotechnology, food and basic resource security, public cognitive systems, and non-concentrated power physical security are worth promoting under both worldviews. He also mentioned that the 2040 plan has increasingly supported open source and incorporated the idea of "mutual assured destruction of computational power," which is an improvement compared to allowing a few participants to selectively deprive their identified subjects of rights.There is no way to avoid trade-offs regarding whether to slow down or pause, and Vitalik believes that trigger conditions can be preset, allowing for a more open attitude towards slowing down or pausing when sufficient conditions are met within a specific timeframe.He also stated that if he were Elon Musk or Zuck, he would significantly transform Twitter into a platform that helps identify and facilitate such large win-win agreements, encouraging more people to participate in discussions, but he thinks this might also be naive. Currently, he does not see any non-naive ASI transition response plans, so he tends to show some tolerance towards those who are trying.

According to Jinshi reports, Goldman Sachs stated that the combined effect of rising prices for memory, software, and electricity brought about by artificial intelligence is contributing more than 0.2 percentage points to the year-on-year inflation of the U.S. core PCE, and this contribution is expected to rise to 0.5 percentage points by the end of the year.