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The Kobeissi Letter stated that hedge funds net bought $4.8 billion in U.S. stocks last week, marking the second-largest single-week buying scale since 2008. Based on the total market capitalization of the S&P 500, this buying scale ranks 24th in history.During the same period, institutional investors net sold $3.8 billion, ending four consecutive weeks of net buying, with their average net buying scale over the past four weeks dropping to $3.9 billion.Retail investors slightly net sold $200 million during the same period, with their average net buying scale over the past four weeks decreasing to $600 million. Hedge funds are significantly buying U.S. stocks again.

According to data from the multi-model aggregation platform OpenRouter, from July 27 to August 2, DeepSeek V4 Flash topped the global AI large model usage ranking with a call volume of 7.22 trillion tokens. Data from the open-source platform OpenCode shows that this model alone processed 8 trillion tokens on August 1. Four out of the top five positions are occupied by Chinese large models: Xiaomi's MiMo-V2.5 (5.1 trillion), Tencent's Hunyuan Hy3 (5.01 trillion), and another DeepSeek V4 Flash model (3.45 trillion) ranked second to fourth, while OpenAI GPT-5.6 Luna (2.99 trillion, a month-on-month increase of 738%) ranked fifth.The total call volume of Chinese large models last week reached 28.13 trillion tokens, surpassing the United States for 14 consecutive weeks, firmly holding the top position globally. The previously highly anticipated Kimi K3 fell out of the top ten this week, ranking 12th. It is noteworthy that free models are capturing an increasing share of traffic, with some models experiencing month-on-month growth exceeding 50%. Analysis indicates that domestic models have shifted from price competition to relying on inference performance and stable service capabilities, but companies like OpenAI and Anthropic continue to iterate, accelerating the internal competition and the pace of product iteration will determine user retention capabilities.

Nado officially announced that the Nado Rewards weekly prize pool program is now live, with weekly rewards of up to 100,000 USDT0.Nado is an on-chain trading platform built on Kraken Layer 2 Ink, supporting various market trades including cryptocurrencies, commodities, foreign exchange, xStocks spot tokens, and perpetual contracts. Its unified margin account system allows users to use deposited assets for both spot and contract trading, enhancing capital efficiency.Following the previous launch of a dual points system with xStocks, Nado has further introduced a trading rewards program: the prize pool will unlock based on the platform's average daily trading volume, with rewards covering Taker trading volume, Open Interest positions, and contributions to market Maker liquidity.After weekly settlements, users can claim USDT0 rewards on the Rewards page. Derivatives trading involves risks; please be cautious with leverage and DYOR.

OpenAI's programming agent Codex and office agent ChatGPT Work have a combined weekly active user count of 10 million. Just 9 days ago, it was 6 million. OpenAI subsequently reset the usage limits for paid users of both products.In March of this year, Codex had only 2 million weekly active users, and now the combined total for both products has expanded to 5 times.OpenAI had previously promised that for every additional 1 million users from 3 million to 10 million, the usage limits would be reset. This is the final milestone of this commitment.

According to Jinshi, the weekly change in ADP employment in the United States for the week ending July 4 was a decrease of 16,500, compared to the previous value of 19,750.

According to an official post from OranjeBTC, the company completed a private stock buyback transaction this week, repurchasing 3,926,667 shares of OBTC3 common stock at a price of R$ 4.05 per share, corresponding to an implied mNAV multiple of 0.65x, with a total transaction amount of approximately R$ 15.9 million. This buyback generated a weekly gross BTC yield of 2.68%, while the Bitcoin reserves remained unchanged.As of now, the company holds 3,912 BTC, with a gross BTC yield of 3.15% for the third quarter and a year-to-date gross BTC yield of 16.39%. The company stated that under certain circumstances, repurchasing its own stock is more effective in enhancing the per-share BTC holdings than directly purchasing Bitcoin.

According to South Korean media Digital Asset, the total trading volume of the top 5 digital asset exchanges in South Korea dropped to approximately 8.06 trillion won from 2 PM on July 9 to 2 PM on July 16, further declining from the previous week and reaching the lowest level in nearly 3 years and 2 months.Data shows that the weekly trading volume of the top 5 exchanges in South Korea has been declining for several weeks, dropping from 17.7 trillion won from June 5 to June 12, to 15.4 trillion won, 14.6 trillion won, 13.4 trillion won, and 9.97 trillion won, with the latest week further falling to 8.06 trillion won, the lowest since 8.44 trillion won recorded from May 11 to May 18, 2023.In terms of exchange market share, the rankings have not changed, with Upbit continuing to hold the top position at 63.57%, but down 0.63 percentage points from the previous week; Bithumb rose to 29.18%, Coinone rose to 6.41%, while Korbit and Gopax accounted for 0.76% and 0.07%, respectively.

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.

Data from Rwa.xyz shows that BUIDL on the Avalanche chain has surpassed $900 million, with a weekly growth of 105%.The current total scale of BUIDL has reached $2.869 billion, with a 30-day increase of 21.11%.

According to Digital Asset, the weekly trading volume of the top 5 cryptocurrency exchanges in South Korea has declined for 5 consecutive weeks. From July 3 to 10, the total weekly trading volume of the 5 exchanges was approximately 9.9676 trillion won, a decrease of 25.75% from the previous week's approximately 13.4 trillion won, marking the first time in nearly 2 years and 9 months that it has fallen below 10 trillion won since recording about 9.6 trillion won in the last week of September 2023.The report pointed out that the weekly trading volume of the top 5 exchanges has continued to weaken since June, with figures of 17.7 trillion won, 15.4 trillion won, 14.6 trillion won, and 13.4 trillion won respectively. Compared to the trading volume in the first week of June, the cumulative decline over the past month is approximately 43.5%.In terms of market share among exchanges, Upbit continues to rank first with 63.02%, but this is a decrease of 3.95 percentage points from the previous week; Bithumb rose to 29.51%, an increase of 2.38 percentage points; Coinone rose to 6.66%, an increase of 1.46 percentage points; Korbit and Gopax are at 0.78% and 0.03%, respectively.

Sharplink disclosed on the X platform that it received 449 ETH staking rewards this week, bringing the total staking earnings to 22,991 ETH to date.

Jack Yi stated that the weekly level of Bitcoin is still in a downtrend, and in the short term, attention should be paid to whether it can effectively break through 68,000 USD.He believes that only by strongly standing above 68,000 USD can a more significant reversal in the market occur; if the breakout fails, the price may once again test the bottom, and there is a risk of falling below 47,000 USD that needs to be monitored.