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According to the Nikkei News, individual investors in the Japanese stock market are accelerating their use of leverage to bet on AI trends. As of July, the amount of credit trading by individual investors in the Japanese stock market reached 123 trillion yen (approximately 1.09 trillion yuan), doubling since the beginning of the year and reaching the highest level since related statistics began in 2016.Data shows that in June, the scale of credit trading by Japanese individual investors hit a historical high, and in July it continued to maintain a high level. At the same time, the proportion of credit trading in the overall trading amount of individual investors rose to 83%, also setting a new record.AI concept stocks have become the main driving force behind the surge in credit trading, among which the credit buy balance of AI storage concept stock Kioxia reached 13.23 million shares as of August 7, making it one of the popular targets.Benefiting from the recent rise in the Japanese stock market, the overall performance of leveraged investors has been decent. The floating yield of credit trading investors briefly turned positive in June, although it fell back to a loss of 8.4% by the end of July, it is still better than the average loss level of the past 10 years (-10.2%).

According to CryptoQuant analyst Novaque Research, the Federal Reserve voted 9 to 3 on July 29 to maintain the interest rate target range at 3.50% to 3.75%. However, maintaining the interest rate is different from cutting rates and did not bring new liquidity stimulus, and Bitcoin's internal demand indicators reflect this constraint.Novaque stated that the Coinbase premium index continues to be deeply negative, close to -0.11, indicating that Bitcoin's pricing on Coinbase is weaker than on offshore platforms, pointing to sluggish spot demand in the U.S.; total open interest remains below the 100-day moving average, and CME options exposure has significantly contracted from the peak in the first quarter; exchange reserves have rebounded from the April low to about 2.72 million BTC, indicating an increase in supply that can be sold at any time. It believes that against the backdrop of weak demand in the U.S., simply pausing interest rate hikes can only prevent further tightening and cannot create a favorable environment for price increases, and Bitcoin prices will remain under pressure in the short term.

According to Jinshi, rare internal disagreements within the Federal Reserve have disturbed market expectations, leading to a softening of the dollar, which in turn boosted basic metals such as copper and aluminum.Meanwhile, the conflict in the Middle East continues, coupled with a bottoming out of aluminum inventories and unusual movements in copper warehouse receipts, basic metals are seeking direction amid macroeconomic games and supply-demand struggles.

According to data from The Block, the graduation rate of the Pump.fun token reached 6.7% last Friday, about 8 times the average level of June. The average for the previous four days was also 4.7%, significantly higher than the 2.5% of the previous week. The increase in the graduation rate is directly related to the newly launched BOOST default launch mechanism of Pump.fun.BOOST targets what Pump.fun refers to as dead liquidity—previously, about 20% of the migration liquidity was permanently locked in the PumpSwap pool during token graduation migration. Now, this portion of funds will automatically execute a series of market buy orders within five minutes after migration, and all purchased tokens will be destroyed. BOOST takes effect only after the token is bound and does not mechanically increase the graduation rate; instead, it incentivizes traders to more actively push the token to reach the graduation threshold by ensuring immediate buying pressure and supply destruction after migration.Meanwhile, the PUMP token has risen over 10% year-to-date, with an increase of nearly 60% in the past month, outperforming Bitcoin's approximately 25% decline this year. Its current market capitalization is about $850 million, with a fully diluted valuation of over $1.8 billion.

According to the latest survey by TrendForce, in June, the top three MLCC suppliers in Japan and South Korea (Murata, Samsung Electro-Mechanics, Taiyo Yuden) achieved a monthly shipment volume that reached a nearly five-year high, with 140 billion, 98 billion, and 40 billion units respectively, and the growth momentum continued into July. AI applications are the main driving force, with CSP manufacturers maintaining strong procurement demand for self-developed ASIC platforms such as Google TPU and AWS Trainium, driving continuous growth in demand for high-capacity, low-voltage, small-sized MLCCs.At the same time, Japanese and South Korean suppliers are accelerating the shift of production capacity from consumer-grade X5R to high-end X6S/X7R specifications, resulting in a severe squeeze on the production capacity of mid-to-high capacity (1µF-22µF) consumer-grade MLCCs, with mainstream inventory days generally falling below 30 days. The overflow effect of production capacity has led channels, agents, and second- and third-tier customers to urgently pull goods, significantly increasing order visibility for Taiwanese and mainland suppliers, leading to rising prices, with agents raising prices by an average of 20-25%, and spot market prices have soared to 2-3 times the original price. TrendForce pointed out that the consumer-grade MLCC market currently shows a structural mismatch of "weak end demand, strong channel pricing."

According to Jinshi reports, analysts at ING pointed out that gold prices rose on Monday due to a sharp drop in oil prices, which eased inflation concerns and put pressure on the dollar and U.S. Treasury yields. This round of movement closely follows the pause in hostilities between the U.S. and Iran, with lower oil prices improving the outlook for non-yielding assets.The market is focused on the Federal Reserve and the upcoming U.S. inflation data to seek further guidance on interest rate prospects. If yields remain suppressed, gold prices should continue to find support around current levels.

Unitas Booster Earn Season 2 officially launched on Binance Wallet, with a $150,000 UP reward pool opened.During the event, users can deposit XAUt to earn XGLD on the BNB Chain. While earning XGLD rewards, they can also participate in sharing the total value of the $150,000 UP token incentive reward pool.XGLD is an interest-bearing gold asset issued by Unitas, allowing users to earn returns while holding gold. This event combines XGLD earnings with additional UP incentives, providing users with a more efficient on-chain gold earning experience. Eligible users can participate in the event through Binance Wallet and enjoy dual rewards.

Pump.fun announced the launch of a new standard launch mechanism called BOOST, applicable to every new token on the platform. Pump.fun stated that over $100 million in liquidity becomes dead liquidity each year when tokens migrate from the initial bonding curve to the liquidity pool, and the BOOST model will reinject future liquidity into each bonded token.Co-founder Alon Cohen described this update as adding approximately 20% liquidity for each newly migrated token, without altering the trading experience of the bonding curve or liquidity pool, injecting hundreds of millions into the ecosystem over time.The above data is based on the company's own projections rather than independently verified results, and Pump.fun did not release a supporting dataset with the announcement. The actual liquidity effect depends on the number of tokens bonded and migrated under the new default mechanism. Previously, Pump.fun launched a USDC paired liquidity pool.

According to Jinshi reports, Jupiter Asset Management stated that the real yield on the two-year U.S. Treasury has risen, boosting the strength of the dollar.

Robinhood Chain attracted over $141 million in ETH bridging within two weeks of its launch, with DEX trading volume surpassing that of the Ethereum mainnet, and the ETH price rising approximately 15% during the same period.However, whether L2 value feeds back into ETH remains a topic of debate.

According to Cointelegraph, the launch of Robinhood's Layer 2 network, Robinhood Chain, has boosted market sentiment towards Ethereum. The network uses ETH as its native Gas token, and approximately $141 million worth of ETH has been bridged to the chain.Reports indicate that there are now over 500,000 wallet addresses holding ETH on the network. In the past 24 hours, the DEX trading volume on Robinhood Chain reached $877.56 million, surpassing Ethereum L1 and competitor Base. As an on-chain extension of the traditional financial trading platform Robinhood, it offers tokenized stock services to customers in 120 countries, further strengthening the EVM-compatible ecosystem.

According to Gate market data, boosted by the after-hours rise of chip stocks such as Micron Technology (MU.O), Nasdaq futures opened up 2% on Thursday.

According to Bloomberg, the Abu Dhabi investment platform MGX has recently raised nearly $50 billion from Middle Eastern sovereign wealth funds, global pension funds, and large institutional investors to accelerate investments in artificial intelligence infrastructure and related technology projects.Insiders say that this round of funding will primarily support MGX's large-scale expenditures on computing power, data centers, and AI technology layout, in order to promote its investment pace and scale in the regional and global AI industry chain.

According to Jinshi, U.S. President Trump stated on social media that the recently reached agreement has driven U.S. stocks to soar and oil prices to plummet. He will hold a press conference in France in 45 minutes and have dinner with leaders from France and other European countries. Trump pointed out that various indicators of the U.S. economy are performing excellently, with current employment numbers reaching an all-time high, attracting over $19.1 trillion in investment.

QCP Group's latest market commentary points out that the United States and Iran reached a memorandum of understanding (MOU) over the weekend. The market expects the Strait of Hormuz to resume navigation, and the marginal easing of geopolitical risks has driven overall strength in risk assets. S&P 500 futures opened more than 100 points higher and broke historical highs, while oil prices fell below $75 per barrel, reflecting a decrease in market pricing for the risk of energy supply disruptions.

Driven by the news of the peace agreement between the United States and Iran and the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, global risk appetite has significantly rebounded, with U.S. stock futures rising across the board and the technology growth sector performing actively. According to Gate market data, SanDisk (SNDK) reached a high of $2,075.72 in 24 hours, currently reported at $2,067.95, with a 24-hour increase of 3.74%; SpaceX (SPCX) reached a high of $169.59 in 24 hours, currently reported at $167.85, with a 24-hour increase of 1.21%. According to CoinGlass data, the contract open interest for Gate SNDK (SanDisk) reached $9.0399 million, and the contract open interest for Gate SPCX (SpaceX) reached $6.6192 million, both ranking among the industry's top.

The World Cup group stage continues. In today's two completed matches, Canada drew 1-1 with Bosnia and Herzegovina, earning their first point in this World Cup; the United States defeated Paraguay 4-1, achieving a strong start in the group stage.Base's native leverage prediction market OmenX data shows that as the host teams take the field, the trading activity in World Cup-related prediction markets continues to rise. Among them, the prediction market trading volume for the Canada vs. Bosnia and Herzegovina match reached $2.4 million; the trading volume for the United States vs. Paraguay match reached $3.5 million.So far, the cumulative trading volume in World Cup-related prediction markets on OmenX has reached $80 million, with markets related to championship outcomes, single match results, and popular teams becoming the most active trading directions for users.OmenX has recently launched a new sports page and introduced related prediction markets and themed activities around the World Cup, supporting users in leveraged prediction trading regarding match results, championship outcomes, and popular sports events.