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According to The Block, the World project’s foundation, World Foundation, raised $52.5 million through a strategic sale of WLD tokens, with all tokens locked for one year. This round of "initial delivery" was led by Pantera Capital, with participation from Bain Capital Crypto, Eightco Holdings (NASDAQ: ORBS), Selini Capital, Susquehanna Crypto, and others.The foundation stated that the WLD sold this time is only for internal use within the World Network and does not represent equity or revenue rights in Tools for Humanity. The funds will be used to expand the World ID technology aimed at enterprises, individuals, and AI Agents. Currently, World ID has been integrated with platforms such as Zoom, DocuSign, Okta, Vercel, and Tinder, with over 39 million people having joined the network, of which more than 18 million have completed Orb real-person verification. The current price of WLD is approximately $0.37, with a total market capitalization of about $1.31 billion.

According to the Financial Times, after three years of combating cryptocurrency tax evasion, the UK's HM Revenue and Customs has recovered over £8 million in taxes by reaching settlements with hundreds of cryptocurrency investors. Data obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request shows that in the past two years, 502 crypto investors reached disclosure settlement agreements with HMRC regarding unpaid taxes. In the 2024/25 tax year, a total of 280 individuals settled with HMRC, paying a total of £3.5 million. In the 2025/26 tax year, the number of settlements decreased to 222, but the total amount increased to approximately £4.8 million.

According to Jinshi reports, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Borrell stated that sanctions have been imposed on over 100 banks and cryptocurrency operators, more than 40 shadow fleet vessels, and several refineries in Russia and Belarus.

According to monitoring by Catcher Predict, in the prediction market Polymarket for the event "Estoril Open: Nuno Borges vs. Roman Andres Bruchaga," the option "Nuno Borges" in the sub-market "Estoril Open: Nuno Borges vs. Roman Andres Bruchaga" has experienced significant fluctuations in winning probability, soaring from 36% an hour ago to the current 58.5% (a fluctuation of 22.5%). Please note the impact of relevant breaking news.

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.

OKX CEO Star posted on platform X that former New York Governor Andrew M. Cuomo (@andrewcuomo) has officially joined the OKX Board of Directors. Cuomo has been serving as an advisor to OKX since 2023, providing guidance for the platform's development, and this marks his formal promotion to board member.OKX Star stated that 2026 is a milestone year for the platform, and bringing in Cuomo's extensive leadership experience is an important step in continuing to build the world's most trusted large digital asset exchange.

According to "AI Technology Review," China's leading large model company Zhipu has invested hundreds of millions of yuan to acquire the AI heterogeneous computing power software infrastructure company Zhongke Jiahe. This move aims to completely address Zhipu's shortcomings in the underlying engineering and compiler capabilities of large models, in response to the structural shortage of computing power and high-concurrency inference challenges caused by a surge in user numbers.Zhongke Jiahe's technology originates from the Compiler Laboratory of the Institute of Computing Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, founded by Dr. Cui Huimin. Its core team has been deeply involved in the development of compilers for several domestic chips, including Loongson, Sunway, Cambricon, and Huawei Ascend. Zhongke Jiahe's core advantage lies in its virtual instruction set technology, which can unify different brands and models of chip ecosystems through middleware software, assembling scattered domestic chips into a unified ultra-large-scale cluster, thereby significantly improving overall computing power utilization; its SigInfer inference engine is claimed by the official source to reduce the inference latency of large models by up to 74 times.Recently, Zhipu's Coding Agent business has experienced explosive growth. The newly released GLM-5.2 large model saw a 27-fold increase in daily Token call volume during its first week on the aggregation platform, leading to the exposure of systemic engineering bottlenecks in its inference infrastructure under high concurrency and long context scenarios. After being placed on the U.S. Entity List, Zhipu has actively promoted domestic alternatives and has now completed inference adaptation for eight major domestic computing power platforms, including Huawei Ascend, PingTouGe, and Moore Threads. The acquisition of Zhongke Jiahe will not only directly improve Zhipu's unit Token inference cost and output quality but also provide core underlying compiler technology support for its previously rumored self-developed custom AI inference chip plan.

According to BBX data, yesterday the two flagship institutions on Wall Street released their Q2 2026 financial reports on the same day, forming an important institutional narrative anchor regarding AI infrastructure and digital assets. The core dynamics are as follows:The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE: $GS) released its Q2 2026 financial report on July 14, with CEO David Solomon providing the strongest institutional endorsement of AI infrastructure to date during the earnings call: "AI infrastructure is in the early innings of a multi-year investment cycle," and stated that the company expects to finance most of the AI infrastructure development, driving growth in mergers and acquisitions, debt and equity issuance, and lending opportunities. This assessment highly resonates with Goldman’s ongoing positioning in the crypto ecosystem: Q1 2026 13F shows the company holds approximately $700 million in iShares Bitcoin Trust ($IBIT) positions, while simultaneously liquidating all positions in XRP ETF and Solana ETF, and increasing holdings in Circle ($CRCL), Galaxy Digital ($GLXY), and Coinbase ($COIN) stocks; the company applied to the SEC for a Bitcoin Premium Income ETF (covered call option structure) on April 14; and on June 12, completed a $75 billion fundraising as the lead underwriter for SpaceX's largest IPO in history. Solomon's "early innings" assertion is a public confirmation that Goldman views AI infrastructure investment and crypto asset allocation as part of the same long-term narrative.JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: $JPM) also released its Q2 2026 financial report on July 14. According to CoinDesk Live Updates, CEO Jamie Dimon identified the rapid construction of AI computing infrastructure as a core driver of corporate investment and financing demand during the earnings call, forming a rare cross-institutional consensus with Goldman and BofA. JPMorgan has previously maintained a cautious stance on crypto regulation, but its statements in the AI data center financing sector are becoming a foundation for its entry into adjacent crypto tracks (including loans to AI mining companies and tokenized bond underwriting). Notably, JPMorgan has previously issued multiple warnings of "time running out" during the CLARITY Act legislative process, and this financial report did not provide a new legislative timeline assessment, but the strong qualitative outlook for AI infrastructure indicates that the bank will continue to provide financing services to AI mining clients such as TeraWulf and IREN, further deepening its balance sheet exposure to the crypto ecosystem.

According to Cointelegraph, the Federal Reserve Board (Fed) announced that a16z co-founder Marc Andreessen will join the "Productivity and Employment" working group led by Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh, responsible for studying the impact of artificial intelligence and emerging technologies on economic growth, the job market, and production efficiency.The working group also includes Stanford University economics professor Charles I. Jones (currently on leave at Anthropic) and Microsoft Executive Vice President and Xbox head Asha Sharma.

According to Bloomberg, the venture capital firm Paradigm, focused on the cryptocurrency sector, has raised approximately $1.2 billion and plans to increase its investment in artificial intelligence (AI) related projects.According to informed sources, this fundraising will focus on AI infrastructure, AI Agents, and the integration of AI with blockchain technology. Paradigm hopes to capture the next wave of technological innovation through the new fund and expand its investment footprint in emerging technology sectors.Founded in 2018 by Matt Huang and Fred Ehrsam, Paradigm is one of the leading cryptocurrency venture capital firms in the industry, having invested in several blockchain projects including Coinbase and Uniswap.This fundraising indicates that after experiencing previous market cycle adjustments, crypto capital is refocusing on the intersection of AI and blockchain. With the rapid development of AI agents, decentralized computing, on-chain data infrastructure, and other areas, more and more crypto investment firms are beginning to see AI as an important growth opportunity for the next stage.

According to Jinshi reports, Federal Reserve Governor Waller stated that if the forward guidance is "too rigid or inflexible," it may become an obstacle to policy implementation.

According to monitoring by Catcher Predict, in the predicted market Polymarket for the event "Wimbledon ATP: Felix Auger-Aliassime vs Alejandro Davidovich Fokina," the sub-market "Wimbledon ATP: Felix Auger-Aliassime vs Alejandro Davidovich Fokina" saw a dramatic fluctuation in the winning probability for the option "Felix Auger-Aliassime," dropping from 60.5% an hour ago to the current 39.5% (a fluctuation of 21%). Please note the impact of related breaking news.

According to Bloomberg, citing informed sources, SK Hynix Inc. is considering paying underwriting fees of approximately 0.5% of the total fundraising amount to investment banks participating in its U.S. listing project. This deal is expected to become one of the largest stock issuances in history.Informed sources stated that although SK Hynix has indicated plans to issue new shares equivalent to a maximum of 2.5% of the company's total equity, the final issuance scale has not yet been determined, which will directly affect the amount of underwriting fees that the investment banks will ultimately receive.Additionally, SK Hynix may also pay extra discretionary bonuses to the investment banks involved in the transaction, beyond the basic underwriting fees. Informed sources mentioned that discussions are still ongoing, and the final agreement details may still change.

According to reports from South Korean media, Samsung Electronics' foundry business is accelerating its expansion in the global AI chip market. Following last year's acquisition of Tesla's AI chip orders, Samsung is currently advancing production cooperation for customized chips (ASIC) with Meta and Anthropic.It is reported that Meta is negotiating a next-generation ASIC design and production contract with Samsung worth over 10 trillion Korean won. Meta's third-generation AI accelerator "MTIA" plans to shift from TSMC to large-scale production using Samsung's advanced 2-nanometer process, with early chip architecture design being jointly conducted by Samsung's System LSI division to align with its rapid six-month development cycle. In addition, the American AI company Anthropic is also evaluating the use of Samsung's 2-nanometer process to develop exclusive ASICs, aiming to advance the internalization of its AI infrastructure.Industry insiders point out that with the influx of AI chip orders from global tech giants, along with ongoing negotiations for automotive chip foundry agreements with BYD, Samsung's foundry business is expected to approach a medium to long-term order reserve of 50 trillion Korean won, and is likely to turn a profit in operating income in the fourth quarter of this year.

The chat application XChat under X has been launched on the Google Store, allowing users to directly chat privately with X friends after installation.Previously, XChat was launched on the App Store on April 25.

According to Fortune, the crypto venture capital firm Framework Ventures announced the completion of its fourth fundraise, totaling $400 million. The investors include endowment funds from Ivy League schools, sovereign wealth funds, and non-profit organizations, though the specific names have not been disclosed. Framework co-founders Vance Spencer and Michael Anderson stated that the new fund will invest in the field of "cutting-edge technology," which includes not only crypto but also areas such as AI, robotics, and energy. Currently, about half of the funds from the fourth fund have been deployed.Framework Ventures was established in 2019 and initially focused on investments in the DeFi sector, participating in early rounds of leading protocols such as Aave and Chainlink. Previously, it completed fundraises of $100 million and $400 million for its second and third funds in 2021 and 2022, respectively.