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According to the official announcement, BitMart has announced that after assessing its operational status, market environment, and future strategic direction, the platform has decided to orderly cease trading operations. Starting from July 26 at 01:30 (UTC), BitMart will gradually stop new user registrations and cryptocurrency, fiat currency deposits. The contract accounts will enter a mode of only reducing positions, spot trading will stop accepting new orders, and automated services such as copy trading, grid trading, and API trading will also gradually shut down.Starting from August 26 at 01:00 (UTC), BitMart will stop all spot, contract, and other trading services. Any contract positions that have not been closed by then may be processed according to the marked price, index price, or applicable settlement rules. Financial management, staking, lending, and Launchpad products will be terminated in phases, with specific redemption and settlement arrangements to be notified separately.The platform plans to officially cease trading platform operations on January 31, 2027, at 15:59 (UTC). After the shutdown, users will still be able to log into their accounts, view their history, and submit withdrawal requests within a specified period. BitMart advises users to complete identity verification and close all positions before August 26 at 01:00, and to submit withdrawal requests before 05:00 on the same day.Withdrawal services are still available, but some requests may be subject to manual review due to KYC, device and account security, source of funds, withdrawal address, Travel Rule, sanctions screening, and other requirements. BitMart reminds users to download and save their account balances, deposit and withdrawal records, and transaction history in advance, while also being vigilant against scams impersonating platform personnel who charge "expedited fees," "unfreezing fees," or request passwords, verification codes, private keys, and mnemonic phrases.

NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang stated in a Bloomberg podcast interview that South Korea is in a "golden era," and its semiconductor and industrial capabilities can help build AI infrastructure globally. NVIDIA has reached multiple collaborations with SK Group, and the scale of their future business exchanges in areas such as storage procurement, AI supercomputers, and data center construction will exceed $500 billion. NVIDIA will purchase a large number of storage chips from SK Hynix for several consecutive years and will work together to advance the technology roadmap from HBM2, HBM3, HBM3E, HBM4, HBM4E to subsequent products.Meanwhile, SK Telecom plans to expand its AI cloud infrastructure to a maximum of 2 gigawatts soon, and NVIDIA will sell supercomputers to it. The cooperation between the two parties includes both NVIDIA's procurement of storage and SK Group's procurement of AI infrastructure.Jensen Huang believes that as AI entities and robots begin to use computers on a large scale, chip demand will no longer be driven solely by human users. In the next approximately 10 years, the global semiconductor industry scale may need to expand to 10 times its current size. Currently, resources such as HBM storage, land, electricity, and data center construction are all under tight conditions; the industry may be capable of doubling its capacity each year, but faster expansion will be very difficult. The entire industry may be able to double its supply scale each year, but land, electricity, and factory space cannot expand as quickly as consumer electronics, so the construction of AI infrastructure may continue to progress at a limited pace over the next 10 years.Regarding the AI competition between China and the United States, Jensen Huang stated that both countries have excellent AI researchers. Although resources, conditions, and restrictions differ, both will continue to drive advancements in AI technology. The number of AI researchers trained in China each year may exceed the total in other regions of the world, and the United States still needs to continue learning, collaborating, and maintaining competition.

According to Bitcoin.com, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia and the U.S. Secret Service Washington Field Office announced that a cyber fraud task force has seized over $25 million in cryptocurrency as part of multiple investigations related to international fraud schemes targeting residents of the United States and Canada. The U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia has filed five civil forfeiture complaints seeking the forfeiture of the recovered cryptocurrency.Investigators have confirmed multiple money laundering networks and thousands of victims globally, with the largest complaint involving a romance scam affecting over 200 victims, totaling approximately $12.1 million. Another complaint involves a network of suspicious cryptocurrency wallets reported by Canadian authorities to the U.S. Secret Service, amounting to about $10.4 million.Agents tracked over 270 suspected victim transactions related to fraudulent investment platforms, with these two cases accounting for approximately 85% of the assets involved in the five forfeiture complaints. The remaining cases involve blocked withdrawals, fake investment accounts, and recovery of fraud. Investigators stated that most suspected money launderers are located in Southeast Asia and identified internet protocol addresses associated with China, Malaysia, and Cambodia; the five investigations are still ongoing.

According to Coinglass data, in the past 24 hours, the total liquidation across the network was $78,699,400, with long positions liquidated at $42,646,300 and short positions liquidated at $36,053,000. Among them, Bitcoin long positions were liquidated at $3,322,900, Bitcoin short positions at $4,221,800, Ethereum long positions at $2,966,500, and Ethereum short positions at $4,304,700.In addition, in the last 24 hours, a total of 55,823 people were liquidated globally, with the largest single liquidation occurring in Hyperliquid - XYZ:CL-USD worth $653,200.

SK Hynix's leader, Choi Tae-won, stated that South Korea must become an "AI-native country," adding, "The goal is for everyone to have at least one AI agent." He said, "If this goal is achieved, South Korea will become a global AI testing ground, allowing various AI technologies to be experimented with and applied here."Choi Tae-won mentioned that SK Group will provide more opportunities for AI development through continuous R&D investment. He also emphasized that reducing AI costs is crucial. He stated, "Currently, AI costs are too high." "We must find various ways to lower costs so that more people around the world can enjoy the benefits brought by AI."Choi Tae-won indicated that South Korea can lower AI costs by expanding the production scale of memory chips and building more AI data centers, creating a global AI data center hub that connects the United States, Europe, and Asia.

According to Coinglass data, if BTC falls below $61,237, the cumulative long liquidation intensity on major CEXs will reach $608 million. Conversely, if BTC breaks above $67,045, the cumulative short liquidation intensity on major CEXs will reach $607 million.

According to monitoring by Catcher Predict, in the Polymarket event "Cleveland Guardians vs. Tampa Bay Rays," the win probability for the "Tampa Bay Rays" option in the sub-market "Spread -1.5" has experienced significant fluctuations, soaring from 30% an hour ago to the current 80.5% (a fluctuation of 50.5%). Please note the impact of relevant breaking news.

According to monitoring by Catcher Predict, in the predicted market event "San Diego Padres vs. Miami Marlins" on Polymarket, the win probability for the "San Diego Padres" option in the sub-market "San Diego Padres vs. Miami Marlins" has experienced a sharp fluctuation, rising from 40.5% an hour ago to the current 69.5% (a fluctuation of 29%). Please note the impact of related breaking news.

According to monitoring by Catcher Predict, in the Polymarket prediction market for the "Kansas City Royals vs. Detroit Tigers" event, the "Kansas City Royals" option in the sub-market "Kansas City Royals vs. Detroit Tigers" experienced significant fluctuations in winning probability, soaring from 24.5% an hour ago to the current 69.5% (a fluctuation of 45%). Please note the impact of related breaking news.

According to Bloomberg, DeepSeek announced the suspension of its second round of financing and verbally notified some potential investors that it would not sign investment agreements as expected. This suspension partly stems from founder Liang Wenfeng's dissatisfaction with the leak of a 4-hour internal transcript during its first financing deal, where he made 52 statements in an investor meeting regarding DeepSeek's organizational culture, open-source logic, technology roadmap, and views on the competitive landscape of the industry. The nearly 4-hour meeting record recently went viral on social media, including statements such as "The biggest gap between China and the U.S. in AI is computing power resources." Both DeepSeek and Liang Wenfeng have not confirmed the authenticity of the leaked record.DeepSeek stated that it may still choose to resume the transaction process in the future and has begun preparations for an initial public offering, with the IPO potentially being filed as early as this year.DeepSeek completed its first round of external financing in June 2026, raising over 50 billion yuan, approximately 7.4 billion dollars, with a post-investment valuation of about 50-59 billion dollars. It adopted a special structure, with most funds entering a limited partnership managed by Liang Wenfeng, where investors have no voting rights and are locked in for 5 years. Liang Wenfeng himself contributed about 20 billion yuan as the largest contributor, with participation from Tencent, CATL, JD.com, NetEase, and the Chinese National AI Fund. DeepSeek subsequently initiated discussions for its second round of financing in mid-July, targeting a valuation of about 71 billion dollars.

According to Coinglass data, if ETH falls below $1,775, the cumulative long liquidation intensity on mainstream CEX will reach $552 million. Conversely, if ETH breaks above $1,945, the cumulative short liquidation intensity on mainstream CEX will reach $535 million.

According to Coinglass data, if BTC falls below $61,147, the cumulative long liquidation intensity on mainstream CEX will reach $1.01 billion. Conversely, if BTC breaks above $66,823, the cumulative short liquidation intensity on mainstream CEX will reach $1.01 billion.

According to INBi, consultant François Garcin, who assisted in building MARA's business in France, filed a lawsuit against MARA Holdings in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York on July 22, seeking over 11 million euros in compensation.Garcin claims that after MARA terminated the contract on March 6, 2026, it failed to pay 2.4 million euros in consulting fees and approximately 5.92 million euros in success commissions (based on 4% of the 148 million euro investment in Exaion). Exaion is a subsidiary of EDF, and this investment accounts for 64% of the capital for the relevant project.Garcin's previous tasks included recruiting former Engie CEO Gérard Mestrallet, obtaining an invitation to the Choose France summit, and arranging a meeting with former President François Hollande, among others.

According to Coinglass data, in the past 24 hours, the total liquidation across the network was $191 million, with long positions liquidated at $163 million and short positions liquidated at $28.092 million. Among them, Bitcoin long positions were liquidated at $41.9276 million, Bitcoin short positions at $3.301 million, Ethereum long positions at $18.1263 million, and Ethereum short positions at $3.3994 million.In addition, in the last 24 hours, a total of 69,843 people were liquidated globally, with the largest single liquidation occurring on Hyperliquid - BTC-USD worth $1.5354 million.

According to on-chain analyst Yu Jin's monitoring, the AFX Trade hacker has begun exchanging ETH for BTC through the cross-chain exchange tool THORChain. The bridge of AFX Trade was hacked two days ago, resulting in the theft of 24.15 million USDC, which were subsequently exchanged for 12,500 ETH.One hour ago, the hacker started exchanging ETH for BTC across THORChain, and so far, 655.4 ETH have been exchanged for 18.86 BTC.

The B.AI API platform officially launches the Claude Opus 5 model. This model offers a context window of up to 1 million tokens and a single output limit of 128,000 tokens, achieving significant performance leaps in scenarios such as complex reasoning, long code project development, large-scale document analysis, and knowledge-intensive workflows.To meet diverse deployment needs, this release synchronously opens a dual-channel API access solution on the B.AI platform: in addition to the official standard interface, a new "designated service provider" collaboration channel has been added. Enterprise users can obtain up to a 40% cost discount through this model, making it easier to flexibly balance performance and budget expenditures based on actual business loads. Developers can log in to the B.AI official platform starting today to experience the exceptional capabilities of Claude Opus 5 first-hand.

According to MLM monitoring, a whale address that previously accumulated 2.94 million HYPE (approximately $172 million) from September to October last year has staked 2.785 million HYPE through 20 wallets in the past 11 hours, currently valued at approximately $164 million.On-chain analysts speculate that this address may belong to a16z (Andreessen Horowitz), but this has not yet been officially confirmed. This large staking indicates that the whale is transferring a significant amount of HYPE into the staking system, which may suggest confidence in the long-term development of the Hyperliquid ecosystem.

CryptoQuant analyst Darkfost stated that since 2025, the inflow of stablecoins into exchanges has been continuously declining, reaching the lowest level since that period. Currently, the monthly average inflow of stablecoins (USDT, USDC) is about $2.3 billion, with an annual average inflow of about $3.7 billion. When the price of Bitcoin reached its historical peak, the monthly average inflow was $5.6 billion, and the annual average inflow was $4.3 billion. This dynamic clearly indicates the current weak demand and lack of investor interest. However, it is important to note that when the inflow of stablecoins peaks, it is often a lagging signal. When some investors accelerate profit-taking, exchanges increase the supply of stablecoins, while new investors continue to bet that the price of Bitcoin will keep rising. Currently, market demand still needs improvement.