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According to the official announcement, Gate has officially launched SOL and XRP event contracts, simultaneously opening multi-cycle rise and fall trading channels. Users can log into the Gate App or the official website and enter the event contract section in the contract area to participate.Event contracts focus on rise and fall prediction trading, requiring no complex parameters such as leverage or margin, making the operational threshold low. The product covers four types of short cycles: 5 minutes, 15 minutes, 1 hour, and 4 hours, currently supporting four major cryptocurrencies: BTC, ETH, SOL, and XRP. Users only need to predict the rise and fall of the asset during the corresponding period, choose to place a bullish or bearish order, and the system will automatically settle at the end of the cycle. Positions can also be closed early for flexible profit-taking and loss-cutting.

According to official news, Gate has launched the AI Potential Stocks feature. This feature will scan market volume and price anomalies, major events, industry news, and related news clues through AI before each trading day, helping users quickly understand the main themes that the market may focus on that day, the relevant reasons, and the subsequent transmission direction. The AI Potential Stocks feature is the first to introduce AI research capabilities and supply chain analysis into the cryptocurrency industry market research scenario, upgrading the AI-driven pre-market investment research experience. This feature will focus on markets such as US stocks, Hong Kong stocks, and Korean stocks, selecting 2-3 stock clues that have capital verification, news support, and may not have been fully noticed yet. The content will revolve around three dimensions: "what to pay attention to, why to pay attention, and how the impact extends," helping users efficiently complete pre-market information screening.AI Potential Stocks focuses on market theme rotation, volume and price anomalies, and major news signals, helping users understand the logic behind changes in market focus rather than simply displaying popular stocks. In addition, Gate will continue to improve its push notification capabilities around AI Potential Stocks, forming a mechanism for timely pre-market summaries, major event reminders, and personalized attention updates. The AI Potential Stocks feature is now supported on Gate App v8.31.0 and above; users can access this feature through the bottom navigation bar [TradFi] - [Stocks] list; web users can enter through the market page or directly visit the feature page to use it. In the future, Gate will continuously deepen the construction of AI research capabilities, improve the AI-driven investment research analysis system, and continuously optimize event version content, major event reminders, and personalized summaries around AI Potential Stocks, gradually forming a mechanism for information delivery that combines pre-market summaries, event reminders, and user attention updates, providing users with more timely and clear market references.

According to the official announcement, on the occasion of the 13th anniversary of Huobi HTX, the platform will launch the "13th Anniversary Carnival Month - Resilient Future" event from August 13 at 13:13 to September 13 at 13:13 (UTC +8), inviting global users to participate in the growth challenge. During the event, users can complete designated tasks to light up future gems and unlock anniversary benefits step by step. The ultimate prizes include a 2,000 USDT Future Exploration Fund, a chartered trip to TOKEN2049 in Singapore, and exclusive high-end gifts for the 13th anniversary.In addition, Huobi HTX is also launching a million-dollar prize pool recommendation event, covering trading scenarios such as spot, contracts, and leverage. Users can participate in the reward sharing by completing designated tasks.

According to blogger Max For AI, DeepSeek Harness (DSH) will officially start public testing on August 13. The final internal test version will be pushed tonight for developers to complete the final plugin compatibility work, and the plugin repository should include the #dsh topic tag. Plugins developed during the internal testing period can be migrated to the developer's personal account and made public. This means that DeepSeek is not only releasing the Harness product this time, but its accompanying plugin ecosystem will also be opened simultaneously. Currently, the official announcement has not been made, and specific details will be based on official information.

Bitcoin Treasuries.NET posted on platform X that the opening price of STRC under Strategy was $95.39, the highest opening price in two months, less than 5% away from par value.

According to Bloomberg, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently issued an internal letter that explicitly exempts asset-backed securities (ABS) related to AI data centers from the core investor protection regulations established after the 2008 financial crisis, including the "risk retention" requirement that issuers retain a portion of the debt. The SEC determined that data centers are not financial assets that are liquidated over time, and therefore the securities linked to them should not be subject to the same regulatory constraints as ABS related to auto loans or mortgage loans.Although this move is not an official amendment to the law, the substantial impact should not be underestimated, as companies have previously adhered to relevant regulations out of compliance prudence. In terms of market size, the annual issuance of data center ABS has surged from $2.4 billion in 2020 to $15.5 billion in 2025, growing more than sixfold over five years, with the potential to set a new historical high in 2026.

Before and after the release of the non-farm payroll data, Bitcoin rebounded. The whale "set 10 big targets" and shared its recent Bitcoin long position profits. The attached image shows that it opened a position below $64,000, with unrealized gains exceeding $4 million.

According to Jinshi reports, Iran and Oman have reached a preliminary consensus on the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, with an announcement of the agreement expected in a few days, pending approval from Iran's National Security Council.The agreement will last for 60 days and aims to restore navigation.

According to Jinshi, the U.S. June JOLTs job openings were 7.359 million, lower than the market expectation of 7.4 million, and the previous value was revised from 7.594 million to 7.537 million.

According to Jinshi reports, arrangements for the full reopening of the Strait of Hormuz will be announced within a few hours or tomorrow.

According to Jinshi, today's key financial data and events to focus on include: the pending release of SpaceX's second-quarter performance, the pending FMS 2026 Flash Memory Summit, the release of the U.S. trade balance for June at 20:30, the announcement of U.S. JOLTs job openings and factory orders month-on-month for June at 22:00, and the release of U.S. API crude oil inventory data for the week ending July 31 at 04:30 the next day.

According to TradingBeats (formerly Hyperinsight) monitoring, SPCX continued its rebound today, currently reported at $114.69, up 5.5% in 24 hours, and rebounding 9.5% from its low. From yesterday to today, all 7 million-dollar addresses have established long positions in SPCX, currently holding a total of 238,800 shares, with a position value of approximately $27.386 million, a weighted average entry price of about $112, and a total floating profit of approximately $636,000. Among them, the address starting with 0xb37 contributed the largest single entry.This whale has cumulatively bought 147,500 shares of SPCX through 83 transactions since early this morning, with a transaction amount of approximately $16.958 million and a weighted transaction price of about $114.96; currently holding a long position of approximately $16.918 million with 20x leverage, which is its only current position. As of the time of writing, this position has a floating loss of about $40,000 (-5.1%), accounting for 61.8% of the total long positions of the aforementioned 7 addresses. Its liquidation price is $105.43, only about 8.1% away from the current price, close to SPCX's low of $105 last night; if the price falls back to last night's low, this whale will face liquidation risk first.Funding records show that this address received 1.449 million USDC yesterday morning and began establishing long positions in SPCX about 20 hours later. During the position building period this morning, the source address transferred an additional 350,000 USDC to it; the two recent transfers totaled approximately $1.799 million. This address first transferred in about 1 million USDC on July 10 and began trading. Since then, it has traded 21 assets, covering semiconductors, US stock indices, crude oil, and cryptocurrencies, with a cumulative profit of approximately $572,000.

According to Jinshi, the People's Bank of China held a work meeting for the second half of 2026, emphasizing the steady deepening of financial reform and opening up to the outside world. The meeting pointed out the active development of inter-central bank currency swaps and local currency settlement cooperation, supporting more foreign institutions to participate in the issuance of panda bonds, and promoting the construction of the cross-border payment system for the renminbi, as well as improving the cross-border infrastructure for digital renminbi.

According to Onchain Lens monitoring, a newly created wallet withdrew 14.64 million USDC from Binance and transferred it to Hyperliquid, then opened a long position of 2,386.72 MU with 3x leverage (2.17 million USD).

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.

According to the official announcement, OKX will soon open the first batch of tokenized US stock spot trading on July 16. Users can hold and trade the price exposure of the underlying stocks or ETFs in units of "shares," with assets named in the form of stock codes prefixed with "X" (e.g., XNVDA, XTSLA). Withdrawals and deposits can be made through the Solana and X Layer networks, supporting 24/7 trading, with trading pairs priced in USDT.It is reported that this product will trade year-round without breaks, with off-trading hours prices calculated based on the latest closing price plus market estimates; positions in spot, stock perpetual contracts, etc., will be unified in the same account, allowing direct trading with USDT without the need for a brokerage account; it supports automated trading strategies such as dollar-cost averaging and grid trading, with dividends reinvested at the issuer level and returned in the form of increased shares.

According to Jinshi reports, SK Hynix's American Depositary Receipts indicate an opening price of $180, with an issue price of $149.