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Fitch confirms the United States credit rating as "AA+", outlook stable.

According to Business Wire, Bitcoin operating company Nakamoto Inc. (NASDAQ: NAKA) announced its financial report for the second quarter of 2026, with total revenue of $35.9 million. The media and asset management business contributed $25.6 million, while the Bitcoin derivatives strategy contributed $10.4 million. The GAAP operating loss was $149.1 million, primarily driven by a $105.2 million non-cash goodwill impairment and a $48.7 million Bitcoin market value loss;Excluding the aforementioned non-cash items, the adjusted operating income was $7.3 million, marking the first positive value since the company's transformation into a Bitcoin operating company. During the period, the company repaid approximately $45 million in USDT debt and deferred about $105 million in USDT principal until June 30, 2027. As of June 30, the company held 4,467 Bitcoins, with a fair value of approximately $261.5 million, and a net digital asset leverage ratio of 56%.

JD Group released its Q2 2026 financial report, with revenue of 346.4 billion yuan (approximately 51.1 billion USD), a year-on-year decrease of 2.9%, mainly affected by the high base from the same period last year; operating profit of 4.5 billion yuan, compared to a loss of 900 million yuan in the same period last year, with an operating profit margin of 1.3%; net profit of 7.1 billion yuan (approximately 1.1 billion USD), a year-on-year increase of 15%; Non-GAAP net profit of 8.9 billion yuan (approximately 1.3 billion USD), a year-on-year increase of 20%. JD Retail's operating profit was 13.5 billion yuan, with a profit margin of 4.6%, setting a new high for the promotional season; JD Logistics revenue was 64.1 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 24%, and JD Takeout's losses significantly narrowed year-on-year. R&D expenses increased by 37.7% year-on-year to 7.3 billion yuan, mainly invested in AI technology capabilities and talent. In the first half of the year, approximately 2.5% of common stock was repurchased, amounting to 1 billion USD, with a remaining repurchase quota of 1 billion USD.In terms of business, JD MALL has opened 30 stores nationwide, completing the strategic layout in first-tier cities; a strategic cooperation was reached with Chanel to open an official flagship store; Costco has settled in JD to open the only official e-commerce flagship store in China. The AI intelligent entity JoyInside has collaborated with nearly 200 brands, with the number of connected devices increasing more than three times compared to last year's Double Eleven. JD Logistics' unmanned vehicles have been operating regularly in over 20 provinces. JD Health's AI intelligent entity "Dawei Doctor" served nearly four times more users during the 618 period year-on-year. By the end of the quarter, the total number of employees in the JD ecosystem exceeded 900,000, with total human resources expenditure reaching 171.7 billion yuan in the past 12 months.

The Gate Research Institute recently reported on "The TradFi Battle of Cryptocurrency Exchanges: Gate CFD's Path to Cross-Asset Breakthrough," indicating that since 2026, cryptocurrency trading platforms represented by Gate have been accelerating their breakthrough of digital asset boundaries, with CFD business becoming the primary trading entry point connecting stablecoin funds and global traditional assets. As user demand for trading and hedging in gold, foreign exchange, stocks, indices, and commodities grows, industry competition has shifted from merely competing on leverage and trading varieties to a comprehensive contest of asset coverage, liquidity, execution quality, risk management, and capital efficiency.In this round of TradFi expansion, Gate is forming a clear first-mover advantage. According to publicly available data, Gate accounts for approximately 39.4% of the trading volume among the five platforms that have disclosed TradFi transaction amounts, completing its transition from catching up to leading in just two months, becoming the largest top-tier platform. More notably, Gate's layout is no longer limited to increasing CFD categories but is based on USDT and a unified account entry, connecting CFDs, perpetual contracts, stocks, ETFs, IPO Access, and wealth management, while further accommodating professional and institutional funds through tools such as API, copy trading, OES, and CrossEx. Whether Gate can convert its temporary transaction advantage into long-term liquidity, capital retention, and professional service capabilities in the next phase will be key to whether its TradFi strategy can form a sustainable barrier.

According to Gate market data, Apple (AAPL.O) fell 1.3% in pre-market trading, as Jefferies downgraded Apple's rating from "Hold" to "Underperform," while lowering the target price from $285.56 to $263.66.

According to information from the official Apple website, Apple Smart has supported collaboration with Alibaba's Qianwen model.According to the official introduction, after users enable the relevant features, Siri can use the Qianwen model to provide more in-depth answers, including analyzing photos and documents; the writing tool can also leverage Qianwen to generate text or image content based on user descriptions.

The European Union (EU) has decided to review the current regulatory framework for crypto assets and stablecoins, even as the European Commission's Directorate-General for Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union is still consulting on whether to review the MiCA-related stablecoin provisions. This review aims to address the issue of non-EU stablecoin issuers being unable to obtain licenses due to current requirements.The review will be influenced by the passage of the U.S. GENIUS Act and the Trump administration's push for stablecoin policies. The current framework does not include major foreign stablecoin issuers, including Tether, and Patrick Hansen, Senior Director of Stablecoin Strategy and Policy at Circle, stated that this leaves European crypto users unprotected or isolated. EU diplomats will also assess whether to expand the scope of MiCA to include tokenized payment methods and tokenized deposits. The transition period for MiCA, aimed at crypto asset service providers, ended on July 1, and the framework was approved by the EU Council on May 16, 2023, with some provisions based on market conditions from over three years ago.

According to a16z crypto, the monthly spending on crypto payment cards has grown from a niche scale to $759 million. These cards allow users to pay with cryptocurrency in all scenarios that support traditional card organizations, with stablecoins converted to local currency at the point of sale, making it no different for merchants than regular card transactions.As of July 31, looking at the spending composition from various card programs, RedotPay has long held the majority share, while EtherFi, KAST, Karta, and others have gradually increased their share since the end of 2025. a16z crypto states that crypto cardholders do not need traditional bank accounts and can deposit stablecoins with the issuer or hold them directly through self-custody. These cards have expanded global users' access to dollar accounts and provided a convenient spending method for stablecoin holders.

The research organization SemiAnalysis released an analysis indicating that Google DeepMind is no longer among the leading AI laboratories. A week prior, DeepMind co-founder Demis Hassabis stepped back from daily operations, and key members such as Google Chief Scientist Jeff Dean and Gemini co-lead Oriol Vinyals left to establish a new lab called Discovery Loop. The analysis suggests that the long-term struggle within Google over computing power allocation between Gemini and GCP has concluded with GCP emerging victorious.SemiAnalysis stated that Gemini 3.5 Pro has been canceled, and Gemini 3.6 Flash's performance is inferior to that of leading Chinese open-source models and Grok 4.5. Currently, Gemini has fallen to the 8th or 9th position in the large model rankings. Meanwhile, GCP is selling a large number of TPUs to competitors like Anthropic, having secured long-term leasing and sales contracts for hundreds of thousands of TPUs over the past nine months. The Tokenomics model estimates that Gemini's own ARR is about $12 billion, while GCP's third-party AI cloud service revenue is expected to exceed $73 billion by the end of 2027, with TPU system sales contributing an additional over $120 billion. GCP's latest quarterly growth rate is 82%, and it is expected to accelerate to over 100% by 2027 due to TPU system sales, contributing approximately $3 to Google's earnings per share.

Cloudflare announced its Q2 2026 financial report, with revenue of $696.1 million, a year-on-year increase of 36%; GAAP operating loss of $205.7 million, non-GAAP operating profit of $96.1 million (profit margin of 13.8%); GAAP net loss of $170 million, non-GAAP net profit of $107.8 million (diluted earnings per share of $0.29). Operating cash flow was $117.6 million, free cash flow was $56.4 million (profit margin of 8%), and cash and cash equivalents totaled $4.163 billion at the end of the period.CEO Matthew Prince stated that as the internet transitions to AI question-and-answer engines and agent-driven businesses, it is undergoing a fundamental restructuring towards machine-to-machine traffic. Cloudflare positions itself as a core service provider for "agent internet" infrastructure, development tools, and payment tracks. The company expects Q3 revenue to be between $736 million and $737 million, with non-GAAP operating profit between $129 million and $130 million, and has raised its full-year revenue guidance to between $2.864 billion and $2.870 billion. The current cRPO has increased by 35% year-on-year.

Tether officially announced that its asset tokenization platform Hadron by Tether has reached a strategic cooperation with the Saudi fintech company First Advanced Data for Artificial Intelligence (First Data) and BKN301. The cooperation will use Hadron as the core technology platform to promote the tokenization of institutional-level real estate assets in Saudi Arabia.According to the cooperation agreement, First Data will act as the issuer of tokenized real estate assets and will also undertake primary market operations; Hadron will provide asset issuance, management, and full lifecycle infrastructure; BKN301 will be responsible for banking system integration, payment, compliance, and operational integration.Tether stated that this project aligns with Saudi Arabia's "Vision 2030," and future business is expected to expand into other real-world asset (RWA) areas such as energy and infrastructure.

S&P Global Ratings on Monday awarded BlackRock's new tokenized money market fund, BlackRock Daily Reinvestment Stablecoin Reserve Vehicle (BRSRV), an "AAAm" rating, the highest rating for principal stability funds. The rating is based on factors including the credit quality of investments and counterparties, the term structure, and the management's ability to maintain stable net asset value. S&P Global Ratings stated that no weaknesses were found in BlackRock's management and organization, credit research and analysis, risk management, and compliance.It also noted that the fund's tokenization framework has operational resilience, using a permissioned architecture that restricts transactions to whitelisted wallets to reduce risks associated with the network, smart contracts, and blockchain networks. BRSRV was launched on Monday as an open-end management investment company, aiming to ensure that its shares meet the qualified reserve asset requirements for payment stablecoin issuers under the GENIUS Act. The fund will hold cash, U.S. Treasury securities maturing in 93 days or less, and overnight repurchase agreements backed by Treasury instruments, maintaining a weighted average maturity of no more than 60 days and a weighted average life of no more than 120 days.S&P Global Ratings also released a separate summary of stablecoin stability assessments on Tuesday, stating that among the 11 stablecoins covered, 6 have "adequate" or stronger capabilities to maintain fiat currency pegs. USDT remains at a level 5 "weak," while TUSD and USDe are also at level 5; USDC, EURC, USDG, and USDP are rated level 2 "strong."

Jensen Huang announced on the X platform the launch of Alpamayo 2 Super, a cutting-edge open-source inference model developed by NVIDIA for the autonomous driving field. Jensen Huang stated that Alpamayo 2 Super can not only "see" the environment but also understand and reason about the complex world, thinking before acting, and can serve as the core model for robot taxis, autonomous trucks, shuttles, delivery vehicles, agricultural machinery, and future large-scale mobile robot systems.The model will be based on OpenMDW-1.1 and made available for commercial use, allowing developers and enterprises to inspect, fine-tune, and deploy the model. Jensen Huang mentioned that open models help promote the safety and reliability of autonomous driving systems. He stated that the next wave of artificial intelligence will belong to robotics, and autonomous vehicles will be an important starting point for this trend.

According to the Wall Street Journal, Wells Fargo plans to launch Tokenized Deposits services aimed at corporate clients, further exploring the application of blockchain technology in the traditional financial system.Wells Fargo stated that the tokenized deposit system will operate on its self-developed blockchain network and support interoperability with other blockchain networks.Tokenized deposits represent bank deposits in a digital form on the blockchain, allowing for faster and more transparent transfers of funds on-chain, while still being supported by the bank's deposit system.This move signifies that large banks are accelerating the construction of blockchain infrastructure and exploring on-chain financial applications in scenarios such as corporate payments, fund management, and inter-institutional settlements.

According to Jinshi reports, Stifel has initiated coverage on SK Hynix (SKHY.O), giving it a "Buy" rating with a target price of $240.

According to reports from Huxiu Technology, Jieyue Xingchen is advancing along two strategic lines: one centered around large models, and the other focused on intelligent terminal devices. The mobile phone business has been placed under the independent company "Zhiyue Xingchen," operated by a team with backgrounds in Huawei and Honor, led by terminal president Ni Jiayue. Jieyue's first intelligent terminal phone STEPX Neo was unveiled during WAIC, but the price and mass production schedule have not been announced. Huxiu has learned that Jieyue is building an overseas commercialization team, planning to sell large model APIs (primarily voice models) overseas, and mobile phones will also be included in the overseas sales plan.Jieyue Xingchen's chairman Yin Qi previously attempted the "AI + car" path at Qianli Technology (formerly Lifan Technology), and this time, using mobile phones as the first piece of the terminal strategy aims to establish a closed-loop system of "model---operating system---terminal." The phone is equipped with the Step AOS intelligent terminal operating system, positioned as a carrier for intelligent terminal services, with the business model ultimately returning to Token consumption. Jieyue also maintains model collaborations with 60% of top domestic mobile phone brands, with existing installations exceeding 42 million units, but the potential competitive relationship with its own mobile phone business remains unclear. As of the time of publication, Jieyue Xingchen has not commented.

According to Jinshi, the international credit rating agency Moody's has upgraded SK Hynix's credit rating to the A range for the first time, reflecting the company's enhanced competitiveness in the artificial intelligence storage market, as well as improvements in profitability and cash generation capability.Moody's raised SK Hynix's long-term issuer rating and senior unsecured bond rating by one notch, from "Baa1" to "A3," with a rating outlook maintained at "stable." This is the first time SK Hynix has received a Moody's A rating since it merged into the SK Group in 2012.

According to Jinshi reports, Stifel has lowered the target price for Tesla (TSLA.O) from $508 to $491, while maintaining a "Buy" rating.

According to a report by the Korean News Agency, a poll released on Monday shows that due to the impact of the stock market crash and other controversies, South Korean President Lee Jae-myung's approval rating has fallen to its lowest level since he took office in June last year. This poll, conducted by Realmeter and commissioned by the media EKN, indicates that the public's positive evaluation of Lee Jae-myung has decreased by 0.4 percentage points to 45.9%, marking a decline for the third consecutive week. The public's negative evaluation of Lee Jae-myung has risen by 1 percentage point to 50.5%, breaking the critical 50% mark for the first time.Another poll conducted by the same polling agency shows that the approval rating of the ruling Democratic Party is at 45.1%, an increase of 3.8 percentage points from the previous week; while the approval rating of the main opposition party, the People Power Party, has decreased by 2.9 percentage points to 37.7%.