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According to CoinDesk, a wholesale digital market report supported by the UK Treasury lists Ripple as one of the core participants, planning to transition repurchase agreements (repo), UK government bonds (gilts), and funds from the regulatory sandbox to the real market within the next 12 months, with an expected annual increase of about £33 billion in output and £14 billion in tax revenue for the UK economy over the next decade.The report proposes a hybrid architecture that overlays a permissioned institutional network on top of a public chain, using BlackRock's tokenized money market fund BUIDL on Ethereum as an example, while also noting that the finality risk of settlements brought about by public chain restructuring remains to be resolved. The report also mentions Ripple's acquisition of Hidden Road (renamed Ripple Prime) and Santander UK's use of the Ripple blockchain for cross-border payments, suggesting that traditional finance and crypto institutions are converging.

Japan's largest securities token issuance and management platform, Progmat, has completed its migration to the Avalanche blockchain, transferring all managed tokenized assets worth over 452 billion yen (approximately 2.7 billion USD) from a Corda 5-based permissioned chain to a dedicated Avalanche Layer 1. This migration was announced in February this year and was completed as scheduled, without affecting the normal operations of financial institutions.Progmat stated that the new architecture no longer relies on a single blockchain and can support future multi-chain expansion. All smart contracts have been migrated to the EVM environment, and while maintaining the original functionality, the speed of asset rights transfer processing has increased by 3 to 5 times, with the final confirmation time for transactions reduced to under 2 seconds. Progmat was initially incubated by Japan's largest bank, Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corporation (MUFG), and became an independent operation in 2023. It currently has the support of major Japanese financial institutions such as Mizuho Bank, Tokyo Stock Exchange, and SBI, holding a 53% market share in Japan's securities token market and accounting for 64.6% of the total issuance scale of securities tokens, covering most tokenized real estate and corporate bond projects.In addition, Progmat established a working group for the tokenization of Japanese government bonds and on-chain repurchase (Repo) in May this year, collaborating with asset management institutions, banks, and securities companies to research the tokenization of Japanese government bonds and explore application scenarios such as 24/7 trading and T+0 real-time settlement.

According to Jinshi reports, asset management company Carmignac expects that the European Central Bank may raise interest rates at least once in the future, and may even raise rates twice.

According to Coinglass data, if BTC breaks through $65,432, the cumulative short liquidation intensity on mainstream CEX will reach $1.896 billion. Conversely, if BTC falls below $59,652, the cumulative long liquidation intensity on mainstream CEX will reach $1.074 billion.

According to Coindesk, Bernstein stated in a research report released on Monday that Robinhood's newly launched blockchain, Robinhood Chain, has performed strongly since its launch, quickly becoming one of the most active networks for decentralized trading.The report noted that since the mainnet went live on July 1, the DEX trading volume on Robinhood Chain reached $3.1 billion in the past week, ranking it among the top five chains by DEX activity. Currently, over 65,000 users hold approximately $13 million in tokenized stocks and $300 million in stablecoins on the chain.Bernstein believes that the early adoption of Robinhood Chain highlights the accelerated integration of tokenized real-world assets with the broader DeFi ecosystem. The network is built on Arbitrum, an Ethereum Layer 2, supporting Robinhood's tokenized stock products, providing 24/7 trading, self-custody, as well as on-chain use cases such as lending and collateralization, and has integrated with partners like Uniswap, Morpho, Lighter, Chainlink, and BitGo.The report also stated that although the current early trading volume is primarily driven by meme coins, Robinhood is expected to focus more on tokenized stocks, commodities, and other RWA assets, as well as perpetual contract business in the future.

According to Cointelegraph, CryptoRank data shows that Coinbase Ventures completed 30 investments in the first half of 2026, becoming the most active crypto venture capital institution; Animoca Brands, a16z, and Tether completed 19, 18, and 15 investments respectively.In the past 12 months, Coinbase Ventures completed a total of 75 investments, ranking first in the industry, followed by Animoca Brands, YZi Labs (formerly Binance Labs), GSR, and a16z.Despite the crypto market still being in a downturn, the scale of industry financing continues to shrink, with the total financing for crypto enterprises in June dropping to $1.4 billion, a 63% decrease from $3.8 billion in April; the number of financing rounds also fell from 89 rounds in May to 61 rounds. Meanwhile, the number of independent investment institutions participating in investments decreased from 452 in October 2025 to 242 in June this year.From the perspective of sectors, DeFi, payments, and AI have remained the most favored areas for capital in the past year, completing 216 rounds, 131 rounds, and 128 rounds of financing respectively, with Coinbase Ventures focusing on payment protocols, DeFi, infrastructure, and RWA tokenization projects.

According to The Information, the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) plans to showcase a real-time stock trading settlement process based on blockchain technology this Wednesday, focusing on verifying the feasibility of this technology in the clearing, settlement, and recording stages to enhance the operational efficiency of capital market infrastructure.

According to official news, the AI healthcare project Savior of Health announced the completion of a $4 million strategic financing round, with participation from Amber Group, Basics Capital, Animoca Brands, Candaq, TBV, Everwood Capital, Olaris Capital, MangoLabs, and Credit Scend.The funds from this round will be used to advance AI-driven healthcare and health management, build next-generation medical infrastructure, support AI scientific research through health questionnaires and surveys, and expand its global healthcare ecosystem.

According to SEC filings, Strategy sold approximately 4.82 million shares of MSTR stock through the ATM (At-The-Market) program during the week ending July 12, raising a net amount of about $466.7 million.During the same period, Strategy did not make any Bitcoin purchases, maintaining its holdings at 843,775 BTC, with a total cost of approximately $63.69 billion based on an average purchase price of $75,476.In addition, Strategy disclosed that the company did not conduct any stock buybacks from July 6 to July 12, and as of July 12, cash reserves were approximately $3 billion.

According to SEC filings, Strategy sold approximately 4.82 million shares of MSTR stock through the ATM (At-the-Market) program during the week ending July 12, raising a net amount of approximately $466.7 million.During the same period, Strategy did not make any Bitcoin purchases, maintaining its holdings at 843,775 BTC, with a total cost of approximately $63.69 billion based on an average purchase cost of $75,476. Additionally, Strategy disclosed that the company did not conduct any stock buybacks from July 6 to July 12, and as of July 12, cash reserves were approximately $3 billion.

Zhipu (02513.HK) announced on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange that the company previously disclosed a plan to place up to 19.78 million new H shares, which has now been completed on July 13, 2026. A total of 19.78 million new H shares were issued and allocated to no less than 6 subscribers at a placement price of HKD 1588 per share, accounting for approximately 4.25% of the total issued H shares after expansion.The total amount raised from the placement is approximately HKD 31.411 billion, with a net amount of approximately HKD 31.375 billion, intended for research and development of general artificial intelligence, business expansion, and optimizing the capital structure.

At the WebX 2026 conference held in Tokyo, Japan, B.AI announced the latest developments of its platform for global developers and innovators, focusing on showcasing its full-stack capabilities that encompass cutting-edge AI models, highly scalable APIs, and developer tools. B.AI is committed to lowering the application threshold of advanced AI technology, helping businesses and individual developers conveniently and efficiently access cutting-edge intelligence through continuous iteration of products and services. We sincerely invite partners from all sectors to visit the B.AI booth to learn more about the latest developments and explore AI-driven innovation opportunities together.

Bitget officially launched the platform-level yield product "Cash Plus," providing users with a brand new stablecoin savings service, initially supporting USDT / USDC. This product balances yield, liquidity, and capital efficiency, allowing users to enjoy daily compound earnings during the holding period, with 1:1 redemption available at any time, real-time fund arrival, and zero fees with no wear and tear. The initial annualized yield rate referenced at the product launch is 4% APR, and actual earnings will be dynamically adjusted based on market conditions.According to the plan, Cash Plus will be further integrated into Bitget's Unified Trading Account (UTA) in the third quarter. After the integration, the Cash Plus balance will continue to generate earnings while being directly used as trading margin, achieving a "trade while earning interest" capital reuse experience.

Binance will remove the following leveraged trading pairs on July 17, 2026, at 14:00: cross-margin leveraged trading pairs 1INCH/USDC, LPT/USDC, MAGIC/USDC, MASK/USDC, SUSHI/USDC, and isolated-margin leveraged trading pair USDP/USDT. Users should note that positions cannot be updated during the delisting process and are advised to close positions or transfer assets before the delisting.

According to the official announcement, the cryptocurrency trading platform BitMEX has announced that it will officially delist 9 illiquid spot trading pairs on July 16, 2026, at 12:00 (UTC).The specific trading pairs being delisted include UNI_USDT, APE_USDT, ATOM_USDT, AXS_USDT, BONK_USDT, LINK_USDT, POL_USDT, S_USDT, and TRX_USDT. At that time, trading for the above pairs will be completely halted, all open orders will be automatically canceled, and early settlement will be conducted according to the exchange's standard practices.

According to the latest "Bitcoin Weekly Market Pulse" report published by glassnode, although BTC has rebounded after a recent sell-off, this round of increase is still closer to a "volume contraction recovery." The report shows that the weekly spot trading volume decreased by 21.5% to $4.1 billion, and the spot CVD turned from positive to negative at -$58.8 million, indicating that the breadth of market buying remains weak.In terms of institutional funds, the weekly net inflow of the US spot BTC ETF has recovered to $161.3 million, but ETF trading volume still decreased by 11.97% to $8.4 billion. On-chain data shows that the number of active addresses decreased by 7.6% to 599,000, on-chain transfer volume decreased by 16.1% to $4 billion, and total fees decreased by 13.9% to $168,400, indicating that on-chain activity continues to weaken.In terms of derivatives, the futures funding rate increased by 13.4% to $1.9 million, but the perpetual contract CVD plummeted by 81.7% to $83.9 million; at the same time, the options market 25-Delta Skew rose to 18.87%, indicating that investors still maintain strong demand for downside protection during the rebound process.

According to official news from SBI Holdings, it will reach a strategic cooperation with the Solana Foundation, aimed at promoting the construction of the on-chain financial market in Japan. As part of the cooperation, the Solana Foundation will participate in SBI R3 Japan, which plans to be renamed SBI Solana Global, and will jointly promote related growth strategies with shareholders SBI Holdings and SMFG.The announcement stated that SBI Solana Global will be based on the Solana network in the future, focusing on promoting the issuance and circulation support of stablecoins such as JPYSC, the formation and circulation of tokenized RWA (including corporate bonds, commercial paper, funds, and real estate), the construction of cross-border payment infrastructure, on-chain financial services aimed at institutional investors, and the development of next-generation payment infrastructure for the AI Agent era.