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According to Jinshi, the number of initial jobless claims in the United States for the week ending July 18 was 187,000, the lowest since the week of September 24, 2022, with an expectation of 212,000, and the previous value revised from 208,000 to 209,000.

Last month, comments from Liang Wenfeng during the DeepSeek investor meeting have recently circulated. Liang Wenfeng clearly stated that DeepSeek's goal is AGI, rather than becoming the next super app. They will not engage in 3D, video generation, or world modeling, nor will they close source code, stating, "Restraint is a strategy used to increase the probability of achieving AGI." He believes that products are merely "by-products" on the path to AGI, with the current focus on Coding Agent and continuous learning capabilities. The next phase aims to achieve autonomous model iteration, with the endpoint pointing towards embodied intelligence.In terms of commercialization, Liang Wenfeng stated that they only seek to earn "reasonable profits" and do not set profit maximization as their pricing goal. DeepSeek is "still far from a complete shift to commercialization." He assesses that the gap between AI in China and the U.S. mainly lies in resources rather than talent, stating, "Using a fraction of the computing power can narrow the gap to 6 months, 3 months." Regarding industry competition, he believes that open source is "the sweet point for companies of this scale," while also predicting that domestic large models will ultimately converge to "two large companies and two small companies." Liang Wenfeng also mentioned that maintaining team stability is the only non-negotiable core principle, and the company is driven by vision, with "a group of ordinary people achieving extraordinary things."

FTX announced that the fifth round of bankruptcy distributions will begin on July 31, distributing approximately $900 million to eligible creditors. Only claim holders of categories 5A, 5B, 6A, 6B, and category 7 who complete claim verification, KYC verification, tax form submission, and sanctions screening by the deadline of June 16, and successfully onboard with BitGo, Kraken, or Payoneer, are eligible for the distribution. Funds will be credited within one to three business days starting from July 31.Currently, creditors from 45 jurisdictions are excluded due to the lack of available distribution service providers, including China, Russia, Ukraine, Cuba, Iran, and others. FTX stated that the coverage of service providers may change, but even if it opens in the future, payments on July 31 cannot be retroactively applied. FTX warned that creditors who do not successfully complete onboarding within six months from July 31 may lose their right to the distribution for that claim.As of now, the cumulative distribution ratios announced by FTX are 105% for categories 5A and 5B, 103% for categories 6A and 6B, and 120% for category 7, but these percentages are based on the claim amounts approved by the court rather than the current market value.

According to SolanaFloor data, Solana regained the top position among all blockchains in terms of daily network revenue (on July 18), marking the first time in nearly five months.

According to Jinshi reports, the Iranian Fars News Agency quoted sources on the 19th stating that the shipping volume in the Strait of Hormuz has dropped to zero, and as long as the United States continues its provocative actions, the strait will remain closed.Currently, no vessels are passing through the Strait of Hormuz, and any attempts to cross the strait will be met with Iranian retaliation.

The cross-chain bridge project Across posted that it encountered an attack on the Solana side, but user funds are safe, and all existing cross-chain transactions have been completed. Only the funds of the relay nodes operated by Risk Labs may be affected. Across has suspended deposits in the Solana direction, and other functions of the protocol are operating normally.The project team is tracking the related attack addresses with SEAL_911 (including one Solana address and two Ethereum addresses) and will release more details and a complete review later. They remind users to only pay attention to information released by this official account and to be wary of phishing links.

According to Jinshi, the number of initial jobless claims in the United States for the week ending July 11 was 208,000, expected to be 217,000, and the previous value was revised from 215,000 to 216,000.

According to reports, Google DeepMind co-founder Demis Hassabis recently predicted that artificial general intelligence (AGI) could be achieved in just a few years, with its transformative impact reaching ten times that of the Industrial Revolution, and its development speed accelerating tenfold. He pointed out that as the potential risks of cutting-edge models in areas such as cybersecurity, nuclear energy, and biology become increasingly prominent, the industry urgently needs to establish robust security protections for future AI systems that possess autonomy and self-improvement capabilities.To balance technological innovation and security risks, Hassabis called for the United States to take the lead in establishing a "Frontier AI Standards Agency" similar to the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA). This agency is proposed to operate under a public-private partnership or self-regulatory organization model, managed by independent technical experts and representatives from the open-source community, primarily funded through industry contributions. Its core function is to develop dynamic scientific assessment protocols, initially requiring frontier laboratories to voluntarily submit for review 30 days prior to the release of models, with plans to eventually transition to mandatory market entry testing, while non-frontier models from startups or academic institutions would be exempt. This framework aims to address unknown crises through a technology-driven review mechanism and to promote a global consensus on AI risk management within the international community.

According to Jinshi, the number of initial jobless claims in the United States for the week ending July 4 was 215,000, lower than the market expectation of 218,000, and the previous value was revised from 215,000 to 217,000.

According to Jinshi, the four-week average of initial unemployment claims in the United States for the week ending July 4 was 218,750, with the previous value revised from 222,000 to 222,500.

The U.S. Department of Justice has warned internal staff that Binance may reduce its level of cooperation in cryptocurrency-related cases in the future.In response, Binance stated that the relevant reports are not true, and that the company's cooperation with law enforcement agencies has not changed and will not change.

According to Jinshi reports, the number of initial jobless claims in the United States for the week ending June 27 was 215,000, expected to be 220,000, and the previous value was revised from 215,000 to 216,000.

According to FinanceFeeds, Binance stated that its annual compliance expenditure has reached approximately $300 million, and during the period from 2025 to the first quarter of 2026, its internal systems intercepted potential fraud amounts totaling $10.53 billion, protecting over 5.4 million users. Binance currently has nearly 1,500 compliance employees, a scale close to that of large financial institutions. Since 2021, the exchange has recovered over $8.2 billion in user assets and handled 313,653 requests from law enforcement agencies. This disclosure comes at a time when Binance is facing regulatory pressure, with the European MiCA regulations forcing exchanges to obtain authorization or cease operations, and Binance is encountering regulatory resistance from multiple EU countries. Binance claims that compliance has become a core operational function, utilizing AI-driven systems and over 20 AI security tools for transaction monitoring and fraud detection, but the compliance expenditure itself may not be sufficient to meet regulators' comprehensive requirements for governance, risk culture, and sanctions controls.

According to Jinshi, the number of initial jobless claims in the United States for the week ending June 20 was 215,000, expected to be 225,000, and the previous value was revised from 226,000 to 227,000.

According to Jinshi reports, the four-week average of initial unemployment claims in the U.S. for the week ending June 20 was 224,250, with the previous value revised from 223,250 to 223,500.

Standard Chartered stated that Aave could rise 50 times to $3,500 by 2030. The bank expects that as DeFi assets grow 37 times and tokenized finance goes on-chain, Aave will benefit.

Cardano wallet service provider SecondFi stated that it has identified the root cause of the recent security incident and has deployed patches for the unaffected wallets, and will soon resume normal operations. SecondFi disclosed that there were a total of 4 incidents of funds being transferred out, of which 3 were carried out by external attackers, resulting in approximately 16 million ADA being transferred from 374 addresses. To reduce further losses during the ongoing attacks, SecondFi initiated an emergency transfer, moving approximately 129 million ADA to an independent third-party custodian for safekeeping, and has hired an external accounting firm for a special audit to facilitate subsequent verification and return assets to the affected addresses. SecondFi advises affected users to submit claims through the official support page and currently not to import their mnemonic phrases into other Cardano wallets, as the security risk occurs at the address and signature level.

According to Gate market data, Trump claimed at a rally in Pennsylvania that the U.S. stock market hit a new high today. Currently, the Nasdaq index is down nearly 2%.

According to a report by The Wall Street Journal, the prediction market platform Polymarket is suspected of paying dozens of social media creators to instruct them to record fake betting and high-profit videos on a simulated website that closely resembles the official site, using this as a promotional tactic to attract new users. The report indicates that the campaign required creators to conceal the official sponsorship relationship and specifically targeted the domestic audience in the United States.The investigation shows that the related marketing videos have accumulated over 140 million views on platforms such as TikTok, YouTube, and Instagram, involving up to $1.9 million in false bets. In response, Polymarket did not directly address the specific details of the investigation but stated in a statement that, as part of promoting industry transparency, the platform is conducting a comprehensive audit of active promotional content to ensure it strictly complies with internal standards and applicable regulatory and legal disclosure requirements.

According to Jinshi, the number of initial jobless claims in the United States fell by 4,000 to 226,000 last week, indicating that the labor market remains in a "low layoff" state. Data released by the U.S. Department of Labor on Thursday also showed that the number of continuing jobless claims rose to 1.81 million in the previous week. Despite the energy price shocks triggered by the Iran war, the stronger-than-expected employment report for May showed that U.S. employers added 172,000 jobs, further confirming the resilience of the labor market.