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According to The Block, Shuyao Kong, a core team member of Ethereum scaling project MegaETH, announced on July 16 the official closure of the flagship accelerator program Mega Mafia, which operated for two years across two cohorts. The project incubated approximately 20 teams in total, cumulatively helping them raise about $80 million in financing (covering Pre-Seed to Series A), but Kong admitted "the project was built on assumptions that no longer hold true," and most successfully incubated applications are no longer building on MegaETH. Among them, flagship project GTE chose to build its own public chain, Noise shifted to Base, HelloTrade shifted to Monad, and some projects such as Avon and Valhalla have closed. Notably, MegaETH did not hold equity or governance rights in any project during the incubation process. Kong stated that MegaETH will shift resources to "first-party application" development in the future, directly establishing relationships with end users, focusing on "OMEGA"-level consumer applications that can only be realized on MegaETH.
According to PR Newswire, Crypto.com announced it has received a $400 million strategic investment from Citadel Securities. This financing round values the company at $20 billion and marks the first institutional capital injection in Crypto.com's ten-year history. Jim Esposito, President of Citadel Securities, stated that Crypto.com has laid a solid foundation for the continued institutionalization of the digital asset market. Kris Marszalek, Co-founder and CEO of Crypto.com, stated that this financing will accelerate the company's expansion into all asset classes such as tokenized securities and derivatives, promote the integration of cryptocurrency with traditional financial markets, and build a more efficient 24/7 financial ecosystem.
Odaily News: Crypto trading platform Crypto.com has secured a $400 million investment from Citadel Securities, bringing its company valuation to $20 billion. This deal marks Crypto.com's first institutional funding round since its establishment in 2016. Crypto.com stated that it will use the funds to expand its business in tokenized securities, derivatives, and other asset classes.
According to Odaily, Bitcoin treasury startup ORANGE JUICE announced on July 15, 2026, that it has completed a $40 million funding round, with Grupo Salinas Founder and Chairman Ricardo Salinas serving as a cornerstone investor. Bitcoin investors including Jeff Booth and Lyn Alden also participated. ORANGE JUICE plans to acquire small businesses with annual cash flows ranging from $1 million to $10 million, allocating a portion of retained earnings towards new acquisitions and Bitcoin purchases. The company stated it will rely primarily on operating cash flow for growth, using debt and equity issuance sparingly. Ruben Zweiban will serve as Operating Partner overseeing daily operations. He previously worked as an investment banker at BofA Securities, an equity research analyst at JPMorgan Asset Management, and served as Chief Investment Officer for a multi-billion dollar private multi-family office. The company also plans to pursue a public listing in the future.
OpenAI Chairman Bret Taylor said in an interview with CNBC that the company currently has no update on its Initial Public Offering (IPO) plans. Taylor's interview centered on OpenAI's newly launched AI agent tools, and discussed topics including the outlook for enterprise AI spending, a lawsuit related to Apple, and development trends in the artificial intelligence industry.As OpenAI's valuation continues to climb and competition in the AI industry intensifies, the market has maintained a high level of attention on its listing timeline. However, Taylor's statement indicates that OpenAI has no new IPO arrangements to announce in the near term.
"White-Haired Stock God" Serenity stated that today, Micron ($MU) announced the signing of a long-term memory supply agreement with Qualcomm ($QCOM). However, the market reaction was somewhat unexpected, with Micron's stock price subsequently falling by 5.37%.Serenity believes that against the backdrop of the AI industry chain continuously signing long-term supply agreements to lock in future demand, current memory and AI-related stocks themselves have not shown any significant signs of fundamental deterioration.He noted that the recent sector adjustment is more likely due to a chain reaction triggered by market deleveraging and margin pressure, rather than a reversal in AI demand or storage industry trends.Serenity pointed out that as AI infrastructure construction continues to advance, companies across the industry chain are strengthening supply security through long-term agreements. Short-term market volatility may more reflect adjustments in capital flows and valuations, rather than a shift in the long-term growth logic.
"White Hair Stock God" Serenity published an analysis stating that if Sivers obtains approximately 10% of wafer capacity allocation from foundry Win Semi through an asset-light model, under the assumptions of 65% yield and an ASP of $50 to $75, the annual revenue from its optical array products could reach $341 million to $512 million. Based on management’s gross margin target of 50% to 60%+, the corresponding annual gross profit would be approximately $205 million to $307 million.At Sivers' current market cap of around $1.1 billion, the market cap-to-gross profit multiple in this scenario would be only about 3.6x to 5.4x. If the capacity allocation increases to 15%, annual gross profit could rise to between $307 million and $461 million, correspondingly reducing the valuation multiple to 2.4x to 3.6x.Serenity pointed out that Sivers' CEO has previously confirmed the company is cooperating with more wafer fabs to expand capacity, and since 2024, the scope of its supply chain certifications has been continuously expanding. With the accelerated development of the co-packaged optics (CPO) market, future revenue guidance and capacity plans may be further revised upward.On the demand side, supply of continuous wave (CW) lasers remains tight. Lumentum’s financial report indicates the company has begun purchasing CW lasers from the open market to fulfill EML orders. TrendForce data shows that AMD is securing related capacity through long-term agreements. Serenity believes that as Sivers enters mass production with partners such as GlobalFoundries, Jabil, Ayar Labs, POET, and O-Net, any newly added and certified independent capacity could be quickly absorbed by the market.Additionally, a recent report from Morgan Stanley has listed Sivers, with a market cap of approximately $1.1 billion, as one of the three core players in the CPO laser field, alongside Coherent and Lumentum, which each have market caps exceeding $55 billion. Serenity believes that beyond its existing business, Sivers—having listed on Nasdaq—may also expand its TAM through future M&A, replicating the growth path of Lumentum's acquisition of Cloud Light to enter the complete optical module and optical engine market.
According to FinanceFeeds, Dubai crypto trading platform Quote Trade announced the completion of a $4 million financing round, which will be used to expand support for more blockchains and digital assets, strengthen liquidity partnerships, recruit engineering and trading teams, and continue building infrastructure for human traders and AI trading agents.
Odaily News Crypto brokerage firm Alpaca has announced the completion of a $135 million funding round to expand its tokenized stock infrastructure, connecting traditional U.S. equities to blockchain settlement rails. Alpaca has cleared or custodied approximately 94% of all tokenized U.S. stocks and currently holds over $1.5 billion in underlying stocks on behalf of its partners. Although stocks are tokenized, regulated companies are still required to hold the underlying equities and handle corporate actions, which remains a key constraint in this market.
: AI dining platform Wonder announced the completion of a $650 million financing round, with participation from Accel, Google Ventures (GV), and NEA. New investors include ARK Invest, AllianceBernstein, and Kayne Anderson, with Goldman Sachs, Jefferies, and JPMorgan serving as placement agents. The company is developing an AI platform called "MEL," which automatically plans and orders meals tailored to individual needs by analyzing users' biometric indicators and physical conditions. It is reported that Wonder's post-money valuation has reached $9 billion, and the company plans to launch its initial public offering (IPO) early next year. (Fortune)
AI infrastructure startup Fireworks AI has announced the completion of a $1.5 billion financing round, valuing the company at $17.5 billion. The company, previously backed by NVIDIA, primarily provides developers with cloud-based services for running open-source AI models, helping enterprises deploy AI applications at lower costs. This funding round was led by Atreides Management, Index Ventures, and TCV, with participation from NVIDIA, Evantic, and Lightspeed Venture Partners, among others. Currently, Fireworks processes approximately 40 trillion AI tokens daily. Its clients include companies such as Elastic, GitLab, and MongoDB. Previously, over half of its revenue came from the AI coding tool Cursor, but its client base has since become more diversified. (CNBC)
: Prediction market platform Pascal has announced the completion of a $9 million Series A funding round. The platform aims to create a next-generation prediction market platform for professional traders and institutional users, challenging the current market landscape dominated by Kalshi and Polymarket.This funding round was led by Union Square Ventures (USV), with the specific valuation not disclosed. This financing expands on a $6 million seed round from August last year, with early investors including Wintermute Ventures and DBA.Headquartered in New York, Pascal positions itself as a prediction market platform similar to Kalshi, but aims to offer users lower fees, higher liquidity, and more specialized trading tools through a trading model closer to perpetual futures.Pascal co-founder Ivo Crnkovic-Rubsamen stated that the hope is to establish highly liquid prediction markets for real business risks in the future, allowing companies to utilize these markets for risk management and hedging. (Fortune)
Odaily Bloom Energy, an AI computing power energy infrastructure provider, announced a substantial $1.7 billion project investment, with Industrial Development Funding (IDF) and asset management giant Oaktree participating. It is reported that Bloom Energy will provide Nebius, an AI cloud computing company, with dedicated "behind-the-meter power" capabilities to meet the growing demand for AI computing power. (Prnewswire)
According to BusinessWire, Alpaca announced the completion of $135 million in financing, led by Peak XV with participation from Elefund, and new and existing shareholders also include Opera Tech Ventures and Unbound under the BNP Paribas Group. The company stated that the new funds will be used to accelerate the development of its agent-oriented brokerage infrastructure and API-centric prime brokerage business to support the development and expansion of investment products for traditional and on-chain markets.
Alpaca, an AI and tokenized financial infrastructure provider, has announced the completion of a $135 million new funding round, led by Peak XV, with participation from Elefund, BNP Paribas' venture capital arm Opera Tech Ventures, and Unbound. To date, its total funding has reached $435 million. The new capital will be used to accelerate the development of its AI-native brokerage infrastructure and API-first prime brokerage services, helping fintech companies, banks, brokerages, wealth management institutions, and crypto financial platforms build investment products in traditional and on-chain markets, while also gaining access to more global crypto exchanges, asset tokenization platforms, and financial institutions. (Businesswire)
: The South Korean Financial Services Commission has published a revision draft of the "Enforcement Decree of the Special Act on Prevention of Telecommunications-Based Financial Fraud and Refund of Damages." The plan includes transferring funds from phone scams that have been moved into crypto assets under the scope of victim compensation, and clarifies the standards for returning and valuing crypto assets. The relevant regulations are expected to take effect on October 1st.According to the new regulations, if the frozen assets are cryptocurrencies, victims will, in principle, receive compensation in the same type and quantity of assets. If the defrauded assets differ in form from the frozen assets, compensation will be made in the form of the assets actually existing at the time the account was frozen. In cases involving a mixture of cash and crypto assets, regulators will value the crypto assets based on the market price at the time of freezing to determine the final compensation amount. The South Korean Financial Services Commission stated that clarifying the asset form for return and the valuation time point will facilitate faster and fairer compensation in complex cases where funds from multiple victims are mixed. It is reported that the public consultation period for the revision draft will last until August 24th. (Etoday)
According to Odaily, market analysis indicates that the issuance price for CXMT is 8.66 yuan per share. A lottery share consists of 500 shares, requiring a payment of 4,330 yuan. Under conservative, neutral, optimistic, and highly optimistic valuation scenarios, CXMT's valuation is estimated at 1 trillion, 1.5 trillion, 2.3 trillion, and 4.25 trillion yuan, respectively. Based on this estimated market capitalization range of 1-4 trillion yuan, the corresponding first-day price increase post-listing is projected to fall within a 70%-600% range. Compared to the issuance price of 8.66 yuan, the profit potential per lottery share is approximately between 3,000 yuan and 26,000 yuan.Additionally, CXMT announced that the funds raised will be fully invested in three major domestic storage substitution projects: the upgrade and renovation of the 12-inch DRAM wafer production line, technological upgrades for HBM and automotive-grade storage, and research into next-generation storage forward-looking technologies. (Source: Sina Finance)
QCP Capital 发布报告指出，本周市场最明显的特征是“分歧”：在原油、利率、中国经济和加密货币资金面等领域，表面叙事与底层基本面出现明显背离。加密货币方面，Strategy 调整了融资路径，通过股权融资提升美元储备，而未动用其比特币持仓。
Odaily Bitget has launched a Unified Trading Account (UTA), incorporating over 370 assets, including 100 US stock tokens (rTokens), into a unified margin pool. Under this mechanism, users' held US stock tokens (rTokens) not only entitle them to stock dividends but can also serve as margin and collateral for borrowing, further enhancing capital efficiency.The first batch of US stock tokens included in the margin system covers 100 mainstream underlying assets such as Apple (rAAPL), Nvidia (rNVDA), and Tesla (rTSLA), with discount rates set according to asset tiers, reaching up to 95%. As the product evolves, Bitget will continue to expand the list of assets eligible for margin and leveraged trading, further bridging the liquidity gap between traditional financial assets and the crypto trading ecosystem.
According to TechFlow Research, Morgan Stanley pointed out in its TMT webcast on July 14 that Asian memory stocks have pulled back 15% to 25% over the past month, while the chip sector overall traded sideways. Fundamentals have not reversed; it is the valuation framework that is shifting. Three key variables determine the direction: CSP capital expenditure expectations are 30% to 37% above consensus, with the end of July earnings season serving as the first validation window; LTAs are easing fears of a cyclical downturn, with price floors raised after more than half of contracts are locked; Yangtze Memory Technologies Fab4 and Fab5 each plan approximately 100kwpm capacity. If capital expenditure discipline is maintained, tight NAND supply and demand can continue until 2028; if capacity expansion accelerates, it becomes the biggest oversupply risk. Morgan Stanley assesses that the pricing logic for memory stocks is shifting from cyclical high volatility to structural mid-to-high returns; companies that can prove they possess sustainable profitability will command a valuation premium.