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Changxin Memory Technologies released the announcement on the offline preliminary allocation results and online winning results for the initial public offering and listing on the STAR Market, announcing that the payment and allocation work for the strategic placement of this issuance has been completed. All investors participating in the strategic placement of this issuance have participated in the strategic placement of this issuance in accordance with their commitments. The initial strategic placement quantity for this issuance is 334,404.4304 ten thousand shares, accounting for 50.00% of the initial issuance quantity and approximately 43.48% of the total number of shares issued after the full exercise of the over-allotment option. The subscription funds committed by investors participating in the strategic placement have been fully remitted to the bank account designated by CICC within the prescribed time. After the strategic placement clawback and before the initiation of the online-offline clawback mechanism, following the activation of the over-allotment, the initial online issuance quantity is 334,900.1000 ten thousand shares, accounting for approximately 55.59% of the issuance quantity of this issuance after deducting the final strategic placement quantity after the exercise of the over-allotment option.
The South Korean government has released a "Roadmap for the Internationalization of the Won," aiming to transition the currency from a regulated currency to a freely convertible one. The roadmap was jointly formulated by the Financial Services Commission, the Bank of Korea, the Financial Supervisory Service, and the Korea Securities Depository. The Bank of Korea also plans to advance a tokenized treasury bond pilot project linked to an institutional CBDC (Central Bank Digital Currency). Additionally, South Korea will participate in Project Agora, an international payment initiative led by the Bank for International Settlements (BIS). (coinpost)
CryptoQuant analyst Darkfost posted on X platform, pointing out that Bitcoin has been oscillating around the key support level of $60,000 for nearly 165 days, failing to hold firm and reignite upward momentum. One core reason is the market's lack of new liquidity. Over the past 30 days, the net outflow of stablecoin reserves from Binance and Bybit has approached $2.3 billion. New demand, whether flowing into Bitcoin or the entire crypto market, remains weak. Since the beginning of this year, stablecoin reserves on exchanges have continued to decline. This rather pessimistic market sentiment continues to restrict the funding support needed for Bitcoin to break out of its current consolidation range.However, as regulatory measures like the GENIUS Act require stablecoins to improve compliance, the decentralized nature of the stablecoin ecosystem may be weakened. In the long term, Bitcoin's decentralized characteristics could thereby become more prominent.
Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin stated that he has built a toy-level demo version on Aztec based on the concept of a "moderated anonymous bulletin board" via vibe-coded methods, and has published the related experimental project on GitHub. He noted that the project is still in an early stage, but it can already implement some "very interesting and not simple" features; he also added that the project is currently at Stage 2.
Cardano activated the Van Rossem hard fork at 21:44:51 UTC on July 18, 2026, upgrading the network to protocol version 11 with no downtime reported. This upgrade is a change within the Conway ledger era, aimed at reducing the operational cost of Plutus smart contracts, enhancing ledger security, and adding new cryptographic tools. Van Rossem includes 5 Cardano Improvement Proposals, covering BLS12-381 multi-scalar multiplication, on-chain array types, multi-asset value processing optimization, list operation acceleration, and built-in modular exponentiation. Staking pools are now prohibited from reusing the same Verifiable Random Function key across the entire network, and each pool must hold a unique key tied to its identity. This upgrade was completed through Cardano's on-chain governance process, from proposal to activation via on-chain voting. Delegated representatives passed the proposal with a 77.63% approval rate, staking pool operators had a 52.7% approval rate, and the Constitutional Committee voted 6-0-0-1. The total balance of wallets holding between 100,000 and 100 million ADA has risen to its highest level since 2023, currently controlling over a quarter of ADA's circulating supply. Cardano will next advance Ouroboros Leios and plans to achieve a target of over 1,000 transactions per second during testing in 2026.
Sentiment regarding bets on the formal enactment of the CLARITY Act in 2026 has turned bearish, with the probability of the bill being passed within the year falling to a historic low. The market's peak expectation for the bill at the beginning of the year once reached 82%, but as negotiations have hit multiple deadlocks, the probability has continued to decline. The core disagreements hindering the bill's progress include a standoff over ethics clauses, opposition from banking lobbying groups regarding provisions related to stablecoin interest payments, as well as a tight congressional schedule and the approaching midterm elections, which have compressed the window for deliberation and voting. Although major industry players generally support this comprehensive digital asset regulatory bill, traders believe that the multiple disagreements cannot be resolved in the short term, and the bill will likely be unable to complete the full legislative process and take effect within 2026.
Vitalik posted on platform X, stating that he has vibe-coded a toy demo version of the "anonymously audited bulletin board" concept on Aztec. This idea originated from a previous article he wrote about using SNARKs. While still in its early stages, it can already achieve interesting and non-trivial functionality.
: In an interview this week, Circle President Heath Tarbert responded to questions about the stock price falling from $260 to $62, stating that the company is focusing on long-term development. If it can fulfill its mission of building a full-stack internet platform infrastructure, the stock price will ultimately reflect that value in the long run. Addressing the new competition posed by the Open USD Alliance, which consists of 140 companies including Visa, Stripe, Mastercard, and Google, Heath Tarbert noted that USDC, as a stablecoin natively supporting 34 blockchains, has built a network effect with a circulating supply of $73 billion that is extremely difficult to replicate. Discussing the difference in market position compared to Tether, he stated that USDC is the world's largest regulated stablecoin and boasts the highest real transaction volume.
Kimi posted on platform X, stating that the market response to K3 has far exceeded expectations since its launch, with user demand in the past 48 hours approaching the upper limit of existing GPU computing capacity. To ensure the user experience for existing subscribers, new subscription services have been temporarily suspended. Current subscribers will not be affected, and the company is working to expand computing resources as quickly as possible, gradually resuming new user subscriptions in batches.Additionally, the future membership system will be split into two more targeted products: "Kimi Membership," designed for Kimi's web interface, app, and office scenarios, and "Kimi Code Membership," focused on programming workflows, to achieve more precise resource allocation and improve service stability.
Odaily Strategy Inc. Executive Chairman Michael Saylor posted a chart of the company's Bitcoin purchase history and current holdings on X on July 19, with the caption "What’s next?", but did not disclose any new transactions, funding sources, or plans to increase holdings. The chart shows that the company holds 843,775 BTC, accounting for approximately 4.02% of Bitcoin's fixed supply. Based on a market price of $64,312, the holdings are worth approximately $54.28 billion. The total cumulative purchase cost is about $63.83 billion, with an average purchase price of $75,653. Strategy has not purchased any Bitcoin since June 22, and its holdings remained unchanged during the week of July 6 to July 12. During the week ending July 12, Strategy sold 4,818,781 shares of MSTR common stock, generating net proceeds of $467 million. Of this, $450 million was used to increase its U.S. dollar reserves, bringing cash reserves to $3 billion. Company data shows that these reserves can cover 20.4 months of annual preferred stock dividend obligations, totaling $1.763 billion, and support interest payments on outstanding debt. Strategy previously sold 32 BTC between May 26 and May 31, generating approximately $2.5 million. On July 5, it sold another 3,588 BTC, generating approximately $216 million. Michael Saylor stated that the related funds were used to pay quarterly and monthly dividends.
David Sacks, Chairman of the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, stated on the X platform that using regulatory uncertainty as a competitive tool is "completely unacceptable," and regulatory decisions should be based on facts, logic, and evidence, rather than deliberately creating fear and uncertainty (FUD). He is unsure whether venture capitalist and AI policy researcher Dean Ball is admitting to a "regulatory capture" strategy or merely predicting its occurrence, but in any case, leveraging regulatory agencies to issue "soft law" warnings, creating market panic, and thereby forcing regulated companies to stay away from Chinese open-source models should not be tolerated.David Sacks pointed out that Dean Ball believes there is no need to directly ban Chinese open-source models; simply guiding regulators to issue relevant warnings can influence corporate decisions by generating enough doubt and uncertainty, and these reasons "don't even need to be very solid."In response, Sacks argued that any regulatory decision must be well-founded, rather than implementing policies in disguise through "manufactured doubt." He warned that bypassing public deliberation processes in this way would not only erode the foundation of the rule of law but could also open the door to future regulatory abuses targeting any enterprise or individual.Sacks further stated that AI policy is currently at a critical turning point. Major closed-source labs, which have already formed a duopoly in AI model revenue, are now attempting to use government power to eliminate open-source competitors.He called on other companies and developers in Silicon Valley that still support open competition to take a clear stance and jointly safeguard an open ecosystem in the AI field.
Odaily News: Cryptocurrency exchange Kraken has launched USD-settled BTC and ETH options on Kraken Pro, initially available via Request for Quote (RFQ), with the European market to follow soon. Kraken plans to further expand the product through an order book, broader regional coverage, and additional assets. It noted that existing crypto options products are primarily geared toward institutional investors, with insufficient retail participation.
Michael Saylor, founder of Bitcoin treasury company Strategy, has once again posted information related to the Bitcoin Tracker, captioned "What's next?". According to previous patterns, Strategy typically discloses information on increasing its Bitcoin holdings the day after relevant news is released.
According to The Wall Street Journal, following Moonshot AI's release of the low-cost, high-performance large model Kimi K3, Wall Street has once again seen concerns about a "DeepSeek-style shock," with the AI chip sector facing selling pressure. Morgan Stanley stated that the market may experience AI industry turbulence similar to that triggered by DeepSeek in early 2025, where the rise of low-cost, high-performance AI models could challenge top U.S. model developers such as OpenAI and Anthropic, while simultaneously weakening demand for the large-scale compute infrastructure underpinning the U.S. AI investment boom.
According to South Korean media ETNews, the South Korean government released the "Korean Won Internationalization Roadmap," proposing to promote the transformation of the Korean Won into a freely convertible currency and build an offshore Korean Won settlement network. According to the plan, the Bank of Korea plans to trial run the "Offshore Korean Won Settlement Network" this September and officially launch it next January; simultaneously, it will advance digital asset payment infrastructure construction to support the issuance, distribution, and trading of Korean Won-denominated stablecoins.
: The South Korean government today released a "Roadmap for the Internationalization of the Korean Won," aiming to transform the won from a regulated currency into a freely convertible currency and to establish an offshore won settlement network. The Bank of Korea will launch a system tentatively named the "Offshore Won Settlement Network," which is expected to begin trial operations in September this year and officially launch in January next year. South Korea will also build digital asset payment infrastructure to lay the foundation for the issuance, distribution, and trading of won-pegged stablecoins, and plans to launch a pilot project next year to promote the tokenization of government bonds linked to the central bank digital currency (CBDC) of the Bank of Korea. Additionally, South Korea will officially join Project Agora, a cross-border digital payment initiative led by the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) that brings together the central banks of eight countries.
Clem Chambers stated China's LLMs catching up to OpenAI and Anthropic does not signify the end of the AI boom, as LLMs are only one part of the AI industry. He believes that free or open-source models will not diminish AI demand, as enterprises and governments still require higher-level AI capabilities. He draws an analogy between AI infrastructure demand and Bitcoin mining, stating that both revolve around kilowatt computing power and kilowatt-hour costs. Hardware, energy, cooling, and turbines cannot be provided for free, and the related value chain is constrained by resources and upgrade cycles. Chambers points out that AI demand drives continuous iteration of hardware and software, and equipment may face replacement cycles similar to crypto mining. He argues that the cost base of AI comes not only from the models themselves but also from computing power allocation and infrastructure investment. (Forbes)
According to Bloomberg, AI company Moonshot AI has reportedly informed investors that the company plans to go public within six months at the earliest. Sources revealed that Moonshot AI has officially distributed shareholder resolution documents to investors, seeking shareholder support for its listing in Hong Kong. Initiating this notification process means that the company could complete the IPO within the next six months at the earliest. Moonshot AI is currently completing a round of financing, and the company's valuation could exceed $30 billion post-financing. They stated that the company believes now is the right time to go public because its Annual Recurring Revenue (ARR, a key metric measuring future sales capability) reached $300 million in June.
Michael Saylor posted on X platform, stating that many Bitcoin supporters he respects are backing the BIP 110 proposal. He understands and agrees with these individuals' desire to protect Bitcoin, but believes that the solution proposed by this proposal is "more dangerous than the problem itself." Bitcoin requires guardians who uphold network neutrality, and he claimed that he will present "110 reasons" to explain why Bitcoin must adhere to the principle of neutrality. The key to protecting Bitcoin lies in maintaining its fundamental attributes as a global, open, decentralized monetary network, rather than resolving short-term disputes through methods that could weaken network consensus.