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According to Sina Finance, the US International Trade Commission (ITC) voted to initiate a 337 investigation (Investigation No. 337-TA-1511) against Certain Dynamic Random Access Memory (DRAM) Devices, Products Containing the Same, and Components Thereof (II). It is alleged that the products exported to the US, imported into the US, and sold in the US violate Section 337 of the US Tariff Act (infringing US Registered Patent Nos. 12,646,537, 12,650,937), requesting the US ITC to issue a limited exclusion order and a cease and desist order. South Korea Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon, Republic of Korea, US Samsung Electronics America, Inc., Plano, Texas, US Samsung Semiconductor, Inc., Plano, Texas, US Google LLC, Mountain View, California, US Super Mi
Bitget has listed 16 US stock tokens, including rXBI (S&P Biotech ETF-SPDR), rDIA (SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF Trust), rKSTR (SSE STAR 50 Index ETF), rJBL (Jabil Inc.), and rKR (Kroger), covering sectors such as finance, healthcare, information technology, and industrials. It is reported that rTokens, identified by the letter 'r' + stock ticker (e.g., NVIDIA as rNVDA), are issued by Reality, a licensed RWA protocol under Bitget. They directly connect to global liquidity pools such as Nasdaq and NYSE through cooperation with compliant broker Alpaca. Their features include: underlying assets 1:1 reserved and custodied by licensed custodians, stock dividends distributed 1:1 in token form, support for synchronous mapping of corporate actions (stock splits, etc.), and holdings can serve as combined margin for unified accounts and USDT-margined contracts, allowing users to flexibly manage funds while holding global stock assets.
: The Governor of the Bank of Tanzania, Emmanuel Tutuba, stated that the central bank is finalizing the legal and regulatory framework for digital assets, with the scope of regulation covering virtual assets, cryptocurrencies, and stablecoins, in order to strengthen oversight and supervision. Emmanuel Tutuba noted that many young people are investing in related fields, and the central bank has received complaints from individuals incurring losses in cryptocurrency-related transactions. The new rules will be used to protect investors in Tanzania. He added that the new regulations will also address the risks of money laundering, terrorist financing, and other illegal activities associated with virtual assets, requiring entities involved in such activities to operate in accordance with the forthcoming guidelines.
Goldman Sachs analyst James Yaro has released an analysis report on Robinhood (HOOD), maintaining a "Buy" rating and raising the price target from $121 to $137.
According to Bloomberg, humanoid robot startup Walden Robotics, spun off from Toyota's robot research lab, announced the completion of approximately $300 million in seed funding, reaching a valuation of $1.1 billion, and officially emerging from stealth mode. This round was co-led by Deviation Capital and Toyota Motor Corporation, with Toyota's strategic investment and early venture capital arm also participating. Nvidia, Boeing, AE Ventures, Samsung Ventures, and CoreWeave Ventures participated as investors. Headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Walden Robotics was founded in January this year. It independently develops hardware, software, and AI models, focusing on building general-purpose humanoid robots capable of continuous learning and evolution in real-world environments, currently primarily deployed in the manufacturing and logistics sectors. The company has launched multiple commercialization projects, including a pilot program at a Toyota factory in North America, where robots work alongside human teams to complete 8-hour shifts daily, handling repetitive tasks such as parts loading and unloading, machine cleaning, and equipment preparation. Morgan Stanley predicts that the global humanoid robot market size is expected to surpass $5 trillion by 2050.
According to the official announcement, Coinbase will list perpetual contracts for Roundhill Memory ETF (DRAM) and Direxion Daily Semiconductor Bull 3X Shares ETF (SOXL), and the DRAM-PERP and SOXL-PERP markets will open for trading on or after July 16, 2026, 17:00 (UTC+8).
According to The Block, Nasdaq-listed Hyperliquid treasury company Hyperion DeFi (HYPD) announced a HYPE Asset Usage Service Agreement (HAUS) with Skew Technologies and will deploy 500,000 staked HYPE (approximately $33.59 million) to Skew to support Skew's launch of a new suite of institutional-grade perpetual futures products on the Hyperliquid HIP-3 permissionless market. In return, Hyperion will receive equity in Skew and a revenue share from market listing services. Previously, Hyperion had terminated similar staking agreements with Felix and Native Markets because both built HIP-3 markets based on Hyperliquid's deprecated native stablecoin USDH. Currently, Hyperliquid has shifted to using Circle's USDC as the primary quote asset, with Coinbase serving as the stablecoin vault provider.
According to Odaily, the persistent memory supply shortage driven by AI demand continues to exert upward pricing pressure on smartphone manufacturers such as Samsung Electronics, Apple, and Xiaomi in the second half of the year. Industry sources indicate that Samsung Electronics' upcoming Galaxy Z8 series, set to be released this month, has an increased likelihood of price increases based on storage capacity. The price of the 256GB base model is expected to remain at a similar level to its predecessor, approximately 3.05 million won, while the 512GB and 1TB models may see price increases of around 120,000 won each. This pricing strategy aims to minimize the price increase for the base model while prioritizing adjustments to higher-capacity models, which are more affected by memory cost pressures.
According to on-chain analyst Ai Yi’s monitoring, a whale that has accumulated nearly $100 million worth of ETH and WBTC since July withdrew 50 WBTC from Binance 8 hours ago. As of now, the whale has amassed 49,400 ETH and 300 WBTC, with a total value exceeding $103 million. The average cost is approximately $1,705 and $63,027.58, respectively, resulting in an unrealized profit of $11.113 million.
Apple is shifting its reliance to NVIDIA GPUs to support its artificial intelligence operations, as the company's self-developed M2 Ultra chip has failed to meet expectations when running advanced AI workloads.Sources indicate that Apple previously attempted to use its own servers to run Google's Gemini model to power AI capabilities for the new Siri. However, the performance of its chips fell short of requirements, ultimately forcing the company to turn to NVIDIA GPUs deployed on Google Cloud. Additionally, the development of Apple's next-generation AI server chip, "Baltra," has been delayed, while the M7 Ultra chip, which is expected to rival the performance of NVIDIA's Blackwell architecture, is unlikely to be launched before 2029 at the earliest. (Coin Bureau)
according to data cited by on-chain researcher Adam, the number of new tokens added on Robinhood Chain on July 15 reached 47,687. Among them, Pons added approximately 15,494 tokens, ranking first, followed by Flap, which listed around 12,497 tokens.
Polygon 基金会 CEO Sandeep（@sandeepnailwal）发文披露，Polygon 团队约三分之一的员工上周暂停日常工作，转而参与为期三天的 AI 内部创新挑战赛，团队共设立 1.5 万美元奖励池。三天内共产出 13 个项目，其中 6 个已正式上线，1 个已在 5 条主网链上完成真实交易结算。Sandeep 表示，对于支付赛道而言，未来十年的格局将由真正将 AI 融入日常工作流程的团队所主导，并称此次实验令其对团队更具信心。
: Ripple’s Global Head of Public Policy and Government Affairs, Lauren Belive, stated that opposing the CLARITY Act is not opposition to the crypto industry, but rather opposition to consumers, and would continue exposing crypto holders to bad actors who exploit regulatory arbitrage. Belive noted that while a digital asset market already exists in the United States, federal rules protecting consumers have not kept pace. She pointed out that the regulatory gaps that led to the collapse of FTX and the loss of customer funds still persist. Belive indicated that the CLARITY Act would grant the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) clear joint jurisdiction over the digital asset market, requiring tokens to undergo regulatory oversight before entering the market. Stuart Alderoty, Chief Legal Officer of Ripple and Chairman of the National Cryptocurrency Association, stated that opposing the CLARITY Act would allow the current unregulated status quo to continue and be exploited by bad actors.
According to The Block, BlackRock CFO Martin Small disclosed during the Q2 earnings conference call that the company's digital asset assets under management (AUM) fell to $49 billion, down approximately 40% from a year ago, primarily weighed down by the price correction of BTC and ETH. Despite this, BlackRock's long-term strategy in the blockchain and tokenization sector has not contracted. Small stated that the company's long-term goal is to enable investors to "efficiently allocate crypto assets, stablecoins, and long-term equity and bond assets without leaving their digital wallets," and plans to gradually launch tokenized Treasury funds, iShares ETFs, and private market products. Specific progress includes: • Tokenized Money Market Funds: Two product applications have been submitted to the SEC, supporting investors to subscribe and redeem with stablecoins across multiple chains • Stablecoin Reserve Management: Currently manages approximately $60 billion of Circle's reserve assets, accounting for about one-quarter of the global $300 billion stablecoin market, aiming to become the industry's preferred reserve manager • Bitcoin ETF: Its iShares Bitcoin Trust ETF (IBIT) has an AUM of approximately $60 billion, making it the largest spot Bitcoin ETF globally • New Products: Launched the iShares Bitcoin Premium Income ETF (BITA) last month, providing Bitcoin exposure and comes with
Bitwise released a report stating that while crypto asset prices fell by approximately 36% in the first half of 2026, crypto-related stocks rose by 23%. This performance trailed only emerging market stocks, outpacing all other major asset classes. Bitwise Head of Research Ryan Rasmussen noted that the 30 crypto-related publicly listed companies in the Bitwise Crypto Innovators 30 Index outperformed the U.S. stock market by a factor of two, driven by factors including AI computing demand benefiting mining companies, stablecoin issuers, and asset tokenization platforms.Furthermore, according to Token Terminal data, the top ten crypto applications generated cumulative revenue of $5.9 billion over the past 12 months. PancakeSwap, Hyperliquid, and Aave ranked in the top three, with cumulative revenues of $923 million, $912 million, and $877 million, respectively.During the same period, the scale of tokenized real-world assets reached $33 billion in the second quarter, an increase of 45% from the beginning of the year; open interest in prediction markets hit an all-time high of $1.8 billion, with quarterly trading volume reaching $43 billion. (The Block)
: SBI Group, DigiFT, and Startale Group have completed a joint proof-of-concept, utilizing the JPYSC stablecoin in an Ethereum testnet environment to demonstrate the full lifecycle of tokenized securities, including instant fund subscription settlement and on-chain automatic dividend distribution. SBI Group and DigiFT are advancing the tokenization of the SBI Japan High Dividend Equity Fund. Managed by SBI Asset Management, the fund has approximately $1.3 billion in assets under management and represents one of Japan's major public equity strategies. The three parties completed two tests. One demonstrated the near-instant settlement of fund subscriptions using JPYSC, and the other automatically calculated and distributed dividends to eligible token holders' wallets via smart contracts after the distribution register was completed. The three companies plan to explore integrating tokenized Japanese equities with institutional DeFi platforms and are considering testing use cases such as collateralized lending and on-chain asset management with ecosystem partners like Morpho and Gauntlet.
Odaily President Trump will meet on Thursday with Republican Senators Bernie Moreno and Cynthia Lummis, along with White House crypto policy advisor Patrick Witt and White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles, to focus on the ethics provisions in the CLARITY Act. These provisions are considered one of the main obstacles to advancing the crypto market structure bill.Kristin Smith, President of the Solana Policy Institute, stated, "The purpose of the meeting is to present some proposals on the ethics issue to Trump and hope to gain his support. I believe this is a very positive signal." She described the meeting as crucial for pushing the CLARITY Act through.Earlier, it was disclosed that Trump family-backed World Liberty Financial had received hundreds of millions of dollars in crypto-related revenue, raising concerns among Democrats about potential conflicts of interest. (The Block)
Quickswap has adopted Orbs Perpetual Hub Ultra 2.0 following a community governance vote, making it the default infrastructure for perpetual contract trading across all supported chains, with 81.8% of QUICK token holders supporting the migration. This vote replaces Quickswap's previous Falkor deployment on Polygon PoS, which was supported by Orderly, and expands its Orbs perpetual contract platform launched on Base at the end of 2025. Orbs disclosed that its decentralized Layer 3 network currently has over 1.12 billion ORBS staked.
the U.S. Pentagon has, for the first time in more than 20 years, prohibited the public release of the annual report on the F-35 fighter jet program. The report, prepared at the request of the U.S. Congress, has been published annually since 2005. This year, classified information not intended for public disclosure was discovered during the review process for the first time. The F-35 program has faced repeated criticism over budget overruns, delays in engine deliveries, postponed software updates, and premature wear and tear on components.
Securitize partners with Cantor Fitzgerald to develop a blockchain-based IPO framework, enabling tokenized securities issuance within the existing U.S. securities regulatory framework.