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According to the latest poll released by CNBC, American pessimism over the economic outlook has intensified, with 61% of respondents expressing pessimism about the current economic conditions and future trajectory — the highest level since December 2023. Only about a quarter of respondents hold an optimistic view. The survey shows that a majority attribute economic pressures to President Trump's economic policies. Regarding Trump's handling of the economy, 60% of respondents expressed dissatisfaction, while only 38% approved — one of the lowest ratings on this metric in his political career.Micah Roberts, a partner at Public Opinion Strategies, stated that the overall mood among voters is currently low, with those expecting the situation to worsen outnumbering those expecting improvement by 41% to 29%. Market confidence is entering a trough phase ahead of the midterm election cycle.Meanwhile, rising living costs are forcing American consumers to cut spending. The survey found that 47% of respondents are reducing spending on necessities such as food and healthcare — up 6 percentage points from April. About two-thirds of consumers are cutting back on non-essential spending like dining out.A separate study conducted by Bain & Company in collaboration with NielsenIQ showed that U.S. grocery purchases in June fell by 1.8% year-over-year, a sharp reversal from the 0.1% growth recorded during the same period last year.Kurt Grichel, head of Bain's U.S. retail practice, noted that a typical grocery run that cost around $300 in 2019 may now require $400. The "sticker shock" from price increases is now affecting a broader range of consumers, including higher-income households.Analysts point out that high food prices, elevated fuel costs, and the Trump administration's cuts to certain social welfare programs are collectively increasing pressure on consumers. The survey found that four out of five U.S. consumers are trying to reduce spending, with more than a quarter actively cutting back on food purchases. Among them, over half have switched to cheaper brands, while 49% are buying fewer items. (ibtimes)
According to STAR Market Daily, Morgan Stanley issued a report indicating that TSMC's 2026 full-year revenue guidance significantly exceeded expectations. The company raised its 2026 revenue growth guidance to over 40% year-on-year, previously over 30%. Management attributed the upward revision to strong AI demand, despite challenges in consumer demand. Cloud Service Providers (CSP) customers are rapidly increasing cloud capital expenditure. TSMC did not update its AI semiconductor revenue CAGR forecast, but stated that actual performance is higher than the previous forecast of 55%-60%. The bank believes a 70% to 80% CAGR for TSMC's AI semiconductor business is a reasonable assumption. The bank raised its target price from 2,888 New Taiwan Dollars to 2,988 New Taiwan Dollars, maintaining an "Overweight" rating. In a volatile market environment, the company's quality profitability should continue to attract capital inflows; next, the 2026 second-quarter cloud capital expenditure updates announced by CSP customers will be an important catalyst.
According to Star Market Daily, Micron announced that it has signed Strategic Customer Agreements (SCA) with key technology suppliers supporting the automotive ecosystem, including Qualcomm, Visteon, Harman, Junlian Intelligent Driving, Denso, Astemo, and Hyundai Mobis. It is reported that these agreements are the SCAs mentioned by Micron during its fiscal year 2026 third quarter financial conference call. By enhancing the certainty of supply and pricing, the agreements will support investments in technology development, certification, and manufacturing capabilities required for future automotive platforms, helping to ensure that advanced automotive platforms have the memory and storage capabilities needed to deliver richer, safer, and smarter experiences.
According to Bits.media, the Russian State Duma Committee on the Financial Market has recommended rejecting several loosening amendments to the government's cryptocurrency regulation bill, which is currently prepared for its second reading. The rejected amendments mainly include: increasing the annual limit for non-professional investors purchasing cryptocurrency through a single intermediary from 300,000 rubles to 600,000 rubles; expanding the scope of tradable cryptocurrencies to coins with a market cap exceeding 1 trillion rubles and average daily trading volume exceeding 100 billion rubles (the current draft requires a market cap of no less than 5 trillion rubles and trading volume of no less than 1 trillion rubles, effectively allowing only a very small number of coins such as BTC and ETH to be listed); allowing Russian citizens to use non-custodial crypto wallets; canceling the mandatory review power of digital custodians over every transaction; and postponing the bill's effective date to January 2027. The current version of the bill retains the power of digital custodians to review every transaction and freeze transactions. The bill completed its first reading in April this year and was originally planned to be passed before July 1, but has now been postponed to September 1, with the deliberation of the supporting criminal liability bill also scheduled no earlier than September.
: Prediction market platform predict.fun has announced that all Up/Down markets now feature a Maker order rebate mechanism. Users who complete trades via limit orders can receive a 25% rebate on Maker fees.Compared to Polymarket, predict.fun's Maker rebate offers two key advantages that are more direct: a higher rebate rate, and real-time settlement immediately after the trade, without waiting for finalization.For high-frequency traders, professional market makers, and users who frequently employ limit orders, real-time rebates allow for faster capital release, reducing the continuous impact of fees on trading profits. The higher rebate rate also means that as trading frequency and volume increase, the actual cost savings become more significant.This mechanism now covers all Up/Down markets on predict.fun. Users do not need to register or apply separately; rebates for qualifying orders will be automatically credited to the account upon execution.
CoinGecko released its Q2 2026 crypto industry report, noting that the total market capitalization of the crypto market in the second quarter decreased by 12.6% quarter-over-quarter to $2.1 trillion, dropping to the lowest level since September 2024, while average daily trading volume declined by 20.9% quarter-over-quarter to $93.1 billion.
BitcoinTreasuries.NET posted on X platform, stating that Bitcoin Treasury Capital has been approved to list Sweden's first BTC-backed preferred stock, BTC PREF, on the Spotlight Stock Market, offering a 10% annual dividend, with trading set to begin on July 20.
PPP Prediction Market Tool monitoring shows that Polymarket has launched a market for "When will the US and Iran achieve a two-week ceasefire." Currently, the probability for July 18 stands at 5%; for July 24, it is 15%; for July 31, it is 23%; for August 14, it is 43%; and for August 31, it is 54%.The settlement rules for this event are as follows: If the US takes no military action against Iran between the market creation and 11:59 PM on the specified end date, this market will be settled as "Yes." Otherwise, the market will be settled as "No." The first day of this 14-day period will be the calendar date (Eastern Time) of the most recent qualifying military action that occurs. This period lasts until 12:00 PM Eastern Time on the 14th day. If the most recent qualifying military action during this period occurs on or before the specified end date, the market will be considered "Yes."So-called "qualifying military actions" refer to airstrikes or surface-to-surface missile strikes initiated by the US directly targeting Iran. Airstrikes may include the use of bombs, air-to-surface missiles, and aerial drones launched from the air. Surface-to-surface missile strikes include one-way attack drones and surface-to-surface missiles such as cruise missiles or ballistic missiles.Qualifying military actions include: munitions that are destroyed or intercepted before impact; surface-to-air missile strikes; small arms fire; ground invasions; cyber operations; naval gunfire and artillery; howitzer, cannon, mortar, and rocket artillery (e.g., Multiple Launch Rocket Systems); small-scale surface-to-surface strikes, including short-range cruise missiles, close-air support drones, and anti-tank missile attacks; any threats, authorizations, or declarations of force that have not yet been acted upon.Join the PPP Signal Push Community to stay ahead and seize the opportunity.
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
: The UK and US governments, through the Future Markets Cross-Atlantic Working Group, have issued a joint position on stablecoins, supporting coordinated rules on reserves, redemption, market access, and cross-border use. The two governments stated that if stablecoins are properly regulated, they can improve payments, settlement, and financial market infrastructure, while supporting the development of private digital currencies under public sector oversight. The UK and US indicated that stablecoins used as currency should be fully backed by high-quality liquid assets at a minimum ratio of 1:1. Reserve assets should be segregated from the issuer’s own funds, with disclosure standards for custody, redemption, and legal rights provided to holders. The two countries also stated they will explore pathways for stablecoins issued in one country to enter the other’s market, and support fair, risk-based access to financial services and markets for legitimate, regulated stablecoin and digital asset providers.
Odaily Planet Daily reports that the Ministry of Economy and Finance (MOEF) of South Korea plans to pass the "Basic Act on National Assets," updating the national asset management system under the "State Property Act" of 1950, and explicitly include digital assets and intellectual property in the definition of national assets. The MOEF also reiterated its plan to tokenize government bonds via blockchain in a 2027 pilot program to reduce transaction costs. It is also exploring the tokenization of state-owned real estate to facilitate retail investor participation and share part of the returns with the public. This week, the South Korean government announced its economic growth strategy for the second half of 2026, planning to pilot connecting tokenized government bonds to the central bank digital currency (CBDC) infrastructure in 2027, and studying the interoperability of the Bank of Korea (BOK) CBDC infrastructure with other blockchains. On April 16, the MOEF announced that it would use tokenized deposits to execute government operational expenditures, with a full rollout planned for the fourth quarter of 2026. Relevant amendments to South Korea's "Capital Market Act" and "Electronic Securities Act" will take effect on February 4, 2027, legally recognizing blockchain ledgers as valid securities registries.
according to official sources, Gate has now launched NEURALINK pre-market perpetual contract trading (USDT settlement), supporting 1-10x leverage.NEURALINK is an American neurotechnology company founded in 2016 by Elon Musk in collaboration with a team of top neuroscientists and engineers, with its headquarters located in Fremont, California.
According to Odaily, Trade.XYZ today launched the pre-market contract for ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT) on the Hyperliquid HIP-3 market. The price peaked at $8.64 and has now retreated to around $8. According to statistics, CXMT's total share capital post-issuance is approximately 66.888 billion shares. Based on the current pre-market price, CXMT's market value is approximately $540 billion, surpassing Tencent ($526.5 billion) to rank 32nd globally in market capitalization.It is reported that CXMT will initiate its new share subscription on the STAR Market (科创板) on July 16.
According to CoinDesk, U.S. Senators Chris Murphy, Chris Van Hollen, and Jeff Merkley held a press conference on Capitol Hill on July 14, publicly announcing opposition to the cryptocurrency market structure bill, the "Digital Asset Market Clarity Act" (Clarity Act), and characterized it as "corrupt legislation." The core focus of the three senators' opposition is that the bill currently still fails to incorporate ethical provisions prohibiting the President and senior government officials from personally participating in the crypto industry. Van Hollen stated bluntly that the bill "will cause great harm"; Murphy used even stronger language, stating that if the bill cannot cut off the entanglement of interests between the Trump family and the crypto industry, it "is itself an umbrella for corruption."
TxFlow L1 has announced the launch of its second Channel, Probly, the first prediction market application developed based on the TxFlow Improvement Protocol 3 (TIP3). Upon launch, Probly offers 172 live markets covering over 7,000 events, including continuous rolling markets with a minimum duration of 5 minutes, and supports on-chain settlement and TxFlow L1's shared financial infrastructure. Probly covers 15 categories including politics, sports, crypto, finance, and geopolitics, and provides prediction markets related to BTC, ETH, SOL, and XRP price movements for 5-minute, 15-minute, 1-hour, and 4-hour intervals. Users can access Probly via an email-based embedded wallet without needing to manage seed phrases, or by connecting compatible wallets such as MetaMask, Coinbase Wallet, Phantom, and Uniswap Wallet. Eligible settlement amounts will be automatically credited in USDC after the event is resolved, with no separate claim required. (Decrypt).
a16z Crypto has released an analysis stating that traditional finance (TradFi) is not merging with decentralized finance (DeFi), but is instead selectively adopting blockchain technologies that meet its own needs. A long-standing narrative within the crypto industry has been that DeFi and TradFi will eventually merge, combining open liquidity with institutional distribution to form a new system superior to traditional finance. However, the reality may be different.The core driver for traditional finance's adoption of blockchain is not the concept of decentralization, but commercial efficiency. As long as blockchain can help institutions reduce costs, improve settlement efficiency, expand distribution channels, and enhance customer relationships, they will adopt the relevant technology. “TradFi is not entering DeFi; it is utilizing the parts of DeFi that fit its own operational models and reshaping these technologies according to institutional requirements.”a16z Crypto stated that a new category of financial infrastructure may emerge in the future—"programmable financial infrastructure" based on a blockchain foundation but optimized for institutional constraints. The blockchain technologies currently being adopted by institutions mainly include:Atomic Settlement: Reduces counterparty risk and decreases tied-up collateral capital;Shared Ledger: Lowers the cost of back-office reconciliation;Programmable Money: Automates interest payments, margin management, and corporate actions;Automated Market Makers (AMM): Being repurposed for on-chain foreign exchange and tokenized asset pricing.
Bybit lists 3 new US stock perpetual contracts today: 2x Long SNDK ETF (SNXXUSDT), 2x Long INTC ETF (INTWUSDT), and SSE STAR Market 50 ETF (KSTRUSDT), with up to 20x leverage. Enjoy limited-time fee discounts during the listing period: 0% fee rate for limit orders, 50% off for market orders.
Today, X-Agent, a zero-code operating platform for AI Agents built on a Web3 social network, officially released its core to the global audience. The whitepaper details how it leverages zero-code deployment and secure sandbox technology to reshape the decentralized AI agent ecosystem and its commercialization pathway.The core technologies and solutions are as follows:1) Speak to Build (Zero-Code Deployment): Allows users to create and deploy professional-grade AI agents with one click to Telegram, WhatsApp, or the Web in just minutes using pure natural language.2) SRE Cryptographic Sandbox (Physical Isolation Security): A proprietary physically isolated operating environment that perfectly protects users' private keys and sensitive credentials while enabling agents to possess enterprise-grade capabilities for autonomous asset management and on-chain collaboration.Market Performance and Latest Data: X-Agent has surpassed 1,000,000+ global cumulative users. Its deployed AI agents have autonomously completed over 1,100,000 actual business tasks, consuming/burning more than 84 billion model Tokens. The project has previously raised $1.8 million in funding and boasts highly cohesive localized communities in Japan and South Korea.The native token, $XAGT, serves as the hard currency for network settlement, directly used for paying SRE computing power Gas fees, transaction commissions, and staking endorsements. The team and investors are subject to a strict 12-month Cliff lock-up period. Community allocations are entirely non-inflationary and can only be released algorithmically through actual sandbox task consumption, ensuring every token is backed by real business demand.According to the latest roadmap, X-Agent plans to open a new zero-code public portal in Q3 2026 and launch a decentralized Agent Store in Q1 2027.
Hyperliquid's HIP-3 market volume is growing rapidly. HIP-3 is Hyperliquid's permissionless framework for developers to deploy perpetual contract markets, with its share of Hyperliquid's total perpetual contract trading volume rising from approximately 2% at the beginning of the year to nearly 50% currently.This growth coincides with rising retail interest in on-chain stock trading. The current HIP-3 market is primarily dominated by TradeXYZ, which has launched markets including XYZ100 (tracking the Nasdaq 100 index) as well as contracts related to individual stocks such as Nvidia and Tesla.
As the tokenization of capital markets intensifies, the Securities Transfer Association (STA) recently submitted a comment letter to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), warning that stock tokens issued by third-party entities could undermine market integrity. The association is calling on regulators to prioritize tokenized securities authorized by listed companies in future rulemaking.The STA represents numerous Wall Street transfer agents, whose members argue that genuine tokenized stocks should be formally authorized by the issuing company and recorded on the official shareholder register, rather than consisting of "wrapped" token products created by independent platforms.The association points out that third-party stock tokens could confuse investors regarding their actual holdings and expose them to platform credit, custody, and operational risks, without establishing a direct legal relationship with the listed company. Therefore, any innovation exemptions, pilot programs, or permanent regulatory frameworks for tokenized securities should be prioritized for the issuer-supported model. The STA also urges the SEC to reform the existing Direct Registration System (DRS), arguing that the current U.S. securities depository system struggles to meet the real-time transfer and settlement demands of on-chain securities. It recommends that regulators collaborate with the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) to optimize the digital securities infrastructure.Currently, the global tokenized stock market, valued at approximately $2 billion, is predominantly led by the third-party model, including products launched by Ondo Finance and Kraken, while institutions like Securitize and Figure adopt the issuer-authorized model. (CoinDesk)