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According to Nuvion's announcement, the AI banking platform integrated Ripple's RLUSD on July 6 to power faster cross-border settlement, treasury management, and embedded blockchain payments through a single API. RLUSD supply on the XRP Ledger has grown from roughly $20 million at the end of 2024 to approximately $800 million by late June 2026, with XRPL now hosting around 51% of total RLUSD supply. The integration comes the same day Ripple secured full MiCA (Markets in Crypto-Assets) authorizat

Shanghai Gold Exchange and Hong Kong's Finance and Treasury Bureau announced the launch of their physical gold connectivity business following a cooperation agreement signed in January 2026. Hong Kong Precious Metals Central Clearing Limited has become an international member of Shanghai Gold Exchange and opened a physical account under the arrangement. The initiative aims to further integrate the Shanghai and Hong Kong gold markets.

According to sources, Qatar's liquefied natural gas tanker Al-Rekayyat is at risk of explosion following an attack that caused a fire in its engine room. The incident occurred as the vessel navigated contested waters.

According to Guru Club, on July 7, West Africa's largest lithium ore processing plant officially commenced operations in Nasarawa State, Nigeria. The facility is jointly operated by Jiuling Lithium and Tiantian Huaneng, each holding 50% stake. The plant processes 6,000 tons of raw lithium ore daily, corresponding to annual capacity of 3 million tons, equivalent to approximately 30,000 tons of lithium carbonate.

According to Xinhua, on July 7, Italy Deputy PM and Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani stated that Italy will no longer respond to U.S. President Trump's provocative remarks. The statement comes after Trump shared a photo of Italian PM Meloni on July 5, in which Meloni appeared to gaze up at Trump in close proximity. Trump captioned the image with "Need a limit order" without clarifying the intended meaning. Meloni has not made a public response to date.

France's Budget Minister plans to cut €3 billion from the national budget in 2026, according to the official announcement. The reduction is part of the government's fiscal consolidation efforts to address budget constraints.

President Donald Trump said Bitcoin could potentially be added to Trump Accounts, the new government-backed savings program for children, during a White House event marking the program's nationwide launch. Trump called himself a "big crypto guy" and linked his support for digital assets to competition with China. The U.S. Treasury launched the Trump Accounts app, which provides families with account funding, balance tracking, and investment tools. The government deposited a one-time $1,000 seed

The Digital Asset Market Clarity Act missed the July 4 signing target that White House advisers had hoped to meet. August 7, the Senate's final scheduled session day before its summer recess, is now the next critical deadline. According to Polymarket, odds for the bill's passage in 2026 fell to 48%, down from 74% a month earlier. The CLARITY Act remains on the Senate Legislative Calendar but has not received a floor vote. It still requires a cloture motion and 60 votes to overcome the filibuster

According to U.S. media outlets and officials, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu asked U.S. President Trump on July 3 to curb Turkish President Erdogan's recent anti-Israel statements. Netanyahu complained to Trump during their phone call that Erdogan and other Turkish officials had been making increasingly inflammatory remarks, according to reporting from Axios and sources cited by the New Press Agency.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy plans to discuss air defense issues with U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday, July 8.

Two Polymarket traders, William Wood and Thomas Bush, filed a lawsuit in New York Supreme Court on July 3, alleging the platform wrongly resolved a market on whether Strategy would sell Bitcoin by May 31 as "No." Strategy disclosed selling 32 BTC between May 26 and 31, but Polymarket rejected the payout after the firm's SEC filing arrived on June 1, one day after the deadline. The plaintiffs contend Polymarket retroactively changed its rules and are seeking $1 per share on their "Yes" positions,

According to Beating (a monitoring platform), AI research institutes General Intuition and Kyutai, alongside Epic Games, launched MIRA, an open-source multi-player interactive world model. The 5-billion-parameter generative game simulator can run real-time 2v2 Rocket League matches without requiring physics engines, rendering engines, or explicit 3D representations, using only historical video frames and player inputs. The model employs frozen DINOv3-L visual encoder representations to stabilize

According to MEXC, the exchange's SPACEX(PRE) Launchpad round 2 attracted approximately 118 million USDT in subscriptions from over 36,000 participants on July 7, marking the first time a single Launchpad round has exceeded $100 million. The round delivered up to 38% returns during June, and SpaceX futures ended the month as the most-traded US equity contract on the platform.

Binance will adjust leverage and collateral rates across multiple contracts on July 10, 2026. Separately, Tether is set to return to the Bitcoin network through the RGB protocol for native USDT issuance. Additionally, analysts noted that bitcoin's apparent on-chain demand has remained predominantly negative throughout the year but has shown recent improvement.

According to Beating's monitoring, Zapier and Artificial Analysis launched AutomationBench-AA, an independent SaaS workflow automation benchmark based on real anonymized data from Zapier's platform. The benchmark comprises 657 multi-step tasks and 40 simulated SaaS environments including Gmail, Slack, Salesforce, and Jira. Crucially, the benchmark enforces strict compliance guardrails: any violation of preset enterprise business rules automatically zeros out the final task score. In the initial

According to PRNewswire, Hyperscale Data subsidiary ACG purchased approximately 115.9 Bitcoin on the open market from June 30 to July 6, bringing the company's total Bitcoin holdings to about 900 BTC. As of July 6, the company's Bitcoin, cash, restricted cash, and silver assets combined are valued at approximately $111.4 million.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said recently that discussions have taken place regarding Ukraine's potential production of Patriot air defense systems domestically. The remarks underscore Ukraine's efforts to strengthen domestic defense capabilities amid ongoing security challenges.

Canada's Foreign Affairs Minister stated that Canada is on track to meet NATO's 5% defense spending target by 2035. The country currently allocates 2% of its budget to defense, meeting NATO's minimum requirement.

Canada's Foreign Affairs Minister will hold talks in Ankara with a German counterpart on Wednesday to determine the price for a submarine purchase agreement with German company TKMS.

According to Xinhuanet Finance, Momenta (06880), a global physical AI company, closed its dark market trading on July 7 at HK$294.6 per share, with trading volume exceeding HK$172 million. The company will officially list on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on July 8. Momenta priced its IPO at HK$295.6 per share and plans to raise approximately HK$6.8 billion (assuming full exercise of the greenshoe option). The offering attracted 413.6 times oversubscription in the public tranche and over HK$100 bi