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According to the Panama Canal Authority, on Tuesday, a vessel paid $3.7 million in an auction to secure faster passage through the canal. The authority said the result reflected "demand for canal transit capacity at specific time windows." The authority declined to disclose the vessel's name or other transaction details. A previous record high was set in April when a liquefied petroleum gas carrier paid $4 million for similar priority booking.

On Tuesday, July 28, spot gold fell 1.17% to $4,028.70 per ounce during New York afternoon trading, trading between $4,083.01 and $4,011.82 throughout the session. COMEX gold futures declined 1.11% to $4,090.40 per ounce. Spot silver fell 2.12% to $57.1299 per ounce, while platinum and palladium also declined 1.12% and 2.16% respectively.

According to market sources, Nvidia's first GB300 AI GPU wafers using the Blackwell architecture recently completed wafer production at TSMC's Arizona Fab 21 facility using a 4-nanometer process. This marks the first batch of GB300 AI chips manufactured on U.S. soil, demonstrating America's capability to produce advanced AI GPUs. However, the wafers remain at the fabrication stage. Since the U.S. lacks advanced CoWoS (Chip-on-Wafer-on-Substrate) packaging capacity, the wafers must be airshipped

According to Anthropic on July 28, its Claude Mythos Preview model discovered previously unknown attacks on HAWK, a post-quantum digital signature scheme competing for U.S. federal standard status. The breakthrough reduced the cost of stealing HAWK's smallest key from 2^64 operations to 2^38—roughly 67 million times less computational work. Claude also accelerated attacks on a 7-round version of AES by 200 to 800 times, surpassing the previous record set by cryptographers in 2013. Each discovery

According to Yonhapinfomax, on July 28, South Korean President Lee Jae-myung and Brazilian officials held a business roundtable in São Paulo, signing seven cooperation memoranda covering advanced industries including artificial intelligence, semiconductors, automobiles, shipbuilding, and batteries. The collaboration framework extends to critical mineral supply chains—from exploration and mining through refining and recycling—as well as joint development of next-generation commercial aircraft and

According to the Conference Board, on July 28, the U.S. labor market differential index fell to 3.1 percentage points in July, marking its lowest level since February 2021. The index, which measures the gap between respondents saying jobs are plentiful and those reporting difficulty finding employment, has declined for three consecutive months. The share of consumers finding jobs plentiful dropped to 24.6%, while 21.5% reported jobs are hard to find. Economists note the softening reflects mounti

According to Bitcoin Treasuries.NET, SharpLink SBET received 420 ETH in staking rewards this week and currently holds a total of 888,521 ETH, making it the second-largest ETH treasury company globally.

According to the American Petroleum Institute (API), U.S. heating oil inventories fell by 125,000 barrels for the week ending July 24, compared to a previous week build of 495,000 barrels.

According to API, U.S. gasoline imports surged to 297,000 barrels per day for the week ending July 24, compared to 43,000 bpd in the prior week.

According to the American Petroleum Institute (API), U.S. crude oil inventories at Cushing fell 273,000 barrels for the week through July 24, compared with a decrease of 737,000 barrels in the prior week.

According to API data, U.S. refining crude oil inventories for the week ending July 24 fell to 355,000 barrels, significantly below the forecasted 648,000 barrels and the prior week's 1.759 million barrels.

According to API data, U.S. gasoline inventories reached 918,000 barrels for the week ending July 24, beating expectations of a 1.204 million barrel decline.

According to Yonhapnews, on July 28, South Korea's President Lee Jae-myung emphasized three concrete cooperation areas with Brazil during a business roundtable in São Paulo. The president highlighted next-generation commercial aircraft development, critical mineral supply chain collaboration, and K-beauty as priority sectors. Lee noted that combining South Korea's advanced manufacturing capabilities with Brazil's abundant resources—including lithium, nickel, and iron ore—could position both nati

According to the API, U.S. crude oil inventories fell 3.296 million barrels for the week ended July 24, significantly exceeding the expected decline of 1.35 million barrels and reversing the prior week's increase of 2.603 million barrels.

According to TheStreet, 1inch announced the full public launch of Aqua on July 28, a self-custodial shared liquidity layer that allows providers to use the same wallet balance across multiple positions without locking assets in a pool. Aqua goes live on 13 EVM chains including Ethereum, Arbitrum, Base, BNB Chain and Robinhood Chain. To incentivize participation, the 1inch Foundation committed 10 million 1INCH tokens in provider rewards, with an additional 500,000 USDC from the 1inch DAO. The pro

The Nasdaq Golden Dragon China Index closed up 1.08% at 6,325.46 on July 28. Among major Chinese tech stocks, Li Auto gained 4.9%, Atour gained 4.5%, Netease rose 3%, Xiaomi advanced 2.3%, New Oriental gained 1.7%, and Pinduoduo and Tencent each rose 1%. Alibaba added 0.3%, while Baidu and ASMedia declined 0.3% and 7% respectively.

On July 24, three cryptocurrency investors filed a federal lawsuit against Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL) in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, alleging they collectively lost $1.8 million in Bitcoin through a counterfeit wallet app listed on the App Store. The fake app impersonated Sparrow Wallet, a legitimate Bitcoin wallet available only on Windows, macOS, and Linux. Users were tricked into entering their recovery phrases, which the scammers used to transfer Bitcoin to wal

On Tuesday (July 28), U.S. sector ETFs posted mixed results. Global airline ETF rose 2.87%, healthcare ETF gained 2.38%, and internet stocks ETF advanced 1.59%. Meanwhile, semiconductor ETF fell 3.45%, global tech ETF declined 2.08%, and technology ETF dropped 1.84%. Energy ETF lost 1.35%.

According to Farside Investors, US spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded net outflows of $11.6 million on July 27, marking the third consecutive day of capital exodus. BlackRock's IBIT fund led outflows with $8.8 million, followed by Fidelity's FBTC with $2.8 million. The outflow rate has begun to slow. In contrast, Ethereum ETFs experienced net inflows of $11.7 million on the same day, reversing previous outflow trends. BlackRock's ETHA fund accounted for the entire inflow. Spot Solana ETFs also recorded

According to Google Research, a new study released last week analyzing 15 million anonymized Gemini interactions found that AI use remains shallow and collaborative, with no evidence to support claims of massive workplace automation or white-collar job displacement. The AI & Economy ATLAS research examined interactions across Gemini App, Google AI Mode, and the Gemini API, concluding that end-to-end task automation remains limited in scope. While white-collar workers in computers, finance, and a