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According to Guru Club, Brent crude surged past $92 per barrel on July 22, with intraday gains of 1.8%. WTI crude rose to $85.68 per barrel, gaining 1.59% during the same session.

According to Iran's Mehr News Agency, the city of Abadan in Iran's Ilam Province came under attack today, with no reported casualties.

According to Zhitong Finance, Shanghai Zhizhi Industrial Co., Ltd.'s Hong Kong IPO prospectus expired on July 22, after the document reached its six-month validity period from the original filing date of January 22. China Securities International served as the sole sponsor.

According to Bitcoin Magazine, Coinbase Canada's Managing Director Eric Richmond announced today (July 22) that the platform is developing an all-in-one exchange offering cryptocurrency, tokenized stocks, and prediction market trading. The firm is collaborating with Canadian regulators to bring the service to market, leveraging blockchain technology to enable around-the-clock seamless trading across these asset classes.

Brent crude oil touched $90 per barrel intraday on July 22, marking its highest level since June 11, with gains of 0.73% on the day. WTI crude expanded its intraday gains to 1.00%, currently trading at $85.87 per barrel.

According to Bloomberg, Oklo and X-energy on July 22 joined a $200 million Trump administration nuclear initiative alongside Microsoft and Nvidia to accelerate power plant development for AI data centers, as announced at a US Department of Energy summit. The program allocates $60 million over three years to DOE national laboratories and institutions including the University of Texas at Austin. Both companies represent the advanced nuclear sector, with Oklo targeting its first Aurora reactor unit

According to Cointelegraph, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said today that legislators have entered the "final stretch" on the Clarity Act, urging Congress to pass the bill before its summer recess.

China's central bank conducted 76 billion yuan in 7-day reverse repurchase operations today. The bid volume and settlement amount both reached 76 billion yuan, with the operation rate held steady at 1.40% from the previous operation.

According to Jin10 data, China's central bank conducted 76 billion yuan in 7-day reverse repo operations on July 22, with 426.5 billion yuan in maturing repos, resulting in a net drain of 350.5 billion yuan from the market.

According to NVIDIA, on July 21, the Vera Rubin NVL72 platform entered production ramp-up, with supply chain coverage now spanning more than 350 factories across 30 countries and over 300 partners participating in deployment. The company disclosed that Vera CPU was delivered to OpenAI, Anthropic, and SpaceX in June. In production environment testing via DeepInfra, Vera CPU demonstrated up to 1.6x more parallel AI agents and 2.2x task orchestration speed. CoreWeave reported 10x improvement in tok

According to Digital Asset on July 22, blockchain asset tracking competition SCAN 2026 will launch as a side event of the KBW2026 with Upbit conference, with total prize pool of 2 BTC. The preliminary round runs online for 24 hours starting August 2, with the top 20 teams advancing to the final on September 28 in Seoul. The awards ceremony and main conference will be held October 1 at Walkerhill Hotel in Seoul. SCAN evaluates on-chain data analysis, transaction tracing, wallet pattern identifica

According to Lookonchain, an address sold 1,862.3 ETH at $1,923 per token for $3.58 million today, realizing a $1.42 million loss (-28%) over five months. The address had purchased the ETH in January at $2,685 per token.

According to Zhitong Caijing, Bonshun Pharma's Hong Kong IPO prospectus, filed on January 22, 2026, expired today (July 22). CITIC CLSA International is the sole sponsor. The biotech company focuses on oncology and autoimmune disease treatments.

Following South Korea's financial regulator announcement to tighten rules on single-stock leveraged ETFs, retail investors shifted to overseas index and sector-based 3x leveraged products exempt from the new restrictions. SOXL, tracking the semiconductor index at 3x leverage, surged to the top spot in net purchases of overseas stocks by individual investors after the announcement, while TQQQ, following the Nasdaq-100 index at 3x leverage, climbed to second place. Both ETFs had ranked outside the

According to PANews, on July 22, GemJoin and 42DAO on the Binance Smart Chain suffered approximately $900,000 in losses from a detected attack, according to monitoring by TenArmorAlert.

China's yuan mid-market fixing weakened to 6.7933 against the US dollar today (July 22), down 16 points from the previous trading day's fixing of 6.7917. The official closing rate on the previous day was 6.7668, while the offshore market closed at 6.7665.

On July 22, the interbank foreign exchange market set the yuan's central parity against the US dollar at 6.7933, up 16 basis points, indicating yuan depreciation. The euro fell to 7.7345 per yuan, down 73 basis points, while the British pound declined to 9.0744 per yuan, down 339 basis points. The Australian dollar rose to 4.7476 per yuan, up 8 basis points, and the Canadian dollar fell to 4.8066 per yuan, down 110 basis points. The Japanese yen weakened to 4.1592 per 100 yuan, down 171 basis po

According to J. Ayo Akinyele, RippleX's head of engineering, the XRP Ledger crossed 1 million agentic transactions on July 21. The milestone reflects growing adoption of AI agents capable of autonomously initiating blockchain transactions and paying for digital services without manual approval. Ripple's XRPL AI Starter Kit enables developers to connect AI agents to wallets and payment functions, supporting both XRP and RLUSD stablecoin. The toolkit integrates with x402, an open protocol for mach

According to China's Maritime Safety Administration, on July 22, the Lianyungang Maritime Bureau issued a navigational warning prohibiting all vessels from entering designated areas of the southern Yellow Sea during 10:00–13:00 local time for live-fire exercises.

According to Investing.com, ARK Invest reduced positions in Iridium Communications and CareDx on July 21 through its ARKQ and ARKX ETFs. The fund sold 114,861 Iridium shares (approximately $5.33 million) and 91,904 CareDx shares (approximately $3.53 million). Simultaneously, ARK expanded holdings in autonomous driving and AI-related companies, purchasing 163,163 PonyAI shares (approximately $1.09 million) via ARKQ, along with additional positions in Kodiak AI and WiRide. ARK also added to digita