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According to IRIB, explosion sounds were reported in Iran's Abadan region today (July 19). The Iranian state media did not immediately provide additional details on the incident.

According to Iran's military, the country's air defense forces shot down a Loitering-type reconnaissance drone in the southern region on July 19.

According to Jin10 data, a Mali military convoy was ambushed on July 18 in northern Mali by extremist and separatist armed groups while traveling from Anefis to Gao, killing over 50 service members. The military described the attack as an assault by "terrorist armed gangs."

During the 2026 FIFA World Cup, prediction markets surged to account for 27% of sports betting activity, significantly outpacing traditional sports betting operators. Kalshi, the largest participant, repeatedly broke its own trading records during the tournament, with trading volume more than doubling the previous peak set one week before the event began and reaching roughly 10 times the levels seen at many points earlier this year.

According to Coinglass data via ChainCatcher, the crypto market saw $83.95 million in liquidations over the past 24 hours, with long positions accounting for $26.71 million and short positions $57.24 million. A total of 50,348 traders were liquidated during the period. The largest single liquidation order occurred on Binance's ETH USD perpetual contract, worth $1.764 million.

According to reports, South Korea's Financial Supervisory Service sent an inspection opinion letter to Dunamu, operator of crypto exchange Upbit, over a $36 million hack that occurred in November 2025, formally initiating the sanctions process. The letter gives Dunamu an opportunity to respond to inspection findings before the regulator issues proposed penalties or corrective measures. The hack occurred at 4:42 a.m. Korea Standard Time on November 27 and lasted approximately 54 minutes. Upbit di

According to Odaily, Kraken launched dollar-settled BTC and ETH options on Kraken Pro today, initially available through request-for-quote (RFQ) trading, with European markets coming later. The exchange plans to expand the offering through order books, broader geographic coverage, and additional assets.

According to PPP prediction market tool, DK's probability of defeating KC in the League of Legends EWC final on July 19 stands at 68%. The BO5 match will take place in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, with the winner claiming the EWC championship title.

According to HyperliquidNews monitoring, CoinMarketMan Hypertracker has added a perpetual contract page for CXMT (Changxin Memory Technologies), displaying the associated address 0x9a80...3CF2.

David Sacks, chair of the U.S. President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, recently criticized OpenAI strategist Dean W. Ball for suggesting the U.S. government deliberately create regulatory uncertainty to discourage adoption of models like Kimi K3 from Moon-focused competitors. Sacks stated: "Weaponizing regulatory uncertainty as a competitive tool is completely unacceptable. Regulatory decisions must be grounded in facts, logic, and evidence, not designed to create fear and unc

According to Peru's National Institute of Civil Defense (Indeci), a 5.1-magnitude earthquake struck the Junin region in central Peru on Saturday, killing 4 people and injuring 20 others.

According to Iran, recent U.S. strikes have killed over 50 people and wounded 517, the country said in a statement.

According to recent remarks, U.S. Energy Secretary Wright stated that the United States will ensure oil shipments through the Strait of Hormuz regardless of Iranian assistance. The seven-day rolling average of oil flow through the strategic waterway currently stands below 7 million barrels per day.

According to PANews, event prediction platform Kalshi added 3 million users during the World Cup period as of July 19.

According to Hyperliquid News, a whale wallet has closed the majority of its $3.8 million short position in SOLANA (solana:5u8PrRBuWvVLEJrjNRNSinhH3Rsxmtx1hjUynTZP pump), realizing profits of $197,800. The wallet has reduced its remaining short position to approximately $300,000 (44,168 tokens). Meanwhile, the wallet has deposited $30 million to HyperCore and currently holds a $3.25 million long position with an unrealized loss of $123,000.

According to the Korea Exchange and Koscom Check, foreign investors net-sold 12.1 trillion won on the KOSPI and 338.1 billion won on the KOSDAQ during July 1-16. Meanwhile, they net-bought approximately 600 billion won of exchange-traded funds during the same period.

According to Beating, a third-party Claude Code Skill named i-have-adhd is gaining traction in the developer community with 10 rules designed to make Claude responses more direct and actionable. The rules include: (1) provide action on the first line, (2) use numbering for multi-step tasks, (3) state current progress each round, (4) give specific times and quantities, (5) limit lists to 5 items maximum, (6) retain only necessary information, (7) suppress tangents proactively, (8) clearly state n

According to Trump's financial disclosures filed with the U.S. Office of Government Ethics, the president earned over $1.4 billion from crypto projects last year, including World Liberty Financial and Trump meme coin. Reuters analysis of his holdings over the past two years shows that as crypto-generated funds flowed in, his stock and bond investment portfolio at least tripled in size, reaching $703 million to $2.6 billion by end-2025, compared with $225 million to $608 million at end-2024.

According to the Korea Exchange, single-stock leveraged ETFs posted a 130% average daily turnover on July 19, significantly exceeding the overall ETF market average. Some products experienced up to 25 trading hand-offs in a single day, with analysts noting that such frequent ultra-short-term trading is amplifying market volatility. Sixteen leveraged and inverse-leveraged products tracking Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix are currently listed.

U.S. federal regulators missed yesterday's (July 18) statutory deadline for completing rulemaking on the GENIUS Act's federal stablecoin framework, leaving multiple core rule packages unfinished less than six months before the law's scheduled Jan. 18, 2027 effective date. The Treasury Department, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, National Credit Union Administration, Federal Reserve, and FinCEN still have pending proposals covering licensing, reser