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According to Whale Alert, on July 25, 4,690 BTC were transferred from an unknown wallet to OKX, valued at approximately $300.6 million.

Science Corp. announced this week that its PRIMA retinal implant has received CE certification from the European Union, clearing the device for sale in 30 European countries. The approval makes PRIMA the first brain-computer interface medical device globally to obtain CE certification. According to clinical trial data published in The New England Journal of Medicine, 84% of 38 patients implanted with PRIMA successfully restored functional central vision, enabling them to recognize letters, numbe

According to Foresight News, custodial platform Ceffu has transferred 797,917 DEXE tokens to Binance since July 13, split across six transactions valued at approximately $6.15 million, making it the largest entity transferring the token outside exchanges. DEXE reached an all-time high of $49.432 on July 12 before declining; on July 21 alone, the token fell 88%.

According to Foresight News, stablecoin payment infrastructure Triple-A's hot wallet was attacked today, with over $9.3 million in funds stolen, converted, and bridged to Ethereum, as monitored by Specter.

According to The Block, payment company Wise plans to resubmit its U.S. national trust bank charter application under the GENIUS Act stablecoin regulatory framework. The U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) previously rejected Wise's original application, citing incompatibility with the Federal Reserve's new policy on payment system Master Account access, as stated in an OCC letter on July 21.

According to Foresight News, Cathie Wood's Ark Invest increased its stake in BitMine by 5,264 shares (approximately $83,000) yesterday (July 24).

According to the Wall Street Journal, Robinhood is discussing a potential partnership with Crypto.com to integrate the latter's prediction market services into Robinhood's platform. If the collaboration is finalized, Crypto.com's prediction market will be accessible to Robinhood users, allowing them to participate in prediction trading directly through Robinhood.

According to Foresight News, Futu Neo launched BNB order book trading services for qualified professional investors in Hong Kong.

According to Zhang Zhixin, deputy governor of the People's Bank of China Jiangsu branch, digital yuan transactions in Jiangsu added 7 trillion yuan in the first half of 2026, up 215% year-over-year, accounting for over 80% of China's total transaction volume. Cross-border digital yuan transactions reached 70.3 billion yuan, nearly triple the full-year 2025 total. The province reported 81.32 million digital yuan wallets and 12.31 million monthly active wallets.

According to Artificial Analysis' latest benchmark, Claude Opus 5 achieved a score of 61 on the intelligence index, narrowly leading Fable 5's 60-point score. GPT-5.6 Sol scored 59, and Kimi K3 scored 57. Opus 5 averages $2.03 per task, 26% lower than Fable 5's $2.75. The model topped evaluations in GDPval-AA v2 and AA-Briefcase knowledge work tests, and ranked first on the programming Agent index when paired with Claude Code. It achieved 89% on Terminal-Bench v2.1, nearly matching GPT-5.6 Sol.

According to CCTV International, on July 24, Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi stated that Iran will not submit to U.S. threats or accept coercive demands while speaking at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization foreign ministers meeting in Kyrgyzstan. Araghchi said Iran remains committed to its principles and will continue pursuing its objectives to fulfill the Iranian people's legitimate demands. He also noted that Iran and the United States continue exchanging messages through intermediar

According to his Substack post on Friday, July 24, Michael Burry disclosed additional short positions in Micron Technology (MU) at $933.86 and Nvidia (NVDA) at $210.28, while also shorting Caterpillar (CAT) at $893.49 and adding to the iShares Semiconductor ETF (SOXX) at $535.83. On the long side, Burry purchased Flutter Entertainment (FLUT) at $100.72 and DraftKings (DKNG) at $23.07, describing the combined FLUT and DKNG position as one of his larger holdings. Burry maintains his existing short

According to Bloomberg, Qualcomm informed clients on Friday that it will increase component prices by double-digit percentages starting late September, citing unavoidable cost pressures across its global supply network. The San Diego-based semiconductor firm stated it has exhausted its ability to absorb escalating supplier costs and could not find sufficient alternative vendors. QCOM stock dropped about 2% on Friday and is on track to end its second consecutive week in the red. Analysts have a 1

U.S. stock indices ended mixed on Friday, concluding their second consecutive week lower as investors assessed big-tech earnings amid elevated oil prices and geopolitical tensions. The S&P 500 rose 0.1% to 7,411.98, while the Nasdaq 100 fell 1.2% to 28,128.34, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 0.5% to 51,947.25. The VanEck Semiconductor ETF declined 3.2%, dragged down by weakness in chipmakers including Nvidia and Broadcom. Brent crude futures rebounded to $96.78 per barrel following r

SpaceXAI announced on Friday the release of its Grok AI add-on for Google Workspace, enabling the conversational assistant across Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides through a single installation. In Sheets, Grok writes formulas, generates charts, and runs scenario models with automatic recalculation. In Docs, it transforms unformatted notes into structured documents with proper formatting. In Slides, it converts outlines into complete presentations using web and X data. The add-on is available free

According to Financial Times reporting, Uber Technologies (UBER) shares fell nearly 5% on Friday after Alphabet's Waymo signaled it may exit their robotaxi partnership when the current agreement expires in January 2028. Waymo has informed Uber of plans to launch its own independent robotaxi services in Austin and Atlanta, the company's key markets for autonomous vehicle operations. The partnership has deteriorated amid mounting competition, regulatory disagreements, and disputes over service qua

According to Apollo Global Management data cited by GSR Strategic Communications Head Frank Chaparro, U.S. IPO stocks have underperformed the broader market over the three years following their listing from 1980 to 2024. The underperformance became particularly pronounced between 2019 and 2024.

According to E-Daily on July 25, institutional investors are increasingly viewing multifamily housing as a defensive real estate asset amid persistent inflation concerns. The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage average in the U.S. reached 6.58%, the highest level in 11 months, driving more prospective buyers toward renting rather than purchasing homes. Higher borrowing costs strengthen demand for rental properties, supporting stable cash flows in multifamily assets. Additionally, rising construction cos

According to BlockBeats, AMD released fully open-source mixture-of-experts (MoE) model Instella-MoE on July 25, featuring 16 billion total parameters with 2.8 billion parameters activated per token. The foundational model achieved an average score of 76.7, ranking among the leading open-source language models and outperforming SmolLM3-3B and OLMo-3-7B. Trained on AMD Instinct MI300X and MI325X GPUs using the ROCm software stack, Instella-MoE supports 64K token context length. AMD is publicly rel

According to Kyobo Securities, on July 25, escalating U.S.-Iran tensions have put both the Strait of Hormuz and Red Sea shipping routes at risk of closure, as a ceasefire agreement (MOU) remains unimplemented. The brokerage warned that prolonged geopolitical blockades could push oil prices to as high as $160 per barrel within the third quarter, with Asian nations facing the greatest exposure to supply disruptions.