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Dallas Federal Reserve President Lorie Logan, a 2026 FOMC voting member, will deliver remarks in approximately 10 minutes.

According to LSEG analyst estimates, Netflix is set to report second-quarter 2026 earnings on Thursday with estimated earnings per share of 79 cents and revenue of $12.59 billion. The company previously guided for 2026 advertising revenue to reach $3 billion, doubling its ad revenue year over year. Wall Street has closely monitored Netflix's progress with its cheaper, ad-supported tier as subscriber growth has slowed.

According to ChainCatcher, the U.S. Treasury Department today sanctioned 4 cryptocurrency wallets linked to Iran's central bank, prompting Tether to freeze $131 million in USDT. The action brings the total frozen amount to approximately $475 million.

According to ChainCatcher, U.S. spot Ethereum ETFs recorded inflows of $96 million in the first three trading days of this week, with BlackRock's fund capturing the majority of capital. The Robinhood Chain ecosystem's growing demand also supported Ethereum's performance.

Cyperchat announced on July 14 a strategic partnership with Anubis Chain, a Layer 1 blockchain network, to expand privacy-focused Web3 services by integrating zero-knowledge proof technology. According to the announcement on X, the collaboration combines Cyperchat's social platform—which offers anonymous networking, cryptocurrency wallets, and decentralized app access—with Anubis Chain's PLONK zero-knowledge blockchain infrastructure. Cyperchat currently serves approximately 150,000 users and br

According to The Information, a16z announced investment in Runta, an AI Agent safety startup, on July 17, with the specific investment amount not disclosed. The company is developing "AI Agent guardianship" infrastructure to help enterprises manage AI Agent permissions, security risks, and behavioral boundaries, preventing autonomous AI systems from causing data leaks, operational errors, or financial losses during task execution. Runta founder Guanlan Dai previously worked on Cloudflare's techn

According to Yonhapinfomax, SK Hynix ADR plunged 7.94% to $162.45 on July 16, marking its second consecutive day of sharp decline after dropping 9.00% on July 15. The stock has fallen below its initial listing price of $170 on July 10. The Philadelphia Semiconductor Index declined over 3%, with major chip stocks including Nvidia (down 2.52%), Micron Technology (down 6.26%), Broadcom (down 3.34%), TSMC (down 2.23%), and AMD (down 4.50%) all losing ground. Concerns over artificial intelligence inv

According to Mehran News Agency, Yemeni military officials stated that Israel is assisting Saudi Arabia in intercepting Yemen's retaliatory attacks.

On July 13, Ripple CTO Emeritus David Schwartz disputed former SEC official Marc Fagel's claim that the SEC's case targeted only Ripple's sales practices, not XRP itself. According to Schwartz, the SEC applied a broader Howey theory treating XRP holders as partners in a shared venture expecting profits from Ripple's efforts, thereby effectively treating XRP as a security despite conceding it is not a security per se. Schwartz cited the SEC's complaint and press statements, which repeatedly refer

According to Freddie Mac, U.S. 30-year fixed mortgage rates averaged 6.55% for the week of July 16, marking the highest level since August 28, 2025. The rate increased from 6.49% in the previous week.

According to Freddie Mac, the average 30-year mortgage rate in the U.S. reached 6.55% last week, the highest level since August 2025, up from the previous week's 6.49%.

According to ChainCatcher, Cumberland's Singapore subsidiary Cumberland SG Pte. Ltd. has received a Major Payment Institution (MPI) license from Singapore's Monetary Authority (MAS). The license permits the company to provide digital payment token services and cross-border remittance services.

On July 16, Ondo Finance launched tokenized stocks backed by DTC Tokenized Entitlements, and the ONDO token surged past $0.38. The first two assets using this model are Circle's publicly listed stock (CRCL) and the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY), represented onchain as CRCLon and SPYon. Both tokens are fully backed by their underlying securities and can be traded across exchanges, wallets, and DeFi platforms in Ondo's partner network.

According to CoinMarketCap, Ondo (ONDO) led today's gains among the top 100 cryptocurrencies by market cap, rising 15.71% to $0.3858. Other top gainers included Pyth Network (PYTH) up 8.77% to $0.05144, Virtuals Protocol (VIRTUAL) up 7.26% to $0.6543, Mantle (MNT) up 5.21% to $0.4516, and Pump.fun (PUMP) up 3.20% to $0.001714.

According to BlockBeats, on July 17, Trasia Labs announced it raised $35 million in funding, including $1.75 million seed round led by Multicoin Capital. Trasia is the development team behind an Asia-first, non-custodial perpetual futures trading platform built on Hyperliquid. The funding will accelerate web and mobile app rollouts, user growth, and launch the first HIP-3 markets focused on Asian equity assets. The web trading interface has launched with Chinese and English support.

According to Apollo Global Management's chief economist Torsten Slok, in 2026, the traditional 60/40 portfolio allocation—60% stocks for returns and 40% bonds for stability—has been replaced by an AI vs. non-AI split. The S&P 500's top ten holdings now account for approximately 40% of the index, with nine of the ten companies heavily AI-related, including Nvidia (7.5%), Apple (6.8%), Alphabet (6.4%), Microsoft (4.2%), Amazon (3.9%), Broadcom (2.8%), Meta (2.5%), Tesla (2.3%), and Micron (1.6%).

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is investigating a Trump administration official allegedly responsible for teleprompter operations over suspected insider trading on prediction market platform Kalshi. The individual allegedly used advance knowledge of presidential statements to bet on whether specific announcements would be made or contain certain phrases. CFTC is examining whether the trades violated regulations prohibiting non-public information use in prediction market con

According to Yonhap Infomax, on July 16 at 9:13 p.m. ET, the U.S. 10-year Treasury yield rose 4 basis points to 4.586%, while the 2-year yield climbed 4 basis points to 4.170%. The 30-year yield increased 3.3 basis points to 5.116%. The rally in yields was driven by heightened inflation concerns after Iran instructed Yemen's Houthi militants to blockade the Red Sea if the U.S. strikes Iranian power facilities. WTI crude oil futures for August delivery climbed 0.7%, amplifying bond market selloff

According to BlockBeats, storage chip sector stocks fell broadly on July 16 based on BIT(bit.com) market data. SanDisk led losses with a decline of nearly 11%, while SK Hynix and Western Digital each dropped about 9%. Seagate Technology fell over 8% and Micron Technology declined over 6%.

According to ChainCatcher, Ethena officially launched on the Monad blockchain. USDe and sUSDe are now available across the Monad ecosystem, including integration with Monad's Aave instance, enabling Ethena users to access stablecoin liquidity at scale. Parallelized EVM USDe has also gone live.