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According to PANews, on July 23, Baton Corporation, the developer behind Pump.fun, announced it is recruiting a growth marketing head. The position offers an annual base salary of $400,000 to $1 million plus incentives, and requires full-time on-site work. The team seeks candidates with experience managing million-dollar advertising budgets and scaling consumer apps through digital marketing and user-generated content strategies.

According to Sands China's second quarter earnings report, adjusted property EBITDA declined 24.03% year-over-year to $430 million, driven primarily by an unusually low win rate in VIP turnover gaming. Total net revenue fell 0.8% to $1.78 billion, while net income dropped 50% to $107 million. The company noted that reduced high-end customer visits during the World Cup period at its Macau and Singapore properties contributed to the impact, with effects becoming more pronounced in June.

Spot platinum fell 0.04% and spot palladium declined 0.08% at 8:30 a.m. Beijing time on July 23.

According to CCTV News, Iran's southern and southwestern regions came under missile attack early morning on July 23, with explosions reported. Impacts were recorded in Sirik County, Hormozgan Province; Ahvaz City, Khuzestan Province; and Bushehr County, Bushehr Province.

According to Samsung at Galaxy Unpacked 2026, the company announced on July 22 that Samsung Wallet will support stablecoins, positioning it as a core platform for digital value transfer. Samsung said it will become one of the first major mobile brands to natively support stablecoins on smartphones, enabling fast and secure digital asset transfers. The expanded Samsung Wallet will integrate payments, rewards, and digital assets into a unified financial ecosystem, moving beyond its current role as

White House crypto advisor Patrick Witt responded on the X platform to Democratic opposition to CLARITY Act's ethics clause, arguing that the two main objections lack logical foundation. Witt addressed two primary criticisms: first, that the ethics clause is meaningless without state attorney general enforcement, and second, that it should hold former President Trump accountable for prior crypto involvement. He contended that the first objection would render all existing federal ethics laws mean

According to Tushar Jain, managing partner at Multicoin Capital, the firm unstaked a large amount of HYPE yesterday but said the move was not intended for sale. The action came as on-chain analyst Yejin monitored a suspected Multicoin-linked address selling 607,000 HYPE worth $37 million. Jain explained that institutional fund flows face continuous on-chain tracking, forcing regular wallet rotations to maintain operational privacy. This underscores the importance of privacy infrastructure, drivi

According to The Information, Stripe generated $2 billion in revenue during the first quarter of 2026. The payment platform also achieved 52% free cash flow growth in 2025, reaching $3.2 billion.

According to Musk's disclosure, Micron Technology has recently supplied Tesla with large volumes of storage chips, addressing the automaker's demand for the increasingly scarce components. Musk noted that amid tight supply and elevated pricing, Micron's terms for the transaction were reasonable.

According to Yonhapinfomax, Samsung Electro-Mechanics (ticker: 009150) signed a supply contract worth approximately 300 billion Korean won for AI server multilayer ceramic capacitors (MLCC) with a global tech company on July 23. The one-year agreement runs from January 1 to December 31, 2027. Samsung Electro-Mechanics maintains a market share of over 40% in AI server MLCC globally, competing primarily with Japan's Murata in the sector.

According to Grayscale Research Head Zach Pandl, bitcoin may have already hit its bear market bottom on July 23. Pandl noted that bitcoin has matured into a macro asset, with its price now driven by macroeconomic factors such as real interest rates and economic growth rather than the four-year halving cycle. Historically, bitcoin bear markets have aligned with economic slowdowns and rising real rates. If the Federal Reserve stops hiking rates while maintaining economic strength, bitcoin's price

Gate News message, a mysterious whale acquired 27,000 ETH valued at $52.03 million through Galaxy Digital OTC four hours ago. This transaction marks the whale's return to activity after three months of dormancy.

Kambi declared on Wednesday that its artificial intelligence system completed end-to-end pricing, management, and settlement for all 104 World Cup matches without manual intervention. Turnkey sportsbook partners processed more than $1.14 billion in tournament stakes across the June-July event, recording an 18% trading margin and over 100 million bets. The company reported Q2 2026 revenue of $52.3 million, up 13.5% year over year, and raised its full-year adjusted EBITA guidance to $26.2 million–

According to Jin10 Futures, on July 23, crude oil prices surged amid escalating Middle East tensions and supply risks, with naphtha posting significant gains and PX prices extending their uptrend. Firmer feedstock costs provided underlying support for PX pricing throughout the session.

According to Iranian officials, the U.S. military conducted a missile strike on the Shalamcheh border crossing between Iran and Iraq on July 23. The strike resulted in two deaths.

According to BlockBeats, IBM reported second-quarter earnings on July 23, with revenue reaching $17.2 billion and growing just 1% year-over-year, falling short of expectations. Adjusted earnings per share came in at $2.93, also below consensus. The company cut its full-year revenue growth guidance from "over 5%" to "4% to 5%." Mainframe systems revenue plummeted 42% year-over-year, dragging infrastructure services down 7%. Software offerings provided a bright spot, with revenue up 5% compared to

According to BlockBeats, today (July 23), SpaceX AI plans to build at least one gigawatt-scale AI data center in Texas, with a scale matching or exceeding the Memphis facility. The company's Q1 AI capital expenditure reached $7.7 billion, tripling year-over-year as it expands computing capacity.

According to CNBC, AMD announced on July 22 a partnership with Anthropic involving an investment of up to $5 billion and the deployment of up to 2 gigawatts of MI450 Series graphics processing units in AMD Helios rack-scale systems. The first gigawatt is expected to arrive in the first half of 2027.

According to Workday, on July 22, Workday Learning, powered by Sana, became globally available to Workday Human Capital Management customers. The product offers AI-assisted course creation, natural-language question-and-answer support, and personalized training recommendations based on employee data. The rollout follows Workday's acquisition of Sweden-based AI learning company Sana in September 2025.

According to BlockBeats, U.S.-Iran tensions escalated on July 23, with the two sides exchanging sharp rhetoric over military red lines. U.S. equity markets declined moderately: the S&P 500 fell 0.1%, the Nasdaq dropped 0.57%, while the Dow was roughly flat. WTI crude oil futures surged nearly 3% to reach a six-week high, according to Bitget market data.