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According to CCTV, Israeli forces struck a residential building in western Gaza City on July 18, killing 5 Palestinians and wounding multiple others. From dawn to evening that day, Israeli airstrikes across Gaza resulted in 9 deaths, including 3 children. Israel has not yet responded to the reports.

According to Iran's Foreign Ministry, on July 18, Article 5 of the Iran-U.S. memorandum of understanding does not permit the United States to establish an independent parallel shipping lane in the Strait of Hormuz. The MOU is based on mutual commitments between the two nations; Iran will uphold its obligations as long as the U.S. fulfills its own commitments.

According to Bitcoin.com's report, ahead of Sunday's World Cup final (July 19) at MetLife Stadium, prediction markets Polymarket and Kalshi show Spain heavily favored at 59% odds. Polymarket's World Cup winner market has drawn $4.28 billion in total volume, with Spain priced at 59 cents per share and Argentina at 40 cents. Kalshi's separate Spain versus Argentina market pulled in $1.29 billion, pricing Spain at 59% and Argentina at 41.6%. On the Golden Boot market for tournament top scorer, Lion

According to Iranian state media MEHR, Iran's southern Homozgan Province came under three rounds of U.S. airstrikes on Saturday.

According to the U.S. Storm Prediction Center, over 900 active wildfires in Canada are pushing smoke into the U.S. Northeast and Midwest this weekend, with air quality expected to deteriorate throughout the region. Smoke bands driven by northwest winds are entering the Midwest and upper Great Lakes area, with poor air quality conditions forecast to persist through the weekend. The center has issued a Level 3 (highest Level 5) severe convective weather warning for the Ohio River Valley, Northeast

According to Zoox, the Amazon-owned autonomous vehicle company voluntarily recalled 105 robotaxis on July 8 after notifying the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) of a software defect that prevented vehicles from detecting smoke. The recall followed an incident in June when an empty Zoox vehicle drove into an active fire rescue scene in Las Vegas surrounded by heavy smoke. Zoox stated the company only discovered the issue after the Las Vegas event. The recall comes after

According to Lookonchain, a trader sold 800 billion BONK tokens worth approximately $2.48 million today (July 18). The trader, who previously extracted 4.426 trillion BONK from the treasury in early July, still holds 2.4 trillion BONK tokens worth $6.94 million. BONK has declined 40% since the July 6 event.

Gate News message, blockchain tokens that conducted their Token Generation Events (TGE) since January 2024 have experienced widespread price declines. Projects that raised substantial funding rounds include $0G with $359M, $STRK with $252M, and $BERA with $142M. These tokens have lost up to 99.8% of their price since their respective TGEs.

According to Rep. Bryan Steil on Fox News, the CLARITY Act is on track to pass the Senate next week. Steil, chair of the House Administration Committee and head of the Digital Assets, Financial Technology and Artificial Intelligence Subcommittee within the House Financial Services Committee, emphasized the importance of establishing regulatory standards for digital assets.

According to Marisks CEO Dimitris Maniatis, speaking at a Lloyd's List Intelligence briefing, shipping companies are facing the 'worst-case scenario' in the Strait of Hormuz amid escalating Iranian attacks on vessels. Maniatis noted that crew anxiety levels have reached unprecedented heights, with fewer ships transiting the waterway. 'Now, regardless of what we promise them, they refuse to go through the strait. This is no longer about money or any higher mission. It is pure fear driving decisio

According to Binance official announcement on July 18, Binance Wallet's Meme Rush feature now supports filtering functionalities for multiple Launchpad projects on Robinhood Chain, including Virtuals Protocol, Flap, and Bankr. Users can now track tokens across BSC, Solana, Ethereum, Base, and Robinhood Chain simultaneously through Meme Rush in a unified feed.

According to China's Foreign Ministry website, Foreign Minister Wang Yi met with Indonesia's Coordinating Minister for the Economy Airlangga in Shanghai on July 18. Wang praised Airlangga for reaffirming Indonesia's welcome of Chinese enterprises investing in Indonesia and called for the provision of a fair and just business environment. The two sides pledged to deepen cooperation across various fields and jointly oppose "decoupling" while safeguarding global supply chain stability.

According to CoinDesk, traders placed a large bull call spread bet on Deribit this week, buying 20,000 Bitcoin call options expiring July 31 at a $70,000 strike while simultaneously selling 20,000 calls at a $72,000 strike. The combined 40,000 contracts represent approximately $2.5 billion in notional value and signal expectations for a modest Bitcoin price increase toward the $70,000–$72,000 range. Deribit Chief Commercial Officer Jean-David Péquignot noted multiple large bull call spreads obse

According to Iran's Fars News, an Iranian security official recently warned that the airports in Dubai and Abu Dhabi, as well as Fujairah and Jebel Ali ports, should prepare for evacuation if the United States launches attacks on Iranian infrastructure.

According to the U.S. National Weather Service forecast meteorologist Brian Hurley, heavy rainfall expected on Sunday is forecast to significantly improve air quality in New York and Washington, D.C., ahead of the World Cup Final. The air quality concerns for Sunday's match should be "substantially better, though not completely gone," Hurley stated. The region's air quality has deteriorated due to uncontrolled wildfires in Canada. In coming weeks, smoke may continue to drift between the Midwest,

According to German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, conservative politician Jens Spahn announced his resignation following pressure over his use of surrogacy to have a child in the United States. Spahn had previously opposed efforts to legalize surrogacy in Germany. Merz stated that credibility is "the most important asset in politics" and characterized Spahn's decision as "correct and inevitable."

According to Tom Lee, in the past month capital has shifted toward downstream AI assets as artificial intelligence-related chip stocks adjust, with Ethereum (ETH) outperforming DRAM-related indices by 55 percentage points. Targeted assets include ETHA, an Ethereum ETF, alongside semiconductor and memory-related funds.

According to CoinDesk, a Broadridge survey of 200 North American financial institutions released on July 18 shows that 84% of firms list tokenization as a strategic priority. The survey also found that 68% of respondents expect tokenization to partially reshape financial markets within three to five years.

According to The Block, Uniswap governance is set to vote on activating protocol fees for v4 pools and extending fee collection to Robinhood Chain, with onchain voting opening Sunday through July 26. Uniswap founder Hayden Adams stated that "we expect the impact on UNI burn to be substantial." The v4 proposal would activate fees across seven chains including Ethereum, Arbitrum, Base, and Robinhood Chain. Robinhood Chain deployments have reached $6 billion in cumulative swap volume as of July 10,