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According to TASS, Russia announced its readiness to assist Mozambique in combating terrorist threats. The statement represents a new security cooperation initiative between the two nations addressing regional counter-terrorism challenges.

According to Foresight News, Monad launched Agent Hub, an aggregation platform for AI Agents on its ecosystem. The platform enables users to deploy AI agents with one click, interact with the Monad ecosystem using DApp Skills, and participate in activities designed for AI agents.

According to Foresight News, Bitcoin asset management firm Strategy announced it will release its Q2 2026 financial results after the U.S. market close on July 30 (4 a.m. Beijing time, July 31). The company will also host an online video conference at 5 p.m. ET that day (5 a.m. Beijing time) to discuss the quarterly earnings.

According to Bitget market data, ARB surged to $0.087 in the past 24 hours, recording a gain of 13.43%. The price movement coincides with Robinhood Chain, a Layer 2 network built on Arbitrum Orbit technology, going live on mainnet on July 1. The network, which focuses on tokenized stocks and real-world assets (RWA), accumulated over $100 million in total value locked within one week of launch, processing approximately 4 million transactions. Under Arbitrum's expansion plan, Layer 2 networks buil

According to SEC Form 4 filings, Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev and CLO Daniel Gallagher sold shares on July 6 following a 35% stock rally over the past month. Tenev sold 375,000 shares at weighted average prices between $112.22 and $118.14, totaling approximately $43.6 million. Gallagher sold 10,000 Class A shares across seven transactions at weighted average prices ranging from $112.06 to $118.45 per share. Both executives executed the sales under Rule 10b5-1 trading plans adopted in 2025, which all

According to ChainCatcher, Raydium listed MORPHO, an on-chain credit protocol token, on Solana today. MORPHO has been integrated into the Solana ecosystem through Sunrise and is now available for trading on Raydium, enabling users to participate in liquidity and trading activities.

According to Coinglass data, 200 million USDT were transferred from an unknown wallet into Binance on July 9 at 22:12 UTC.

Sam Altman disputed reports claiming OpenAI proposed selling a 5% stake to the U.S. government on July 9, stating there are "many inaccuracies" in media coverage. The Financial Times reported on July 2 that OpenAI had discussed the stake transfer, and that other U.S. AI companies would similarly offer comparable equity stakes.

According to EIA, the U.S. natural gas inventory data for the week ending July 3 will be released shortly.

According to Lookonchain, a whale address opened a 20x leveraged long position of $50.3 million on the Nasdaq-100 synthetic asset XYZ100 in the past 5 hours, with a contract size of 1,694 units. The address currently holds approximately $19.16 million in pending limit buy orders, indicating continued bullish sentiment on the Nasdaq-100 index.

According to Guru Club, on July 9, OpenAI founder Sam Altman said the timing of a potential 2026 public listing remains "unclear" when asked about the company's IPO plans.

According to the Federal Reserve's June 16-17 FOMC meeting minutes released this week, Committee members remained united on maintaining the current federal funds rate but expressed concerns about how the Iran conflict, tariffs, and AI investment could sustain elevated inflation. While most participants saw inflation declining over the next 18 months, the group disagreed on the appropriate policy path: many assessed that rates should remain at current levels or move slightly lower by year-end, wh

According to Zijin Mining's official statement, the company projected net profit attributable to shareholders of approximately $1.4 billion for the six months ending June 30, 2026, compared to $520 million in the prior-year period, representing a year-over-year increase of 169%. The profit growth was driven by increased gold output of approximately 27 tons (versus 19 tons in H1 2025) and higher gold prices during the period. Additionally, two acquired gold mining operations—Akuem Mine in Ghana a

According to Yonhap Infomax, the USD/KRW exchange rate rose 7.60 won to 1,513.30 won on July 9, trading in early 1,510s in New York. At 9:03 p.m., the pair had climbed 14.80 won from the previous day's close. The currency pair intraday dipped to 1,496.80 won amid foreign investor buying of Korean equities, yen strength, and dovish interpretations of the June FOMC minutes. However, bargain buying following the sharp decline and escalating U.S.-Iran military tensions supported renewed won weakness

According to Goldman Sachs, the firm won deals Thursday to manage $70 billion in combined retirement assets for Verizon Communications and Lockheed Martin. The mandates include approximately $30 billion in pension assets for both companies and $40 billion in Verizon's defined-contribution retirement plan (401k) assets.

On July 9, the Israeli military destroyed two underground tunnels in Majdal Zoun, a town in southern Lebanon, according to an official statement. The tunnels had a combined length of approximately 200 meters.

According to CNBC, Meta released Muse Spark 1.1, its latest artificial intelligence model for coding and agentic tasks, on Thursday, as AI chief Alexandr Wang said it represents the company's "strongest model for agentic and coding work yet." The model is now available via public API preview through a developer portal, with new accounts receiving $20 in free credits. Meta will charge $1.25 per million input tokens and $4.25 per million output tokens, which Wang characterized as "very aggressive

According to BlockBeats, on July 9, Meta launched Muse Spark 1.1, its first paid AI developer model featuring agentic and coding capabilities. The model's performance matches GPT-5.5 and Opus-4.8 in multiple agentic benchmarks. The model is now available via Meta's API and AI platform, with pricing planned below competitors' rates.

According to its announcement, Rnac Lanqing (00666) expects H1 2026 revenue (ended June 30) of approximately 14.5 billion to 15.2 billion yuan, a 52.8% to 60.1% increase from 9.491 billion yuan in the prior-year period. Net profit for the period is projected at 700 million to 850 million yuan, compared with a net loss of approximately 63 million yuan a year earlier. The company attributed the turnaround to higher battery product shipments and improved margins driven by economies of scale and ong

According to an announcement on July 9, Dongue Group (00189) issued profit guidance for the six months ending June 30, 2026, forecasting consolidated net profit attributable to equity holders will grow more than 31% compared to the same period last year. The company attributed the growth primarily to higher prices of multiple products versus the prior-year period.