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According to Huobi HTX's official announcement, the exchange will host a privacy coin debate tonight at 8 PM under the theme "Privacy vs. Regulation: Will Privacy Coins Be Eliminated or Experience a Breakthrough?" Multiple industry figures will participate, with speakers addressing privacy coin adoption, regulatory pressure, technological value, and market demand.

According to an official announcement, Baidu Apollo Go has received Hong Kong's first license for fully driverless vehicle testing from the Transport Department and will begin trial operations on Airport Island on July 27. This marks Hong Kong's first public road test of Level 4 autonomous driving without a safety driver, and the first fully autonomous driving trial in any right-hand-drive market globally. Apollo Go has accumulated over 240,000 kilometers of safe driving across multiple Hong Kon

According to KB Securities' official filing on July 23, the South Korean securities firm recorded operating profit of 1.0537 trillion won for the first half of 2026, the highest on a half-yearly basis. Net profit reached 801 billion won, with operating profit and net profit increasing 138.05% and 133.96% respectively compared to the same period last year. The strong performance was driven by favorable domestic equity market conditions and balanced growth across all business divisions, including

According to Beating, developers have discovered that OpenAI's ChatGPT Work agent—designed to handle files and execute tasks over several hours—runs a Linux cloud environment that can be remotely accessed. Pro users gain access to a cloud setup with 9 CPU cores, approximately 21GB of memory, and 63GB of disk space, allowing direct file editing and software installation via terminal, VS Code, and Cursor. However, the environment is not a permanently allocated server. OpenAI has not disclosed sess

According to the Supreme People's Procuratorate, since September 2025, the Supreme People's Procuratorate and the State Administration of Taxation have jointly conducted a special supervision campaign targeting fuel retail enterprises. As of June 15, 2026, 1,881 public interest litigation cases related to fuel tax compliance were filed, recovering a total of 48.47 billion yuan in taxes and late fees.

According to Jordan News Agency, Jordanian military intercepted four Iranian missiles and six drones today (July 23).

According to Grayscale's latest analysis, Bitcoin's bear market could extend until September or October 2026 based on its historical four-year cycle patterns. The asset manager noted that BTC has historically reached a major low approximately 12 months after forming a cycle peak; with Bitcoin reaching above $124,000 in October 2025, the comparable timeframe would place the next potential bottom around September-October 2026. Bitcoin is currently trading near $65,500, down approximately 48% from

Gate has upgraded its gStocks tokenized securities platform on July 23, introducing five new financial functions including collateralized lending, yield generation, leveraged trading, automatic dividend distributions, and unified account integration. The platform now supports over 58 tokenized securities covering U.S. equities, South Korean stocks, exchange-traded funds, and private market instruments, with minimum entry at 1 USDT and fractional ownership enabled. The enhanced infrastructure all

Tesla reported a $112 million after-tax Bitcoin loss in Q2 2026 without selling any of its cryptocurrency holdings, according to the company's quarterly financial results. The loss stems entirely from a 14% decline in Bitcoin's price during the quarter, from approximately $83,000 to $58,000 by June 30, which triggered a fair value adjustment under 2024 Financial Accounting Standards Board guidelines requiring quarterly mark-to-market accounting. Tesla holds 11,509 BTC, a position unchanged since

According to Bitget, on July 23, the exchange launched a USDT savings activity running through August 6, offering up to 8.5% annualized returns for users meeting deposit thresholds. Supported deposit assets include USDT, USDC, USDGO, and U.

According to Francesco Pesole of ING on July 23, the euro is likely to decline in coming days despite potential European Central Bank signals of a September rate hike. The analyst forecasts the euro could fall to around $1.1380, citing the foreign exchange market's "dangerously complacent" stance toward escalating Middle East tensions.

Taiwan's M2 money supply growth accelerated to 8.13% year-on-year in June, up from 7.83% in May, according to monetary data.

According to CoinDesk, WTI crude oil hit $88.60 per barrel on July 22, marking the highest level since June 11, as geopolitical tensions between the U.S. and Iran intensify. The rally has revived concerns about inflation resurgence, potentially limiting the Federal Reserve's room for interest rate cuts. U.S. Treasury yields climbed sharply: the 2-year yield reached 4.31%, the highest since February 2025, while the 10-year yield rose to 4.66%, its highest level since May. Bitcoin, which carries n

According to KB Securities official YouTube channel, comedian Kwak Bum revealed on July 20 that he invested 100 million won in Samsung Electronics at 60,000 won per share, then sold at 63,000 won, resulting in minimal gains. He disclosed during the YouTube show '주식투자는 처음이라' that he has not invested in stocks again since that experience, citing discomfort with earning returns from unearned income. Samsung Electronics closed at 270,000 won per share on July 23.

According to ING analysts on July 23, sterling could retreat further if UK short-term rates decline and fiscal risks resurface. The bank forecasts euro-sterling will reach 0.88 by end-2026 and 0.90 in 2027, driven by expectations that UK inflation may miss the 4% threshold for Bank of England rate hikes while the European Central Bank could raise rates again.

Alphabet raised its full-year 2026 capital expenditure guidance to $195-205 billion in its second-quarter earnings, driven primarily by AI infrastructure investments. The company's second-quarter capital expenditure reached $44.9 billion. Google Cloud added over $50 billion in new backlog orders, bringing total backlog to $514 billion, and recognized TPU revenue for the first time in its financial statements.

According to Goldman Sachs data cited by Yahoo Finance, AI-related corporate bond issuance reached $489 billion this year, surpassing the estimated annual total of $322 billion in 2025. Amazon raised $53 billion, Alphabet $20 billion, and Oracle $25 billion through bond offerings.

According to U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky expressed interest in visiting the United States next week.

According to South Korea's Financial Services Commission, the regulator announced on July 23 that it is coordinating the release of phase-2 guidelines for corporate virtual asset trading with pending legislation, including the Digital Asset Basic Law. The commission signaled support for allowing over-the-counter (OTC) trades through independent intermediaries alongside exchange-based transactions. Kim Sung-jin, head of the FSC's virtual asset division, stated that institutional investors may pre

Bonanza Labs, a digital asset data specialist, and Tiger Research, a Web3-focused research firm, signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on July 23 to combine their capabilities in providing analysis services for financial institutions and institutional investors. The partnership will integrate Bonanza Labs' digital asset data infrastructure with Tiger Research's research expertise to deliver trusted data and analysis on digital assets and real-world assets (RWA). Tiger Research plans to acti