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According to Cryptobriefing, Anthropic released Claude Opus 5 on Friday, July 25, positioning it as an advanced model for programming, AI agents, and professional knowledge work. The model is priced at $5 per million input tokens and $25 per million output tokens, matching Opus 4.8. Opus 5 delivers performance comparable to Claude Fable 5 at half the price and shows over 2x performance improvement compared to Opus 4.8 on Frontier Bench v0.1, with performance gaps within 0.5% of Fable 5 on Cursor

According to Mexico's President Claudia Sheinbaum, cattle exports to the United States will resume in late August at the Agua Prieta border crossing in Sonora, with subsequent expansion to two locations in Chihuahua. U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins informed Sheinbaum of the decision in a letter.

A Russian-appointed governor reported that a strike on a holiday camp in the Russian-controlled area of Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine, has left 11 dead, including four children.

According to Reuters analysis of Trump's financial disclosures filed with the U.S. Office of Government Ethics, President Trump earned over $1.4 billion from cryptocurrency projects last year, including World Liberty Financial and Trump meme coins. The disclosure revealed that Trump's stock and bond portfolio grew substantially as crypto gains were reinvested: holdings in traditional financial instruments reached $703 million to $2.6 billion by end of 2025, compared to $225 million to $608 milli

According to Moody's report from May, quantum computing poses a threat that could cause $2-3 trillion in indirect losses to payment systems if attacked. The rating agency stated that as digital financial markets attract more institutional investors, network risks related to blockchain platforms have shifted from fringe to mainstream concerns. To address the quantum threat, BlackRock, ARK Invest, and Fidelity launched the Bitcoin Security Consortium, pledging $15 million over three years to stren

According to Foresight News, SushiSwap's first season Perps points program will conclude on July 31. Points are allocated based on users' perpetual futures trading volume on Sushi Perps across eight tiers, with boost multipliers locking in upon tier upgrade. Accumulated points will be converted proportionally into SUSHI airdrops.

According to Bitcoin News, BitMEX is facing a proposed class action lawsuit filed by BKX Services Inc. and David Namdar in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. The plaintiffs allege that the exchange deliberately designed leverage liquidation mechanisms to retain 622.66 BTC that should have been returned to traders.

According to Citrini analyst jukan, SanDisk recently signed a long-term agreement with Meta at pricing below the company's initial offer. As one of the most proactive NAND manufacturers in securing long-term contracts, SanDisk plans to allocate over 50% of its total output to such agreements, indicating a willingness to accept below-current-quarter pricing in exchange for volume certainty.

According to Jin10, Syria's interim government President al-Sharaa met with UN Secretary-General Guterres in Damascus on July 25. During the meeting, both sides discussed strengthening cooperation in humanitarian and development work, supporting reconstruction, and reaffirmed commitment to respecting Syria's sovereignty, unity, and territorial integrity.

According to Fidelity International, BNP Paribas Asset Management, M&G Investments and Eastspring Investments, major Asian fund managers are reducing exposure to volatile artificial intelligence and semiconductor stocks this month, redirecting capital into underperforming assets including Indonesian banks, Chinese e-commerce companies and Indian technology stocks. The rotation has driven Southeast Asian equities to their best single-month performance relative to broader Asia in 24 years, with In

According to OpenAI's status page, ChatGPT and Codex service outage has been resolved.

According to Odaily and bitcoin.com, Bitcoin mining difficulty experienced two double-digit adjustments in 2026. On February 7, difficulty fell 11.16% following Winter Storm Fern, which forced major mining operations offline in Texas and other U.S. regions. As miners resumed operations and hashrate recovered, difficulty surged 14.7% on February 19 to 14.44 quadrillion, marking the largest percentage increase since 2021. In June, difficulty declined again by 9.91% as some listed mining firms real

According to Galaxy researcher, awakened token volume in Q2 2026 hit its lowest level since Q3 2022, marking a sharp decline from peak levels recorded in 2024 and 2025.

According to Onchain Lens, BlackRock transferred 3,126 BTC from its IBIT (Bitcoin Mini Trust) ETF wallet to Coinbase Prime in recent transactions, worth approximately $203 million.

According to Anthropic's disclosure via AI news platform Beating, Claude Opus 5 passed all 129 browser agent prompt injection test scenarios without compromise, marking a significant breakthrough in AI agent security. In Gray Swan's universal prompt injection benchmark testing, Opus 5 achieved a 2.0% attack success rate after 15 attempts, substantially outperforming its predecessor Opus 4.8 at 5.5%, as well as competing models Mythos 5 at 2.6% and Fable 5 at 2.8%.

According to the Blue House, South Korean President Lee Jae-myung met with leading venture capital firms in Silicon Valley on July 25, including Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), Sequoia Capital, General Catalyst, Khosla Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners, and New Enterprise Associates (NEA). The National Pension Service signed a memorandum of understanding with the six VCs to establish long-term partnerships and strengthen innovation ecosystem cooperation between South Korea and the United States.

According to Financial Times, the U.S. and UK are discussing plans for a Strait of Hormuz crisis conference scheduled for next week.

Anthropic announced on July 25 that its Opus 5 model achieved zero success rate against prompt injection attacks in 129 browser testing scenarios. In the Gray Swan universal prompt injection benchmark, the model's success rate dropped to 2.0% from Opus 4.8's 5.5% across 15 attempts. Zero success rates were achieved exclusively when Auto Mode was enabled in Claude Cowork and similar products, which combines input scanning and execution blocking defenses.

According to a Houthi statement released on July 25, the Yemeni group conducted two military operations against Saudi Aramco facilities. The first operation targeted the company's "sensitive facilities" in Jizan using dozens of ballistic missiles and drones. The second struck facilities in Yanbu using ballistic missiles, cruise missiles, and drones. The Houthi said both operations "successfully achieved their intended objectives" with "direct and precise hits." The group cited Saudi airstrikes o

According to Yonhapinfomax, the European Union on July 23 adopted its 21st sanctions package against Russia, which includes an exception allowing South Korea to import liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the Sakhalin II project until March 2028. The exemption covers South Korea's long-term contract with Korea Gas Corporation, which has been importing approximately 1.5 million tons of LNG annually from the project since 2008. The exception addresses South Korea's energy security concerns amid expand