Gate Crypto Flash News and Market Updates

According to the Wall Street Journal on July 19, activist investor Pami Qudir, known for his short-selling success against Valeant Pharmaceuticals and Wirecard, is shifting strategy to invest in South Korean companies. Based in London, Qudir is now scouting holdings across undervalued mid-cap

According to CCTV News, a 5.5-magnitude earthquake struck western Iran early this morning on July 20.

According to Onchain Lens, Allbridge Core paused its cross-chain bridge protocol on Sunday (July 20) following a $1.65 million flash loan exploit. The attacker used a $1.12 million flash loan from Solana-based Kamino protocol to manipulate the bridge's stablecoin liquidity pool ratios by rapidly

According to Nikkei Asia, AZ-COM Maruwa Holdings, a major Japanese logistics services company, plans to adopt JPYC stablecoin to pay fees and salaries to approximately 2,300 business partners and individual contractors, including truck drivers. The company is considering a partnership with JPYC

According to 10x Research, bitcoin ETFs saw net inflows in July (as of July 20), reversing June's $4.7 billion net outflow—the largest single-month outflow since launch. In June, BTC touched a cycle low of $58,559. Bitcoin has since recovered to $63,899 in July's inflow

According to Virtuals Protocol's weekly report, Agent trading volume on Robinhood Chain surpassed $150 million this week, with over 4,500 agents now live. The protocol noted that the ecosystem reached the first $100 million in trading volume within two weeks, then accelerated to $150 million in

According to the Wall Street Journal on July 19, Pabrai Khodir, an activist investor known as the 'Wall Street Assassin,' has shifted focus to South Korea and is sourcing companies with potential for value enhancement. Based in London, Khodir is seeking investment opportunities in the Korean

According to Polymarket, the prediction market for whether the U.S. government will ban open-source AI models shows a 16% probability for "Yes." Per the market's settlement rules, if the federal government restricts public access to or use of open-source AI models via legislation, executive

According to OKX market data, PUMP intraday surge exceeded 21% on July 20, reaching a high of 0.002072 and trading at 0.001997 as of reporting. Earlier, Ansem posted on X that he purchased PUMP tokens around 0.001675.

From 03:30–03:45 UTC on July 20, 2026, BTC briefly rose by 0.34%, with a price fluctuation range of 64,665.5–64,902.9 USDT and an amplitude of 0.37%. Gold surged by 3.84% on the same day, but BTC’s 24h move was only +0.05%, with thin trading volume (only 179 1-hour candlesticks). With geopolitical uncertainty at a high level, the market is in a wait-and-see mode, and neither bulls nor bears have a clear directional consensus. The main driver of this uptick is the sharp escalation of the US–Iran

According to Meritz Securities on July 20, Bank of Korea Governor Shin Hyun-song did not rule out an August rate increase, though a second consecutive hike appears unlikely if July inflation slows as expected. The analyst noted that July consumer prices are projected to decline month-over-month

According to DefiLlama, Gate recorded net inflows of $64.55 million in the past 7 days, ranking first globally among centralized exchanges.

South Korea's government is pushing to raise the casino development fund contribution rate from 10% to 15%, triggering sharp declines in foreign casino-related stocks on July 20. Securities analysts estimate that if the measure is applied across the board, annual operating profit for foreign casino

According to Jin10, Bayanzhaosu Oil Field in Inner Mongolia's Bayannur reached cumulative crude oil output of 6 million tons on July 19, achieving this milestone just seven months after surpassing 5 million tons in December 2025. Daily output remained stable at 4,800 tons in the first half of 2026,

Gate News message, a dormant whale has transferred 700 BTC after remaining inactive for five years. The holdings were originally purchased for $22.34 million and are currently valued at $45.3 million. The transferred funds have been distributed to new addresses: 2.319 BTC was sent to

According to PANews, Hyperliquid announced that HIP-4 will support permissionless market deployment on testnet first, followed by mainnet in future network upgrades. Deployers must stake 500,000 HYPE, with staking locked for 6 months. If markets are undefined, settlements fail to meet

According to Smart Finance, Anta Sports (02020) surged 3.78% to 76.95 HKD today on strong second-quarter revenue performance. The company reported that Anta's main brand achieved low-to-mid single-digit revenue growth in Q2 and the first half of 2026, while other brands including Descente and