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According to the Macau Statistics and Census Service, the region received 20.94 million visitor arrivals in the first half of 2026, representing a 9% increase year-on-year. The data was released on July 17.

According to The New York Times, Meta is in talks to lease computing capacity from its AI data centers to Anthropic under a two-year agreement valued at up to $10 billion. Anthropic proposed the partnership in June, and Meta is currently evaluating the terms. Under the proposed arrangement, Anthropi

According to The Wall Street Journal, SpaceX is negotiating with the U.S. Department of Defense in recent weeks to provide billions of dollars in AI compute resources for running artificial intelligence models. The company has recently signed similar agreements with Anthropic and Google and is

According to President Trump on July 18, June's consumer price index posted its largest monthly decline in six years, falling below all 67 economists surveyed by Bloomberg. Prices dropped across gasoline, electricity, auto insurance, hotels, and prescription drugs. Real wages rose 0.8% as wage

According to the Financial Times, Trump Media and Technology Group (TMTG) has begun pitching "Truth API" data service to potential clients, with pricing up to $100,000 per month. The service enables institutional investors, including proprietary trading firms and hedge funds, to access posts from

According to Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, the Strait of Hormuz has been completely closed as of today, July 18, following explosions and fires that engulfed two tankers transiting a mined zone south of the strait. The Iranian military cited recent U.S. military operations as the

According to Iranian military advisor Mohsen Rezaei, on July 17, Iran's military chief announced that the U.S.-Iran understanding memorandum has become null and void due to U.S. violation of terms. Rezaei stated that if the U.S. continues military strikes in the coming days, Iran's armed forces

According to Consensys Chief Legal Officer Matt Corva, the blockchain company earlier this year mistakenly onboarded a software developer using an alias through a third-party service provider. The developer, identified as being linked to North Korea, was granted access to parts of Consensys

According to Zhitong Finance, the Hang Seng Index ADR rose to 24,642.89 points on Friday (July 18), up 0.33% from Hong Kong's market close, while U.S. stocks declined. Large-cap bluechips advanced: HSBC Holdings gained 0.64% to 157.901

According to ChainCatcher and monitoring by Yǔhuī, the address that withdrew 44.26 trillion BONK from the Bonk treasury via governance proposal transferred 400 billion BONK (approximately $1.28 million) to Coinbase today. This follows yesterday's transfer of 1.186 trillion BONK ($4.11 million) to

According to Onchain Lens, a whale wallet recently received 1001 BTC worth approximately $64 million. The wallet previously purchased over $290 million in Bitcoin through Galaxy Digital last year and remains active on-chain.

According to overseas brokers, the USD/KRW 1-month non-deliverable forward (NDF) rate rose to 1,487.15 won (mid-price) overnight on July 18, up 9.50 won from the previous Seoul forex market spot close of 1,478.50 won after accounting for swap points. The bid was set at 1,487.00 won and the ask at 1,

The U.S. Central Command stated that Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps' claims about two tankers exploding after hitting mines in international waters of the Strait of Hormuz are false.

According to Bloomberg, on July 18, Bank of America appointed Sonali Theisen as global digital assets platform head, tasked with designing, developing, scaling and governing the platform while driving integration with traditional financial infrastructure. Theisen will maintain her concurrent role as

SPDR Gold Trust, the world's largest gold ETF, reduced its holdings by 2.854 tons compared to the previous day, bringing current holdings to 999.024 tons.

According to ZhiTong Finance, Hang Seng Index July futures closed at 24,602 points on July 18, up 132 points or 0.539%, trading at a premium of 40 points. Open interest totaled 131,157 contracts, down 1,509 contracts from the previous

According to Iran's Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA), U.S. military strikes on Iran's Hormozgan province on July 18 resulted in 3 deaths and 8 injuries. Provincial government officials stated that early morning strikes also caused damage to three bridges and one

Blockchain investigator ZachXBT recently called hardware wallets "garbage" for important tasks such as signing transactions or storing funds, recommending users dedicate a separate iPhone for these purposes instead. Trezor Chief Commercial Officer Danny Sanders pushed back, arguing hardware wallets

According to Coindesk, on July 18, Cardano developer Input Output announced it will transfer control of core blockchain infrastructure to external teams to reduce network dependency on the company as part of its decentralization roadmap. The transfer covers the Haskell node, Plutus smart contract

According to Zhitong Caijing App, on July 18, the Hang Seng Index warrant bull-bear ratio stood at 51:49. Bear warrant concentration was heaviest in the 25,200–25,299 strike range with 784 contracts, up 452 from the previous trading day. Bull warrant concentration peaked in the 23,600–23,699 range w