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According to TechCrunch, Natural, a startup building payment infrastructure for AI agents, raised US$30 million in a series A round led by Forerunner on July 20, bringing its total funding to US$40 million. Founded in 2025 by Kahlil Lalji, Eric Wang, and Walt Leung, Natural's infrastructure

Gate News message, an Ethereum ICO participant identified as "0x45BB" transferred all 2,000 ETH (valued at $1.79M) to a new wallet after remaining dormant for 11 years. The participant invested only $620 in the ICO and received 2,000 ETH, now worth $3.79M, representing a 6,113x

Nvidia filed a Schedule 13G disclosure with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on July 20, revealing beneficial ownership of 22.26 million shares of AI cloud services provider Nebius Group, representing a 9.3% stake. The disclosure includes 1.19 million common shares previously reported in

Canada's Prime Minister stated recently that the country is prepared to engage in dialogue with the United States regarding the modernization of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), in response to U.S. plans to impose increased

Nikkei 225 index futures rose 1.6% during early trading today.

According to Lookonchain, BitMEX co-founder Arthur Hayes purchased 1,332.5 ETH (approximately $2.53 million) 3 hours ago on July 21.

According to Citigroup strategists, the era of the 'Magnificent 7' large-cap technology stocks has ended today, as the Roundhill Magnificent 7 ETF has risen only 1% year-to-date, underperforming the S&P 500's 9% gain. The strategists noted in a client note that the Magnificent 7, which dominated

According to JP Morgan strategist Misleav Matejka on July 20, semiconductor stocks will likely bottom out supported by strong earnings fundamentals, and investors should resume buying this summer. The iShares Semiconductor ETF (SOXX) has declined approximately 13% over the past month amid concerns a

According to the Korea Life Insurance and Non-Life Insurance Association, as of May 2026, South Korea's insurance industry has committed approximately 6.9 trillion won to productive finance, with 4.4 trillion won executed as of that date. The execution rate exceeded 60 percent. DB Insurance and DB L

According to TechCrunch, on July 20 Alphabet announced development of a server chip designed for Gemini that is expected to launch in 2028 with 6x to 10x greater power efficiency than its current Tensor Processing Unit (TPU v7), measured by tokens generated per unit of power. Google did not

According to Benzinga, UBS issued a "significantly reduce risk" warning on artificial intelligence-related semiconductor stocks in June amid concerns about crowded positioning. The warning has proven partially accurate: AI chip leaders including Micron, AMD, and SanDisk have experienced notable

According to Reuters, a US District Judge Araceli Martinez-Olguin approved Anthropic's $1.5 billion copyright settlement on July 20 in San Francisco, resolving claims over the AI company's acquisition, retention, and use of pirated books. The class action settlement covers approximately 500,000

According to Shanghai Steel Union data, on July 20, battery-grade lithium carbonate spot prices fell to 152,200 yuan per ton, down 7,200 yuan from early July and 25,000 yuan from early June. Despite strong order demand from downstream lithium battery producers and tight near-term supply amid

According to industry sources, NH Investment Securities will temporarily halt non-face-to-face account opening services via its mobile trading system and web platform on July 25 from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. for system maintenance. The suspension is tied to the deployment of an omnibus account system

According to 15 major Korean brokerages, Samsung Electro-Mechanics' second-quarter operating profit is forecast at ₩410.4 billion, up 92.7% year-over-year, while revenue is expected to reach ₩3.3237 trillion, up 19.4%. Growth is driven by increased demand for AI server-related products,

According to Korea Economic TV, SK Hynix listed its American Depositary Receipt (ADR) on the Nasdaq on July 21, raising approximately $26.5 billion. The offering has coincided with a significant strengthening of the South Korean won against the

According to its GitHub repository, PancakeSwap has released an open-source ERC-8183 AI settlement agent, providing developers with a reference implementation for automated swaps, liquidity planning, and execution logic on BNB Chain. The release is available through PancakeSwap's GitHub and is

On July 21, HEMI surged 52.74% to 9.997 won on Bithumb, while ACE climbed 36.29% to 169 won, leading overnight gains across major South Korean exchanges in the 24-hour period ending 8 a.m. local time.
BONK fell 16.01% on Upbit to 0.00656 won, marking the largest decline among tracked assets. MET2 g

According to Cardano Node release details, Cardano activated the Van Rossem hard fork on mainnet on July 18 at Epoch 644, moving the network to Protocol Version 11. This marks the first major hard fork enacted through Cardano's on-chain governance framework, requiring node operators to run Cardano N

According to U.S. officials, the Trump administration announced it will impose 50% tariffs on certain Canadian goods including dairy, hockey sticks, and cement, effective in 30 days under Section 338 of the 1930 Tariff Act. Energy, potash, fish products, and critical minerals are exempt, as are good