Gate Crypto Flash News and Market Updates

According to ChainCatcher, Argentine digital bank Ualá completed a $197 million funding round announced in March, with Allianz Group's investment arm Allianz X leading and Tether investing $20 million. The round values Ualá at $3.2 billion. Ualá, with over 11 million users, operates across

Spot silver touched $55 per ounce today, marking its lowest level since November 28, 2025. The metal declined 0.91% intraday.

According to Iranian state media, five bridges in southern Iran were targeted in the latest round of U.S. military strikes.

According to Shanghai Metals Market, today (July 17), the mid-price of MMLC battery-grade lithium carbonate rose to 152,450 yuan/ton, up 1,250 yuan/ton from the previous close.

According to Jin10, on July 17, China's State Administration of Foreign Exchange (SAFE) Deputy Director Li Bin stated at a State Council Information Office press conference that exchange rates are determined by market supply and demand and are difficult to predict. He noted that the RMB exchange rat

According to Cobot Labs, XRP was trading at $1.11 amid consolidation on July 15 after recent pullback and rebound. The cryptocurrency hit a high of $1.14–$1.17 between July 7–8, declined to a low of $1.06 on July 13–14, then rebounded to the $1.12 level by July 15. Technical analysis comparing the c

According to Rappler, Semirara Mining and Power Corporation (SMPC) filed a court petition on July 17 after the Department of Energy repeatedly demanded proprietary technical information and asset inventory related to its coal operations. The dispute follows DOE's rejection of SMPC's request to

According to Barron's, Verizon Communications announced on July 16 that it will lay off 3,000 employees and close 274 retail stores as part of CEO Daniel Schulman's cost-reduction initiative. The company will eliminate 2,500 retail positions and 500 corporate roles, reducing company-owned stores to

According to Zambia's health ministry, on July 16, the country declared the end of its cholera outbreak after reporting no new confirmed cases for four consecutive weeks.

According to EToday, South Korea's Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) announced yesterday it will track brokerage margin trading and securities lending activities to prevent individual investor losses from market fluctuations. FSS Governor Lee Chan-jin chaired a financial stability meeting,

According to Odaily, on July 17, the crypto market declined across sectors, with the DeFi sector sliding 5.08% in 24 hours, according to SoSoValue data. Hyperliquid (HYPE) led losses with a 10.28% decline, followed by Aave (AAVE) down 6.12% and DeXe (DEXE) down 4.83%. Bitcoin fell 1.79% to break

According to Dovey Wan, founder of Primitive Ventures, South Korea introduced single-stock leveraged products on May 27, which he views as a potential peak indicator for global risk assets. Dovey noted that the asset had already experienced near-vertical gains when the leverage product was introduce

According to Odaily, Meme coin issuance platform NOXA lost control of its original domain today. The platform's only available interface is now hosted on ENS. NOXA stated that after its domain was delisted, the domain registrar appears to have transferred or taken over the domain, though specific de

According to Onchain Lens, a newly created wallet on HyperliquidX was liquidated today after opening 23,200 SPCX long positions. The wallet deposited approximately 416,700 USDC and accumulated a $3.28 million position before being liquidated, resulting in a loss

According to Bitget market data, Zhipu's Hong Kong-listed shares fell over 15% intraday on July 17, down from an earlier drop exceeding 17%.
Moonshot, a direct competitor, released Kimi K3, which outperformed Claude Opus 4.8 and GPT-5.5 in select coding and agent tests. Additionally, Anthropic

According to Deribit, approximately $1.45 billion in Bitcoin and Ethereum options will expire today (July 17) at 16:00 UTC. Bitcoin options account for $1.23 billion in notional value with a put-to-call ratio of 0.86 and a max pain level of $62,500. Ethereum options are valued at $218 million with a

Gate News update: July 17, according to Gate market data, as of the time of writing, OXT (Orchid Protocol) is trading at $0.00746. Over the past 24 hours, it’s up 88.76%, with a high of $0.00954 and a low of $0.00377. The 24-hour trading volume reached $1.5506 million. Its current market cap is about $4.4117 million. OXT is Orchid protocol’s native token, an ERC-20 token built on the Ethereum blockchain. Orchid is a next-generation privacy tool and decentralized bandwidth marketplace. By elimina

Gate News message, A new Hyperliquid wallet has been liquidated while trading SpaceX token. The wallet deposited approximately $416.7K USDC on Hyperliquid and opened a long position of 23.2K $SPCX valued at $3.28M. The position was liquidated, resulting in a $366.3K

According to China's State Administration of Foreign Exchange, foreign direct investment in the country increased by approximately $160 billion in the first five months of 2026, significantly outperforming the same period last year. The figure encompasses equity

China's State Administration of Foreign Exchange (SAFE) expects foreign investment inflows to maintain positive momentum, according to official remarks on July 17. SAFE official Zhao Yuchao attributed the outlook to China's expanding market openness, improving policies supporting foreign investment,