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CoinDesk news: According to a report from CoinDesk, Circle Internet Group, Inc. will release its 2026 Q2 financial results on August 5, 2026, and will hold a video livestream at 20:00 (UTC+8) on the same day to introduce the financial results and business progress.

Crypto news, Kuwait military: Since tonight, it has intercepted 1 ballistic missile, 5 cruise missiles, and 33 drones. The Iranian attack led to damage at multiple important and civilian facilities; some locations were hit by shrapnel. A Kuwaiti Navy vessel was attacked, injuring 4 servicemen; their condition is currently stable.

CoinJie News: IBM’s share price plunged 20% in pre-market trading due to an unexpected pre-earnings warning issued by the company. IBM expects second-quarter sales revenue of $17.2 billion, below analysts’ expectations of $17.85 billion. Non-GAAP earnings per share are expected to be $2.93, below expectations of $3.02. In a letter to investors, IBM CEO Arvind Krishna said that although they expected infrastructure revenue to decline slightly, the actual situation is worse than anticipated, mainly due to the poor performance of the Z series products and the related software stack.

Bitcoin is consolidating around $62,000, down about 50% from its all-time high. Over the past five months, its volatility has remained between 60,000 and 80,000. The RHODL ratio hit 6.5 in early July, the second-highest level in history; it has since fallen to below 6, indicating that long-term holders’ wealth is gradually transferring to new buyers. Tight integration over five months has not yet shown signs of large-scale liquidation. If the Federal Reserve continues to raise rates, prices may still fall over the next six months, and the market expects another 50 basis points of tightening.

Coin World News: SEC Chair said that the current work focus is to modernize, clarify, and change rules and regulations to invite innovation and innovators back to the United States.

Polymarket ecosystem DeFi project Gondor announced the launch of Gondor v1, allowing users to deposit multiple Polymarket positions into a single non-custodial cross-margin account and obtain credit secured by the entire investment portfolio to buy more prediction market shares. The product is an upgrade from a previous test version that only supported borrowing using a single position. It aims to reduce the risk to lenders in binary prediction markets when the value of a single position drops sharply within a short period. Gondor v1 will begin private testing next week and is planned to go public in September. (The Block)

Malaysian Deputy Home Minister Shamsul Anuar said in Parliament that between 2022 and May 2026, Malaysian authorities seized more than 75,000 cryptocurrency mining machines in over 3,000 nationwide raids and arrested 629 people. The related operations were carried out jointly by the Malaysian police, the national power company Tenaga Nasional Berhad, and local authorities, focusing on cracking down on illegal mining conducted through unauthorized power hookups, tampering with meters, disrupting power supply systems, or unlicensed operations. Shamsul Anuar said that Malaysia allows the holding and trading of cryptocurrencies but does not recognize them as legal tender. (Decrypt)

According to a report from Bitcoin Realm, CryptoQuant CEO Ki Young Ju said that Bitcoin’s next parabolic bull market may require absorbing more than $1 trillion in new capital. He noted that as Bitcoin’s scale grows, the amount of funds needed to push its price higher increases significantly. In 2011, inflows of about $2.7 billion helped Bitcoin’s price rise by more than 55,000%; in the current cycle, inflows of about $697 billion only produced a 689% return. Ju emphasized that declining capital efficiency means Bitcoin needs deeper institutional capital inflows to achieve the next bull market.

CoinWorld news, according to Lookonchain monitoring, two wallet addresses are shorting gua on Aster, with total unrealized gains exceeding $1.29 million. Address 0x2d46 opened a short position of 5 million gua (approximately $339k) with 2x leverage, currently with unrealized gains over $750k, a return rate of about 442.67%. Address 0x9613 shorted 3.08 million gua (approximately $208k) with 2x leverage, currently with unrealized gains of about $542k, a return rate of 522.46%.

CoinWorld News, according to Lookonchain monitoring, James Wynn’s 50x SP500 short position has been partially liquidated again. Over the past week, this position has been partially liquidated 7 times. He still holds 186.68 SP500 short positions, worth approximately $1.4 million, and the new liquidation price is $7,536.42.

Ruined. I chased the long for profit but didn’t exit, and now it’s about to trigger the stop-loss. Should’ve bought spot.

CoinWorld News: The Indonesian government and the House of Representatives (DPR) have officially reached an agreement on amendments to the Law on Financial Sector Development and Strengthening (UU P2SK). The amended law took official effect on June 17, 2026. This revision is intended to strengthen the authority and responsibilities of Bank Indonesia (BI), the Financial Services Authority (OJK), and the Deposit Insurance Corporation (LPS), and to provide legal protection for their members to perform their duties. The OJK has been granted new powers to regulate exchanges for minerals and strategic commodities. In addition, the new regulations focus on the crypto asset sector, aiming to enhance competitiveness and increase its contribution to the national economy through a strengthened regulatory framework.

CryptoWorld News: Israel Defense Forces have attacked a Hezbollah cell operating under civilian cover.

The Algorand Foundation announced a post-quantum security roadmap, planning to achieve broader quantum resistance by the end of 2027.
The roadmap shows that Algorand will introduce post-quantum accounts, multi-signature wallets, and staking support starting in 2026, followed by expanding protection to core protocol components.
The Algorand Foundation stated that migrating real-time blockchain infrastructure to post-quantum cryptography could take several years, so preparations need to be made in advance of the so-called "Q-Day" (the hypothetical point in time when quantum computers can break current digital asset cryptography systems).
(CoinDesk)

CryptoWorld News reports that, according to the Islamic Republic News Agency of Iran, Shahrab News Agency, and other Middle Eastern media, Hezbollah announced that they used bombs to attack an Israeli military unit as the Israeli army advanced toward the "Ali Tahir Hill" area in southern Lebanon. It is reported that intense clashes are ongoing between Hezbollah and the Israeli military, with both sides striving to push toward the hill.

CryptoWorld News: Since the 2026 World Cup opened on June 11, the World Cup-related sectors in the HIP-4 prediction market on hyperliquid have seen a significant surge in popularity. Over the past 7 days, trading volume increased by 202% month over month, while crypto-related sectors fell by 53%. Data shows that over the past 7 days, total HIP-4 trading volume reached $16.32 million, with World Cup-related markets contributing approximately $9.63 million, which has become one of the main trading themes in the current HIP-4 prediction market.