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According to Decrypt, the Myanmar parliament passed a law on Tuesday that allows for the death penalty for those who coerce others into engaging in online fraud through violence or illegal detention.According to the draft bill released in May this year, if such abusive behavior results in the death of the victim, the death penalty should be imposed. The new law also stipulates that individuals operating online fraud parks or implementing "digital currency fraud (cryptocurrency fraud)" can be sentenced to life imprisonment; while criminals who commit violent coercion, illegal detention, and other acts can be sentenced to 10 years to life imprisonment.

Coinbase posted on the X platform stating that users can borrow up to 100,000 USDC by staking SOL through jitoSOL, and continue to earn staking rewards, with the borrowed funds available for immediate use.

According to CoinDesk, institutional crypto trading platform LMAX Group is working with Morgan Stanley and investment bank KBW to evaluate strategic options, considering possibilities including a sale, SPAC merger, and IPO on Nasdaq or in Europe, with a potential valuation of up to $5 billion. Insiders say the company is not in a hurry to go public, as its foreign exchange business supports the weak crypto market.LMAX has accelerated its expansion in recent years, launching a 24/7 multi-asset exchange that supports foreign exchange, digital assets, commodities, and tokenized securities, and received a $150 million strategic investment from Ripple in January this year to promote institutional adoption of the RLUSD stablecoin through its trading and settlement network.

According to monitoring by Catcher Predict, in the predicted market Polymarket for the event "Counter-Strike: magic vs 3DMAX - BLAST Bounty Qualifier," the "magic" option in the sub-market "Map 2 Winner" has experienced a dramatic fluctuation in winning probability, dropping from 67.5% an hour ago to the current 38.5% (a fluctuation of 29%). Please note the impact of related breaking news.

The decentralized stablecoin USDD announced the addition of TRX exclusive bonuses to the s USDD market on Pendle, while also increasing the base USDD rewards. The additional benefits include 22,000 USDD and 13,000 TRX, as well as Pendle market rewards (approximately 30% of the value of USDD and TRX rewards). The event will run from now until July 30 at 08:00 (Singapore time).USDD officials particularly remind users that they can take advantage of the current good liquidity and low borrowing costs of the Morpho PT -s USDD / USDT pool to enhance asset utilization and further maximize returns. With this round of USDD incentives, the s USDD YT end returns are expected to reach new highs. Users are advised to seize the window of opportunity and lock in higher yield opportunities through Morpho's circular lending as soon as possible.

According to a report by Nikkei Asia citing multiple informed sources, TSMC (TSM.N) plans to raise the foundry prices for advanced and mature process chips by up to 10% in 2027, in response to rising costs of materials, manufacturing equipment, and the construction of new overseas plants. TSMC has begun discussions with customers regarding the price increase, which involves 7-nanometer and more advanced processes. This segment contributed approximately 77% of TSMC's revenue in the quarter from April to June this year.Informed sources indicated that the basic price increase will range from 5% to 10%, depending on the customer and product. For new orders of high-performance computing (HPC) chips that exceed the customer's original forecast, TSMC plans to impose an additional premium of 10% to 15% on top of the basic price increase. As a result, the overall price increase for some advanced process chip orders may exceed 10%. In terms of mature processes (including 12-nanometer, 16-nanometer, 28-nanometer processes, and other traditional technologies), TSMC plans to raise prices by up to 10%, but some products will see increases below this level. The mature process business accounted for about 23% of the company's revenue in the last quarter. Informed sources stated that relevant negotiations began around June and were finalized in July, with the new prices set to take effect in early 2027.

Bitget announced the launch of the MINIMAX Quanto perpetual contract MINIMAXHKDUSDT, supporting up to 20 times leverage and 24/7 trading. As the industry's first TradFi Quanto perpetual contract, this product allows users to trade Hong Kong stocks and other overseas stocks priced in currencies other than the US dollar directly using USDT, without the need to exchange foreign currency throughout the process. The contract itself is quoted in Hong Kong dollars, while margin deposits and profit and loss settlements are completed in USDT, effectively avoiding the additional risks brought by exchange rate fluctuations while simplifying the trading process.According to the TokenInsight Q2 2026 report, TradFi perpetual contracts have become the fastest-growing sector, with monthly trading volume surging from approximately $52 billion in January to $268 billion in June, an increase of 5 times. Against this backdrop, Bitget's Q2 TradFi contract trading volume was approximately $69 billion, ranking second in the industry with an 11.01% market share.

Recently, Zhipu and MiniMax have plummeted, leading to an increase in trading activity of related stock derivatives. According to the RootData Pro data panel, there are significant differences in trading conditions across platforms.From the perspective of Open Interest (OI), Zhipu contracts show Binance at $1.79 million as the highest, followed by Bitget at $780,100, and OKX at $243,700; in the MINIMAX contracts, Binance is highest at $606,700, followed by Bitget at $510,700.From the liquidity perspective, Zhipu contracts show Bitget at $142,600 as the highest, with the strongest capacity for large order execution; in the MINIMAX contracts, Bitget is highest at $130,000, followed by Binance at $60,600. HTX has insufficient liquidity at $2,700, with high slippage risk for large orders.From the price difference perspective, Zhipu contracts show Bitget with the lowest (0.0604%), resulting in the smallest entry cost; OKX follows (0.0776%). In the MINIMAX contracts, Bitget has the lowest (0.0315%), resulting in the optimal entry cost. HTX has price differences exceeding 0.18% for both contracts, and Aster exceeds 0.58%, indicating significantly higher entry costs.From the funding rate perspective, both contracts on HTX are at the lowest of 0.0013%, resulting in the smallest long-term holding cost, but with a high price difference; both contracts on Aster have rates below 0.3%, while also having a high price difference.In summary, Binance has the highest OI, suitable for capital accumulation; Bitget excels in both price difference and liquidity, resulting in the lowest overall entry cost. HTX has a high price difference and weak liquidity, leading to significantly higher entry costs compared to other platforms.

According to market news, Goldman Sachs reported on July 18 that the Dark Side of the Moon released the Kimi K3 model, with 28 trillion parameters, surpassing Claude Fable 5 and GPT-5.6 Sol on the Arena.ai programming leaderboard, reaching a new high for Chinese models with an API pricing of $2.3 per million tokens. Two days after the release, Zhiyu fell by 28%, MiniMax dropped by 16%, the Nasdaq 100 index futures fell by more than 1.8%, and the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index has cumulatively dropped by more than 18% from its peak.Goldman Sachs believes that Kimi K3 marks a turning point: a Chinese laboratory that cannot match the largest pre-trained computing power in the West has rapidly narrowed the gap with top American models through architectural innovation and reinforcement learning, proving that "scaling" is no longer the only winning path. Goldman Sachs warns that the "era of computing power expansion" may be coming to an end, and the investment logic for AI infrastructure built around "the more computing power, the better" needs to be rewritten. Goldman Sachs maintains a buy rating on MiniMax and a neutral rating on Zhiyu. Future attention will focus on the intensive release of 20-50 trillion parameter models such as Zhiyu GLM, Alibaba Qwen, and MiniMax M3 Pro.

According to Onchain Lens monitoring, the largest short position in ETH, pension-usdt.eth, holds 50,000 ETH short contracts, worth approximately $93.3 million, currently facing an unrealized loss of about $8.31 million.This whale has historically accumulated a profit of $35.6 million.

According to a post by Frank Chaparro, GSR's Director of Strategic Communications, Visa is hiring for a "Sr Director, Stablecoin Labs" position in New York, with a maximum annual salary of $400,900, plus bonuses and equity incentives.The job listing indicates that this position will be responsible for Visa's Web3 and stablecoin product roadmap, exploring new commercialization application scenarios, and participating in the planning of the company's next-generation stablecoin payment products. Frank Chaparro believes this further indicates that stablecoins are becoming a core priority in the global payments sector.

The on-chain digital asset management neobank ether.fi has chosen Nexus Mutual to provide ETH slashing coverage, covering slashing penalties for its validators up to a maximum of 15,000 ETH. ether.fi stated that it operates a large-scale validator set on Ethereum, and slashing is considered a tail risk.This coverage is used to cover validator losses, exceeding the total historical ETH slashing losses. ether.fi currently manages over $6 billion in assets across products such as Cash, Stake, and Liquid. Since 2019, Nexus Mutual has provided over $7 billion in coverage for smart contract attacks, slashing, and other digital asset risks.

According to the Ethereum Magicians forum, developer Leo Glisic officially released Privacy Guardians 2 and announced the open-sourcing of its design. The project is positioned as a decentralized privacy payment system aimed at maximizing privacy protection for on-chain payments to combat issues such as freezing and monitoring present in centralized payment solutions (like OUSD launched by Corpo Consortium).The current V1 version includes multiple modules such as private payment mechanisms, insurance mechanisms, honeypot designs, exchange rate management, liquidity pools, and metadata processing. Glisic stated that this version is still in the early stages and has significant room for optimization in areas such as cryptographic security, incentive mechanism alignment, and capital efficiency, and he called on the community to participate in its improvement. The white paper has been simultaneously published on glisic.xyz.

According to Bits.media, Anatoly Aksakov, chairman of the Financial Market Committee of the State Duma of Russia, stated that the second and third readings of the criminal liability bill for illegal cryptocurrency transactions will be postponed until the new State Duma is reviewed. The reason is that the Duma's spring session will end on July 27, and there will be an election recess from August to September, with the Duma election voting ending on September 20. Therefore, the review will not resume until the autumn session at the earliest.The bill completed its first reading in early July, with a maximum penalty of 7 years in prison for organizing illegal cryptocurrency circulation. The relevant penalty provisions are proposed to officially take effect on July 1, 2027. Under the current regulatory framework, Russian citizens can only buy and sell cryptocurrencies through institutions holding a license from the Central Bank of Russia, and P2P and over-the-counter transactions may face criminal liability. Aksakov denied concerns that the bill would affect cryptocurrency exchanges and P2P users, stating that the related worries are "unfounded." Meanwhile, another Russian government initiative to strengthen state control over cryptocurrencies, the "Digital Currency and Digital Rights Law," has also been postponed, with the original timelines for implementation in July and September now missed.

According to the official announcement, the Binance futures platform will launch the MINIMAX USDT perpetual contract at 11:00 on July 17, the ZHIPU USDT perpetual contract at 11:05, the HK0700 USDT Quanto perpetual contract at 11:10, the HK1810 USDT Quanto perpetual contract at 11:15, and the TENCENT USDT perpetual contract at 13:00.

According to official news, Gate announced the launch of the interest-earning feature for stock and CFD account assets, allowing users to earn automatic returns on eligible idle USDT and USDx in their accounts while participating in stock trading, IPOs, and CFD trading. This feature uses a tiered interest mechanism, matching interest levels based on the USDT balance in the stock account and the USDx balance in the CFD account. A single account balance exceeding 1,000 USDT or USDx can participate in interest calculation, with a reference annualized return rate of up to 3.00%.

Bitget launches VIP exclusive BTC financial management, with the event ending on July 19 at 18:00 (UTC+8). This event is aimed at VIP users who participated in ARX PoolX between July 7 at 18:00 and July 14 at 18:00 (UTC+8). Eligible users can subscribe to the BTC flexible simple earning product, enjoying up to 2.5% APR. For more details, please refer to the Bitget official platform.

According to Jinshi reports, Federal Reserve Governor Waller stated that the labor market is stable and close to the Federal Reserve's maximum employment goal.

According to on-chain data monitored by Catcher Predict, significant capital movements are predicted in the market Polymarket. A large whale invested $168,200 in the event "UFC 329: Max Holloway vs. Conor McGregor" for the match "Max Holloway vs. Conor McGregor." Based on the current transaction price, the latest corresponding winning probability for this bet is 29%.