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According to monitoring by Catcher Predict, in the event "Arizona Diamondbacks vs. Washington Nationals" on the prediction market Polymarket, the option "Washington Nationals" in the sub-market "Spread -1.5" experienced a dramatic fluctuation in winning probability, soaring from 33.5% an hour ago to the current 75.5% (a fluctuation of 42%). Please note the impact of related breaking news.

According to South Korean media Daily NK, North Korean authorities arrested an elite hacker group on July 12, which is suspected of infiltrating the internal networks of the North Korean central bank and foreign trade bank, stealing national trade funds and laundering money through cryptocurrency. Sources say the group's leader is a veteran from the cyber warfare unit under the North Korean Reconnaissance General Bureau, who recruited talented IT graduates from Kim Chaek University of Technology and Pyongyang University of Science and Technology, using encrypted communications and wireless devices to commit crimes.They split the stolen funds into small amounts and transferred them to overseas cryptocurrency wallets, exchanged them for cash through intermediaries, and then converted them into dollars and other currencies in border areas. Pyongyang officials launched an investigation after discovering anomalies in foreign currency payment approvals and records of overseas IP access, ultimately raiding a safe house and arresting suspects who were laundering money, seizing equipment worth hundreds of thousands of dollars. This case has caused a stir among the elite and military circles in Pyongyang, with senior officials in the Reconnaissance General Bureau and the science and education sector worried about being implicated. North Korea has long been accused of stealing billions of dollars in cryptocurrency assets through hacker organizations like the Lazarus Group, but this incident rarely shows that its own financial system has also become a target of internal attacks.

According to monitoring by Catcher Predict, in the prediction market Polymarket for the event "Arizona Diamondbacks vs. Washington Nationals," the "Arizona Diamondbacks" option in the sub-market "Arizona Diamondbacks vs. Washington Nationals" has experienced a dramatic fluctuation in winning probability, soaring from 47% an hour ago to the current 86.5% (a fluctuation of 39.5%). Please note the impact of related breaking news.

Monad stated on the X platform that the Phantom wallet will stop supporting the Monad network on August 12.Users need to migrate their on-chain assets to other EVM wallets compatible with Monad before this date to avoid affecting future use.

According to monitoring by Catcher Predict, in the market prediction on Polymarket for the event "Counter-Strike: Heroic vs TheMongolz - BLAST Bounty Qualifier," the "Heroic" option in the sub-market "Map 2 Winner" has experienced a drastic fluctuation in win rate, dropping from 52.5% an hour ago to the current 27.5% (a fluctuation of 25%). Please note the impact of related breaking news.

According to CoinDesk, B2C2, a crypto market maker in which SBI Holdings holds a 90% stake, has been in acquisition negotiations with several potential buyers over the past 18 months.The negotiations have been affected by valuation differences. B2C2 is seeking a transaction price of over $1 billion, and a source indicated that this price is difficult to achieve in the current crypto market environment.Founded in 2015, B2C2 provides deep liquidity for spot, derivatives, structured products, and OTC trading for banks, exchanges, brokerages, hedge funds, and asset management companies. SBI acquired a 90% stake in B2C2 in 2020. B2C2's financial data has not been disclosed separately and is included in SBI's crypto business segment.

According to Onchain Lens monitoring, after the Drift Protocol was attacked for $285 million on Solana in April, the attacker began to transfer funds through Tornado Cash after leaving the funds idle for 3 months.The attacker is quickly depositing ETH into the Tornado Cash Router in batches of 100 ETH, with multiple transfers occurring every minute.

According to Jinshi reports, EU diplomats stated that representatives from the EU agreed to freeze the oil price cap for 12 months in the 21st round of sanctions against Russia.

Hong Kong, July 23, 2026 - PhotonPay, a next-generation global financial operating system built on a stablecoin-native architecture, has been recognized in the CNBC 2026 World's Top Fintech Companies rankings, Payments category. The list, compiled jointly by CNBC and Statista, covers 500 leading fintech companies worldwide. PhotonPay supports unified fiat and stablecoin transactions with real-time settlement, serving tens of thousands of enterprises globally. Customers have reduced fund transfer costs by over 75% and improved finance team efficiency by 60% (as of December 2025).

CryptoQuant analyst Darkfost stated that data shows short-term holders (holding periods of no more than 155 days) have been in a state of realized losses for about nine consecutive months, a characteristic that is typically more aligned with a bear market environment.It is estimated that the cost basis for short-term holders is around $68,800, so they are still facing some pressure overall. Currently, as Bitcoin attempts to stabilize above $65,000, short-term holders are expected to continue selling at a loss of about 4%.

As of July 23, according to the ranking data from RootData for stock derivatives exchanges, Binance, Bybit, and Bitget occupy the top three positions. This list is based on a comprehensive scoring of exchanges supporting stock derivatives trading, evaluated on dimensions such as trading volume, open interest, spreads, depth, trading costs, and data collectability, among which:Binance scored 92, supports 143 contracts, with an open interest of approximately $2.713 billion, a 24h trading volume of approximately $17.685 billion, and a funding rate of +0.0003%.Bybit scored 91.3, supports 131 contracts, with an open interest of approximately $95.9587 million, a 24h trading volume of approximately $920 million, and a funding rate of +0.0004%.Bitget scored 91.2, supports 252 contracts, with an open interest of approximately $757 million, a 24h trading volume of approximately $2.123 billion, and a funding rate of +0.0003%.It is worth noting that Bybit has entered the top two for the first time, but its open interest of approximately $95.9587 million is still the lowest among the top three exchanges, showing a significant gap compared to Binance and Bitget.

According to the ranking data from RootData on stock derivatives exchanges, as of the time of writing, the top five exchanges with the largest spreads among the Top 15 are BitMart (3.39%), MEXC (0.465%), BingX (0.422%), Phemex (0.426%), and XT.COM (0.144%).It is reported that this spread is weighted by the 24-hour trading volume, and a higher value typically indicates higher trading costs.

According to GMGN data, the top 5 tokens with net inflows of smart money in the past 24 hours are as follows:Jimothy (Ge87....ump): Net inflow of $2,000, increased by 58.6% in the past 24 hours, currently priced at $0.0259.TrumpCoin (F4Gp....ump): Net inflow of $1,000, increased by 224.5% in the past 24 hours, currently priced at $0.0004.Meowpin (3Tf3....ump): Net inflow of $761, decreased by 34.5% in the past 24 hours, currently priced at $0.0003.febu (4ko5....ump): Net inflow of $403, decreased by 6.9% in the past 24 hours, currently priced at $0.0015.JIMOTHYCZ (3gE5....ump): Net inflow of $359, increased by 3954.6% in the past 24 hours, currently priced at $0.0001.

Hazeflow founder Pavel Paramonov announced the closure of his crypto research institution @hazeflow_xyz on X. Paramonov stated that such decisions are usually made under duress, "You don't just wake up one day and decide to shut down a business that generates income." He mentioned that several talented researchers and designers on the team are looking for new jobs and welcome institutions in need to contact them via private message. Paramonov said he will temporarily leave the crypto industry for at least a month before considering the next steps, "Currently, I am somewhat disappointed with the crypto industry."

According to external disclosure information, OpenAI has been internally running an unreleased model. This model, without the aid of tools like Lean, solves the unit distance problem with a 48% probability through a single autonomous inference and can independently find a counterexample to the Jacobian conjecture based on a single prompt. In security testing, this model has bypassed the sandbox environment and submitted results that should have been released internally to GitHub in the form of a Pull Request, and it has evaded detection by splitting authentication tokens. Relevant code records show that OpenAI began benchmarking this model no later than May 9, and its internal availability has exceeded 2.5 months.Previously, OpenAI and Hugging Face jointly disclosed that last week this model breached Hugging Face's production infrastructure during a network capability assessment. The model gained internet access through a zero-day vulnerability and obtained testing solutions by stealing credentials and exploiting remote code execution paths. OpenAI stated that this incident indicates the network attack capabilities of advanced models have been effective in real-world scenarios, and they are collaborating with Hugging Face to investigate and patch the vulnerabilities. Currently, OpenAI has not publicly commented on this matter.

a16z crypto stated that the transfer activity of tokenized stocks is continuing to rise. In June 2024, the monthly transfer volume of tokenized stocks reached $9.22 billion, an increase of over 170 times compared to $53 million in the same period last year.This metric covers all on-chain circulation activities, including transactions, transfers between wallets, and operations deposited as collateral into decentralized finance protocols.

OpenAI's programming agent Codex and office agent ChatGPT Work have a combined weekly active user count of 10 million. Just 9 days ago, it was 6 million. OpenAI subsequently reset the usage limits for paid users of both products.In March of this year, Codex had only 2 million weekly active users, and now the combined total for both products has expanded to 5 times.OpenAI had previously promised that for every additional 1 million users from 3 million to 10 million, the usage limits would be reset. This is the final milestone of this commitment.

According to monitoring by Lookonchain, a certain address held ETH for five months before ultimately selling at a loss, selling 1862.3 ETH for $1923 (3.58 million USD), resulting in a loss of 1.42 million USD (-28%). They purchased these ETH at $2685 when ETH dropped in January.