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According to official news, the token distribution and streaming payment protocol Sablier Labs has announced the cessation of active product development and commercial operations, entering maintenance mode from today until June 2028. The official statement indicated that due to the sluggish environment of the cryptocurrency market and the reduction of technical barriers by AI-assisted programming, the on-chain token distribution sector can no longer support its venture capital-scale business model.Sablier emphasized that its underlying smart contracts run on-chain without permission, and the company does not hold funds, so the assets, streaming payments, and token unlocks of existing users will not be affected. However, regarding front-end business restrictions, the official interface will no longer accept new plans with end times later than June 2028 and indefinite payment streams from today.At the same time, to promote the project's transition to a community-led open-source public good, Sablier has advanced the open-source date of its main EVM smart contracts from the originally scheduled 2029 to today, and the license has officially changed from BUSL to GPL, allowing the community to freely fork and deploy.

According to The Block, Mizuho Bank analysts pointed out that Circle has received approval from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) to establish a national trust bank. While this helps enhance its compliance reputation, it is not enough to address the current core pressures—namely, the continuous shrinkage of USDC's market value and the increasingly fierce competition from Open USD, which still poses a significant drag on the $CRCL stock price.

According to Jinshi reports, CME's "FedWatch" shows that the probability of the Federal Reserve keeping interest rates unchanged in July is 58.3%, while the probability of a cumulative increase of 25 basis points is 41.7%. By September, the probability of keeping interest rates unchanged is 24.9%, the probability of a cumulative increase of 25 basis points is 51.2%, and the probability of a cumulative increase of 50 basis points is 23.9%.

New Hampshire Governor Kelly Ayotte signed HB 639 into law last week. The bill is known as The Blockchain Basic Laws, which provides protection for cryptocurrency innovation and use in the state, and allows for the establishment of special blockchain dispute case files in the superior court.New Hampshire passed a strategic Bitcoin reserve bill last year, allowing the state treasurer to invest up to 5% of public funds in Bitcoin, as well as precious metals like gold and silver. The state's executive council rejected a proposal last week that would have allowed the New Hampshire Business Finance Authority to promote Bitcoin-supported municipal bonds.

According to Jinshi, U.S. short-term interest rate futures indicate that the probability of the Federal Reserve raising interest rates in July is about 45%, an increase from 35% earlier on Monday.

According to CoinDesk, a wholesale digital market report supported by the UK Treasury lists Ripple as one of the core participants, planning to transition repurchase agreements (repo), UK government bonds (gilts), and funds from the regulatory sandbox to the real market within the next 12 months, with an expected annual increase of about £33 billion in output and £14 billion in tax revenue for the UK economy over the next decade.The report proposes a hybrid architecture that overlays a permissioned institutional network on top of a public chain, using BlackRock's tokenized money market fund BUIDL on Ethereum as an example, while also noting that the finality risk of settlements brought about by public chain restructuring remains to be resolved. The report also mentions Ripple's acquisition of Hidden Road (renamed Ripple Prime) and Santander UK's use of the Ripple blockchain for cross-border payments, suggesting that traditional finance and crypto institutions are converging.

Crypto journalist Eleanor Terrett posted on the X platform that Patrick Witt, the Executive Director of the White House Cryptocurrency Council, stated that this week will be a "critical week" in the advancement of the U.S. CLARITY Act. As the crypto industry prepares to commemorate the one-year anniversary of the GENIUS Act officially becoming law, the construction of the U.S. digital asset regulatory framework has once again become a focal point for the market.Patrick Witt mentioned that the current U.S. crypto policy is at an important stage, and the advancement of the CLARITY Act will have significant implications for the market structure of digital assets, the division of regulatory responsibilities, and the future development direction of the industry.Previously, the CLARITY Act was regarded as one of the important legislations for establishing comprehensive regulatory rules for the U.S. crypto market, aiming to clarify the classification of digital assets, the authority of regulatory agencies, and the compliance requirements for market participants.Market participants believe that if the bill makes substantial progress, it could further enhance regulatory certainty for the U.S. crypto industry and impact the future strategies of exchanges, stablecoin issuers, and blockchain companies.

Japan's largest securities token issuance and management platform, Progmat, has completed its migration to the Avalanche blockchain, transferring all managed tokenized assets worth over 452 billion yen (approximately 2.7 billion USD) from a Corda 5-based permissioned chain to a dedicated Avalanche Layer 1. This migration was announced in February this year and was completed as scheduled, without affecting the normal operations of financial institutions.Progmat stated that the new architecture no longer relies on a single blockchain and can support future multi-chain expansion. All smart contracts have been migrated to the EVM environment, and while maintaining the original functionality, the speed of asset rights transfer processing has increased by 3 to 5 times, with the final confirmation time for transactions reduced to under 2 seconds. Progmat was initially incubated by Japan's largest bank, Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corporation (MUFG), and became an independent operation in 2023. It currently has the support of major Japanese financial institutions such as Mizuho Bank, Tokyo Stock Exchange, and SBI, holding a 53% market share in Japan's securities token market and accounting for 64.6% of the total issuance scale of securities tokens, covering most tokenized real estate and corporate bond projects.In addition, Progmat established a working group for the tokenization of Japanese government bonds and on-chain repurchase (Repo) in May this year, collaborating with asset management institutions, banks, and securities companies to research the tokenization of Japanese government bonds and explore application scenarios such as 24/7 trading and T+0 real-time settlement.

According to The Information, the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) plans to showcase a real-time stock trading settlement process based on blockchain technology this Wednesday, focusing on verifying the feasibility of this technology in the clearing, settlement, and recording stages to enhance the operational efficiency of capital market infrastructure.

According to PR Newswire, Bitmine announced that it has purchased an additional 27,801 ETH in the past week and stated that it will continue to maintain the steady accumulation pace established since 2026. The company expects to achieve its so-called "Alchemy of 5%" target within the year.As of July 12, Bitmine holds a total of 5.77 million ETH, of which 4.917 million ETH (approximately 85% of the holdings) have been staked. Based on an ETH price of $1,820, the total value is approximately $9 billion. The company expects an annualized staking income of about $242 million based on a 2.70% annualized staking yield, and if all ETH is staked, the annualized staking rewards could reach $284 million.In addition, Bitmine stated that it has launched an institutional-grade Ethereum staking platform, MAVAN (Made in American Validator Network), this year, which will be opened to institutional investors, custodians, and ecological partners in the future.Bitmine claims that it has become the largest ETH reserve institution in the world, and ranks second globally in terms of cryptocurrency asset reserves, only behind Strategy, which holds 843,775 BTC. The company also stated that the GENIUS Act and the U.S. SEC's Project Crypto will drive the transformation of digital asset financial infrastructure, with significance comparable to the impact of the end of the Bretton Woods system in 1971 on the modernization of Wall Street.

According to official news, the AI healthcare project Savior of Health announced the completion of a $4 million strategic financing round, with participation from Amber Group, Basics Capital, Animoca Brands, Candaq, TBV, Everwood Capital, Olaris Capital, MangoLabs, and Credit Scend.The funds from this round will be used to advance AI-driven healthcare and health management, build next-generation medical infrastructure, support AI scientific research through health questionnaires and surveys, and expand its global healthcare ecosystem.

According to Bloomberg, several major banks in the United States, including JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America, Citigroup, Wells Fargo, and HSBC, have announced the formation of a joint network operated by The Clearing House, using blockchain to connect tokenized bank deposits in response to the rapid expansion of dollar stablecoins represented by USDT and USDC in the payment and clearing sectors.The network is scheduled to launch next year, aiming to achieve interoperability among the internal blockchain systems of various banks, with a priority on wholesale payments and liquidity management scenarios.Data from Artemis Analytics shows that the trading volume of stablecoins is expected to reach approximately $33 trillion by 2025, and Bloomberg Intelligence predicts that related payment flows could exceed $50 trillion by 2030. The banking industry believes that this trend has already posed direct competitive pressure on traditional deposit and payment businesses.

Strive CEO Matt Cole posted on the X platform stating that the company purchased an additional 18 BTC last week, with a total value of approximately 1.2 million dollars, at an average purchase price of about 64,028 dollars/BTC. The company's total Bitcoin holdings have increased to 19,900 coins.

According to CNBC, the prediction market platform Kalshi has officially launched the professional trading terminal Kalshi Pro (beta version) to the public, aimed at high-frequency and professional users who trade multiple markets and participate in real-time event trading.Kalshi Pro supports professional features such as real-time public transaction flow, order book depth viewing, multi-leg contract analysis, and order management, and has added terminal-level charts and position risk management tools specifically for perpetual futures.Kalshi's product head Andy Chang stated that active traders have begun trading prediction markets and perpetual futures like Wall Street trades stocks and bonds, and Kalshi Pro aims to provide institutional-level trading terminals for professional traders.

According to CoinDesk, Jurien Timmer, the Global Macro Director at Fidelity, stated that Bitcoin is approaching the bottom support line of its "power law model" constructed based on the complete price history of Bitcoin. This long-term support level is currently around $58,000, while the current price of Bitcoin is approximately $62,700, gradually nearing this area, or may have already entered the "accumulation zone" defined by the model.However, Jurien Timmer did not confirm that the market has bottomed out, but believes that Bitcoin may not experience a rapid rebound immediately. Instead, it is expected to fluctuate around the long-term support line for several months. Short-term capital has previously exited, and the flow of funds has rotated from Bitcoin to gold, and then from gold to the semiconductor sector. Currently, the market's pursuit of hot sectors is still mainly concentrated in the semiconductor field.

Zhipu (02513.HK) announced on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange that the company previously disclosed a plan to place up to 19.78 million new H shares, which has now been completed on July 13, 2026. A total of 19.78 million new H shares were issued and allocated to no less than 6 subscribers at a placement price of HKD 1588 per share, accounting for approximately 4.25% of the total issued H shares after expansion.The total amount raised from the placement is approximately HKD 31.411 billion, with a net amount of approximately HKD 31.375 billion, intended for research and development of general artificial intelligence, business expansion, and optimizing the capital structure.

According to Blockaid monitoring, the Lumi Finance protocol on Arbitrum is currently under attack, with approximately $270,000 in funds having been transferred out.

According to Lookonchain, a trader made over 9 million dollars in profit by shorting the token ESPORTS on the decentralized trading platform Aster DEX in less than a month, with a return of approximately 806%.The trader deposited 1 million USDT into Aster on June 18, opening a 1x leverage short position on ESPORTS. Subsequently, part of the position was closed, realizing a profit of 4.28 million dollars, while still holding approximately 137.73 million ESPORTS short positions (with an unrealized profit of about 1.95 million dollars). There is still about 4.77 million dollars in unrealized gains in the account. Currently, the trader has withdrawn the initial investment of 1 million dollars from Aster, leaving a remaining balance of 9.05 million dollars, all of which is profit.

According to a report by Jinshi Data on July 13, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and three other departments issued guidance on promoting the high-quality development of internet infrastructure resources. It mentioned strengthening the planning of internet technology innovation, promoting the implementation of relevant national key research and development programs and major national science and technology projects, enhancing original technology innovation, and carrying out technical research on the integration of artificial intelligence, blockchain, distributed identifiers and internet infrastructure resources, breaking through key technologies such as network dynamic optimization, intelligent resource scheduling, and data security interaction. Strengthening the innovation of the IPv6 technology system to solve key issues such as protocol compatibility and high-performance transmission. Breaking through key technologies for satellite internet mega-constellation networking, rapid routing switching, and reliable anti-jamming transmission. Breaking through key technologies for the large-scale deployment and application of resource public key infrastructure.