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AMD officially launched its first rack-level AI system for artificial intelligence, Helios, which is seen as an important product for AMD to compete with NVIDIA's Grace Blackwell and Vera Rubin AI systems. It has been adopted by enterprise clients such as Microsoft, Meta, OpenAI, and Oracle, attempting to initiate more direct competition with NVIDIA in the AI infrastructure market.Microsoft announced that it will deploy the AMD Helios system in Azure data centers, becoming the latest customer to adopt the platform. AMD stated that Helios is expected to begin delivery to customers later this year and will be used to support cutting-edge AI model inference, Azure AI services, and enterprise-level AI applications.Market analysis firm Futurum Group data shows that NVIDIA currently holds over 95% of the data center GPU market share, while AMD accounts for about 4.5%. Analysts believe that if Helios is deployed successfully, AMD has the opportunity to capture 20%-25% of the market share in the future, corresponding to a potential market space worth hundreds of billions of dollars.

According to official data from NeoSoul, during the 2026 World Cup, the platform had approximately 28,000 AI Agents participating in predictions, completing a total of 294,000 predictions, with an overall prediction accuracy rate of 82%. Among them, 1,111 Agents maintained a perfect record after completing at least 10 predictions.It is reported that NeoSoul is the largest AI Agent cluster infrastructure on the BNB Chain and 0G ecosystem, dedicated to supporting Agents' autonomous decision-making, participating in real transactions, and promoting the development of the AI Economy network.

According to the security agency Slow Fog, the malicious TRAE IDE extension juannegro.solidity disguises itself as a Solidity plugin and acts as a cross-platform malware delivery mechanism. This extension automatically executes and establishes persistence after the IDE starts, and it also uses Ethereum smart contracts to store and retrieve dynamic C2 configurations, allowing attackers to update C2 endpoints and payloads without needing to re-release the extension.Although the extension has been removed from Open VSX, it was still available through the TRAE marketplace as of July 18. Users who have installed it should immediately delete it and check their systems for compromise.

According to official news, the trading platform Websea completed the system upgrade of its two core products, "Contract Insurance" and "Capital Protection Copy Trading," on July 20, 2026. In terms of contract insurance, the platform has added an insurance order fee injection mechanism. After users activate contract insurance, 20% of the transaction fees generated by related orders will be directly injected into the corresponding insurance fund pool to expand the fund pool size and improve airdrop generation efficiency. At the same time, the maximum number of airdrop claim resets for the β pool has been adjusted from 15 times to 14 times, shortening the speed of claiming the entire round and starting a new cycle. Users at VIP3 and above can also enjoy additional rights to reduce the number of claim rounds.In terms of capital protection copy trading, Websea has simultaneously optimized the privilege subscription mechanism. Users at VIP3 and above can automatically receive a maximum of 10,000 USDT in exclusive privilege code quota each month; for newly registered users, the platform has launched a capital protection copy trading privilege quota of 100 USDT, which users can experience after completing advanced KYC certification.

According to on-chain detective Specter, an unknown entity withdrew 31 BTC from Wasabi Mixer a few minutes ago, worth 1.98 million dollars, and then cross-chained the funds to Ethereum, exchanging them for 1059 ETH.The wallet then created a new Polymarket account named "yamal19" and deposited the funds into the platform. As of now, the account has purchased YES shares worth 1.16 million dollars on "Spain will win the 2026 FIFA World Cup."

Michael Saylor, the founder and executive chairman of Bitcoin Strategy Company, has once again released information related to the Bitcoin Tracker and stated, "What's next?"According to previous patterns, Strategy usually discloses changes in Bitcoin holdings the day after relevant news is released.

Jeff Yan, co-founder of Hyperliquid, recently stated in the VALR podcast that one of the biggest challenges currently facing the cryptocurrency and fintech sectors is the failure to attract enough top entrepreneurial talent.Jeff Yan believes that, influenced by factors such as the AI boom and social prestige, many of the best young people are unclear about which fields they should engage in to create the most value, resulting in very few choosing to enter the cryptocurrency industry.He stated that reconstructing the financial system from first principles and transforming academic theories into scalable market designs is a highly meaningful endeavor, and he urged young entrepreneurs not to focus solely on the surface value of things but to concentrate on the real problems facing the world and participate in the development and innovation of on-chain finance.

According to The Block, Bernstein pointed out in its latest research report that the perpetual contract structure originating from the cryptocurrency market has first entered the AI computing power market. The Architect AX exchange, registered in Bermuda and not regulated by the CFTC, has launched GPU computing power perpetual contracts, which are anchored to spot prices through funding rates, a mechanism that directly originates from the cryptocurrency market. The cash-settled computing power futures from CME and ICE are still awaiting CFTC review, with a launch expected by the end of 2026.In addition, the CFTC-regulated prediction market platform Kalshi has previously launched prediction contracts linked to GPU rental prices and introduced the computing power pricing curves for B200, H200, and A100 chips on July 14, with the B200 quoted at $5.41 and a historical peak of $7.39.Bernstein noted that unused GPU computing power cannot be stored, and hedging is the only way to bear price risk. However, the current market liquidity is still dominated by speculative funds, and the difficulty in constructing computing power benchmark indices is also a major bottleneck in market development.

RootData has integrated stock perpetual contract-related data into the API Professional Edition subscription system, covering core data such as stock perpetual contract trading pairs, market conditions, and liquidity.Currently, the RootData API has served over 220 institutional clients, covering not only mainstream trading platforms like Binance, OKX, Bitget, and Gate, but also widely adopted by market makers and quantitative institutions such as Amber Group and Presto Research. With continuously expanding data dimensions and stable real-time data service capabilities, RootData is gradually becoming an important provider of institutional-level crypto data infrastructure.

The Binance Futures platform will launch the SPCXUSD1 perpetual contract on July 20 at 17:00, with a maximum leverage of up to 25 times. This contract is based on Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (Nasdaq: SPCX), with the settlement asset being USD1, and trading will be available 24/7.

According to GMGN data, the top 5 tokens with net inflow of KOL in the past 24 hours are as follows:ANSEM (9cRC....ump): Net inflow of $20,000, 24-hour price change -3.9%, currently priced at $0.169.ACCOUNT (5rnh....t1r): Net inflow of $1,000, 24-hour price change 697.8%, currently priced at $0.0001.Raj (5kD2....ump): Net inflow of $551, 24-hour price change 569.8%, currently priced at $0.0001.HODL (Hh3o....ump): Net inflow of $456, 24-hour price change -6.9%, currently priced at $0.0009.DUMP (9bmv....HDa): Net inflow of $383, 24-hour price change -10.7%, currently priced at $0.0008.

According to Coinglass data, the total contract open interest for ETH has decreased by 5.04% in the past 24 hours, with the current total open interest at $26.063 billion. Among them, Binance's open interest is $6.382 billion, OKX's open interest is $1.555 billion, Bybit's open interest is $1.717 billion, and Gate's open interest is $2.412 billion.

Bonzo Finance Labs stated on platform X that, in response to the oracle attack on July 11 that affected Bonzo Lend, the Bonzo Finance Foundation will provide full compensation based on the position status prior to the incident, with funds supported by the recovery mechanism promised by the Hedera Foundation.

According to CNBC, the American prediction market platform Kalshi stated that a teleprompter operator is under investigation by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission for allegedly trading prediction contracts related to public speeches by President Trump.

According to CoinDesk, hardware wallet company Ledger has launched an open-source toolkit called Ledger Agent Stack, which supports AI agents to interact with crypto wallets by reading balances, preparing transactions, and suggesting actions, with all transactions requiring user approval on Ledger hardware devices.Ledger stated that this release is the first step in its AI roadmap, aiming to integrate hardware-based security mechanisms into AI-driven crypto applications and to prevent autonomous agents from transferring funds or accessing sensitive credentials without human approval.

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 Gate market data, South Korea's semiconductor leader SK Hynix (000660) is currently priced at $1245.42, down 11.52%; Samsung Electronics (005930) is currently priced at $172.47, down 8.76%, with the semiconductor sector overall weakening. According to CoinGlass data, the SKHYNIX contract open interest on the Gate platform reached $26.36 million, with a 24-hour trading volume of $56.49 million; the SAMSUNG contract open interest reached $2.67 million, with a 24-hour trading volume of $5.40 million, with related indicators ranking among the industry's top.

According to official news, OneBullEx has launched U-based stock and index-related contracts such as QQQUSDT, NVDAUSDT, TSLAUSDT, AAPLUSDT, MUUSDT, WDCUSDT, and SPCXUSDT. The related products support both full margin and isolated margin models.This round of new products covers multiple key tracks in the global innovation industry. QQQ provides an overall perspective on large technology and growth sectors, with Nvidia, Micron Technology, and Western Digital corresponding to AI computing power, memory, and data storage infrastructure. Apple and Tesla cover smart terminals, automation, and energy technology, while the addition of SPCXUSDT extends the platform's global asset coverage to commercial aerospace, satellite connectivity, and space infrastructure.This new launch allows OneBullEx to increase its offerings of global technology companies and index-related products beyond cryptocurrency assets. OneBullEx stated that it will continue to expand global asset coverage around the development direction of AI-native financial exchanges and explore the long-term application of AI intelligent trading capabilities in more asset and market scenarios.

The Binance contract platform will launch the MUUUSDT perpetual contract on July 16, 2026, at 17:00, the SOXSUSDT perpetual contract at 17:05, and the TZAUSDT perpetual contract at 17:10, with a maximum leverage of 25 times.