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According to The Block, BNB Chain is developing a new Layer 1 blockchain aimed at Agentic Trading and has released the first detailed architectural information after months of research and development on the project.According to the technical roadmap for the second half of 2026 disclosed by BNB Chain, the new chain will run in parallel with the existing BNB Chain ecosystem, aiming to achieve a transaction preconfirmation of less than 50 milliseconds, designed to provide an execution experience close to centralized exchanges (CEX), while retaining the advantages of on-chain self-custody and transparency.In terms of technical architecture, the new chain will remove the traditional public mempool and introduce a transaction transmission mechanism called "TxStream," which directly sends transactions to block producers to reduce latency and minimize MEV extraction behaviors such as sandwich attacks.

Bitget announced that its stock token (rToken) product has surpassed $100 million in assets under management (AUM) one month after launch. As of July 6, the number of users participating in related asset trading has exceeded 100,000, with a cumulative trading volume of $671.37 million.In terms of asset distribution, rSPCX is currently the rToken with the highest TVL, accounting for 23.51%; rCSCO and rNVDA follow with 17.75% and 13.38%, respectively. Overall rankings indicate that early rToken demand is primarily driven by high-profile private market assets and technology-related targets, with AI infrastructure assets becoming a significant demand cluster, covering areas such as networking, chips, storage, and semiconductors.It is reported that rTokens, identified by the letter r + stock code (for example, NVIDIA is rNVDA), are issued by Reality, a licensed RWA protocol under Bitget, and are directly connected to global liquidity pools such as NASDAQ and NYSE through collaboration with compliant broker Alpaca. Their features include: 1:1 reserves of underlying assets managed by licensed custodians, stock dividends distributed in token form on a 1:1 basis, support for corporate actions such as stock splits and consolidations, and positions that can serve as joint collateral for unified accounts and U-based contracts, allowing users to flexibly manage funds while holding global stock assets.

On-chain investigator ZachXBT posted that the LAB token has dropped from $14 to less than $2 in the past 24 hours, a decline of about 85%, with the fully diluted valuation (FDV) significantly shrinking from about $14 billion.ZachXBT expressed disappointment that Binance, Bitget, and Gate failed to take measures in advance to prevent price manipulation, stating that if centralized exchanges truly valued user interests, they should at least return the profits from accounts suspected of manipulating the market to the users. He also pointed out that LAB investors were originally scheduled to start unlocking tokens later this month, but the vesting arrangements have been modified multiple times before, with insiders controlling almost the entire circulating supply and implementing extreme price manipulation through market makers on centralized exchanges. Therefore, he "does not recommend trading LAB under any circumstances."

According to official news, the Gate gStocks section will launch 11 gStocks tokenized securities for spot trading on July 8 at 16:00 (UTC+8): SKHYNIXG (SK Hynix), SAMSUNGG (Samsung Electronics), MRVLG (Marvell Technology), AAPLG (Apple), GOOGLG (Google), AVGOG (Broadcom), LLYG (Eli Lilly), BRKBG (Berkshire Hathaway Class B), JPMG (JPMorgan Chase), WMTG (Walmart), and VG (Visa). gStocks tokenized securities products have a 1:1 fully native reserve, providing a one-stop solution for 24/7 securities trading.

According to Straight News, Mirae Asset's Hong Kong branch is planning to launch a tokenized asset trading platform within the next three years, aimed at converting existing investment assets and traditional financial assets into tokens for customer trading.The company has recently expanded its business based on its newly launched trading platform MAPS (Mirae Asset Portfolio Service), committed to transitioning from institutional business to a customer-based platform business. The platform will initially target Hong Kong customers, with the long-term goal of establishing a cross-regional trading framework connecting the Korean and overseas markets.

Recently, international crude oil prices have fluctuated and rebounded, with active trading in the energy market. According to market data from the Gate platform, WTI crude oil (CLUSDT) reached a high of $72.80 in 24 hours, currently reported at $72.43, with a 24-hour increase of 4.79%; Brent crude oil (BZUSDT) reached a high of $76.52 in 24 hours, currently reported at $76.13, with a 24-hour increase of 4.96%. CoinGlass data shows that the trading volume of the Gate CLUSDT contract reached $8.2895 million in 24 hours, with an open interest of approximately $8.2299 million; the BZUSDT contract had a trading volume of $3.3371 million in 24 hours, with an open interest of approximately $2.7695 million, both ranking among the industry's leaders.

According to Cointelegraph, data from DefiLlama shows that the trading volume of RWA perpetual contracts exceeded $100 billion for the first time in June, setting a new historical record.

On July 7, WEEX Exchange announced that the TCCBSC zero-fee event has now started: new users who complete their first deposit and first spot trading task can unlock a reward of 3-10 USDT; both new and existing users can receive a 1 USDT contract bonus for daily TCCBSC spot trading volume reaching 50 U; inviting friends to participate in the event can earn up to 1,000 USDT in rewards. Event time: 7/6 17:00 - 7/13 17:00 (UTC+8).

According to official news, the BNB ecosystem prediction market platform predict.fun has announced the launch of institutional-level block trading features, providing off-chain matching and on-chain settlement services for large transactions on the platform, supporting institutional users in making large prediction market trades.Through exclusive matching services, buyers and sellers can directly match trading counterparts to complete large orders via single point-to-point (P2P) transactions, avoiding issues such as slippage, insufficient liquidity, and position exposure found in traditional order book trading. It is reported that predict.fun will waive all fees related to over-the-counter (OTC) trading in the next two weeks.

The Chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Paul Atkins, issued a statement regarding the 2026 regulatory agenda, which pointed out that a series of regulatory reforms will continue to be advanced. This includes adapting the regulatory framework to the current market environment, actively embracing innovation and new technologies, implementing the goal proposed by U.S. President Trump to "make America the global crypto capital," promoting more crypto-related products to enter the U.S. market, establishing clear financing rules for crypto assets, and clarifying the roles of market participants in on-chain custody and facilitating on-chain tokenized securities trading.In terms of capital market reform, the SEC will promote the "Make IPOs Great Again" initiative by reforming the information disclosure system, reducing compliance costs for companies going public, and encouraging more companies to enter the public market while maintaining necessary investor protection measures.

Binance will delist the following spot trading pairs on July 10 at 11:00: GMX/USDC, PARTI/FDUSD, RUNE/BTC, SEI/BTC, and T/USDC. Users can still trade the related tokens on other trading pairs and are advised to turn off related trading bot services before the delisting to avoid potential losses.

Coinbase announced that it has obtained a UK investment services license (MiFID) and will provide traditional financial product trading services to UK users in the future. Institutional and professional traders will be able to trade perpetual contracts for cryptocurrencies, stocks, and commodities, while retail users will be able to trade stocks on the Coinbase platform for the first time.Coinbase stated that this license will form a regulatory framework together with its existing UK electronic money license and cryptocurrency asset registration qualifications, marking the largest expansion of product capabilities since the company entered the UK market, and will further advance its "Everything Exchange" strategy. In the future, the platform will gradually support services such as stablecoin payments, savings, lending, and tokenized real-world assets (RWA).

According to CoinGlass market data, in the past 4 hours, the contract position increase ranking shows that the trading asset ASX on the Gate platform has a position of approximately 1.22 million USD, with an increase of 385.82%, ranking second in the entire network, reflecting the continuous increase in trading activity of related assets on the platform.

Binance will launch 10 bStocks tokenized securities trading pairs on July 7, 2026, at 21:30, including Cerebras (CBRSB), Coinbase (COINB), Roundhill Memory ETF (DRAMB), Corning (GLWB), Alphabet (GOOGLB), Nebius (NBISB), Qualcomm (QCOMB), Semicon Bull 3X ETF (SOXLB), State Street SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPYB), and Western Digital (WDCB), and will enable spot algorithm trading robot services.The zero maker fee promotion for the above trading pairs will last until September 1, 2026, at 07:59.

According to the official announcement, Gate stocks have been listed on ANTA (Anta Alpha Platform), DISK (Tama Storage Chip ETF), FOTO (Tatter Pure Optical Communication ETF), KDEF (PLUS Korea Defense Industry Index ETF), KMEM (Kufu Selected Storage Chip ETF), QNT (Quantum Num) and other 6 U.S. stocks, directly connecting to the real global stock market.

According to the latest official announcement from the Chrome Web Store, the platform will officially implement the updated Developer Program Policy starting August 1, 2026. This update clearly delineates boundaries for regulated goods and services, listing "prediction markets" as a prohibited product category, strictly prohibiting any extensions from offering, facilitating, or supporting real-money trading based on prediction results.In addition, the new regulations further tighten data privacy and AI safety standards. The policy requires that user data collected by extensions must be strictly and exclusively used for the single purpose disclosed; if there is a change in data processing methods, users must be proactively notified. At the same time, extensions designed to circumvent AI-driven service safety protections, usage restrictions, and other protective mechanisms are explicitly prohibited. After August 1, if any extensions are found to be non-compliant with the above policies, the Chrome Web Store will take enforcement actions.

10x Research stated that since the peak in October last year, the trading volume of Bitcoin options has dropped from $8 billion to $3.5 billion, and the market volatility has also decreased during the same period.It believes that the signals released by the options market may indicate that trading activity could decline further.

According to Cointelegraph, data from payment giant Visa shows that in June, the adjusted trading volume of stablecoins reached $1.79 trillion, a 63% increase from May's $1.1 trillion, setting a new historical record surpassing February's $1.78 trillion, and a year-on-year increase of 125%.Among them, USDC dominates with a trading volume of $1.21 trillion, accounting for about 67%; USDT's trading volume is $576 billion, accounting for about 32%. At the network level, Base ranks first with $565 billion (31.5%), followed closely by Ethereum ($562 billion), and Tron ranks third ($320 billion).Analysts believe that despite the bear market in the crypto space, the trading volume of stablecoins continues to grow, highlighting their increasing importance in practical applications such as payments, DeFi, and cross-border transfers.

Crypto analyst Murphy pointed out that during Bitcoin's rebound from $58,000 to nearly $64,000, the relative trading volume of spot transactions quickly declined. A rebound lacking support from spot demand is difficult to establish a basis for a trend reversal and often represents merely a sentiment-driven recovery, necessitating attention to the sustainability of the rebound.On the positive side, the USDC/USDT exchange rate fell from 1.001 to 1.0006, indicating that the intention to exit is weakening and trading intentions are recovering. Although mainstream stablecoins on trading platforms are still in a state of net outflow, the outflow magnitude continues to narrow, and the marginal improvement in funding pressure supports the continuation of the rebound. However, the weakening of spot driving forces means that the weight of derivatives is relatively increasing. The 7-day average of perpetual contract long premiums has continuously risen to $160,000/hour, indicating that Taker buying pressure is persistently pushing perpetual prices above spot prices; although open interest has decreased, it remains significantly higher than levels seen in February of this year. Currently, the long premium is still within a normal range, but as the rebound continues, the risk of long squeezes will continue to accumulate—once open interest rebounds again, intense long-short battles will lead to faster and more abrupt volatility, which is a hidden risk that needs to be monitored in advance.