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According to Bloomberg, the KOSPI index in South Korea plummeted in July, causing significant losses for many retail investors. Despite the index rebounding a record 18% on Friday, retail investors still recorded a record net sell-off of KOSPI stocks that day; the index fell a cumulative 22% in July, marking the largest monthly decline since the global financial crisis, with the total market capitalization of the South Korean stock market around $3.9 trillion.Influenced by President Lee Jae-myung's push for stock market reforms and the listing of single-stock leveraged ETFs, South Korean retail investors bought approximately 78 trillion won ($54.2 billion) worth of KOSPI stocks from May to June. After the sharp market decline in July, many investors on social media pointed fingers at the government.A 30-something investor in Seoul stated that he entered the Korean stock market for the first time in May and has now decided "not to invest in the Korean stock market anymore"; another 40-year-old investor borrowed 50 million won against his home to trade stocks and criticized the government for introducing leveraged ETFs, turning the market into a "casino."During July, the KOSPI triggered trading halts due to circuit breakers four times, setting a monthly record. Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix together accounted for over 50% of the KOSPI's weight, with their stock prices falling 21% and 35% respectively in July; however, since early 2025, Samsung Electronics has still risen over four times, and SK Hynix has increased nearly tenfold.Analysts say this is a typical result of crowded trading combined with leverage, and deleveraging is difficult to complete in a matter of days. In the coming months, technology and semiconductor stocks may still experience significant volatility, but this should not be seen as a complete collapse of the AI investment logic.The South Korean government suspended the listing of new single-stock leveraged ETFs in mid-July and promised to introduce more measures to stabilize the stock market and limit retail participation in high-risk products.However, the head of the Korean Shareholders Alliance stated that retail investors' anger and criticism towards the government have reached a peak, with many investors believing that the relevant measures have come too late.

According to Decrypt, Galaxy Digital has officially launched the "Bitcoin Quantum Readiness Program," which has three core pillars: providing up to $5 million in post-quantum cryptography research grants to developers, publishing special research reports through Galaxy Research, and establishing a quantum advisory committee composed of scholars from several top universities.The program aims at "Q-Day"—the critical moment when quantum computers use Shor's algorithm to break Bitcoin's elliptic curve encryption, forge signatures, and steal wallet assets. Project Eleven predicts that quantum computers capable of cryptographic threats may appear as early as 2030, at which point approximately 6.9 million BTC will be at risk of exposure.The Coinbase Quantum Advisory Committee has also called for developers to immediately begin migration efforts. Meanwhile, Trump has signed an executive order setting the deadline for the U.S. federal government to complete its post-quantum cryptography migration by December 2031.

Recently, the market has focused on the performance of the technology and semiconductor sectors, with trading activity in related assets continuing to rise. Gate gStocks quotes show that SOXLG (3x Long Semiconductor ETF) is currently priced at $139.46, up 3.40%; INTCG (Intel) is currently priced at $96.36, up 3.20%.Gate gStocks adopts a 1:1 fully-backed native stock reserve mechanism, where each tokenized security corresponds to an equal number of native stocks as underlying asset support, and supports 24/7 trading, unified account management, and a minimum investment of 1 USDT with fractional share trading. Users can participate more flexibly in global popular stock investments, achieving a one-stop allocation of digital assets and traditional securities. As the ecosystem of tokenized securities continues to enrich, Gate gStocks will continue to expand more quality stocks and ETF targets, providing users with a more diverse selection of global asset allocation options.

According to Jinshi reports, Buffett: Not investing in Google back then was a mistake, and based on its current performance, the company is now "more likely to become a winner."

Forbes has selected 10 cryptocurrencies worth investing in based on the utility or value storage attributes of the tokens, combined with indicators such as performance over the past 7 days and 24-hour trading volume. The selected projects all have a market capitalization exceeding $5 billion, namely BTC, ETH, BNB, XRP, SOL, TRON (TRX), HYPE, RAIN, LEO, and Zcash (ZEC).Forbes states that Bitcoin and Ethereum are widely regarded as the "gold and silver" of the cryptocurrency world, with current market capitalizations of approximately $1.289 trillion and $21.647 billion, respectively, accounting for about 68% of the entire crypto market. In its selection methodology, Forbes considered the fundamental use of each crypto asset, excluding stablecoins, wrapped crypto assets, liquid staking tokens, and meme coins, focusing on projects with clear investment logic that are expected to appreciate as adoption and utility increase.

Digital Currency Group (DCG) subsidiary Yuma announced the launch of a market-wide fund aimed at providing investment opportunities in the Bittensor network's native token TAO and its subnet ecosystem through a single investment strategy. Currently, Bittensor has launched 128 subnets, with a total asset value exceeding $900 million.DCG founder and CEO Barry Silbert stated that most AI investments are currently flowing to a few centralized legacy companies, which are now trying to enter the public market. Bittensor offers an alternative: an open, decentralized network built by builders and innovators at the forefront of artificial intelligence development.

According to Decrypt, Amazon has decided to withdraw the biopic of Sam Altman titled "Artificial." The film was originally planned to be distributed by Amazon MGM Studios and was nearing completion, but executives responsible for Prime Video and Amazon MGM Studios decided not to proceed with the release plan after watching the finished product and have handed the film over to other movie companies to seek a distributor.

According to Bloomberg, Google's parent company Alphabet will raise $80 billion through a package of equity financing to support its AI infrastructure and computing power expenditure plans. This financing includes a $40 billion ATM stock issuance plan starting in the third quarter, a $30 billion underwriting issuance of common stock and mandatory convertible preferred stock, as well as a $10 billion investment agreement reached with Berkshire Hathaway, which will become one of the largest equity transactions in history.Alphabet stated that AI is driving the company into an expansion phase, and the company hopes to build infrastructure to support future growth opportunities by increasing investments. Alphabet CFO Anat Ashkenazi previously stated that the company's capital expenditure in 2027 will be significantly higher than the maximum budget level of $190 billion in 2026. Bloomberg Intelligence analyst Mandeep Singh believes that with the support of new financing, Alphabet's capital expenditure could reach $300 billion next year. This move by Alphabet may also divert funds originally intended for companies like SpaceX, Anthropic, and OpenAI, which are planning to go public this year.

Bankr developer @0xDeployer stated that they are planning to launch the Bankr fund, which will invest real funds into top projects in the Bankr ecosystem. They hope to make their first investment in the coming weeks.Recently, several high-quality AI projects in the Base ecosystem have launched tokens through the Bankr platform. Projects like LFI and GITLAWB have quickly gained market recognition, with a market capitalization exceeding $20 million.

According to The Information, sources revealed that BlackRock has discussed investing $5 billion to $10 billion in SpaceX's IPO next month. This massive investment targets an IPO project with a fundraising goal of up to $75 billion, representing the world's largest asset management company's vote of confidence in Musk's enterprise.This investment also reflects that despite SpaceX pursuing an extremely high valuation and planning to give investors almost no power to challenge management decisions, the market will still participate in this historically largest IPO.

The Humanity Foundation has recently made significant adjustments to the $H token allocation plan, requiring investors to make a final choice between two options by April 26 at 09:00 UTC: one, extend the distribution, pushing the Cliff to September 25, 2026, and changing to equal distribution over 12 quarters; two, a 3:10 discounted immediate unlock, replacing the original 16,666,666 tokens with 5,000,000 $H (a 70% reduction), to be fully distributed on June 25, 2026.It is understood that the Humanity Foundation has sent adjustment notifications to over 100 investors. Early investment firm Trix Ventures has publicly disclosed its choice of the discounted immediate unlock.It is reported that this firm invested during the project's valuation phase of approximately $60 million, and even after the 3:10 discounted replacement, it can still achieve about 7 times return. Notably, the Humanity Protocol previously reached an in-depth cooperation with payment giant Mastercard, and the project's fundamentals have received endorsement from traditional financial institutions. The on-chain identity verification sector it belongs to is currently in its early market stage, but with the continuous expansion of AI-generated content and automated accounts, the demand for on-chain real identity verification is widely believed to grow exponentially, giving this sector long-term potential to become a leading project in the Web3 infrastructure field.The project is about to face a test of significant selling pressure from a one-time massive unlock, and whether it can grow explosively alongside the AI sector is crucial. Analysts point out that choosing the one-time unlock on June 25 is a safer decision. In the current market cycle, "certain liquidity" far outweighs paper numbers. The deferred plan extends the cycle to 3 years, with huge uncertainties regarding the protocol's survival and team stability.From a market structure perspective, June 25 faces obvious concentrated selling pressure risks: the Sablier contract release node is transparent on-chain, and quantitative and short-selling funds will precisely target this node; institutions may lock in profits by hedging in advance during the two-month window; market makers may withdraw buy depth in advance, causing the actual realization value to be less than 10% of the nominal value. Historically, large-scale concentrated unlocks of Starknet (STRK) and ApeCoin (APE) have triggered severe selling pressure, with the former dropping over 95% from its peak and the latter declining 77% within 7 months.