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The 2026 Fortune Global 500 list was released on July 28, with the total revenue of the listed companies amounting to approximately $43.1 trillion, exceeding one-third of the global GDP, with a year-on-year growth of about 3.2%. Amazon topped the list for the first time, ending Walmart's twelve-year streak; State Grid ranked third. Alphabet took the title of "most profitable company in the world" from Saudi Aramco with a net profit of $132.17 billion. NVIDIA ranked second in profits, and TSMC was the only Chinese company to enter the top ten in profits.A total of 141 companies from the United States made the list, 122 from China (including Taiwan), and 40 from Japan. The total revenue of Chinese listed companies is approximately $10.4 trillion, with an average profit of $4.5 billion, about 40% of the average profit of U.S. companies ($11.24 billion). JD.com (41st) ranked first among private companies in mainland China, while Alibaba (56th), Tencent (97th, entering the top 100 for the first time), Pinduoduo (255th), and Meituan (311th) all saw improvements in their rankings.In the high-tech sector, 38 listed companies had an average profit of $21.98 billion. NVIDIA jumped 38 places to rank 28th, TSMC rose 44 places to rank 82nd, SK Hynix ranked 210th, and Micron Technology and Advanced Micro Devices returned to the list after many years. The automotive industry saw increased differentiation, with BYD ranking 91st, CATL significantly rising 43 places to rank 260th, and Chery Automobile making the list for the first time as a publicly listed company. The company with the largest increase in ranking was Wistron, which surged 298 places to rank 198th.

Crypto KOL Phyrex posted on platform X, stating, "BitMart and BitMex did not close due to a collapse; it is very different from the sacrifice of FTX. These two primarily faced business issues."According to him, in 2023, BitMart had approached his associates about an acquisition, and they had done a lot of data analysis at the time, but it ultimately came to nothing. In fact, part of the decline of many third-tier exchanges is due to the impact from Binance Alpha.Small exchanges are essentially the stronghold of various altcoins, pump coins, Ponzi coins, and community coins, but the emergence of Alpha has provided better sources for these coins, which has also led to a significant reduction in listing fees for third-tier exchanges and a decrease in profits from joint market-making.Another reason is the signal teachers. In fact, the total number of signal teachers is not very large, but they have waves of associates. These teachers generally move between various exchanges, and once a new exchange offers better profits, these teachers quickly lead their followers to switch. The recent well-known cases of exchanges running away generally follow this pattern.

According to Business Insider, Alphabet's total number of employees increased from 187,103 to 198,933 in the year ending June 30, 2026, with a net increase of 11,830 people. Among them, the increase in Q2 2026 alone exceeded 4,000 people, accounting for more than one-third of the total net increase over the past year, marking the largest quarterly increase in recent years. The company's revenue during the same period was $119.8 billion, a year-on-year increase of 24%.Previously, Google laid off 12,000 employees in a one-time action in 2023, followed by several rounds of small-scale adjustments. Last week, about 4,500 employees jointly submitted a petition to CEO Sundar Pichai, requesting stronger layoff protections. Alphabet stated that it will prioritize the long-term development of AI and has raised its capital expenditure expectations for 2026 to $195 billion to $205 billion, citing that the demand for AI infrastructure continues to exceed available capacity.

According to Protos, AI shopping agent developer ORO disclosed that it suffered losses of approximately $630,000 due to a suspected North Korean hacker attack. The attackers sent spoofed Microsoft Teams links to ORO employees through a compromised Telegram account, inducing them to install malicious extensions, and after nearly a month of data theft, stole 147,000 Alpha tokens on July 13. ORO is highly confident that the attack originated from the North Korean hacker group Sapphire Sleet.ORO also admitted to security negligence—due to insufficient hardware wallet support in the Bittensor protocol, the company "temporarily" set the owner keys to software wallets, violating its internal principle of prioritizing hardware wallets, which led to the keys being stolen from the compromised computer. ORO stated that it is working with exchanges, law enforcement, and Bittensor ecosystem partners to recover the stolen assets and emphasized that its subnet is operating normally, and other wallets, user data, and validator signing keys were not affected.

According to The Block, the Ethereum privacy infrastructure project Aztec has announced the launch of the complete v5 Execution Layer Alpha version, bringing multiple cryptographic optimizations aimed at achieving client-side ZK Proving with second-level generation on mobile phones and consumer-grade laptops.Aztec stated that the v5 Execution Layer reduces the computational burden required for local proof generation by optimizing the zero-knowledge proof generation process, allowing users to complete privacy transaction proofs without relying on large servers. This improvement is expected to further promote the widespread application of zero-knowledge technology.

According to monitoring by Catcher Predict, in the predicted market Polymarket for the event "Valorant: Team Vitality vs Natus Vincere - VCT EMEA Alpha Group," the "Map 3 Total Rounds: Over/Under 24.5" sub-market's "Over" option win rate has experienced a dramatic fluctuation, soaring from 0.5% an hour ago to the current 49% (a fluctuation of 48.5%). Please note the impact of related breaking news.

According to Onchain Lens monitoring, the on-chain gold whale Antalpha (@antalpha_ai, 0x07C...748) has continuously increased its holdings of XAUT over the past 3 months, accumulating approximately 15,052 XAUT, valued at about 68.03 million USD, with transfers coming from Cobo_Global.The wallet recently received 1,000 XAUT, valued at about 4.1 million USD.

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 CryptoSlate, South Korea's Bitcoin treasury company Bitplanet has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Nasdaq-listed company Antalpha and its partners, planning to introduce 15 billion Korean won worth of Bitcoin mining equipment and to launch full-scale mining operations this month. The Bitcoin mined in the future will be recognized as operating income and managed as a long-term financial asset.The plan indicates that the first phase of equipment is expected to produce over 7 BTC per month, with an annual output of more than 80 BTC (subject to equipment utilization and electricity prices). The mining equipment will be deployed in overseas regions with competitive electricity costs, including Oman and Paraguay, and will adopt an overseas custody and joint operation model.

UPBIT will end trading support for Alpha Quark (AQT) on August 3, 2026, at 15:00. The affected trading pairs are AQT/KRW and AQT/BTC. Please complete withdrawals before the deadline; deposits for this asset will no longer be accepted after trading support ends.

The New York AI investment research platform LinqAlpha announced the completion of a $22 million Series A financing round, led by AVP, Atinum Investment, and GFT Ventures, with participation from several financial and venture capital institutions from Asia, Europe, and the United States, including Mirae Asset Venture Investment, Hana Ventures, and Shinhan Venture Investment. To date, its total financing has reached $28.6 million. The company provides an AI market intelligence platform for institutional investors, helping investment teams process complex market information through dedicated AI agents. The new funds will be used to enhance market data integration and expand application scenarios for stock, macro, credit, and multi-asset investment strategies.

According to Gate market data, Alphabet's stock price fell to an intraday low, with a decline of 5%.

According to official news, Gate Alpha officially launched the 43rd Hot Coin Trading Competition on June 15 at 10:00 (UTC+8). Users can click "Participate Now" to complete registration and trade designated hot coins to share a $40,000 airdrop reward. This event features a dual reward mechanism with a 100% winning rate. Users who registered without an invitation code can receive 1 chance to participate in a regular blind box lottery for every 200 USDT traded, with a total prize pool of approximately $20,000, a minimum prize of 0.19 GT per draw, and a maximum of 7.81 GT; users who registered with an invitation code can receive 1 chance to participate in a premium blind box lottery for every 500 USDT traded, with a total prize pool of approximately $20,000, a minimum prize of 0.39 GT per draw, and a maximum of 15.63 GT. Each user has a daily limit of 10 lottery chances, with a total limit of 40 chances throughout the event. All rewards are distributed in real-time and will stop once the draws are completed.Gate Alpha now supports popular public chains such as SOL, ETH, Gate Layer, BSC, Base, SUI, ARB, World Chain, AVAX, Polygon, LINEA, ZK, OP, and Berachain, and enables seamless trading of tokens across the entire chain through the contract address search function, facilitating cross-chain trading and allowing users to access all on-chain tokens with one click.

According to official news, Gate Alpha will launch the CTM exclusive recharge & trading competition on June 8 at 10:00 (UTC+8). Users can click "Participate Now" to complete the registration and participate in sharing a total airdrop reward valued at $20,000 by completing the corresponding tasks.This event features a dual benefit gameplay: Users who recharge CTM to Gate Alpha can receive a USDT reward equivalent to 10% of the recharge value, with a prize pool of $10,000; the first 333 users who reach a cumulative purchase amount of ≥ $1,100, ranked by the time they meet the trading threshold, can each receive a $30 airdrop reward. Rewards are available on a first-come, first-served basis until they run out.Gate Alpha now supports popular public chains such as SOL, ETH, Gate Layer, BSC, Base, SUI, ARB, World Chain, AVAX, Polygon, LINEA, ZK, OP, Berachain, etc. Users can achieve seamless trading of cross-chain tokens through contract address search, enabling one-click circulation of on-chain tokens.

According to official news, Gate Alpha will officially launch the 42nd Hot Coin Trading Competition on June 7 at 10:00 (UTC+8). Users can click "Participate Now" to complete registration and trade designated hot coins to share a total airdrop reward valued at $60,000.This event features a three-tier reward mechanism: Users who registered without an invitation code will receive 1 chance to participate in a regular blind box lottery for every 200 USDT traded, with a total prize pool of approximately $20,000, a minimum prize of 0.19 GT per draw, and a maximum of 7.81 GT; Users who registered with an invitation code will receive 1 chance to participate in a premium blind box lottery for every 500 USDT traded, with a total prize pool of approximately $30,000, a minimum prize of 0.39 GT per draw, and a maximum of 15.63 GT; Additionally, there is a special prize pool for newcomers of approximately $10,000. New users of Gate Alpha with zero trading can recharge "Binance Life" to their Alpha account and receive an equivalent airdrop of 0.5% of the transferred market value, available on a first-come, first-served basis.Gate Alpha now supports popular public chains such as SOL, ETH, Gate Layer, BSC, Base, SUI, ARB, World Chain, AVAX, Polygon, LINEA, ZK, OP, and Berachain, and can achieve seamless trading of all-chain tokens through the contract address search function, enabling cross-chain trading and allowing users to access all on-chain tokens with one click.

The artificial intelligence market research platform AlphaSense has completed a $350 million financing round, with a latest valuation of $7.5 billion, significantly up from its previous financing round of $4 billion in 2024. Investors participating in this round include Accenture and the asset management division of JPMorgan. AlphaSense CEO Jack Kokko stated that there is a possibility for the company to conduct an initial public offering (IPO) in the future.

According to data compiled by institutions, Alphabet (GOOG.O) has initiated an $80 billion equity financing to raise funds for artificial intelligence infrastructure construction, which is expected to become the largest equity capital market transaction in history.The stocks in this joint issuance (including common stock, capital stock, and similar equity mandatory convertible preferred stock) were priced later on Tuesday. Its scale will exceed the approximately $70 billion issuance of common and preferred stock by Petrobras in 2010.The largest single transaction in this deal for Google's parent company—a $40 billion "at-the-market" issuance plan—is expected to launch in the third quarter. Such issuances allow the company to sell shares to the market from time to time without announcement, but it must regularly disclose the amount raised in regulatory filings.

According to the Binance Wallet announcement, starting from June 1, 2026, 08:00 (UTC+8), the assets participating in the Binance Wallet DeFi Earn activities (including currently and subsequently added qualified certificate tokens) will be included in the calculation of Binance Alpha Balance Points.The specific list of qualified assets is subject to the Binance Alpha Points FAQ page.

According to the official announcement, Binance has launched the DYOR Research Center, integrating on-chain data to provide transparent information for all users.DYOR now supports Binance Alpha tokens, and users can view market information, trading data, token unlocks, and project fundamentals on the spot trading page of the Binance App. It will gradually expand to more tokens in the future.