ME News, July 13 (UTC+8): 1⃣ The U.S. and Iran clashed again on Sunday, with U.S. forces striking targets near the Strait of Hormuz, while Iran attacked a U.S. military base in Kuwait, pushing oil prices up 4.5% to $79. 2⃣ This week brings key data releases: U.S. June CPI, China’s Q2 GDP, the Fed’s Beige Book, and Chair Kevin Warsh’s first semiannual congressional policy hearing—reigniting inflation and interest rate trajectories as the core focus of cross-market pricing. 3⃣ Robinhood Chain saw ETH bridged from Ethereum mainnet increase tenfold within a week, surpassing $1 billion in value, with its 24-hour DEX trading volume reaching $877.6 million—ranking second across all chains. 4⃣ Bonzo suffered an oracle attack, as attackers manipulated SAUCE prices to borrow massive assets, resulting in losses of approximately $9 million. 5⃣ Stablecoin market cap shrank by $7.7 billion in June—the largest monthly decline since the Terra collapse—with USDT falling to $184 billion. 6⃣ The Ethereum Foundation disclosed that AI has identified real vulnerabilities in the protocol, but emphasized that final security assessments must remain the responsibility of human experts—marking the beginning of AI code auditing in core protocol deployment. 7⃣ Despite escalating tensions between the U.S. and Iran and heightened risks around the Strait of Hormuz, BTC held steady around $64,000, while ETH traded at approximately $1,826; neither showed extreme volatility exceeding 5% over the past 18 hours. 8⃣ SemiAnalysis: Anthropic’s Q3 EBIT exceeded $1 billion, with a $6 trillion valuation potentially surpassing NVIDIA. 9⃣ GPT-5.6 Sol Ultra, offline, proved the 50-year-old graph theory conjecture “Cycle Double Cover Conjecture” within one hour. 10⃣ Musk accuses Altman of fraud; Apple sues OpenAI—AI giants’ feud escalates further (Source: Followin Flash News)
Global Market and Crypto Highlights: 7/13
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The Fear and Greed Index declined as U.S.-Iran tensions escalated, with military strikes driving oil prices up 4.5% to $79. The crypto market saw Robinhood Chain’s ETH bridge inflows surge tenfold in a week, exceeding $100 million, while 24-hour DEX volume reached $877.6 million. Bonzo lost $9 million in an oracle attack. The stablecoin market cap dropped $7.7 billion in June, the largest decline since the Terra collapse. The Ethereum Foundation stated that AI identified genuine protocol vulnerabilities, but human experts still perform final reviews. Bitcoin held near $64,000, and Ethereum remained stable at $1,826.
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