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07-21
Brent Crude Hits $89.93 as Oil Prices Influence Crypto Markets
Brent crude oil hit $89.93 per barrel on July 21, marking a $1.71 jump from the prior day and sitting roughly $20.50 higher than the same date last year. For crypto investors who think oil prices are someone else’s problem, here’s the thing: they’re not.Energy costs are one of the most reliable lead
Matrixdock Completes Fourth Consecutive Reserve Audit, Expands to XAGm
Matrixdock, the RWA tokenization platform under BIT, has completed its fourth consecutive semi-annual independent reserve audit, conducted by the international inspection and certification body Bureau Veritas. This audit for the first time included the tokenized silver product XAGm, covering the und
Starknet Launches Private strkBTC to Address Privacy and Quantum Risks
DeepFlow TechFlow translated report: As on-chain finance draws closer to traditional markets, Bitcoin faces two core challenges—the privacy risks stemming from transaction transparency and the potential threat posed by quantum computing to existing cryptographic signatures. Starknet has introduced t
XRP Breaks Key Resistance, Signals Strongest Bullish Shift of 2026
XRP broke above key resistance, ending weeks of consolidation while reclaiming its 50-day moving average with stronger trading volume support.Buyers now face resistance near the 100-day moving average, with $1.24 emerging as the next major technical target level.Relative Strength Index climbed above
Alibaba Unifies Three Agent Products into Qwen Office
ME AI message, according to monitoring by Beating, Alibaba plans to launch an enterprise office AI agent called "Qwen Office." The new product will be built on the desktop agent QoderWork, integrating Wukong from DingTalk and MuleRun developed by Alibaba Cloud, under the leadership of DingTalk CEO C
BlackRock CEO Warns China's Energy Buildout Gives It Edge in AI Race
The world’s largest asset manager just told everyone what the real bottleneck for AI supremacy looks like. It’s not chips, not talent, not even capital. It’s electricity.BlackRock CEO Larry Fink has been sounding the alarm about China’s aggressive energy infrastructure buildout, arguing that the cou
China Considers Tighter Export Controls on AI Models and Chips
Chinese regulators are weighing stricter export controls on advanced AI models, semiconductor technologies, and related components, according to the Financial Times. The Ministry of Commerce has been consulting with major domestic tech firms, including Alibaba, ByteDance, Zhipu, and Huawei, about ho
Robinhood Chain TVL Surpasses $430M in Less Than Three Weeks
BlockBeats report: Less than three weeks since its launch, Robinhood Chain has attracted $431 million in TVL and over 250,000 daily active users. To date, meme token trading accounts for more than 80% of its DEX trading volume, which has reached $9 billion. However, FalconX suggests that tokenized R
2026 WAVES Conference: AI Cycle and VC 3.0 Insights from Top Investors
At the 2026 WAVES Conference, Wang Xiao from Jiuhe Capital, Liu Ying from SoftBank China, Gao Yuhui from Chuangdongfang, and Feng Dagang, CEO of 36Kr, discussed the evolving AI cycle. The three investors agreed that while the AI wave is more intense than previous ones, its fundamental nature remains
Moonshot AI launches Kimi K3 with 28 trillion parameters, igniting technical competition with xAI.
On July 17, Moonshot AI released the Kimi K3 large model, featuring a parameter scale of 2.8 trillion, a 1 million token context window, native visual understanding capabilities, and its proprietary KDA attention algorithm. Elon Musk immediately commented, “Impressive,” but the next day announced th
Optical communication stocks rise in pre-market trading, MRVL up 6.24%
Huo Xing Finance reports that on July 21, according to BIT (bit.com) market data, pre-market trading in U.S. optical communication stocks saw broad gains: Pure Photonics ETF FOTO rose 3.81%; Marvell Technology (MRVL) increased 6.24%; AAOI (Applied Optoelectronics) gained 5.07%; LITE (Lumentum Holdin
Wall Street Analyst Predicts Tesla Stock Drop, Backed by $550M Options Bet
With Tesla earnings scheduled for tomorrow, July 22, a veteran chart analyst says TSLA stock is set to fall, and the options market just backed him with a roughly $550 million bet against it.Carter Worth is an American financial expert, famously known as “Chart Master” on CNBC. Worth’s projection on
US and China to Hold AI Talks in September Led by Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent
The United States and China will sit down for AI-focused negotiations in September, with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent leading the American delegation. The talks represent the next chapter in a bilateral dialogue that began earlier this year when Bessent traveled to Beijing to lay the groundwork
Kalshi reports $54.34 billion in trading volume during the World Cup, maintaining over 95% market share alongside Polymarket.
Odaily Planet Daily reports that, during the World Cup, Kalshi’s total platform trading volume reached $54.338 billion, approximately 2.6 times Polymarket’s trading volume of $20.988 billion; trading volume related to World Cup events amounted to $13.591 billion, about 31% higher than Polymarket’s $
Alibaba integrates three AI agents into 'Qwen Office' to compete in agent-based work platforms.
PANews, July 21: According to Caixin, Alibaba will launch "Qwen Office," targeting the AI Agent office market, integrating its three AI agent products—QoderWork, Wukong, and MuleRun—under the leadership of DingTalk’s new CEO, Chen Yusen. The product strategy will be based on QoderWork, which has gre
