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According to South Korean media reports, the Bank of Korea participated in the real transaction testing of the global payment settlement project "Agora Project" led by the Bank for International Settlements (BIS), successfully completing transactions using tokenized reserve funds.A total of 28 institutions participated in this test, including the Bank of Korea, central banks from various countries, and private financial institutions, covering six currencies: Korean won, US dollar, euro, British pound, Swiss franc, and Japanese yen. Domestic participating institutions in South Korea include KB Kookmin Bank, NongHyup Bank, Shinhan Bank, Woori Bank, and Hana Bank. The participating institutions conducted real transaction tests valued at approximately 800,000 Swiss francs, covering multiple currencies and testing 17 different transaction scenarios. The Bank of Korea stated, "In the future, the Agora Project plans to conduct more real transaction tests by identifying transaction types and scenarios not covered in this test."

The global AI computing power and Agent financial infrastructure platform B.AI announced that its cumulative registered user count has officially surpassed 2.05 million, marking a milestone in the platform's efforts to lower the barriers to AI applications and promote the popularization of the Agent ecosystem. According to official disclosures, B.AI has significantly improved the participation efficiency of developers and end users by recently integrating stronger foundational large models, iterating product interaction experiences, enriching agent capabilities, and expanding its ecological cooperation network; in the future, the B.AI platform will continue to deepen its focus on AI computing power infrastructure and Agent financial infrastructure, using a more open ecological strategy to support global intelligent economic innovation.

UPBIT will launch trading for Global Dollar (USDG) on July 30 at 02:00, supporting KRW, BTC, and USDT markets. Users can make deposits within 2 hours after the announcement is released. Please pay attention to subsequent announcements for specific trading support times.

According to Gate market data, on July 29, Asian stocks generally rose, with China's Shanghai Composite Index closing up 15.15 points, an increase of 0.4%, at 3,828.47 points; the Shenzhen Component Index rose 148.76 points, an increase of 1.1%, at 13,658.44 points; and the Hong Kong Hang Seng Index rose 497.07 points, an increase of 1.96%, at 25,807.92 points.Most European and American stock markets fell, with Germany's DAX30 index down 34.71 points, a decrease of 0.14%, at 25,457.88 points; and the Dow Jones index down 1,152.18 points, a decrease of 2.19%, at 51,594.14 points.

According to monitoring by Catcher Predict, in the Polymarket event "Baltimore Orioles vs. Detroit Tigers," the sub-market "Spread -1.5" option for "Detroit Tigers" has experienced significant fluctuations in winning probability, soaring from 44.5% an hour ago to the current 95.05% (a fluctuation of 50.55%). Please note the impact of relevant breaking news.

According to Gate market data, GlobalFoundries' stock rose more than 16% in pre-market trading. The U.S. government previously announced that the company would receive up to $300 million in funding.

On Tuesday, Apple's stock price reached an all-time high during trading, briefly surpassing a market capitalization of $5 trillion, and continues to hold the top position globally in terms of market value. According to CoinGlass data, the total contract value of Apple (AAPL) across the network is approximately $128 million. From the platform distribution perspective, tradeXYZ, Binance, and Bitget rank in the top three, collectively accounting for about 85.02% of the market share. Among them:tradeXYZ: approximately 219,200 AAPL held, corresponding to a value of $74.9307 million;Binance: approximately 80,300 AAPL held, corresponding to a value of $27.4616 million;Bitget: approximately 18,900 AAPL held, corresponding to a value of $6.4609 million.

According to Jinshi reports, U.S. officials stated that Iran launched a ballistic missile at a U.S. military base in Jordan.

According to reports from China News Service, multiple South Korean media outlets believe that the recent sharp decline in the stock market is interpreted as a shock from the listing of China's largest semiconductor company, Changxin Technology. The market is worried that Changxin Technology will use the funds raised from its stock market listing to catch up with semiconductor companies like Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix, and this concern has spread, leading to a setback in investor sentiment.According to a previous report by CNBC, Z-Ben Advisors analyst Peter Alexander believes that, referencing the development paths of the steel and new energy vehicle industries, Changxin Technology will quickly seize market share in the low-end memory chip market and ultimately shake the monopoly positions of Samsung Electronics, SK Hynix, and Micron Technology in the global memory industry.

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.

According to the open-source dataset from NeobankBeat as of July 2026, there are 368 neobanks globally that are still actively operating, serving approximately 1.46 billion users. Among them, Asian users account for 817 million (with WeBank alone serving over 400 million people), and Brazil's Nubank has 131 million customers, surpassing the total of all U.S. neobanks. Out of the 368, only 127 hold a full banking license, with two-thirds relying on partner banks, electronic money licenses, or issuing institutions to operate, leaving customers largely unaware of the actual custodian of their funds.Among the neobanks established in the 2020s that are still alive today, 30% are Web3 native self-custody applications (compared to only 4% in the 2010s). This dataset audits the AI application status of the 368 one by one, revealing that only 67 (18%) have evidence of production-level AI deployment, with leaders mostly being lending institutions from emerging markets like Nigeria, the Philippines, and Mexico. The report warns that 106 infrastructure providers support 368 consumer brands, with a few partner banks and BaaS platforms each supporting dozens of brands, creating concentration risk that could lead to the next Synapse-like event.

According to monitoring by Catcher Predict, in the Polymarket event "Baltimore Orioles vs. Detroit Tigers," the sub-market "Baltimore Orioles vs. Detroit Tigers" saw the winning probability of the "Baltimore Orioles" option fluctuate dramatically, rising from 56% an hour ago to the current 93.5% (a fluctuation of 37.5%). Please note the impact of related breaking news.

According to Sina Finance, on Monday local time, Apple surpassed Nvidia to become the world's most valuable company for the first time since April 2025. Nvidia's stock price fell nearly 5% on Monday, with its market value dropping to $4.77 trillion, as investors expressed concerns about the enormous costs of AI infrastructure, leading to a decline in the AI chip sector overall. Meanwhile, Apple's stock price rose by 1%, bringing its market value to $4.95 trillion, as the company is set to release its highly anticipated earnings report after the market closes on Thursday. Nvidia has maintained its position as the world's most valuable company since it took the title from Microsoft in June 2025, briefly reaching a market value of $5 trillion last October. So far in 2026, Nvidia's stock price has only increased by 4%, while Apple's has risen by 24%. Apple's performance has outpaced the market, as it remains cautious with its AI capital expenditures, preferring to lease computing power rather than build its own infrastructure, a strategy that has been well received by investors.

According to the data panel on the ChainCatcher official website, regarding BTC wallet balances, in the past 7 days, Bybit had the largest decrease among the top 10 exchanges, at 4.08%; OKX had the largest increase, reaching 3.58%.In terms of exchange asset transparency proof, in the past 7 days, the top three net outflows were Binance (-$738 million), Bitget (-$97.65 million), and Bybit (-$68.37 million); the top three net inflows were Deribit (+$58.18 million), Bitfinex (+$24.73 million), and KuCoin (+$11.49 million).

Gate today announced that Lucas Sum has officially joined Gate as Head of Market Development, Equities. In this key position, Lucas will be responsible for driving Gate's global equity business market development strategy, coordinating business growth, ecosystem collaboration, market expansion, and user growth, strengthening Gate's business layout between traditional finance, digital assets, and the global capital markets, and promoting the sustainable development of a multi-asset investment ecosystem.Lucas has nearly ten years of industry experience, with a career spanning multi-asset brokerage, wealth management, payment fintech, and financial services. Before joining Gate, he was deeply involved in the market construction and business scaling development of Longbridge Securities and Moomoo Singapore (Futu Holdings) from 0 to 1, accumulating rich business development and collaboration experience in areas such as ecosystem collaboration, business model building, market strategy formulation, and user growth.Lucas stated, "I am very pleased to join Gate. Against the backdrop of the increasing integration of traditional finance and digital assets, the global investment market is ushering in new development opportunities. As global investors' demand for stock investment and diversified asset allocation continues to rise, I believe Gate will continue to improve its global equity business layout, creating a more open and convenient one-stop global investment experience. I look forward to working with partners and various parties in the financial ecosystem to further expand investment opportunities in the global capital market, continuously promote the development of Gate's equity business, and create long-term value for global investors."Lucas's addition will further enhance Gate's global equity business development strategy, strengthen the partner ecosystem, accelerate market expansion processes, and assist the platform in building a one-stop multi-asset investment platform for global investors, providing richer and more diverse asset allocation options.

BitMart's global CEO Nenter Chow posted on the X platform stating that he was informed on July 24 that his position as global CEO would be terminated and that he would immediately enter the resignation process.Nenter Chow stated that since July 24, he has not participated in BitMart's management and decision-making, nor has he been involved in discussions or decisions regarding the cessation of the trading platform's operations. He indicated that he only learned of this decision after the official announcement from BitMart was made public.Nenter Chow expressed that his primary concern at the moment is the safety of BitMart users' assets and the placement of employees, and he reminded users to only refer to BitMart's official channels for handling account-related matters.