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The Binance research report shows that in the first half of 2026, the on-chain market contracted overall rather than experiencing capital rotation. The total locked value in DeFi across the entire chain decreased by $43.4 billion, a decline of 38%; the total market capitalization of the six major mainstream Layer 1 public chains covered in the report decreased by $246.5 billion, a decline of 42%. The Ethereum spot ETF holdings dropped from over 6 million ETH to 5.2 million, while the holdings of digital asset reserve companies increased from 6 million to 7.7 million, indicating a change in marginal holding structure.The report also pointed out that after the increase in Ethereum's Gas limit, the average Gas price decreased by 75% compared to 2025, and the number of transactions grew by about 50%, but the annual on-chain revenue is still expected to decline by 53%. User activity on Layer 2 general networks significantly weakened, with user operations dropping by about 77% from January to June 2026. The Solana network's REV fell from $40 million in January to $14 million in June.On the other hand, BNB Chain performed outstandingly in the field of tokenized stocks and tokenized real-world assets, with the market share of on-chain tokenized RWA increasing from 9.8% to 13.5% in the first half of the year. The report also mentioned that prediction markets, DEX, lending, and tokenized RWA remain among the few major directions that maintain activity.

The Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) issued a restriction notice to Futu Securities International (Hong Kong) Limited, prohibiting it from handling or disposing of assets in customer accounts held by a certain entity, limited to HKD 125,247,000. This entity is suspected of participating in a fraudulent scheme aimed at creating a false or misleading appearance of demand for initial public offering shares. Futu is not the subject of the SFC's investigation, and this restriction notice will not affect Futu or its other clients.According to the notice, Futu must not dispose of or handle the relevant account assets in any way without the SFC's written consent, and must immediately notify the SFC if it receives any instructions related to the restricted assets. The SFC believes that issuing this restriction notice is in the interest of investors and the public. The investigation is still ongoing.

Qualcomm released its Q3 2026 fiscal year financial report, with revenue of $9.95 billion, a year-on-year decrease of 4%, slightly higher than the market expectation of $9.67 billion; adjusted earnings per share were $2.21, basically in line with expectations; net profit was $2 billion. The chip business (QCT) revenue was $8.5 billion, of which mobile-related business was $5.1 billion, a year-on-year decrease of 20%; automotive electronics business revenue reached a record $1.59 billion, a year-on-year increase of 61%, achieving double-digit year-on-year growth for 23 consecutive quarters; Internet of Things business revenue was $1.83 billion, a year-on-year increase of 9%.Qualcomm expects adjusted earnings per share for Q4 to be between $2.05 and $2.25, below analysts' expectations of $2.36. CEO Cristiano Amon stated that revenue from Apple will enter a phase of accelerated decline, and due to supply chain constraints, Qualcomm's component share in the next-generation iPhone is "far below the previously estimated 20%." To cope with the contraction of its Apple business, Qualcomm is accelerating its diversification transformation, expecting its data center business to achieve approximately $5 billion in revenue by fiscal year 2027, and has completed the acquisition of AI software company Modular. Qualcomm plans to adjust prices for some products starting September 1 to address rising costs across the entire supply chain.

According to Gate market data, Arm's decline in after-hours trading has expanded to 8%.

According to Gate market data, the Dow Jones Index closed down 1,152.46 points on July 29 (Wednesday), a decrease of 2.18%, at 51,594.86 points; the S&P 500 Index closed down 112.4 points, a decrease of 1.51%, at 7,316.38 points; the Nasdaq Composite Index closed down 433.97 points, a decrease of 1.74%, at 24,442.94 points.

According to Gate market data, after the Federal Reserve's interest rate decision was announced, the declines of the three major U.S. stock indices narrowed, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average down 1.09%, the S&P 500 down 0.15%, and the Nasdaq Composite turning to an increase.

According to Gate market data, the Dow Jones Index opened down 398.29 points on July 29 (Wednesday), a decrease of 0.76%, reporting at 52,349.03 points; the S&P 500 Index opened down 10.87 points, a decrease of 0.15%, reporting at 7,418.35 points; the Nasdaq Composite Index opened down 47.14 points, a decrease of 0.19%, reporting at 24,829.77 points.

According to Jinshi reports, the Token expenditure price index further dropped to 1.4288, continuing the downward trend since the end of May and setting a new low since early March, indicating that the cash burn rate of AI companies continues to slow down. This indicator has now fallen 31% from its peak this year, but compared to the end of last year, it still retains an increase of about 15%.Note: The sale of Tokens is currently an important source of monetization for the AI industry, and its price is one of the signals measuring the current supply and demand situation for computing power. If the Token price remains high, cloud service providers will be motivated to purchase more GPUs, DRAM memory, and expand data centers; conversely, they need to be cautious of "consumption downgrade" by AI companies, which could become a leading indicator of the end of this hardware frenzy cycle. Token price data is sourced from top global AI models such as OpenAI, Anthropic, and DeepSeek.

According to Gate market data, the South Korean stock market weakened today, with the Southern Double Long Hynix (07709.HK) significantly dropping. As of the Hong Kong stock market's noon closing, this product has fallen by 25.72% today, and the decline since July has reached 81.05%. Data shows that the latest asset size of this product is HKD 31.92 billion, which has shrunk by 70% compared to its peak size.Another leveraged product under Southern Dongying linked to South Korean chip stocks, the Southern Double Long Samsung Electronics (07747.HK), has dropped by 16.56% today, with a decline of 69.55% this month.

According to Gate market data, the Nasdaq futures fell by 1%, the S&P 500 index futures dropped by 0.3%, and the Dow futures decreased by 0.2%.

According to monitoring by Lookonchain, as the price of SKHX continues to decline, profits from short positions are expanding. Among them, the whale address 0xEbE1 currently has unrealized profits of over 10 million dollars on its SKHX short position and has additionally earned about 1.23 million dollars in funding fee income.

According to Gate market data, the three major U.S. stock index futures have slightly declined in the short term, with Dow futures down 0.13%, S&P 500 futures down 0.08%, and Nasdaq futures down 0.02%.

Bitwise CEO posted on the X platform that one of the world's largest wealth management companies has opened the Bitwise Solana Staking ETF BSOL to its advisors and clients.

According to Gate market data, the S&P 500 index has turned positive, and the decline of the Nasdaq 100 index has narrowed to 1.1%.

According to Gate market data, the Hong Kong Hang Seng Index turned negative during the session, having previously risen nearly 1%. The Hang Seng Tech Index's gains quickly narrowed to 0.1%. Lao Pu Gold (06181.HK) fell over 20%, Zhi Pu (02513.HK) fell over 18.5%, MiniMax (00100.HK) fell over 11.3%, and Hua Hong Semiconductor (01347.HK) fell nearly 7%.

According to Gate market data, American Express (AXP.N) pre-market decline has widened to 5%.