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According to Jinshi, Germany's inflation rate is expected to be 2.8% in July 2026, with the core inflation rate, excluding food and energy, expected to be 2.4%. Energy prices are expected to rise by 8.3% year-on-year, a significant acceleration compared to last month.Analyst Giuseppe Dellamotta stated that the decline in core inflation is good news for the European Central Bank. If the Eurozone CPI shows a similar trend, the likelihood of an interest rate hike in September will decrease. The market will pay attention to the developments in the Middle East situation; if the situation eases, it will reduce the urgency for the European Central Bank to tighten monetary policy.

Hyperscale Data GPUS announced that it has sold 100 bitcoins to fund the construction of its AI data center in Michigan. CEO William Horne stated that this is "converting one balance sheet asset into another" and clarified that his confidence in BTC has not changed. Its Bitcoin 100 ranking is 44th.

Tencent's official X account stated that its research agent Hyra collaborated with the Hy3 model to explicitly prove an issue that has troubled the mathematical community for over 50 years: the optimal growth rate exponent of the size of the sum set |A+A| and the size of the difference set |A-A| for a finite integer set A is exactly 2. The theorem from 1969 provided an upper bound of 2, but for the following 50 years, the best constructed exponent was only slightly above 1.1.This achievement demonstrates the potential of AI agents in the field of pure mathematical reasoning. Tencent stated that Hyra is an AI research agent developed in-house, specifically designed to assist in the exploration of complex mathematical and scientific problems. This conclusion still requires confirmation through peer review by the mathematical community.

According to Jinshi reports, southbound funds had a significant net sell of 8.571 billion yuan today. In the Hong Kong Stock Connect (Shanghai), the Tracker Fund of Hong Kong and Pop Mart were net sold 1.972 billion HKD and 385 million HKD respectively; Tencent Holdings had the highest net buy amount, totaling 444 million HKD.In the Hong Kong Stock Connect (Shenzhen), SMIC and Alibaba-W were net sold 1.376 billion HKD and 993 million HKD respectively; Tencent Holdings had the highest net buy amount, totaling 568 million HKD.

According to Jinshi reports, due to rising concerns over the escalation of the Middle East conflict, the long-term international bonds of Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the UAE fell by more than 1 cent.

According to Jinshi reports, on July 24, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China held a symposium for non-party figures at Zhongnanhai to listen to the opinions and suggestions of leaders from various democratic parties, the All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce, and representatives of non-partisan individuals. Xi Jinping presided over the meeting and delivered an important speech, emphasizing the need to adhere to the general principle of seeking progress while maintaining stability, promote the continuous development of the economy towards new, better, and good directions, implement an active fiscal policy and a moderately loose monetary policy, enhance development momentum, and ensure and improve people's livelihoods.

According to on-chain analyst Emmett Gallic, Bitcoin addresses associated with Bitminter founder Geir Harald Hansen recently transferred 829 BTC, some of which had not moved for 8 years.Hansen's Bitminter was one of the early mining pools, at its peak accounting for nearly 10% of the Bitcoin network's hash rate, having mined a total of 208,232 BTC.

According to Jinshi reports, the U.S. Central Command stated that there are currently over 50,000 U.S. troops deployed in the Middle East, maintaining a high level of vigilance and ready for combat at any time.

Arm released its financial report for the first quarter of fiscal year 2027, with revenue of $1.29 billion, a year-on-year increase of 22%, exceeding the market expectation of $1.26 billion; adjusted earnings per share of $0.45, a year-on-year increase of 29%, surpassing the expected $0.40; adjusted net profit of $480 million, a year-on-year increase of 28%. Licensing revenue was $574 million, a year-on-year increase of 23%; royalty revenue was $715 million, a year-on-year increase of 22%, with data center royalty revenue more than doubling year-on-year.The AI and data center business is showing strong momentum. Since the launch of the Arm AGI CPU in March, customer demand has grown from an initial expected order of about $1 billion to over $2 billion. Cumulative shipments of Arm Neoverse data center processors have exceeded 1.5 billion cores, with the latest 500 million completed in just 9 months. NVIDIA Vera has fully entered production, and AWS has reached a multi-year agreement with Meta to deploy tens of millions of Graviton5 cores. Qualcomm announced plans to launch the Arm-based data center CPU Dragonfly C1000.Revenue guidance for the second quarter is approximately $1.38 billion, with adjusted earnings per share of about $0.47, both above market average expectations but below some optimistic forecasts. The company stated that the growth of smart mobile royalty revenue will slow, and after-hours stock prices fell by about 7% at one point.

The Hawkins County Commissioners in Tennessee, USA, passed a ban with 12 votes in favor and 0 votes against, prohibiting the establishment, construction, installation, expansion, and operation of cryptocurrency mining facilities and data centers in the county's unincorporated areas.The commission had previously passed a similar ban in September 2025 to prevent the digital asset company ExoticRidge from conducting mining operations locally, and in January confirmed its related authority through a resolution. ExoticRidge proposed a settlement with Hawkins County officials in January, allowing the company to build and operate facilities under noise restrictions. The proposed terms require that the A-weighted decibel noise at the property boundary must not exceed 80 decibels for more than 30 minutes within any 4-hour period.A law signed in Tennessee in April has stipulated that, starting July 1, the use and installation of cryptocurrency ATMs and kiosks will be illegal, with the restrictions aimed at incidents of residents transferring money to scammers using the devices.

According to the New York Daily, the decentralized data infrastructure project Permacast based on Permaweb announced the completion of its Series A funding round on January 15, 2025, raising over $5 million. Combined with the previously completed seed round and Pre-A round, the total funding raised by the project has reached $8.9 million.This round of financing received support from several leading Web3 funds, technology investment institutions, and strategic angel investors. Seed round investors include OKX Ventures, Big Brain Holdings, ChainVision, Foresight Research, and Digital Humanism (DRF); Pre-A round investors include ClearingPoint, 7 O'Clock Capital, Cipholio Ventures, SilverFox Foundation, and a number of private investors; Series A round investors include CoinSummer, angel investor Tomasz Boryniec, Waterwood Investment (Tsinghua), Scorpio VC, and a number of private investors.Permacast stated that as AI models reshape the way information is created and utilized, the demand for trustworthy, permanent, and verifiable data infrastructure is growing. The new funds will be used to accelerate protocol development, expand decentralized network infrastructure, strengthen ecological cooperation, and expand the engineering and product teams. The team stated that a permanent, verifiable, and open data network will become the foundational infrastructure for future intelligent applications.

According to the Korea Herald, the South Korean government and industry have established the AI Data Center (AIDC) alliance, planning to cultivate AI data centers into the next generation of export industries through public-private cooperation.

According to Jinshi reports, SpaceX proposed to deploy up to 1 million satellites in low Earth orbit to create a solar-powered space artificial intelligence data center.

According to Cryptopolitan, the Central Bank of Russia (CBR) has released a draft of regulatory rules for the cryptocurrency market, covering the registration and operational requirements for cryptocurrency exchanges, digital custodians, and token issuers. The draft stipulates that the minimum net assets for digital custodians must be between 50 million and 250 million rubles (approximately 600,000 to 3 million USD), with the specific amount depending on the nature of the business.These rules will complement the "Digital Currency and Digital Rights Law" passed by the State Duma of Russia earlier this month, which is expected to officially take effect on September 1, 2026. Under the new framework, non-qualified investors can only purchase mainstream assets such as BTC, ETH, and USDT up to a limit of 4,000 USD per year; industry participants will have a transition period until March 1, 2027, to complete compliance and approval procedures.

According to Jinshi reports, Ukrainian President Zelensky stated that Ukraine successfully struck a logistics center in Russia's Ryazan city.

According to Jinshi, the Bank of England is investigating the rapid growth of investment banks operating in London with exposure to Asian stocks, as officials hope to avoid highly concentrated bets on a few companies related to artificial intelligence.Hedge funds and other institutional investors are rushing to invest in companies providing key infrastructure for the artificial intelligence semiconductor industry in Asia, such as SK Hynix and TSMC. The Bank of England is concerned that these stocks are gradually becoming an increasingly important part of the positions held by major brokers, with holdings highly concentrated in a few companies.

According to The Block, cryptocurrency financial company Galaxy Digital announced that it has acquired approximately 500 acres of land in McGregor, Texas, for the construction of its second large AI and high-performance computing (HPC) data center campus in the state. The project will be advanced in collaboration with the city of McGregor and local partners, with an initial planned capacity of 74 MW, expected to receive power supply by 2028, and plans to expand to hundreds of megawatts by 2030.Galaxy expects that the project will increase the local tax base in McGregor by at least $130 million. Galaxy CEO Mike Novogratz stated that the company has validated the model of long-term cooperation between private data centers and rural communities at the Helios data center in Dickens County, Texas over the past few years, and the new campus will be the next step in Galaxy's strategy to build a multi-campus data center business. Previously, Galaxy acquired the Helios Bitcoin mining campus in West Texas in 2022 and gradually shifted towards AI and high-performance computing business. Currently, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) has approved Galaxy to expand Helios to a capacity of 1.63 GW, which has been leased by AI cloud computing company CoreWeave for 15 years.

According to The Block, the Central Bank of Russia has released a regulatory draft for "organized trading" of digital assets and digital rights, aiming to set access and operational rules for cryptocurrency exchanges and digital custodians. The draft requires exchanges to determine trading processes through their own rulebooks and to calculate market prices and weighted average prices; it proposes the establishment of digital custodians responsible for bookkeeping, with registered capital ranging from 50 million to 250 million rubles, and must involve high liquidity and high credit quality assets.Electronic platform operators must also meet similar capital requirements and undertake the settlement functions of nominal accounts for digital financial assets. This draft has entered the regulatory impact assessment stage, connecting with the previously passed cryptocurrency market bill, and continues to provide a framework for compliant retail trading while prohibiting cryptocurrency payments within the country.

According to Bloomberg, satellite images show that two Amazon.com Inc. data centers located in Bahrain were damaged, which aligns with Iran's claim last week of using missiles to attack these facilities.The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps of Iran released high-resolution satellite images through the official background media Tasnim News Agency, showing that the two data centers in Bahrain's Zarqa and Askar areas suffered severe damage, stating that they were targeted because Amazon supports U.S. military operations. Independent low-resolution images captured by the European Space Agency (ESA) Sentinel-2 satellite constellation, reviewed by Bloomberg, also show signs of damage at both facilities.