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According to Gate market data, the U.S. stock storage sector has seen an expanded increase, with Seagate Technology (STX.O) rising over 17%, SanDisk (SNDK.O) rising 20%, Western Digital (WDC.O) rising 16%, and SK Hynix (SKHY.O) and Micron Technology (MU.O) both rising 11%.

According to Jinshi, the number of initial jobless claims in the U.S. last week, the month-on-month personal spending for June, the month-on-month and year-on-year core PCE price index, the preliminary quarter-on-quarter real personal consumption expenditure for the second quarter, the real GDP, and the preliminary quarter-on-quarter annualized core PCE price index will be announced in ten minutes.

The Kobeissi Letter posted on platform X, stating that according to Goldman Sachs data, over 1.2 million leveraged retail trading accounts in South Korea triggered margin call notifications, with an estimated 320,000 to 360,000 accounts completely liquidated, accounting for about 3.4% of the adult population in South Korea.As the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) has fallen approximately 18% since July 13, it is expected that the number of accounts that have been completely forcibly liquidated has now exceeded 500,000.

According to Jinshi News, the European Union has launched a tender today, planning to establish up to 7 artificial intelligence super factories in Europe, which is an important initiative to promote technological autonomy in Europe. The plan is led by the industry and has received up to 10 billion euros in funding support, expected to leverage at least 20 billion euros in private investment.AI super factories will provide infrastructure for various enterprises and institutions, integrating advanced AI processors, software, and cloud technology, further strengthening Europe's leadership position in the technology sector.

According to Jinshi, the People's Bank of China today conducted a 270.5 billion yuan 7-day reverse repurchase operation, with both the bidding amount and the awarded amount being 270.5 billion yuan, and the operation interest rate at 1.4%. At the same time, the central bank also conducted a 600 billion yuan overnight reverse repurchase operation.

According to Jinshi, the Director of the National Economic Council of the White House, Hassett, stated that our confidence in Federal Reserve Chairman Waller has never been stronger.

According to Jinshi, on Thursday, July 30, 2026, the following financial data and events will be of interest: 01:30 Bank of Canada releases monetary policy meeting minutes; 02:00 Federal Reserve FOMC announces interest rate decision; 02:30 Federal Reserve Chair Waller holds a monetary policy press conference; 04:00 Meta, Microsoft, Qualcomm, ARM release Q2 earnings reports; 09:00 Samsung Electronics releases Q2 earnings report and holds an industry performance briefing; 13:30 France's preliminary Q2 GDP year-on-year; 15:00 Switzerland's July KOF Economic Leading Indicator; 16:00 Germany's preliminary Q2 seasonally adjusted GDP year-on-year; 17:00 Eurozone's preliminary Q2 GDP year-on-year; 17:00 Eurozone's June unemployment rate; 17:00 Eurozone's July industrial sentiment index; 17:00 Eurozone's July economic sentiment index; 19:00 Bank of England announces interest rate decision; 19:30 Bank of England Governor Bailey holds a press conference; 20:00 Germany's preliminary July CPI month-on-month; 20:30 U.S. initial jobless claims for the week ending July 25; 20:30 U.S. June core PCE price index year-on-year; 20:30 U.S. June personal spending month-on-month; 20:30 U.S. preliminary Q2 real GDP annualized quarter-on-quarter; 20:30 U.S. preliminary Q2 real personal consumption expenditures quarter-on-quarter; 20:30 U.S. preliminary Q2 core PCE price index annualized quarter-on-quarter; 20:30 U.S. June core PCE price index month-on-month; 22:30 U.S. EIA natural gas inventory for the week ending July 24; the next day at 04:00, Amazon and Apple will release earnings reports.

According to Jinshi reports, the South Korean Ministry of Finance stated that South Korea is committed to taking more measures to stabilize the stock market, will take steps to limit leveraged ETF trading, and will restrict retail investors' exposure to leveraged ETF investments, maintaining a 24-hour stock market monitoring system.

South Korean Finance Minister Choo Kyung-ho apologized for launching a single stock leveraged ETF without careful consideration. According to Gate market data, on Wednesday, the South Korean KOSPI index experienced turbulence, dropping as much as 12% during the day, and ultimately narrowing its decline to about 8%. Choo Kyung-ho stated that the government is studying market stabilization measures and may further adjust the relevant regulations for single stock leveraged ETFs to respond to market fluctuations.

According to Decrypt, the Myanmar parliament passed a law on Tuesday that allows for the death penalty for those who coerce others into engaging in online fraud through violence or illegal detention.According to the draft bill released in May this year, if such abusive behavior results in the death of the victim, the death penalty should be imposed. The new law also stipulates that individuals operating online fraud parks or implementing "digital currency fraud (cryptocurrency fraud)" can be sentenced to life imprisonment; while criminals who commit violent coercion, illegal detention, and other acts can be sentenced to 10 years to life imprisonment.

Crypto KOL Phyrex posted on platform X, stating that American investors are chasing stock market highs with increasingly high leverage. As of June, the net credit balance of U.S. brokerage accounts fell by approximately $70 billion in a single month, dropping to negative $1.061 trillion, a historic low. During the same period, margin debt increased by about $86 billion to $1.53 trillion, rising for the third consecutive month and setting a new record.He pointed out that the continued deterioration of the net credit balance means that investors have less cash buffer and are increasingly reliant on borrowing for stock positions. Currently, leverage in the U.S. market is widespread throughout the brokerage system. In an upward phase, rising stock prices can further release financing limits after boosting account net worth, creating mechanical buying pressure; however, once the market weakens, margin pressure may force investors to add cash or sell stocks, turning the leverage that previously drove the rise into mechanical selling pressure. He believes that the U.S. stock market is currently facing both high valuations and a high financing environment, and if new funds slow down, leveraged positions may further amplify market volatility.

According to the Wall Street Journal, after nearly a year of freezing hiring, several large companies in the United States have begun to rehire, with railway giant CSX and Google's parent company Alphabet recently indicating plans to recruit to support growth targets or seize emerging technology opportunities. Over the past year and a half, large employers have generally reduced white-collar positions, partly due to economic uncertainty and partly based on the judgment that reducing staff can lead to faster growth and that AI can take on more work. However, some executives now state that the costs and limitations of AI actually require an increase in personnel.The report states that Booz Allen's Chief Operating Officer Kristine Martin Anderson indicated that the company needs to accelerate hiring, as it cut thousands of positions last year amid a contraction in federal contracts, with a total headcount of about 30,900 as of June 30, a year-on-year decrease of 7.5%. Sarah Franklin, CEO of the HR platform Lattice, stated that many companies had paused hiring for junior positions due to expectations that AI would take over jobs, but now realize that even with programming agents, they still need to hire engineers and are currently re-hiring a large number of junior positions. At the same time, layoffs in the U.S. have slowed, with initial jobless claims recently dropping to the lowest level since 1969.

According to the official announcement, Bitget has launched the U-based AEON perpetual contract, supporting up to 20x leverage. The contract trading bot will also be opened simultaneously. For more details, please refer to the official Bitget platform.

SSI received $2 billion in funding last year from top venture capital firms such as Andreessen Horowitz and Sequoia Capital, with a valuation of $32 billion at that time.

According to CoinDesk, Swiss crypto bank AMINA is collaborating with Wall Street firm Cantor to evaluate pathways to enter the capital markets. AMINA had considered a SPAC merger but is now more inclined to achieve a reverse merger through the acquisition of a Digital Asset Treasury company, although no final decision has been made.A company spokesperson stated that the current priority is to bring in strategic growth capital, with an IPO as a subsequent option, and that there are currently no discussions with any SPACs or DATs. AMINA, formerly known as SEBA Bank, is regulated by Swiss FINMA and offers crypto trading, custody, staking, and lending services. Its operations have expanded to Abu Dhabi, Hong Kong, and India, with a Tier 1 capital of 74.6 million Swiss francs by the end of 2025 and total financing of approximately 245 million dollars.

According to the official announcement, Binance will remove the following leveraged trading pairs on July 30, 2026, at 14:00: full margin trading pairs A/USDC, HIVE/USDC, ILV/USDC, NEWT/USDC, MOVE/USDC; isolated margin trading pairs A/USDC, HIVE/USDC, NEWT/USDC, MOVE/USDC.Please note that the isolated margin lending services for the relevant trading pairs will be suspended on July 28 at 14:00, and all pending orders will be canceled when they are delisted. Users are advised to close their positions in advance.

According to Tencent News "Frontline," a 26-year-old male employee of Hong Kong Central Wealth Management Services Limited misappropriated 50 million Hong Kong dollars as margin without authorization, using it to finance the purchase of a double long position in the Southern Eastern Ying Hynix ETF (07709.HK), resulting in a paper loss of up to 150 million Hong Kong dollars. The trader was arrested by the police on July 20 on suspicion of "theft," with the incident occurring from January 9 to July 20.Financial analysts in Hong Kong stated that the reason the 50 million principal turned into a 150 million loss was due to the combination of margin financing and the double leverage of the long ETF. This ETF surged to a historical high of 193.65 Hong Kong dollars at the end of June, driven by the storage chip concept, but then the semiconductor sector sharply corrected, falling to 52.58 Hong Kong dollars by July 20, a decline of over 72%. The police revealed that the relevant positions had not yet been forcibly liquidated, and the final loss would still fluctuate with the stock price. The incident was discovered during a recent audit of the company, which reported it to the police. Central Wealth Management is not a licensed company by the Securities and Futures Commission, and Central Wealth Securities stated that the involved personnel are not their employees and are unrelated to the incident, but after the event, some clients exhibited risk-averse withdrawals.

According to the Nikkei, Seiji Kihara, the head of the Liberal Democratic Party's "Next Generation AI and On-Chain Finance Project Team," stated at a financial summit held in Tokyo that Japan's current 2x leverage limit on cryptocurrency trading is "too strict." The healthy development of the market requires sufficient liquidity and a price discovery mechanism, and relaxing restrictions is an inevitable trend.The project team is promoting adjustments to relevant regulatory policies, aiming to attract more cryptocurrency funds back to the Japanese market by enhancing market liquidity.

According to Cointelegraph, Binance's Chief Security Officer Jimmy Su stated that Binance conducts red team testing internally every month to assess the overall security awareness of employees.Testing scenarios include impersonating recruiters, sending free meeting invitations, and enticing employees to submit personal information. Employees who fail the test must undergo corrective training, and the test results will also be included in performance evaluations; if an employee fails severely multiple times, they may face termination.