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According to Jinshi reports, on the evening of July 30, Beijing time, the Chinese lead in Sino-U.S. economic and trade relations, Vice Premier He Lifeng, held a video call with the U.S. lead, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, and Trade Representative Katherine Tai.The two sides discussed the implementation of the important consensus reached during the meeting between the leaders of China and the U.S. in Beijing, focusing on stabilizing economic and trade relations, pragmatic cooperation, and addressing each other's concerns. The Chinese side expressed serious concerns regarding the recent economic and trade restrictions imposed by the U.S. side.

According to Yu Jin monitoring, after a significant rebound in the storage sector tonight, traders who had been continuously shorting Changxin Storage have once again increased their short positions. This trader established their position the day before Changxin Storage's initial public offering and has gone through multiple rounds of increasing their position. Currently, the value of the short position held in Changxin Storage is approximately 22.26 million USD, with an unrealized loss of about 4.06 million USD.

According to The Defiant, Lightning Labs, the company behind the Lightning network development tools, launched a dedicated website for the L402 protocol on Wednesday, positioning the protocol as a channel for AI agents to make payments in Bitcoin. The company stated that with L402, agents can make payments in Bitcoin and complete identity verification natively, without the need for accounts, intermediaries, or human involvement, and described L402 as a protocol for machine-to-machine commerce on Lightning.It disclosed that the addition is a website rather than the protocol itself. L402, or Lightning HTTP 402 protocol, has previously existed in Lightning Labs' tech stack, and its standard implementation, Aperture, is currently being used by the non-custodial exchange service Lightning Loop. This mechanism reuses the HTTP 402 status code, where the server returns a 402 along with a validation header containing tokens and Lightning invoices when the client requests a restricted interface. After the client makes a payment, it accesses the interface with the token and payment original, allowing the server to complete verification without querying the payment database.

Uniswap announced the launch of the beta Launches tab in its web application, designed to aggregate and display token issuance projects based on the Uniswap infrastructure. This feature currently supports issuance projects on the Robinhood Chain and integrates token information from multiple issuance platforms, allowing users to filter and sort by issuance platform, 24-hour trading volume, liquidity, launch time, and popularity.The official statement indicated that by July 2026, over 340,000 new tokens had entered Uniswap through the Robinhood issuance platform, with a cumulative trading volume of $3.6 billion. This feature aims to enhance the exposure efficiency of new projects and simplify the process for users to discover and trade new tokens.

According to Jinshi reports, two regional officials stated that the Houthi armed forces previously launched attacks on Saudi Arabia from Iraqi territory in cooperation with Iraqi militias.

Terry Duffy, Chairman and CEO of CME Group, stated that the approval of perpetual futures contracts in the United States may expose traders to tax and regulatory uncertainties, as the related products may ultimately be classified as swaps rather than futures. Duffy noted that the long and short parties in perpetual contracts regularly exchange funding rates, a mechanism that aligns with the statutory definition of swaps under U.S. law.The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) currently classifies them as futures, and CME is legally challenging this approval with the CFTC. Duffy pointed out that if perpetual contracts are treated as futures, some institutional traders may be subject to the mixed tax treatment under Section 1256 of the U.S. tax code; if classified as swaps, they may be taxed under ordinary tax rules. The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has yet to issue specific guidance on the tax treatment of perpetual futures. Legal experts indicate that perpetual futures are structurally similar to swaps but economically function like futures, and the court's interpretation of the relevant definitions will be crucial. Even if litigation clarifies the product classification, the IRS may still need to issue separate guidance on tax treatment.

According to Jinshi, the Southern Theater Command of the People's Liberation Army of China has organized combat readiness patrols in the territorial waters and airspace around Huangyan Island.

According to Binance spot market data, there has been significant volatility in the market. AXTIB has increased by 22.63% in 24 hours, and ARMB has increased by 18.73%, showing a rebound after hitting a low.At the same time, EPIC has shown a "high to low" state, with a decrease of 20.86% in 24 hours, and DYM has also shown a "high to low" state, with a decrease of 6.25%. Other tokens such as COTI, DEXE, BANK, FRAX, and ESP have also experienced varying degrees of fluctuations.

According to Jinshi reports, the World Trade Organization has announced that Brazil has filed a dispute resolution lawsuit regarding the U.S. tariff increase issue.

Solana tweeted that the South Korean fintech company KSNET has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Solana Foundation to integrate Solana Pay into its payment network. This network covers over 330,000 merchants and processes approximately $4 billion in transactions monthly.

According to Jinshi reports, Federal Reserve Chairman Waller stated that we will achieve price stability and emphasized that there is no soft inflation target.

According to monitoring by Catcher Predict, in the predicted market event "Counter-Strike: Liquid vs Spirit (BO3) - BLAST Bounty Playoffs" on Polymarket, the "Map Handicap: TS (-1.5) vs Liquid (+1.5)" sub-market's "Spirit" option has experienced a dramatic fluctuation in win probability, soaring from 48.5% an hour ago to the current 94% (a fluctuation of 45.5%). Please note the impact of related breaking news.

According to Coindesk, JPMorgan Chase (JPM) stated that the decreased probability of the "Clarity Act" passing in the U.S. Senate this year poses a blow to the crypto market, and warned that further delays could undermine one of the industry's most important regulatory catalysts. JPMorgan noted that, due to the Senate prioritizing other bills before the summer recess, the market currently predicts that the probability of this bill passing before the end of the year is only 37%. Negotiations regarding ethical clauses, enforcement, DeFi, stablecoin yields, and anti-money laundering rules remain stalled.

According to Jinshi reports, Goldman Sachs Asset Management has launched the artificial intelligence investment platform AlphaAI.

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%.

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.

According to Gate market data, the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index is currently up over 6%, expected to achieve the largest single-day increase in more than a month.At the same time, the Nasdaq Composite Index's increase has expanded to 2%.

According to Gate market data, after the US stock market opened, Microsoft's gains expanded to over 15%, expected to create the largest single-day increase since March 2020.On Wednesday, after the US stock market closed, Microsoft announced its financial report for the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2026, with revenue of $90 billion, an 18% year-on-year increase. The growth rate of Azure and other cloud services rose from 40% in the previous quarter to 43%. CEO Satya Nadella stated that Azure's full-year revenue "exceeded $100 billion," growing by 41%, marking the first time this business has crossed the $100 billion threshold.

According to Jinshi reports, the Israel Defense Forces launched operations in multiple areas of the Gaza Strip early Wednesday morning, successfully dismantling four Hamas weapon storage facilities.