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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 the Financial Times, Situational Awareness, an AI-themed hedge fund founded by 25-year-old former OpenAI researcher Leopold Aschenbrenner, is seeking new funding following significant losses due to a sharp correction in AI-related stocks.In recent communications, Aschenbrenner acknowledged the increased market volatility, describing it as a new investment opportunity and encouraging investors to inject new capital. The fund's heavy investments in AI data centers, power, storage, and GPU cloud-related assets have seen significant declines during this round of AI capital expenditure deal pullback.

According to Jinshi reports, Saudi Defense Minister Khalid bin Salman met with U.S. Vice President Vance in Washington on July 29, stating that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed intends to ease tensions with Iran. Khalid pointed out that attacks by Iran-aligned militia groups in Iraq on Saudi infrastructure have crossed a red line, and Saudi Arabia must respond.He also stated that Saudi Arabia has the capability to deal with the Yemeni Houthi armed forces and currently does not require U.S. intervention, as Saudi Arabia is negotiating with the Houthi armed forces.

According to Jinshi reports, SpaceX is seeking to acquire Terrestrial Spectrum.

According to X platform blogger @MaxForAI, a screenshot of the DeepSeek Harness internal testing recruitment is circulating on social media. The screenshot shows that the DeepSeek Harness plans to start internal testing later this week, with the first batch of users being selected from small group chats. Selected individuals must submit personal information and sign a "Confidentiality Commitment Letter." The screenshot also specifically reminds that any leaks will result in disqualification and affect future opportunities for selection in the DeepSeek model and product internal testing. If the news is true, the official version of DeepSeek V4 and the Harness product are expected to be launched soon.

Fox Business crypto reporter Eleanor Terrett posted on the X platform that the crypto industry hopes Republican senators in the United States will push the Clarity Act into the voting process this week and seek support from the Democrats.

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 Bloomberg, DeepSeek announced the suspension of its second round of financing and verbally notified some potential investors that it would not sign investment agreements as expected. This suspension partly stems from founder Liang Wenfeng's dissatisfaction with the leak of a 4-hour internal transcript during its first financing deal, where he made 52 statements in an investor meeting regarding DeepSeek's organizational culture, open-source logic, technology roadmap, and views on the competitive landscape of the industry. The nearly 4-hour meeting record recently went viral on social media, including statements such as "The biggest gap between China and the U.S. in AI is computing power resources." Both DeepSeek and Liang Wenfeng have not confirmed the authenticity of the leaked record.DeepSeek stated that it may still choose to resume the transaction process in the future and has begun preparations for an initial public offering, with the IPO potentially being filed as early as this year.DeepSeek completed its first round of external financing in June 2026, raising over 50 billion yuan, approximately 7.4 billion dollars, with a post-investment valuation of about 50-59 billion dollars. It adopted a special structure, with most funds entering a limited partnership managed by Liang Wenfeng, where investors have no voting rights and are locked in for 5 years. Liang Wenfeng himself contributed about 20 billion yuan as the largest contributor, with participation from Tencent, CATL, JD.com, NetEase, and the Chinese National AI Fund. DeepSeek subsequently initiated discussions for its second round of financing in mid-July, targeting a valuation of about 71 billion dollars.

According to CoinDesk, institutional crypto trading platform LMAX Group is working with Morgan Stanley and investment bank KBW to evaluate strategic options, considering possibilities including a sale, SPAC merger, and IPO on Nasdaq or in Europe, with a potential valuation of up to $5 billion. Insiders say the company is not in a hurry to go public, as its foreign exchange business supports the weak crypto market.LMAX has accelerated its expansion in recent years, launching a 24/7 multi-asset exchange that supports foreign exchange, digital assets, commodities, and tokenized securities, and received a $150 million strategic investment from Ripple in January this year to promote institutional adoption of the RLUSD stablecoin through its trading and settlement network.

According to CoinDesk, B2C2, a crypto market maker in which SBI Holdings holds a 90% stake, has been in acquisition negotiations with several potential buyers over the past 18 months.The negotiations have been affected by valuation differences. B2C2 is seeking a transaction price of over $1 billion, and a source indicated that this price is difficult to achieve in the current crypto market environment.Founded in 2015, B2C2 provides deep liquidity for spot, derivatives, structured products, and OTC trading for banks, exchanges, brokerages, hedge funds, and asset management companies. SBI acquired a 90% stake in B2C2 in 2020. B2C2's financial data has not been disclosed separately and is included in SBI's crypto business segment.

In a leaked internal conversation from the DeepSeek investor conference, DeepSeek founder Liang Wenfeng elaborated on his core views regarding the development of the domestic AI computing power industry and ecosystem. He stated that the current domestic AI chip replacement is facing a historic opportunity, with no compatibility barriers in hardware and ecosystem, and that NVIDIA cannot block the replacement process. The only current issue is insufficient production capacity, and it is expected that within a year, the market's perception of domestic chips as "unusable and poor-performing" can be reversed.He pointed out that NVIDIA's CUDA ecosystem moat is rapidly collapsing, and multiple industry transformations combined with export controls have opened a development window for domestic AI chips. He revealed that DeepSeek has partnered with Huawei to obtain 16,000 950 cards to run the ecosystem, and Huawei's 950 super nodes can completely replace NVIDIA's GB200 and GB300 in terms of performance and price, showing an optimistic attitude towards the development of the domestic computing power industry.

According to Reuters, citing informed sources, due to the surge in demand for AI data centers leading to a tight supply of server CPUs, Intel and AMD are negotiating long-term procurement commitments with Chinese server customers. Agreements typically lock in a year's supply, with some discussions extending to two years or longer. Driven by the construction of AI computing power, CPU demand has expanded from AI accelerators to mainstream processors, with some server CPU products in the Chinese market experiencing a cumulative price increase of over 40% this year, with month-on-month increases exceeding 10% at times.Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan stated in April that Xeon server CPU demand "continues to exceed supply," and the company has signed multiple long-term contracts in the first quarter, including a multi-year agreement with Google. AMD has raised its forecast for the server CPU market to exceed $120 billion by 2030. The report notes that China, as one of the largest server markets in the world, is intensifying competition for Intel and AMD processors due to the rapid construction of data centers and AI computing clusters, even as Chinese buyers face U.S. export restrictions on advanced AI GPUs. Intel is set to announce its quarterly results on Thursday, with the CPU shortage expected to become a market focus.

The cryptocurrency lobbying organization TDC has filed a lawsuit seeking to block the enforcement of the Illinois Digital Asset Tax Act.This tax applies to any company headquartered in Illinois or operating in the state that provides digital asset services in the state.

According to PConline Pacific Technology reports, the official version of DeepSeek-V4 has begun a small-scale gray testing, including two versions: DeepSeek-V4-Pro and DeepSeek-V4-Flash. Insiders say that the official version is expected to be released at the end of this month, which is somewhat delayed compared to previous plans. The new version will focus on optimizing inference efficiency, response speed, and agent capabilities.Developers participating in the testing claim that V4's comprehensive capabilities are on par with Anthropic Opus 4.8, with code generation close to OpenAI GPT-5.6 Sol, and improvements in scenarios such as 3D modeling, SVG image generation, and mini-game development. DeepSeek-V4 has completed the adaptation for de-CUDA, and on the first day of launch, it will be compatible with multiple domestic AI chips, and will adopt peak and off-peak API billing, with peak prices being double that of off-peak.

David Sacks, Chairman of the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, stated on the X platform that using regulatory uncertainty as a competitive tool is "completely unacceptable." Regulatory decisions should be based on facts, logic, and evidence, rather than deliberately creating fear and uncertainty (FUD). He is unsure whether venture capitalist and AI policy researcher Dean Ball is acknowledging a strategy of "regulatory capture" or merely predicting that such a situation will occur. However, in any case, the practice of issuing "soft law" warnings through regulatory agencies to create market panic, thereby forcing regulated companies away from Chinese open-source models, should not be accepted.David Sacks pointed out that Dean Ball believes there is no need to directly ban Chinese open-source models; it is sufficient to guide regulatory agencies to issue relevant warnings, which can influence corporate decision-making by creating enough doubt and uncertainty, and these reasons "do not even need to be very substantial." Any regulatory decision must have sufficient basis, rather than implementing policies by "artificially creating doubt." He warned that this practice of circumventing public deliberation procedures not only undermines the foundation of the rule of law but may also open the door to regulatory abuse against any company or individual in the future.David Sacks further stated that current AI policy is at a critical turning point. Leading closed-source laboratories, which have already formed a duopoly in AI model revenue, are attempting to use government power to eliminate open-source competitors. He called on other companies and developers in Silicon Valley that still support open competition to make clear statements to jointly maintain an open ecosystem in the field of AI.

According to Jinshi reports, Federal Reserve Chairman Waller stated that the Federal Reserve is seeking broader economic growth and narrower inflation levels.