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According to official news, the prediction market Polymarket announced a significant adjustment to its settlement mechanism for cryptocurrency price fluctuation markets starting from August 7, to protect market integrity. From midnight UTC on that day, the affected markets will no longer settle based on a single price snapshot at a specific time but will instead use a time-weighted average price.Markets of different durations correspond to different TWAP windows: all cryptocurrency 5-minute markets will use a 30-second TWAP, 15-minute markets will use a 60-second TWAP, and 4-hour markets will also use a 60-second TWAP. The previous single snapshot settlement method was prone to price manipulation during periods of low liquidity, and this change is a proactive reinforcement of the market integrity system by Polymarket after facing regulatory scrutiny.To support this transition, Polymarket will inject $1 million in liquidity rewards into all affected markets throughout August. On the technical side, Chainlink TWAP testnet data streams are now available, and mainnet data streams along with Polymarket real-time data stream services will go live on August 4, at which point developers can access TWAP prices directly through Chainlink Data Streams or Polymarket's public WebSocket.

According to data from The Block, the graduation rate of the Pump.fun token reached 6.7% last Friday, about 8 times the average level of June. The average for the previous four days was also 4.7%, significantly higher than the 2.5% of the previous week. The increase in the graduation rate is directly related to the newly launched BOOST default launch mechanism of Pump.fun.BOOST targets what Pump.fun refers to as dead liquidity—previously, about 20% of the migration liquidity was permanently locked in the PumpSwap pool during token graduation migration. Now, this portion of funds will automatically execute a series of market buy orders within five minutes after migration, and all purchased tokens will be destroyed. BOOST takes effect only after the token is bound and does not mechanically increase the graduation rate; instead, it incentivizes traders to more actively push the token to reach the graduation threshold by ensuring immediate buying pressure and supply destruction after migration.Meanwhile, the PUMP token has risen over 10% year-to-date, with an increase of nearly 60% in the past month, outperforming Bitcoin's approximately 25% decline this year. Its current market capitalization is about $850 million, with a fully diluted valuation of over $1.8 billion.

According to Jinshi reports, Samsung Electronics' semiconductor division reported that its profits have increased by more than 250 times due to the reliance of artificial intelligence on memory. The division's operating profit for the second quarter was 89.2 trillion won (approximately 62 billion USD), exceeding analysts' average expectation of 79.3 trillion won.The group's overall net profit was 71.3 trillion won, also surpassing market expectations.

Microsoft released its Q4 fiscal year 2026 financial report, with revenue of $90 billion, a year-on-year increase of 18%, exceeding market expectations of $87.7 billion; adjusted earnings per share of $4.74, a year-on-year increase of 23%, which is 11.5% higher than expected; operating profit of $40.6 billion, a year-on-year increase of 18%. Intelligent cloud revenue was $39.3 billion, a year-on-year increase of 32%, with Azure and other cloud services revenue growing by 43%, significantly higher than the market expectation of 39.6%. Total revenue from Microsoft Cloud was $59.3 billion, a year-on-year increase of 27%. CEO Satya Nadella disclosed that Azure's annual revenue has surpassed $100 billion for the first time, and paid users of Microsoft 365 Copilot exceeded 30 million.In terms of capital expenditure, the fourth quarter's property and equipment acquisition expenditure was $35.8 billion, a year-on-year increase of approximately 110%; total capital expenditure including finance leases was $41 billion, a year-on-year increase of 70%, but lower than the market expectation of $42.5 billion. The remaining performance obligations (RPO) for cloud business surged 84% year-on-year to $678 billion, about twice the annual revenue. Microsoft disclosed in a regulatory filing that new unexecuted data center lease commitments in the fourth quarter exceeded $130 billion, with the total unexecuted lease commitments increasing by 67.4% quarter-on-quarter to $329.1 billion. Annual revenue was $331.8 billion, a year-on-year increase of 18%; net profit was $133.7 billion, a year-on-year increase of 31% (GAAP).

According to monitoring by Catcher Predict, in the Polymarket event "Atlanta Braves vs. New York Mets," the "Yes" option in the sub-market "Overtime" experienced a sharp fluctuation in winning probability, dropping from 50% an hour ago to the current 22.5% (a fluctuation of 27.5%). Please note the impact of related breaking news.

According to monitoring by Catcher Predict, in the market prediction event "Arizona Diamondbacks vs. Pittsburgh Pirates" on Polymarket, the "Yes" option's win probability in the sub-market "Overtime" has experienced significant fluctuations, soaring from 9.5% an hour ago to the current 50% (a fluctuation of 40.5%). Please note the impact of related breaking news.

According to Jin Shi reports, on Wednesday, Korean retail investors faced forced liquidations of approximately 1.7 trillion won (about 1.2 billion USD) in positions.Jung In Yun, CEO of Fibonacci Asset Management, stated, "Today there are many cases of forced liquidations, and we need to wait until the selling sentiment of retail investors eases before taking action."

CryptoQuant analyst Darkfost stated that the Bitcoin funding rate is showing typical signals before the significant increases in September 2024 and December 2022, indicating that pessimism may have recently peaked.From March to May, Bitcoin corrected over 50%, and the accumulation of short positions pushed the funding rate down to negative values. Subsequently, BTC rebounded to $82,000 in May. This signal has appeared again, potentially leaving room for a bullish reconstruction in the coming months. This indicator has been transformed into a monthly sentiment aggregation tool, which is more effective than the Fear and Greed Index.

According to Lookonchain monitoring, trader 0x4c8f made a profit of over 1.2 million dollars in less than 7 hours, with a return rate of 77 times.Six hours ago, he spent 8.39 ETH (16,000 dollars) to buy 293.75 million PIPEDOG, then sold 34.55 million PIPEDOG for 32.67 ETH (62,000 dollars), and still holds 259.2 million PIPEDOG (1.18 million dollars), with a total profit exceeding 1.2 million dollars.

According to GMGN data, the market capitalization of Robinhood Meme coin pipedog has surged past 74 million USD, currently reported at 73 million USD, with an intraday increase of over 140 times.Meme coin prices are highly volatile, and market enthusiasm changes rapidly, so please be aware of investment risks.

According to Gate market data, Apple (AAPL.O) has a market capitalization of 5 trillion dollars, with a stock price of 342 dollars, up about 25% year-to-date.

According to on-chain analyst @ai_9684xtpa, a trader opened a 4x leveraged long position of 23,251.544 SKHX (worth 24.67 million USD) today at 14:38, with an entry average price of 1106.8 USD, and is currently facing an unrealized loss of 1.074 million USD.This wallet has now become the TOP2 holding address for SKHX on Hyperliquid.

The 2026 Fortune Global 500 list was released on July 28, with the total revenue of the listed companies amounting to approximately $43.1 trillion, exceeding one-third of the global GDP, with a year-on-year growth of about 3.2%. Amazon topped the list for the first time, ending Walmart's twelve-year streak; State Grid ranked third. Alphabet took the title of "most profitable company in the world" from Saudi Aramco with a net profit of $132.17 billion. NVIDIA ranked second in profits, and TSMC was the only Chinese company to enter the top ten in profits.A total of 141 companies from the United States made the list, 122 from China (including Taiwan), and 40 from Japan. The total revenue of Chinese listed companies is approximately $10.4 trillion, with an average profit of $4.5 billion, about 40% of the average profit of U.S. companies ($11.24 billion). JD.com (41st) ranked first among private companies in mainland China, while Alibaba (56th), Tencent (97th, entering the top 100 for the first time), Pinduoduo (255th), and Meituan (311th) all saw improvements in their rankings.In the high-tech sector, 38 listed companies had an average profit of $21.98 billion. NVIDIA jumped 38 places to rank 28th, TSMC rose 44 places to rank 82nd, SK Hynix ranked 210th, and Micron Technology and Advanced Micro Devices returned to the list after many years. The automotive industry saw increased differentiation, with BYD ranking 91st, CATL significantly rising 43 places to rank 260th, and Chery Automobile making the list for the first time as a publicly listed company. The company with the largest increase in ranking was Wistron, which surged 298 places to rank 198th.

The founder of the Liebit Mining Pool (B.TOP), Jiang Zhuoer, stated in a post that after this round of market trends, he will no longer short ETH and will instead short BTC. He will use WBETH as margin to short an equivalent amount of BTC spot.The reason is: MSTR can foresee that it will not increase its BTC holdings for a long time in the future; BitMine is still buying ETH; combined with the development of RWA and other factors, this bear market may repeat the last one, with BTC and ETH reaching their lowest points at different times. The last round's lowest point for ETH was on June 18, 2022, when ETH was $881.56 and BTC was $17,622, with an exchange rate of 0.05. The last round's lowest point for BTC was on November 21, 2022, when ETH was $1,079.76 and BTC was $15,476, with an exchange rate of 0.0698. In this round, there is a possibility that ETH will reach a low of $1,505.68 on June 6, 2026, so he has decided to short BTC. BTC has already fallen below the rising channel, while ETH is still at the lower edge of the rising channel.

According to GMGN data, the market value of SOL Meme Coin Himgajria briefly surged past 7.6 million USD, currently reported at 7 million USD, with an intraday increase of over 110 times.Meme coin prices are highly volatile, be aware of market risks.

According to Farside Investors data, as of the week ending July 24, the net inflow for Ethereum spot ETFs was $103.8 million, about three times that of Bitcoin spot ETFs at $33.9 million, surpassing Bitcoin products for the second consecutive week. The gap mainly comes from BlackRock: its Ethereum fund ETHA attracted $96.3 million, while the largest crypto ETF Bitcoin fund IBIT saw a net outflow of $95.5 million, with outflows of $202.5 million and $212.2 million on Thursday and Friday, respectively.Bitcoin ETFs performed strongly at the beginning of the week (with a total inflow of about $430 million on Monday and Tuesday), but then reversed sharply. Ethereum ETFs were more stable, with continuous inflows for the first four days before a $70.7 million outflow on Friday. The weekly inflow for Bitcoin ETFs decreased by 55% compared to the previous week, while Ethereum remained flat. On-chain, the largest corporate ETH holder BitMine Immersion increased its holdings by 104,512 ETH over the past 30 days and currently holds 5.78 million ETH, accounting for 4.8% of the supply. ETH is currently priced at about $1,936, and BTC at about $64,780.

According to monitoring by Catcher Predict, in the Polymarket event "Arizona Diamondbacks vs. Pittsburgh Pirates," the "Yes" option in the sub-market "Overtime" experienced a dramatic fluctuation in winning probability, soaring from 50% an hour ago to the current 78.5% (a fluctuation of 28.5%). Please note the impact of related breaking news.

According to monitoring by Catcher Predict, in the market prediction on Polymarket for the event "Dota 2: Team Syntax vs. Nemiga Gaming - EPL Masters Group A," the "Yes" option in the sub-market "Ends During the Day" has experienced a dramatic fluctuation in win rate, soaring from 50% an hour ago to the current 90.5% (a fluctuation of 40.5%). Please note the impact of relevant breaking news.

According to Jinshi reports, ECB Governing Council member Kazimir stated that the European Central Bank needs to raise interest rates at least once more.