Odaily News: According to Gate data, the Nikkei 225 index closed down 1,915.97 points, or 2.79%, at 66,835.54 on Thursday, July 16; shares of Kioxia fell 14%. South Korea's KOSPI index closed down 466.06 points, or 6.4%, at 6,818.35 on Thursday, July 16; the KOSDAQ index fell 4.5%; SK Hynix fell 11%, and Samsung Electronics fell 8%. South Korea stated that it will soon announce measures to address the controversy over leveraged ETFs linked to Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix shares amplifying stock market volatility.

Odaily reports that DeepSeek is preparing for an initial public offering on the Shanghai Stock Exchange's STAR Market, with plans to submit its application by the end of this year and potentially complete the listing as early as the second quarter of 2027.

DeepSeek has initiated discussions with investors and banks regarding its IPO plans. The funds raised from the offering are intended for model research and development, talent acquisition, and computing infrastructure construction. The relevant timeline may still be subject to adjustments, and the listing plan will require regulatory approval. (The Wall Street Journal)

Odaily reports: According to the spokesperson of the Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters of the Iranian Armed Forces, Zolfaqari, stated today (July 16) that if Iran's infrastructure continues to be attacked by US forces, Iran will strike all infrastructure in the region. He also stated that the issue of the Strait of Hormuz is Iran's "red line" and it will not allow US interference. (CCTV Global News)

Odaily reports, perpetual contract DEX Ostium stated that platform trading remains paused following a security incident. User positions remain open but cannot be modified for now, and trading margin funds are still held in the frozen trading smart contract without any movement.

Ostium stated that its team is continuously coordinating with relevant authorities, SEAL 911, and multiple security researchers. Updates regarding the resumption of smart contract activities and the timeline for fund recovery will be released subsequently.

According to PeckShield monitoring, approximately 24 million USDC from Ostium's public OLP vault was stolen. The attacker subsequently swapped these funds for approximately 12,100 ETH, of which about 10,500 ETH was transferred to Tornado Cash.

Odaily Planet Daily reported that TSMC announced its financial results for the second quarter of 2026, with revenue reaching NT$1.27 trillion, setting a new historical high; net profit after tax was NT$706.56 billion, with a gross margin of 67.7% and an operating profit margin of 60.3%. TSMC's diluted EPS for the second quarter was NT$27.25, also a record high. In USD terms, second-quarter revenue was $40.2 billion, an increase of 33.7% year-over-year and 12.0% quarter-over-quarter.

1. Bitcoin spot ETFs saw a total net inflow of $108 million yesterday, with BlackRock's IBIT leading at a net inflow of $80.8192 million.

2. Ethereum spot ETFs saw a total net inflow of $53.83 million yesterday, with BlackRock's ETHA leading at a net inflow of $45.2916 million.

3. CFTC prevents Kalshi from canceling sports event contract positions for Michigan users.

4. Visa report states AI agent payments have entered the practical stage, with stablecoins being more suitable for high-frequency, low-value payments.

5. Bankless founder responds to "selling ETH near the bottom": the current price has not yet reached his liquidation price.

6. SK Hynix ADR and common shares on the Korean stock market will be open for exchange at the end of the month, but arbitrage trading may be difficult to implement.

7. South Korea plans to include crypto assets in the scope of compensation for victims of telecom financial fraud.

8. Tim Draper reveals reasons for missing the investment opportunity in Coinbase, believing it was too early for the crypto market to go mainstream.

9. RWA perpetual contract trading volume hit an all-time high in June, exceeding $100 billion for the first time.

10. Goldman Sachs raises Robinhood price target again to $137.

11. Floating losses on South Korean individual stock leveraged ETFs have expanded by over 8.8 trillion won in nine days.

Odaily Odaily reports that Dave Knox, CFO of HyperionDeFi, stated on platform X that the HYPE treasury company HyperionDeFi will re-enter the Hyperliquid HIP-3 market and launch a new institutional listing service to drive product and market growth on the Hyperliquid platform. This collaboration will generate three sources of value: 500,000 staked HYPE held and controlled by Hyperion, revenue from new markets, and the equity appreciation potential of partner Skew Trading.

Odaily Planet Daily reported that ClaudeDevs announced on X that it has reset all users' 5-hour usage limits and weekly usage limits.

Odaily reports that Visa and Artemis have jointly released a research report titled "Agentic Payments from the Ground Up," indicating that AI agent payments are transitioning from theory to real-world commercial scenarios. These can be categorized into two types: macro-commerce and micro-commerce. Macro-commerce refers to agents completing consumer activities like bookings and subscriptions on behalf of humans, similar to traditional e-commerce. Micro-commerce refers to high-frequency, low-value payments between software programs, typically under $1.

Odaily reported that, according to data from MSX.COM, shares of Pop Mart (09992.HK) on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange saw a sharp rise of over 8% in the afternoon session.

Earlier, Apple (AAPL.O) CEO Tim Cook welcomed Pop Mart founder Wang Ning to Apple's headquarters in a post on Weibo.

Odaily News Asset management firm Fidelity International has indicated its intention to rebuild the gold positions it trimmed earlier this year at an appropriate time in the future, as it believes the long-term momentum for gold remains robust. Ian Samson, a multi-asset portfolio manager at Fidelity International, recently stated: "We plan to rebuild our gold holdings; the only question is the timing."

He explained that he reduced the firm's gold allocation to a neutral level between January and February this year, just as gold's multi-year bull run came to an abrupt end. Samson anticipates that the gold market will re-enter a bull phase sometime in 2027. The logic for a return to a bull market would only be undermined if "governments reimpose fiscal discipline and central banks truly commit to pushing inflation back down again," but he added: "I don't think we are in that kind of world right now."

Samson also stated that continued gold purchases by central banks—a key driver of the previous gold bull market—will continue to support gold prices. (Source: Jinshi)

Odaily reports, according to an official announcement, BitMart Contracts will list the CLSKUSDT, WULFUSDT, FASTUSDT, KORUUSDT, MUUUSDT, and SOXSUSDT perpetual contracts on July 16, 2026, at 15:00 (UTC+8), supporting up to 25x leverage!