Odaily reported that Coinbase has announced the upcoming listing of perpetual contract products related to CRCL, Robinhood (HOOD), and MicroStrategy (MSTR). The platform plans to open trading for the CRCL-PERP, HOOD-PERP, and MSTR-PERP perpetual contract markets on or after July 21 at 9:00 UTC (17:00 Beijing time on the 21st).

Odaily AI security startup Neo announced the completion of a $100 million funding round, led by venture capital firms Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) and Bessemer Venture Partners, with participation from Craft Ventures and Merlin Ventures. It is reported that the company positions itself as an "Agentic Software Control" company, dedicated to building a real-time control layer for enterprises to help security operations teams (SecOps) manage and protect the rapidly proliferating intelligence capabilities of AI Agents, AI applications, browsers, identity systems, and traditional software. The new funds will be used to expand engineering and marketing teams and accelerate enterprise customer acquisition. (Globenewswire)

Odaily: According to market sources, Bitcoin financial services firm Strive disclosed an increase of 21 BTC in its holdings, bringing its total position to 19,921 BTC.

Odaily Planet Daily News Stablecoin issuer Tether announced that its gold token, Tether Gold (XAU₮), has been recognized as an "Accepted Spot Commodity" by the Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM), opening channels for regulatory-compliant enterprises within ADGM to offer services related to XAU₮.

Tether stated that this recognition was obtained after continuous communication with ADGM and demonstrating its operational resilience, transparency, and compliance framework. It will help enterprises that have obtained relevant regulatory licenses support XAU₮ products and services in a regulated environment. Previously, the ADGM Financial Services Regulatory Authority (FSRA) had recognized Tether's USD stablecoin USD₮ as an "Accepted Fiat Referenced Token." This recognition of XAU₮ further expands the application scope of Tether's products within the regulated ecosystem of ADGM.

According to market reports: Strategy did not purchase Bitcoin last week, with USD reserves increasing by $225 million.

The PPP Prediction Market Tool shows that in Polymarket's multi-option prediction event "Which team will LeBron James play for next season," the probability of him joining the Miami Heat has suddenly surged to 47% in the past two days, up 28% in a single week. This has now surpassed the Cleveland Cavaliers and Golden State Warriors, ranking first.

According to NBA reporter Ary, there is a widespread belief within the NBA league that LeBron James could decide on his free agency destination as early as this week, with the Heat emerging as a strong contender among potential landing spots. Sources indicate that the Cavaliers remain in the running as a potential choice.

Interestingly, coinciding with the summer of 2010 when Spain defeated the Netherlands in extra time to win their first World Cup title in South Africa, LeBron James announced his move to the Miami Heat via the live special "The Decision," forming a superstar trio with Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh that shook the league. This year, Spain has also won the World Cup, which could be a peculiar time coincidence.

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Odaily News Analysts have warned traders to closely monitor the potential for a "Volmageddon" in Bitcoin, a scenario characterized by a rapid surge in volatility, often accompanied by price drops. This warning is primarily based on the trajectory of the Bitcoin 30-day Implied Volatility Index (BVIV). BVIV is often regarded as the crypto market's version of the "fear index" (VIX), with its changes influenced by options demand. Options are derivatives used by investors to hedge against risks of sharp market fluctuations; the higher the demand, the higher the implied volatility typically is, and vice versa.

Currently, BVIV is hovering in the 34%-38% range. Historical data indicates that this zone has repeatedly served as a key position before volatility outbreaks, often followed by a Bitcoin price pullback. For example, BVIV entered a similar range at the end of May this year, after which Bitcoin's price fell from $74,000 to below $60,000 in less than a week, while BVIV saw a significant increase. A similar pattern occurred before the market crash in early February this year, and during the adjustment phase after Bitcoin hit an all-time high last October.

While historical trends do not guarantee future repetition, the market generally believes that volatility exhibits mean-reverting characteristics. Typically, periods of low volatility are more likely to be followed by an expansion of volatility, while high volatility phases may gradually revert to stability. BVIV remains below its 30-day and 200-day simple moving averages, indicating that the current cost of volatility in the market is relatively low and near historical support zones. This could signal an impending rebound in volatility, ushering in a new period of turbulence for the market.

As of now, Bitcoin's price remains above $64,000, consolidating sideways since last Wednesday. Although some analysts point out that Bitcoin spot ETFs have seen net capital inflows for two consecutive weeks, the scale of the current inflows is still relatively limited compared to the tens of billions of dollars withdrawn during the previous eight consecutive weeks of outflows. Traditional market volatility indicators are currently sending mixed signals. South Korea's KOSPI VIX has exceeded 70%, reaching its highest level since the 1990s. The US stock market's fear index, the VIX, rose over 12% last Friday to around 18% and has remained near that level. However, these volatility levels have persisted for months, suggesting that the stock market has not yet shown significant panic. (CoinDesk)

Odaily reports that the joint technical verification (PoC) centered on the Korean won stablecoin by South Korea's credit card industry will conclude by the end of July, with no plans to establish new working groups thereafter. This pilot primarily verified the payment capabilities of the Korean won stablecoin in scenarios such as QR codes and POS terminals, as well as the feasibility of converting regional currencies, vouchers, and credit card points into stablecoins. Looking ahead, each card company will independently advance related businesses based on their own strategies in the payment sector:

1. Shinhan Card and KB Kookmin Card have both connected to the Solana network;

2. BC Card has completed payment tests for stablecoins held by foreigners at South Korean merchants;

3. Woori Card plans to integrate stablecoin payment functionality into its WON Card application;

4. Samsung Card has chosen a capital cooperation path, joining forces with Samsung Securities and Samsung SDS to invest 612.8 billion Korean won to acquire a 4% stake in Upbit's parent company, Dunamu, and explore introducing digital asset payment features into the "Monimo" financial platform. (NATE)

According to Odaily, AMD's flagship AI conference, "Advancing AI 2026," is scheduled to be held on July 22-23 local time in San Francisco, USA. UBS released a preview report stating that this event is likely to focus more on showcasing technology rather than announcing customers or financial details. UBS expects AMD to disclose the latest progress on its data center CPU (including Venice and Verano) and GPU (MI450x and MI500) technology roadmaps. Updates on the embedded and gaming graphics card businesses are also anticipated. UBS maintains a "Buy" rating on AMD and raised its price target from $670 to $700.

According to MSX.COM data, the three major U.S. stock index futures are rising, with Nasdaq 100 index futures up over 1%, S&P 500 futures up 0.57%, and Dow futures up 0.43%. The memory sector is fluctuating higher pre-market, with Micron Technology up 5.00%, Western Digital up 4.25%, Seagate Technology up 3.63%, SanDisk up 4.96%, and SK Hynix up 6.30%. Additionally, AMD and Intel are up 3.6% and 2.6% respectively pre-market.

Odaily Planet Daily reported that semiconductor research firm SemiAnalysis analysts Jordan Nanos and Max Kan released a report interpreting Moonshot AI's Kimi K3. Comprehensive benchmark tests show that Kimi K3, with 2.8 trillion parameters, ranks third globally in overall capability, trailing only Fable 5 and GPT-5.6, while outperforming Google Gemini, directly illustrating the continuously narrowing AI gap between China and the US.

Analysts pointed out that Kimi K3 cannot be deployed on a single Nvidia B200 GPU, requiring high-performance computing hardware such as GB300 or AMD MI355X. This suggests that the flagship model parameter sizes of OpenAI and Anthropic are similar, with no generational magnitude lead.

In terms of pricing, Kimi K3 charges $3 per million tokens for input and $15 per million tokens for output, aligning with Anthropic Sonnet, and represents a threefold price increase over its predecessor. Analysts extrapolate that if Moonshot AI can operate healthily, the higher pricing of OpenAI and Anthropic implies that their API business profit margins are significantly higher than those of SaaS. This conclusion is solely based on reverse calculations from Kimi's parameters, performance, and pricing, and is not derived from publicly available financial reports.