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Cripto.com secured $400 million in financing and Citadel supported $2 billion in valuation

Crypto.com announced a $400 million strategic investment from Citadel Securities on 16 July 2026, which raised the Singapore Exchange ' s valuation to $2 billion. It indicated that the funds would support its expansion in the category of tokenized securities, derivatives and other assets. This was the first time that Cripto.com had access to institutional finance after 10 years of operation. CEO Kris Marszalek indicated that this cooperation would bring new opportunities to financial markets. Reuters reported that the financing was linked to broader institutional interest in monetized assets。

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White House encryption consultant: pending the passage of the Clarity Act in Washington, D.C., owing to the postponement of the National Guard training mission

On 21 July, Patrick Witt, the White House encryption consultant, stated that the National Guard training mission had been extended and that he would remain in Washington to facilitate the passage of the Clarity Bill, following reports that he would leave before the Senate vote, and that that information had now been reversed。

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London Stock Exchange to launch a 24-hour trading service

ON 21 JULY, THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE (LSE) ANNOUNCED ITS PLANS TO LAUNCH A ROUND-THE-CLOCK TRADING SERVICE AS THE LATEST INITIATIVE OF THE TRADITIONAL STOCK EXCHANGE TO TRY TO RE-INTEGRATE BULK INVESTORS. CURRENTLY, A GROWING NUMBER OF BULK HOUSEHOLDS ARE ATTRACTED TO DIGITAL MONEY TRADING PLATFORMS THAT PROVIDE 24-HOUR TRADING SERVICES. THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE INDICATED ON TUESDAY THAT THE NIGHT TRADING PLATFORM WOULD BE LAUNCHED IN THE FIRST HALF OF 2027. THE NEW PLATFORM WOULD OPERATE INDEPENDENTLY OF THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE MAIN BOARD MARKET AND WOULD INITIALLY PROVIDE TRANSACTIONAL SERVICES FOR EXCHANGE TRADED PRODUCTS (ETP), INCLUDING TRACKING SUCH PRODUCTS AS BRITISH OR UNITED STATES STOCK MARKET FUNDS. KIM XIAN

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Inflation in New Zealand jumped to 4.1 per cent in the second quarter

STATISTICS NEW ZEALAND DATA SHOW THAT ANNUAL INFLATION IN NEW ZEALAND JUMPED TO 4.1 PER CENT IN THE SECOND QUARTER OF 2026, EXCEEDING ECONOMISTS ' EXPECTATIONS AND ESTIMATES BY THE RESERVE BANK OF NEW ZEALAND (RBNZ). THE DATA SUGGEST THAT RBNZ MAY NEED TO RAISE FURTHER INTEREST RATES DURING THE RECENTLY RESTARTED INTEREST-RATE CYCLE IN ORDER TO COPE WITH CONTINUING INFLATIONARY PRESSURES. AFTER THREE YEARS OF MAINTENANCE, NEW ZEALAND ' S CASH INTEREST RATE HAS JUST RISEN TO 2.5 PER CENT. IN ADDITION, RBNZ IS EXPECTED TO RELEASE ITS CORE INFLATION INDICATORS LATER TODAY TO ASSESS THE UNDERLYING FACTORS OF INFLATIONARY PRESSURE。

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THE NEW SECURITY COMMITTEE IS OPERATIONAL FOR TWO YEARS

WU SAID HE HAD BEEN INFORMED THAT ENS DAO HAD ADOPTED THE PROPOSAL TO ACTIVATE THE NEW SECURITY COMMITTEE FOR A TWO-YEAR TERM. THE COMMITTEE, COMPOSED OF EIGHT MEMBERS, WITH OVER 5/8 SIGNATURES, MAY CANCEL TRANSACTIONS DEEMED MALICIOUS AFTER THE ADOPTION OF THE GOVERNANCE PROPOSAL AND BEFORE THE TWO-DAY LOCK. THE COMMISSION HAD NO AUTHORITY TO TRANSFER FUNDS FROM THE TREASURY, SUBMIT OR AMEND PROPOSALS, NOR COULD IT OVERRIDE THE DECISION-MAKING OF DAOS, BUT COULD EXERCISE THE VETO ONLY IN THE URGENT CIRCUMSTANCES PROVIDED FOR IN THE STATUTE. ENS INDICATED THAT ITS POWERS WOULD AUTOMATICALLY EXPIRE AFTER THE EXPIRY OF ITS TERM OF OFFICE UNLESS DAO AGAIN VOTED TO EXTEND THEM。

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THE KENYAN PRESIDENT'S OFFICIAL WEBSITE WAS HACKED AND FIVE BTC RANSOMS WERE DEMANDED

The official website of President William Ruto of Kenya was hacked on 18 July and the front page was tampered with and offensive content against Ruto appeared. The attackers demanded five BTCs, valued at approximately $320,000, and threatened to divulge unspecified government information if no ransom was received by 1800 hours before the local time. The Government of Kenya subsequently temporarily shut down the website and initiated a forensic investigation, and the Ministry of Information, Communications and Digital Economy indicated that there was currently no evidence that sensitive data had been unauthorized access, leaked or lost, and other government systems and digital services were still functioning。

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The “hidden debt” of the five giants of technology in the United States has soared to $1.65 trillion

On 21 July, a study in Journalism revealed that, with the surge in investment in artificial intelligence, the hidden debt of the United States technological giants had increased eightfold in just four years, to an estimated $1.65 trillion. This figure exceeds their real debt on the books, making it more difficult for investors to assess the associated risks. The Daily News analyses recent financial statements and other information of Google parent companies Alphabet, Microsoft, Amazon, Meta and Oracle. Of this, Meta ' s external debt was particularly high, at about $42 billion, almost three times its book-keeping obligations。

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Projected increased competition between the market platform Kalshi and Polymucket

According to The New York Times, the competition between Kalshi and Polymarket, the forecast market platform, has extended to regulatory, judicial, financing and commercial cooperation. According to the source, several months before the FBI raid on the residence of Shayne Coplan, founder of Polymarket in 2024, lawyer Kalshi had met with the Federal Attorney for the Southern District of New York to describe the way Polymarket operated and to indicate that it might be open to United States users before the ICE decided to invest in Polymarket. Kalshi CEO Tarek Mansour and his investment partner, Alex Immerman, A16Z, respectively, had communicated with ICE executives and were seen by some as trying to stop the deal. The parties had also previously continued to clash over CFTC licences, trademarks, talent, partners and state-level regulation, and had competed more than usual for business。

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