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The United States dollar index went slightly up to 100.765 on 17 days

The United States dollar index went up slightly on 17 July, at 100.765, slightly higher than on the previous date. The FSB data show that Euro1 to US$1.1436 is lower than Pound1.1438 to US$1.3454 on the date of the previous transaction, US$ 1.3470 to JPY 162.45 on the date of the previous transaction, US$ 162.39 to SwF 0.8075 on the date of the previous transaction, and US$ 0.8089 to SwF 1.4011 on the date of the previous transaction, and US$ 1.4048 to SEK 9.6497 on the date of the previous transaction, down from SEK 9.6499 on the date of the previous transaction。

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THE BANK OF AMERICA APPOINTED SEVERAL EXECUTIVES FOR THE DIGITAL ASSETS PLATFORM AND THE AI TRANSFORMATION

According to Bloomberg, the Bank of the United States appointed Sonali Theisen as the head of the Global Digital Asset Platform, responsible for the design, development, expansion and governance of the Digital Assets Platform and for promoting its integration with traditional financial infrastructure, Adam Dixon as the head of the global digital asset transformation, responsible for monetizing deposits and stabilizing coins, the flow of digital collateral, encrypted trade settlements and hosting operations, Kevin Millsom as the head of the Platform ' s AI transformation, promoting the application of AI in all business platforms and day-to-day operations。

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IT'S ALMOST 24 HOURS TO PAY $965 MILLION

According to data published in the early days of A, the ANGXC/USDT contract for perpetuity rose sixfold in 10 minutes, reaching $965 million for nearly 24 hours, a decrease of 1.81 per cent. The surge in turnover usually implies an increase in the dynamism of market transactions, or the operation of large money purchases, which may be triggered by certain important market changes or news bulletins. The net list of contracts is ranked first in the world。

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Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps: 2 tankers exploded in the Strait of Hormuz

On 18 July, the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps issued a statement stating that two tankers had exploded and caused a fire while passing through a mined area south of the Strait of Hormuz. The statement stressed that the Strait of Hormuz had been “completely closed” as a result of recent United States military operations and that oil and gas could not be transported in the Strait until the United States had ceased its military operations against Iraq, and that vessels should avoid entering mined areas. The statement did not state the nationality of the two tankers, the number of casualties and the damage. Xinhua

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Chairman of the Administrative Committee of the United States House of Representatives: Clarity Act is expected to pass in the Senate next week

On July 18, United States Congressman Bryan Steel expressed optimism on Fox News that the CIA Act was expected to be passed in the Senate next week, and stressed the need for the United States to set standards for the regulation of digital assets. Bryan Steel is currently Chairman of the Executive Committee of the House of Representatives, as well as the Subcommittee on Digital Assets, Financial Technology and Artificial Intelligence in the Financial Services Commission。

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Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps claims that two tankers exploded in the Strait of Hormuz, which is closed

The Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps issued a statement on 18 July stating that the Strait of Hormuz had been completely closed after two tankers had exploded and set fire to the mined area south of the Strait of Hormuz, which was affected by United States military operations. Until the end of United States military operations against Iraq, oil and gas could not be transported in the Strait, and ships should avoid entering mined areas. The statement did not indicate the nationality of the tanker, the casualties and the damage。

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French embargo for forecast market Polymarket

On 18 July, the French regulatory agency ANJ stated on 17 July that the Polymucket web page would be blocked in France, after it had banned financial transactions to the site in November 2024. ANJ states that the continued availability of the site (renewing the rate of compensation for different events in real time) constitutes an advertisement. Despite the ban on French accounts, the number of visits to the Polymarket website from French Internet addresses has been increasing, reaching 578,751 in June。

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Serentity: Nearly 50 per cent of the current month's investment retreat is based on the conviction that the current round of adjustments is only leveraged-induced fluctuations and that the growth logic has not failed

On 18 July, Serenity sent a letter stating that its portfolio had experienced a 49.4 per cent retreat this month, with the main hold-up concentrated in the AI bottlenecks areas of memory, photology, robotics and upstream semiconductors. While acknowledging the pressures of short-term market collapses, Serenity insisted that this was a volatility caused by liquidity and leverage, rather than the logic of structural growth in these areas。

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Tom Lee: Ether is at a turning point in the Amazon and Ingweida style, with $12,000 projected

Mr. Tom Lee, President of Bitmine, said that ETH was at a major turning point similar to that of Amazon and Inweida before the market boom. He noted that ETH was currently “seriously underestimated” because retail investors had not yet taken into account ongoing business and artificial intelligence-related developments. Lee predicts that ETH may reach $2,200 in August and that it may eventually rise to $12,000 after a bitcoin of $250,000. The current ETH transaction price is $1844, which is 46.97 per cent lower than last year and 63 per cent below its historical high of $4953 in August 2025。

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Adviser to the Supreme Leader of Iran: If the United States forces continue to operate, Iran may move to full offensive phase

On 18 July, the adviser to the Iranian Supreme Leader, Rezai, stated that if the United States continued to attack for the next two or three days, Iran would end its previous deterrence and reciprocal counter-attack tactics and move to the “full offensive and destruction” phase, with the possibility of direct attacks on military bases and personnel outside the United States. He claimed that Iran's restraint had previously been intended to avoid spillovers of regional conflict, but that the United States' “judgment” might have contributed to the escalation of the situation. Rezai also called on countries and governments in the regions of Kuwait, Jordan, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates and others to stop the expansion of the United States and Israel, and called the US strategy of “war in parallel with negotiations” a failure, and Iran will intensify its response in the coming days。

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