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On 16 July, according to CoinDesk, Ledger launched Legger Agent Stack. This is an open-source toolkit that allows AI agents to interact with encrypted wallets by reading balances, preparing transactions and recommending operations, while requiring users to approve each transaction on the Ledger hardware device。
View DetailsOn 16 July, Bernstein increased the target price of Asma from 2,300 euros to 2,500 euros, maintaining the “run-to-win” rating. Analyst David Dai noted three top drivers: First, Asma plans to increase the capacity of the low-value aperture EUV and ArFi by 30 per cent each year in 2027 and 2028; there is scope for upward pricing, which is estimated to have increased by 10 per cent on average in 2027 and is expected to again achieve a high-digit percentage increase in 2028; and a better profit margin, with a firm-led Maori ratio of 56 per cent in the second half of 2026, which is higher than the market-wide forecast of 52.6 per cent. Bernstein increased the revenue projections for 2027 and 2028 to $56 billion and 72 billion euros, respectively, and for each share, to Euro53.6 and Euro75.3。
View DetailsAccording to Arkham, with the price of gold falling by $4,000 per ounce, Antalpha has returned more than $50 million since buying gold a year ago and currently holds $138.7 million worth of gold. In January of this year, an amount of US$ 329.86 million in gold holdings in Antalpha has since been sold to approximately US$ 142.28 million。
View DetailsPascal announced the completion of the $9 million A round of financing and plans to create a new generation of forecasting market platforms for professional traders and institutional users, challenging the current market patterns led by Kalshi and Polymarket. The current round of financing was carried by the Union Square Ventures (USV) and the specific valuation was not disclosed. This financing was further expanded over the $6 million seed wheels of last August, with early investors including Wintermute Ventures and DBA。
View DetailsAccording to RRTNews, a report released by the United States Department of Labor on Thursday indicated that, as of 11 July, the number of people who had applied for unemployment assistance for the first time had unexpectedly declined to its lowest level in two months。
View DetailsGold prices have dropped by $4,000 per ounce. Antalpha has lost more than $50 million in revenue since it purchased gold a year ago and currently holds approximately $138.7 million in gold, compared to $329.86 million in its gold holdhouse at its peak in January this year. Since then, they have sold some $142.28 million in gold holdouts。
View DetailsAccording to The Block, a study commissioned by 1nch on the chain analysis platform, Dune, showed that about 85 per cent of the centralized liquidity of the de-centre exchange did not function when it was deposited, and an average of approximately $542 million per week was outside the range of fees. Dune states that the liquidity providers who went beyond the fees lost approximately $150 million per year, more than one third of which was unused for more than 90 days。
View DetailsOn 16 July, Password, a password management software, announced a joint launch with Anthropic of a Password for Claude, which has now been launched on Mac, covering commercial, home and personal food packages。
View DetailsOn 16 July, oil prices resumed to rise as concerns about oil supply in the Middle East increased and the United States continued to hit Iran. The global benchmark of Brent crude oil rose to above $85 per barrel, reversing the earlier slight decline. The previous three trading days had seen a cumulative 12 per cent increase in the price of Brent crude oil. It was reported that Iran had informed Yemeni Al-Houthi that if Iran ' s electricity infrastructure was attacked, the Red Sea channel would be blocked. The Red Sea channel has become an important lifeline for Saudi Arabian oil exports at a time when oil transport in the Strait of Hormuz was disrupted as a result of the Iranian war。
View DetailsOn 16 July, shipping activity in the Straits of Hormuz remained low, according to the media. According to data released by the International Market Services Agency, Koppler, only 13 merchant ships passed through the Straits of Hormuz on 16 December, eight of them leaving the Persian Gulf and five of them entering the Persian Gulf, with about one tenth of the pre-war average. It is known that only one bulk ship that entered the Persian Gulf on 16 December chose a southern route near the coast of Oman, recommended by the United States military, and that most of the vessels continued to sail along a route close to the Iranian coast. However, owing to the closure of some of the vessels, the actual traffic may be higher than the statistics。
View DetailsOn 16 July, spot gold days fell by 2.0 per cent, reporting $3977.25 per ounce. Cash and silver dropped by 4.00 per cent in the day and is now reported at $55.44 per ounce. Kim Xian
View DetailsOn 16 July, Eliza, an initial consulting firm of AI, announced itself as a senior partner in the OpenAI Partners Network, which will work together to help businesses deploy and expand the AI solutions and promote the application of products such as GPT-5.6, ChatGPT Work and Codex in the financial, medical, manufacturing, retail and technological sectors. According to Eliza, the company has deployed ChatGPT Enterprise and Codex to over 20,000 clients and has developed a production-level AI agent system that supports over 140,000 employees。
View DetailsOn 16 July, according to CNN, last year United States President Trump released a “very significant and exciting news” on the “Truth Social” platform. At that time, the computer chip made the giant NVDA.O. had just announced plans to build artificial intelligence supercomputers in the United States. In an invitation issued to its more than 9 million fans on 15 April 2025, Trump promised that “all necessary licences would be processed and quickly handed over to British and similar companies”. However, what Trump did not disclose at the time was that just a few days earlier he had purchased shares in the company worth between $200,000 and $500,000. A CNN survey found that Trump, a few days after purchasing the shares of more than 20 companies, promoted them on his Truth Social account — and sometimes announced government actions that could benefit the company he had just invested. The White House strongly denied that Trump had used his office for personal gain and stated that all his actions were for the benefit of the American public. According to the White House, all the President ' s stock transactions were conducted by external financial managers, and Trump and his family had no control over the specific transactions。
View DetailsBrent crude oil prices rose to above $85 per barrel on 16 July, influenced by oil supply concerns in the Middle East region and by United States strikes against Iran. Iran informed Yemeni Al-Houthi that if Iran ' s electricity infrastructure was attacked, the Red Sea channel would be blocked. The Red Sea channel is an important lifeline for Saudi Arabian oil exports, and oil transport in the Strait of Hormuz was disrupted by the Iranian war。
View DetailsACCORDING TO THE INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND (IMF), WHILE THE BRITISH ECONOMY REMAINED RESILIENT, TENSIONS IN THE MIDDLE EAST WERE AFFECTING SHORT-TERM PROSPECTS. ECONOMIC GROWTH IS EXPECTED TO SLOW TO 1.0 PER CENT IN 2026 AND THEN RECOVER. SOUND FISCAL AND MONETARY POLICIES AND STRUCTURAL REFORMS WOULD HELP TO SUPPORT STABILITY AND GROWTH。
View DetailsPascal, the predictive market platform, completes the $9 million A round of finance and plans to create a new generation of forecast market platforms for professional traders and institutional users, challenging the market position of Kalshi and Polymarket. This round of financing was led by Union Square Ventures, with early investors including Wintermute Ventures and DBA following the completion of $6 million of seed ship financing last August。
View DetailsOn 16 July, according to the Axios website, the Trump media and Interim Chief Executive Officer of the Science and Technology Group, Kevin McGurn, indicated that the company would launch a back-office interface to allow financial service companies to pay for access to the real-time data of Truth Social. McGurn stated that this was the first time that the company had expanded its media operations to the data empowerment area. The newly launched Truth API will provide clients with real-time access to the top 10 hot-end account releases of the platform. McGurn indicated that more data access was available to clients willing to pay higher charges in the future. These accounts include key decision makers who influence policy-making and geopolitical direction, such as United States President Trump, the White House, FBI Director Cash Patel, White House Deputy Chief of Staff Dan Scavino, and the United States Minister of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.. Kim Xian
View DetailsOn 16 July, according to the twenty-first financial year, Wall Street has been working on a narrative book for the last six months of a “Big Model Head IPO, Capital Market Rejoice”. It is widely believed that, with the recognition of the revenues of large model enterprises at the beginning of 2026, these enterprises will move ahead with the IPO process in the second half of the year to seize the best market window period. However, after July, this expectation became apparent. In recent days, media reports have stated that CEO OpenAI Sam Ottman rejected the “lower price on the market” programme proposed by the team of consultants, reiterating that it is the bottom line of the trillions. Prior to that, the valuation of Anthropic after the completion of the financing at the end of May amounted to $965 billion, putting some price pressure on the stronger Ottman. In response, Wall Street Investment Bank agencies generally concluded that the large model enterprise IPO, originally scheduled to be launched in the second half of 2026, could be delayed until the first half of 2027 due to reduced market risk preferences and uncertainty in the liquidity environment。
View Details16 JULY, CEO MOENNYHAN: NO SIGNIFICANT COST INCREASES FROM ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE WERE OBSERVED。
View DetailsOn 16 July, the latest public opinion survey indicated that the support rate of Prime Minister Takahumi ' s Cabinet had continued to decline, falling below 50 per cent, and the rate of non-support continued to rise. Xinhua
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