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India has suspended the deployment of seafarers to ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz

The General Directorate of Shipping of India announced that, as a result of the surge in attacks in the Strait of Hormuz, the shipowners, ship management companies and crew recruitment agencies were required to suspend the deployment of Indian seafarers to ships sailing through the Strait until further notice. Recently, as hostilities escalated between Iran and the United States, there were successive attacks on ships in the Straits of Hormuz and the surrounding maritime areas, one of which resulted in the death of an Indian seaman. According to estimates by the International Chamber of Shipping and the International Chamber of Shipping of the Baltic Sea Sea International, India has more than 310,000 seafarers working on merchant ships, making India the second largest supplier of seamen worldwide。

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The General Maritime Administration of India has requested a moratorium on the passage of its crew through the Strait of Hormuz

ON WEDNESDAY EVENING, THE GENERAL MARITIME ADMINISTRATION OF INDIA REQUESTED THE SHIPOWNERS, SHIP MANAGEMENT COMPANIES AND CREW AGENTS TO SUSPEND THE DISPATCH OF INDIAN CREWS THROUGH THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ IN RESPONSE TO THE RECENT INCREASE IN ATTACKS IN THAT AREA AND THE TENSION BETWEEN IRAN AND THE UNITED STATES. A RECENT ATTACK KILLED AN INDIAN CREW MEMBER. THE INTERNATIONAL CHAMBER OF SHIPPING AND THE BIMCO ESTIMATE THAT MORE THAN 310,000 INDIAN CREWS WORK ON MERCHANT SHIPS, AND INDIA IS THE SECOND LARGEST SUPPLIER OF CREWS WORLDWIDE。

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KOREAN MINISTER OF SCIENCE: SOVEREIGN AI FOR CYBER SECURITY WILL BE LAUNCHED THIS YEAR

On 16 July, Korean science minister Pei Kyung-hoon indicated that, in response to growing security threats in the digital field, Korea would introduce a sovereign artificial intelligence (AI) model focused on cybersecurity by the end of the year. Previously, the United States suddenly imposed export controls on advanced AI models, including “Mythos 5”, under the banner of Anthropic, which specializes in the detection of loopholes, creating an increasing burden on digital security. In a policy briefing held at Blue Watteh under the chairmanship of President Lee of the Republic of Korea, Pei Kyung-hoon said: “We are working to build an AI model focused on cybersecurity during the year by training our existing Sovereign AI model using security-related data.” Kim Xian

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Paradigm appointed Katie Biber as Chief Operations Officer and continues to serve as Chief Justice Officers

On 16 July, MattHuang, founder of Paradigm, wrote on platform X that the company Katie Biber had officially assumed the position of Chief Operating Officer (COO) and would continue to serve as Chief Justice Officer (CLO). “Katie has excellent professional competence in legal and policy matters in the scientific and technological frontier, and is also a highly executive manager. Alana Palmedo and I were fortunate enough to work with her to manage Paradigm.”

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A BITCOIN OG MOVED 5908 BTCS AFTER EIGHT YEARS OF SILENCE, CURRENTLY HOLDING A WAREHOUSE OF APPROXIMATELY $283 MILLION

On 16 July, a bitcoin OG (early holder) transferred 5,908 BTCs (approximately $382.67 million) to a new wallet after eight years of silence, according to Lokonchain. The address received 5,908 BTCs eight years ago at a price of approximately USD 16,865 in Bitcoin, and no transfers have occurred since. At present, the hold has achieved a surplus of approximately $283 million, with a return of approximately 284 per cent。

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Korea ' s New Code for Telecommunication Financial Fraud: Encrypted assets will be included in the payment of aggrieved funds

On 16 July, the Korea Finance Commission published a revised draft of the Regulations for the Implementation of the Special Act on the Prevention of Telecommunication Financial Fraud and the Return of Suffering Funds, which envisages the inclusion of telephone fraud funds transferred to encrypted assets in the scope of compensation for damages and the clarification of the criteria for the return and valuation of encrypted assets, which is expected to enter into force on 1 October. Under the new regulations, if the assets are frozen in encrypted currency, the victims will in principle be returned according to the type and quantity of assets, and if the assets are defrauded in a different form from the assets frozen, they will be paid in the form of assets actually in existence at the time the accounts are frozen. Where cash is mixed with encrypted assets, the regulator will value the encrypted assets on the basis of market prices at the time of the freeze to determine the final amount to be paid. The Korea Finance Commission indicated that clarity on the form of return of assets and the time of valuation would help to achieve faster and fair payment of compensation in complex cases where funds of multiple victims were mixed, and it was understood that the revised draft would continue until 24 August。

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PayFi AI Project AXON Finance completed $2 million in strategic financing

On 16 July, according to official sources, the PayFi AI original Layer 1 project, AXON Finance, completed strategic financing of $2 million, with investments from InfiniteAll AI, UZ Capital and BMF. This round of financing will be used to launch its first open eco-product — the US stock and single-trading engine — supported in abstracto by AXON's L1 settlement and accounts, in collaboration with the predictive platform and the former Silicon Valley Quantification Trading Team。

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Bitget adds 16 U.S. share coins (rToken) to Krog, Jepp Technologies, etc

Bitget announced the addition of 16 new United States dollar coins (rToken), including rxbi (Specific Biotech ETF-SPDR), rdia (SPDR Jones Industrial Average Index ETF Trust), rkstr (STP 50-ETF), rjbl (Teptech), rkr (Krog) etc., covering areas such as finance, health care, information technology and industry. RToken was issued by RWA Reality under the Bitget flag, working with the ticket dealer Alpaca to connect to global liquidity pools such as NASDAQ, NYU. Characteristics of this include: the one-to-one base asset reserve, which is hosted by the licensed custodian, the one-to-one stock dividends are distributed in token currency, support company behaviour (disassembly, etc.) is synchronized, and holding can be used as a joint bond for the Unified Account and U-based contracts, allowing users to manage funds with flexibility while holding global equity assets。

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The Korea Financial Commission amended the Fraud Act to include encrypted assets in the payment of damages

On 16 July, the Korea Finance Commission published a revised draft of the Regulations for the Implementation of the Special Act for the Prevention of Telecommunication Financial Fraud and the Return of Suffered Funds, which envisages the inclusion of telephone fraud funds transferred to encrypted assets in the scope of compensation for damages and the clarification of the criteria for the return and valuation of encrypted assets, which is expected to enter into force on 1 October。

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Encrypted Asset Clearing Agency Glacis Labs completed $6.8 million seeder financing, Lightseed Faction

On 16 July, the encrypted asset clearing agency, Glacis Labs, completed $6.8 million in seed-wheel financing, Lightspeed Faction, and Franklin Templeton, Coinbase Ventures, A. GAIN, Protein Capital and Techni Ventures. The round was launched at the end of last year and completed in March this year in a single round. As part of the deal, Lightseed Action obtained a non-voting observer seat on the Board。

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high-altitude giant whales: skhx alone 738.76, current profit/loss of $94,784.38 dollar

the large whales added 738.76 blanks to the skhx, amounting to approximately $954,543.64 and the size of the warehouse amounted to $3,962,924.81, the average price dropped from $1,300.41 to $1,289.62. the current net profit/loss is +94,784.38 (+9.57 per cent), the current price is $1,259.50 and the liquidation price is $1,962.72. the address, which prefers to be empty for all categories, is now the largest empty space for sk hercules, and the whole remains in a deficit of approximately $6 million per month。

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The Korean Finance Commission approved the crisis management programme for five major financial groups

According to etoday, the Korea Finance Commission approved a 2026 recovery and disposal plan for the five major financial groups and 10 financial institutions under the umbrella of the Korean Finance Council, including cyberattacks and the risk of crowding out digital banks into the crisis management system of large financial institutions, and required financial institutions to improve monitoring indicators, strengthen cyber-security response mechanisms and consider the simultaneous sale of assets by multiple institutions in crisis preparedness cases。

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GUO-TAI HAI-TUNG MANAGEMENT: THE UNCERTAINTY OF THE ACIC FORWARD IS WIDENING

ACCORDING TO QUETAI HAITUNG, THE CURRENT TMT INDEX VALUATION HAS RISEN TO AN ALL-TIME HIGH, THE OVERALL POTENTIAL RISKS OF THE PLATE ARE ACCUMULATING AND INVESTMENT OPERATIONS NEED TO BE MORE RISK-SENSITIVE. AS SOME OF THE POPULAR TRACKS ARE EXPECTED TO FILL, FUTURE INVESTMENT STRATEGIES SHOULD BE MORE PRUDENT, FOCUSING ON THE BOTTOM-END ASSETS WITH A SUFFICIENT RATE OF COMPENSATION AND ON STRUCTURAL OPPORTUNITIES DRIVEN BY CUTTING-EDGE TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATIONS. WITH THE DRAMATIC INCREASE IN THE EARLY STAGES OF THE ACIC CHAIN, THE MARKET'S EXPECTATIONS FOR GROWTH IN 2027 HAVE GRADUALLY BEEN FILLED, AND SUBSEQUENT PERFORMANCE GROWTH WILL BE HEAVILY DEPENDENT ON ADEQUATE ACCP CASH AND CONTINUED FINANCING SUPPORT, AND LONG-TERM UNCERTAINTY IS INCREASING. THEREFORE, FUTURE POSITIONS IN THE COMPUTATIONAL DIRECTION NEED TO BE HANDLED MORE CAUTIOUSLY, WITH RISK-CONTROL BENEFITS BEING STRICTLY HIGHER THAN, AND NOT BLINDLY PURSUED。

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Anthropic's proposed multi-billion-dollar letter of credit before sprinting IPO

Anthropic is negotiating with a number of banks to add a few billion dollars to the $2.5 billion revolving letters available to complement the IPO cash buffer this year. Revolving letters are readily available amounts and do not amount to money that has been borrowed. Anthropic will also meet with open market investors in the coming weeks to test the scale and valuation of the issue. The Information states that it is likely to be listed in September at the earliest, with a valuation target of over $1 trillion. The earliest dates given by CNBC and Bloomberg were October, and the final arrangements have not yet been finalized. The original letters were provided by the banks Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, Morgan Chase, Citi and Barclays, some of which are also involved in IPOs。

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