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IBM's biggest drop since the 1960s due to capital expenditure problems. Goldman's warning software. Bear City

IBM UNEXPECTEDLY ISSUED THE SECOND QUARTER WARNING IN THE MORNING OF TUESDAY, RESULTING IN A 24 PER CENT COLLAPSE IN STOCK PRICES IN NEW YORK TRANSACTIONS. IF THIS LOSS CONTINUES UNTIL THE CLOSE, IBM WILL HAVE THE LARGEST SINGLE-DAY FALL SINCE 1968. IBM SALES FOR THE SECOND QUARTER OF THE YEAR WERE $17.2 BILLION, LOWER THAN EXPECTED, $17.8 BILLION, AND NON-GAAP GAINS OF $2.93 PER SHARE, LOWER THAN EXPECTED, $3.02. THE COMPANY INDICATED THAT THE RE-PRIORITIZATION OF CAPITAL EXPENDITURES AFFECTED THE CLIENT ' S PURCHASING PATTERN AND RESULTED IN SEVERAL LARGE TRANSACTIONS NOT BEING COMPLETED ON TIME. ANALYSTS WARNED THAT THE TRANSFER OF THE CORPORATE TECHNOLOGY BUDGET TO THE AI INFRASTRUCTURE COULD AFFECT TRADITIONAL SOFTWARE AND IT SERVICES。

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Market analysis: Bitcoin markets have yet to receive new capital inflows

A market analyst, Joao Wedson, stated that new capital had not yet entered the Bitcoin market and that cattle markets should not be expected to develop as rapidly as some claimed. In his view, new investors needed time to restore confidence and truly return to the market. He anticipated that strong capital inflows would begin to appear before the end of the year。

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high-altitude whale: skhx single-floating to $1.834 million

big whale skhx has expanded in one-sided and current surpluses and losses are +1,834,268.39 (+62.68 per cent) and +805,582.89 (+41.50 per cent). the current currency value is us$1,333.40, the liquidation price is us$1,562.81 and the size of the warehouse is us$8,415,026.06. 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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Goldman Sachs: 60% of Gulf oil exports may bypass the Strait of Hormuz by 2028

Goldman Sachs expects that 60 per cent of Gulf oil exports may bypass the Strait of Hormuz by 2028. Increased bypass capacity could reduce geopolitical risks and stabilize oil prices, thereby undermining the strategic leverage of the Strait of Hormuz。

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Circe worked with JCB to introduce USDC to 40 million firms Household

Circe has worked with JCB, Japan ' s largest credit card network, to bring USDC into its 40 million businesses for cross-border and day-to-day transactions。

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OpenAI has access to Kalshi's forecast market data

According to the New York Times, ChatGPT, under the banner of OpenAI, has begun to present in the search results the World Cup projections from the forecast market platform Kalshi, which is the first time that OpenAI has been exposed to cooperate with the forecast market platform. Currently, when users search for FIFA World Cup-related pairing information in ChatGPT, the system shows the probability of a team winning on the basis of Kalshi ' s forecast market and is presented in graph form. However, the functionality is currently used only for information displays and users cannot predict contracts through ChatGPT。

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Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Walsh: Plan to eliminate inflation-related taxes

According to Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Walsh, there are plans to eliminate inflationary taxes。

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SK HERCULES ADR OPTIONS INITIALLY PREFERRED SHORT-TERM CONTRACTS

On 14 July, the options for the SK Hercules American Depository Certificate (ADR) commenced on Tuesday at the United States Futures Exchange. By 10.25 a.m. New York time, the turnover had reached approximately 33,000 options, of which more than two thirds concentrated on short-term options due on Friday. The most dynamic of the deal was the increase in the right-to-go option of $185, with a turnover of about 2,900, followed by the fall-in option of $145. In addition, an increase of $200 in options, due in August, was welcomed, with more than 1,500 traded. Piper Sandler ' s chief of options, Daniel Kirsch, stated that the traders were expected to be active in setting up short-term transactions that SK Hercules ADR continued to increase this week. “We expect that the market will have a very strong demand for short-term, high-profile options, especially those due this Friday, and that there is a high risk of a rapid influx of diaspora investors into the product.” He said。

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The Coinbase Agency transferred 823 BTCs to unknown wallets

According to Whale Alert, the Coinbase institutional account had just transferred 823 BTCs to an unknown wallet, amounting to approximately US$ 52,147,000 at current prices。

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Q1 DATA FOR 2026 SHOWS THAT MORE THAN 2000 INSTITUTIONS HOLD UNITED STATES SPOT BITCOIN ETF

DOCUMENTS FROM THE FIRST QUARTER OF 2026 SHOW THAT MORE THAN 2,000 INSTITUTIONS CURRENTLY HOLD UNITED STATES SPOT BITCOIN ETF. THIS ETF PACKAGE PROVIDES A FAMILIAR PATH THROUGH EXISTING INVESTMENT INFRASTRUCTURE FOR PENSION, RIA, ENDOWMENT FUND AND ASSET MANAGEMENT COMPANIES。

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Encrypted Eternal Contract Exchange 10%

cryptounforded reported that the most rapidly growing area of Web3 is the permanent contract to go to the Centralized Exchange, which now accounts for more than 10 per cent of all encrypted permanent contract transactions, compared to less than 2 per cent at the beginning of 2023。

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Coinbase Open Chinese Community Registration

On 14 July, several encrypted users revealed that Coinbase had just opened up the Chinese language area for registration, without the need for information such as an overseas address certificate, and had completed all authentication in a five-minute process。

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Young Weida is known to work with Mitsubishi heavy workers on cooling and powering the AIS data centre

ON 14 JULY, ACCORDING TO DAILY NEWS REPORTS, WEIDA IS CONSIDERING ESTABLISHING A PARTNERSHIP WITH MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, WHICH IS EXPECTED TO PROVIDE COOLING SYSTEMS AND ENERGY MANAGEMENT EQUIPMENT FOR THE AI DATA CENTRE. THE NEXT GENERATION OF AI DATA CENTRES, KNOWN AS “AI FACTORY”, IS PLANNED TO BE BUILT WITH GLOBAL PARTNERS. IN JAPAN, THE SOUTH KOREA SK GROUP IS WORKING WITH WEEDA TO BUILD AN AI FACTORY BETWEEN 2028 AND 2029. THE MITSUBISHI HEAVY PRODUCTION DATA CENTRE REQUIRES AIR CONDITIONING, EFFICIENT COOLING AND EMERGENCY POWER SUPPLY, AND PROVIDES AN ENERGY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM THAT INTEGRATES THE ABOVE TECHNOLOGIES. IN ADDITION, MITSUBISHI HEAVYWEIGHTS HAVE A GLOBAL LEADING MARKET SHARE IN THE GAS TURBINE SECTOR AND WILL SEEK TO WORK WITH BRITAIN ON THE AI DATA CENTRE POWER INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE FUTURE. WITH THE RAPID INCREASE IN ELECTRICITY CONSUMPTION AT THE AI DATA CENTRE, MARKETS SUCH AS THE UNITED STATES ARE INCREASINGLY USING GAS POWER PLANTS TO POWER THE DATA CENTRE。

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Walsh: It's no secret to be very critical of the 2020 Federal Reserve framework

On 14 July, Federal Reserve Chairman Walsh stated that the time had not come for the Federal Reserve to shirk its responsibility for inflation. We want more limited inflation growth. The Fed has the tools to achieve price stability. It is no secret that Walsh claims that he is very critical of the 2020 Federal Reserve framework。

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Ark Invest sold $7.4 million for BioNTech

Ark Invest sold about $7.4 million of BioNTech stock on 8 July。

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Blockchain.com, in collaboration with Polymarket, introduces predictive market functionality

Blockchain.com has worked with Polymarket to integrate the forecast market into its application, allowing eligible users to trade the results of real events within the platform。

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LTH/STH Dominance Ratio reached 30 month height

LTH/STH dominance radio reached a 30-month high, according to early releasein monitoring, and analysts Gaah im noted that LTH was rapidly accumulating supplies, with current prices about 50 per cent below historical highs。

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Zhu Yi-ming has more than $30 billion

ON 14 JULY, LISTECH ISSUED AN IPO FOR 8.66 YUAN/EQUITY. BASED ON THE SHARES OF THE FOUNDER AND CHAIRMAN OF THE CHANGSUNG TECHNOLOGY, ZHU YIMING, THE MARKET VALUE OF HIS SHARES IS 13.37 BILLION YUAN. IN ADDITION, HE HOLDS A TOTAL MARKET VALUE OF $34.8 BILLION IN LONG-TERM TECHNOLOGY AND BOURGEOIS INNOVATION, CALCULATED ON THE BASIS OF THE 5.13 PER CENT SHARES HELD BY CHU AND THE MARKET VALUE OF 14 JULY. (FIRST FINANCIAL ACCOUNT)

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Kalshi launched the AID forward tool to price the ACI computing cost

According to Bloomberg, the market platform Kalshi has introduced a forward curve tool to price AI ' s computing cost, which provides a single forward price of up to one year ' s maximum through a weekly contract with a monthly computing cost event, to measure the future cost of leasing different levels of GPU. According to Kalshi, the tool could provide a pricing basis for derivatives such as futures, options, etc., relevant to the subsequent calculus, and for hedging services and risk management needs. CME Group and ICE are also promoting futures contracts with index preparers that are linked to AI ' s calculator, which is being seen as a new type of large-scale commodity like gas and oil。

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The number of tokenized stockholders exceeded 464,000, with chain assets approaching $1.9 billion

Wu stated that DWF Labs data showed that, as at 14 July, the number of holders of monetized shares had exceeded 464,000, representing an increase of about 3.8 times the level of January this year, with the associated asset chain approaching $1.9 billion. In terms of the number of holders, the monetized stock platform xstocks accounts for about 54 per cent, the Real World Asset Platform onondo finance for about 30 per cent, and the recently connected business robinood crypto for about 12 per cent and the combined three for about 96 per cent。

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