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Today · 2026-08-19 · Wed

Bitcoin pond Ocean announced an upgrade to the back end of BIP 110 fork

Wu stated that it had been informed that Ocean of the Bitcoin mine had announced that he would upgrade the back end in response to a possible chain fork triggered by BIP 110. If forklifts occur, Datum miners will automatically continue to dig on the chain approved at their respective nodes, while Ocean will record and clear the incentives on the corresponding chain separately, and in fact will operate the two pits at the same time as the forklift. The relevant service terms will be updated before the height of block 961632, provided that the forklink continues to operate and is in line with its service terms。

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THE JAPANESE YEN BOUNCED BACK COMPLETELY, AND THE GPS ADJUSTED THE SUSPICIONS

THE YEN REBOUNDED AFTER A SPEECH BY THE JAPANESE MINISTER OF FINANCE, KOYAMA, BUT HAS NOW RETURNED COMPLETELY, WITH THE DOLLAR TO THE JAPANESE YEN (USD/JPY) RETURNING TO MORE THAN 162, ALMOST RESTORING ALL THE INCREASES LOST BY THE GOVERNMENT PENSION INVESTMENT FUND (GPIF), WHICH FOR THE FIRST TIME REFERRED TO ENCOURAGING THE GOVERNMENT TO INCREASE THE ALLOCATION OF DOMESTIC ASSETS. THE ANALYSIS INDICATES THAT THE BASIC ASSET ALLOCATION FRAMEWORK OF THE GPF HAS NOT CHANGED IN PRACTICE AND THAT MARKET SENSITIVITY TO FUTURE POLICY SIGNALS IS LIKELY TO PERSIST, ESPECIALLY IN THE CONTEXT OF A WEAK YEN THIS WEEK, WHERE ENERGY PRICE INCREASES AND THE STRENGTHENING OF THE UNITED STATES DOLLAR HAVE ALSO PUT PRESSURE ON THE YEN. THE TOTAL INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO OF THE GPF AT THE END OF THE 2025 FISCAL YEAR WAS APPROXIMATELY 293.6 TRILLION YEN (APPROXIMATELY $1.8 TRILLION), AND EVEN A SINGLE PERCENTAGE POINT ALLOCATION CHANGE WOULD RESULT IN AN INFLOW OF NEARLY 3 TRILLION YEN. ALTHOUGH THE MARKET HAD BEEN OPTIMISTIC ABOUT MOUNTAIN RHETORIC, THE CURRENT RESPONSE HAD SHIFTED TO A MORE CAUTIOUS INTERPRETATION。

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Trump says the Middle East allies should pay for protection

ON 14 JULY, AT LOCAL TIME, ON 13 JULY, UNITED STATES PRESIDENT TRUMP STATED THAT THE UNITED STATES WAS PROTECTING MANY RICH COUNTRIES IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND SHOULD THEREFORE BE COMPENSATED FOR THE COSTS INCURRED BY THE COUNTRIES CONCERNED. THE UNITED STATES IS MAINTAINING SECURITY IN SAUDI ARABIA, THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, QATAR, BAHRAIN AND KUWAIT, AS WELL AS IN ISRAEL. HE STATED THAT IT WAS APPROPRIATE FOR THE UNITED STATES TO HAVE THE ASSOCIATED COSTS SHARED BY THE PROTECTED STATE BECAUSE OF ITS LOCAL INVESTMENTS. TRUMP ALSO STATED THAT THE UNITED STATES HAD A WEALTH OF OIL RESOURCES, “TAKING INTO ACCOUNT OIL FROM VENEZUELA AND ELSEWHERE, THE UNITED STATES HOLDS MORE THAN HALF OF THE WORLD'S OIL SUPPLY”, SO THAT THE UNITED STATES ITSELF “DOES NOT DEPEND ON OIL FROM THE MIDDLE EAST” — THE UNITED STATES ACTING IN THE MIDDLE EAST “MAINLY TO PROTECT ITS ALLIES”. (CCTV INTERNATIONAL TIMES)

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Japanese convenience store giant Lawson tested JPY stabilization payment

The Japanese convenience store giant Lawson planned to pilot JPY stabilization currency payments at a convenience store in Tokyo in August, marking the first time that Japan had conducted a stabilization currency payment test related to the POS system. The experiment may help to shift the yen stabilization currency from financial pilot to daily retail use. Hashport supported Lawson's JPY stabilization currency pilot through the existing POS system。

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The Fed's probability of maintaining interest rates in July is 58.3 per cent

ON 14 JULY, ACCORDING TO THE CME FEDERAL RESERVE WATCH: THE PROBABILITY OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE MAINTAINING INTEREST RATES UNCHANGED IN JULY WAS 58.3 PER CENT AND THE PROBABILITY OF A CUMULATIVE INCREASE OF 25 BASIS POINTS WAS 41.7 PER CENT. THE PROBABILITY OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE MAINTAINING INTEREST RATES CONSTANT BY SEPTEMBER WAS 24.9 PER CENT, WITH A CUMULATIVE INCREASE OF 51.2 PER CENT FOR 25 BASIS POINTS AND 23.9 PER CENT FOR 50 BASIS POINTS。

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