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GPT-5.6 SOL is challenged for "mention." OpenAI claims that the reasoning budget adjustment is an experiment

OpenAI responded to GPT-5.6 SOL's question about “mentional” by arguing that the reason for the budget adjustment was simply an experiment. Users found that the internal reasoning budget for the GPT-5.6 SOL tranches fell significantly, from 960 to 128, and suspected that OpenAI had weakened the model in order to save money. Tibo Sottiaux, head of OpenAI Codex, stated that the team had adjusted the reasoning to check the reasons for the fast-consuming subscriptions. The experiment was withdrawn and the official confirmation was not long-term weakening of the model. In addition, OpenAI has completed the optimization of its reasoning, with GPT-5.6 SOL subscriptions receiving approximately 10 per cent more。

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Encryption is preparing for quantum threat encryption

Several encryption companies are preparing defensive measures as quantum computing threats approach encryption. New Google studies suggest that quantum computers may have broken existing encryption technologies earlier than expected. Bitcoin was considered to be particularly vulnerable because its long history generated a large number of visible public keys. In addition, the executive warned that a premature shift to late quantum encryption could also create new vulnerabilities。

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SXT heat rises, 24h barter zooms to 15.2 times the average of nearly seven days

According to In2021, an early release of SXT over the past 24 hours has increased 15.2 times the average of nearly seven days, with a cumulative price increase of 20.2 per cent, now reported US$ 0.008135 and currently ranked in the early launch of In Thermal Search List No. 6. A significant scaling-up of the deal is accompanied by strong prices, which generally reflects increased financial participation and a high level of power. At this stage, the flow of funds, the structure of transactions and the movement of large amounts of funds deserve special attention。

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NOXA is developing a decentrized solution because of the short-lived Claudflare problem

On 13 July, NOXA, the Meme token launch platform supporting networks such as Robinwood Chain, pushed that its platform domain name was short-lived due to a problem with Cloudflare and suspected that IP was blocked. The team is currently investigating the specific reasons, while confirming that a decentrized solution is being developed (the interface is hosted by IPFS through ENS domain names)。

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Money Ann will support the Moonbeam (GLMR) network upgrade

Bian announced that he would support the upgrading of the Moonbeam (GLMR) network on 13 July 2026. Since 13 July 2026 at 12 noon (UTC), the deposits and withdrawals of coins on the Moonbeam network will be suspended in order to support the upgrading of the network and ensure user experience. Network upgrades will take place at 16,427,124 block heights and are expected to be completed at 13:00 (UTC) on 13 July 2026. Please note that the transactions of the relevant networks will not be affected, that all technical requirements will be processed and deposits and withdrawals will be reopened once the network upgrades have stabilized。

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Japanese Prime Minister Kosumi: The Government will strengthen support for start-ups

According to Coinpost, Prime Minister Gao City, in his opening video message to WebX 2026, stated that the Government would continue to strengthen entrepreneurship support and presented the Integrated Support Programme for Entrepreneurship, launched in May 2025, which included measures to expand funding and deregulation from government funds and financial institutions to accelerate the growth of enterprises. She said that Government policy and the WebX platform were expected to create synergies to promote the innovative ecological development of Web3 in Japan。

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THE NEXT 500-POINT AIR DROP WILL BE FOR THE WINNER

On July 13, according to official sources, the OKX World Cup prediction campaign has been launched as "winners." Users can choose final champions free of charge in four semi-final teams in Argentina, England, France and Spain, and users of the winning team will receive 500 points from the next Outcomes campaign. In addition, from that date until 20 July, new users were enrolled and selected for the winning team, with an additional joint allocation of 4 BTC。

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THE TREMPS ENCRYPTED MINING COMPANY ABC STOCK PRICES FELL BY 95 PER CENT OVER THEIR PEAK, AND MORE THAN 8,000 BTC HOLDING WAREHOUSES WERE UNDER PRESSURE

On 13 July, after the implementation of the 1.15 reverse dismantling of shares by the Bitcoin mining company, American Bitcoin (ABTC), the Trump family had accumulated a 95 per cent decline over historical highs. Over the past 10 months, the book value of approximately 6 per cent of the shares held by the Trump son, Eric Trump, has shrunk by over $600 million. The data show that ABC’s operating losses amounted to $118.2 million for the first quarter, the vast majority of which resulted from the impairment of bitcoin, and that although the company recently held approximately 500 more bitcoins to hold more than 8,000 more bitcoins on its balance sheet, there was a potential risk of forced sales if the financial situation deteriorated further and external financing was not sustainable. The release of a signal of the company ' s risk of re-marketing in reverse by the dismantling of shares could further exacerbate stock sales and force the company to sell some bitcoin assets to meet its debt obligations。

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SK HERCULES HAS BEEN AT THE TOP OF THE NET FOR THE LAST FOUR HOURS, AND THREE GIANT WHALES HAVE SETTLED MORE THAN $14 MILLION

Over the past four hours, the SK Hercules silo has been at the top of the net, with three giant whales clearing up by approximately $14 million. The rapid fall in the price of SK Hercules has triggered a steady multi-head silo, with a cumulative total of approximately $24.79 million, more than BTC and ETH, the top of the network, with SKHX also showing the largest single-barrel silos in the same period. The explosion was mainly concentrated on three giant whales, which, over the past two hours or so, triggered 10 forced silos at three addresses, resulting in a cumulative liquidation of approximately $13.95 million and a loss of approximately $1.59 million. The flat price was moved downwards from approximately $1391 to $1309, with a drop of nearly 6 per cent. As of the time of writing, one of the three giant whales (starting with 0x4b2) had yet to be fully cleared, with approximately 687 SKHX pieces with a nominal value of approximately $0.9 million and a warehouse rate of return of about 119 per cent, with a liquidation price of $1292, less than $20, and still at high risk。

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Walsh's first major choice: whether to reverse last year's Fed interest rate reduction

On 13 July, Nick Timiraos of the Federal Reserve said that, last month, during his first in-service meeting as the Chairman of the Federal Reserve, Walsh had unanimously decided to maintain interest rates. Consensus was easy to reach at that time, as there was little willingness to act within the Committee. But in the coming weeks, maintaining that consensus will become more difficult. Some of his colleagues, whose concerns about inflation had increased, might facilitate discussion of the interest rate hike when the Fed met from 28 to 29 July. As we testify in Congress this week, Walsh will have the opportunity to lead this consensus. At that time, he would have the latest inflation data for June — the last important data to be released before the meeting. Kim Xian

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Pakistan's encryption law ruling triggered a dispute over the regulatory framework for digital assets

On 13 July, it was reported by The Block that Bilal bin Saqib, Chairman of the Virtual Assets Control Authority of Pakistan, had met with Mufti Taqi Usmani, an Islamic scholar, and had stated that stabilization currency, monetization of RWA and other block chain products should be subject to separate technical and sharia assessments and should not be considered the same category. Prior to this, scholars such as Usmani issued a Shariah ruling finding that USDT and other encrypted currencies did not belong to the assets recognized by the sharia, and that transactions for the purchase of real goods or digital services were invalid. Previously, in March of this year, Pakistan passed the Virtual Assets Act, which requires exchanges, trustees and issuers of coins to ensure compliance with sharia law under the guidance of the Islamic Committee of Financial Scholars. At the same time, the country is moving forward with the legalization of its sovereign and national assets and the authorization of a platform for encrypted transactions。

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