Pando Rings Hacker Spends 10 Million DAI to 'Buy the Dip' of 6243 ETH

Ant International announced it has completed its Series A financing round. Participants in the round include Ant Group, several existing shareholders such as Alibaba, and multiple renowned international investment institutions, with total funding amounting to approximately $1.2 billion. The funds will be used to expand global operations, accelerate investment in cutting-edge technologies like AI, and broaden inclusive fintech services including cross-border payments and global accounts, to help global merchants drive growth. On March 19, 2024, Jing Xiandong released an all-staff letter announcing that Ant International, OceanBase, and Ant Digital Technology—all under Ant Group—have each established their own boards of directors, operating independently in the market. Currently, Jing Xiandong serves as Chairman of Ant International, Yang Peng as Chief Executive Officer, and Douglas Feagin as President. Ant International’s business covers major markets including Asia, Europe, the Middle East, and Latin America, connecting over 150 million global merchants and more than 2 billion consumer accounts. It has innovation, settlement, and operation centers in locations such as Shanghai, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Malaysia. Currently, Ant International has four core business segments: Alipay+, Antom, WorldFirst, and Bettr. These segments focus respectively on enhancing global payment interoperability, developing AI and other tech-driven merchant payment, treasury management, and fintech solutions, and building extensive cooperation networks with financial institutions, tech enterprises, and merchants both domestically and internationally.

According to an official announcement, Binance will update the collateral rates and tiered collateral rates for Portfolio Margin (PM) and PMPro at 06:00 UTC on July 24, 2026 (14:00 Beijing Time), covering assets including ALGO, PUMP, WLD, JTO, TRUMP, and others. On the same day at 06:30 UTC (14:30 Beijing Time), Binance Futures will adjust the leverage and margin tiers for multiple USDT-margined perpetual contracts, including C98USDT, CHRUSDT, LQTYUSDT, NILUSDT, USUALUSDT, SPELLUSDT, ONEUSDT, AEVOUSDT, CGPTUSDT, BANKUSDT, GUNUSDT, LAUSDT, OPNUSDT, KATUSDT, STARUSDT, and ZILUSDT.

According to Lookonchain monitoring, a Bitcoin OG whale address sold its final 1,000 BTC two hours ago, valued at $65.56 million. The address purchased 5,000 BTC at $332 per coin 12 years ago, with a total cost of $1.66 million. It began liquidating its Bitcoin holdings on November 26, 2024, and ultimately offloaded all 5,000 BTC at an average price of approximately $87,151, totaling $435.75 million, delivering a 262-fold return on investment.

According to Bitget market data, the Nikkei 225 index closed up 2091.07 points, or 3.26%, to 66232.19 points. South Korea’s KOSPI index rose 231.68 points, a 3.56% gain, ending at 6747.95 points. SK Hynix closed up 4%, while Samsung Electronics gained 6.1%.

According to Lookonchain's monitoring, crypto whales continue to accumulate ETH. A newly created wallet (0xf23c) has just withdrawn 7,000 ETH from Binance and staked it, worth $13.46 million.

According to Bitget market data, the STAR 50 Index of China’s A-share market rose more than 10%, hitting its highest single-day gain this year, with the semiconductor sector seeing a wave of limit-up surges. The index had previously recorded an 8.41% single-day rise on July 9, 2026. Among the constituent stocks of the STAR 50 semiconductor sector, Galaxycore, Hua Hong Semiconductor, and Core Opto all reached the 20cm limit-up threshold.