U.S. Official: Iran Commits to Permanent Nuclear Weapons Abandonment, but U.S. Requires Verification Mechanism

According to Bitget market data, South Korea's KOSPI index plunged 10%, SK Hynix dropped more than 13%, and Samsung Electronics fell over 12%.

According to Bitget market data, US and Brent crude oil prices continue to decline. WTI crude oil has fallen below $80 per barrel, with an intraday drop of 1.43%. Brent crude oil is down more than 1% on the day, currently trading at $84.43 per barrel.

According to official announcements, OKX’s Flash Earn has launched AEON’s “Trade to Earn” program. Running from now until 11:00 UTC on August 6, users who complete designated deposit and spot trading tasks will be eligible to split the 6,000,000 AEON reward pool. The new user task pool amounts to 500,000 AEON. Additionally, rewards for AEON-USDT spot trading are allocated based on individual trading volume, with a maximum of 40,000 AEON per user. The campaign also features early bird and cumulative bonus mechanisms. Users can participate via the “Flash Earn” entry at the top of OKX App’s Explore page.

According to official announcements, Upbit will list the RLUSD token on its KRW, BTC, and USDT trading pairs.

Bitwise sold another 117,917 $HYPE ($7.05M) today.

Costs to insure against Nvidia debt defaults hit a record high on Monday, as markets fret that its ongoing over $750 billion AI infrastructure deal could expand the company’s liabilities. ICE Data Services data shows Nvidia’s 5-year credit default swap (CDS) price climbed 14 basis points at one point to 82 basis points annually, marking the largest single-day jump for the swap since it began active trading last November. Last week, Nvidia announced its partnership with SK Group, parent of SK Hynix, tops $500 billion. Separately, Nvidia is in talks to provide up to $250 billion in guarantees for U.S. data center computing power projects leased by OpenAI, and may offer $350 billion in financing for OpenAI’s chip purchases. Sal Naro, chief investment officer at Coherence Credit Strategies, pointed out that AI infrastructure construction requires massive capital expenditure, and the bond market is facing a large volume of new supply. Markets are wary that opaque financing structures, off-balance-sheet transactions, and inter-corporate ties could trigger credit rating downgrades. Such financing typically demands investment-grade ratings, but firms like OpenAI and Anthropic are currently burning through cash at a rapid pace. Guarantees from large corporations can help AI infrastructure debt secure higher ratings; Broadcom previously provided most of the credit backing for a $35 billion chip financing deal for Anthropic.