PeckShield: Approximately 24 million USDC stolen from Ostium Vault, the hacker converted the funds to ETH before transferring them to Tornado Cash.

As reported by CCTV International News, the U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) issued a statement on local time July 15, stating that it had concluded a round of nighttime strikes against Iran at 9 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time on July 15. The statement noted that U.S. forces targeted Iran’s command centers, air defense positions, missile and drone facilities, and coastal surveillance installations, aiming to further weaken Iran’s ability to threaten the safety of merchant ship crews in the Strait of Hormuz. U.S. forces used precision-guided weapons to strike targets at multiple locations, including Bandar Abbas.

The Bank of Korea stated that uncertainties still exist regarding the semiconductor industry, developments in the Middle East situation, and changes to the trade environment.

South Korean trading platforms have activated the mechanism to suspend programmatic trading for the KOSDAQ.

According to Bitget's market data, Hong Kong-listed Southern 2x Long SK Hynix and Southern 2x Long Samsung Electronics both opened down 15%.

Polygon Foundation CEO Sandeep posted a statement saying, “Approximately one-third of Polygon’s teams paused their regular work last week. We had them set aside their ongoing tasks temporarily to leverage AI for building truly valuable solutions, and allocated $15,000 in incentives to develop projects that can effectively drive business growth. Just three days later, we received 13 projects, six of which have officially launched, and one has already started processing real transactions on the mainnets of five public blockchains. Teams that do not carry out similar internal AI practices will soon fall behind those that do. Especially in the payments sector, the competitive edge over the next decade will belong to companies that truly integrate AI into their employees’ daily workflows. It can now be said that mastering AI capabilities is no longer an optional choice.”

BlackRock CEO Larry Fink said he is no longer concerned about excessive leverage in the Bitcoin and cryptocurrency markets, adding that he is "very optimistic" about the market outlook over the next 12 months.