Japanese and South Korean stock markets closed higher, with SK Hynix up 4% and Samsung Electronics up 6.1%.

According to a report by The Wall Street Journal, U.S. Trade Representative Greer stated that the United States is preparing a new round of tariffs.

Sources familiar with the matter revealed that Intel (INTC.O) plans to lay off staff in its data center division.

According to an official announcement, Binance has announced that it will delist the AERGOUSDT U.S. dollar-margined perpetual contract at 14:30 (GMT+8) on July 24, 2026.

According to Bitget market data, the Japanese yen weakened against the U.S. dollar, hitting 162.89, marking its lowest level since 1986.

According to on-chain analyst Ai Yi (@ai_9684xtpa), a whale that has accumulated over $109 million in positions since July added an additional $9.87 million worth of WBTC in the past 24 hours. The whale currently holds 49,500 ETH and 600 WBTC, with a total value of $122 million, an average cost basis of approximately $1,706 per ETH and $63,950 per WBTC, and an unrealized profit of $12.593 million.

Arcus has officially launched 24/7 trading functionality and rolled out over 95 stock tokens on Robinhood Chain, offering zero-fee trades. Meanwhile, the platform also launched a beta version of its perpetual contract market via its self-custody decentralized exchange. In a statement, Arcus noted that the launch will allow eligible traders to invest in stocks of leading companies spanning sectors including artificial intelligence, semiconductors, space exploration and quantum computing, such as large-cap firms like Nvidia, Apple, Microsoft, Tesla, Meta, Alphabet and Amazon. Additionally, Arcus has launched a beta perpetual futures trading market, which currently has over 75,000 people on its waitlist. The platform supports perpetual contract products covering U.S. stocks, exchange-traded funds (ETFs), commodities and cryptocurrencies, including trading pairs linked to the SPY ETF, QQQ ETF, GLD ETF, USO ETF, Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana and XRP. Arcus was founded by Eddie Zhang, with its development team coming from the core team behind dYdX.