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The Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) announced that Victory Securities Limited was censured and fined HK$1.7 million for violating regulatory requirements in handling a client’s account. Zhao Ziliang, the firm’s responsible officer and core function head, had his license suspended for three months, effective from July 22 to October 21, 2026. The violations were uncovered during the SFC’s investigation into an alleged "pump and dump" scheme. The client opened an account on October 29, 2019, subsequently submitting two sell orders and providing statements purportedly issued by other brokers as proof of shareholdings. Despite the client’s shareholding value being clearly inconsistent with the financial status declared in the account opening documents, Victory Securities failed to conduct sufficient due diligence before executing the orders, nor did it obtain reasonable explanations for the warning signs. Subsequent information revealed the client may have submitted false documents to facilitate one of the transactions, but Victory Securities did not report the relevant fraud or deception to the SFC. The SFC ruled that the firm’s handling fell short of the requirements of the Code of Conduct and relevant anti-money laundering laws and guidelines, with the deficiencies attributed to Zhao Ziliang’s failure to fulfill his duties as a responsible officer and senior management member. In its disciplinary decision, the SFC considered that the incident was an isolated case with no systemic gaps found in Victory Securities’ internal controls; the firm has since improved its policies and procedures and conducted mandatory training, both Victory Securities and Zhao cooperated with the investigation, and Zhao had no prior disciplinary record.

The whale who is good at trading $MU just opened a new 3x long on 25,961 $MU($25.2M). The whale has completed 4 long trades on $MU, winning every one and making a $2.28M profit.

The Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) today issued a revised circular, mandating that leveraged and inverse products—whose capacity is highly sensitive to market conditions—adopt a flexible leverage structure. Under this structure, leverage multiples can be adjusted daily within the existing caps: 2x for leveraged products and -2x for inverse products. Accordingly, product providers may lower the target leverage multiples of these products when necessary, giving them greater flexibility to manage the products during periods of high trading volume. The leverage multiples for these products on the next trading day will be disclosed after daily market close. The potential daily adjustment of leverage multiples also helps deepen investors’ understanding that leveraged and inverse products are designed as daily products, reminding investors that these products are not suitable for holding beyond one day.

"The Big Short" prototype Michael Burry posted that people should closely monitor the trend of long-term U.S. Treasuries. Multiple factors are exerting pressure on the U.S. Treasury market, including the rapid expansion of AI-related debt, rising inflation volatility, unstable basis trading conditions, and oil prices rebounding back to nearly $100. He stated that it remains uncertain how long private equity and private credit markets can sustain themselves.

According to Lookonchain's monitoring, a crypto whale has just opened a 3x leveraged long position on 25,961 units of MU, valued at approximately $25.2 million. The whale had previously completed four MU long trades, all profitable, with a total profit of $2.28 million.

According to BIT (bit.com) market data, ahead of Friday’s US pre-market trading, semiconductor stocks were mixed: Intel (INTC) rose 4.76%, Arm (ARM) gained 0.96%, and AMD (AMD) increased 0.41%; SK Hynix (SKHY) fell 2.93%, Micron Technology (MU) dropped 2.16%, Marvell Technology (MRVL) decreased 1.41%, and NVIDIA (NVDA) declined 0.72%. The storage sector saw broad declines: SK Hynix (SKHY) fell 2.93%, SanDisk (SNDK) dropped 2.19%, Micron Technology (MU) decreased 2.16%, Western Digital (WDC) declined 1.68%, and Seagate Technology (STX) fell 1.24%. Most optical communication concept stocks retreated: Nokia (NOK) dropped 2.15%, Astera Labs (ALAB) fell 1.99%, Credo (CRDO) decreased 1.86%, Ciena (CIEN) declined 1.14%, and Applied Optoelectronics (AAOI) fell 0.62%.