Trump Team deposits $21.94 million worth of tokens into a centralized exchange (CEX)

According to Iranian media reports today (July 26), Iranian Army spokesperson Akraminia stated that Iran has not observed any specific next-step strategy from the U.S. at present, but it can be assessed that the U.S. is already in a desperate position. Akraminia noted that the U.S. has three possible options: withdrawing from the conflict, launching large-scale airstrikes under pressure from Israel, or carrying out ground operations. Iran will monitor the U.S.'s subsequent actions and has prepared for all eventualities. He also added that the current war’s geographic scope has expanded to the Strait of Mandeb, and Iran’s operations cover U.S. targets spanning from Jordan to countries along the Persian Gulf coast. (CCTV International News)

Anthropic core technology member Julian Schrittwieser recently posted on X, mocking Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang’s statement in support of open-weight AI models, saying, “Looking forward to CUDA and GPU drivers being open-sourced.” Earlier, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang posted his first-ever tweet on Friday night, sharing an open letter co-signed by Nvidia titled “Open Weights and U.S. AI Leadership.” The letter’s co-signatories include over 20 tech firms and organizations, such as Meta, Microsoft, Andreessen Horowitz, Hugging Face, IBM, Mistral AI, Palantir, Perplexity, Mozilla, NVIDIA, and Y Combinator. The open letter argues that the U.S. needs both top-tier closed-source and open-source models, and the government should not impose premature restrictions on open-source AI. Anthropic did not co-sign the letter.

According to Israel’s i24 News, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told the opening of a cabinet meeting: “I will depart for Washington tomorrow to meet with President Trump at his invitation, then attend the memorial service for Senator Lindsey Graham, a great friend of Israel, and discuss all agenda items with Trump—including the situation in Iran.” Regarding the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) vote to remove its chief prosecutor Karim Khan, Netanyahu said the result “exposes the fact that this individual is not only accused of sexually harassing multiple female subordinates” but also pushed for arrest warrants against Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant. Netanyahu alleged the prosecutor acted “to divert attention, rally all of Israel’s enemies around him, and secure a protective umbrella for himself.” He also spoke with Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who stated the U.S. intends to take strong action against the ICC.

According to reports from Al Arabiya (Arab Satellite TV) and Saudi media outlet Hadas, the United States and Iran have responded to the proposal put forward by Pakistan and Qatar to resume negotiations.

When responding to the community’s question about why he hasn’t acquired BitMart, CZ stated: “Acquiring a centralized exchange (CEX) isn’t as straightforward as other business deals. What if a hack occurs after the acquisition? Could it be an old backdoor left by the previous team, or a new issue? An acquisition is still possible, but it’s far more complex.”

According to Korean media outlet Ket, South Korea’s SK Telecom (SKT) has announced the establishment of SK Hyper, a new specialized subsidiary for AI data centers (AIDC), with a planned total investment of 750 billion won to expand its large-scale AI data center business. SKT will first invest 330 billion won, with the full 750 billion won earmarked for deployment by December 2030, and will ultimately hold 100% equity in SK Hyper. The newly formed SK Hyper will oversee the development and commercialization of future large-scale AI data center projects, including preliminary work such as site selection, power infrastructure setup, and client business collaborations. It will also later secure external funding through financial investor (FI) equity investments and project financing (PF).