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According to Techcrunch, acquisition negotiations between payment giant PayPal and Stripe, along with private equity firm Advent Global Opportunities, are heating up, and a deal may be reached in the coming weeks.In July, Stripe and Advent proposed to acquire PayPal for $60.50 per share, with a total transaction valuation of approximately $53 billion, but PayPal did not accept the offer at that time. However, insiders revealed that the negotiations have not been interrupted and are still ongoing.Neither PayPal nor Stripe has confirmed the related news. PayPal declined to comment, while Stripe stated that it would not respond to market rumors or speculation.This potential sale comes as PayPal seeks to reverse its growth challenges. After taking office in March this year, PayPal CEO Enrique Lores launched a restructuring plan that splits the business into three main areas: payment checkout and PayPal business, consumer financial services (including Venmo), and payment services and cryptocurrency business.Lores previously stated that PayPal would return to its identity as a technology company and strengthen its core payment capabilities. At the same time, the company plans to improve efficiency by cutting costs, with layoffs expected to reach 20% over the next two to three years.Founded in 1998, PayPal's founding team includes well-known Silicon Valley figures such as Peter Thiel, Elon Musk, and Max Levchin. The company experienced rapid growth during the e-commerce boom during the pandemic but has faced challenges such as slowing growth and pressure on its stock price in recent years. If the deal is finalized, it will become one of the largest acquisitions in the fintech industry in recent years.

Japanese Bitcoin treasury company Remixpoint released a performance announcement for its cryptocurrency operations. As of July 31, 2026, the company's Bitcoin lending principal amounted to approximately 1,501.27 BTC, with a total borrowing fee of about 12.44 BTC, approximately 133 million yen, accumulated from February to July.In addition, it has staked approximately 901.45 ETH and about 13,920 SOL, with total staking rewards amounting to approximately 28.89 million yen.

AI personal assistant startup Pally announced the completion of a $5.2 million financing round, led by Cyber Fund and Y Combinator, with participation from Pioneer Fund, Founders Inc, 468 Capital, and angel investors. The company is valued at $30 million, and its main business is providing AI personal assistant services through a messaging interface.Pally was launched in 2025, with the latest version going live in June, capable of syncing with platforms like Gmail, Outlook, Slack, Granola, and Notion. After user authorization, Pally can book flights, manage inboxes, reply to messages, and make restaurant reservations. Pally utilizes Anthropic's Claude, OpenAI's ChatGPT, as well as open-source models like Kimi K3 and GLM 5.2. Co-founder Haz Hubble stated that the company will not sell user data and will not use related data to train models.

S&P Global Ratings on Monday awarded BlackRock's new tokenized money market fund, BlackRock Daily Reinvestment Stablecoin Reserve Vehicle (BRSRV), an "AAAm" rating, the highest rating for principal stability funds. The rating is based on factors including the credit quality of investments and counterparties, the term structure, and the management's ability to maintain stable net asset value. S&P Global Ratings stated that no weaknesses were found in BlackRock's management and organization, credit research and analysis, risk management, and compliance.It also noted that the fund's tokenization framework has operational resilience, using a permissioned architecture that restricts transactions to whitelisted wallets to reduce risks associated with the network, smart contracts, and blockchain networks. BRSRV was launched on Monday as an open-end management investment company, aiming to ensure that its shares meet the qualified reserve asset requirements for payment stablecoin issuers under the GENIUS Act. The fund will hold cash, U.S. Treasury securities maturing in 93 days or less, and overnight repurchase agreements backed by Treasury instruments, maintaining a weighted average maturity of no more than 60 days and a weighted average life of no more than 120 days.S&P Global Ratings also released a separate summary of stablecoin stability assessments on Tuesday, stating that among the 11 stablecoins covered, 6 have "adequate" or stronger capabilities to maintain fiat currency pegs. USDT remains at a level 5 "weak," while TUSD and USDe are also at level 5; USDC, EURC, USDG, and USDP are rated level 2 "strong."

Palantir's second-quarter revenue and adjusted earnings per share both exceeded market expectations, with the stock price rising nearly 30% in after-hours and the following day's trading. According to CoinGlass data, the current total contract value of PLTR across the network is approximately $38.1997 million. From the platform distribution perspective, tradeXYZ, Binance, and Bitget rank in the top three in terms of open interest, among which:tradeXYZ: approximately 69,000 PLTR, corresponding to a value of about $11.0056 millionBinance: approximately 57,200 PLTR, corresponding to a value of about $9.1368 millionBitget: approximately 26,400 PLTR, corresponding to a value of about $4.2124 million

According to Gate market data, the Nasdaq 100 index rose by 3%, reaching a new daily high.Palantir (PLTR.N) rose nearly 30%, Arm (ARM.O) rose 15%, SanDisk (SNDK.O) rose over 11%, and Intel (INTC.O) rose 10.3%.

According to Gate market data, Palantir's stock price continues to rise, with an increase of 21%.

According to Gate market data, U.S. stocks opened with the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 1.17%, the S&P 500 index rising 0.4%, and the Nasdaq Composite Index rising 0.78%. Palantir (PLTR.N) stock price rose 14.7%, as the company significantly raised its full-year revenue forecast.SpaceX (SPCX.O) and AMD (AMD.O) will announce their earnings after the market closes, with stock prices rising 2.8% and 3.7%, respectively. Micron Technology (MU.O) stock price rose 4%, and Corning (GLW.N) stock price rose 5.6%.

According to Gate market data, Palantir's stock rose 7% in after-hours trading.

According to Jinshi reports, Palantir expects full-year revenue to be between $8.15 billion and $8.16 billion, up from the previous expectation of $7.65 billion to $7.66 billion.

According to Jinshi reports, Hamas officials stated that the Palestinian National Council and international forces must enter Gaza, and the armed militias supported by Israel will be disbanded.

According to Bloomberg, PayPal announced its second-quarter results, with adjusted earnings per share of $1.38, exceeding analysts' expectations of $1.27; total payment volume reached $486.4 billion, also higher than market estimates.The company also raised its adjusted earnings per share guidance for 2026 to $5.38, above last year's level. Previously, private equity firm Advent and payment competitor Stripe had made an acquisition offer of about $60 per share, to which PayPal did not respond in its latest statement. Since taking office in March this year, new CEO Enrique Lores has restructured the business lines and plans to cut about 20% of the workforce in the next two to three years.

According to a report by Reuters, informed sources revealed that the PayPal board believes the $53 billion acquisition offer from competitor Stripe and Advent International undervalues the company and faces regulatory and financing hurdles. The sources stated that PayPal has not formally responded yet, and the board is evaluating the trade-offs between the offer and the management's strategy to turn around the company, initially considering that the offer of $60.5 per share, while a premium over recent stock prices, does not fully reflect the company's future potential.The acquirers have secured approximately $50 billion in financing commitments from JPMorgan and Morgan Stanley, along with $17 billion in equity raised by Stripe and Advent, to support the $53 billion acquisition offer. If antitrust regulations are violated, the acquirers have considered remedies such as divesting the Braintree business to Advent. Block was initially involved but withdrew before the latest offer submission. Investors will be paying attention to PayPal's earnings report on July 28.

According to BBX data, the integration of traditional financial infrastructure and cryptocurrency settlement layers accelerated simultaneously in two distinctly different tracks yesterday, with the following core dynamics:PayPal Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: $PYPL) reported by CoinDesk today as the headline news, the world's largest independent payment technology company Stripe (privately held) has teamed up with private equity firm Advent International to propose an acquisition offer of approximately $53 billion to PayPal; PayPal is currently reluctant to engage actively, but the offer has sparked widespread discussion on Wall Street about the "largest payment merger in the world." Stripe acquired the stablecoin infrastructure company Bridge.xyz for $1.1 billion in 2024 (which has served cross-border stablecoin settlements for institutions such as Visa and Coinbase), while PayPal has its own stablecoin PYUSD (with a circulation size of about $700 million) and independent cryptocurrency trading capabilities, covering over 400 million active accounts. If the acquisition is completed, the combination of Stripe + PayPal will control the largest single payment network globally, while integrating Stripe's stablecoin settlement (Bridge.xyz) with PayPal's native stablecoin (PYUSD)------the combination will create the largest-scale "traditional payment + stablecoin" dual-track infrastructure to date, directly threatening Visa and Mastercard's positions in cross-border settlement scenarios and posing competitive pressure on Circle's USDC in retail payments.HSBC Holdings plc (NYSE: $HSBC) reported by CoinDesk today, the UK government plans to issue the world's first digital sovereign bond for G7 countries, with the issuance scheduled for early 2027; this bond will be issued and circulated on HSBC's blockchain bond platform Orion, operating within the Digital Securities Sandbox framework of the Bank of England (BoE) and the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), aimed at testing the feasibility of reducing settlement time (transitioning from T+2 to T+0) and lowering back-office costs. HSBC Orion has completed multiple batches of tokenized gold, green bonds, and Hong Kong government bonds on-chain issuance from 2023 to 2025, and this UK sovereign bond is the first instance of G7 countries introducing blockchain settlement at the sovereign debt issuance level------this milestone will elevate the compliance of tokenized government bonds from "emerging market experiment" to "highest sovereign endorsement," signaling significant implications for institutional adoption of tokenized government bond products like BlackRock BUIDL and Securitize.

According to a report by Reuters, payment company Stripe, in conjunction with private equity firm Advent International, has made a takeover offer to PayPal Holdings (PYPL.O), offering $60.5 per share, with a total valuation of over $53 billion, representing a premium of about 28% over PayPal's closing price on Tuesday. The offer has received approximately $50 billion in bank commitment financing support, with both parties intending to hold 50% equity each, without splitting the company.The acquisition proposal was submitted earlier this month, following preliminary contact between the two parties in early April. No response has yet been received from PayPal, and Stripe and Advent hope to reach an agreement by the end of the month. There remains uncertainty as to whether the deal will ultimately be finalized.

The New Hampshire Executive Council voted against a proposal that was originally planned to introduce the world's first municipal bond backed by Bitcoin into the municipal bond market.The bond was intended to be underwritten through a private placement, but it failed to receive approval from the state executive council on Wednesday, preventing the issuing conduit from moving forward with the bond issuance. The proposal by the New Hampshire Business Finance Authority to issue $100 million in taxable municipal bonds was not approved.