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Bitget officially launches an institutional-level CFD liquidity solution aimed at quantitative teams, proprietary trading firms, funds, brokers, and high-net-worth professional traders, supporting high-frequency quantitative trading, arbitrage, and automated trading scenarios such as EA. As the demand for execution efficiency, liquidity, and low latency continues to rise among professional trading institutions, this solution aims to provide a more stable and efficient execution environment for large-scale, high-frequency trading.In terms of execution and liquidity, Bitget adopts a 100% STP (Straight Through Processing) model, routing orders directly to external liquidity pools and aggregating multi-tier market depth from global tier-one banks and non-bank market makers to reduce slippage and market impact during the execution of large orders. Meanwhile, trading servers are deployed in core financial data centers such as London LD4 and Tokyo TY3, supporting sub-millisecond order matching through dedicated lines and fiber connections, and providing FIX API to facilitate institutional clients' access to existing trading systems, bridging tools, and liquidity aggregation platforms.In terms of fund management, client assets and platform operating funds are segregated, and asset management transparency is enhanced through independent custody accounts, compliance reviews, and third-party auditing mechanisms. The launch of this institutional-level liquidity solution further improves Bitget's CFD backend trading infrastructure, complementing existing retail products and covering a multi-layer trading demand from ordinary traders to professional institutions.

According to The Information, fintech company Stripe is in exclusive acquisition talks with AI model aggregation platform OpenRouter, with a deal valuation of approximately $10 billion. Sources reveal that OpenRouter had previously received acquisition interest from several large tech companies, but Stripe has now entered exclusive negotiation stages. The related deal has not yet been finalized, and specific terms may still change.OpenRouter was founded in 2023 and is positioned as an AI infrastructure platform that connects users with various large language models, allowing developers to call AI models from companies like OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google through a unified interface, and choose different models based on performance, price, and availability. As enterprises accelerate the adoption of generative AI, the importance of AI model calling infrastructure and model routing services continues to rise. OpenRouter has become a key intermediary in the AI application development ecosystem by providing model aggregation, traffic allocation, and cost optimization capabilities.If the deal is completed, it will become one of Stripe's significant moves in the AI field in recent years. Stripe has primarily focused on payment infrastructure, financial services, and enterprise software, and acquiring OpenRouter may further drive its expansion into the AI developer infrastructure space. Market participants believe that as the number of AI models rapidly increases, infrastructure companies that connect different models, optimize calling costs, and manage AI workflows are gaining more attention, and OpenRouter's potential high valuation also reflects investors' optimism about growth opportunities in the AI application layer and infrastructure layer.

OpenAI issued a public statement on August 3 in response to the lawsuit filed by Apple. OpenAI described Apple's lawsuit as "careless, aggressive, and personal," and pointed out several factual inaccuracies: an external lawyer from Apple mistakenly sent an email intended for someone else to OpenAI's legal head, falsely claiming that the two parties had spoken over the phone; Apple later admitted it was due to "confusing two Asian surnames." OpenAI also revealed that after contacting Apple in February, Apple stated it was "working to resolve any issues," but then did not communicate for 5 months until filing the lawsuit.Regarding the allegations against former Apple employee Chang Liu for taking confidential information, OpenAI presented iMessage records from after his departure showing that Apple colleagues had proactively contacted him to request assistance in locating documents, and acknowledged that this was a common issue caused by Apple's "poor management of exit access." Another named executive, Tang Tan, had worked at Apple for over 24 years, and OpenAI stated that he had consistently required his team "not to use any confidential information from other companies." OpenAI indicated that it had proactively offered to cooperate in resolving the matter, but Apple chose to file a lawsuit, claiming that its request for a preliminary injunction was "based on false information and completely unnecessary." Previously, Apple sued OpenAI in July, accusing it of poaching Apple employees and using confidential information to develop AI products.

According to Jinshi reports, the Iranian Foreign Ministry stated that in the context of the United States continuing to violate the ceasefire agreement of June 28, it is maintaining a maritime blockade against Iran's ports and commercial shipping, launching attacks across the country, increasing economic pressure and illegal threats. The defensive strikes of the Iranian armed forces will continue with full force.

According to Jinshi reports, the Persian Gulf Strait Management Authority announced that due to aggressive actions by the United States, passage through the Strait of Hormuz is no longer possible. The announcement stated that once stability and calm are restored, all applications will be reviewed in order and according to the timeline, and permits will be gradually issued.

Uniswap announced the launch of the beta Launches tab in its web application, designed to aggregate and display token issuance projects based on the Uniswap infrastructure. This feature currently supports issuance projects on the Robinhood Chain and integrates token information from multiple issuance platforms, allowing users to filter and sort by issuance platform, 24-hour trading volume, liquidity, launch time, and popularity.The official statement indicated that by July 2026, over 340,000 new tokens had entered Uniswap through the Robinhood issuance platform, with a cumulative trading volume of $3.6 billion. This feature aims to enhance the exposure efficiency of new projects and simplify the process for users to discover and trade new tokens.

According to Jinshi reports, the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard stated that the aggressors will be punished today.

According to a post from Odos's official X account, the operating company of the DeFi liquidity aggregation protocol Odos announced the closure of its business. The specific timeline is as follows: Starting from July 23, new account registrations, new wallet creations, and new limit order functions have been disabled, while existing users can still exchange and close positions normally; from July 27 to 30, the application will switch to read-only mode, allowing users to view historical transaction records and balances; on July 30, all Odos services will be permanently shut down.Odos is a non-custodial protocol, and user assets remain on-chain. Users who created wallets by logging in with social accounts or email must complete asset transfers or private key exports before July 30. In addition, the ODOS token exists independently on-chain, and the company's closure does not affect its on-chain mechanism. Odos DAO will announce subsequent plans separately.

Bit-Play, a one-stop decentralized aggregation ecological platform, has officially launched comprehensively. Relying on the trend of Web3 technological innovation, the platform is built on the core principles of transparency, autonomy, security, and inclusiveness, creating a new generation of decentralized comprehensive ecological system. It covers four core areas: on-chain interaction, lightweight creation, decentralized social networking, and ecological co-construction incubation, redefining the service standards of the blockchain ecosystem in the new era.Bit-Play, based on the core technological advantages of decentralization, has established a brand new on-chain interaction system, fundamentally breaking the barriers of traditional platforms. It realizes a new model of data openness and transparency, user autonomy in rights confirmation, and fair co-construction of the ecosystem, promoting the true implementation of Web3 technology for civilian use and community service.

According to on-chain analysis platform Lookonchain, whales continue to accumulate $ETH.The newly created wallet 0xf31d has withdrawn 8,239 ETH from multiple exchanges in the past 12 hours, worth approximately $14.5 million; another whale address 0x363A has accumulated 11,843 ETH in the past 3 hours, worth approximately $20.8 million. The two transactions total over 20,000 ETH, worth approximately $35.3 million.

According to Onchain Lens monitoring, a newly created address 0xE06 is aggressively going long on SOL: this address first deposited approximately 2.27 million USDC and 21.14 BTC (about 1.27 million USD), and then opened a 20x leveraged long position of 230,583 SOL, with a total nominal position of about 18.1 million USD; on-chain data also shows that it still has pending orders to further increase its SOL position; at the same time, this address has sold 10.58 BTC, cashing out approximately 652,600 USD, and currently still holds 10.59 BTC.

According to CryptoQuant analyst Crazzyblockk, the funding rate on Binance is currently 370 bps lower than the median of the three exchanges, sitting at a low level of 2.8%, the lowest reading since 2021. As the dominant trading venue for BTC perpetual contracts, Binance's structured short positions are significantly higher than the combined total of OKX and Bybit, a situation that is uncommon, indicating a distinctly bearish pricing, with structured shorts far exceeding other CEXs.Additionally, Crazzyblockk observed that the recent retail buying aggression (TBSAI) has rapidly reversed, soaring from -1.85σ to +0.81σ, a significant increase of 2.66σ within 30 days, indicating that this group is aggressively bottom-fishing, while the selling pressure mainly comes from whales (IWCR shows that large holders are continuously net distributing), creating a typical divergence between retail buying and whale distribution. Currently, leverage levels are neutral (LIR -0.4σ), with no crowding risk. This is a phase of "distribution to the strong": either the shorts are squeezed up, or the whales are correct, and the market retraces. The key observation signal is a breakout of LIR above +1σ (new leverage entering).

According to on-chain analyst Yu Jin's monitoring, multiple addresses associated with well-known crypto investor Cobie (Jordan Fish) have accumulated 20 million LDO (6.58 million USD) and transferred them to exchanges such as Binance, OKX, and Kraken in the past half hour.

AI model aggregation platform OpenRouter announced the completion of a $113 million Series B funding round, led by CapitalG, the growth fund of Google's parent company Alphabet. Participants in this round of financing include a16z, Menlo Ventures, NVentures under NVIDIA, as well as ServiceNow, MongoDB, Snowflake, and Databricks, with the company's valuation exceeding $1 billion.

According to HyperInsight monitoring, Majie aggressively increased its position again after recharging $250,000 last night. As of the time of writing, its total position has approached $14 million, with Ethereum long positions only 3% away from the liquidation line. The details are as follows: Ethereum 25x long position: 5,250 contracts, liquidation price $2,125.2. Bitcoin 40x long position: 25 contracts, liquidation price $65,087. HYPE 10x long position: 7,200 contracts. In addition, with the market declining again, its overall losses from contract operations on Hyperliquid have reached $30.31 million.

According to Bloomberg, as crypto-native companies like Coinbase continue to lay off employees on a large scale and the industry as a whole is in a downturn, traditional financial institutions such as JPMorgan and BlackRock have recently bucked the trend by posting dozens of digital asset-related positions, becoming a major highlight in the current crypto job market.Analysts point out that having a background in Wall Street has become an important asset for crypto talent to maintain their competitive edge in employment during the industry's downturn.

According to The Block, Nasdaq-listed Solana ecosystem treasury company SOL Strategies announced the signing of a final acquisition agreement with HoudiniSwap, with an acquisition amount of $18 million, which includes $8.25 million in cash, $5.75 million in six-month promissory notes, and $4 million in STKE stock (calculated based on the volume-weighted average price over the 90 days prior to the completion of the acquisition).HoudiniSwap is a non-custodial, privacy-focused cross-chain exchange aggregation platform that supports competitive exchange routing across centralized and decentralized exchanges as well as blockchain bridges, with revenue of approximately $13 million last year.

The recent spot price of RAVE has surged from $0.3 to $6.2, achieving an increase of about 20 times, leading the community to suspect that the project is harvesting through contract operations. According to Coinglass data, this operation has resulted in a total liquidation amount exceeding $37 million across the network, with short positions liquidating over $31 million, and the project team expects profits to exceed $30 million.According to community revelations, the RAVE project is operated by the original ARPA and Bella Protocol teams, with the main operators being Felix Xu and Yemu. Felix Xu raised a $20 million crypto fund, ZX Squared Capital, in 2021, which primarily engages in quantitative trading. The active market-making and capital for RAVE mainly come from this fund, with the project team self-initiating the project, self-funding, and self-market-making to maximize the reduction of trust friction and the risk of insider trading, thereby achieving profit maximization.