US stock futures advanced on Tuesday as chipmakers rebounded, according to Bloomberg. The gains in stocks tied to the artificial-intelligence trade outweighed concern over the re-escalation in the US-Iran war.

U.S. prediction market platform Kalshi saw trading volume rise from $6.67 billion on June 22 to $24.2 billion on July 14 during the 2026 World Cup, with its “World Cup champion” market topping $1.2 billion. According to Odaily, Kalshi said the increase reflects a trend in the AI era as human interaction becomes scarcer amid more AI-generated content, and prediction markets are becoming a tool for tracking public sentiment and crowd judgment. About 75% of Kalshi visitors are said not to trade directly and instead use the platform as an information source to gauge collective expectations for sports, politics, and economic events. Bloomberg Terminal has already begun integrating Kalshi data to capture shifts in market sentiment. Chief Marketing Officer Allan Maman said AI may be driving the formation of a “new monoculture,” in which major live events again become shared social focus points. The company said the World Cup, U.S. elections, sports events, and award ceremonies have all led to concentrated spikes in trading volume. Kalshi is also seeking to expand from a sports prediction platform into what it calls next-generation financial trading infrastructure. The company holds status as a Designated Contract Market recognized by the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission and plans to cover more prediction areas, including sports, geopolitics, culture, and the economy. The company still faces regulatory challenges. Some U.S. state governments have questioned its sports-related contracts, and the CFTC is restricting some prediction contracts involving “discrete events” such as athlete injuries and referee decisions. Kalshi’s valuation reportedly rose from $11 billion in December 2025 to about $40 billion at the end of June 2026, and the company is preparing for an IPO. Its annualized revenue has exceeded $2 billion.

A Polymarket submarket tied to the LoL: KT Rolster vs. Dplus KIA KeSPA Cup group-stage event saw the “Yes” option for both teams killing a dragon surge from 50% one hour earlier to 90%. According to ChainCatcher, the move marked a 40% swing in the market and followed a sudden change in sentiment tied to breaking news.

Saudi Arabia exported record volumes of crude oil from Red Sea terminals in the days and weeks before the Houthis said they would block the kingdom’s shipments, according to Bloomberg. The report gives no additional details on the export volumes or timing beyond the record level and the Houthi warning.

As the capability gap between models continues to narrow, the one that is most easily integrated into tools, incorporated into workflows, and used long-term will stand out in this round of AI competition.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the US will carefully examine open-source AI models created overseas, including those from China, and take action if there is evidence they stole intellectual property from US companies, according to Bloomberg.

India's Enforcement Directorate in Bengaluru carried out raids at multiple locations on July 18 and 19 under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act in a case involving an over-the-counter virtual asset fraud targeting overseas investors. According to Odaily, the group used private social media channels to claim it could supply MultiversX, Kava, BEAM, GRASS, SUI, VANA, and AGLD tokens at discounted prices to lure foreign investors into sending funds. Authorities seized electronic devices, wallet credentials, and crypto assets worth 8,700 USDT during the operation. The enforcement agency said it is continuing to expand leads and investigate the full criminal network.

Bitdeer said it mined 990 BTC in June, marking a 388% increase from the same month a year earlier. According to NS3.AI, the Nasdaq-listed mining company reported 73 EH/s in proprietary mining hashrate and 86.1 EH/s in total managed hashrate.

U.S. ADP weekly employment change rose by 16,500 in the week ended July 4, compared with a previous reading of 19,750. According to Odaily, private-sector employers added an average of 16,500 jobs per week over the four weeks ended July 4, 2026.

On July 20, the USA-Canadian-Mexican World Cup finally came to a close. This grand event, which attracted hundreds of millions of fans around the world, not only garnered huge attention on the field, but also attracted the wallets of countless speculators off the field.

During the week of the Kimi K3's release, the American tech community collectively lamented why such an outstanding young man as Yang Zhilin did not stay in the United States back then.

When will the AI ​​bubble burst? From computing power frenzy to efficiency awakening, Jinse Finance reports that we are standing on the edge of an era.

MetaMask's has accidentally hired a developer from the infamous Lazarus Group, allowing the developer to work in the company for more than year before he is finally exposed and fired.

A US federal judge approved Anthropic's $1.5 billion settlement with authors over its use of millions of pirated books to train its Claude AI models. The deal will pay about $3,000 for each eligible work and requires Anthropic to destroy the pirated book files.

New Zealand police have warned that scammers posing as detectives and cryptocurrency company staff have stolen millions of dollars from crypto holders in recent weeks. Victims are tricked into sharing passwords or seed phrases, giving fraudsters access to their wallets.

Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM) has approved Tether Gold (XAUT) as an Accepted Spot Commodity, allowing licensed firms in the international financial center to offer services tied to the tokenized gold asset.

The greater significance of the CLARITY Act lies in the fact that it may become a key turning point in the US regulation of crypto assets, moving from an enforcement-based era to a legislative one.

StarkNet, Quantum Computing, BTC, A New Security Standard for On-Chain Finance. StarkNet Opens a New Path for Institutional BTCFi. Golden Finance: Today, privacy is a necessity; tomorrow, quantum resistance is the bottom line.