According to Lianhe Zaobao citing BBC, UK Prime Minister Burnham on Monday, July 20, spoke by phone with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and reiterated his steadfast commitment to the people of Ukraine. A spokesperson said Burnham has invited Zelensky to arrange a visit to Britain as soon as possible. Burnham also spoke with French President Emmanuel Macron later that evening, discussing how to further strengthen UK-France ties as well as support for Ukraine, the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, and cooperation in energy and defense. Downing Street had earlier said Burnham told US President Donald Trump in a call that he hoped to have a chance to show Trump the “charm of Manchester.”

According to CNBC, the United States condemned China's actions against Philippine navy personnel in the disputed South China Sea after Manila said a Chinese coast guard officer repeatedly struck a Filipino sailor on the head with a wooden baton, injuring him and damaging a navy rubber boat. The confrontation took place at Second Thomas Shoal on Monday, and tensions in the waterway are expected to feature in U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio's visit to Manila this week for ASEAN foreign ministers' meetings. State Department spokesperson Tommy Pigott said Washington stands with the Philippines and called on Beijing to stop its destabilizing conduct. The Armed Forces of the Philippines said the encounter occurred near the BRP Sierra Madre, while Beijing said Philippine dinghies had launched illegally, ignored warnings and rammed a Chinese patrol vessel.

FATF said 83% of surveyed jurisdictions have incorporated the Travel Rule into national legislation, up from 73% in 2025, but many regulators have been slow to turn those laws into enforcement action. According to ChainCatcher, the report also identified DeFi, offshore virtual asset service providers, and unhosted wallets as major regulatory gaps that continue to hinder money-laundering tracking. The report said stablecoins are now used more often than Bitcoin in illicit on-chain activity, especially for cross-border terror financing and online fraud. It also warned that criminals are increasingly abusing AI to generate fake KYC documents, automate phishing smart contracts, and conduct high-frequency laundering through DEXs, making investigations more difficult. FATF said the digital asset compliance challenge in the second half of 2026 will require faster cross-border coordination among governments and private-sector firms, including compliant VASPs and blockchain analytics companies.

China’s cabinet pledged to ensure the country meets its full-year economic goal and to press ahead with policy implementation after growth slipped below the official target range in the second quarter, according to Bloomberg.

According to Yonhap, President Lee Jae Myung said the government will roll out measures on both the supply and demand sides to stabilize South Korea's property market and curb speculative behavior. At a Cabinet meeting, Lee said windfall gains from real estate, aided by illegal practices and legal loopholes, have become the main force eroding fairness and common sense and weakening national unity. He also said the property market has deepened wealth inequality, household debt and the pain and isolation felt by young people. Lee said the government will quickly introduce supply-side measures, prepare broader steps to help people who genuinely need homes and revise the property tax system in a way that is fair, rational and aligned with public expectations. He also said he will lead a real estate policy debate on Thursday, where he plans to listen to public views and develop workable measures. Separately, Lee urged all-out efforts to protect people from ongoing monsoon rains and the severe heat waves expected to follow, and said last year's monsoon damage recovery rate reached 93.7% before this year's season, the highest in 10 years.

According to Yonhap, the global semiconductor manufacturing equipment market is forecast to hit a record in 2028 as investment in artificial intelligence infrastructure increases. SEMI, a global industry association for electronics design and manufacturing companies, said worldwide semiconductor equipment sales are projected to rise 23.2% on year to $165.9 billion in 2026 before reaching an all-time high of $229.5 billion in 2028. The group said AI infrastructure expansion, along with spending on advanced logic chips and next-generation memory products including high-bandwidth memory (HBM), will support growth. It projected wafer fabrication equipment sales to reach $200 billion in 2028, while memory equipment investment is also expected to climb on stronger demand for HBM and the shift to advanced dynamic random-access memory (DRAM) and NAND flash products. SEMI forecast DRAM and NAND equipment sales at $56.9 billion and $20.8 billion, respectively, in 2028. It also said China, Taiwan and South Korea are expected to remain the world's top three semiconductor equipment investment markets through 2028.

The Block reported that U.S. President Donald Trump has agreed to ethics language, potentially moving cryptocurrency legislation closer to passage. An industry source said an agreement on the ethics provision was reached after months of negotiations.The provision was discussed during a July 16 meeting between Trump, Republican Senators Bernie Moreno and Cynthia Lummis, and White House crypto adviser Patrick Witt. The measure received the president's sign-off on Monday.Ethics has been the final hurdle for broad crypto legislation. The Clarity Act would comprehensively regulate the digital asset industry at the federal level, giving jurisdiction to the SEC and more broadly to the CFTC.Negotiations have focused on limiting how presidents, vice presidents, members of Congress and other federal officials can profit from digital assets while in office. Trump's memecoins and his family's company World Liberty Financial have been at the center of the dispute. Financial disclosures last month showed Trump received millions related to WLF.Bill text is expected in the coming days, with one source saying it could come as early as Monday night. The Senate has until the first week of August to vote. If passed, the bill returns to the House before reaching Trump's desk.White House crypto adviser Patrick Witt had planned to leave for National Guard training this week, but said on X it was postponed. Deputy director Harry Jung announced he would depart in two weeks, saying the past two years transformed America's position on crypto.

Japan's corporate bond market is changing as interest rates climb to their highest level in nearly three decades. According to Jin10, Mitsubishi UFJ's debt capital markets head Noriaki Nomura said companies are prioritizing capital expenditure to drive revenue growth rather than cutting costs as Japan returns to an inflation environment. Corporate bond issuance totaled a record 16.7 trillion yen as of March this year, and brokers generally expect this fiscal year's total issuance to be roughly flat with last year, though they count issuance differently.

VIX has risen modestly, reflecting a cooling in risk appetite but not panic. According to Jin10, gold has repeatedly tested the $4,000 level, with support still present at lower levels, although a more powerful catalyst is still needed for a sustained upward move.

BIP-110は、最近ビットコインコミュニティで最も注目を集めているプロトコルをめぐる論争である。Strategyの創業者であるマイケル・セイラー氏は先日、110項目の反対理由を列挙した長文を発表した。

人々がAIについて語る際、その焦点は知能と生産性の革命に当てられる。一方、暗号資産については、単なる通貨や金融市場、デジタル資産という並行する分野としてしか捉えられていない。このような断片的な視点は、より大規模な変革を見落とすことにつながりかねない。

概要：新たに発見されたマルウェアの亜種は、2050年付けのMicrosoft 365カレンダーの招待状を秘密の通信経路として利用し、ハッカーからのコマンドを受信したり、盗んだデータを外部へ流出させたりしている。そのすべてが、マイクロソフト自身の信頼されたインフラを通じて行われている。

人工知能、AIエージェント、トークン、WAIC観察：70以上のイベントと、早まった未来　ゴールデン・ファイナンス、素朴な問いこそが、最終的にそれらの壮大な物語がどれほど残るかを決める。

米国経済の運営ロジックは、FRBの2％というインフレ目標という前提に基づいており、ドルの購買力を適度に希薄化することで消費と投資を刺激し、国民が深刻な経済的損失を被ることを回避することを目的としている。しかし、この理論のロジックは、現実においてはすでに形骸化している。

事情に詳しい関係者によると、ブラックロックは、Meta Platformsの支援を受けているエルパソにある大規模な新データセンタープロジェクトに向け、少なくとも120億ドルの資金調達を目標とした債務発行を主導しているという。

トランプ大統領は新たな大統領令に署名し、カナダからの一部の商品に対して50％の追加関税を課すとともに、北米自由貿易協定（NAFTA）に基づく商品に対する免除措置を撤廃した。ホワイトハウスは、この措置はカナダの差別的な通商政策への対応であると説明しているが、市場では、これが世界的な貿易摩擦を再燃させるのではないかとの懸念が広がっている。

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