According to China News Service, US Treasury Secretary Besson announced on the 15th that the US Mint will mint a $1 coin with President Trump's portrait on the front to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States. The obverse of the coin is printed with "Freedom", "We Believe in God", and "1776-2026", while the reverse features a bald eagle pattern. Trump expressed his "honor". Critics question the legality of the coin, pointing out that a law passed by the US Congress in 2020 authorizes the minting of commemorative coins, but prohibits the printing of portraits of living people on the coin.

Binance has announced the addition of MINIMAXUSDT (MINIMAX), MINIMAXUSDT (ZHIPU), MINIMAXUSDT (HK0700), and 5 other tokens to multiple services, including futures contracts, officially launching on 2026-07-17 at 11:00 (UTC+8). Notes: - The listed contracts include Quanto perpetual contracts and USDT-margined contracts, both with a maximum leverage of 25x. - Funding rate settlement frequency is every 8 hours, with an upper/lower limit set at +2.00%/-2.00%. - Contract trading involves high market risk. Binance reserves the right to adjust leverage, margin, and funding rate parameters at any time.

According to official announcements, Binance will launch five U-based perpetual contracts, MINIMEXUSDT, ZHIPUUSDT, HK0700USDT, HK1810USDT, and TENCENTUSDT, on Binance RIE on July 17, 2026. Among them, HK0700USDT and HK1810USDT are Quanto contracts that support up to 25 times leverage.

The US federal government has arrested a Florida man who used video game malware to steal $220000 in cryptocurrency. （Decrypt）

Stable leads in 30 day TVL growth, with Monad's TVL growing to $621 million due to Aave deployment and ecosystem expansion. （Cointelegraph）

According to a Reuters survey, 52 out of 74 economists expect the European Central Bank to raise interest rates again in 2026.

Tushar Jain, a partner at Multicoin Capital, stated on the podcast "When Shift Happens" that precise buying at the lowest point relies on luck, and building positions in batches is a more effective method. Tushar Jain divided the funds into three parts: the first part is to buy immediately, the second part is to invest at a fixed pace, and the third part is to add when the assets fall sharply and the investment logic remains unchanged, in order to reduce timing risk.

[QCP Capital: Market Divergence from Fundamentals, Awaiting Repricing] QCP Capital released a report pointing out divergences between appearances and fundamentals in the areas of crude oil, interest rates, the Chinese economy, and cryptocurrencies. Crude oil supply is recovering; on interest rates, Waller has shifted to a hawkish stance, and consumer demand is weakening; Chinese factory prices are nearing a four-year high, while retail sales are declining; Strategy is adjusting its financing path, increasing dollar reserves through equity financing without utilizing Bitcoin holdings. QCP Capital believes the market is awaiting repricing.

According to AiCoin monitoring, there has been a significant flow of funds on the Binance exchange. In the past 24 hours, the exchange's wallet has received 2966 BTC worth 297 million US dollars, and its current BTC wallet balance is 652700 BTC. For more information on exchange fund flows, please visit the AiCoin website - Data - Hyperliquid to view: https://www.aicoin.com/zh-Hans/hyperliquid

According to CCTV, the Iranian Embassy in Lebanon has issued a statement stating that the Strait of Hormuz will not reopen due to pressure from the United States, but will only resume navigation according to the conditions set by Iran. The United States should accept this reality, and the only way to solve related issues is through dialogue or accepting Iran's military power to force it to comply with the conditions set by Iran.

The freeze targets TRON-based addresses that held over $165 million, preventing those specific funds from being transferred or redeemed.

According to the PRO main order list, the total transaction data of BTC and ETH main players in the past 24 hours is as follows: BTC: Accumulated transaction volume of 761 million US dollars, of which 378 million US dollars were bought and 384 million US dollars were sold, with a transaction difference of -6.27 million US dollars ETH: Accumulated transaction volume of 992 million US dollars, of which 541 million US dollars were bought and 450 million US dollars were sold, with a transaction difference of 90.91 million US dollars The latest data shows that the main players still have a layout in key price points: the net pending difference of BTC is 1.315 billion US dollars; The net spread of ETH pending orders is 1.864 billion US dollars. The main pending orders may withdraw or close at any time, and non PRO versions of the K-line cannot see its changes in real time. The PRO 'Main Large Order Tracking' indicator monitors every large pending order in real-time, helping you determine if this' wall 'is still there. Note: If the difference between pending orders is positive, it indicates that the main force is placing more limit orders than sell orders on the currency, and there are active takeover orders below the current price; If it is negative, the opposite is true, as there is a reserve of selling pressure above. The data is for reference only and does not constitute any investment advice.

Former Chief Economist of the New York Federal Reserve, Hodge, stated that the Federal Reserve led by Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Walsh will keep interest rates unchanged to observe whether the impact of external price pressures gradually diminishes.

[Virtuals' Agent Trading Volume on Robinhood Chain Surpasses $100 Million] Virtuals' Agent trading volume on Robinhood Chain has surpassed $100 million, with over 2,440 Agents launched, raising $1.8 million for developers from companies like Google and General Dynamics.

Bernstein has raised its target price for ASML from 2300 euros to 2500 euros.

South Korea will temporarily suspend the new listing of single stock leveraged ETFs to curb market volatility. （Cointelegraph）

According to the Golden Ten report, after the drone collision with the oil tanker incident, crude oil transportation at all oil loading terminals in Iraq has been suspended.

According to the popularity ranking, HYPE ranks first in popularity, while AKE has the largest increase. The popularity ranking is as follows: ① HYPE （$65.83，-3.29%） ② AKE （$0.0008526，46.14%） ③ ETH （$1881.12，-0.08%） ④ LAB （$0.2161，-6.17%） ⑤ SKHY The purchasing power of AKE's main funds is weak, with a net inflow of $22902600 within 24 hours and a transaction volume of $119.2 million within 24 hours, of which the net inflow of the main funds is $423600.

Tarun Chhabra, the head of national security policy at Anthropic, stated at the Aspen Security Forum that Zhipu's GLM-5.2 distilled the Claude and OpenAI models. Tarun Chhabra claimed that China's leading AI laboratory has narrowed the technological gap by distilling American models, and Anthropic has banned millions of related accounts every week.

DeltaDeFi, a derivative trading protocol based on Cardano, announced that it will temporarily suspend operations, development, and daily maintenance due to insufficient operating funds.