Spot gold fell below $4020 per ounce, with a intraday drop of over 1%

[ETH's main force has laid out over 90 million US dollars in advance, are buying attempts to take over?] Over $94M in ETH buy orders appear near current price, what's next?

The FATF urges accelerated implementation of anti money laundering rules for cryptocurrencies and warns that criminals are using stablecoins and custom tokens to evade asset freezes. （Cointelegraph）

At the opening of the US stock market, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 130 points, the Nasdaq fell 113 points, and the S&P 500 index fell 0.19%.

Coinbase announced on the X platform that Marex is supporting customers to use USDC as initial margin for regulated futures and options in the United States through Coinbase infrastructure, providing traders with a new level of capital efficiency.

Goldman Sachs data shows that retail investors account for 30% of the daily trading volume of US stocks. The trading volume of individual stocks in May this year was 10% higher than the peak in January 2021, and the trading volume in June broke historical records. The daily trading volume of the options market has exceeded 50 million units this year. According to data from Citadel Securities, retail investors' buying intensity in July was at a record high. Goldman Sachs estimates that the asset size of individual self owned brokerage accounts reaches $12 trillion, accounting for 10% of the US corporate equity market; Individual investors in the United States directly and indirectly hold assets worth $111 trillion. Bobby Molavi, head of executive services at Goldman Sachs, described retail investors as the "white whale" of the capital market. The market is divided on the narrative of AI, with Ed Zitron warning that AI could bring about an "AI version of the Lehman moment," while Howard Marks believes that AI productivity potential may offset short-term financial pressures.