That night, the crypto market seemed calm on the surface, while underneath, $286 million was cleared out. CoinGlass data: longs were $186 million and shorts $100 million—both sides were swept alternately, and the price eventually returned to where it started. BTC is around $63.9K, and ETH is down 0.25%. A few hours after the meeting ended, Iran fired multiple ballistic missiles at U.S. military bases.
The ethical provisions are what hold up the CLARITY Act. The version provided by the Republicans on July 22: bans senior officials, including the president, from issuing digital assets during their term—covering only new issuances, not existing holdings; the provisions expire on the day the president leaves office; enforcement authority is limited to the Department of Justice—state attorneys general and private parties cannot bring lawsuits. The Democrats want that clause about state attorneys general. Last year, Trump made more than $1.4 billion from the family’s crypto business.
After the Dow fell 1,153 points in a single day, CNBC looked at historical samples where it dropped more than 1,000 points: in the following week, performance is usually weak, but the average returns over one month and three months are positive. The sample size itself is small, and the causes differ each time—this time it was a jump in long-end yields, not a liquidity problem.
Carmakers are bringing back physical buttons—not because designers suddenly changed their minds, but because the scoring rules have been updated.
Euro NCAP has revised its interactive safety standards: starting in 2026, if key functions like turn signals and windshield wipers don’t have physical controls, new cars won’t be eligible for the top five-star safety rating. Tesla’s 2025 refreshed Model 3 and Model Y have already put the turn-signal stalk back, and Volkswagen has also announced that its new ID lineup will remove the controversial touch strip and restore physical knobs.
I’ve always felt that “all-touch” is essentially shifting interaction complexity onto the user. Screens are good for displaying information and hiding settings options; physical components are for tasks that require blind operation and zero lag. When driving, attention is a limited resource—things you can find just by touch have value not because they’re more high-tech, but because you don’t have to look.
This isn’t called a regression in intelligence. It’s putting intelligence back where it belongs.
Which function on your car would you most want to switch back to physical buttons? I’ll go first: the air-conditioning temperature.
The July US nonfarm payrolls were negative. Actual employment decreased by about 23,000, while the market expected an increase of 83,000. Government departments cut 53,000 jobs, local education saw a sharp drop of 50,000, and leisure and catering declined by 40,000. The probability of a rate hike in September immediately fell from 60% to 44%. Within one hour after the data was released, BTC rose 0.7% and touched 65,300.
Amazon originally bet $220 billion on building AI infrastructure, but less than 20 months after the launch of the Trainium 2 chips, it has been replaced by a newer generation. As a result, the AI narrative behind $AMZNB has developed an awkward crack. The most critical point isn’t that the old chips will become obsolete immediately—it’s that the pace of AI hardware iteration may be so fast that the depreciation cycle becomes awkward. Building chips in-house can reduce reliance on external suppliers and may also offer opportunities to optimize costs. However, if upgrades happen too frequently, ongoing spending on R&D, deployment, and data center retrofits will continue to erode returns. Amazon’s cloud business is large enough that it can absorb some trial and error in the short term, but this $220 billion investment ultimately has to prove its value through higher cloud revenue and profit margins. If the market focuses only on AI demand and doesn’t account for the capital recovery cycle, it may easily misread the investment as guaranteed growth. #AI芯片 #US stock earnings report
Robinhood Q2 forecast: projected market revenue of $156 million, crypto trading revenue of $100 million, down 38% year over year. For the first time in the company’s history, people betting on event outcomes earned it more than those trading coins. Event contracts traded 13.6 billion shares, more than 10 times the same period last year. Total revenue of $1.31 billion set a record; after the earnings report was released, the stock price fell 4%.
An AI stock Nvidia co-invested in has recently seen sustained insider buying, which is unusual given that the market is still debating whether AI valuations have already been overdrawn. The people who understand the company best are, however, casting their votes with real money. This signal is worth watching, but you shouldn’t only look at the four words “Nvidia endorsement.” Insider purchases must be distinguished between open-market share buybacks, equity incentives, and low-priced options—these are very different in terms of how meaningful they are. For $NVDAB , the significance of participating in the ecosystem company is not only about financial returns; it’s also about securing an early position at the entry points for software, models, and compute demand. In the previous AI cycle, the trend first ran up the chips, then spread to applications and infrastructure, but many concept stocks ultimately failed to translate into revenue. My view is that such news can easily boost sentiment in the short term; what truly determines sustainability is orders, cash flow, and whether insiders continue to buy afterward. A single action should not be over-interpreted.
The U.S. Army has placed an additional $53.86 billion order for Lockheed Martin’s PAC-3 MSE interceptor missiles, bringing the contract total to $58.62 billion with a seven-year term— the largest Patriot missile contract in history. The backdrop is depleted inventory: CSIS estimates the U.S. military has fewer than 1,000 Patriot interceptor missiles on hand. Lockheed Martin plans to increase annual production capacity from about 600 units to 2,000 units by 2030.
AI workloads are driving CPU demand, while AMD is also discussing longer-term arrangements for its China business. Placing these two pieces of information together reflects that opportunities and constraints coexist. $AMDB may benefit from data center upgrades and continued corporate investment in computing power, but the semiconductor industry can’t turn demand growth into revenue smoothly—product competition, supply capabilities, and export restrictions will all affect actual earnings. If long-term cooperation in the China market progresses smoothly, it could expand the business space; however, policy changes and compliance boundaries may discount order expectations. Investors may be prone to focusing only on the incremental gains brought by AI, while overlooking how geopolitical factors affect the product sales pathway. What to watch next is whether CPU demand can continue to translate into orders, and whether the company’s statements about its China business have become more specific.