🔴 BitMart Exchange Shutting Down Registration, deposits, and new orders suspended since July 26. Trading ends Aug 26; full closure by Jan 31—withdrawals remain available. BitMart is the second major exchange to close after BitMEX.
🚀 SpaceX stock performance one month post-IPO marked by launch setbacks SpaceX faced at least two failures: a rocket launch delay followed by an off-nominal flight. Pressure may increase in August when early investors and employees are allowed to sell shares. Musk's shares and a majority of other stakes remain locked until June 2027, according to reports.
📊 July posts strongest market breadth of 2026, per CryptoRank. Average return across the Top 100 reached +8.8%, median +4.4%. Top performers: $M +68%, $LDO +67%, $UB +48%.
🤖 Microsoft replaces OpenAI with in-house models Microsoft launched MAI-Image-2.5-Pro (image/text editing) and MAI-Voice-2-Flash (voice agents). They now run in Bing Image Creator, PowerPoint, OneDrive, and Dynamics 365. PowerPoint saw 84% GPU cost reduction vs GPT-Image-2; Dynamics 365 voice contact center achieved 89% savings (comparison unspecified). Both models are in public preview on Microsoft Foundry, per Microsoft AI.
📊 US Q2 earnings season: 80% of companies beat revenue forecasts, 86% beat EPS estimates According to FactSet, both figures surpass the five- and ten-year averages (70%/68% for revenue, 78%/76% for EPS).
🔓 This Week's Largest Token Unlocks Identified BEAT leads with $81.66M in scheduled unlocks, followed by SUI ($15.93M), BTW ($9.76M), and ENA ($8.41M), according to CryptoRank data. Additional unlocks include EIGEN ($7.95M), ZAMA ($6.46M), and KITE ($6.31M).
🇰🇷 South Korea’s Top Bank Adopts JPMorgan’s Kinexys for Dollar Payments South Korea’s largest financial institution is integrating JPMorgan’s Kinexys blockchain to process near-instant cross-border payments in US dollars, per a Telegram update.