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DeFi data

1. Total market value of DeFi tokens: 64.377 billion US dollars

DeFi Total Market Cap Data Source: coingecko

2. Trading volume of decentralized exchanges in the past 24 hours: $34.48

Trading volume of decentralized exchanges in the past 24 hours. Data source: coingecko

3. Assets locked in DeFi: $770.19 billion$1.5 billion

Top 10 DeFi Projects by Locked Assets and Total Value Locked (Data Source: defillama)

NFT Data

1. Total Market Cap of NFTs: $5.825 Billion

NFT Total Market Capitalization, Top Ten Projects by Market Capitalization Data Source: Coinmarketcap

2.24-hour NFT transaction volume: $797 millionUSD

AI Hot Topics

1. Bitcoin Treasury Company Empery Digital Makes $20 Million Strategic Investment in CDP to Develop AI Data Centers

Nasdaq-listed Bitcoin Treasury Company Empery Digital announced that it has completed a $20 million strategic investment in preferred stock in AI data center developer Cardinal Data Power (CDP), acquiring approximately 8% equity. This investment is part of CDP's approximately $70 million Series A funding round, and the funds will be used to advance the construction of its first artificial intelligence data center campus in West Texas, USA, and to further capitalize on the energy demand opportunities brought about by the rapid development of AI infrastructure.

AI Hot Topics

1. Bitcoin Treasury Company Empery Digital Makes $20 Million Strategic Investment in CDP to Develop AI Data Centers

Nasdaq-listed Bitcoin Treasury Company Empery Digital announced that it has completed a $20 million strategic investment in preferred stock in AI data center developer Cardinal Data Power (CDP), acquiring approximately 8% equity. This investment is part of CDP's approximately $70 million Series A funding round, and the funds will be used to advance the construction of its first artificial intelligence data center campus in West Texas, USA, and to further capitalize on the energy demand opportunities brought about by the rapid development of AI infrastructure.

2. Blackstone Group's Profits Grow 26% Benefiting from AI Bet

On July 23, Blackstone Group's distributable profit for the second quarter increased by 26% year-on-year, benefiting from gains from asset sales and investments related to artificial intelligence. Blackstone Group's distributable profit (i.e., the income available to shareholders) reached $1.97 billion in the second quarter, exceeding analysts' forecasts of $1.66 billion. Earnings per share were $1.52, higher than the average analyst expectation of $1.33. In an interview, Blackstone's president stated that investments in artificial intelligence continue to drive Blackstone's performance, with nine of its ten major investment portfolios related to data centers, energy, power, and large language models.

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3. Anthropic's annualized revenue reaches $74.1 billion, approximately 1.79 times that of OpenAI

According to estimates from data platform TickerTrends, Anthropic's current annualized revenue is approximately $74.1 billion, while OpenAI's is approximately $41.3 billion, giving Anthropic a lead of $32.8 billion, making it about 1.79 times the size of OpenAI. Data shows that OpenAI's estimated annualized revenue has risen from $33 billion in May to $41.3 billion in July, a growth of approximately 25% in two months. It should be noted that the above data is not the official revenue disclosed by the two companies, but rather an estimate by TickerTrends based on alternative data models such as purchase intentions.

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4. ByteDance Seed Recruits 100 Scholars: Providing Computing Power, AI Team Collaboration, and Compensation

July 23rd news: ByteDance Seed launched a STEM Scientist Program, aiming to invite 100 scholars in cutting-edge scientific fields. Participants will collaborate with the Seed team for approximately 6 months, using AI to solve real-world research problems. Participation is divided into scientist advisor and doctoral intern programs. The former is aimed at university scholars and industry experts, while the latter is aimed at doctoral students in STEM fields. Applicants must have extensive experience using AI in research, with preference given to those proficient in programming. Seed will provide computing power, AI team collaboration, and compensation. Participation in the project requires on-site attendance in Haidian District, Beijing. The application deadline is September 30, 2026.

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5. Tencent Cloud Releases First Cloud-Based R&D Intelligent Agent CodeBuddy NPC

On July 23, Tencent Cloud released its first cloud-based intelligent agent, CodeBuddy NPC, designed for the R&D process. This is a key upgrade to Tencent Cloud's CodeBuddy, which revolves around Harness (the runtime governance layer of cloud-based intelligent agents). Primarily aimed at developer teams, it can autonomously acquire context, complete tasks in a closed loop, and deliver results.

5. Tencent Cloud Releases First Cloud-Based R&D Intelligent Agent CodeBuddy NPC

DeFi Hot Topics

1. Drift Protocol Attackers Begin Money Laundering via Tornado Cash After 3 Months of Silence

On July 23, according to Onchain Lens monitoring, after Drift Protocol suffered a $285 million loss in an attack on the Solana chain in April and remained silent for three months, the attackers began transferring funds via Tornado Cash today, rapidly depositing 100 ETH in batches into the Tornado Cash Router, with multiple transfers per minute.

DeFi Hot Topics

1. Drift Protocol Attackers Begin Money Laundering via Tornado Cash After 3 Months of Silence

On July 23, according to Onchain Lens monitoring, after Drift Protocol suffered a $285 million loss in an attack on the Solana chain in April, the attackers began transferring funds via Tornado Cash today, rapidly depositing 100 ETH in batches into the Tornado Cash Router, with multiple transfers per minute.

DeFi Hot Topics

1. Drift Protocol Attackers Begin Money Laundering via Tornado Cash After 3 Months of Silence

2. Uniswap Announces Official Launch of DualPool Hook

According to official news, Uniswap has announced the official launch of the DualPool Hook. DualPool is an open-source Uniswap v4 hook, jointly designed and developed by Spark and Uniswap Labs. It allows market makers to deposit idle assets into a lending protocol to earn yield while liquidity funds are awaiting execution, and then transfer the funds back to the liquidity pool when a trade occurs. From the outside, DualPool is no different from a regular Uniswap v4 liquidity pool; traders, aggregators, and solvers still complete trades through the Pool Manager. Internally, however, liquidity funds are stored in an "ERC-4626 yield vault," and when a trade needs to be executed, funds are automatically withdrawn and deployed to a centralized liquidity position, thus ensuring trade execution while allowing idle funds to continuously generate lending yields.

3. Binance will support Polygon (POL) network upgrade and hard fork on July 29

On July 23, according to an official announcement, Binance will support the Polygon (POL) network upgrade and hard fork. Binance expects to suspend POL network token deposits and withdrawals at 21:00 (UTC+8) on July 29, 2026. The Polygon project team plans to conduct the network upgrade and hard fork at block height 50,185,000 (estimated at 22:00 Beijing time on July 29). After the upgrade is completed and the network is stable, Binance will resume the relevant deposit and withdrawal services. The specific resumption time will be announced separately.

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4. Bithumb's Bitcoin Misdelivery Recovery Case to Have First Verdict on August 27

According to Digital Asset, a South Korean court will issue its first-instance verdict on August 27 in the Bithumb Bitcoin misdelivery incident. The users involved are accused of selling the mistakenly received BTC and holding approximately 194 million won in cash. Bithumb had previously filed lawsuits against four users seeking the return of unjust enrichment, with the maximum amount involved reaching approximately 500 million won. In February of this year, Bithumb mistakenly recorded Korean won points as Bitcoin during an event reward distribution, subsequently initiating recovery proceedings and stating that as of March 10, it had recovered 99% of the 1,788 BTC that had not yet been recovered.

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5. VerusCoin Ethereum Bridge Attacked, Approximately $7.53 Million in Assets Transferred

On July 23, according to CertiK Alert monitoring, the VerusCoin Ethereum bridge suffered a security vulnerability attack, and attackers transferred approximately $7.53 million in assets. CertiK stated that the vulnerability may be related to the bridge contract not properly verifying whether the amount entered on the Verus chain matched the actual payment amount. A similar issue occurred in a previous incident in May.

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