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Wall Street’s stock clearing system is about to undergo a limited but symbolically significant blockchain pilot. This week, DTCC (Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation), the largest securities clearing institution in the U.S., will conduct a live blockchain transaction demonstration involving stocks, U.S. Treasuries and other assets. This

``` Cracks in the bond market are turning into earthquakes in the stock market. On July 13 local time, U.S. semiconductor stocks were “knocked down,” and the AI sector suffered a full-scale retreat. Following the nearly 9% brutal plunge of South Korea’s KOSPI index, the Nasdaq once again broke

``` AI data centers are seizing storage resources, and the mobile phone industry is paying the price. The global smartphone market suffered a major setback in Q2 2026. According to preliminary data released by Counterpoint Research on July 13, global smartphone shipments in Q2 fell by 11% year-on-year, marking the lowest

``` Behind the recent rise of the US dollar lies a little-known vulnerability—an implicit dependence on AI trading. Torsten Slok, Chief Economist at Apollo Global Management, warned in a research report on Monday that the international pursuit of AI themes has propelled foreign capital inflows into the US stock market

The Korean stock market suffered one of its worst single-day declines this century, triggering its seventh circuit breaker of the year. Goldman Sachs traders publicly questioned: When will the selling finally stop? On Monday, the Korea Composite Stock Price Index fell nearly 9% for the day, marking the third-largest single-day

``` The dual impact of soaring oil prices and hawkish statements by Federal Reserve officials is pushing market expectations for a Fed rate hike in July to a tipping point. On Monday, money market pricing showed that the probability of a 25-basis point Fed rate hike this month had risen to

``` The Middle East situation heated up again over the weekend, coupled with Trump announcing a renewed blockade of Iran's shipping route through the Strait of Hormuz. International oil prices recorded the biggest single-day gain since 2020 on Monday, erasing the previous month's downward trend in one