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A controversial proposal to temporarily block non-financial data like images and memecoins from the Bitcoin blockchain has collapsed after failing to secure support from miners, institutional investors, and some of the network’s most prominent voices. The Bitcoin Improvement Proposal, known as BIP-110, sought to tighten consensus rules for roughly one year to make Ordinals inscriptions and Runes tokens effectively impossible.

Shenzhen-based storage leader Damingli (001309.SZ) issued a first-half 2026 earnings forecast, projecting revenue of 16 billion to 18 billion yuan (approximately $2.4 billion to $2.7 billion), a year-on-year surge of 289% to 338%.

The penny stock arena erupted on Monday as three micro-cap companies saw their shares skyrocket on the back of transformative merger deals and a groundbreaking medical development. Twin Vee PowerCats (VEEE), Agenus (AGEN), and SOBR Safe (SOBR) topped the charts in dollar volume, a measure of total trading value, according to TipRanks’ Penny Stock Screener tool as of the market close on July 13.

East Buy's departed core team has ultimately positioned itself directly opposite its former employer. Less than a year after leaving East Buy, former CEO Sun Dongxu has partnered with top streamers Shi Ming (Mingming) and Guo Tianquan (Tianquan) to establish "Beautiful Tomorrow (Beijing) Technology Co., Ltd.," officially entering the livestream e-commerce space.

Benchmark has sharply raised its price target for Bitcoin mining firm Hut 8 from $85 to $165, as the profitability of its Beacon Point AI data center project in Texas begins to materialize, shifting the company's valuation framework from a mining operation to an AI infrastructure developer. Hut 8 has secured 15-year long-term lease agreements across two campuses totaling 597 MW, with a base contract value of $16.8 billion.

U.S. stocks surged on Tuesday, July 14, 2026, after the June Consumer Price Index fell 0.4%, far exceeding expectations and marking the largest monthly decline since April 2020. The cooler inflation data caused a dramatic collapse in rate hike bets, with odds of a July 29 increase plummeting from 41.7% to 14.4%. Technology stocks led the rally, with significant gains in AMD, CrowdStrike, and Palo Alto Networks, while IBM plunged nearly 25% following a disappointing preliminary earnings report.

Twenty-six former Meta Platforms employees have filed a federal lawsuit in Oakland, California, alleging the company used AI-powered software to disproportionately target workers with disabilities, medical conditions, or protected leave during mass layoffs affecting nearly 8,000 jobs. The plaintiffs claim Meta relied on productivity metrics and AI token usage data that penalized legally protected absences. Meta denies the allegations, stating that workforce decisions were made by people, not AI.

New York crude futures rebounded sharply on Monday, the 13th, after President Donald Trump announced the reimposition of a maritime blockade against Iran. The August delivery contract for U.S. benchmark West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude settled at $78.14 per barrel, up $6.73, or 9.4%, from the previous Friday's close. The settlement marked the highest level in roughly one month, and prices briefly surged past $81 in after-hours trading.

South Korea's Financial Supervisory Service on July 14 demanded corrections to EcoPro BM's securities registration statement for its 1.2 trillion won (approximately $806.4 million) rights offering, citing insufficient disclosure of material information. The move immediately suspends the statement's effectiveness, disrupting the planned July 15 effective date and October subscription schedule.

Huatian Hotel Group Co., Ltd. (Huatian Hotel, 000428.SZ) released its 2026 first-half earnings forecast on the evening of July 14, projecting a net loss attributable to shareholders of listed companies of 100 million to 125 million yuan (approximately $14.8 million to approximately $18.5 million). This loss range is essentially flat compared with the approximately 107 million yuan loss recorded in the same period last year, indicating the company remains mired in operational difficulties.