According to Odaily, people familiar with the matter said NVIDIA has decided, for now, not to adopt Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.'s COUPE technology route. The company’s earlier “Plan A” was built on TSMC’s co-packaged optics platform and used 8-wavelength dense wavelength division multiplexing, or DWDM, along with roughly 50 to 64G NRZ modulation. NVIDIA’s latest “Plan B” instead moves to Tower Semiconductor’s silicon photonics platform. That setup uses 16-wavelength DWDM and 200G/400G PAM4 modulation, marking a clear change in the optical packaging and transmission approach described in the report. No additional timeline or reason for the switch was disclosed in the source item.

LAB fell sharply after large transfers from a market-making or controlling wallet to Aster, according to monitoring data cited by Techub News. EmberCN said the wallet sent another 10.5 million LAB to Aster last night, a batch valued at about $9.15 million based on the figures in the report. Over the past 11 hours, LAB dropped 37% to $0.56. The monitoring data also showed that the same wallet moved a total of 18.5 million LAB to Aster over two days, worth about $18.69 million. During that period, the token price slid from $1.2 to $0.56, taking the cumulative decline to 53%. The report did not provide additional details on the purpose of the transfers beyond the on-chain movements tracked by EmberCN.

A Wall Street Journal survey cited by BlockBeats showed that the probability of a U.S. recession has fallen to 25%, compared with 33% in April. The update, published on July 12, points to a lower recession reading than the previous survey result. No additional details were provided in the brief.

A Wall Street Journal survey put the probability of a U.S. recession at 25%, down from 33% in April, according to a newsflash carried by Odaily and attributed to Jin10. The source text provides only the headline figure and the earlier April reading, with no added detail on the survey sample, methodology, or the reasons behind the change. Given the limited source material, no broader interpretation or market impact is stated here beyond the reported numbers.

Economists now expect U.S. consumer price index inflation to come in at 3.4% this year, according to a Wall Street Journal survey cited by Odaily. That marks an increase from the 3.2% reading in the survey conducted in April. The update points to a higher inflation expectation than previously recorded in the earlier poll. No additional breakdown or timeline beyond this year was provided in the brief report.

Mercado Bitcoin has completed a $20 million strategic growth financing round, with Tether and SoftBank participating, according to an Odaily report citing Bitcoin.com News. The company said its core business is focused on financial services in Brazil. Its operations span payments infrastructure, tokenized investment products, and on-chain capital markets. The update did not disclose additional terms for the financing round. The announcement adds Tether and SoftBank to the list of participants in the raise and outlines the company’s current business focus in Brazil’s financial services segment.

A Wall Street Journal survey cited by Jin10 put the probability of a U.S. recession at 25%, down from 33% in April. The item was published by ChainCatcher under the policy and regulation category. No additional details were provided in the source brief.

Onchain Lens said 250.3 million WEN, worth about $2.3 million, moved into a wallet linked to Peter Saddington. The tracker said 13 wallets that bought WEN early transferred their full holdings into the address. That wallet now holds 25.03% of WEN’s total supply on RobinhoodCrypto. Onchain Lens also said the broader address cluster spent only about $3,268 in ETH to acquire the 250.3 million tokens. The figures point to a highly concentrated position built from early accumulation and later consolidation into a single related wallet, based on the on-chain data cited in the report.