Binance Futures is set to add three USDT-margined perpetual contracts on July 16, 2026, according to a newsflash carried by ChainCatcher. The rollout will begin with MUUUSDT at 17:00, followed by SOXSUSDT at 17:05 and TZAUSDT at 17:10. Binance said the maximum leverage for all three contracts will be 25x. The update covers only the listing schedule and leverage cap disclosed in the source, with no additional contract details included in the announcement.

vlad.fun, a token launch platform on Robinhood Chain, said it has temporarily suspended operations after what it described as a serious internal integrity issue involving a team member. The platform disclosed the update in a post on X and said the shutdown is temporary. According to the statement, the team will conduct a full investigation into the matter and work to ensure system security during the process. It also said it is coordinating with legal counsel and plans to take appropriate action against the individuals deemed responsible. vlad.fun added that a full account of what happened will be released as soon as possible. The post did not provide further details on the underlying incident, the number of people involved, or a timeline for resuming operations.

Binance Futures is set to launch three USDT-margined perpetual contracts on July 16, 2026, according to an official announcement cited by Odaily. The rollout will begin with MUUUSDT at 09:00 UTC, followed by SOXSUSDT at 09:05 UTC and TZAUSDT at 09:10 UTC. The exchange said all three contracts will carry the same core trading parameters. Each will offer leverage of up to 25x, with a minimum order quantity of 0.01 and a minimum notional value of 5 USDT. Binance also set the funding rate cap at +2.00% and -2.00%, while funding settlement will take place once every eight hours. The announcement covers the listing schedule and contract specifications for the three products and does not provide additional details beyond those trading terms.

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) said on July 16 that it expects third-quarter revenue this year to come in at $44.6 billion to $45.8 billion, compared with $33.1 billion in the third quarter of 2025. The company said demand in the third quarter is expected to remain strong. TSMC also lifted its forecast for 2026 revenue growth in U.S. dollar terms to slightly above 40%, up from an earlier projection of above 30%. The update points to firmer business momentum than the company had previously indicated, based on its latest guidance.

Crypto venture investing is no longer being driven by fast, broad token bets. In a report based on 9,416 deals recorded from 2018 through the first half of 2026, Tiger Research and RootData argue that the market has moved into a far more selective phase, with capital concentrating around a smaller set of companies, later-stage rounds, exchange-linked investors, and institutional infrastructure plays. The headline numbers show the shift clearly. Total capital inflows in H1 2026 reached $13.3 billion, roughly matching the $13.2 billion seen in all of 2024, yet the number of funding rounds fell to 435, down 78% from the 1,978-round peak in 2022. Seed activity contracted sharply, large deals became a bigger share of the market, and traditional financial institutions were involved in 54.5% of all recorded investment transactions during the period. Sector leadership changed as well. Infrastructure’s share of total capital dropped from 50.9% in 2024 to 14.8% in H1 2026, while payments and stablecoins, centralized exchanges, and prediction markets moved to the front. The report also says capital flowing into payments, stablecoins, and CEXs was largely driven by M&A, while areas such as gaming, NFTs, and social fell steeply in both deal count and funding.

HTX DAO said it completed its $HTX token burn for the second quarter of 2026 on July 15, according to an official announcement cited by ChainCatcher. On-chain data showed that 7,474,935,439,560 HTX tokens were burned in the latest round, with the value of the burn exceeding $13.6 million. The announcement said cumulative burns and donations have now reached 117.79 trillion HTX. HTX DAO also said that across the first two quarters of this year, the combined value of HTX burned exceeded $32.82 million. The statement added that HTX has continued to carry out quarterly burns worth tens of millions of dollars even as overall market liquidity competition has intensified this year. HTX DAO said this reflected relatively strong business resilience and an ability to withstand market cycles.

BlockBeats reported on July 16, citing market data, that the semiconductor sector in China’s A-share market remained under pressure in afternoon trading. Losses in China-Korea semiconductor-related exchange-traded funds, or ETFs, widened to 5% as the session progressed. The update was categorized under market analysis. No additional figures, named funds, or company-specific moves were disclosed in the source brief. The report focused on the intraday move in the broader semiconductor segment and noted that weakness continued into the afternoon, with related ETF products posting deeper declines. The source did not provide further details on turnover, constituent stocks, or drivers behind the move.

Perpetual DEX Ostium said trading on its platform remains suspended following a security incident, with user positions still open but unavailable for modification. The team said trading margin remains untouched inside the frozen trading smart contract. Ostium added that it will continue to share updates on when smart contract activity can resume and on the timeline for recovering funds, with announcements to be issued as soon as new developments emerge. The protocol also said it is coordinating with relevant authorities, SEAL 911 and multiple security researchers. Earlier, Foresight News reported that blockchain security firm PeckShield had detected an exploit involving Ostium’s public OLP vault, with roughly 24 million USDC stolen. The attacker later swapped the funds into about 12,080 ETH, and 10,540 ETH had already been moved into Tornado Cash.