NOXA said on X that its team is testing a new Ethereum Name Service, or ENS, interface and expects to launch it soon. Once the new interface goes live, users will again be able to claim creator fees through it. The update follows an earlier disruption tied to NOXA’s domain, which briefly went down because of an issue involving Cloudflare. According to the previously reported information cited in the brief, the official website remains inaccessible at the time of publication. The company did not give a specific launch date for the new interface, but said the rollout is expected shortly. The post frames the ENS interface as the path for restoring creator fee claims for users affected by the outage.

Escalating tensions between the U.S. and Iran rippled across global markets, pushing oil sharply higher, weighing on U.S. equities and dragging Bitcoin lower. According to BlockBeats, the U.S. said it had carried out strikes on Iran for a third straight night and had begun blocking Iranian ports, while multiple locations in Iran were hit. The United Arab Emirates said two of its oil tankers were struck by two Iranian cruise missiles south of the Strait of Hormuz, and Yemen’s Houthi forces also exchanged attacks with Saudi Arabia. President Donald Trump, while keeping military pressure in place, said in a national address that a deal with Iran remained possible and that Iran had resumed contact with the U.S. Markets showed little confidence in that message. Bitget data showed crude oil prices surged nearly 10% in a single day, while gold briefly fell below the key $4,000 level. In U.S. trading, the Nasdaq fell 1.55% to 25,873.18, underperforming the Dow and the S&P 500 and closing below its 50-day moving average. Semiconductor names were broadly sold, including Nvidia, Broadcom, AMD and ARM. HTX market data showed Bitcoin fell more than 2%, briefly dropping below $62,000 before rebounding to $62,316. The report also cited Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller, who said in New York that the FOMC could consider tightening policy soon if this week’s core inflation reading comes in hot again.

A PANews summary of a Limitless Podcast episode argues that investors may be reading the AI memory trade the wrong way. The discussion says Samsung posted $58.5 billion in quarterly profit, above Nvidia’s $53 billion for the same period and ahead of analyst expectations of $55 billion, with the vast majority of earnings tied to AI memory. The episode centers on HBM, or high-bandwidth memory, which the hosts describe as a bottleneck for AI chips and one of the most concentrated segments in semiconductors, with only Samsung, SK Hynix and Micron able to supply it globally. The hosts say AI workloads are driving unusually strong demand because each inference requires models to reload weights, while newer models need 10 to 20 times more memory than prior generations. They also argue that HBM production is crowding out conventional DRAM supply, citing an example that 1 GB of HBM consumes wafer capacity equivalent to 4 GB of standard DRAM. Even with prices and margins still rising, memory stocks have sold off: Samsung fell 9% on its earnings day and SK Hynix dropped 15%. The hosts attributed that move to a sell-the-news reaction and cyclical fears rather than a change in underlying fundamentals. The episode also points to SK Hynix’s planned Nasdaq ADR listing, which it says seeks roughly $30 billion and is reportedly 4x oversubscribed.

A newly created wallet withdrew 30,000 ETH from Coinbase Prime, according to on-chain tracking cited by BlockBeats on July 14. The transfer was valued at about $52.84 million based on the figures provided in the report. Onchain Lens was named as the monitoring source. The item was categorized as whale activity.

The U.S. military will begin a maritime blockade covering all Iranian ports and coastal areas at 20:00 GMT on July 14, or 04:00 Beijing time on July 15, according to the Joint Maritime Information Center (JMIC). The measure applies to all vessels regardless of flag and spans Iran’s entire coastline, including ports and oil terminals. JMIC said the blockade will not interfere with neutral vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz to non-Iranian destinations, while humanitarian cargo will be allowed through after inspection. As tensions between the U.S. and Iran escalated again, crude prices moved sharply higher. Bitget market data showed WTI crude at $78.825, up 6.97% on the day, while Brent crude was at $82.78, up 9.01%.

U.S. President Donald Trump said he still believes the United States could reach an agreement with Iran, while also saying Tehran has resumed contact with Washington. Speaking to reporters at the White House on July 13 local time, Trump said Iran wants a deal and has re-engaged with the U.S. He also said the U.S. military would continue heavy strikes on Iran to sharply reduce its ability to affect shipping through the Strait of Hormuz. In the same remarks, Trump said the U.S. is restoring a blockade "targeted only at Iran," adding that ships doing business with Iran would not be allowed to pass, while other countries and vessels could continue normal transit. The remarks were cited by CCTV International News and carried by BlockBeats on July 14.

On-chain tracker Onchain Lens said a whale moved 30,100 ETH out of Coinbase Prime and into a newly created wallet. The transfer was valued at $52.84 million at the time cited in the report. No additional details about the wallet owner or the purpose of the transaction were disclosed in the source. The move stands out because of its size and because the funds were sent to a new address rather than an existing known wallet.

SK Hynix posted a drop of more than 15% in South Korea on July 13, a move that quickly spilled into Taiwan and U.S. memory names. Nanya Technology closed down 2.87% at NT$423 after opening higher, while Macronix, Winbond, and Powerchip also fell between 2% and 5%. In the U.S., SK Hynix’s ADR sank 9.3% on Monday, nearly wiping out the 13% first-day gain it recorded after its recent $26.5 billion listing, and shares of Micron and Western Digital also moved lower. ABMedia said the sell-off was tied to concerns that enthusiasm around artificial intelligence had run too far and that earnings could come in below expectations. Korea Investment Securities said that while AI demand remains strong, price increases for high-bandwidth memory, or HBM, have lagged those of conventional chips, raising the risk that SK Hynix’s operating profit may miss market expectations. Bloomberg reported that foreign investors sold a net 1.7 trillion won, or about $1.1 billion, on the Kospi on Monday, with SK Hynix making up most of that selling. The report also said the Kospi dropped 9% and triggered a circuit breaker, while technical indicators show SK Hynix has entered oversold territory.