DeFiLlama data shows that NOXA, a meme launchpad on the Robinhood chain, generated $1.94 million in protocol fees over the past 24 hours. That was higher than the $1.61 million recorded by Pump.fun, the Solana-based meme launchpad, over the same period. Earlier reports said NOXA’s platform domain suffered a brief outage due to a Cloudflare issue. Its official website remains inaccessible at the time referenced in the source. The update highlights NOXA’s recent fee performance while also noting that access problems on its main site have not yet been resolved.

OnchainLens data, cited by Techub News, shows that DeFi protocol Noxa generated about $7.66 million in fees on Robinhood Crypto over the past seven days. The update comes shortly after a token supply change by the project team. About 10 hours before the report, the team burned 40% of the token supply. Noxa had previously issued the $NOXA token on DBKChain, a blockchain built by DeBank. According to the brief, that token had remained inactive for a long period before this latest activity drew attention. The report did not provide extra details on trading volume, user count, or the exact mechanics behind the fees. It focused on three points: the seven-day fee figure, the recent token burn, and the earlier issuance of $NOXA on DBKChain.

A joint initiative to build a security evaluation benchmark for large language models has officially started, according to a report by Securities Times cited by BlockBeats on July 13. The China Center for Information Industry Development, drawing on its technical work and practical experience in large-model security testing, is building the benchmark and has begun soliciting co-building institutions. The benchmark is designed around security governance needs seen in real-world large-model deployments. It sets out a panoramic evaluation framework covering six core dimensions: content safety, value alignment, robustness and stability, fairness and bias, privacy protection, and authenticity and trustworthiness. The report said the effort aims to form a full-dimensional, systematic artificial intelligence security assessment system, along with a structured end-to-end evaluation framework.

Qujing Technology, an AI infrastructure startup founded by a Tsinghua University team, disclosed its Series A financing on July 13, with Huirong Fund under Henan Investment Group as lead investor and several existing backers increasing their stakes. According to the article, the company has raised more than 1 billion yuan in total over the past six months. The company focuses on large-model inference rather than model training, positioning itself as a builder and operator of what it calls high-quality AI Token factories. Its team includes founder and CEO Ai Zhiyuan and CTO Chen Xianglin, both from the Department of Computer Science at Tsinghua University, with academic figures including academician Zheng Weimin, professor Wu Yongwei, and associate professor Zhang Mingxing involved in technical roles. The report says Qujing has built its platform around technologies it describes as system-wide heterogeneous coordination, memory-for-compute substitution, and virtual-real isomorphism, while promoting a Token as a Service, or TaaS, model through its proprietary ATaaS platform. It also disclosed operating metrics, saying average AI Token output efficiency per computing unit has increased by more than three times since the 2026 Spring Festival, while total high-quality AI Token output has risen by more than 30 times.

Crypto funding last week tracked the broader pattern seen across 2026: larger checks kept going to exchanges, compliance, and digital-asset infrastructure, while traditional financial institutions took a more visible role. CryptoRank data cited in the report showed prediction markets led the year in average deal size at $118 million per round, followed by exchanges at $76.2 million, blockchains at $47.8 million, and compliance at $29.4 million. According to PANews’ incomplete tally, the blockchain sector recorded nine financing events globally during July 6-12, with total disclosed funding of more than $261 million. The standout investor was Japan’s SBI Holdings, which exclusively backed DeFi risk platform Gauntlet with $125 million and also led crypto exchange EDX Markets’ $76 million Series C. Other crypto deals covered infrastructure, post-quantum security, cross-chain financial rails, tokenized sovereign instruments, and HTTP-native payments for AI agents and APIs. The report also highlighted two M&A developments: Nium’s acquisition of wallet and card issuer Cypher, and South Korean regulators’ approval of Mirae Asset Consulting’s purchase of a 92.06% stake in Korbit for about KRW 133.4 billion. Outside crypto, the week also saw multiple AI financings above $100 million, including Prime Intellect, Norm, and Gradium.

Robinhood Chain’s first week is starting to reshape trading narratives around a handful of DeFi tokens. In the article, William M. Peaster says several top-100 crypto assets by market cap posted standout seven-day gains, including Lighter (LIT) at 16%, Morpho (MORPHO) at 15%, Arbitrum (ARB) at 13%, and Uniswap (UNI) at 9%. The common thread, he argues, is their direct or indirect exposure to Robinhood Chain’s launch. The network’s onchain numbers have expanded quickly. Citing DefiLlama, the piece says total value locked on Robinhood Chain doubled from $46 million to $96 million in a matter of days, while stablecoin market cap climbed above $270 million. DEX volume reached about $900 million for the week, with more than $500 million of that recorded in the past 24 hours alone. The article links each token to a specific part of the chain’s early stack: Lighter as Robinhood Wallet’s default perpetuals venue, Arbitrum as the Orbit technology base that receives 10% of net protocol revenue, Morpho as the destination for USDG deposits through Robinhood Earn at roughly 7% APY, and Uniswap as the network’s main DEX with about $1 billion in trading volume during the first week. While meme token CASHCAT surged 5,000% over the same period, the piece argues that infrastructure-linked DeFi projects may offer a more durable way to track Robinhood Chain’s growth.

Claude said in a post on X that it has extended the subscription period for Claude Fable 5 by another seven days, pushing the date to July 19. OpenAI, also posting on X, said it has temporarily removed the five-hour usage limit for Codex, though it did not say how long the change will last. The update follows repeated delays by Claude in switching Claude Fable 5 to a pay-as-you-go model. According to the original report, those delays were tied to continued pressure on compute capacity. After that, some users posted screenshots showing high credit bills and proof of canceled subscriptions. Some of them said they would move to OpenAI’s GPT-5.6 Sol or xAI’s Grok 4.5 if the situation continues.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said in a post on X that he wants to see the community build interesting projects with GPT-5.6 Sol. He said the developer behind the "coolest" creation will receive a special gift from the OpenAI archives. The update was carried by Odaily. There were no additional details in the post excerpt provided, including rules, deadlines, or prize specifics beyond Altman’s description of the reward as a special item from the company’s archives.