Trump signed an executive order imposing tariffs of 15% to 41% on goods exported to the United States from 67 trading partners, setting a historical high. The new tariffs will take effect on August 7, providing countries with a chance to negotiate.

ChainCatcher news, the Bitcoin Layer 2 network GOAT Network announces the official launch of BitVM2 Testnet Beta, and has implemented the first real-time proving system running in a production environment, becoming the first Bitcoin zkRollup project to support instant withdrawal initiation and full-chain visual proof.
According to the introduction, the system is based on a pipelined parallel architecture and a distributed GPU prover network, combined with ZKM's zkVM "Ziren", to achieve three-phase parallel processing of block proof (2.6s), aggregate proof (2.7s), and Groth16 proof (approximately 10.4s), supporting real-time proof capability of 3.4 seconds for block generation, allowing users to initiate withdrawals without waiting.
GOAT Network states that all

According to ChainCatcher news and Jin10 reports, the U.S. core PCE price index annual rate for June is 2.8%, expected 2.70%, and the previous value revised from 2.70% to 2.8%. The U.S. core PCE price index monthly rate for June is 0.3%, expected 0.30%, and the previous value is 0.20%.

The ChainCatcher desktop widget has officially launched, designed to help users quickly obtain core dynamics of the Blockchain. Features include lock screen news, price monitoring, and popular selections, enhancing information acquisition efficiency and allowing users to stay informed about important news at any time. The addition method is simple, making it suitable for various scenarios.

ChainCatcher message, Nuveen Fixed Income Strategy Head Tony Rodriguez stated that the impact of the U.S. tariff hike on inflation data will only become apparent around the end of the year, as tariffs typically take several months to fully affect consumer prices. It is expected that this year's core inflation rate will be around 3.0%, which will compress real incomes and weigh on economic rise.
Therefore, Nuveen still expects the U.S. economic growth to further slow down but should be able to avoid a recession. The company anticipates that the U.S. real GDP growth rate will be around 1.0% this year, rebounding to around 1.8% next year as tariff resistance fades. (Jin Ten)

As Bitcoin's price breaks through $120,000, Ethereum's price rises by 170%, nearing its all-time high. SharpLink invested $1.3 billion to purchase ETH, driving market changes, with alts and Ethereum futures volume hitting a 5-month high, accounting for 83% of the total volume on centralized exchanges.

ChainCatcher message, according to 4E observation, Robinhood (HOOD.O) is expected to have encryption business revenue of $160 million in Q2 2025, slightly lower than the market expectation of $162.1 million. Monthly active users are 12.8 million, below the expected 14.25 million, indicating weak rise in its platform user base.
At the same time, the market capitalization of publicly listed companies holding encryption assets has surged to $160 billion, an increase of nearly 80% compared to the beginning of 2024, highlighting the trend of companies incorporating encryption assets into their financial strategies. After companies allocate digital assets, they often experience significant stock price rises, and the concept of encryption treasury is becoming a new trend.
On a macro level, the Federal Reserve has maintained the interest rate at 4.25%-4.50% for the fifth consecutive time, in line with market expectations. The preliminary annualized quarterly rate of the U.S. Q2 actual GDP is 3%, core

ChainCatcher news, Gala announced today that GalaChain has achieved a milestone collaboration with Shrapnel to gain access to the Trusted Copyright Chain (TCC). This breakthrough provides a cross-border pathway to non-fungible tokens (NFT) for approximately 600 million players in the world's largest gaming market.
This cooperation brings funding to Shrapnel, and in the future, every cross-chain transfer in the game will consume Gala Tokens.

According to ChainCatcher news and monitoring by Lookonchain, "Brother Magi" has begun to Close Position his long positions in PUMP. He still holds about 4.175 billion PUMP, worth approximately 13.3 million USD, with unrealized losses reaching 4.47 million USD.

UK fintech startup InTick announced that it has secured £2 million in angel investment, which will be used to expand its platform capabilities, aimed at addressing issues such as manual matching, liquidity fragmentation, and pricing opacity in block trading of futures contracts.

According to ChainCatcher news and reports from Jin10, the intraday drop of New York futures gold has exceeded 1%, currently reported at 3,346.1 USD/ounce.

According to ChainCatcher news and reported by Decrypt, the Bitcoin infrastructure project Midl has completed a $2.4 million seed round financing led by Draper Associates and Draper Dragon. The project is dedicated to implementing smart contracts functionality on the Bitcoin network, supporting the native development of decentralized applications.

According to ChainCatcher news, Jin10 reported that the Indian Rupee/USD has hit a five-month low of 87.5, falling 0.8% on the day.

ChainCatcher news, Multicoin Capital partner Kyle Samani stated in a post on X that the biggest problem with content coins is liquidity fragmentation, and creator coins might work. However, each creator has too many content coins, which means that even creators have no incentive to intelligently direct attention. And attention is the most scarce asset.

Radix network founder Dan Hughes passed away this Sunday evening. He had been dedicated to Distributed Ledger technology since 2013 and launched the Cerberus Consensus Mechanism in 2019. His sudden passing has had a significant impact on the team and community.

According to ChainCatcher news and a report by Cointelegraph, the publicly listed company BTCS Inc. (BTCS) will raise up to $2 billion through preferred stock warrants to increase its treasury holdings of more ETH.

Algeria issued Law No. 25-10 on July 24, which completely bans activities related to Crypto Assets, including issuance, trading, and Mining. Violators will face imprisonment and fines, as the law aims to strengthen AML and anti-terror financing regulations.

According to ChainCatcher news reported by The Block, Hyperliquid experienced a trading execution failure for about 20 minutes on July 29, causing its native Token HYPE price to fall by 3.75% to $43. The platform officially confirmed on Discord that services have been restored, and the cause of the failure is still under investigation.
During the outage, the trading application BasedApp built on Hyperliquid was also affected. Hyperliquid is a perpetual contract exchange based on the self-developed HyperEVM chain, known for its low fees and high performance.