BlockBeats News, July 26th - Next week is destined to be full of opportunities and challenges for investors, as the market will face a critical turning point. Among them, the most unpredictable factor is undoubtedly the US-Iran situation. On the one hand, the market anticipates Trump's strong motivation for TACO and called off the strike against Iran on Friday. On the other hand, Israel's "adding fuel to the fire" and whether Iran is willing to make concessions for negotiations will both affect the duration of peace. In the current environment of cooling AI trading and shifting macro liquidity expectations, there is no doubt that geopolitical conflict is the best reason for a market sell-off. Therefore, the direction of the US-Iran situation next week is worthy of investors' utmost attention. Additionally, the highly anticipated Chinese memory chip leader, Changxin Technology, will debut on the China Sci-Tech Innovation Board on Monday, and the performance of this stock post-IPO may deeply influence market sentiment for AI trading.

In summary, the key macro events for next week are as follows:

Monday, Changxin Technology will debut on the China Sci-Tech Innovation Board;

Tuesday 20:15, US ADP Employment Change for the week ending July 11th;

Thursday 02:00, the Federal Reserve FOMC announces the interest rate decision; Thursday 02:30, Fed Chair Powell holds a press conference on monetary policy;

Thursday 19:00, Bank of England announces the interest rate decision, meeting minutes, and monetary policy report; Thursday 19:30, BOE Governor Bailey holds a press conference on monetary policy;

Thursday 20:30, US Initial Jobless Claims, US June Core PCE Price Index YoY/MoM, US June Personal Spending MoM;

Friday, Bank of Japan announces the interest rate decision and economic outlook report; Friday 14:30, BOJ Governor Kuroda holds a press conference on monetary policy;

Friday 21:45, US July Chicago PMI;

Friday 22:00, US July University of Michigan Consumer Confidence final reading, US July 1-year Inflation Rate Expectations final reading.

Finally, next week will see a flurry of tech stock earnings reports. Tech giants such as Apple, Meta Platforms, Amazon, Microsoft, Qualcomm, and SK Hynix will announce earnings next Wednesday and Thursday.