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OdailyOdaily Planet Daily reports that Anthropic, the developer of the AI model Claude, is advancing plans for a large-scale IPO. Underwriter investment banks including Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs, and JPMorgan Chase have arranged preliminary meetings between the company's management and investors to gauge institutional investor interest and investment scale. Anthropic's goal is to go public as early as October. If the listing proceeds as planned, the company could enter the securities market ahead of its competitor, OpenAI. Anthropic raised $65 billion in its Series H financing in May, with a post-money valuation of $965 billion; its valuation in the over-the-counter market has already reached approximately $1.2 trillion. Measures by the U.S. government remain a variable factor.The U.S. Department of War listed Anthropic as a national security "supply chain risk" enterprise in March, and Anthropic has sued the federal government over the measure; the U.S. Department of Commerce restricted foreign access to the top-tier AI models Fable 5 and Mythos 5 in June, lifting the export controls 18 days later.
Orange Juice has announced the completion of a $40 million funding round, with participation from Lyn Alden. The project's primary business involves launching a perpetual capital company backed by Bitcoin reserves, and it plans to seek a public listing in the future to provide liquid ownership currency and capital market access.
Odaily News: ORANGE JUICE has announced the completion of a $40 million funding round, with Mexican billionaire Ricardo Salinas participating as an anchor investor. The project was founded by Ego Death Capital partner Jeff Booth, Lyn Alden, and others. Its primary business involves acquiring profitable US companies with annual cash flows of $1 million to $10 million, holding them long-term to improve operations, while simultaneously establishing a Bitcoin reserve. The project also plans to build an internal AI operations team to enhance productivity in its portfolio companies.
Indian AI coding startup Emergent has completed a $130 million Series C financing round, with a post-money valuation reaching $1.5 billion, representing a significant increase from its $300 million valuation during its Series B round in January this year. The round was led by Creaegis, with participation from Khosla Ventures, SoftBank Vision Fund 2, Lightspeed, Y Combinator, and others, bringing the company's total cumulative funding to $230 million.
According to Fortune, Miami-based payment infrastructure startup Cyclops announced the completion of a $20 million Series A financing round, led by Nava Ventures, with participation from Castle Island Ventures, Coinbase Ventures, Circle, Lasagna Ventures, and GPT Ventures.
ADI Chain has announced the completion of a $50 million funding round, with IHC participating. The project primarily focuses on stablecoin settlement and financial infrastructure development, with its ecosystem partnerships spanning compliant stablecoins, tokenized securities, institutional payments, Chainlink, ZKsync, and mainstream crypto wallets.
DeepSeek's first round of financing has officially closed. Industrial and commercial information shows that DeepSeek's affiliated company, Hangzhou Deep Seek Artificial Intelligence Basic Technology Research Co., Ltd., recently underwent industrial and commercial changes, adding Hangzhou Chengli Enterprise Management Partnership (Limited Partnership) and National Artificial Intelligence Industry Investment Fund Partnership (Limited Partnership) as shareholders, with registered capital increased to 16.4475 million yuan.
the UK plans to issue its first digital sovereign bond by early 2027, becoming the first G7 country to issue government debt on a distributed ledger. The bond will be listed on HSBC’s Orion platform and included in the digital securities sandbox of the Bank of England (BoE) and the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to test shorter settlement times and lower costs. BoE Governor Andrew Bailey stated that the BoE plans to make the bond eligible as collateral for market operations, allowing banks to use the bond in central bank funding transactions.
DeepSeek 最近年化收入达 4 亿至 5 亿美元，主要来自企业和开发者通过 API 调用模型，V4 API 毛利率超 50%。
According to Odaily, Citrini analyst jukan posted on platform X that The Information reports DeepSeek's ARR is nearing $500 million, and the company has successfully raised $7.4 billion in funding. DeepSeek is designing a second funding round to allow it to raise dollar-denominated capital from overseas investors, with a particular focus on attracting investment from the Middle East. DeepSeek has also hired investment banks to prepare for an IPO on the Shanghai STAR Market, targeting a listing next year. By selling access to its latest flagship model V4, DeepSeek maintains a gross margin of over 50%.
According to Reuters, payment company Stripe and private equity firm Advent International have jointly submitted an acquisition offer to PayPal Holdings (PYPL.O), bidding $60.50 per share for a total valuation exceeding $53 billion, a premium of approximately 28% over PayPal's closing price on Tuesday. The offer is supported by approximately $50 billion in committed bank financing, with both parties planning to hold 50% equity each and not break up the company. The acquisition proposal was submitted earlier this month, following initial contact between the parties in early April. No response has been received from PayPal so far, and Stripe and Advent hope to reach an agreement by the end of the month. Whether the deal will ultimately close remains uncertain.
According to South Korea's "Chosun Ilbo", a stock investment YouTuber in his 40s in Busan, South Korea was stabbed multiple times with a knife by a male subscriber in his 20s. It is reported that the suspect is a subscriber to the channel, and the motive is suspected to be "suffering significant losses after trusting and following the stocks recommended by the blogger".
On-chain analyst Ai Yi posted on platform X, stating that on the Hyperliquid order book, someone has placed a buy order for 6.824 million US dollars worth of ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT) at a price of 6 US dollars; if calculated at the current price of 6 US dollars, the market value of ChangXin Memory Technologies would be approximately 2.72 trillion yuan, with a total of 66.88 billion shares, surpassing the current market value leader Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC), which stands at 2.66 trillion yuan.
Odaily, Citrini analyst jukan posted on X platform, stating that Samsung Electronics has reportedly begun an internal evaluation of a plan to issue American Depositary Receipts (ADRs) in the United States and is studying the relevant operational procedures. Although Samsung Electronics has officially denied considering a US listing through an ADR issuance, staff-level employees have begun assessing potential costs, benefits, and necessary procedures under the direction of senior management.Sources from the semiconductor industry said that relevant departments at Samsung Electronics are studying whether a viable US ADR issuance structure can be established. Teams such as finance and investor relations are identifying their respective tasks and processes should the US listing move forward. This evaluation is considered a preliminary feasibility study and does not indicate that Samsung Electronics has decided to list or determined the timing and scale of the issuance.Samsung Electronics employees have also reportedly requested information on the preparation process and practical experience from SK Hynix, which recently issued ADRs and listed on the Nasdaq. Bloomberg reported on July 14 that Samsung Electronics had held preliminary discussions with investment banks regarding a potential US listing via ADRs, but no specific decisions have been made regarding underwriters or the issuance structure, and ultimately, a listing may not occur. Following the report, Samsung Electronics stated that the company has not considered listing on the US stock market through an ADR issuance. SK Hynix issued ADRs on July 10 at $149 per share, raising approximately $26.5 billion, or about 40 trillion Korean Won, making it the second-largest listing in the history of the US stock market, trailing only SpaceX, which raised $85.7 billion through its initial public offering last month. It also represents the largest listing by a foreign company in the United States.
Ansem posted on X platform, stating that Meme coins like Dogecoin attract a large number of buyers because they bring in investors who would not normally participate in the stock market. These individuals may not purchase traditional financial assets, but they are willing to buy Meme coins associated with familiar figures and tokens tied to their own internet cultural identity. At the same time, when a Meme coin becomes large enough and sufficiently liquid, it also attracts participation from major funds and trading institutions. Ansem also noted that older generations of investors dislike Meme coins because they cannot understand the strong connection younger generations have with internet memes, culture, and content. However, the crypto industry is unique because tokenization is one of the few ways people can invest and speculate on these socio-cultural trends. The real breakthrough in the next phase lies in how to channel the attention and capital momentum brought by retail speculators into assets that not only rely on Meme hype but also generate long-term value.
The U.S. Department of the Treasury and the UK's His Majesty's Treasury have issued a joint statement and recommendations as part of the "Transatlantic Working Group for Future Markets." The working group recommends that the Bank of England, the FCA, along with the U.S. CFTC and SEC, develop regulatory frameworks for tokenized assets while requiring the FCA and SEC to explore measures to facilitate cross-border financing. In terms of specific recommendations, both the U.S. and UK propose: supporting the development of stablecoins, tokenized deposits, and similar digital assets; promoting market competition and innovation; and establishing higher standards for asset custody, reserve segregation, and consumer protection. (The Block)
Odaily Benchmark has raised its price target for Hut 8 (HUT) from $85 to $165, citing the company's accelerated commercialization of its AI data center business and a total of $16.8 billion in long-term contracts for AI infrastructure. Analyst Mark Palmer stated that the commercialization progress of Hut 8's Beacon Point AI data center campus in Texas "has changed the company's valuation logic," significantly increasing the project's value.Currently, Hut 8's stock price is approximately $97, meaning Benchmark's new target implies roughly 69% upside. The stock had previously fallen nearly 30% over the past six weeks.According to Benchmark's estimates, the redesigned first phase of the Beacon Point campus will support 352MW of IT capacity, a 57% increase from the original 224MW plan. The base term value of the lease for this initial phase is approximately $9.8 billion, with an estimated annualized net operating income of around $655 million.Additionally, the lease agreement for Hut 8's River Bend data center, signed with Fluidstack and supported by Google, is valued at approximately $7 billion. The combined base term value of the two contracts reaches $16.8 billion. If tenants exercise the included 5-year renewal options, the potential total value could rise to $42.8 billion. (The Block)
According to on-chain analyst Ai Yi’s monitoring, a significant price gap has emerged between SK hynix’s domestic Korean stock and its U.S. ADR. SKHX is priced at approximately $1,303.85, while SKHY stands at around $170.61, with the price difference reaching up to about 30.9%. This reflects strong demand from U.S. capital markets for leading AI chip and HBM (High Bandwidth Memory) assets. Analysis suggests that the conversion between the two is unidirectional—ADR shares can only be canceled and exchanged for ordinary Korean shares, and no one would do so when a premium exists. This explains why the price gap persists and cannot be arbitraged away.
AI compliance infrastructure company Hadrius has announced the completion of a $27 million Seed and Series A funding round, led by CRV, with participation from Y Combinator, Pathlight Ventures, as well as founders of Altruist, Jump AI, and FINNY. The new funds will be used to build AI-native compliance infrastructure for the financial services industry, leveraging Agentic AI technology to integrate scattered compliance reviews, risk monitoring, and regulatory document management into a single intelligent workflow. (Prnewswire)
Odaily, OpenAI founder Sam Altman-backed drone company Brinc has announced the completion of a $125 million funding round, led by existing investor Motorola Solutions, with participation from Index Ventures and previous investors such as Dylan Field. The company focuses on applying AI-based drone technology in the field of public safety, including replacing certain high-risk manual response tasks. (Bloomberg)