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Pump.fun announced on X platform that it will discontinue support for the Tokenized Agent issuance feature, but existing tokens that have already enabled this feature at the time of issuance will not be affected. Pump.fun stated that it will shift its focus towards issuance models that "can significantly enhance the retail trading experience," aiming to optimize the overall user interaction and trading process during the token launch phase. This adjustment may indicate that Pump.fun is further converging its Meme coin launch mechanism design, shifting towards a product direction that emphasizes usability and trading experience, rather than expanding the coverage of existing features.
Odaily reports: AI chip startup Etched has completed a roughly $800 million funding round, with investors including quantitative trading giant Jane Street and a venture capital firm affiliated with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC). The company is currently testing its AI inference chip product and plans to begin shipping to select customers this summer. It has also signed sales contracts totaling approximately $1 billion, though specific customers were not disclosed.Founded in 2022, the company positions itself as a potential competitor to NVIDIA in the field of AI computing chips, focusing on designing customized chip architectures for large model inference scenarios. It is collaborating with TSMC to develop "low-voltage inference" technology aimed at reducing energy consumption and heat dissipation pressure.This funding round, previously reported to have a valuation of around $500 million, includes participation from Stripes, funds associated with Peter Thiel, and several quantitative firms. Jane Street is said to have invested over $100 million in total, with subsequent additional contributions. (Bloomberg)
According to the official announcement, to provide more Binance futures trading options and enhance the user trading experience, the Binance Futures platform will list perpetual contracts at the following times: July 01, 2026 17:00 (UTC+8): BTCU Perpetual Contract, maximum leverage up to 100x; July 01, 2026 18:00 (UTC+8): ETHU Perpetual Contract, maximum leverage up to 100x.
MetaMask launches yield-bearing Money Accounts on Monad, where funds deposited by users will be converted into mUSD and automatically earn yield in DeFi protocols. The account supports transfers, trading, spending via the MetaMask Card, and more.
: Amazon Web Services (AWS) has announced the creation of a new "Forward-Deployed Engineers" (FDE) organization, allocating approximately $1 billion in resources to accelerate the deployment and implementation of AI agents for enterprise customers.It is reported that the new team will be embedded directly within client companies to assist in building and deploying customized AI systems, while fostering "autonomous capability enhancement" among enterprises during the process. This involves not only delivering solutions but also helping clients acquire the skills to continuously develop AI applications.The FDE model was initially popularized by Palantir Technologies, with its core concept being engineers working on-site within client environments to collaboratively develop and deploy solutions, thereby rapidly responding to actual business needs and improving implementation efficiency. This model has been widely adopted in the wave of AI deployment in recent years. Currently, OpenAI and Anthropic have also launched similar FDE collaboration mechanisms, partnering with private equity firms to establish related programs valued at approximately $4 billion and $1.5 billion respectively, aimed at driving the expansion of enterprise-level AI applications.In the announcement, AWS AI leader Francesca Vasquez stated that the organization will provide clients with agentic systems that can run directly within their AWS environment. It will also export long-term reusable engineering methods, workflows, and AI practices. The $1 billion investment primarily comes from internal resource allocation rather than being an independent investment project. Industry analysts believe that as enterprises accelerate their AI transformation, the FDE model is becoming a crucial strategy for AI infrastructure vendors to compete for enterprise customers. (TechCrunch)
According to the latest report from investment bank Jefferies, the U.S. "Clarity Act," although having passed a bipartisan 15:9 vote in the Senate Banking Committee, still faces significant hurdles in the subsequent legislative process. Political uncertainty may exacerbate crypto market volatility in the coming weeks. The bill aims to clarify the regulatory boundary for digital assets between the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and is considered a core legislative framework for the U.S. crypto market structure. Jefferies pointed out that passage would significantly boost institutional participation, while delays would prolong regulatory uncertainty.Currently, Polymarket data shows that the probability of the bill passing before the end of 2026 has dropped to 48%, a significant decline from 70% in mid-May, primarily due to disputes over ethical clauses, anti-money-laundering reviews, and a tight Senate agenda. Analysts note that with approximately only 20 legislative days remaining before Congress adjourns in August, it must complete the reconciliation of House and Senate versions, procedural votes, and submission to the President for signature. If it fails to advance before the recess, it may be delayed until next year, or even further postponed due to changes in the election cycle.Jefferies believes that if the bill is enacted, it will drive the expansion of businesses such as tokenized assets, custody, staking, lending, and crypto ETFs, benefiting the development of markets like Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH). However, if delayed, it could suppress institutional investment in on-chain infrastructure and crypto-related IPOs.Additionally, the market expects policy uncertainty to continue affecting the stock performance of crypto-related public companies such as Circle, Coinbase, and Bullish. Jefferies added that even as regulations gradually clarify, intensified competition in the stablecoin space could become a long-term source of pressure for companies like Circle. (CoinDesk)
Circle co-founder and CEO Jeremy Allaire has seemingly responded to the launch of Open USD. He stated that stablecoins are reshaping the infrastructure for storing and transferring value on the internet, becoming one of the largest potential market opportunities globally, and emphasized his long-term strong bullish outlook on this sector.Circle will continue to expand the USDC ecosystem by integrating with more blockchain networks, enhancing cross-chain interoperability, and strengthening connections with the traditional financial system, including banks, payment companies, and capital market institutions. The goal is to further standardize stablecoin infrastructure. At the same time, the company welcomes continuous innovation and competition within the industry and will focus on building more robust stablecoin infrastructure while improving partners' ecological participation and economic incentive mechanisms. This is aimed at driving the development of a "stablecoin-native Internet financial system."Previously, it was reported that, potentially influenced by competitive news regarding Open USD, CRCL experienced a sharp intraday decline of nearly 9%.
According to The Block, Zcash-related non-profit organization Sovright has released the wallet recovery tool Argos to help early users who still hold old seed phrases recover funds in protected addresses affected by the discontinuation of maintenance for ZEC Wallet Lite in 2022. Sovright stated that the issue mainly affects early and long-term Zcash supporters, involving a "considerable" amount of funds, but the specific number of affected addresses cannot be confirmed at this time.
According to official announcements, Binance announced that it will officially open RE/U and XPL/U spot trading pairs on June 30 at 16:00 (UTC+8), and simultaneously launch related spot algorithmic trading bot services.
MetaMask has announced the launch of a new self-custodial account, "Money Account," which integrates stablecoin yields, payment spending, and trading functions into a single wallet system, further driving its transformation into a comprehensive financial platform. The product, launched by Consensys, is built on the Monad blockchain, with its core asset being the dollar-pegged stablecoin mUSD. Users can earn a floating annualized yield of up to approximately 4% while holding their assets. Funds will be automatically allocated to decentralized lending protocols such as Morpho, with Aave to be integrated in the future.Unlike traditional DeFi products, this account does not require users to manually transfer funds between protocols. Yields are automatically activated upon deposit and can be directly used for trading functions such as token swaps, perpetual contracts, and prediction markets. (CoinDesk)
Economist and gold advocate Peter Schiff stated in his latest commentary that the market widely believes it is "almost impossible" for Bitcoin to drop to $20,000, but this judgment lacks a solid basis.Schiff pointed out that Bitcoin fell below the $20,000 level approximately 3.5 years ago, a period not so distant that a return to this price range can be ruled out. Significant retracements of assets within relatively short cycles are not uncommon in financial markets. He further noted that due to Bitcoin's higher volatility compared to most stocks, a pullback of similar magnitude under changes in macro or liquidity conditions is "entirely reasonable," and the market should not underestimate the downside risk.
Ondo Finance has announced the integration of its tokenized securities platform, Ondo Global Markets, with Uniswap. Over 430 tokenized stocks and ETFs on the platform are now simultaneously available on Ethereum and BNB Chain. Users can trade via the Uniswap interface or the UniswapX API.Compliant users can trade tokenized shares of companies such as SpaceX, Tesla, NVIDIA, Apple, Microsoft, and Amazon, as well as major ETF assets like SPY and QQQ, directly on-chain. Trades leverage UniswapX to benefit from optimal liquidity routing, MEV protection, and gas-free transactions. All wallets and protocols integrated with the UniswapX API can support Ondo's full suite of tokenized securities without requiring additional development. Data shows that since its launch in September 2025, Ondo Global Markets has covered over 430 tokenized securities, with its TVL surpassing $1 billion and cumulative trading volume exceeding $20 billion.
Odaily, ARK Invest CEO Cathie Wood released her latest market views on X, stating that a series of current macroeconomic data continues to dispel market concerns about a renewed rise in inflation. The US economy is entering a new upward cycle driven by technological productivity and will not repeat the stagflationary scenario of the 1970s. On the data front, US productivity growth is at 3%, unit labor costs at 0.5%, and Truflation's core CPI is near 1.3%. Multiple indicators confirm that inflationary pressures remain low. Even with strong employment data, short-term market pullbacks only reflect investor sensitivity to interest rates and macro risks. The current market is in a classic "climbing the wall of worry" phase, similar to the 1980s and 1990s, where innovation dividends support long-term asset appreciation.Cathie Wood points out that core technologies such as AI, robotics, autonomous driving, and multi-omics are still in their early stages of development. The productivity-enhancing effects have yet to be fully reflected in economic statistics. This is the early phase of a tech-driven expansion cycle, and technological innovation will dominate medium- to long-term economic growth.
B.AI officially announced that its team-level AI collaboration product "B.AI Team" has entered the first phase of gray release testing, and simultaneously launched a public recruitment for the first batch of experience teams globally. This version focuses on enterprise-level AI collaboration pain points, introduces a shared Credits pool, and enables unified scheduling of team compute resources and visualized cost management;
Cambricon has issued an announcement on abnormal stock price fluctuations. The cumulative increase in the company's stock price is relatively large, exceeding the gains of related indices such as the STAR Composite Index and the Shanghai Composite Index, and there may be a risk of a decline due to too rapid a short-term increase.
Helix Infrastructure Partners, an AI infrastructure company backed by private equity giant KKR, has officially entered the AI data center investment sector. The company plans to accelerate the provision of customized computing facilities for hyperscale cloud providers by acquiring existing data center developers.Helix is led by former Amazon Web Services executive Adam Selipsky and has received support from industry capital including Nvidia. The goal is to rapidly acquire mature assets rather than building data centers from scratch, amid persistently high demand for AI computing power.It is reported that the company is evaluating the acquisition of data center enterprises specializing in developing customized facilities for large cloud clients, aiming to alleviate the current market’s “data center supply bottleneck” and accelerate the pace of AI infrastructure deployment. Analysts point out that under the dual constraints of surging AI computing demand and tight power resources, private capital is accelerating its involvement in data center asset consolidation, driving a shift in AI infrastructure from a development-driven model to a merger and acquisition-driven one. (The Information)
Nasdaq has announced the selection of the Pyth Network as its market data distribution channel, bringing its core product, Nasdaq TotalView, which includes depth market data and order imbalance information, onto the blockchain and institutional-grade data networks.According to the announcement, Nasdaq will join the Pyth Data Marketplace as a data publisher. This integration will enable its market data to be distributed through a single interface to on-chain protocols, institutional systems, and various software-driven financial applications. This marks the first time Pyth has carried native market data distribution from a major exchange.Nasdaq TotalView is its standard depth-of-market data product, covering the complete order book. It displays the order depth at each price level and market participant behavior, while also providing order imbalance data during the opening and closing auction periods.
Apollo Chief Economist Torsten Slok issued a risk warning, stating that major AI companies are heavily borrowing for industrial expansion, with the total scale of related bond issuance estimated to reach $700 billion. This massive new supply is diverting market funds, creating a significant crowding-out effect on U.S. Treasuries and other credit products.Torsten Slok stated that if the scale of debt financing for AI infrastructure continues to expand, the overall capital allocation logic in the bond market will undergo a restructuring, persistently suppressing demand for U.S. Treasuries while exerting medium- to long-term pressure on the liquidity of the entire credit market.
Nasdaq-listed Bitcoin treasury company Empery Digital has announced the signing of a definitive cooperation agreement with Hunt Properties, investing $65 million to acquire a 25% equity stake in a new project entity. This entity plans to acquire and repurpose industrial厂房 in the U.S. Midwest to build a professional AI data center.The two parties have established a long-term strategic partnership to jointly develop computing power assets, advance AI and high-performance computing (HPC) infrastructure expansion, and integrate advantages in power supply, grid access, and capital market financing. Simultaneously, Empery Digital announced it will cease its previous public data disclosures based on Bitcoin holdings net asset value (NAV). The company explained that its current asset structure can no longer be measured solely by Bitcoin holdings and will focus on growth opportunities in AI computing power and energy infrastructure, diversifying into physical computing power operations. (Businesswire)
Odaily Planet Daily: The recent voting results of ENS DAO, centered around the governance of the Ethereum Name Service, have sparked controversy within the community. Community members pointed out that in the latest on-chain vote, ENS founder Nick Johnson cast approximately 3.26 million votes against the executive proposal to renew the Security Council for two years. This proposal had previously passed a Snapshot community vote, but the on-chain executive proposal failed to gain support. As the controversy escalated, some community members expressed concerns about the level of decentralization in the ENS DAO governance mechanism. However, others believe the incident reflects more of an issue with the distribution structure of governance tokens rather than a failure of the protocol itself.