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MINIMAX (00100.HK) announced plans to raise approximately HKD 16.041 billion through the placement of new shares and the issuance of zero-coupon convertible bonds. According to the announcement, the company will place 35.6 million new Class A shares at HKD 268 per share (approximately a 9.89% discount to the closing price of the previous trading day), expecting to raise about HKD 9.541 billion; at the same time, it plans to issue zero-coupon secured convertible bonds with a total principal amount of HKD 6.5 billion due in 2027, with an initial conversion price of HKD 335 per share (approximately a 12.64% premium to the closing price). Morgan Stanley and UBS are acting as arrangers for this transaction, with the placement and bond issuance being independent of each other and not conditional upon one another. If all the bonds are ultimately converted into shares, the two transactions could add up to approximately 55 million shares, accounting for nearly 15% of the company's enlarged total share capital. Regarding the use of funds, MINIMAX stated that approximately 80% of the net proceeds are intended to strengthen AI infrastructure and model development, 10% to accelerate the global commercialization of products, and the remaining 10% for working capital and general corporate purposes.

According to Bloomberg, the venture capital firm Paradigm, focused on the cryptocurrency sector, has raised approximately $1.2 billion and plans to increase its investment in artificial intelligence (AI) related projects.According to informed sources, this fundraising will focus on AI infrastructure, AI Agents, and the integration of AI with blockchain technology. Paradigm hopes to capture the next wave of technological innovation through the new fund and expand its investment footprint in emerging technology sectors.Founded in 2018 by Matt Huang and Fred Ehrsam, Paradigm is one of the leading cryptocurrency venture capital firms in the industry, having invested in several blockchain projects including Coinbase and Uniswap.This fundraising indicates that after experiencing previous market cycle adjustments, crypto capital is refocusing on the intersection of AI and blockchain. With the rapid development of AI agents, decentralized computing, on-chain data infrastructure, and other areas, more and more crypto investment firms are beginning to see AI as an important growth opportunity for the next stage.

According to Bloomberg, citing informed sources, SK Hynix Inc. is considering paying underwriting fees of approximately 0.5% of the total fundraising amount to investment banks participating in its U.S. listing project. This deal is expected to become one of the largest stock issuances in history.Informed sources stated that although SK Hynix has indicated plans to issue new shares equivalent to a maximum of 2.5% of the company's total equity, the final issuance scale has not yet been determined, which will directly affect the amount of underwriting fees that the investment banks will ultimately receive.Additionally, SK Hynix may also pay extra discretionary bonuses to the investment banks involved in the transaction, beyond the basic underwriting fees. Informed sources mentioned that discussions are still ongoing, and the final agreement details may still change.

According to Fortune, the crypto venture capital firm Framework Ventures announced the completion of its fourth fundraise, totaling $400 million. The investors include endowment funds from Ivy League schools, sovereign wealth funds, and non-profit organizations, though the specific names have not been disclosed. Framework co-founders Vance Spencer and Michael Anderson stated that the new fund will invest in the field of "cutting-edge technology," which includes not only crypto but also areas such as AI, robotics, and energy. Currently, about half of the funds from the fourth fund have been deployed.Framework Ventures was established in 2019 and initially focused on investments in the DeFi sector, participating in early rounds of leading protocols such as Aave and Chainlink. Previously, it completed fundraises of $100 million and $400 million for its second and third funds in 2021 and 2022, respectively.

According to Jinshi reports, market news indicates that SpaceX plans to raise $25 billion through the issuance of high-grade bonds.

U.S. stock-listed digital infrastructure developer and operator Blockchain Digital Infrastructure announced that it has raised an additional $8.25 million through a public offering of common stock. Investors purchased an additional 4,999,999 shares of common stock at a public offering price of $1.65 per share. The new funds are intended to support its artificial intelligence hosting and high-performance computing workloads, among other businesses.

According to Jinshi, SpaceX (SPCX.O) stated that the underwriters exercised their option to purchase an additional 83.33 million shares. SpaceX raised approximately $85.7 billion in its initial public offering.

According to data from CryptoRank.io, in the second quarter of 2026, only $58 million was raised through methods such as Initial Exchange Offerings (IEO), Initial Coin Offerings (ICO), and Initial DEX Offerings (IDO), a decrease of 85% compared to the previous quarter. The number of fundraising projects also plummeted from 105 in Q1 to 37, a year-on-year decrease of 65%.In May, only 13 public fundraising events occurred, the lowest level since December 2020. Since peaking in the first quarter of 2025 (with $849 million raised across 429 projects), the public fundraising market has remained sluggish.

Informed sources revealed that SK Hynix plans to go public in the United States as early as August. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is likely to approve SK Hynix's application for American Depositary Receipts (ADR) listing during the week of June 22.SK Hynix stated in a statement: "SK Hynix plans to issue American Depositary Receipts (ADR) within 2026, but specific details including scale and timing have yet to be determined." SK Hynix announced in March that it had secretly submitted its application for a U.S. listing. At that time, a source said that this issuance could raise up to $14 billion in funding.

According to crypto journalist Eleanor Terrett, the U.S. House of Representatives' fundraising committee held a crypto tax hearing at 2 PM local time, introducing six separate bills and a discussion draft beforehand. The six bills cover crypto donations, taxation of mining and staking, reporting requirements, equal tax treatment, voluntary disclosure, and applying existing anti-abuse tax rules to digital assets; the discussion draft addresses offshore crypto tax evasion.The committee stated that the aforementioned bills aim to create clarity, fairness, and operability for digital assets, and to maintain the U.S. position as a global crypto hub. Witnesses attending the hearing included representatives from Fidelity, Coinbase, Coin Center, and NYU's Tax Law Center.

According to Crypto In America, the U.S. House of Representatives' fundraising committee will hold a hearing on cryptocurrency tax reform this Tuesday, reviewing seven discussion drafts covering aspects such as stablecoin trading, mining and staking, crypto lending, wash sale rules, charitable donations, and taxpayer disclosures. Essentially, this breaks down the previously proposed "Digital Asset Equality Act" into multiple independent pieces of legislation.Meanwhile, negotiations on the Senate's "Clarity Act" are still ongoing. Senator Lummis stated that the bill is more likely to advance after Congress reconvenes on July 13, with core disagreements focused on ethical clauses, DeFi regulatory language, and stablecoin yield issues. The banking industry continues to lobby against stablecoin yield clauses, while over 200 crypto organizations have jointly written to urge the swift advancement of the bill for a vote.In addition, Illinois plans to impose a 0.2% tax on digital asset transactions, which has sparked strong opposition from industry groups, warning that this move will drive crypto companies out of the state.

According to a report by Reuters, Reform UK, led by Nigel Farage, raised £9.3 million in the first quarter of 2026, surpassing the fundraising scale of major UK political parties for the third consecutive quarter, with some of the funds coming from large donations by cryptocurrency investors.

According to Fortune, the crypto-focused venture capital firm Variant has completed the fundraising of its new fund, Variant 4, totaling $222 million. The fund will invest in projects at their earliest stages, focusing on the theme of "autonomy" to integrate AI and crypto applications.Partner Jesse Walden stated that in the future, the label "crypto investor" will disappear, and crypto will become a universal "underlying pipeline" like internet infrastructure. The core is to provide users and businesses with greater autonomy and security through decentralized and contract security architecture, supporting the development of applications including DeFi platforms Uniswap and Morpho.

According to data compiled by institutions, Alphabet (GOOG.O) has initiated an $80 billion equity financing to raise funds for artificial intelligence infrastructure construction, which is expected to become the largest equity capital market transaction in history.The stocks in this joint issuance (including common stock, capital stock, and similar equity mandatory convertible preferred stock) were priced later on Tuesday. Its scale will exceed the approximately $70 billion issuance of common and preferred stock by Petrobras in 2010.The largest single transaction in this deal for Google's parent company—a $40 billion "at-the-market" issuance plan—is expected to launch in the third quarter. Such issuances allow the company to sell shares to the market from time to time without announcement, but it must regularly disclose the amount raised in regulatory filings.

Bitcoin Treasuries.NET posted on platform X that Strive's SATA has today raised enough funds to purchase 396 bitcoins, exceeding the previous weekly record in just two trading days. This week, the total amount raised can buy 798 bitcoins and is still increasing.

Nasdaq-listed digital asset treasury company BNB Plus announced that it will raise $4.1 million by issuing B-1 series and B-2 series convertible preferred shares, with participation from crypto-native institutional investors such as Comstock Multichain Fund under Silvermine Capital Advisors and Off the Chain LP. The funds raised will be used to increase digital asset reserves, provide operational funding support, and explore opportunities for AI infrastructure development. The company also disclosed that it currently holds over $16.4 million in cash and digital assets.

According to Ventureburn, Mouro Capital, the fintech venture capital fund under Santander Bank, announced the completion of its first round of fundraising for its third fund, raising $400 million. The investor is also Santander Bank. This fund will prioritize investments in areas such as artificial intelligence and blockchain, capital markets, and wealth management, aiming to enter the deep intersection of financial services, artificial intelligence, and enterprise software.It is reported that Mouro Capital had previously co-invested in the DeFi platform M^ZERO.

According to Axios, Silicon Valley venture capital firm Playground Global has completed fundraising of $475 million for a new fund, which will focus on investing in startups in the fields of artificial intelligence, automation, advanced computing, and deep tech.Playground Global was founded by Android co-founder Andy Rubin and others, and has long focused on AI infrastructure, robotics, and hardware innovation. This new fund indicates that, driven by the surge in generative AI and automation, capital continues to pour into the frontier technology sector.Playground Global is headquartered in Palo Alto, California, and previously completed fundraising of $410 million for its third fund in 2022. Its investment portfolio includes companies such as Agility Robotics, PsiQuantum, Skydio, Ultima Genomics, Virta Health, and Unconventional AI.