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According to Gate market data, U.S. stocks closed higher on Wednesday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average initially rising by 0.29%, the S&P 500 index up by 0.38%, and the Nasdaq up by 0.6%. Apple (AAPL.O) rose by 4%, ASML (ASML.O) increased by 2%, SK Hynix (SKHY.O) fell by 9%, SanDisk (SNDK.O) dropped by 8%, and Intel (INTC.O) decreased by 4.4%.The Nasdaq China Golden Dragon Index closed up by 2.9%, with Alibaba (BABA.N) rising by 4.7% and Baidu (BIDU.O) increasing by 1.5%.

Recently, the gold and silver markets have remained active, with the trading heat of precious metals continuing to rise. According to market data from the Gate platform, gold (XAU) reached a 24-hour high of $4104.58, currently reported at $4032.17, with a 24-hour increase of 0.35%; silver (XAG) reached a 24-hour high of $59.73, currently reported at $58.40, with a 24-hour increase of 1.34%. According to CoinGlass data, the open interest for Gate XAU contracts reached $164 million, and the open interest for Gate XAG contracts reached $60.2258 million, both ranking among the top two in the industry.

According to Jinshi, the number of people continuing to claim unemployment benefits in the United States for the week ending June 27 was 1.814 million, slightly lower than the market expectation of 1.815 million. The previous value was revised from 1.814 million to 1.806 million.

Recently, international crude oil prices have fluctuated and rebounded, with active trading in the energy market. According to market data from the Gate platform, WTI crude oil (CLUSDT) reached a high of $72.80 in 24 hours, currently reported at $72.43, with a 24-hour increase of 4.79%; Brent crude oil (BZUSDT) reached a high of $76.52 in 24 hours, currently reported at $76.13, with a 24-hour increase of 4.96%. CoinGlass data shows that the trading volume of the Gate CLUSDT contract reached $8.2895 million in 24 hours, with an open interest of approximately $8.2299 million; the BZUSDT contract had a trading volume of $3.3371 million in 24 hours, with an open interest of approximately $2.7695 million, both ranking among the industry's leaders.

The prediction market platform Polymarket announced support for instant, self-custodied deposits via the Bitcoin Lightning Network, powered by the Spark protocol. Compared to the previous on-chain deposit method that required waiting for 3 to 6 block confirmations, taking about 10 to 60 minutes, the new solution allows for deposits to be credited in seconds, while lowering the deposit threshold and transaction costs.According to the introduction, Spark can complete checks for double-spending risk, fees, and Replace-by-Fee (RBF) at the time of transaction broadcasting, achieving "zero-confirmation" crediting. It also supports on-chain, Lightning Network, and stablecoin payment channels without the platform needing to operate Lightning Network nodes itself. Polymarket stated that this move will further enhance the capital efficiency for Bitcoin users and strengthen its competitiveness against rival Kalshi.

According to Gate market data, the three major U.S. stock index futures opened slightly lower on Wednesday.

Vitalik Buterin posted that there is a winner in the AI anonymous recognition challenge experiment he previously initiated. In this experiment, he wrote the Chinese version of EIP-7503 (Zero-Knowledge Wormhole) in 2024, manually corrected after using Qwen 2.5 for local translation, in an attempt to hide his identity.The article states that although the prose style was effectively blurred, the AI successfully identified it by detecting unique thinking habits in mathematics and algorithm explanations (such as specific numerical examples and logical chains), completely bypassing its obfuscation strategy that only targeted prose.

According to Jinshi reports, the US dollar index, which measures the dollar against six major currencies, rose slightly by 0.01% on July 6, closing at 100.853 in the foreign exchange market. 1 euro exchanged for 1.1443 US dollars, higher than the previous trading day's 1.1439 US dollars; 1 pound exchanged for 1.3395 US dollars, higher than the previous trading day's 1.3356 US dollars; 1 US dollar exchanged for 162.06 Japanese yen, higher than the previous trading day's 161.36 Japanese yen; 1 US dollar exchanged for 0.805 Swiss francs, higher than the previous trading day's 0.8035 Swiss francs; 1 US dollar exchanged for 1.4209 Canadian dollars, higher than the previous trading day's 1.4198 Canadian dollars; 1 US dollar exchanged for 9.6255 Swedish kronor, lower than the previous trading day's 9.6436 Swedish kronor.

Lighter founder and CEO Vladimir Novakovski tweeted that he has joined the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Innovation Advisory Committee as a member.

According to Jinshi, the number of people continuing to claim unemployment benefits in the United States for the week ending June 20 was 1.814 million, slightly higher than the market expectation of 1.81 million, with the previous value revised from 1.821 million to 1.812 million.

Lighter protocol released an update on token economics, announcing that all future repurchased LIT will be permanently destroyed to reduce the total supply of LIT. The first destruction will be executed within a few weeks after the end of Q2. Since the TGE, the protocol has programmatically repurchased approximately 15.5 million LIT using exchange revenue, accounting for about 6.3% of the circulating supply.Regarding staking, previously, staking rewards were supported by pre-TGE revenue, and starting today, they will shift to being supported by the remaining ecological tokens. The target staking yield is an annualized 6%, which, based on the current staking amount of approximately 125 million LIT, will allocate about 7.5 million LIT annually from the remaining 250 million LIT.The protocol stated that future treasury management will balance four priorities: rewarding long-term stakers, continuously reducing supply through destruction, reserving tokens for partnerships and growth plans, and maximizing the long-term value for token holders.

According to Hyperbot data, Huang Licheng has just slightly reduced his position in the 25x leveraged Ethereum long, currently holding 1200 ETH. The liquidation price is reported at $1553, and the current investment return rate has turned positive, reported at 0.53%.

According to CoinGlass data, gold (XAUT) is currently priced at $4042.66, with a 24-hour decline of approximately 0.68%. The total contract open interest for XAUT across the network in the last 24 hours reached $525 million, with the Gate platform's open interest exceeding $114 million, ranking third in the entire network.

According to Jinshi, the annual core PCE price index in the United States for May recorded 3.4%, meeting market expectations, marking a new high since October 2023.

According to official news, Lightning Labs has released Taproot Assets v0.8 and its accompanying SDK. The new SDK supports developers in quickly integrating stablecoin functionality on the Bitcoin network, adding features such as backup and recovery, multi-asset liquidity control, and faster proof verification, aimed at improving infrastructure efficiency. Lightning Labs stated that the future of multi-asset Bitcoin has arrived and encourages developers to start building.

According to Bloomberg, the European Parliament's Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee (ECON) has approved a position paper on the legal framework for the digital euro, paving the way for negotiations with member state governments and the European Commission on the final rules. The plan will advance both the online and offline versions of the digital euro, with the European Central Bank aiming to complete the launch by 2029 and to conduct a pilot within the next 12 months to validate the infrastructure in real-world scenarios. Regulators hope that the digital euro issued by the European Central Bank will reduce reliance on Visa, Mastercard, and dollar-denominated stablecoins, while providing a "secure European domestic option" for retail payments without eliminating physical cash.

According to SoSoValue data, most sectors in the cryptocurrency market have risen, with the AI sector performing outstandingly, up 2.87% in 24 hours. Among them, Unibase (UB) rose 54.91%, Billions Network (BILL) rose 8.37%, and Worldcoin (WLD) rose 6.26%.Other standout sectors include: the DeFi sector, which rose 1.02% in 24 hours, with LAB (LAB) rising 20.69%; the CeFi sector rose 0.63%, with OKB (OKB) rising 1.41%; the Meme sector rose 0.56%, with OFFICIAL TRUMP (TRUMP) rising 7.77%; the Layer2 sector rose 0.21%, with Polygon (ex-MATIC) (POL) rising 0.93%; the Layer1 sector rose 0.20%, with Aptos (APT) rising 2.76%.In other sectors, the PayFi sector fell 0.03%, but Ultima (ULTIMA) rose 5.08%; the GameFi sector fell 2.61%, with Axie Infinity (AXS) significantly dropping 14.40%.The cryptocurrency sector indices reflecting historical market trends show that the ssiMeme, ssiCeFi, and ssiMAG7 indices rose 0.79%, 0.66%, and 0.60%, respectively.

According to Jinshi, the number of initial jobless claims in the United States for the week ending June 13 was 226,000, slightly higher than the market expectation of 225,000, and the previous value was revised from 229,000 to 230,000.