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According to Decrypt, Bitcoin mining company TeraWulf has signed a 20-year lease with Anthropic to build an approximately 401 MW AI data center park at the Justified Data campus in Hawesville, Kentucky, USA, which is expected to generate about $19 billion in revenue.Under the agreement, the first phase of the campus is expected to go live in the second half of 2027 and reach full capacity in early 2028. TeraWulf stated that the lease is expected to receive investment-grade credit rating support. In addition, TeraWulf has sold its 50.1% stake in the Abernathy Joint Venture to a group led by partner Fluidstack, exiting its approximately $450 million investment at a premium.Following the announcement, TeraWulf's stock price surged nearly 14%, and the stock prices of Bitcoin mining companies such as IREN, Hut 8, and Cipher Digital also rose by more than 10%, respectively.

Tom Lee, the chairman of BitMine, Ethereum's largest treasury, stated that although there is still widespread skepticism about ETH in the market, the ETH/BTC exchange rate is rising, indicating that investors are anticipating an improvement in the visibility of cryptocurrency "use cases," which is a good thing for the market.

According to PR Newswire, Bitcoin treasury company Bitmine disclosed that it increased its holdings by 42,197 Ethereum last week. As of June 28, 2026, its total Ethereum holdings reached 5,742,237 coins, accounting for approximately 4.8% of the total Ethereum supply.Currently, the total value of the cryptocurrencies, cash, and other investment assets held by Bitmine is approximately $11.1 billion, which includes $527 million in cash and securities, 206 Bitcoins, $180 million in equity assets from Beast Industries, and a $71 million investment in Eightco Holdings (ORBS).As of July 5, the number of Ethereum it has staked is 4,879,157 coins (85% of total holdings), valued at approximately $8.8 billion, with a current annualized staking yield of about $235 million.

According to Jinshi reports, SK Hynix officially launched its marketing process for its U.S. stock listing this Monday, aiming to leverage investors' continued enthusiasm for the memory chip sector to advance its trading on U.S. exchanges.According to the filing documents, SK Hynix plans to issue approximately 17.79 million shares of common stock corresponding to American Depositary Receipts. Based on last Friday's closing price in the Korean market, the scale of this issuance is approximately $28 billion. As a leading supplier of HBM chips, SK Hynix's listing in the U.S. opens up efficient financing channels for the company.According to previously disclosed regulatory documents, SK Hynix expects its American Depositary Receipts to officially begin trading on July 10 (this Friday). Based on the current proposed issuance scale, this ADR sale will rank among the top three largest IPOs in history (the specific amount depends on the exchange rate), potentially rivaling the $29.4 billion IPO scale set by Saudi Aramco in 2019.

According to Onchain Lens monitoring, the whale address starting with 0x15a has resumed trading after months of inactivity. The address deposited 1 million USDC into Hyperliquid and opened a 40x leveraged long position of 200 BTC, worth 12.58 million dollars.The last activity of this address was in March, and its perpetual contract historical profit and loss is a profit of 2.28 million dollars.

According to Token Terminal data, the Invesco tokenized U.S. Treasury Bond Fund USTB saw a quarter-over-quarter increase of approximately 300% in deposits to Aave in the second quarter.USTB is managed by Invesco and issued based on Superstate's FundOS transfer agent and tokenization infrastructure, demonstrating the ongoing deepening integration of real-world assets (RWA) with DeFi protocols.

According to the latest official announcement from the Chrome Web Store, the platform will officially implement the updated Developer Program Policy starting August 1, 2026. This update clearly delineates boundaries for regulated goods and services, listing "prediction markets" as a prohibited product category, strictly prohibiting any extensions from offering, facilitating, or supporting real-money trading based on prediction results.In addition, the new regulations further tighten data privacy and AI safety standards. The policy requires that user data collected by extensions must be strictly and exclusively used for the single purpose disclosed; if there is a change in data processing methods, users must be proactively notified. At the same time, extensions designed to circumvent AI-driven service safety protections, usage restrictions, and other protective mechanisms are explicitly prohibited. After August 1, if any extensions are found to be non-compliant with the above policies, the Chrome Web Store will take enforcement actions.

Summer.fi officially announced that it has suffered an attack and has suspended all vaults under the Lazy Summer Protocol. An investigation into the root cause is currently underway, and updates will be provided continuously.

The Central Cyberspace Affairs Commission recently announced the progress of the first phase of the "Clear and Bright: Rectifying AI Application Chaos" special action. Since its launch in April 2026, this action has focused on issues such as large models not being registered as required, insufficient review and filtering capabilities, AI data poisoning, and inadequate implementation of content labeling. As of now, the first phase has dealt with over 14,000 AI products, including non-compliant websites, applications, and intelligent agents, cleaned up more than 6 million illegal and non-compliant pieces of information, handled over 26,000 non-compliant accounts, and removed over 1,300 non-compliant AI products and 9 non-compliant open-source datasets.During the special action, many local cyberspace departments have taken targeted measures such as establishing coordinated regulatory mechanisms and setting up reporting areas. Key platform companies such as Huawei, Alibaba, Zhiyu, and DeepSeek have also successively improved their registration review, content interception, and data anomaly detection mechanisms. The Central Cyberspace Affairs Commission stated that the next phase of governance will focus on cracking down on prominent issues such as the use of AI technology to create and disseminate false information, spread vulgar content, impersonate others, infringe on the rights of minors, and engage in internet water army activities, further increasing enforcement efforts and urging platforms to enhance their prevention and governance capabilities.

According to Binance Research data, as of June 2026, the total value of RWA assets is approximately $31.7 billion, with the private credit sector experiencing the strongest monthly growth, adding about $883 million.The Binance Research report states that Centrifuge is driving a resurgence in the tokenization of private credit, with its $200 million JAAA issued on Solana demonstrating the feasibility of bringing institutional-grade assets on-chain.In addition, Binance launched bStocks, converting real U.S. stock holdings into tokens on the BNB Chain, supporting 24/7 on-chain trading. The report shows that 80% of tokenized stock trades come from emerging markets, with 93% of trades being fragmented, and the median trade size being $18.81.Binance Research expects that under the assumption of a 0.4% penetration rate, the market size for tokenized RWA could expand to $661 billion, representing approximately 62 times the current level of upside potential.

According to the monthly market insights released by Binance Research, among approximately 7,000 stocks and ETFs available for trading on Binance, over 700 have been traded, indicating that users have begun to participate in stock products.The report states that about 71% of Binance stock product holders have their stock holdings allocated to the technology sector, with approximately 48% of funds flowing into semiconductors, a category that has a trading volume about 23 times that of other categories.In terms of thematic fund flows, Binance stock product holders have a relatively diversified allocation, with 25% flowing into AI infrastructure and computing power, 22% into quantum computing, and relatively higher allocations in cutting-edge themes such as space and satellites, robotics, and humanoid robots. During the same period, broader ETF fund flows were mainly concentrated in semiconductors and AI storage.In addition, the report shows that at the portfolio level of Binance stock holders, 41% of holdings are allocated to crypto assets, 37% to stablecoins, and 22% to stocks.

The core oracle project of the TRON ecosystem, WINkLink, officially announced the launch of a long-term WIN token buyback plan. According to the official announcement, starting from the third quarter of 2026, 100% of the actual business revenue generated by the WINkLink oracle service will be used quarterly to buy back WIN tokens. The buyback portion will be destroyed quarterly as planned, and on-chain destruction data will be published in the following quarter to ensure full transparency. This move establishes a value support mechanism for the WIN token driven by real business revenue, enhancing liquidity and market confidence while providing a more solid value anchor for long-term holders.

According to Onchain Lens, a whale withdrew a total of 3,556 BTC from the German retail broker Trade Republic in two transactions, worth approximately $22.3 million at current prices.

According to Cointelegraph, the Bitcoin address "1KV47" recently completed its first transfer operation in nearly 15 years, moving 30 BTC (approximately $1.88 million) out of the wallet. This address originally received the aforementioned Bitcoin in August 2011. It is one of 39,069 listed addresses in a lawsuit in New York, where the plaintiff "Noah Doe" and two companies from Wyoming are attempting to claim ownership of these dormant Bitcoins under New York's lost property law.According to data from Alex Thorn, head of research at Galaxy Digital, 31 related addresses transferred 17,527 BTC in June, a significant increase from 4,834 BTC in February. Legal experts point out that address dormancy does not equate to abandonment of ownership, and in the absence of private key proof, the basis of the lawsuit is "extremely weak."

According to a recent article by npm co-founder Laurie Voss, research from Stanford University's Digital Economy Lab based on ADP payroll data shows that since the end of 2022, the number of employed junior software developers aged 22 to 25 has decreased by 19%, and entry-level software development positions have dropped by 28% from their peak, with the unemployment rate for computer science graduates rising to 6.1%. However, the total number of developers employed in the U.S. has still grown by 4.4% during the same period, with the employment of senior developers aged 41 to 49 increasing by 14%. Data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) further indicates that over the past year, the number of "computer programmer" positions primarily responsible for writing code on demand has decreased by 16%, while positions for data scientists and core software developers that require more architectural judgment have increased by 12% and 2%, respectively.At the same time, the proliferation of AI tools has led to an explosion in software creation. GitHub added a record 36 million accounts and 121 million code repositories last year, and the number of app submissions to the Apple App Store surged by 80% year-on-year in the first quarter of 2026. Data from platforms like Vercel and Lovable indicates that over 60% of new users are "non-traditional developers" such as product managers and analysts. Industry analysts warn that as AI replaces basic coding tasks, the traditional "junior to senior" engineer apprenticeship promotion path has been disrupted, raising concerns about the safety of AI-generated code and challenging the future sources of senior developers. However, the latest hiring data from platforms like Indeed shows that the demand for related entry-level positions hit bottom in May 2025 and has begun to show signs of rebound.

According to monitoring by Lookonchain, the whale 0x7746 has just withdrawn 14,267 ETH (25.3 million USD) from Binance.

According to The Block, Ripple announced that it has obtained a full authorization as a MiCA CASP (Crypto Asset Service Provider) issued by the Luxembourg financial regulator CSSF, allowing it to legally provide crypto asset services in all 30 countries of the European Economic Area.

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin published the proposal "The Extremely Lean Chain," demonstrating how to radically compress the state requirements of the Ethereum consensus chain in the context of the "Lean" upgrade. This plan shifts responsibility to validators, who manage and periodically prove their state through ZK proofs, thereby eliminating the processing burden for each epoch and potentially supporting millions of validators.The core mechanisms include: removing the validator public keys from the on-chain state, storing only the deposit tree index; canceling real-time reward and penalty processing, with validators generating daily STARK proofs of their participation and updating balances; completely re-randomizing validator identities daily, achieving strong anonymity through ZK-STARK, with withdrawal addresses exposed only at the time of withdrawal and not publicly linked to deposits or on-chain activities. Vitalik stated that based on upgrades such as single-slot finality and quantum-resistant signature aggregation, the state requirement per validator could be compressed from approximately 180 bytes to 6 bytes. The daily proof cost for a single validator requires processing about 5400 Merkle branches, which can be completed within 1 hour on ordinary hardware, and the on-chain burden can be reduced through aggregated proofs. Additionally, this design can achieve a "virtually free" single secret leader election function, with 1 day as the conservative cycle length and 1 hour as the lower limit.

According to Digital Daily, South Korean telecom operator KT announced that it will invest approximately 18 trillion won over the next three years, with 12 trillion won allocated for information security, IT, and networks, and 6 trillion won for AI infrastructure, while promoting new businesses in Token Factory and stablecoins.KT plans to create a Token Factory that supports token generation, mediation, and billing, combining a 1GW scale AI data center, a token optimization engine, and billing capabilities; at the same time, it intends to enter the stablecoin digital financial platform market, leveraging K Bank's 16 million customers, BC Card's 3.5 million merchants, and KT's network and security infrastructure to cover issuance, custody, settlement, and actual usage ecosystems.