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In response to the accusations from Michael Kratsios, the Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, regarding Moonshot AI (Kimi) referencing Anthropic's Fable while developing the K3 model and building a large-scale distillation platform, Moonshot AI team member Randy Xia stated that Fable was released on July 1 and K3 went live on July 15, which means that the model research, distillation, training, and release were completed in just 15 days. He joked, "We trained a brand new cutting-edge model in just 15 days; this is practically a Guinness World Record."Kratsios had previously stated that Moonshot AI established an internal platform capable of large-scale distillation for U.S. models, switching between various access methods to evade detection, and had procured GB300 servers and accessed related equipment in Thailand for training. The U.S. side expressed support for legitimate distillation but opposed the theft of technology through secret industrial distillation methods.

NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang stated in an exclusive interview with Axios on Tuesday that American companies "absolutely" should be allowed to use Chinese open-source AI models, directly challenging the Trump administration and some American AI labs' blockade policies.Huang believes that the market's panic over Kimi K3 is a misreading, similar to the sell-off triggered by DeepSeek in early 2025: cheaper open-source models will expand the AI audience and increase, rather than decrease, the demand for chips, data centers, and computing power. "Free AI is good for hardware, good for chips, good for data centers." He also refuted the notion that open-source models pose security risks, claiming that open-source is actually safer because external researchers can examine the models, expose vulnerabilities, and build defenses, while calling for Anthropic to open its Claude Mythos model to "everyone."Huang rejected the narrative that "China will defeat American companies," arguing that the AI race has no finish line and that China and the U.S. will coexist in the long term. Hours after the interview, U.S. Treasury Secretary Bessent stated that the government is reviewing whether Chinese AI models are stealing intellectual property and considering sanctions. Huang responded that knowledge distillation is the foundation of intelligence and that accountability should be directed at violations rather than the models themselves.

According to reports from Yicai, there are many rumors that "Xiaohongshu secretly submitted an IPO application before the end of June," but it was hindered by former employees reporting its "compliance issues for listing."In response, Xiaohongshu stated: The current circulating information related to the IPO is not true.

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong posted on X in response to the recent controversy sparked by his profile picture change and the voices from the Base community feeling insufficiently supported. Armstrong made it clear that his personal X account should not be viewed as investment advice or a signal source for individual tokens; he simply shares content online that he finds interesting or funny, and he may not be aware of whether the content relates to a specific token or project. His posts and profile picture do not constitute endorsement or commitment.Armstrong pointed out that Base is committed to building financial services infrastructure, covering tokenized stocks, lending protocols, stablecoin payments, and even meme coin trading. He supports economic freedom and user freedom to trade, but treating his X account as a trading signal is a risk users must bear, which also goes against his own wishes. Regarding support from the Base team or Coinbase, Armstrong stated that many tokens cannot be listed on centralized exchanges due to compliance and regulatory reasons, "If you hope Jesse or I can help pump or call certain tokens, we will not do that."The ways Coinbase has committed to support include hosting offline Base Batches events, providing funding to promising developers, investing in quality projects through Coinbase Ventures and the Base ecosystem fund, and regularly integrating promising Base DeFi protocols into Coinbase products. Currently, the post has over 1.05 million views.

In response to the recent community controversy surrounding Base, crypto KOL Rune questioned on the X platform, stating that Cobie's goal in taking over the Base App is to promote on-chain transactions, but the current management of Base is continuously undermining user trust, leading users to believe that "trusting anything related to Base for more than 24 hours is a mistake." Under this culture, it is difficult to attract new users.In response, Cobie stated that he took over the Base App and related Coinbase trading products a few days ago, but he is not responsible for the Base chain. He acknowledged that Coinbase has long had a distance from users, especially native crypto users, and that Base and Coinbase have overdrawn a lot of user trust due to some avoidable mistakes. He hopes to listen more to the voices of on-chain users in the future and create products that users truly want to use.Subsequently, Rune responded again, stating that Coinbase's biggest problem is not just the alienation from users, but the long-term neglect and even harm to its own users. He indicated that currently over 10,000 Base users have suffered about 99% asset loss due to trusting the Base/Coinbase management, and the management's attitude towards related events has further exacerbated community dissatisfaction.Rune believes that Base has the infrastructure to become the best Layer2 in the crypto industry, but what is truly lacking is a leadership willing to take responsibility for users. He expressed hope that Cobie could change this situation, but emphasized that the current issues with Base are not just about damaged trust, but that community trust has almost completely eroded.

The Financial Services Commission of South Korea responded positively to the recent controversies surrounding single-stock leveraged exchange-traded funds (ETFs) when it released supplementary regulatory measures. Byeon Je-ho, the Director of the Capital Markets Bureau of the Financial Services Commission, clearly stated that launching leveraged ETF products targeting single stocks such as Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix in the domestic market has indeed had a significant effect in locking in domestic investment demand and preventing capital outflow to overseas leveraged markets like Hong Kong or the United States.In response to external accusations that single-stock leveraged ETFs are the "main culprit" behind the recent increase in volatility in the South Korean stock market, the Financial Services Commission refuted this claim. Byeon Je-ho pointed out that the recent dramatic market fluctuations cannot be solely explained by leveraged ETFs, with the core reason being the alternating expectations of the global semiconductor industry cycle. Data shows that from May 26 to July 10, the annualized daily return volatility of U.S. SanDisk (131%), Micron (123%), and Japan's Kioxia (118%) was higher than that of South Korea's SK Hynix (113%) and Samsung Electronics (96%). Additionally, some investors' contrarian operations have played a role in stabilizing stock prices to some extent.Regarding the demands from some politicians and market participants to "forcefully delist single-stock leveraged ETFs," the Financial Services Commission clearly rejected this request. The official explanation stated that delisting must meet statutory termination criteria such as a sharp decline in market value or a lack of liquidity providers (LPs), and currently, the market is showing signs of heating up due to excessive demand, which does not meet the delisting conditions. The Financial Services Commission indicated that such calls should be understood as the market's urgent expectation for strengthened compliance and robust regulatory measures.

Robinhood Chain's Pons launchpad officially responded to previous reports regarding a token authorization vulnerability in its frontend, stating that the Pons launchpad trading page does not have any Multicall3 functionality. The Multicall3 functionality mentioned in the tweet comes from the previous version of the Debank Chain cross-chain bridge, which was launched before the Pons launchpad and does not affect launchpad users.Currently, the only confirmed affected asset is 0.6 NOXA tokens, valued at approximately $0.66. As a security precaution, Pons recommends that users who have used the old cross-chain bridge revoke token authorization through revoke.cash. The team is currently working with auditing firms to investigate potential risks and stated that they will restore Pons frontend services once it is confirmed that there are no actual vulnerabilities.

According to Jinshi News, ECB Governing Council member Panetta stated that the European Central Bank's goal in considering future interest rate decisions is to maintain the stability of inflation expectations and limit the indirect and secondary effects of shocks.

In response to the recent market controversy regarding the reduction of Stabledrop shares, Cap founder Benjamin issued a statement of apology and provided a detailed response. He stated that the team prematurely committed to an airdrop scale of 11 million before the funding was fully secured, but subsequent changes in the market environment led to a fundraising amount that fell short of expectations, resulting in the actual airdrop pool shrinking to 4.2 million.To avoid substantial principal losses for early YT (Yield Token) holders, the team temporarily adjusted the originally planned linear distribution scheme to a "capital protection but no profit" restructuring model, ensuring that no one incurs losses. This rule applies equally to all wallets. Meanwhile, in response to community concerns about a related whale address allegedly engaging in "internal score manipulation," Benjamin clarified that the wallet belongs to a former colleague and is not operated by the team, and that project treasury funds have not been utilized. Additionally, he emphasized that the Cap protocol is still operating healthily, and the decline in TVL that occurred over the weekend was mainly due to the surge in USDM lending rates on Aave for MegaETH, causing arbitrageurs to exit, which is unrelated to this airdrop incident. All redemptions have been processed smoothly.

According to official news, TAC issued a statement regarding the significant price drop in the past 24 hours, stating that the protocol was not attacked, on-chain assets are secure, and the system is operating normally; the team and early investors did not participate in the sell-off, and the related tokens are still within the lock-up and vesting period, with no possibility of unlocking at this stage.

Strive's Vice President of Bitcoin Strategy Joe Burnett stated that there are currently three types of investment views on Bitcoin in the market: first, the bulls, who believe that Bitcoin's long-term annualized return rate is higher than the cost of financing, and therefore are willing to borrow long-term capital to increase their Bitcoin holdings; second, the neutral investors, who view Bitcoin as a "Digital Credit" asset, only needing to believe that Bitcoin will not disappear and can generally follow the growth of USD inflation over the long term to meet their return needs.For example, according to Michael Saylor, if Bitcoin grows at an average annual rate of 3.3%, it can sustainably rely on capital gains to pay current dividends; third, the bears, who can express their views by shorting Bitcoin or leveraging Bitcoin products. Burnett believes that as bulls, neutrals, and bears all have corresponding Bitcoin investment tools, more capital is expected to enter the Bitcoin market.

In response to the online incident of "Gate being hacked for 1.7 million," the platform's founder and CEO Dr. Han tweeted: The details of the incident are all here. After reading, it will be clear. Regarding this incident, the official Gate account has already provided a complete disclosure and review of the events earlier.

Metagent co-founder and former CTO Li Bojie responded to the accusations from ABCDE Capital partner Du Jun, stating that of the $1.5 million stipulated in the investment agreement, only $500,000 has been received, while the remaining $1 million has not been paid, yet the cap table still calculates ABCDE's equity based on $1.5 million. Li Bojie indicated that due to the long delay in funding, he and the co-founders voluntarily reduced their salaries, which hindered the company's recruitment and research and development; he left in October 2024 due to family reasons and compliance issues with Web3 in mainland China. Before leaving, he disclosed the cap table and business progress as required, and stated that future entrepreneurial projects will avoid areas related to non-compete clauses such as Web3, AI infrastructure, and image generation.

Trump responded when asked whether Trump Accounts might incorporate Bitcoin in the future: "Something could happen."

According to The Block, South Korean media regulators will give Polymarket an opportunity to respond before deciding whether to take corrective action against its prediction market platform.Regulators are reviewing whether Polymarket's services constitute illegal gambling activities prohibited by South Korean law.

According to Cointelegraph, early Bitcoin investor and billionaire Tim Draper denied recent rumors about transferring a large amount of Bitcoin and stated that he "has not used any BTC assets."Previously, the blockchain analysis platform Lookonchain cited Arkham data indicating that a "wallet possibly related to Draper" transferred about 1,000 BTC, worth approximately $62 million, to Coinbase Prime, attracting market attention.The Arkham platform had labeled the related address as "Tim Draper" and noted that the wallet has a long interaction history with Coinbase Prime, but this label is based on AI inference, with limited confidence, and the true ownership cannot be confirmed.Tim Draper stated that the related claims are untrue and reiterated his long-term view: Bitcoin will reach a target price of $250,000 within a year. Records show that Draper purchased nearly 30,000 BTC for about $18.7 million in 2014, with an average price of about $632, which is currently worth about $1.9 billion, making him one of the earliest well-known institutional investors in Bitcoin.Meanwhile, Draper's $250,000 target price has been reiterated multiple times since 2018, but the timeline has continued to be pushed back, while Bitcoin's recent peak was about $126,080 (October 2025). The market still shows significant divergence regarding future trends.

Binance will stop trading and delist Alchemix (ALCX), Ardor (ARDR), NFPrompt Token (NFP), and Marlin (POND) on July 10, 2026, at 11:00. Users are advised to pay attention to the changes in related trading pairs and to handle their orders and assets in a timely manner.

On the evening of June 25, CoinUp held a Space live broadcast on platform X, with CoinUp founder Queenie attending to respond to recent hot topics, reaching a peak online audience of over 15.6K.This Space focused on issues such as the relationship between Zhu Pan and CoinUp, the current operational status of the platform, CPX price fluctuations, the platform's original intention, and future plans. Queenie publicly reiterated that Zhu Pan is not an employee of the CoinUp platform, the platform is currently operating normally, deposits and withdrawals are functioning normally, and there is absolutely no intention to run away.Queenie emphasized that CoinUp will adhere to long-termism, continuously optimizing product experience, project review, and risk control mechanisms. In the future, the platform will continue to upgrade around diversified asset products, CPX ecological applications, and global business, and will accelerate the promotion of compliance license layouts in more regions to drive CoinUp's ecological construction in a more robust and transparent manner.

Aave founder Stani Kulechov responded to reports regarding Kraken's parent company Payward's intention to acquire a 15% stake in the Aave protocol, stating that AAVE "cannot be sold at a 70% discount." Previously, CoinDesk reported that Payward was negotiating to acquire a 15% stake in Aave at a valuation of $385 million. Based on this valuation, it would only correspond to about 30% of the fully diluted valuation of AAVE tokens, which is significantly lower than the market valuation.Kulechov stated on X that the reports were not accurate. He did not completely deny that Aave Labs might sell some of its held AAVE tokens, but he mentioned that Aave Labs does indeed hold a certain amount of AAVE and that several market participants have discussed purchasing through direct or indirect means or engaging in deeper cooperation around long-term partnerships. Aave is the largest decentralized lending protocol in the Ethereum ecosystem. Kulechov stated that Aave currently has an annual revenue of approximately $134 million, with the related revenue flowing to Aave DAO. He had previously proposed a governance plan to redirect Aave Labs, protocol, and product revenues to Aave DAO and token holders.At the time of this rumor, Aave was experiencing some pressure. After the Kelp DAO incident in April, Aave's TVL significantly declined. Although Aave itself was not directly attacked, the KelpDAO cross-chain bridge attackers had used Aave to convert the stolen rsETH into other assets.