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According to CoinMarketCap data, publicly listed companies currently hold a total of 1,340,145 bitcoins, accounting for 6.38% of the total bitcoin supply. Among them, Strategy holds 62.96%, ranking first; Others account for 15.45%; Twenty One Capital and XXI each hold 3.25%, Metaplanet holds 3.21%, and MARA holds 2.71%.Against the backdrop of record net outflows from bitcoin ETFs in June, corporate treasury allocations have shown divergence. Data shows that Strategy has recently reduced some of its bitcoin holdings, while Strive's holdings have surpassed 19,800 bitcoins, and mining companies like Riot and CleanSpark continue to increase their positions.

According to The Block, the European Union is considering revising its Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA), just about a week after this crypto regulatory framework fully came into effect. The European Commission is seeking feedback from relevant stakeholders, with a deadline of September 30.According to several anonymous sources familiar with the matter, the European Commission is assessing whether to expand the regulatory scope of MiCA to include emerging areas such as tokenization and non-EU stablecoin issuers.MiCA is a comprehensive regulatory framework established by the EU for crypto assets, aimed at creating unified rules for the issuance, trading, custody, and other related services of crypto assets across the EU. The regulation officially comes into effect in December 2024, but most service providers have been granted a transition period to complete compliance adjustments, which lasts until July 1 of this year.

According to the Wall Street Journal, the cryptocurrency company AI Financial (formerly Alt5 Sigma, stock ticker: AIFC), supported by the Trump family, is in talks with blockchain technology company Perpetuals.com to sell its core business, discussing a price of up to $15 million.This news marks a significant reversal in the company's strategy—just a year ago, AI Financial acquired a small payment company for $750 million, but since then, the deal has resulted in losses for almost everyone except the Trump family. The terms of the deal have not yet been finalized, negotiations are still ongoing, and there is a possibility of changes or a breakdown.

According to Bloomberg, a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) supported by Cantor Fitzgerald and Adam Back's Bitcoin reserve company BSTR announced that they have abandoned the original terms of the proposed merger and will renegotiate a revised agreement.In the context of a tightening cryptocurrency market and challenges faced by Bitcoin reserve companies, both parties decided to adjust the transaction arrangements. Cantor Equity Partners I Inc. and BSTR Holdings stated that they will no longer proceed with the transaction under the merger agreement signed last year, but will seek to establish revised transaction terms that better reflect the current market conditions. However, the two companies did not disclose the specific financial terms of the new transaction, nor did they indicate when a new agreement could be reached.

The Solana treasury company DeFi Development Corp. (DFDV), listed on NASDAQ, announced that it will no longer be responsible for the daily ecological operation and management of its meme coin DONT. The leadership of the ecosystem has been transferred to an independent team led by Daniel Reis-Faria, which will focus on the development of the DONT ecosystem, community building, partnership expansion, and liquidity enhancement.DFDV added that it will continue to hold its DONT treasury allocation, which currently accounts for approximately 31.6% of the total supply of DONT, and will hold it long-term according to the project's initial commitment.

The Japanese corporate bond issuance and purchasing platform operator Siiibo Securities announced that it plans to change its name to "Metaplanet Securities Inc." on July 13, 2026, and officially join the Metaplanet Group.Siiibo Securities stated that this name change requires approval from a temporary shareholders' meeting. The company previously operated with the mission of "creating free, transparent, and fair direct finance," providing an online private bond issuance and purchasing platform aimed at emerging enterprises and individual investors, and holds a first-class financial instruments business license in Japan.With the integration into the Metaplanet Group, Siiibo will further expand its business direction in the future, planning to leverage its parent company's experience in Bitcoin (BTC) asset operations to develop and offer BTC-based financial products to individual investors, creating a "BTC × Finance" platform.It is understood that Siiibo Securities was established in 2019 and currently operates an online securities platform focused on corporate bonds, providing private bond issuance and investment services. The platform has covered approximately 40 companies and over 100 types of bond products. After joining the Metaplanet Group, it will no longer be limited to the venture debt field but will explore more innovative income products that meet investor return demands.

According to Gate market data, the South Korean stock market performed actively today, with the beauty stock Manyo Factory reporting $11.60 during trading, an increase of 18.43%; Hanjoo Oil reported $6.88, an increase of 14.72%; IT'S HANBUL reported $7.25, an increase of 13.51%, with several popular South Korean stocks leading the market.Gate has established a 7×24 hour trading service system covering the three core markets of US stocks, Hong Kong stocks, and South Korean stocks, supporting over 10,000 US stocks and ETFs, more than 1,500 Hong Kong stocks, and over 1,000 South Korean stocks, totaling coverage of more than 12,500 stocks and ETF assets globally.Users can participate in global stock investment through Gate's unified account using USDT, supporting fractional share trading starting from a minimum of 0.01 shares, and enjoying stock dividend rights. The platform also supports cross-brokerage transfer of US and Hong Kong stocks, as well as corporate actions such as stock splits and consolidations, further optimizing the stock investment service experience.

Strategy CEO Phong Le posted on platform X that during the 3 months from April 6 to July 6, 2026, Strategy's Bitcoin holdings increased by 10%, reaching 843,775 BTC.During the same period, Strategy's US dollar reserves increased by 13%, reaching $2.55 billion; year-to-date BTC returns rose from 3.7% to 7.8%, achieving more than double growth.

According to CNBC, Apple announced on Wednesday that it will reach a multi-year partnership agreement with chip manufacturer Broadcom, expected to total over $30 billion. This is Apple's largest commitment to domestic manufacturing in the United States to date. Under the agreement, Broadcom will develop and supply customized ASIC chips (increasingly used for AI workloads) for multiple generations of Apple products and wireless components for cellular networks, Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth connectivity until 2031.The report noted that this collaboration is expected to facilitate the production of over 15 billion chips manufactured in the United States and includes a $1.5 billion investment to expand Broadcom's factory in Fort Collins, Colorado. Outgoing Apple CEO Tim Cook stated that this move is the largest single project in Apple's $600 billion investment plan announced in 2025, aimed at responding to the Trump administration's call to promote domestic manufacturing and help establish an end-to-end silicon supply chain in the United States.

According to CoinDesk, the new version of the XRP Ledger server software v3.2.0 has been launched, aiming to reduce operational costs, enhance stability, and increase appeal to institutional users. Currently, about 43% of the approximately 833 active nodes are running the new version, while 51% are still using the old version v3.1.3. However, about 89% of the 35 validators in the default UNL have upgraded, reaching the required 80% threshold for activation.The security amendment fixCleanup3_2_0 associated with the software upgrade is still under independent voting, covering fixes and improvements for single-asset vaults, permissioned DEX, multi-purpose tokens, and lending protocols, with current support far below the software adoption rate. Ripple has voted in favor of this amendment, and validators that do not upgrade before the amendment is activated may face the risk of being cut off from the Ledger.

South Korean fintech company Toss announced a partnership with Optimism and Sunnyside Labs to jointly explore a stablecoin pegged to the Korean won.In the coming months, the three parties will conduct a proof of concept (PoC) test to assess the feasibility of building compliant blockchain digital financial infrastructure based on the OP Stack, providing technical validation for applications related to the Korean won stablecoin.

According to a report by 10x Research, the stock prices of recently listed cryptocurrency-related companies have generally fallen sharply from their post-listing highs. Among them, Gemini (GEMI) has dropped by 91%, Amber (AMBR) has decreased by 89%, BitGo (BTGO) has fallen by 79%, Circle (CRCL) has declined by 78%, Coinbase (COIN) has decreased by 63%, and Securitize (SECZ) has also dropped by 41%.Data shows that these 8 recently listed cryptocurrency companies have, on average, fallen 73% from their post-listing highs. The report points out that the sharp decline in stock prices after listing has become a common phenomenon for cryptocurrency company IPOs, and investors need to adopt a more systematic strategy to cope with such volatility.

The board of directors of Nasdaq-listed RWA and stablecoin service provider Streamex has officially approved a stock buyback plan. The total funding limit for this buyback is $20 million, and the company may repurchase up to 10 million shares of common stock within the next 12 months at a maximum repurchase price of $2 per share.

Strive CEO Matt Cole stated in an interview that even if Bitcoin drops to 1 cent and stays there for 18 months, Strive can do nothing and it will not be a problem, nor will it need to sell even a single BTC.No price will force Strive to be liquidated.

According to Gelonghui, Samsung Electronics disclosed in its preliminary earnings report that its operating profit for the period from April to June this year is expected to reach 89.4 trillion won, approximately 58.4 billion dollars, setting a new quarterly historical record, with a quarter-on-quarter increase of 56%, surpassing analysts' previous average expectation of 84.2 trillion won.During the same period, Samsung Electronics' revenue is expected to reach 171 trillion won, exceeding the market estimate of 169.2 trillion won, and growing approximately 129% compared to the same period last year. The company plans to announce its complete financial report on July 30, at which time it will disclose net profit and classified data for each business segment.The report states that Samsung Electronics' quarterly operating profit has surpassed NVIDIA, making it the company with the highest quarterly operating profit in the world. The image shows that in the ranking of quarterly operating profits among major tech companies, Samsung Electronics ranks first with 58.4 billion dollars, NVIDIA ranks second with 53.5 billion dollars, Alphabet (Google) ranks third with 39.7 billion dollars, Microsoft ranks fourth with 38.4 billion dollars, and Apple ranks fifth with 35.9 billion dollars.

According to Onchain Lens monitoring, the Nasdaq-listed company Empery Digital has increased its holdings by 200 bitcoins (worth $12.84 million).In the past 6 days, the company has cumulatively increased its holdings by 1,200 BTC (worth $72.65 million).

According to CoinDesk, New York Stock Exchange-listed company Securitize (SECZ) plans to utilize over $400 million in funds to expand its institutional tokenization platform through the acquisition of complementary businesses, rather than acquiring competitors. Securitize previously went public through a merger with a SPAC under Cantor, retaining about 70% of trust funds, with total fundraising exceeding $400 million.Since its establishment in 2017, the company has issued approximately $4.4 billion in tokenized assets, including BlackRock's $2.2 billion U.S. Treasury money market fund BUIDL and nearly $300 million in Securitize's own tokenized stock, making it one of the largest issuers of tokenized assets currently. CEO Carlos Domingo stated that he is optimistic about the opportunities for stocks and ETFs to be tokenized, noting that even if only 2% of the global equity market, valued at around $140 trillion, is tokenized, it could create a tokenized market of approximately $30 trillion.

The Kobeissi Letter cited Bloomberg on platform X, stating, "American tech companies have committed to investing a record $850 billion in data center leasing over the next few years, an increase of $570 billion year-on-year, representing a growth rate of 204%, and a quarter-on-quarter increase of $200 billion, with a growth rate of 31%.It is reported that Meta added a commitment of $79 billion in the first quarter of 2026, a quarter-on-quarter increase of 76%, bringing the total commitment to approximately $183 billion. Microsoft added $41 billion during the same period, a quarter-on-quarter increase of 26%, with a total commitment of approximately $197 billion. Oracle leads with a total commitment of approximately $250 billion, having locked in several key sites to fulfill its contract with OpenAI."