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According to Techstartups, NVIDIA has announced the completion of its acquisition of predictive AI software company Kumo AI, with a transaction amount exceeding $400 million. This merger will expand NVIDIA's AI software business boundaries and strengthen its industry advantage in enterprise-level predictive analytics.It is reported that Kumo AI was founded in 2022, and its self-developed foundational model can connect to structured data from enterprise data warehouses, implementing various commercial scenarios such as customer churn prediction, fraud prevention, supply and demand estimation, risk control review, and intelligent product recommendations.Reports indicate that the founding team of Kumo AI officially joined NVIDIA last month, and as of now, NVIDIA has not made any official comments regarding this acquisition.

According to GlobeNewswire, Bitcoin treasury company Genius Group announced the official launch of its AI treasury, having completed the first batch of investments in the AGI Infinity Portfolio, purchasing 10,000 shares of Destiny Tech 100 and 800 shares of Fundrise Innovation Fund, marking the first funds allocated towards its goal of a $100 million AI treasury in phases.According to disclosed data, this allocation allows Genius Group to indirectly gain exposure to several leading private AI companies, including Anthropic (approximately 16% of the portfolio), SpaceX (11%), OpenAI (7.4%), Databricks (7.4%), Shield AI (2%), and Anduril Industries (0.7%).Genius Group stated that it will continue to expand the scale of the AI treasury through a monthly investment plan in the future.

AI infrastructure startup Nscale has disclosed that it has completed nearly $4 billion in financing, with a valuation of $14.6 billion following its latest $2 billion Series C round. Nscale, formerly a cryptocurrency mining company spun off from Arkon Energy, is currently focused on building and operating AI data centers and leasing computing power resources to enterprises. Its investors include technology companies such as Nvidia, Dell, and Nokia.Since 2026, Nscale has also secured $1.4 billion in GPU collateral loans and a $790 million financing line to support its AI infrastructure expansion plans. Nscale participated in OpenAI's "Stargate" infrastructure project, deploying AI computing facilities in the UK and Norway, but as OpenAI adjusted its related plans, some projects have been taken over by Microsoft and Google.

According to Coinglass data, since May 19, the negative premium trend of Bitcoin on Coinbase has expanded, currently reported at -0.1931%, and it has been in negative premium for 17 consecutive days, indicating that the demand for BTC in the U.S. market has not yet significantly recovered, and investor risk appetite has declined.During the same period, Bitcoin has fallen from $77,000 to the current $62,000, with this round of correction possibly led by U.S. investors. The Coinbase Bitcoin premium index is used to measure the difference between the Bitcoin price on Coinbase and the global market average price; a negative premium typically reflects significant selling pressure in the U.S. market, a decline in investor risk appetite, increased market risk aversion, or capital outflows.

According to TechFundingNews, AI company Lassie, founded by former Robinhood and Superhuman employees Steijn Pelle and Frédéric Renken, has completed a $35 million Series A funding round led by a16z, with participation from Night Capital, the founder of Superhuman, the co-founder of Plaid, the co-founder of Wise, among others, bringing the total funding to $47 million.The two co-founders worked manually for months at a dental clinic before writing code, handling insurance claims and reconciling payments. Currently, Lassie operates in over 700 clinics across 49 states in the U.S., saving owners more than 250,000 hours of administrative work each year. a16z general partner Alex Rampell has joined the board of Lassie. Lassie's AI agent directly accesses the clinic's insurance portal, pulls reimbursement data, reconciles, updates system records, and verifies bank funds, completely replacing human labor rather than adding a software layer.

According to monitoring by BitcoinTreasuries.NET, the US-listed company DDC Enterprise has increased its holdings by 90 bitcoins, currently holding a total of 2804 BTC, ranking 28th in the bitcoin holdings leaderboard.

According to on-chain analyst Yu Jin's monitoring, the Ethereum treasury company FG Nexus transferred 10,000 ETH (18.16 million USD) to Galaxy Digital 4 hours ago. The company incurred a loss of 88.83 million USD from investing in ETH: from August to September last year, it spent 200 million USD to purchase 50,600 ETH at an average price of 3,940 USD, and began to reduce its holdings starting in November. Currently, it has reduced its holdings by 38,300 ETH (89.17 million USD) at an average price of 2,329 USD.

According to Ember Monitoring, as ETH fell below $1800, the largest ETH long position holder on Hyperliquid, who established a long position of 120,000 ETH at an average price of $2261, has seen their unrealized losses expand to approximately $58 million. To avoid liquidation, they have supplemented their margin with 11 million USDC over the past day, reducing the liquidation price from $1617 to $1506.

According to Jinshi reports, the US dollar against the Japanese yen (USD/JPY) has risen above 160, with an intraday increase of 0.07%.

According to Cointelegraph, the transitional period for the EU's Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA) will end on July 1, 2026.The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) stated that at that time, crypto asset service providers that have not obtained MiCA authorization, even if their applications are still under review, will not be allowed to continue providing services to EU customers and should initiate business winding down and customer migration arrangements.

According to Jinshi, the S&P 1500 Asset Management Company Index fell by 1.8%, reaching a new low since April.

According to Jinshi reports, the USD/JPY has fallen nearly 30 points in the short term, currently reported at 159.45.Previously, it was reported that Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda stated that the basic stance is to continue raising the policy interest rate.

According to Jinshi reports, Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda stated that the central bank's basic stance is to continue raising the policy interest rate based on economic, price, and financial developments.

Since this week, Bitcoin has experienced a wave of panic selling under the shadow of Strategy's coin selling and the diversion of AI funds, dropping over 10% from a peak of $74,000, and has now fallen back to the low range for this year.It is worth noting that during this period, the open interest in Bitcoin's coin-denominated contracts has risen against the trend, currently reported at 784,400 coins, close to a historical high. In response to this phenomenon, the well-known trader Killa, who predicted the peak of this bull market in May 2025, stated that this often indicates a key top or bottom, warranting high attention.

Famous trader and chart analyst Peter Brandt, who successfully predicted the Bitcoin crash in 2018, stated yesterday that Bitcoin is currently forming an expanding triangle pattern, which is relatively common and usually reliable in Bitcoin's history, with a target based on projecting the height of the pattern from the breakout point.According to the measurement rules for the expanding triangle: Target = height of the pattern projected downward from the breakout point. The attached diagram shows a widening triangle (with the upper and lower bounds gradually diverging). The breakout point is roughly around $74,000 (marked as 74,395 in the diagram), and after projecting the height of the pattern (from the highest point to the lowest point of the widest part of the triangle), the arrow points to the area around $56,000.

According to Reuters, the UK's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has warned football clubs, including Premier League clubs, that entering into sponsorship agreements with unauthorized cryptocurrency companies and trading platforms may expose clubs to legal liabilities, money laundering risks, and reputational damage.The FCA stated that some unlicensed cryptocurrency businesses operating in the UK are reaching large fan bases through football sponsorships, potentially violating UK financial promotion rules. The regulatory body has contacted some clubs regarding these partnerships and urged them to strengthen due diligence on their partners.Lucy Castledine, the FCA's Director of Consumer Investments, stated that millions of fans trust club brands, and clubs should not allow unauthorized financial institutions to exploit this trust to promote potentially risky products to fans. UK Sports Minister Stephanie Peacock also stated that while sponsorship revenue is crucial for the football industry, fans have the right to know whether the companies partnering with clubs are safe, responsible, and compliant.

According to CoinDesk, Mastercard is expanding its settlement network to support regulated stablecoins, planning to offer stablecoin settlement, intraday settlement, weekend and holiday settlement services to meet the demand for real-time fund flow.The new framework will run in parallel with existing fiat settlement processes, aiming to provide financial institutions with more flexible liquidity management. Mastercard will initially support Circle's USDC, Paxos-issued PYUSD, USDG and USDP, Ripple's RLUSD, and SoFiUSD, covering blockchain networks such as Ethereum, Solana, Polygon, Base, Arbitrum, and XRPL. Financial institutions such as Cross River, Lead Bank, CBW Bank, ARQ, and Nuvei will be among the first participants.

According to The Block, the Blockchain Association sent a letter on Tuesday to U.S. Senate Majority Leader John Thune and Democratic Leader Charles Schumer, expressing strong support for the Clarity Act. The letter was signed by 160 former national security and law enforcement officials, emphasizing that the market structure for digital assets is a priority for law enforcement and national security.The letter states that the Clarity Act expands law enforcement and financial crime prevention capabilities within the digital asset ecosystem, including key anti-illegal finance and law enforcement provisions, such as expanding the Bank Secrecy Act and sanctions obligations, and establishing a Treasury-led law enforcement agency and private sector information-sharing mechanism. The Blockchain Association emphasizes that these are not measures to relax regulation, but rather tools to enhance law enforcement. The bill has passed the Senate Banking Committee and is currently awaiting a vote by the full Senate. The Blockchain Association also plans to hold a virtual town hall on Thursday to discuss the bill.

Longevity technology startup NewLimit, co-founded by Coinbase founder Brian Armstrong, announced the completion of a $435 million Series C funding round, with a valuation of $3.1 billion. This round was led by Founders Fund, a fund under Peter Thiel, with continued participation from Abstract Ventures, Kleiner Perkins, NFDG, Eli Lilly Ventures, Valor Equity Partners, and new investors including Thrive Capital, Greenoaks, and Quiet Capital.In 2021, Brian Armstrong, along with former GV partner and bioengineer Blake Byers and stem cell biologist Jacob Kimmel, jointly invested $110 million to establish NewLimit in South San Francisco.