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According to an analysis of the latest leaked data by WIRED, the secretive society Dialog, co-founded by Peter Thiel, has an extremely ruthless and biased "grading and elimination" mechanism.Dialog implements a secret rule of "rating upon entry." Although the club has thousands of members, only 192 personal profiles (including 130 formal members and some candidates) were leaked and reviewed by WIRED. They reveal the club's counterintuitive hierarchy of disdain: C-level is the highest VIP, B-level is the overwhelming majority of ordinary members, while the A-level, usually regarded as the best, is actually the least known bottom tier.This rating is directly tied to members' wallets. Only about 25% of VIP "C" level big shots are required to pay the full attendance fee, while among the bottom "A" level members, the proportion paying the full attendance fee of tens of thousands of dollars is as high as 70%.Ironically, the AI screening mechanism introduced by Dialog is extremely superstitious about so-called "national recognition." For example, actor Josh Brolin, who played "Thanos," has never attended but wins VIP "C" level status due to box office success and millions of fans; meanwhile, academic giant Tyler Cowen was deemed "not famous enough among ordinary people" by the AI and nearly classified into the ordinary tier, only barely promoted to C-level through human intervention.The "value-added points" serve as a scythe for eliminating "useless people," specifically measuring members' resource connections and intellectual contributions to other club giants. After each gathering, staff review members' performances like "code review," and those with too low value-added points, cultural mismatches, or declining visibility will be ruthlessly removed from the invitation list.Additionally, the leaked database also exposed its built-in social and dating matching system (10% of members join the singles pool), which has a "no-match list" while recommending pairings.This so-called objective assessment system is also filled with biases: women make up one-third of the members but only receive 18% of VIP seats; politically, it is even harder to escape differential treatment. Although more than half of the members identify as "left-leaning," the probability of "right-leaning" members obtaining VIP status is more than twice that of left-leaning members, and even the "left-leaning" label of an environmental leader was forcibly rewritten to "right-leaning" by staff in the background.

According to Jinshi reports, Federal Reserve Chairman Waller stated that persistently high prices are a burden.

According to Jinshi, U.S. President Trump stated on social media that the recently reached agreement has driven U.S. stocks to soar and oil prices to plummet. He will hold a press conference in France in 45 minutes and have dinner with leaders from France and other European countries. Trump pointed out that various indicators of the U.S. economy are performing excellently, with current employment numbers reaching an all-time high, attracting over $19.1 trillion in investment.

Recently, the metal market has continued to strengthen, with gold and silver prices maintaining high volatility. According to market data from the Gate platform, silver (XAG) reached a 24-hour high of $71.24, currently reported at $70.40, with a 24-hour increase of 1.25%; gold (XAU) reached a 24-hour high of $4355, currently reported at $4340.45, with a 24-hour increase of 0.49%. According to CoinGlass data, the open interest for Gate XAG contracts reached $78.3465 million; the open interest for Gate XAU contracts reached $148 million, both ranking among the top two in the industry.

According to The Block, Ben Werkman, Chief Investment Officer of the Bitcoin treasury company Strive, stated at the BTC Prague event that if Bitcoin prices continue to remain low, treasury companies relying on convertible bond financing will face greater pressure, being forced to sell Bitcoin to maintain operations or repay debts, making industry consolidation inevitable. Currently, Bitcoin has dropped about 50% from its historical high of approximately $126,000 last October.Werkman pointed out that Strive previously chose to rely solely on equity financing and not issue convertible bonds, allowing it to continue operations during the bear market, citing the acquisition of Semler Scientific as a case of industry consolidation. He also mentioned that companies like Nakamoto are actively deleveraging to regain operational flexibility.

According to Jinshi, the wholesale prices in the U.S. in May saw the largest consecutive increase since 2022, with the PPI rising by 1.1% month-on-month, exceeding market expectations of 0.7%. Over the past 12 months, wholesale prices have increased by 6.5%, marking the largest annual increase since the end of 2022. Despite rising costs, businesses have not fully passed on the new expenses to customers, who are showing resistance to paying more. Steve Rick, the chief economist at financial services provider TruStage, stated that inflation is becoming difficult to fully eliminate.

According to CoinGlass data, the total 24-hour spot trading volume of gold (XAUT) reached 298 million USD, with the Gate platform's trading volume reaching 40.72 million USD, ranking second in the entire network; the total 24-hour contract open interest of gold (XAUT) reached 639 million USD, with the Gate platform's open interest exceeding 138 million USD, ranking third in the entire network.

After a decline during the Asian trading session on the 10th, international gold prices continued to drop during the European trading session that day, briefly falling below the $4200 per ounce mark, erasing all gains made this year. As of 17:15 Beijing time on the 10th, the price of gold futures for August delivery on the New York Mercantile Exchange was reported at $4188.70 per ounce, a decrease of 2.28%. Based on the current price, international gold prices have fallen a cumulative 3.51% this year.Analysis indicates that the U.S. non-farm payroll data released last Friday significantly exceeded market expectations, suggesting that the fundamentals of the U.S. labor market remain resilient. In the face of inflationary risks triggered by the Middle East conflict, the market has recently placed more bets on the Federal Reserve's monetary policy path shifting towards interest rate hikes in the second half of the year. According to the CME Group's "FedWatch Tool," the market currently expects a nearly 70% probability that the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates by at least 25 basis points by the end of this year. Once the Federal Reserve begins to raise interest rates, it will diminish the attractiveness of non-interest-bearing assets like gold.

According to CoinDesk, Bitcoin and gold fell simultaneously as the market bets on rising interest rates pressuring non-yielding assets. Bitcoin dropped about 7% this week, while gold fell below $4,200 per ounce.The rebound was mainly driven by short covering, with over $500 million in bearish bets liquidated in the past week, while spot demand has not yet returned significantly. Traders are focusing on Wednesday's U.S. inflation data and the policy stance of the new Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh. If inflation remains high, it could prompt interest rates to stay elevated, further pressuring risk assets. The rare simultaneous decline of Bitcoin and gold undermines their rationale as macro hedging tools.

According to Bloomberg, Bitcoin fell below $60,000 last week, with a market value evaporating by about $235 billion within seven days, nearly halving from last year's peak. The market value of altcoins has shrunk from a peak of $431 billion in November 2021 to about $170 billion, with less than 1,700 of the tens of millions of tokens created in recent years still having substantial trading activity. However, in stark contrast to the price trends, the most commercially valuable businesses in the crypto industry are accelerating growth.The annual trading volume of stablecoins reached about $390 billion, with total trading volume soaring 72% to $33 trillion by 2025. Over $30 billion in assets have been tokenized, and BlackRock's tokenized money market fund BUIDL has an asset size of $2.4 billion. Visa and Mastercard are expanding stablecoin settlement capabilities, and Nasdaq is collaborating with Kraken to offer tokenized stocks.Bloomberg Intelligence's Mike McGlone stated that the most important technology is stablecoins; when you have stablecoins, you don't need XRP or Bitcoin to store value. We are experiencing a cleansing, and this has only just begun. EMJ Capital founder Eric Jackson pointed out that "the Bitcoin price chart used to be the entire crypto story, but it is no longer."

According to The Block, Coinbase's institutional strategy head John D'Agostino stated that despite Bitcoin recently dropping below $60,000, institutions are not panicking; instead, they are taking the opportunity to accumulate. He said, "Family offices, government funds, and sovereign funds that are trying to buy these assets can do so at a discount, and they are not discouraged by this. Lower prices are actually more favored."D'Agostino also pointed out that although the price of Bitcoin has fallen nearly 50% from its peak, Bitcoin ETFs still have about $100 billion in exposure, and retail interest has only decreased by about 15%, indicating that investors are not making large-scale withdrawals. He mentioned that large entities holding Bitcoin with leverage have the capacity to continue securing capital to buy, and no major institutions have been found to face serious leverage or liquidation risks.

Coinbase's Head of Institutional Strategy, John D'Agostino, stated that despite Bitcoin recently dropping below $60,000, large investors such as family offices and sovereign wealth funds did not panic, but rather viewed the decline as a buying opportunity at a discount. He mentioned that these institutions were optimistic when Bitcoin was at $125,000, remained interested at $100,000, and "liked it even more" around $65,000. Bitcoin fell to $59,200 last Friday, marking its lowest point since October 2024, down about 50% from its peak of over $126,000 in October 2025.D'Agostino believes that institutional confidence remains strong, investments in related market infrastructure continue, and Bitcoin ETF holdings are resilient. Currently, Bitcoin ETF exposure is still around $100 billion, even though the price has nearly halved from its peak, with retail interest retracting by about 15%. He also downplayed concerns about large institutional leveraged positions being forced to liquidate, stating that he is not aware of any major institutional Bitcoin holders being in a "severely over-leveraged" state.

According to Jinshi Data, Trump revealed in a recent interview that the U.S. is applying dual pressure through diplomacy and military force, aiming to completely dismantle Tehran's nuclear armament. Regarding the performance of the energy market, he pointed out that high oil prices are just growing pains, suggesting that the market needs to endure short-term volatility.On the direction of the Federal Reserve's monetary policy, Trump hopes that Chairman Waller "does what he wants to do," but clearly stated that interest rate hikes are an "unfair" punishment.

NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang stated at a press conference held on the 8th in the SK Seorin Building in Jongno District, Seoul, alongside SK Chairman Chey Tae-won, "If you are a shareholder of an AI company, you would be pleased, and there may be more opportunities in the future." He also added, "Currently, its price is very low."

According to on-chain analyst Yu Jin's monitoring, a certain whale continued to increase its position by buying 28 million USDT worth of ETH when ETH dropped to 1505 USD at 1 PM.This whale borrowed 128 million USD to buy 78,000 ETH within a day and a half, with an average price of 1645 USD, and the leverage ratio has reached 3 times. Currently, the liquidation prices of its two lending positions are 1356 USD and 1280 USD, respectively.

According to Jinshi News, driven by strong U.S. employment data, the market generally expects the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates this year, which has put pressure on the gold market and led to gold completely reversing its gains for the year.During the U.S. trading session, spot gold fell about 3.5%, breaking below $4320 per ounce, failing to maintain its upward trend this year. At the same time, both bond yields and the U.S. dollar exchange rate rose. Currently, the strong performance of the labor market leaves room for Federal Reserve officials to raise interest rates, although tensions in the Middle East have pushed up energy prices. Rising interest rates are generally unfavorable for non-yielding precious metals.

Binance founder CZ stated on social media, "The AI industry will persist and grow exponentially. However, most AI companies will go bankrupt because there are simply too many.Even the companies that ultimately survive will experience very volatile stock prices. Moreover, new survivors will continuously emerge. This is actually consistent with the development patterns of any emerging industry."

According to Jinshi reports, Federal Reserve's Williams stated that the Middle East war is driving up inflation, and the impact of soaring energy prices should be short-term.

According to analyst Yu Jin, after the launch of the spot ETF, the price trends of BTC and ETH are basically consistent with the fund flows of the ETF: inflows correspond to price increases, and outflows correspond to price decreases.The data provided states that from October last year to now, the BTC ETF size has decreased from $169.5 billion to $96.4 billion, a reduction of 43%. During the same period, the price of BTC fell from $125,000 to $73,000, a decline of 41%; the ETH ETF size decreased from $32 billion to $11.6 billion, a reduction of 63%, while the price of ETH dropped from $4,800 to $2,000, a decline of 59%. Recently, the ETF has continued to experience net outflows, corresponding to a price decline that has lasted for about half a month.