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“White-Haired Stock God” Serenity posted on X, stating that Micron Technology’s CEO’s remarks today are highly noteworthy. He predicts that humanoid robots will drive a storage demand cycle lasting several decades. The memory requirements for humanoid robots could be approximately 10 times those of current L2+ autonomous vehicles, and this wave of demand is expected to begin before the end of this decade. Additionally, Micron’s CEO noted that the growing value of on-device AI—and the release of pent-up device upgrade demand—will drive future growth in the storage market. Although Apple’s Apple Intelligence has so far underperformed, innovations in localized AI and edge AI remain promising. Today, industry leaders—from TSMC’s chairman and Elon Musk to Micron’s CEO—are all identifying humanoid robots as the next major trend, suggesting that “physical AI” may represent the next phase of AI development.
Odaily Odaily报道，据官方消息，OKX "Rising Star Challenge" Round 2 has officially kicked off. From now until July 5, 23:00 (GMT+8), new users who complete designated tasks such as trading SPCX can claim a newcomer gift package worth 50 USDT, including an 8% discount crypto purchase voucher, trial trading funds, and strategy airdrop coupons.Additionally, new users can participate in an exclusive trading leaderboard to share a 50,000 USDT prize pool, with a top prize of 3,888 USDT, along with the opportunity to win exclusive OKX World Cup limited-edition merchandise.
WEEX Exchange has announced the official launch of its zero-fee trading campaign for Hela Gold (HGOLD). Users who participate in HGOLD spot trading can share a $30,000 USDT prize pool: – New users who make a net deposit of ≥100 USDT and execute their first spot trade in HGOLD will receive a $10 USDT reward; – Both new and existing users whose HGOLD spot trading volume reaches ≥100 USDT will be eligible to share $10,000 USDT based on their trading volume ranking; – Users who invite friends to join the campaign can earn up to $1,000 USDT in rewards. Hela Gold (HGOLD) is WEEX’s 230th WE-Launch project. Previously, HGOLD partnered with WEEX to distribute a $10,000 USDT airdrop to WXT holders who participated in the WE-Launch campaign.
Odaily reports, According to official sources, MGBX will list ETZ (ETZone) for spot trading on June 25, 2026, at 20:00 (SGT).Deposit opening time: June 25, 2026, 16:00 (SGT)Trading opening time: June 25, 2026, 20:00 (SGT)Withdrawal opening time: June 25, 2026, 20:00 (SGT)
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Strive Vice President Joe Burnett posted on X platform, stating that before the Luna/UST collapse, the circulating supply of UST was approximately $18.7 billion, backed by only about $3.1 billion in BTC, and UST could be redeemed instantly.Today, Strategy holds approximately $51.5 billion in BTC, with the outstanding STRC amounting to about $10.5 billion, and STRC cannot be redeemed instantly. There are significant differences between the two.
According to iGB, the Curacao Gaming Authority (CGA) has officially released its Cryptocurrency Policy Guidelines for B2C online gambling licensees, requiring all group entities involved in cryptocurrency transactions to comply with global Anti-Money Laundering/Countering the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) frameworks, with a phased implementation deadline extended to mid-2027. Key requirements include: licensees may only accept cryptocurrencies for gambling purposes and must not act as exchanges, custodians, or Virtual Asset Service Providers (VASPs); mandatory deployment of blockchain analytics capabilities for wallet risk scoring and transaction monitoring; preference for fiat-backed stablecoins, while privacy coins, meme coins, and wrapped tokens with unclear provenance must be assessed or excluded; player, operational, and treasury wallets must be strictly segregated, with personal or UBO-associated wallets prohibited; funds linked to mixers, tumblers, or sanctioned addresses are strictly prohibited. Regarding the compliance timeline, operators must submit their cryptocurrency compliance policy to the CGA within three months, complete risk assessments and staff training within six months, and achieve full compliance—including wallet segregation, on-chain analytics deployment, and audit log maintenance—within 12 months (i.e., by June 2027). The CGA also reserves the right to require accelerated compliance in the event of material risk.
The House Financial Services Committee held a hearing on Wednesday to discuss the changing roles of banks and fintech companies, with a key focus being the "skinny master account" option under consideration by the Federal Reserve, which would allow certain crypto banks and fintech companies limited direct access to the Fed's payment system.A Federal Reserve master account allows financial institutions to directly use the Fed’s payment network and gain the most direct access to the U.S. dollar monetary system. Institutions without such an account typically rely on partner banks that hold master accounts to provide services. The so-called "skinny account" is a version with limited functionality, intended to provide restricted access for new types of financial institutions.Republican Representative Dan Meuser stated during the hearing that access to the Fed’s payment system is no small matter, and the core issue is which institutions should be permitted to directly use these critical payment rails. Traditional institutions like community banks worry that crypto and fintech companies are not subject to the same stringent regulations, and granting them direct access could pose safety and soundness risks.The crypto industry generally supports the proposal, arguing that direct access to the Fed’s payment system is long overdue, as it would help reduce reliance on intermediary banks and foster innovation. In May, former President Trump signed an executive order requiring the Federal Reserve to evaluate policies for opening central bank payment rails to fintech companies, including crypto firms.Previously, in March, the Kansas City Fed approved Kraken’s parent company, Payward, for a "limited purpose account," sparking discussions about the extent to which crypto and fintech companies should have direct access to Fed services. A representative from Anchorage Digital stated during the hearing that if the U.S. is to remain the global financial center, it must allow for innovative federal and state-level regulatory frameworks.
Ground, a startup specializing in on-chain yield infrastructure, announced the completion of a $3.6 million Pre-seed funding round. The round was co-led by Bain Capital Crypto and ParaFi, with participation from Nascent, Robot Ventures, Chapter One, and Consonant Ventures.Ground primarily provides APIs for fintech companies and asset management institutions, enabling them to integrate on-chain yield products into existing applications without requiring custom blockchain integration. Its target clients include fintech platforms, digital banks, wealth management institutions, exchanges, and asset management firms, aiming to build yield, savings, and investment products.
Odaily reports: Blockchain data infrastructure startup Cambrian has secured $6 million in seed funding, co-led by Franklin Templeton and Polychain Capital, with participation from Flow Traders, Selini Capital, Paper Ventures, Nomad Capital, and others.As previously reported by Odaily, Cambrian also received a $5.9 million pre-seed investment led by the a16z Crypto Startup Accelerator, bringing its total funding to $11.9 million.Founded in 2024, Cambrian currently offers APIs for institutions and AI agents, providing real-time and historical on-chain data covering yield, risk, lending rates, trading activity, liquidity positions, and market sentiment, helping users allocate capital on-chain. The company plans to expand its existing APIs into a verifiable blockchain data oracle network, serving institutional financial clients, AI agent builders, and protocols that require reliable data to control capital flows. Unlike traditional oracles that primarily provide price data, Cambrian aims to aggregate data from lending protocols, DEX liquidity, social sentiment, developer activity, and historical market data.According to Cambrian, its platform has processed millions of API calls, currently indexes approximately $4.5 billion in TVL across four major lending protocols, tracks 1,789 vaults managed by 895 curators, and monitors over 320,000 DEX liquidity pools on Base and Solana. The company also plans to expand trading data support by integrating Hyperliquid and richer perpetual contract data.
: This evening, Zhipu's official open platform announced that, to further provide full lifecycle support for entrepreneurs in the OPC (One Person Company) model of artificial intelligence, it has partnered with Haidian District Zhongguancun Science City to officially launch a model voucher subsidy plan totaling 50 million yuan for all industries, making AI a productivity tool accessible to every innovator.During the subsidy period, all enterprises registered in Haidian District that have passed the application process can enjoy a subsidy of up to 50% on the call fees for the GLM-5.2 model, with a maximum annual subsidy limit of 2 million yuan per enterprise. The goal is to help Beijing become the "world's leading city for artificial intelligence."The core rules for this model voucher subsidy are as follows: Subsidy ratio: Up to 50% subsidy on GLM-5.2 model call fees; Subsidy period: From now until November 19, 2026; Subsidy cap: Total annual subsidy per enterprise not exceeding 2 million yuan; Applicable model: Currently supports GLM-5.2, with newly added models to be announced separately.Possibly influenced by this news, Zhipu's Hong Kong stock rose over 16% today, with its total market capitalization once again surpassing one trillion Hong Kong dollars, before falling back to 969 billion Hong Kong dollars.
Ink, an Ethereum Layer 2 network incubated by Kraken, has reached a multi-year infrastructure agreement with Optimism, upgrading to OP Enterprise Fully Managed.Under the agreement, Optimism will be responsible for running Ink's production infrastructure, while the Ink Foundation will focus on ecosystem growth and new financial products. Additionally, Ink will serve as a deep design partner for OP Enterprise, jointly advancing roadmap plans including programmable block construction, one-day Ethereum withdrawals, and sequencer-level compliance tools.Currently, applications built on the Ink network generate nearly $40 million in annual revenue. This partnership makes Ink another exchange-related blockchain network to join the fully managed layer service, following Bitpanda's Vision Chain. (The Block)
According to Crypto in America, the National District Attorneys Association, the National Association of Assistant U.S. Attorneys, the International Association of Chiefs of Police, and the National Sheriffs’ Association jointly sent a letter to Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche and Patrick Witt, Executive Director of the White House Crypto Council, expressing strong opposition to Section 604 of the “Clarity Act”—the Blockchain Regulatory Certainty Act (BRCA). Law enforcement groups argue that this provision could create regulatory loopholes exploitable by criminals for illicit activities including drug trafficking, fraud, child exploitation, sanctions evasion, and terrorist financing. Meanwhile, cryptocurrency-backed candidates achieved sweeping victories in primary elections across Maryland, New York, and Utah. Fairshake—a pro-crypto super PAC—has collectively spent over $7.6 million supporting these candidates, including $5.5 million backing Adrian Boafo, the candidate for Maryland’s 5th congressional district. Miller Whitehouse-Levine, founder of the Solana Policy Institute, warned that August 7, 2026, may be the final window for Congress to pass cryptocurrency market structure legislation. He stated that the industry is willing to make limited revisions to the BRCA provisions to address law enforcement concerns—but firmly opposes any fundamental changes that would weaken the core protections enshrined in the provision. Additionally, the House Financial Services Committee held a hearing on “The Future of Payments” the same day.
According to CoinDesk, Geoff Kendrick, Head of Digital Asset Research at Standard Chartered Bank, released a report initiating coverage of the decentralized lending protocol Aave, with a target price of $3,500 by end-2030—approximately 50 times its current price of around $70—and expects Aave to outperform both Bitcoin and Ethereum. Kendrick stated that Aave has recovered from the April 2026 KelpDAO rsETH bridge vulnerability incident, during which attackers used approximately $290 million worth of stolen tokens as collateral to borrow real assets on Aave, exposing the protocol to up to $230 million in potential losses. Assets have now begun flowing back onto the platform, and Aave’s dominant position in on-chain lending remains solid. Looking ahead, Standard Chartered forecasts that the value of tokenized assets actively used in DeFi applications will grow 37-fold by 2030. Aave—whose revenue model is directly tied to lending activity—is poised to benefit directly. Additionally, Aave’s Horizon initiative (enabling tokenized real-world asset lending in permissioned environments) and the potential relaunch of its token buyback program are viewed as key catalysts.
Odaily reports: According to official sources, Gate will launch Nesa (NES) perpetual contract trading (settled in USDT) on June 24 at 21:10 (UTC+8), supporting leverage of 1 to 20 times.
Roundhill T-REX 2X Long DRAM Daily Target ETF (RAM) has begun trading. This product is the only 2x leveraged ETF issued in partnership with Roundhill, which is the issuer of DRAM (Roundhill Memory ETF).RAM aims to provide 2x the daily performance of DRAM, resetting daily, and is designed for active traders.
According to the official announcement, to meet users’ diverse investment needs, Bitget has launched perpetual contracts for two stocks: SONY (Sony Group) and MVLL (Marvell Technology 2x Long ETF). Both contracts are settled in USDT, offer up to 20x leverage, and support 24/7 trading. For more details, please visit the official Bitget platform.
Odaily Seer Prophet Channel monitoring shows that Polymarket has launched a prediction event for the “Number of Fed Rate Hikes in 2026.”From the perspective of the interest rate path, the market is currently pricing in two distinctly different macro narratives. One view holds that the U.S. economy will enter a growth slowdown cycle in 2026, with the Fed maintaining a wait-and-see stance or even resuming rate cuts. The other view argues that if inflation reemerges or long-term inflation expectations become unanchored, the Fed could be forced to restart its rate hiking cycle. Therefore, the high probability attached to “3 to 4 rate hikes” essentially reflects the market’s reassessment of inflation stickiness and economic resilience over the next year, rather than a consensus on a single path.Bank of America has already shifted to a more hawkish interest rate path forecast. BofA Global Research now expects the Fed to raise rates by 25 basis points in September, October, and December of 2026, totaling 75 basis points for the year, pushing the federal funds rate target range to 4.25%–4.50%. This represents a significant upward revision from its previous outlook of “rates unchanged for the year,” primarily based on the still-resilient U.S. labor market, the bumpy progress of disinflation, and the possibility that the Fed’s policy reaction function under new Chair Kevin Warsh could be more hawkish. In comparison, Deutsche Bank also expects the Fed to start hiking in September, but with a cumulative annual increase of 50 basis points, indicating that major Wall Street institutions are reassessing the upside risks to U.S. interest rates in 2026.Odaily Seer Prophet Channel continues to monitor the prediction market, seeing changes before they are priced in.
According to IDNFinancials, Indonesia’s Financial Services Authority (OJK) officially issued POJK No. 6/2026 on June 24, comprehensively regulating the conduct of financial information providers—commonly known as “financial influencers.” Under the new regulation, financial influencers must disclose any economic benefits received when engaging in marketing collaborations. If recommending specific financial products or services to the public, they must hold the relevant license or professional qualification—for example, an investment advisor license is required to recommend capital market products. For crypto-asset products, financial influencers may promote them only through official channels of licensed financial service providers. Additionally, content involving high-risk products must include risk warnings and disclaimers. Regarding penalties for violations, the OJK may issue written warnings to non-compliant financial influencers and request the Ministry of Communications and Digital Affairs to block accounts, suspend access, or remove violative content. In cases where content involves fraud or illegal promotion, the OJK may directly request account blocking without going through standard regulatory procedures. Existing collaborations between licensed financial service providers and financial influencers must be brought into compliance within six months following the regulation’s effective date.
five Democratic senators urged a Republican committee chairman on Tuesday to immediately hold hearings to investigate a report that the UAE invested $500 million in the Trump family's crypto venture, World Liberty Financial.According to reports, an aide to the Abu Dhabi royal family signed an agreement four days before Trump's inauguration last year to purchase a 49% stake in World Liberty Financial for $500 million. An advance payment of $218 million has been made to entities linked to Trump and his Middle East diplomat, Steve Witkoff, and their families. The senators confirmed that the backer is UAE National Security Advisor Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan.Since Trump took office in January 2025, his administration has approved several deals favorable to the UAE, including a $1.4 billion weapons sale in May 2025 and authorization in November to sell 35,000 advanced AI chips worth over $1 billion to UAE-based G42. (financefeeds)