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According to Business Insider, Alexandr Wang, founder of Scale AI and current head of Meta's Superintelligence Lab, stated at a Y Combinator event that AI has significantly narrowed the power gap between startups and giants. He recalled that when he founded Scale AI in 2016, "startups faced giants like David against Goliath, needing to find market entry points more intelligently"; however, with the development of AI agent technology, "it now feels more like Goliath against Goliath," and as long as startups apply AI agents in "the most ambitious way," it is not difficult to defeat large companies that already have an advantage.Scale AI, founded by Wang, is one of the earliest data annotation companies, employing thousands of contractors worldwide to train models for large AI labs. Last June, Meta reached a $14.3 billion deal with Scale AI, and Wang subsequently joined Meta. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman also stated at the same event that "there has never been a better time to start a business."

According to Edaily, the Financial Services Commission (FSC) of South Korea plans to jointly draft a unified government bill for the "Basic Law on Digital Assets" with the ruling Democratic Party, covering the issuance and circulation of stablecoins, business rules for digital assets, exchange admission requirements, information disclosure, internal control, and system resilience standards. Currently, there are 10 related bills pending review in the National Assembly, but there has not yet been consensus on core disputes such as whether the issuers of won-pegged stablecoins must be bank holding companies and whether to impose shareholding restrictions on major exchanges. The FSC has not yet determined the submission date for the bill.Meanwhile, the opposition party's People Power Party lawmaker Song Yeon-sik submitted a proposal to abolish the cryptocurrency income tax amendment to the National Assembly's Finance and Economy Planning Committee for review on Wednesday. Additionally, a tax abolition petition supported by over 50,000 people is also expected to be submitted to the petition subcommittee. According to the current plan, starting from January 1, 2027, cryptocurrency transfers or lending income exceeding 2.5 million won per year will face a 20% income tax plus a 2% local tax. The government and the ruling party support the timely implementation, while the opposition party believes it is unfair to tax cryptocurrencies when most ordinary stock investors remain tax-exempt.

According to BeInCrypto, El Salvador's two major opposition parties, ARENA and FMLN, have nominated Maytee Iraheta and Rafael Aguirre, respectively, as candidates for the presidential election in February 2027, challenging the re-election campaign of current President Nayib Bukele. Both candidates have not supported Bukele's Bitcoin strategy and have publicly criticized it as a financial failure.Bukele's New Ideas party has nominated him to run, with his approval rating reaching as high as 94% in recent polls, but this support mainly comes from improvements in public safety rather than Bitcoin policy—polls show that only 2.2% of Salvadorans believe Bitcoin is their biggest failure. Bitcoin is no longer mandatory legal tender in the country following the IMF loan agreement in February 2025, with the dollar resuming its status as the only official currency for daily transactions. However, the El Salvador Bitcoin Office continues to buy Bitcoin, acquiring about 1 BTC daily, and as of July 27, its holdings have risen to approximately 7,730 BTC. The IMF has repeatedly warned that the Bitcoin strategy poses financial and governance risks and has not significantly improved financial inclusivity for unbanked residents. The next president will decide whether this accumulation continues.

Mango Labs founder @dov_wo expressed market views stating, "I have gone long on Changxin Technology. In my opinion, Changxin presents a rare 1:5 betting opportunity with a 20% downside and a 100% upside, risking one to gain five."@dov_wo listed the reasons for being bullish as follows: low circulation ratio, regulatory intervention, and institutions optimistic about its investment opportunities below a market value of 3 trillion. The suggested strategy is "if it opens high tomorrow, directly close the position to take profit; if it opens low and rises, patiently wait, and resolve the battle within 3 days."

According to monitoring by Catcher Predict, the probability of the "Yes" option in the sub-market "Method of defeating opponent is KO/TKO" for the event "UFC Fight Night: Magomed Ankalaev vs. Bogdan Guskov" on the prediction market Polymarket has experienced a dramatic fluctuation, rising from 50% an hour ago to the current 90% (a fluctuation of 40%). Please note the impact of relevant breaking news.

Renowned analyst PlanB expressed opposition to the Bitcoin BIP-110 proposal, believing that those supporting the fork do not truly understand the decentralized nature of Bitcoin.The proposal aims to temporarily limit non-payment data on-chain through a soft fork, with the current miner support rate at approximately 1%.

The important event in the field of financial technology and digital assets in Asia------Wiki Finance EXPO Hong Kong 2026 will be held in Hong Kong from July 23 to 24, 2026. This event will bring together global financial technology companies, digital asset platforms, and industry participants to discuss the development trends of financial technology and the construction of the digital asset ecosystem.As a stablecoin-driven global payment infrastructure platform, WasabiCard will participate in this exhibition to engage in in-depth exchanges with global partners and share innovative practices and implementation experiences of stablecoin payments in the globalization of enterprises.WasabiCard is committed to significantly enhancing global settlement and payment efficiency for enterprises through its core capabilities of global card issuance, stablecoin payments, cross-border fund distribution, and global remittance. Currently, the platform's services cover over 200 countries and regions worldwide, supporting more than 30 mainstream currencies; at the same time, it integrates a full-process compliance risk control system including KYB, KYC, KYT, and AML to build a safe, reliable, and efficient global funding chain for enterprises.Participating in Wiki Finance EXPO Hong Kong 2026 is not only an important opportunity for WasabiCard to engage in in-depth exchanges with global financial technology and digital asset industry partners but also an important opportunity to further expand global ecological cooperation and enhance brand influence. In the future, WasabiCard will continue to promote innovation in stablecoin payment infrastructure and explore new trends in the development of the global payment system together with industry partners.

David Sacks, Chairman of the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, stated on the X platform that using regulatory uncertainty as a competitive tool is "completely unacceptable." Regulatory decisions should be based on facts, logic, and evidence, rather than deliberately creating fear and uncertainty (FUD). He is unsure whether venture capitalist and AI policy researcher Dean Ball is acknowledging a strategy of "regulatory capture" or merely predicting that such a situation will occur. However, in any case, the practice of issuing "soft law" warnings through regulatory agencies to create market panic, thereby forcing regulated companies away from Chinese open-source models, should not be accepted.David Sacks pointed out that Dean Ball believes there is no need to directly ban Chinese open-source models; it is sufficient to guide regulatory agencies to issue relevant warnings, which can influence corporate decision-making by creating enough doubt and uncertainty, and these reasons "do not even need to be very substantial." Any regulatory decision must have sufficient basis, rather than implementing policies by "artificially creating doubt." He warned that this practice of circumventing public deliberation procedures not only undermines the foundation of the rule of law but may also open the door to regulatory abuse against any company or individual in the future.David Sacks further stated that current AI policy is at a critical turning point. Leading closed-source laboratories, which have already formed a duopoly in AI model revenue, are attempting to use government power to eliminate open-source competitors. He called on other companies and developers in Silicon Valley that still support open competition to make clear statements to jointly maintain an open ecosystem in the field of AI.

Gate Research Institute recently released the market report titled "June Market Structural Adjustment, Funds Concentrated on Impulsive Volume Opportunities," indicating that in June 2026, the cryptocurrency market weakened again under the multiple influences of macro pressure, institutional capital outflows, and a decline in risk appetite.From the market structure perspective, June did not see a widespread recovery, but rather a localized profit effect driven by a few long-tail assets. About 71% of the top 500 tokens recorded a decline, with only a quarter achieving an increase. BTC, ETH, and most mainstream assets faced pressure simultaneously, while low market cap tokens like CYDX, ANSEM, VELVET, SYN, and CX recorded increases of several times or even hundreds of times due to event catalysts and capital speculation, significantly raising the overall average returns.Volume analysis shows that the average trading volume amplification factor for 450 valid samples is 2.54x, with a median of only 0.49x. Only 17 tokens had a volume increase of more than 3 times, and 8 tokens exceeded 10 times. TEMPLE (289.05x), CX (259.13x), and MTBILL (128.15x) ranked at the top of the volume list.Overall, the market in June is still in a phase of shrinking risk appetite, and true recovery signals still need to be observed in the stabilization of leading assets like BTC and ETH, as well as the re-diffusion of funds from long-tail speculation back to mainstream assets.

Crypto journalist Eleanor Terrett posted on the X platform that the U.S. Senate yesterday passed a resolution by unanimous consent, stating that FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried should not receive a presidential pardon.The resolution was introduced by Senators Ruben Gallego and Cynthia Lummis, formally recording the Senate's political statement opposing the pardon for SBF.However, the resolution is not legally binding, so it will not prevent the U.S. President from pardoning SBF in the future, nor does it have any direct impact on his current legal situation.

Ripple's Co-Head of Global Public Policy and Government Affairs, Lauren Belive, stated that opposing the CLARITY Act is not against the crypto industry, but rather against consumers, as it will leave crypto holders exposed to bad actors exploiting regulatory arbitrage. Belive noted that the U.S. digital asset market already exists, but federal rules to protect consumers have not kept pace. She pointed out that the regulatory gap that led to the FTX collapse and customer fund losses still exists.Belive stated that the CLARITY Act would grant the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) clear joint jurisdiction over the digital asset market and require tokens to undergo regulatory oversight before entering the market. Ripple's Chief Legal Officer and President of the National Cryptocurrency Association, Stuart Alderoty, stated that opposing the CLARITY Act would allow the current unregulated status to continue, which would be exploited by bad actors.

The digital asset trading platform Gate announced that it will open the second phase of the Pre-IPOs project for OpenAI (OPENAI) from July 15, 2026, 15:00 to July 17, 15:00 (UTC+8), supporting participation in both USDT and GUSD. The total subscription value of the project is approximately 20 million USD, issuing 27,700 OPENAI asset certificates, priced at 1 OPENAI = 722 USD, with a minimum investment starting at 100 USDT or 100 GUSD, and waiving implied fees and custody costs. OpenAI, driven by products like ChatGPT, has promoted the development of generative AI and has received investments from Microsoft and others, with a market implied valuation of approximately 895 billion USD.The OPENAI asset certificates are mirror notes prior to the OpenAI IPO, used to map the company's value before and after going public; Gate will hedge exposure by acquiring relevant stocks and provide pre-market trading, long-term holding, and future paths for exchanging stock assets, stock tokens, or USDT. Distribution is calculated based on the "average locked amount per hour," with earlier participation and longer lock-up periods receiving higher weights; the certificates will unlock in three phases on July 17, August 17, and September 17, and pre-market trading will open on July 20.

Token Pocket's Chief Business Officer Michael stated that the mnemonic phrase of the Robinhood founder was leaked during a live broadcast. After hackers gained control of the address, they used that address and associated addresses to buy a large amount of the Meme coin at $1, prompting thousands of investors to follow suit, rapidly increasing the market value of the token from about $500,000 to $14 million in a short period.Subsequently, the price of the $1 token fell sharply, with a trading volume of about $20 million within just two hours. After the related addresses were frozen, the hackers quickly moved to the BNB Chain (BSC), using that address and its associated addresses to issue new tokens, and created trading hype through self-buying and selling, ultimately executing a sell-off to cash out. Robinhood's RPC has frozen that address, and nodes do not allow transactions sent from that address to be packaged, so transfers and trades cannot be conducted.

Blockstream co-founder Adam Back commented on the controversy within the Bitcoin community regarding BIP 110, stating that he understands and sympathizes with the concerns of those supporting BIP 110, who hate spam transactions and want to protect the network. However, the proposal is essentially an act of "trying to monitor others," which would erode Bitcoin's decentralization, security, and neutrality, fundamentally conflicting with the spirit of Bitcoin.In response, Michael Saylor retweeted and stated, "There are 110 things more dangerous to Bitcoin than spam. BIP 110 turns the spam controversy into a consensus change, which will invalidate some currently valid transactions that have paid fees. This precedent is the real danger, and we should focus our energy on the truly important threats."Previously, David Bailey, chairman of the Bitcoin Treasury Company Nakamoto and chairman of Bitcoin Magazine, stated that the failure of the so-called "BIP-110" long-standing controversy constitutes an "extreme benefit" for Bitcoin and believes this further validates the network's resistance to attacks and splits.

According to Gate market data, today in the Hong Kong stock market, the chip design stock Guo Wei Holdings reached an intraday increase of 66.66%; Paig Bio-pharmaceuticals-B rose by 41.04%; and Zhaogangwang-W increased by 29.54%. Popular sectors such as chip design, industrial internet, and innovative drugs are performing actively, and market attention continues to heat up.

According to Bitcoin Magazine, SpaceX officially joined the Nasdaq 100 Index on July 7, after the company disclosed that its balance sheet holds 18,712 bitcoins. JPMorgan estimates that this index rebalancing will drive approximately $4.3 billion in passive inflows into funds and ETFs that track the Nasdaq 100. This means that through corporate treasury channels, institutional capital has gained structural exposure to bitcoin.After SpaceX's inclusion, the number of companies holding bitcoin in their treasury within the Nasdaq 100 has increased to three (SpaceX, Tesla, and Strategy). Analysts point out that the inclusion in the index creates demand driven by rules rather than active allocation, and the combination of bitcoin holdings with strong fundamentals can enhance a company's market visibility and liquidity. Currently, publicly listed companies collectively hold over 1.26 million bitcoins, and corporate bitcoin strategies are shifting from early experimentation to integration with mature financial infrastructure.