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According to Gate market data, Standard Chartered Group (02888.HK) has seen a rise of 5% in Hong Kong stocks.

RoboStrategy disclosed on platform X that it led a $200 million Series C financing for the robotics company Standard Bots, with a post-investment valuation of $1 billion. RoboStrategy stated that industrial robotic arms were invented in the United States, but the U.S. has lost its dominance in this industry, and the existing product architecture has been frozen since the 1980s, making it difficult to adapt to AI real-time control and variable scenarios.Standard Bots has redesigned the robotic arm from scratch, optimizing each component for AI, achieving joint-level torque sensing, 2 kHz real-time feedback closed-loop, and ease of teaching for workers to complete in one day, while utilizing a domestic supply chain. Its product line includes Spark, Core, Thor, and Bolt dual-arm robots (in testing phase), with Thor having a payload of 30 kg and a working radius of 2 meters. Compared to FANUC CRX and UR10e, Core achieves a higher payload and tighter repeatability accuracy at a lower price. The company's goal is to capture 10% of new industrial robot deployments in the U.S. within a year, with plans to achieve full-process American manufacturing from metal raw materials to robots by 2027.

Visa announced its third-quarter financial report for fiscal year 2026, with revenue of $11.6 billion, a year-on-year increase of 14%. Payment transaction volume, cross-border transaction volume, and processed transactions all achieved double-digit growth. In the earnings call, Visa outlined its stablecoin strategy, stating that it is actively investing in various levels of the stablecoin stack, including blockchain, issuance, wallets, infrastructure, and applications. The company announced its membership in the OpenStandard alliance, which plans to issue the OpenUSD stablecoin for global capital flow.The Visa stablecoin platform will provide partners with stablecoin settlement, on-chain wallet-as-a-service infrastructure, and exchange services between fiat and stablecoins, initially supporting OpenUSD. The platform will also integrate with Pismo to provide tokenized deposit support for financial institutions and plans to introduce third-party tokenized deposit infrastructure providers in the future. Visa views stablecoins and AI as complementary technologies, believing that "agent commerce will expand the reachable market and drive future growth." Cross-border transaction volume increased by 13% year-on-year, while processed transaction volume grew by 10%.

According to the latest report released by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), FATF conducted the seventh special assessment of the implementation of Recommendation 15 (R.15) across global jurisdictions. The report indicates that since the last update in 2025, countries have continued to advance in the regulation of virtual assets (VA) and virtual asset service providers (VASP), including conducting risk assessments, improving licensing and registration frameworks, implementing travel rules, and strengthening law enforcement actions.However, the report also points out that significant gaps still exist, mainly reflected in: the difficulty in effectively translating risk assessment results into mitigation measures, insufficient implementation of licensing and registration frameworks, challenges in identifying VASP activity subjects, and inadequate effectiveness of risk-based supervision and law enforcement. In terms of emerging risks, the report focuses on the following areas: the exacerbation of the "industrialization" trend of organized crime groups using virtual assets to commit fraud, the rising risk of stablecoin abuse, risks associated with non-custodial wallet peer-to-peer (P2P) transactions, offshore VASPs operating outside of regulation, and ongoing challenges in the DeFi sector. FATF calls for the public and private sectors to jointly strengthen the implementation of R.15, enhance risk mitigation capabilities, and deepen domestic, international, and public-private cooperation mechanisms.

On the first anniversary of the signing of the GENIUS Act, the prospects of Tether USDT in the U.S. market face uncertainty. The act has a three-year compliance grace period, with about two years remaining, after which non-compliant stablecoins will not be able to trade on U.S. crypto platforms.According to Tether's latest disclosure, about 25% of USDT reserves are still allocated to assets such as precious metals, loans, and Bitcoin, which do not meet the requirements of the GENIUS Act. The act requires issuers to fully back their stablecoins with high liquidity assets such as cash and U.S. Treasury bonds. Tether CEO Ardoino promised compliance last year, and the company has launched the USAT stablecoin for the U.S. market through Anchorage Digital this year, but usage remains low.There is a divergence in the legal community regarding the compliance timeline for foreign issuers. Some lawyers believe that foreign issuers must immediately comply with freezing and seizure orders when the act takes effect (expected next January), but they have about two years to meet the remaining requirements. The policy director of Anchorage Digital stated that institutional users will transition to compliant stablecoins before the 2028 deadline. Currently, federal regulators have not finalized the implementation details of the GENIUS Act, and companies have no specific regulations to follow. Tether has not responded to CoinDesk's request for comments on compliance progress.

The Linux Foundation, in collaboration with Visa, Mastercard, and 40 other institutions, has launched the x402 payment standard. In the past 30 days, approximately 75 million stablecoin transactions have been processed, totaling 24 million USD.

Aave announced that it has selected Chainlink CCIP as its cross-chain infrastructure standard. CCIP is currently delivering infrastructure a.DI through Aave to undertake cross-chain GHO transfers and multi-chain governance execution.Subsequently, cross-chain logic for the Aave App will be supported through Stable Vaults, covering scenarios such as vault rebalancing, yield optimization, deposits, and transfers. Relevant cross-chain operations will take place between Ethereum, Base, and Arbitrum.

According to reports, Google DeepMind co-founder Demis Hassabis recently predicted that artificial general intelligence (AGI) could be achieved in just a few years, with its transformative impact reaching ten times that of the Industrial Revolution, and its development speed accelerating tenfold. He pointed out that as the potential risks of cutting-edge models in areas such as cybersecurity, nuclear energy, and biology become increasingly prominent, the industry urgently needs to establish robust security protections for future AI systems that possess autonomy and self-improvement capabilities.To balance technological innovation and security risks, Hassabis called for the United States to take the lead in establishing a "Frontier AI Standards Agency" similar to the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA). This agency is proposed to operate under a public-private partnership or self-regulatory organization model, managed by independent technical experts and representatives from the open-source community, primarily funded through industry contributions. Its core function is to develop dynamic scientific assessment protocols, initially requiring frontier laboratories to voluntarily submit for review 30 days prior to the release of models, with plans to eventually transition to mandatory market entry testing, while non-frontier models from startups or academic institutions would be exempt. This framework aims to address unknown crises through a technology-driven review mechanism and to promote a global consensus on AI risk management within the international community.

According to a post by CoinMarketCap on X, Geoff Kendrick, the Global Head of Digital Assets Research at Standard Chartered Bank, expects that the number of announcements related to traditional financial institutions accessing DeFi may increase by 10 to 20 times in the next 3 to 12 months.

According to The Block, Standard Chartered stated that it maintains its price prediction of Bitcoin reaching $100,000 by the end of 2026. The recent market decline triggered by movements related to Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy) is not due to a deterioration of the company's balance sheet, but rather a failure of the strategic adjustments to be fully understood by the market.Geoffrey Kendrick, Global Head of Digital Asset Research at Standard Chartered, pointed out in a report that Strategy's recent behavior is disrupting short-term market expectations for Bitcoin. The market had previously accepted the narrative of the company "never selling Bitcoin," but now Strategy seems to be shifting towards a more complex capital operation model. Whether this change can be clearly communicated will determine when market pressure eases.Currently, Strategy holds 843,775 Bitcoins, accounting for over 4% of the total supply of 21 million Bitcoins. Between 2020 and mid-2025, Strategy's mNAV (market value/Bitcoin asset value) has remained above 1, allowing the company to finance Bitcoin purchases through stock issuance and achieve shareholder value growth.The commitment to "never sell Bitcoin" is the core of this model gaining market recognition. However, as the current mNAV approaches 1, the leverage effect of this financing model is weakening. Kendrick believes that Strategy is transitioning from a "Bitcoin accumulation tool" to a "Bitcoin credit support tool," meaning it holds Bitcoin as the credit basis for its perpetual preferred stock STRC.STRC currently has a scale of about $10 billion, making it the largest financial instrument launched by Strategy, with an annualized dividend yield of 12%, paid in cash every half month, and its price maintained around the $100 par value through an interest rate adjustment mechanism. Standard Chartered stated that STRC is currently trading at about $90, while Strategy has a dollar reserve of about $2.55 billion for paying dividends, which can cover approximately 17.4 months of dividend expenses.Kendrick stated that the policy adjustment allowing the sale of Bitcoin does not necessarily mean the company will continue to sell. He believes that as long as the market believes the new capital structure arrangement can stabilize the STRC price, Strategy may not actually need to sell Bitcoin. He likened this mechanism to a central bank's commitment to "take action no matter what": restoring market confidence alone may mean that actual intervention might not occur at all.

According to CoinDesk, Mantle announced the migration of its Super Portal, co-developed with Bybit and with a locked value of $2.5 billion, from LayerZero's OFT standard to Chainlink's CCT standard.The portal supports MNT token transfers between Ethereum and Solana and plans to support other blockchain networks. This migration includes Mantle's native token MNT, which has a locked value exceeding $2.5 billion. The migration window is from July 9 to July 15, during which the Super Portal will suspend services, and existing MNT assets and related activities on Byreal and Bybit will not be affected.This migration brings the total assets flowing from LayerZero to Chainlink CCIP to over $7.24 billion. Previously, Kelp ($1.5 billion), Lombard (over $1 billion), Solv Protocol ($700 million), Virtuals Protocol ($700 million), Re ($475 million), Kraken ($330 million), and Yuzu Money ($54.5 million) have completed their migrations.

AI Agent Economic Settlement Agreement AEON announced that it has supported the unified real-time payment standard OpenBCB launched by the Central Bank of Bolivia (BCB), enabling quick QR code settlement between crypto assets and the local currency Boliviano (BOB).This integration provides a settlement channel for AI Agents in programmatic payments within the local real economy. As the AEON settlement network continues to expand its payment footprint globally in regions such as Southeast Asia, Africa, and Latin America, this infrastructure is gradually broadening the geographical coverage for AI Agents to conduct cross-border and local settlements.

According to official documentation, Base plans to activate the B20 token standard on the mainnet at 2:00 (UTC+8) on July 9. B20 is a superset of ERC-20, running as a native precompiled program on Base, which allows for lower transfer costs and higher throughput while maintaining full compatibility with ERC-20.Functions such as roles, supply caps, pausing, strategy gating, memo, and permit are all built into the chain. The standard ERC-20 leaves these logics for users to build, audit, and maintain themselves. With B20, developers only need to call the singleton B20 Factory to create a fully configured token in a single transaction.

According to the Financial Times, the U.S. government is in discussions with several AI companies and plans to introduce voluntary industry standards for the release of cutting-edge AI models as early as next week, to prevent advanced technologies from being misused by other countries. The standards will clearly define regulations regarding model performance benchmarks, release timelines, and domestic and international access permissions.Affected by recent tightening of regulatory policies, several leading AI companies have adjusted their operations. OpenAI has postponed the full release of GPT-5.6 at the government's request, allowing access only to a few partners that have passed qualification reviews; two top models from Anthropic have just had their export restrictions lifted after nearly three weeks; Google is also in close communication with the government while preparing a new generation of code models. Additionally, the report mentions that both OpenAI and Anthropic, which are currently under regulatory scrutiny, are actively preparing for their initial public offerings (IPOs).

According to official news, Standard Chartered Bank announced a partnership with Circle to launch the USDC minting and redemption access capabilities for institutional clients, becoming the first global systemically important bank to offer such integrated services. Eligible institutional clients can use USDC through a single account opening and service process without needing to open a Circle account directly.Initially, the service will be provided through Standard Chartered's operations in the Dubai International Financial Centre, supporting scenarios such as on-chain settlement, fund management, and liquidity management, with plans to expand to more markets after obtaining regulatory approval.

According to The Block, Standard Chartered Bank has initiated coverage on Morpho for the first time, setting a target price of $60 for its native token MORPHO by the end of 2030, representing a potential increase of approximately 2787%.Geoff Kendrick, Head of Global Digital Assets Research at Standard Chartered, provided annual forecasts in the report: $3.5 in 2026, $11 in 2027, $22 in 2028, $40 in 2029, and reaching $60 in 2030.The report noted that Morpho is the second-largest decentralized lending protocol after Aave, with current deposits in Morpho Markets of approximately $5.5 billion and a scale of about $4.3 billion in Morpho Vaults. Analysts believe that as the total assets in DeFi are expected to grow 37 times by 2030, Morpho is likely to benefit from this.Standard Chartered previously predicted that by 2030, the upside potential for UNI is approximately 34 times, and for AAVE, it is about 38 times.

According to CoinDesk, blockchain analysis company Chainalysis has released a new methodological proposal aimed at establishing a unified on-chain fund tracking standard framework for law enforcement agencies and investigators, to identify address clusters and determine their possible control relationships.The proposal defines the on-chain analysis structure in the form of "ontology," focusing on systematically breaking down the currently unstandardized concept of "cluster" in the industry into wallet segments and functional roles, and describing on-chain relationships through a two-layer structure: the first layer defines the transaction graph structure, and the second layer assesses inference confidence.Chainalysis stated that the framework aims to enhance the interpretability and legal applicability of on-chain forensic methods, and is designed and validated based on its practical experience in relevant cases within the U.S. Department of Justice, including the analytical application in the mixing service Bitcoin Fog case.The company's Chief Scientist Jacob Illum pointed out that the goal of the proposal is to answer "on what evidence basis can these addresses be considered to belong to the same entity," while emphasizing that on-chain analysis itself cannot directly identify the ultimate user identity and still requires legal investigative methods combined with centralized entities such as exchanges.Chainalysis indicated that the standard proposal is currently open for discussion within the industry, hoping to promote the formation of more unified technical specifications for on-chain analysis methods in the fields of law enforcement and compliance.