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Michael Saylor: BTC attempts to monetize digital scarcity, reshaping wealth storage and value transfer

Founder of Strategy, Michael Saylor, stated that Bitcoin integrates computers, digital networks, and cryptography to create the first currency network in human history designed in a digital manner. It completely dematerializes monetary assets, with supply controlled by public protocols rather than decisions, transforming economic value into information that can be securely transmitted across global communication networks.Compared to gold, Bitcoin is harder to inflate, easier to integrate with software, faster in transmission, and every participant has the incentive to maintain network security. The proof-of-work mechanism anchors it in the physical world, making the cost of tampering with history high by consuming real energy for ledger security, attracting miners, energy providers, and investors to collaboratively build a defense system. Bitcoin is digital gold, but understanding it as digital currency is more fitting.The Bitcoin network is not static software; it is an adaptive system composed of miners, nodes, developers, capital, and users. Bitcoin deliberately maintains functional simplicity, focusing solely on maintaining a secure and reliable ledger of scarce digital assets, leaving complexity to higher-level applications.This layered design of underlying integrity and upper-level functionality allows it to serve as a foundation for transmitting monetary energy across time and space while supporting continuous innovation in payments, credit, and financial services.The more profound impact is that Bitcoin creates a new form of digital sovereignty: private keys empower individuals to control economic energy without permission, with ownership verified by mathematics rather than institutions. Companies, banks, trusts, and applications can build a complete economic system around it, and social networks can introduce real costs and responsibilities into the digital space.Gold monetized physical scarcity, while Bitcoin monetizes digital scarcity. It is not merely a payment tool but an engineering solution to humanity's problems of energy preservation and guidance—currency is energy, and Bitcoin is the currency energy of the digital age.

Norway's sovereign wealth fund indirectly holds 11,549 BTC, setting a new historical high

According to The Block, K33 research director Vetle Lunde stated that by the end of the first half of 2026, the Norwegian sovereign wealth fund's indirect Bitcoin exposure through holdings in companies such as Strategy, Metaplanet, MARA, Coinbase, Block, and Tesla has risen to 11,549 BTC, a record high valued at approximately $725 million. This exposure grew by 21.2% in the first half of the year and by 60.5% over the past year, marking the sixth consecutive reporting period of increase.Among these, Strategy accounts for nearly 86% of the fund's indirect Bitcoin exposure, corresponding to approximately 9,914 BTC. As of June 30, the Norwegian sovereign wealth fund held about 1.17% of Strategy's shares, valued at $357.3 million at that time. Metaplanet corresponds to 671 BTC, MARA corresponds to 421 BTC, and Coinbase, Block, and Tesla correspond to 183 BTC, 120 BTC, and 97 BTC, respectively.K33 pointed out that this exposure is likely not the result of the fund actively allocating to Bitcoin, but rather an indirect effect of its broadly diversified investment portfolio. Currently, the related Bitcoin exposure accounts for about 0.03% of the fund's total assets.In addition, the fund has also gained indirect ETH exposure through the Ethereum treasury company BitMine for the first time. As of June 30, it held 6.15 million shares of BitMine, valued at $88.3 million, accounting for about 1.16% of the company's shares; based on BitMine's current ETH holdings, this corresponds to an indirect exposure of approximately 67,340 ETH.

Gate releases the 2026 semi-annual report on wealth management: Yubibao's scale remains stable, with dual-currency investment APY reaching up to 295%

Gate officially released the 2026 Wealth Management Semi-Annual Report. The report shows that the overall cryptocurrency market faced pressure in the first half of the year, with BTC and ETH dropping approximately 33.1% and 47.1%, respectively, and market risk appetite continued to decline. Against this backdrop, user demand for stable returns and high liquidity assets has continued to rise.Gate's Yubi Treasure position size remained stable at 2 billion USDT, with funds gradually shifting towards demand for liquidity management. At the same time, the GUSD minting rate has stabilized, with funds mainly flowing into on-chain earning scenarios, continuously demonstrating the value of income-generating stable assets. In terms of advanced wealth management, Gate's dual-currency investment maintains an industry-leading advantage, with the low-buy strategy achieving a 0-day term APY of up to 295%, significantly higher than the market average of 166%. Gate's quantitative fund continues to perform steadily, with the interstellar hedge (USDT) achieving a cumulative return of 18.7%. In asset allocation, Gate's stock holdings continue to optimize, with the proportion of Korean stocks rapidly increasing following their launch, accounting for about 75% of the overall holdings by the end of June. The top ten holdings are mainly concentrated in semiconductor and technology growth assets, with SK Hynix holding the largest position. Additionally, Gate's GUSD minting annualized rate reached 3.8%, supporting users to participate in diverse ecological scenarios such as Launchpool and Pre-IPOs; Yubi Treasure USDT wealth management VIPs can enjoy an annualized return of 4.0%.In the future, Gate will continue to improve its wealth management system covering stable wealth management, enhanced returns, and multi-asset allocation, providing more flexible and efficient asset appreciation solutions for users with different risk appetites, helping users achieve long-term value growth amid market cycle changes.
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