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According to Anthropic's latest survey of approximately 9,700 Claude users released on June 29, about half of respondents said AI can now handle 50% or more of their workload. The data showed 33% of users believe Claude completes 30% to 60% of their tasks, while 14% estimate 60% to 90%, and around 4% say Claude can independently handle nearly all their work. Across specific use cases, Claude excels in content creation: 82% of users employ it for database queries, 81% for blog or article writing,

According to Musk, Grok 4.5 launched internal private testing at SpaceX and Tesla on June 28. The latest large language model is built on a 1.5 trillion parameter V9 base model and incorporates training data from Cursor, a popular AI coding tool. Early evaluations show the model's performance approaches or potentially exceeds Anthropic's Claude Opus. Reinforcement learning continues to significantly optimize the model, and the accompanying Grok Build benchmark is improving. Musk also stated Spac

According to Guru Club, CSI 1000 stock index futures (IM contract) broke below 8,200 on June 29, with the day's decline reaching 1.49%.

According to Guru Club, lean hog futures main contract rose 3% on June 29.

According to 21Shares' June 24 midyear outlook, prediction markets recorded $57.5B in volume through May, more than half of the $100B annual target and over 10 times the same period in 2025. Meanwhile, crypto ETP assets fell to $140B by May, far short of the $400B forecast, with Bitcoin ETPs accounting for $110B. Other predictions similarly underperformed. Stablecoin supply reached $320B versus a $1 trillion year-end target, while DeFi total value locked stood at $140B against the $300B forecast

According to PANews and Lookonchain on June 29, the ANSEM deployer address yHCxHB spent $6,300 to deploy the token and acquire 792.45 million ANSEM, then transferred 650 million tokens to an account associated with Ansem (@blknoiz06). After selling the remaining 142.45 million tokens for $11,800, the deployer realized a profit of only $5,500. ANSEM's market capitalization has since exceeded $120 million.

According to BlockBeats, on June 29, Hyperliquid's SKHX (SK Hynix) token fell to $1,672, down 3.5% in 24 hours, while SMSN (Samsung) dropped to $208.7, declining 5.8%. A major long whale that entered with 2x leverage at $1,820.64 on June 24 with a $29.09 million position now faces a floating loss of approximately $1.77 million, with single-day drawdown reaching $2.2 million. Across the SKHX market, large holders remain predominantly short, with short-side notional value at 1.49x long positions.

Early closing on June 29, the Nikkei 225 index fell 0.7%, while the Topix index declined 0.1%.

According to Shanghai United Steel, battery-grade lithium carbonate (MMLC) spot prices fell to 150,850 yuan per ton in early trading today (June 29), declining 200 yuan from the previous day's 16:30 closing level.

According to Colosseum's official announcement on June 29, the Solana Frontier Hackathon drew over 10,000 participants who submitted 2,857 final projects, marking the largest crypto hackathon to date. CrowdBrain AI claimed the grand prize, a vertically integrated robot DePIN network offering remote operation, data collection, and recovery services for physical robots through simulated training and QA certification. The top 25 winning projects span multiple tracks including AI-driven investment a

According to C114, China Mobile has recently established a 'Token Office' at the group level, headed by core group leadership, with the Strategy Development Department General Manager serving as executive vice director. The office aims to streamline token creation, distribution, and application across the organization, consolidating efforts previously fragmented across multiple departments including the Computing Office, Mobile Cloud, and Digital Intelligence Division. Its mission is to accelera

According to the BIS in its 2026 annual economic report, stablecoins lack true monetary properties in terms of ubiquity, resilience, interoperability, and completeness, functioning more like ETF shares than genuine payment instruments. Global stablecoins total approximately $320 billion in value, with over 99% pegged to the US dollar and dominated by USDT and USDC. The BIS warned that emerging markets face "stablecoin dollar-ization" risk, where residents adopt dollar-denominated stablecoins as

According to Foresight News and Com Feed monitoring, a user has lost approximately 6,400 ETH (valued at around $10 million) in a social engineering scam. The victim was contacted by scammers impersonating customer service team members and subsequently had their funds stolen. The stolen funds have since been dispersed across three separate wallets.

According to Foresight News, Liquid Capital founder JackYi suggested in a recent post that July to August may mark Bitcoin's final bottom and best buying opportunity. Based on wave theory and historical cycles, JackYi indicated the current downturn is the third decline since October 11 and likely the last major drop. He estimated that a 60% decline from Bitcoin's recent high of $126,000 would reach $51,000, while a 66% decline would target $43,000. JackYi described this period as potentially the

According to CCTV News, China's first solar thermal power station in Northeast China - the CGN Jixi 100-megawatt solar thermal facility - began operations in Daan City, Jilin Province on June 29. Located at 45.36 degrees north latitude in a severe cold climate zone, it is China's highest-latitude solar thermal power station. With a capacity of 100 megawatts and 8 hours of thermal storage capability, the plant can operate continuously and safely for 24 hours. The facility uses large-scale mirror

According to Jin10, Shanghai gold traded at 888.54 yuan per gram on June 29 (Monday), 1.34 yuan lower than the international spot price of 889.88 yuan per gram.

According to HTX market data, Bitcoin dropped below $59,000 on June 29, with a 24-hour decline of 2.04%.

According to TenArmorAlert, AIDC token on BSC suffered a suspicious attack on June 29, resulting in losses of approximately $121,100.

Last week, Apple and Microsoft announced price hikes across flagship hardware products, citing higher memory and storage costs driven by AI data center demand. Apple increased prices on select MacBook and iPad models, while Microsoft raised prices for Xbox consoles and Surface devices. The pricing moves weighed on investor sentiment, with Apple shares falling over 4% and Microsoft declining over 1% during the week, as traders worried about potential demand slowdown from consumers. In contrast, s

According to CEO Brian Armstrong on June 29, Coinbase reduced AI spending by nearly half through optimized defaults, routing, and caching strategies rather than usage caps. The company set open-weight models including Zhipu's GLM and Moonshot's Kimi as default options via its LLM gateway, while 91% of employees have never hit usage limits. Cache hit rates improved from 5% to 60%, demonstrating the effectiveness of infrastructure-level optimization.