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According to Bloomberg, Canadian Pension Plan Investments (CPP Investments) announced on July 4 that it will invest $1.75 billion to support EQT AB's artificial intelligence infrastructure development. The expansion project will be led by EdgeConneX, a subsidiary of EQT, which plans to add over 10 gigawatts (GW) of data center capacity in coming years to meet growing demand for AI computing infrastructure.

According to on-chain analyst Specter, approximately 16 hours ago, a wallet apparently linked to Mining Express moved 5,004 ETH for approximately 8.8 million DAI. Specter first flagged the address on June 15 and recently completed further tracking analysis. Historical on-chain records show the wallet received 4,512 ETH from related addresses on March 19, 2024, subsequently staking through Lido and Ether.fi. By May 4, 2026, all ETH had been unstaked.

According to Bloomberg, Crusoe, a data center operator supplying AI computing power to Meta, Microsoft, and Google, is in talks to raise $3 billion, aiming for a $30 billion valuation—three times its $10 billion valuation from October 2025. The company currently holds nearly 5 gigawatts of computing power under contract with 40 gigawatts in its project pipeline. Meta recently signed deals for Crusoe capacity at data centers in Texas and Missouri.

According to The Block, Samsung Electronics, Dunamu (Upbit's parent company), Shinhan Financial Group, and Kbank were listed as members of the OUSD stablecoin alliance this week without formal consent. The companies stated they had only provided preliminary responses such as "we will consider it" or "we will study this matter," but found their names already added to the member list. Open Standard announced the alliance on the same week, which includes over 140 institutions including Visa, Master

According to Guru Club (格隆汇), the Silicon Data LLM Token Expenditure Index, which tracks the price users pay for artificial intelligence tokens, declined approximately 20% from its May peak as of July 4. The index nearly doubled since its December launch, but the recent decline signals potential pressure on AI companies' pricing power. Silicon Data noted the index reflects marginal willingness to pay, combining price and usage data; the drop could indicate either falling token prices or user mig

According to PANews, Nakamoto chairman and Bitcoin Magazine president David Bailey stated on July 4 that the long-disputed BIP-110 proposal's failure is "extremely bullish" for Bitcoin, validating the network's governance structure and resistance to fragmentation. Bailey described the multi-year controversy as a comprehensive "governance conflict attempt" involving mining pool competition, client fork proposals, UASF mobilization, and information warfare across social media and developer communi

According to Bitget, Ethereum broke through $1,800 today, trading at $1,800.23 with intraday gains of 2.39%.

According to Dailyian, South Korea's KOSPI stock market direction this week will be determined by Samsung Electronics' second-quarter earnings announcement on July 7. Brokerages have forecasted a weekly trading band of 7,200–9,000 points. Amid concerns over slowing artificial intelligence capital expenditure weighing on semiconductor sector sentiment, market attention will focus on whether Samsung can deliver guidance above market expectations. Additionally, the Federal Reserve's FOMC meeting mi

According to Coinglass data on July 4, if Bitcoin breaks above $65,000, accumulated short liquidations on major CEX platforms will reach $651 million. Conversely, if BTC drops below $61,000, long liquidations would reach $678 million.

According to Draper on Friday, the billionaire investor denied moving his Bitcoin holdings after blockchain analytics firm Lookonchain reported a wallet "possibly linked" to him had transferred 1,000 BTC, worth approximately $62 million, to Coinbase Prime. "Haven't touched my BTC," Draper said, reiterating his forecast that Bitcoin will reach $250,000 within one year. The attribution was based on data from Arkham, which labels the wallet as "Tim Draper?" through its AI-powered entity prediction

According to DefiLlama data, Monad's total value locked (TVL) has reached $447.9 million, surpassing Sui's $440 million. Monad now ranks 13th among all blockchains, with lending protocols including Euler, Morpho, Curvance, and Aave V3 contributing the majority of its TVL.

According to Onchain Lens monitoring, macro trader 黄立成 (Machi Big Brother) opened leveraged positions on Hyperliquid, adding 40x BTC longs and 10x HYPE longs over the past several hours. The positions include 17 additional BTC long contracts worth $1.06 million and 6,900 HYPE long contracts worth $487,500. His cumulative profit and loss stands at a loss of $33.28 million.

According to GMGN market data, RENLIFE token surged over 20% intraday on July 4, briefly breaking through $0.91, currently trading at $0.78.

According to on-chain analyst Ai Yi, a trader who had shorted 22,000 ETH closed their position 1.5 hours ago on July 4 at an exit price of $1,772, compared to an entry price of $1,613. The trade resulted in a $3.5 million loss over three days, marking the trader's fifth consecutive loss.

According to cybersecurity firm D3Lab, a fresh wave of Android malware has been detected targeting Italian and other European banks, stealing payment card details through NFC tap-to-pay technology. The malware tricks users into downloading harmful software via urgent messages claiming they need to update their banking app. Once installed, it displays a fake verification screen and prompts users to hold their real payment card near the phone, where it reads card information and PIN before sending

According to ChainCatcher, six addresses purchased a total of 12,128 ETH via Cowswap in the past 2 hours at an average price of $1,760.55, then transferred the funds in batches to Tornado Cash. The USDC used for the purchases originated from Solana through Circle's CCTP cross-chain bridge.

According to GMGN data shared by ChainCatcher, Binance Life meme coin surged over 20% in intraday trading today, reaching a peak of $0.91 before settling at $0.78.

According to ChainCatcher, DeSci protocol Bio Protocol announced the launch of OpenLabs, a coordination layer for human and AI agent collaboration in scientific research. The platform aims to convert scientific ideas into funded execution projects. OpenLabs introduces a USDC-based yield mechanism where users deposit USDC to support projects. Funds are deployed to audited yield vaults including Morpho and Aave, generating yields directed to projects for computation, queries, and simulations while

According to Bitcoin news citing U.S. Federal Reserve data, in May, U.S. M2 money supply (broad money supply) reached $23.05 trillion for the first time, surpassing the $23 trillion mark and hitting a record high.

According to Lookonchain, trader Ansem's (@blknoiz06) portfolio gained $193 million over the past week thanks to the ANSEM token, which briefly reached a $190 million market cap record in early July. The Solana-based meme coin, named after the trader and launched in mid-June on Pump.fun, was recently trading at $0.357 with a market cap near $185.6 million. Not all ANSEM holders benefited equally. Another trader (@49foKJ) sold 8 million airdropped ANSEM tokens for $207,000 when the token's market