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According to BlockBeats, TradingView integrated on-chain market data from Hyperliquid and Trade.xyz on July 4, allowing users to view real-time price movements of decentralized perpetual contracts. Hyperliquid is the largest decentralized perpetual trading platform with cumulative trading volume exceeding $4 trillion, while Trade.xyz is the largest deployer under the HIP-3 upgrade and offers perpetual contracts across stocks, commodities, forex, and pre-IPO markets.

South Korea's government announced a large-scale investment plan for semiconductors and AI data centers on July 3, according to IBK Securities. The initiative is expected to attract hundreds of trillions of Korean won in construction investments to facilities including those in Yongin. IBK Securities forecasts Samsung C&T and Samsung E&A will be among the largest beneficiaries of the construction project.

On July 2, Musk stated on X that Tesla's Optimus production will be extremely slow initially because everything is new and fundamentally different from vehicle manufacturing. The statement came after Musk posted a photo with the Optimus production team at Tesla's Fremont factory, which has been converted from Model S and Model X assembly lines to manufacture the third-generation humanoid robot. Musk acknowledged the conversion was remarkably fast, but emphasized that ramping up output will be a

According to Morgan Stanley's July 2 report, NAND flash demand is projected to grow 60% annually through 2027, driven by AI applications, which will account for 41% of total NAND market by 2027—up from 18% in 2025. However, the bank expects a 15% supply shortage in 2026, signaling structural market differentiation replacing blanket price appreciation. Morgan Stanley recommends prioritizing DRAM investments over NAND, citing superior supply discipline through long-term agreements (LTAs), stronger

According to Qianwen Platform, the company's personified interactive AI agents and user-created AI agent features will shut down on July 10, 2026, as part of a system upgrade and maintenance effort. Users will lose access to their agent configuration information and historical conversation records once the shutdown is completed.

According to Jin10, Iran held a public funeral and memorial service for deceased Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei in Tehran on July 4.

According to Security Times, Liandong Technology, a Shenzhen-listed Chinese semiconductor test equipment maker, agreed to acquire 100% of Northstar Technologies Limited for $10 million in cash on July 3. The wholly owned subsidiary Hong Kong Liandong Technology Industrial Limited will execute the transaction. Northstar's products and engineering team will expand Liandong's semiconductor test equipment offerings to include storage testing, complementing its existing power device, mixed-signal chi

According to Bloomberg, the Fourth of July parade in Washington, D.C. was cancelled on July 4 due to extreme heat.

According to Seoul Economic Daily, on July 4 Seoul lowered the public contribution rate by half and raised the residential ratio cap to a maximum of 90% for pre-negotiated development sites in northern and southwestern Seoul. This is expected to accelerate large-scale development of stalled vacant properties in underdeveloped areas that have faced decades of profitability challenges. The measure directly benefits the former National Institute of Health site in Eunpyeong District, valued at appro

According to Business Insider, Meta Platforms' AI chief Alexandr Wang stated recently that the company's forthcoming Watermelon large language model has achieved performance parity with OpenAI's GPT-5.5, narrowing the technology gap in the AI race. Wang made the comments during an internal employee meeting, citing overall capability comparisons. However, the company did not disclose the specific benchmarks or evaluation metrics used to assess the comparison, and the claim remains unverified by i

According to overseas brokers, the USD/KRW 1-month non-deliverable forward (NDF) overnight rose to 1,526.65 KRW on July 4, up 2.10 KRW from Seoul's previous foreign exchange closing rate of 1,525.60 KRW. The bid price was quoted at 1,526.60 KRW, with the ask at 1,526.70 KRW. U.S. financial markets were closed on July 3 for the Independence Day holiday observance.

In June, CME's cryptocurrency derivatives contracts saw an average daily trading volume increase of 76% year-over-year, with notional value surpassing $10 billion, according to CME data. The growth reflects expanding institutional participation in crypto derivatives markets through regulated exchanges.

On July 2, Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev told CNBC that AI-powered trading agents will emerge as a new category. He noted that automated trading, high-frequency trading, and AI-driven complex strategies have historically been dominated by institutional investors and Wall Street firms, with limited access for retail traders. In the future, AI agents could help ordinary investors participate in markets with institutional-level capabilities, further lowering barriers to financial investing.

According to Xinhua, on July 3, Georgian Prime Minister Kobakhidze and Uzbek President Mirziyoyev signed a joint declaration elevating bilateral relations to strategic partnership level.

According to The Information, Tesla will impose a weekly spending cap of $200 on employee AI tool usage starting July 6, with any overages requiring manager approval. The policy reflects the automaker's effort to balance AI expansion with cost control, as some software engineers have been consuming AI tokens costing thousands of dollars per week in recent months. The cap does not apply to beta products provided by Elon Musk's xAI, and the company is simultaneously encouraging staff to prioritize

According to Reuters, HCLTech won a $1.14 billion contract with an unnamed European firm on July 3 to transform and manage the client's global digital workplace and enterprise networks using an AI-driven operating model. The five-and-a-half-year deal can be extended for another five years, and marks HCLTech's largest announced contract since a $2.1 billion Verizon deal in August 2023. HCLTech's shares rose 6.3% following the announcement, while India's Nifty IT index gained 2.7%.

According to BlockBeats, KOL Ansem launched an airdrop page for ANSEM token on BullpenFi on July 4, pushing the Solana meme coin's market cap to $350 million within 12 hours. The token later retreated to $300 million, according to GMGN data. ANSEM recorded a 75.6% gain over 24 hours with $68 million in trading volume. Holders surpassed 100,000 addresses.

According to The Japan Times, Japanese chipmaker Kioxia has begun sending samples of its 332-layer 10th-generation 3D NAND flash memory to AI data center operators. The new chip delivers 59% higher bit density than its eighth-generation product and reaches speeds of 4.8 Gb/s, approximately 33% faster than the previous generation, while reducing power consumption by 10% for input and 34% for output. Production will ramp up in stages at Kioxia's Kitakami plant in Iwate Prefecture, with significant

According to The Japan Times, Kioxia has begun sending samples of its 332-layer 10th-generation 3D NAND flash chips to AI data center operators. The new chip delivers 59% higher bit density than its eighth-generation product and reaches 4.8 Gb/s data speed, approximately 33% faster than the previous generation, while cutting power consumption by 10% for input and 34% for output. Kioxia is producing the chips at its Fab2 facility in Kitakami, Iwate Prefecture, which started operations in Septembe

According to Coinglass data, Binance recorded net inflows of $213 million in USDT over the past 24 hours.