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According to Kankyō Bizinesu, Tokyo increased its electric vehicle subsidy cap this year, enabling Tesla buyers to receive combined national and local incentives totaling up to 2.37 million yen (approximately $21,000–22,000). This includes 1.27 million yen in national subsidies plus Tokyo's enhanced local support, significantly exceeding South Korea's maximum 7.54 million won (approximately $5,600) in combined central and local EV purchase subsidies. The subsidy disparity exceeds 10 million yen

According to BlockBeats, on July 4, President Trump stated that Iran is very eager to reach a deal, noting that Iran granted a week-long holiday to observe Khamenei's funeral.

According to CNBC, French President Emmanuel Macron and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi are leading personal diplomatic pushes to attract major AI investments and infrastructure projects to their countries in 2026. Macron convinced SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son to invest tens of billions of dollars in French AI data centers, with the company announcing plans in May to build 3.1 GW of capacity by 2031 as part of a 75-billion-euro program. Modi met with Amazon CEO Andy Jassy last Thursday and sec

France's Health Minister Stéphanie Risotto said on July 3 she supports a lifetime ban on tobacco sales to people born in 2009 and after.

According to Stephen Yiu, manager of Blue Whale Growth Fund with $4.5 billion in assets under management, the simplest approach to AI investing is to follow capital spending rather than predict profitable companies. Yiu's strategy focuses on semiconductor supply chain companies directly benefiting from AI infrastructure investments. Blue Whale's top holdings include Applied Materials, Lam Research, NVIDIA, SK Hynix, Lumentum, and Broadcom. Since inception in 2017, the fund has achieved approxima

According to Michael Burry's Substack post on July 2, the investor behind "The Big Short" established a short position in Micron Technology (MU) at $1,051.87 and simultaneously increased positions in five existing holdings. Micron shares fell 5.49% to close at $975.56 on Thursday. Burry cited extreme valuations and technical extremes in Micron's recent rally, noting the stock's distance above its 200-day moving average represents the highest level since 1984, "even exceeding the peak of the dot-

According to a Bitcoin Policy Institute study released March 3, 2026, 36 frontier AI models from Anthropic, DeepSeek, Google, OpenAI and others favored Bitcoin in 48.3% of responses across 9,072 monetary scenarios, with stablecoins following at 33.2%. More than 90% of responses favored digitally native assets over traditional fiat currency. Bitcoin led store-of-value scenarios at 79.1%, while stablecoins dominated everyday payment use at 53.2%. The findings support WhiteBIT CMO Alex Kozenko's ar

According to Beating, Huawei's semiconductor chief He Tingbo released version 2 of the "Tao Theorem" paper on China's ChinaXiv preprint platform on July 3. The updated paper expands on the May 25 v1 release with engineering implementation details, quantified testing data, and a complete 8-chapter framework covering core technologies including τ hierarchical spatiotemporal models, LogicFolding architecture, bonding interface cross-sections, Unified Bus interconnect, and Hi-ONE optical engines. Th

According to the Major County Sheriffs of America, the organization dropped its opposition to the CLARITY Act on July 4. The group still seeks amendments to the legislation that would provide local law enforcement with more resources to investigate illicit finance cases.

According to a report by Bloomberg strategist Simon White released on July 2, U.S. banks' risk exposure to hedge funds and shadow banking institutions has surged from $2 trillion to approximately $4.5 trillion over the past four years. Average hedge fund leverage has roughly doubled since 2022, with leverage built into Treasury basis trades (buying spot bonds while shorting futures) alone estimated at $2.4 trillion. White warned that should market conditions trigger a deleveraging event, banks c

According to Onchain Lens, a newly created wallet recently deposited 52.67 BTC (worth $3.26 million) to HyperLiquid for a short position, then opened a 20x leveraged long position of 1,418.9 million XRP valued at $16.3 million. The position currently shows unrealized gains of approximately $477,000.

According to Critini Research analyst Jukan, Chinese AI open-source developers are raising prices or shifting toward closed-source business models this year, signaling that the token price war has hit bottom. Jukan noted that Zhipu AI, the company behind GLM-5.2, has raised prices multiple times in 2026. The analyst emphasized that open-source does not equate to permanently discounted API pricing, as Chinese large language model developers cannot indefinitely ignore return on investment.

According to Guru Club, Indonesia's benchmark stock index fell 4.2% to 5,688.574 points on June 4, marking its lowest level since December 2020.

According to Coinglass, the Crypto Fear and Greed Index currently stands at 21, down 1 point from yesterday. The seven-day average is 16, while the 30-day average is 15, indicating sustained extreme fear in the market.

According to China Tech Board Daily, Doupin will discontinue its AI agent feature on July 15, 2026, citing product functionality adjustments. The announcement comes as Bytedance continues to optimize its AI product offerings.

According to ChainCatcher, Moonbeam announced on July 4 that it will transform into a decentralized AI agent communication and settlement network, with GLMR migrating to Base at a 1:1 ratio. The cross-chain migration is now open with a deadline of July 31, 2026. Users holding GLMR on centralized exchanges do not need to take action.

According to BlockBeats, on July 4, Analog Devices sent a formal notice to customers stating that due to surging semiconductor demand and tight supply conditions, delivery times for certain product portfolios have been extended to up to six months. ADI advised customers to place orders at least six months in advance through channel partners and accordingly extend order backlog coverage. According to Critini Research analyst Jukan, the extended lead times for analog chips signal a broadening dema

According to Guru Club, South Korea's exchange-traded fund (ETF) market reached 513 trillion won in net assets by June 2026, surging 72% from end-2025, with equity ETFs jumping 165% to 254.8 trillion won. However, analysts recommend shifting from concentrated semiconductor bets to diversified portfolios in the second half, combining offensive positions in AI chipmaking equipment, data center infrastructure, and software solutions with defensive covered-call strategies and mixed-asset ETFs to man

According to Guru Club, Singapore's benchmark Straits Times Index fell 1.2% on June 4, closing at 5,076.81 points.

According to ChainCatcher, citing Onchain Lens monitoring, Bhutan transferred 700 BTC worth $43.75 million to Binance today.