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According to its announcement today (July 6), Hong Kong Television Broadcasts (HK00511) granted a total of 2.4 million share options to nine employees, including five senior management. Each option is exercisable at HK$2.29 per share and can be exercised within ten years until July 5, 2036. The company's board also granted 400,000 restricted stock units to Chairman and major shareholder Tao Xu today, representing approximately 0.09% of issued shares.

According to CNBC's Jim Cramer on Monday (July 7), semiconductor stocks staged a comeback following last week's sharp sell-off, with Intel, Arm, and Broadcom all gaining over 3%. Cramer attributed the rebound to a "revenge trade," suggesting investors were returning to the semiconductor group after heavy losses. Broadcom's advance was bolstered by news that the chipmaker extended its partnership with Apple through 2031 to develop and supply custom chips, marking a significant long-term win for t

According to Bank of Canada's quarterly business leaders survey, Canadian enterprises have lowered their inflation expectations following the mid-June ceasefire agreement in the Middle East, with concerns about trade also easing. The survey, conducted in May before the U.S.-Iran peace accord, showed that firms had worried high oil prices would erode demand, economic growth, and sales. A subsequent survey of business leaders indicates these concerns are now subsiding, with inflation expectations

According to ARK Invest's podcast on July 3, Cathie Wood said Bitcoin has entered a bottoming process and expects a volatile uptrend to resume. Wood cited the Bitcoin-to-gold ratio holding near mid-2023 levels as evidence that the worst is likely behind the market. She maintains a $730,000 base case and $1.25 million bull case prediction for Bitcoin by 2030, arguing capital outflows from less stable countries will support the asset. Bitcoin was trading at $61,936 at the time of writing.

According to Bloomberg, the two index arbitrage teams under hedge fund Millennium Management made a combined profit of approximately $3.7 billion in June, accounting for more than half of the fund's roughly $6.6 billion in pre-tax gains for the month. The teams, led by Glen Scheinberg in New York and Pratik Madhvani in Dubai, capitalized on concentrated trading opportunities from the S&P 500 quarterly rebalance, Nasdaq-100 quarterly changes, Russell annual adjustments, and other index-related ev

According to Bitcoin.com News, SpaceX raised approximately $75 billion and closed at a $2.1 trillion valuation on its June 12 Nasdaq debut. The company holds 18,712 BTC in its corporate treasury, worth roughly $1.29 billion. SpaceX's first-generation orbital AI satellite, AI1, spans 70 meters and carries compute capacity averaging 120 kilowatts, peaking at 150 kilowatts.

Gate News message, several significant token unlock events are scheduled for the upcoming week. RAIN tops the list with an unlock value of $757.09M, followed by ADI at $40.86M and STABLE at $29.84M. Other notable unlocks include JTO ($8.24M), APT ($6.15M), VELVET ($5.35M), and TX ($5.12M).

According to CoinGlass, over $314 million in crypto contracts were liquidated in the past 24 hours as of July 6, affecting 78,908 traders globally. Long positions accounted for approximately $180 million of total liquidations, while short positions represented $134 million, giving bulls a 57% majority. The largest single liquidation occurred on the Hyperliquid platform's BTC-USD contract at $5.68 million. Bitcoin and Ethereum were the primary assets under liquidation pressure, with $137 million

According to Foresight News, ENS DAO contributor AvsA recently proposed a governance reform plan that would delegate (rather than distribute) 5 million ENS tokens from the treasury to multiple delegation contracts. The 5 million tokens would be allocated equally across five stakeholder categories—users, integrators, developers, traditional domain system participants, and the governance community—with up to 10 candidates per category selected through specific criteria. Delegated recipients would

On Monday, July 6, European stock indices closed with mixed results. Germany's DAX 30 rose 20.66 points to 25,818.14, up 0.08%. Italy's FTSE MIB gained 136.65 points to 52,955.50, up 0.26%. Meanwhile, Spain's IBEX 35 fell 179.43 points to 19,674.87, down 0.90%. France's CAC 40 dropped 28.20 points to 8,479.87, down 0.33%. The UK's FTSE 100 declined 30.32 points to 10,648.71, down 0.28%. Europe's Stoxx 50 index fell 16.68 points to 6,396.00, down 0.26%.

According to Jin10 citing UK Business Secretary Peter Kyle, potential Labour successor Andy Burnham has pledged to continue the party's industrial strategy amid an upcoming leadership transition. Kyle stated that Burnham, who previously served as mayor of Greater Manchester, has witnessed the impact of the decade-long industrial growth plan in the region and committed to maintaining the policy framework.

According to Bloomberg, today (July 6) Citadel Securities is seeking to join Pennsylvania's insider trading lawsuit against Susquehanna International Group (SIG) and its former traders as an injured party. Citadel claims it sustained losses from the alleged insider trading activity in U.S. equities and options markets and seeks court approval in New York to protect its recovery rights. The case accuses SIG's former employees of trading multiple stocks using non-public information.

According to Korea Exchange, South Korean ETFs reached 512.4 trillion won in net assets as of end-June 2026, marking the entry into the 500-trillion-won era. The market grew from approximately 300 trillion won at the start of the year, peaking at 532.97 trillion won on May 22 before settling at the June 30 level. Leveraged products and semiconductor-themed ETFs led market performance. Leveraged ETFs occupied all top 12 positions by H1 return, with TIGER 200IT Leverage gaining 764.07% and KODEX S

The winning bid acceptance rate for the U.S. 3-month Treasury auction on July 6 reached 93.49%, up from 85.81% in the previous auction.

The bid-to-cover ratio for the U.S. 3-month Treasury auction reached 2.58 on July 6, up from 2.32 in the previous auction, indicating increased demand for short-term government debt.

On July 6, the 3-month U.S. Treasury bill auction settled at a yield of 3.735%, down from 3.74% at the previous auction.

The U.S. 6-month Treasury auction on July 6 settled at a yield of 3.83%, down slightly from the previous auction's 3.84%. The bid-to-cover ratio and other auction metrics were in line with recent Treasury offerings.

The Bank of Canada's Business Outlook Indicator, a key measure of business sentiment, declined to -0.39 in the second quarter of 2026, signaling a continued softening in near-term business investment and hiring intentions.

European stock indices closed lower this morning. The STOXX 600 index fell 0.50% to 649.49 points, while the STOXX 50 declined 0.42% to 6385.43 points. The FTSE Eurofirst 300 index dropped 0.52% to 2599.89 points.

Germany's DAX 30 Index closed up 0.03% to 25,787.16 points on July 6. Across Europe, France's stock index fell 0.46%, while Italy's gained 0.10% with its banking sector up 0.46%. The UK stock index declined 0.39%.