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According to a Reuters survey, 49 of 80 economists expect the European Central Bank to raise interest rates twice in 2026, up from 34 of 70 economists who held this view in a May survey.

According to BlockBeats, on June 3, whale "First 10 Goals" opened a 4x leveraged long position of 281.789 Bitcoin at $67,777 early this morning and realized a small profit. The position was stopped out this afternoon after Bitcoin dipped to $66,000, triggering the preset stop-loss

According to RIA Novosti, Russia has demanded the release of a Russian captain from the Tagor oil tanker.

Mastercard has expanded its global settlement capabilities to support regulated stablecoins alongside traditional fiat currencies, enabling intraday, weekend, and holiday processing. The supported digital assets include USD Coin (USDC), PayPal USD (PYUSD), USDG, USDP, and RLUSD from the Ripple

According to Kuwait Petroleum Company's International Markets Director, the company's oil production may recover to 70% of normal levels within 6 to 8 weeks as of June 3. The remaining 30% recovery is expected to take an additional month, bringing total restoration to normal production capacity wit

According to Guru Club, Schroders upgraded the U.S. dollar rating to neutral and downgraded the Japanese yen rating to negative on June 3.

According to a report released by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences Labor Economics Society and Tencent Research Institute on June 3, AI job positions offer salary premiums of 38%-79% higher than non-AI roles, with the gap showing a tendency to widen. The report identified five key trends: AI

According to The Block, the UK Financial Conduct Authority has warned football clubs, including Premier League teams, against signing sponsorship agreements with unauthorized cryptocurrency companies to protect fans from financial

According to Guru Club, a programmer revealed on June 3 that his company has abandoned its full-stack AI project after monthly token costs for large language model API calls reached $400,000. The developer stated the company cannot sustain such expenses, and the planned initiative faces collapse

Tether-backed Adecoagro is set to launch a 10-megawatt Bitcoin mining operation in Brazil powered by renewable electricity generated from sugarcane processing, with operations targeted to begin around July 1, 2026. The project will deploy approximately 1,280 Bitcoin mining machines using energy

According to Bitcoin.com News, El Salvador's bitcoin reserve holds roughly 7,600 BTC, valued above $510 million as of June 3. The country continued its acquisition strategy even as Bitcoin dropped under $66,000 this week, maintaining a steady policy of adding approximately one BTC per day

According to Iranian media on June 3, Iran's Islamic Parliament Vice Speaker Ali Nikzad stated that claims Iran only fights and does not negotiate are incorrect. Supreme Leader Khamenei's red lines are on the agenda, and Iran will engage in talks with the U.S. if necessary, though it does not

According to BlockBeats, on June 3, the Zcash network has halted block production, with no new blocks generated in the past 4 hours, according to data from the Zcash blockchain explorer. Analysis suggests the network stoppage may be related to an emergency security upgrade on June 2 addressing a

According to PANews, Robinhood will hold a global launch event on July 2, 2026 at 2:00 AM Beijing time (7:00 PM BST / 2:00 PM EDT) at Old Royal Naval College in London. The event, titled "The World is Flat," will feature CEO and co-founder Vlad Tenev and centers on the theme "A new era of crypto is

According to Hong Kong Stock Exchange disclosure, Daniel Yu's stake in Pop Mart H shares increased from 5.69% to 6.04% on May 28.

According to BlockBeats, stock market analyst Herman Jin published detailed analysis yesterday (June 3) on four key risks in the AI investment boom. Jin identified AI model revenue growth as the most critical metric to monitor. While current AI bull market appears to show low valuations and low

Switzerland's Economic Ministry expects additional tariffs from the Section 301 investigation to replace the current 10% additional tariffs imposed under Section 122, which remain in effect until July 24, 2026. The current levies were previously implemented as part of U.S. trade measures and are se

According to reports, Brent crude oil hit $98 per barrel today, up nearly 3% intraday.

According to PANews, on June 3, OSL became the exclusive distributor of the tokenized non-listed class of Southern Eastern Fund's Hong Kong Dollar Money Market ETF (3053.HK) for the next six months. The tokenized product primarily invests in Hong Kong Dollar-denominated short-term deposits and