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Strategy (MSTR) is suspected of selling 491 Bitcoin on the evening of July 1, with the news released on July 3 by Light (@lightcrypto), a well-known crypto trader who had been silent for over a year, based on on-chain data monitoring. Arkham analyst Emmett Gallic stated that the authenticity remains to be verified, as the address behavior involved differs from known Anchorage custodian addresses. Light's On-Chain Monitoring Data: 491 BTC Suspected Sold and Arkham's Address Behavior Doubts （Sourc

Tom Lee, Chairman of BitMine, the world's largest Ethereum reserve company, stated on July 3 that the ETH/BTC exchange rate has ample reason to rise in the second half of 2026; the core logic comes from Ethereum's narrative evolution from a "smart contract platform" to "money". Tom Lee pointed out three industry catalysts, including stablecoins primarily operating on the Ethereum network, with increased transaction volume directly boosting ETH demand. Tom Lee's Three Industry Catalysts: Stableco

Bloomberg published an exclusive report on July 2 that, after the U.S. Supreme Court this week blocked the firing of Federal Reserve Board member Lisa Cook, Trump and his allies are pushing ahead with plans to reshape the Fed. According to sources familiar with the matter who spoke on condition of anonymity, senior officials and outside allies are actively studying how to remove Fed board members, targeting Cook and former Chair Jerome Powell. Scope of the Supreme Court Ruling and Trump Allies'

Meta added a clause to its official support page in June, stipulating that the “Conversation Focus” feature on its three smart glasses (Ray-Ban, Oakley, and Meta’s own brand) is capped at 3 hours per month for free users; subscribing to Meta One Premium raises the limit to 15 hours per month. Both tiers have a ceiling and are not unlimited. Meta: Free users get 3 hours of Conversation Focus per month; notified when approaching the limit According to Meta’s official support page, the subscription

Russia launched 74 missiles and 496 drones at Ukraine in overnight strikes that killed at least 21 people and injured over 90, according to Kyiv city authorities and reports from Reuters and AP. The Russian Defense Ministry stated the attacks were retaliation for Ukrainian strikes on Russian

Spot bitcoin ETFs recorded $4.5 billion in net outflows during June 2026, the worst monthly withdrawal since their approval in early 2024, while bitcoin dropped approximately 20% for the month and locked near $60,000. Experts attribute the outflows to macroeconomic conditions rather than bitcoin

Hollywood director Carl Rinsch was sentenced to 30 months in federal prison on June 29, 2026, after misappropriating $11 million in Netflix production funding intended for his series 'Conquest'. Rinsch diverted the capital into Dogecoin trading, stock market options, and luxury goods purchases,

Michael Burry disclosed on Thursday that he has opened a short position in Micron Technology Inc. (MU) while adding to five long positions. Burry stated that the memory chipmaker's rally has reached historically extreme levels. He attributed Micron's recent gains to fear of missing out and AI hype r

US stocks ended mixed on Thursday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average closing at a record high of 52,900.07, adding 1.1%, while the S&P 500 remained flat at 7,483.24 and the Nasdaq 100 fell 1.6% to 29,329.21. The divergence occurred as weaker-than-expected June jobs data reduced rate hike

Meta Platforms Inc. soft-launched a new mobile application called Pocket on Thursday, enabling users to generate, play, and distribute mini-games using plain-text prompts powered by artificial intelligence. The app, available on Apple App Store and Google Play, allows creation of interactive

President Donald Trump criticized the Federal Reserve's board as 'a little bit hostile' during a Thursday CNBC interview, expressing concern that internal resistance could prevent newly appointed Chairman Kevin Warsh from implementing the administration's monetary policy goals. Trump also outlined h

Tesla (TSLA) shares fell 7.5% on Thursday despite the electric vehicle maker reporting second-quarter 2026 vehicle deliveries of 480,126 units, exceeding Wall Street's consensus estimate of approximately 406,000 by roughly 18%. The decline marked the stock's worst single-day performance since

Since January 2025, the U.S. government has become a shareholder in 26 companies across nine major sectors—including rare earths, semiconductors, quantum computing, nuclear energy, and steel—through three key tools: direct equity stakes, traditional grants and loans, and offtake agreements. The U.S. International Development Finance Corporation’s (DFC) lending cap was expanded from $60 billion to $205 billion in December 2025 via the DFC Modernization and Reauthorization Act. Three Key U.S. Gove

Spotify removed over 500,000 fake streams from musician Malcolm Todd's song "Earrings" around July 3, dropping it from the top spot on the U.S. charts to fourth place; Spotify's investigation found that the stream manipulation was directly tied to prediction market betting activity – traders on the Kalshi platform wagered on which song would become the most-streamed on Spotify in the U.S. for June. Spotify Investigation Results: Process of Removing 500,000 Fake Streams and Chart Correction Accor

According to Korea Exchange (KRX) data, as of July 3, foreign investors have recorded net selling in the KOSPI market for 10 consecutive trading days; the cumulative net selling in the first half reached 150.464 trillion won, and after that day's selling, it rose to 155 trillion won. Of the 149 trillion won net sold by foreign investors in H1, approximately 134 trillion won was concentrated in semiconductor stocks. Individual investors have bought over 97 trillion won worth of stocks since the b

A nonpartisan organization established by the U.S. Congress, "America250," buried a stainless steel time capsule weighing approximately 400 kilograms in Philadelphia's Independence National Historical Park on July 4th, the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States. It is scheduled to be opened in 2276, on the 500th anniversary of the nation's founding. The sealed items include a prediction from AI chatbot Claude about California's appearance 250 years from now. Time Capsule Specific

X platform trader Labubu Trader posted on July 2, clearing all memory and semiconductor equipment stock positions, and sold after QQQ broke below the $728.23 support level. Currently, only software stocks and the Magnificent Seven positions remain. The two key technical signals that triggered this large-scale liquidation are: the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) broke below the 50-day exponential moving average, and Micron broke below the 21-day exponential moving average. KOSPI broke b

Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority rejects Goobit AB's MiCA CASP authorization; Goobit is evaluating appeal and subsequent impact; BTCX has focused on compliance and customer protection since 2011. MiCA transition period ends on July 1; among Europe's 3,000 VASPs, only over a hundred have received full authorization, with a conversion rate below 20%. On the same day, Binance withdrew its Greece application and suspended new users in France, Italy, Poland, and Spain starting July. ESMA requires unlicensed platforms to cease recruitment, stop marketing, restrict operations, and orderly terminate custody.

BNB Chain launched BNB Agent Studio, a developer platform designed to build and host AI agents with integrated AWS cloud infrastructure. The platform combines crypto wallets, on-chain identities, payment systems, and cloud hosting to enable developers to deploy autonomous software agents

On July 3, Standard Chartered's Head of Digital Assets Research, Geoffrey Kendrick, stated that the market is severely underestimating the potential for collaboration between premium DeFi protocols like Uniswap and traditional financial platforms. This statement came one day after Robinhood Chain fully integrated Uniswap, driving the UNI token's single-day gain to 13.3%, with the current price at $3.15. Robinhood Chain Day-One Integration: Uniswap V2, V3, V4, and UniswapX Become Core AMM On July