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Volantech Aviation founder and CEO Dong Ming stated in a recent media interview that the company aims to achieve global top-two or even first-place technical status this year. This follows the company's completion of China's first manned transition flight of its VE25-100 aircraft in late May at

PUNKVISM entered into a strategic MOU with ChainArt to develop NFT-based ticketing services for live entertainment. The collaboration aims to integrate blockchain technology into the live entertainment sector and establish a broader Web3 ecosystem for concerts and events in South Korea and

Tencent hired former OpenAI researcher Yao Shunyu as Chief AI Scientist in the last year, and he announced Friday his goal to establish a long-term artificial general intelligence organization in China. Yao made the remarks at a Tencent event in Beijing co-organized with local authorities. The

PEPE drops 7.43%, trading below key moving averages and showing strong bearish control. Price consolidates between $0.000002902 and $0.000003098 with continued downside risk. $0.000002902 support remains at a critical level, breakdown could trigger further losses. PepeCoin — PEPE, contin

Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered a new malware campaign targeting cryptocurrency developers through software supply chains. The malware, known as IronWorm, is a Rust-based infostealer designed to collect wallet credentials, cloud service keys, and GitHub authentication tokens. Security

The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) released a report determining that Brazil's Pix instant payment system burdens or restricts U.S. commerce, citing Section 301(b) of the Trade Act as grounds for potential tariff actions. The USTR claims Pix's preferential treatment imposes costs on

Bitcoin dropped to around $61,300, triggering more than $617 million in long liquidations as part of over $737 million in total positions wiped over 24 hours. The token then rebounded approximately 5.5% to near $64,700, a recovery that coincided with reports of an Israel-Lebanon ceasefire easing

Strategy's Bitcoin holdings have fallen to an unrealized loss of about $11.2 billion after Bitcoin dropped below the company's average acquisition price of $75,699. The firm's 843,706-BTC position, with a cost basis of $63.8 billion, is currently valued near $52.6 billion according to

Tencent Chief AI Scientist Yao Shunyu made his first public appearance on June 5 at the Tencent Cloud AI Industry Application Conference, where he discussed the company's Hunyuan 3 large language model and responded to criticism that Tencent has fallen behind in AI development. Yao, who joined Tence

Anthropic published a statement on its website on June 4 (local time) calling for a global slowdown in cutting-edge AI development, warning that AI systems are accelerating toward a state where they could autonomously design and train successor systems beyond human control. The company cited

CME Group Chief Executive Terry Duffy warned on June 4 that cryptocurrency perpetual futures approved by US regulators are a disaster waiting to happen. Speaking at Piper Sandler's Global Exchange & Fintech conference, Duffy criticized the highly leveraged instruments for posing major risks to

According to NOTUS, on June 5, citing three insiders, senior U.S. officials have held preliminary discussions with several major AI companies about the federal government acquiring partial ownership stakes. The discussion focus is on companies voluntarily surrendering equity, with investment returns used for public purposes. Bernie Sanders plans to introduce a mandatory bill in June, imposing a one-time 50% stock tax on top AI companies and requiring companies to surrender board seats. Details o

After the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) of South Korea convened virtual asset exchange representatives on June 4 to gather input, it decided to revise the enforcement decree amendment to the Act on Reporting and Use of Specified Financial Transaction Information, removing the mandatory reporting obligation for transfers of virtual assets of 10 million won and above. Instead, it will require each company to establish internal risk management systems to manage anti-money laundering (AML) risks

According to an exclusive June 4 report by NBC News, three people familiar with the matter said the U.S. CIA has ordered several senior officials to be suspended because of problems in handling David Rush’s funds application or the initial internal alerts related to it. When the FBI searched Rush’s home last month, it found about 303 gold bars, $2 million in cash, and more than 30 luxury watches. FBI Search Confirmed Findings The FBI affidavit for the search of Rush’s home lists the following fi

Blockchain analytics firm Chainalysis reported the cryptocurrency-powered peptide market has surpassed a US$100 million annualised transaction run rate, with Bitcoin and stablecoins serving as the dominant payment methods. Crypto inflows to peptide vendors increased 159% from approximately US$12 mil

CME Group CEO Terry Duffy said on June 4 that sustainable crypto futures are “a time bomb,” warning that CFTC approval of such products could undermine stability in U.S. financial markets. On May 29, the CFTC approved the launch of the first batch of U.S.-regulated crypto perpetual futures contracts by Coinbase and Kalshi. CFTC Approval Mechanism and Duffy’s Criticism In public comments, Duffy said the CFTC simplified an otherwise thorough review process when approving perpetual futures, arguing

CrowdStrike shares fell 7% on Thursday, June 4, after the company's quarterly forecasts failed to meet steep investor expectations. The decline occurred despite increased demand for cybersecurity software following Anthropic's announcement of its Mythos AI model. If the losses persist, the cybersecu

Russia has sanctioned 17-year-old British researcher Alexander Browder and barred him from entering the country following his investigation into alleged cryptocurrency laundering networks. The sanctions came after Browder published a March 2026 report alleging that Russia, Iran, and North Korea

Zcash's ZEC token dropped 30% following the disclosure of a critical counterfeit vulnerability discovered by Anthropic AI. The market capitalization of ZEC fell by almost $3 billion over the past 24 hours. The vulnerability has already been patched. The price decline occurred despite the patch

Prediction markets use a battle of capital to aggregate dispersed information into quantifiable probability values, offering a unique advantage in pricing geopolitical events. On the trending topic of “whether the U.S. will announce a new Iran deal or a ceasefire extension before June 30,” Gate’s prediction market provides a dynamic probability curve. As of June 5, 2026, the market’s capital bets show probabilities of 10% for an announcement before June 9, 17% for June 12, 24% for June 15, 54% f