Daily Report | The EU has issued MiCA licenses to 53 cryptocurrency companies; Binance Alpha will launch PROMPTALE AI (TALE)
July 8 News OverviewOrganizer: Jerry, ChainCatcher
Important News:
- Yicai: Currently, multiple companies including JD.com, Standard Chartered, and Ant Group are preparing to apply for a Hong Kong stablecoin license, with fierce competition
- Binance Wallet announces that the participation threshold for BOOM TGE is 200 points
- Binance Alpha will launch PROMPTALE AI (TALE), eligible users can claim airdrops
- "Yiwu merchants start accepting stablecoins" topic ranks 4th on Baidu hot search list
- Bloomberg: US Treasury Secretary Yellen will meet with Chinese officials in the coming weeks to discuss US-China trade issues
- 21st Century Business Herald investigates Yiwu stablecoins: Most merchants are still unaware or hold a wait-and-see attitude, only a few merchants are using them
- Zhao Changpeng: The marketing method of the TON golden visa program is misleading, and such behavior harms the entire industry
- The EU has issued MiCA licenses to 53 crypto companies, including 14 stablecoin issuers and 39 crypto asset service providers
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Yicai: Currently, multiple companies including JD.com, Standard Chartered, and Ant Group are preparing to apply for a Hong Kong stablecoin license, with fierce competition
According to Yicai, more than 40 companies are preparing to apply for Hong Kong's stablecoin license, including JD Coin Chain, Standard Chartered-ANHKT consortium, Yuan Coin Innovation, and Ant International. However, it is expected that only a single-digit number of licenses will be issued, leading to intense competition.
Industry insiders point out that the applicants are mainly large Chinese financial institutions and internet companies, with some companies actively recruiting blockchain talent.
Experts believe that while stablecoins can enhance the convenience of cross-border payments, their actual cost is close to 1%, and the disruptive impact on the international monetary system is exaggerated.
Binance Wallet announces that the participation threshold for BOOM TGE is 200 points
Binance Wallet announced today that the participation point threshold for the BOOM TGE event is 200 points. The event will take place from 4 PM to 6 PM Beijing time on July 8 (UTC+8), and eligible users must use Binance Alpha points to participate.
Binance Alpha will launch PROMPTALE AI (TALE), eligible users can claim airdrops
Binance Alpha will launch PROMPTALE AI (TALE) on July 11. Eligible users can participate in the airdrop event using Alpha points on the Binance Alpha event page after trading begins. The platform stated that more details will be announced soon.
"Yiwu merchants start accepting stablecoins" topic ranks 4th on Baidu hot search list
The official page shows that the topic "Yiwu merchants start accepting stablecoins" ranks 4th on Baidu's hot search list.
Previous reports from 21st Century Business Herald found that most merchants in Yiwu stated they had not heard of stablecoins, with only a few merchants accepting stablecoin payments.
According to Jin10 citing Bloomberg, US Treasury Secretary Yellen stated on July 7 local time that she expects to meet with Chinese officials in the coming weeks to promote discussions on trade and other issues between the US and China.
"I will meet with my Chinese counterpart sometime in the next few weeks," Yellen said in an interview with CNBC. "We had good talks in Geneva and London before, and both sides maintained a high level of respect." "If the Chinese side is willing, the US and China can cooperate in more areas," Yellen stated, adding that the two sides will discuss expanding cooperation beyond trade.
According to 21st Century Business Herald, recent market news has emerged that Yiwu has cases of accepting stablecoin payments for foreign trade goods. After on-site investigations, when merchants were asked if stablecoin payments could be accepted, most merchants stated they had not heard of stablecoins and did not understand them; some merchants raised questions about compliance and costs; only a few merchants supported stablecoin payments.
Max Crown, CEO of the TON Foundation, responded again to the incident of "TON cooperating with the UAE to provide golden visas," stating that the UAE golden visa program originates from an independent collaboration between TON and a licensed partner focused on blockchain infrastructure and tokenized assets, and this exploratory work has not yet reached any formal agreement with UAE government entities.
Zhao Changpeng later commented on the tweet, stating, "This marketing is very misleading; these details should have been clarified. The difference between a $35,000 + $100,000 pledge application for a golden visa and 'submitting an application' is significant, as well as the related token price surge. All of this harms the industry."
Latest data shared by Circle executive Patrick Hansen shows that the EU has issued MiCA licenses to 53 institutions, allowing them to "passport" services across 30 countries in the European Economic Area without applying individually.
Among them, 14 companies are authorized to issue stablecoins or electronic money tokens (EMTs), including Circle, Crypto.com, Societe Generale, Stablemint, Quantoz, and StablR; Tether, as the issuer of USDT, has not yet obtained compliance approval and is not on the list.
Additionally, the 39 approved crypto asset service providers (CASPs) include BBVA, Robinhood, Coinbase, Kraken, and OKX. Binance did not appear on this list.
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According to the meme token tracking and analysis platform GMGN, as of July 8, 19:50:
In the past 24 hours, the top five popular Ethereum tokens are: AP, NALA, AMERICA, TAKO, WICKED
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