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Capital Group increased its holdings in Metaplanet to 136 million shares, with a stake valued at $203.2 million, becoming the largest shareholder of Metaplanet.Capital Group currently holds 10.63% of the voting rights in the company.

According to The Wall Street Journal, BlackRock is leading the effort to raise at least $12 billion in debt financing for Meta's new data center project located in El Paso, Texas. BlackRock and its infrastructure and private credit divisions hold an 80% stake in the project, while Meta holds the remaining 20%, with the park expected to have a capacity of approximately 1 gigawatt.JPMorgan and Morgan Stanley are responsible for leading this large-scale debt issuance and are in contact with other potential investors. The project structure is similar to Meta's Louisiana data center, where Blue Owl holds an 80% stake in the joint venture, Meta holds 20%, and construction is supported through debt financing. Additionally, Meta has agreed to lease a large data center project developed by Aligned Data Centers, supported by BlackRock, in Shippingport, Pennsylvania.Over the past year, BlackRock has continued to expand its investments in AI data centers, including the $40 billion acquisition of Aligned Data Centers. BlackRock was also one of the main investors in the $27 billion private debt financing for Meta's Louisiana data center, purchasing over $3 billion in bonds in that transaction.

According to CNBC, AMD has officially launched its first rack-scale AI system for artificial intelligence, Helios, which is seen as AMD's important product to compete with NVIDIA's Grace Blackwell and Vera Rubin AI systems. It has been adopted by enterprise customers such as Microsoft, Meta, OpenAI, and Oracle, attempting to initiate more direct competition with NVIDIA in the AI infrastructure market.Microsoft announced that it will deploy the AMD Helios system in its Azure data centers, becoming the latest customer to adopt this platform. AMD stated that Helios is expected to start delivering to customers later this year and will be used to support cutting-edge AI model inference, Azure AI services, and enterprise-level AI applications.Market analysis firm Futurum Group data shows that NVIDIA currently holds over 95% of the data center GPU market share, while AMD accounts for about 4.5%. Analysts believe that if Helios is deployed successfully, AMD has the opportunity to capture 20%-25% of the market share in the future, corresponding to a potential market space worth hundreds of billions of dollars.

According to official news, MetaMask announced that Robinhood Chain is now live on MetaMask.

Recently, the gold and silver markets have remained active, with the trading heat of precious metals continuing to rise. According to market data from the Gate platform, gold (XAU) reached a 24-hour high of $4104.58, currently reported at $4032.17, with a 24-hour increase of 0.35%; silver (XAG) reached a 24-hour high of $59.73, currently reported at $58.40, with a 24-hour increase of 1.34%. According to CoinGlass data, the open interest for Gate XAU contracts reached $164 million, and the open interest for Gate XAG contracts reached $60.2258 million, both ranking among the top two in the industry.

According to SoSoValue data, as of 8 AM Eastern Time on July 13, 2026, the total net sell-off of Bitcoin by global listed companies (excluding mining companies) in the past week was $85.45 million, a decrease of 908.42% compared to last week.Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy) and the Japanese listed company Metaplanet did not purchase Bitcoin last week.In addition, two other companies purchased Bitcoin last week. Brazilian Bitcoin company OrangeBTC announced on July 13 that it bought 8 Bitcoins at a price of $62,100, bringing its total holdings to 3,912 Bitcoins; asset management company Strive announced on July 13 that it spent $1.15 million to purchase 18 Bitcoins at a price of $64,028, bringing its total holdings to approximately 19,900 Bitcoins.As of the time of publication, the total amount of Bitcoin held by the global listed companies (excluding mining companies) in the statistics is 1,139,635 Bitcoins, a decrease of 0.19% compared to last week, with a current market value of approximately $7.138 billion, accounting for 5.7% of Bitcoin's circulating market value.

After Metaplanet (3350.T) completed the acquisition of Siiibo Securities, it launched Metaplanet Securities, providing BTC-backed credit instruments for Japanese investors.BTC-backed credit is on the rise.

According to CoinDesk, the Genlayer Foundation, in collaboration with 27 companies including OKX, MetaMask, and Matter Labs, has launched the "Internet Court" protocol, aimed at providing a unified dispute resolution mechanism for payments, custody, and contract disputes between AI agents.The project seeks to address the current issues of fragmentation in payment, identity, and interoperability standards within AI business systems, providing a more suitable adjudication infrastructure for transactions between machines.

According to CoinDesk, the Japanese listed company Metaplanet is collaborating with the yen stablecoin issuer JPYC and the security token platform Progmat to research digital credit products using Bitcoin as collateral.

According to BBX data, yesterday the global US stock market and companies listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange made significant moves in the accumulation of digital asset reserves. The latest updates from two core companies are as follows:GPUS core treasury breaks the 1,000 mark: Artificial intelligence data center company Hyperscale Data, Inc. (NYSE American: $GPUS) officially announced that the number of bitcoins held in its treasury has officially exceeded 1,000. Management stated that the company will continue to closely align with market conditions and existing capital allocation opportunities, supported by its core data center business, to continuously manage and expand its bitcoin reserve scale.Metaplanet raises $137 million through targeted private placement: Metaplanet Inc. (TSE: $3350) announced that it will issue new shares to specific institutional investors through the Third-Party Allotment mechanism under Japanese securities law, aiming to raise approximately $137 million (equivalent to 21.4 billion yen), with all funds to be used for purchasing bitcoin. The company accumulated 2,823 BTC in Q2 this year, and as of June 30, its total holdings have reached 43,000 BTC (valued at approximately $2.67 billion). Based on the current market price of about $62,000 per coin, this lightning private placement is expected to add approximately 2,210 BTC to its reserves, helping it strive towards its ultimate goal of 100,000 BTC by the end of the year.

The Japanese corporate bond issuance and purchasing platform operator Siiibo Securities announced that it plans to change its name to "Metaplanet Securities Inc." on July 13, 2026, and officially join the Metaplanet Group.Siiibo Securities stated that this name change requires approval from a temporary shareholders' meeting. The company previously operated with the mission of "creating free, transparent, and fair direct finance," providing an online private bond issuance and purchasing platform aimed at emerging enterprises and individual investors, and holds a first-class financial instruments business license in Japan.With the integration into the Metaplanet Group, Siiibo will further expand its business direction in the future, planning to leverage its parent company's experience in Bitcoin (BTC) asset operations to develop and offer BTC-based financial products to individual investors, creating a "BTC × Finance" platform.It is understood that Siiibo Securities was established in 2019 and currently operates an online securities platform focused on corporate bonds, providing private bond issuance and investment services. The platform has covered approximately 40 companies and over 100 types of bond products. After joining the Metaplanet Group, it will no longer be limited to the venture debt field but will explore more innovative income products that meet investor return demands.

Metagent co-founder and former CTO Li Bojie responded to the accusations from ABCDE Capital partner Du Jun, stating that of the $1.5 million stipulated in the investment agreement, only $500,000 has been received, while the remaining $1 million has not been paid, yet the cap table still calculates ABCDE's equity based on $1.5 million. Li Bojie indicated that due to the long delay in funding, he and the co-founders voluntarily reduced their salaries, which hindered the company's recruitment and research and development; he left in October 2024 due to family reasons and compliance issues with Web3 in mainland China. Before leaving, he disclosed the cap table and business progress as required, and stated that future entrepreneurial projects will avoid areas related to non-compete clauses such as Web3, AI infrastructure, and image generation.

Du Jun, co-founder of ABCDE Capital, stated that Li Bojie, founder of Metagent, is the "least contractual spirit founder" he has ever worked with. Du Jun mentioned that Li Bojie founded Metagent in 2024 and received investment from ABCDE Capital, but subsequently refused to fulfill the basic obligations stipulated in the investment agreement, including updating investors on business progress and financial status, and later even went completely offline.Du Jun stated that venture capital can accept project failures, but cannot accept fraudulent behaviors such as founders "running away" after receiving investment.

According to SoSoValue data, as of 8 AM Eastern Time on July 6, 2026, the total net purchase of Bitcoin by global listed companies (excluding mining companies) for the week was $10.57 million, a decrease of 27.85% compared to last week.Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy) sold 1,363 Bitcoins for approximately $80.8 million on June 30, at an average price of $59,256, reducing its holdings to 846,000 Bitcoins; on July 5, it sold another 2,225 Bitcoins for about $135 million, at an average price of $60,773, further reducing its holdings to 843,775 Bitcoins.Japanese listed company Metaplanet announced its first investment of $225 million in 10 weeks, purchasing 2,823 Bitcoins at a price of $79,664, bringing its total holdings to 40,177 Bitcoins.In addition, two other companies purchased Bitcoin last week. Brazilian Bitcoin company OrangeBTC announced on July 5 that it purchased 1 Bitcoin, with the specific amount undisclosed, bringing its total holdings to 3,897 Bitcoins; asset management company Strive announced on July 6 that it spent $1.68 million to purchase 17.76 Bitcoins at a price of $64,761, bringing its total holdings to 19,882 Bitcoins.As of the time of publication, the total amount of Bitcoin held by the listed companies worldwide (excluding mining companies) is 1,141,812 Bitcoins, a decrease of 0.04% compared to last week, with a current market value of approximately $70.3 billion, accounting for 5.7% of Bitcoin's circulating market value.

According to BBX data, last week the largest listed company in Asia, the BTC reserve party, announced record quarterly coin purchase data, and the world's largest RWA tokenization platform officially landed on the New York Stock Exchange. The core dynamics are as follows:Metaplanet Inc. (TSE: 3350) officially disclosed its Bitcoin accumulation data for Q2 2026 on July 1: throughout the quarter, it purchased 2,823 BTC at an average price of approximately $78,872 (35.4886 billion yen), totaling about $225 million. As of June 30, the total holding increased to 43,000 BTC, with a total cost of about $4.09 billion (overall average price of $95,209). The uniqueness lies in the fact that the company's specialized Bitcoin options trading business generated operating income of $10.95 million in Q2, which, when directly offset against the coin purchase cost, resulted in an effective net purchase average of approximately $75,032 per coin (although still at a discount compared to the current market price of about $61,000, it saves about 4.8% compared to the nominal average of $78,872); the total options income for H1 2026 was $29.2 million, with trailing 12-month options income of $70.7 million; Q2 BTC Yield (holding amount/effective diluted shares ratio) increased by 6.6% year-on-year; the source of funds for this quarter's coin purchases was credit lines, ordinary bond issuance, and options income, without using equity dilution methods. The company also disclosed that it has reached an agreement to acquire the licensed Japanese Type 1 securities firm Siiibo Securities, which will be included in the "Project Nova" strategic expansion plan.Securitize Corp. (NYSE: $SECZ) officially completed its SPAC merger with Cantor Equity Partners II ($CEPT) at the beginning of July and was listed on the New York Stock Exchange, becoming the world's first NYSE-listed company with tokenized asset infrastructure as its core business. According to CoinDesk, on its first day of listing on the NYSE, the company tokenized $295 million of its own $SECZ stock and simultaneously deployed it on the Solana and Avalanche blockchains, marking the largest issuer-led tokenized public stock release to date. Securitize uses its own stock as a tokenization case to counter third-party synthetic token solutions (i.e., derivative structures without direct ownership) offered by competitors. The company previously managed over $4 billion in tokenized assets and established deep partnerships with NYSE, BlackRock, Computershare, Jump Trading, etc., with Q1 2026 revenue of $19.5 million; after the listing of $SECZ, it will serve as a valuation benchmark anchor for the RWA tokenization track, forming a strong triad in the on-chain asset securitization field alongside Coinbase (Base chain) and Galaxy Digital (institutional RWA lending).

According to reports from South Korean media, Samsung Electronics' foundry business is accelerating its expansion in the global AI chip market. Following last year's acquisition of Tesla's AI chip orders, Samsung is currently advancing production cooperation for customized chips (ASIC) with Meta and Anthropic.It is reported that Meta is negotiating a next-generation ASIC design and production contract with Samsung worth over 10 trillion Korean won. Meta's third-generation AI accelerator "MTIA" plans to shift from TSMC to large-scale production using Samsung's advanced 2-nanometer process, with early chip architecture design being jointly conducted by Samsung's System LSI division to align with its rapid six-month development cycle. In addition, the American AI company Anthropic is also evaluating the use of Samsung's 2-nanometer process to develop exclusive ASICs, aiming to advance the internalization of its AI infrastructure.Industry insiders point out that with the influx of AI chip orders from global tech giants, along with ongoing negotiations for automotive chip foundry agreements with BYD, Samsung's foundry business is expected to approach a medium to long-term order reserve of 50 trillion Korean won, and is likely to turn a profit in operating income in the fourth quarter of this year.

UPBIT will open BTC and USDT trading for Metaplex (MPLX) at 15:00 on July 3, and will open USDT trading for Nexus (NEX) at 18:00 on the same day. Users can deposit within 2 hours after the announcement is published. Please pay attention to subsequent announcements for specific trading support times.

According to BBX data, yesterday, publicly listed companies in multiple countries around the world experienced extreme differentiation in their digital asset treasury strategies, with some engaging in "hardcore accumulation" and others opting for "complete liquidation." The latest movements in real asset balance sheet adjustments are as follows:Metaplanet spent $220 million to aggressively accumulate: Metaplanet Inc. (TSE: $3350) officially submitted documents to the Tokyo Stock Exchange yesterday, revealing that the company purchased a total of 2,823 bitcoins in the second quarter of 2026, paying approximately 3.589 billion yen (about $22.3 million), with an average price of about $78,835 per coin. This accumulation increased the company's total bitcoin holdings to 43,000 coins, with a total cost of approximately 659.26 billion yen (about $4.08 billion). CoinDesk confirmed on the same day that it recorded "bitcoin revenue generation" revenue in Q2, but due to a decline in coin prices, it dropped about 41% compared to the previous quarter.KWAV strategically reversed and completely liquidated: K Wave Media (NASDAQ: $KWAV) submitted a suspended registration document to the SEC on June 30, indicating that the company has completely exited the previously high-profile bitcoin treasury plan, liquidating all its bitcoin holdings. The company plans to redirect the maximum $250 million originally intended for purchasing bitcoins entirely towards AI data centers and GPU computing infrastructure. Along with the liquidation, K Wave Media announced plans to change its name to Talivar Technologies, fully abandoning the label that was once seen by the market as Asia's "bitcoin follower." Due to the significant drop in bitcoin from its peak of $126,000, which triggered a chain reaction, the company is currently considering executing a reverse stock split to meet Nasdaq's minimum listing maintenance requirements, hastily entering the capital-intensive AI sector.