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According to GlobeNewswire, AI security startup Neo announced the completion of a $100 million financing round, led by venture capital firms Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) and Bessemer Venture Partners, with participation from Craft Ventures and Merlin Ventures.It is reported that the company positions itself as an "Agentic Software Control" company, dedicated to building a real-time control layer for enterprises, helping security operations teams (SecOps) manage and protect the rapidly proliferating AI agents, AI applications, browsers, identity systems, and intelligent capabilities in traditional software. The new funds will be used to expand the engineering and marketing teams and accelerate the expansion of enterprise customers.

According to Cointelegraph, Japanese logistics company AZ-COM Maruwa Holdings plans to use the JPYC stablecoin to make payments to approximately 2,300 business partners, potentially becoming the first large-scale enterprise in Japan to use the yen stablecoin JPYC. This stablecoin will be used to pay transportation contractors (including truck drivers) fees and compensation.Since JPYC does not charge transfer fees, using the stablecoin allows for faster and more frequent payments. AZ-COM Maruwa is also considering establishing a partnership with JPYC and plans to invest over 1 billion yen (approximately 6.2 million USD). AZ-COM Maruwa is a medium-sized Japanese logistics company, with major clients including Amazon Japan.

ForeGate, in collaboration with partners such as OneBullEx, OKX, WEEX, Interlace, HTX Live, and Billion Live, is currently hosting the "Final Battle 48 Hours · Predictions Never Stop" special event for the World Cup.The total prize pool for the event is as high as 8 million USDT, with benefits including goal airdrops, penalty shootout doubles, late-night subsidies, and lotteries. Among them, OneBullEx will provide a 100 USDT experience bonus and whitelist rewards for the OneBullEx Card, further enriching user participation rights.The event revolves around "AI vs Mysticism vs Human Judgment," covering the third-place match and the finals of the World Cup. ForeGate AI will provide match result judgments, championship probabilities, and post-match hit reviews, while entertainment predictions such as Tarot, astrology, Bazi, and I Ching will also participate, bringing users a richer event interaction experience. Users can participate through the event prediction market, live interactions, red envelope rains, and lucky bags.On the evening of July 20, partners will also hold a wrap-up review through X Space to discuss the final performance of different prediction methods and announce the lottery results. This event also extends to the EWC esports prediction scene, connecting sports and esports prediction markets through AI predictions, event interactions, and multi-platform collaboration.

Gate US announced a partnership with SoFi to become an infrastructure partner, helping to drive the future development of finance. As a national chartered bank, SoFi possesses strong financial strength, a solid regulatory foundation, and modern banking infrastructure, facilitating smoother connections between traditional finance and digital assets. Through this collaboration, Gate US has activated SoFi's Big Business Banking account, which is part of its ongoing efforts to build secure, compliant, and scalable financial solutions for the U.S. ecosystem.At the same time, Gate US is preparing to launch ACH and Wire functionalities. Once the ACH service is online, it is expected to allow users to link their bank accounts and make direct deposits into their Gate US accounts; the upcoming Wire feature aims to support larger and faster domestic transfers within the U.S. backed by institutional-grade banking infrastructure. Both functionalities are expected to be launched in the U.S. jurisdictions where Gate US is licensed, highlighting Gate US's compliance-first philosophy. Gate US holds MTL licenses in 36 states and operates in 47 jurisdictions across the U.S. In addition, multiple entities under Gate have completed relevant regulatory registrations, license applications, or received authorizations and approvals in jurisdictions such as Malta, the Bahamas, Japan, Australia, and Dubai. In the future, Gate US will continue to advance its compliance infrastructure, expand the accessibility of digital asset services, and provide users with safer and smoother financial solutions.

Multicoin Capital Managing Partner Tushar Jain shared in detail his valuation logic and investment framework for HYPE during the "When Shift Happens" podcast. He believes that HYPE is currently severely undervalued, with a benchmark valuation of $319, and recommends a pragmatic accumulation strategy to cope with volatility.Tushar candidly stated that trying to precisely time the market is nearly impossible. The recommended framework is: the first third: buy immediately (enter the market right away); the second third: invest according to a fixed schedule (for example, in batches over 1-2 months); the third third: increase positions opportunistically when prices dip. This method can significantly reduce psychological burden while achieving a good average cost when optimistic about the long-term prospects of the asset.Tushar's valuation model is based on four relatively conservative assumptions: the trading volume of crypto derivatives will maintain a 35% annual compound growth rate over the next two years; the DeFi derivatives market share will increase to 32%; the USDC collateral balance will grow in sync with trading volume; and the "false prosperity" currently created by some projects relying on subsidies will disappear after the subsidies are withdrawn, leading to an increase in Hyperliquid's true market share. Even with these conservative assumptions, HYPE's current price still has significant upside potential, possibly exceeding $600 in some optimistic scenarios.Tushar believes that Hyperliquid is far more than just a rapidly growing perpetual contract platform; it is expected to become a core part of crypto financial infrastructure.

Dragonfly partner Haseeb responded on Twitter to OpenZeppelin co-founder Manuel Aráoz's previous pessimistic view on DeFi security, stating that with models like GLM 5.2, Fable, and GPT 5.6 now online and actively used by attackers, DeFi has not experienced the anticipated "hacker apocalypse."Chart data shows that based on current year-to-date figures and operating rates, the annualized amount stolen in DeFi by 2026 is approximately $1.89 billion, with a cumulative theft of about $986 million this year, which is lower than the levels of 2025 and still within historical ranges.Haseeb believes that the deeper change currently is that while the number of hacker attacks has increased, the scale of individual attacks has decreased more rapidly, with attackers increasingly targeting smaller protocols and abandoned projects, while larger protocols have completed more security enhancements, thus the overall safety of funds has not significantly worsened.

Gate today announced that Jason Fung has officially joined Gate as the Head of Global Partnerships. He will lead the global cooperation strategy, deepening long-term collaboration with high-quality projects, L1/L2 ecosystems, TradFi institutions, and Web3 partners, enhancing the platform's ecological value and global resource integration capabilities.Jason has over 15 years of industry experience in Web3, fintech, consumer technology, and gaming. He has worked at Sei, ABFinance, TikTok, and Alibaba, and has been involved in founding multiple Web2 and Web3 startup projects, accumulating rich experience in market expansion, ecosystem construction, asset operation, strategic cooperation, and international business development. He graduated from the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto with a Bachelor of Commerce degree.Jason stated, "I am excited to join Gate. The digital asset industry is welcoming more innovation and collaboration opportunities. I look forward to leveraging my experience in Web3, technology, and global cooperation to establish closer connections with global project parties, ecosystem partners, and industry participants, exploring more innovative opportunities and jointly promoting the development of the digital asset field."Jason's addition will further enhance Gate's global cooperation system, promote resource synergy across ecosystems and industries, and work with more partners to explore innovative applications of digital assets, supporting the construction and long-term development of the industry ecosystem.

Multicoin Capital Managing Partner Tushar Jain stated that the crypto market has bottomed out and entered a turning point, with current market sentiment truly reaching a low. Recent major hacking incidents and other news have not triggered large-scale sell-offs, application adoption rates continue to rise, and prices have become disconnected from fundamentals.He maintains a long-term optimistic view on Solana, believing that SOL is the correct architecture for spot trading and tokenized securities; he is also optimistic about Hyperliquid's leading position in the derivatives space, currently holding significant positions in both. Regarding ZEC, he mentioned that Multicoin has accumulated a considerable proportion of the supply and believes it represents a return to the "crypto-punk" values of the industry, with the potential to enter the top five by market capitalization.In terms of position management, he employs a "three-part method": immediately buying one-third, dollar-cost averaging the second one-third, and keeping the final one-third as flexible funds to respond to major declines. After confirming that no hackers exploited the Zcash code vulnerability incident, the team significantly increased their positions.

The Web3 asset data platform RootData has compiled the stablecoin ecosystem partners of the OSL Group, systematically presenting its role as a global stablecoin payment and trading infrastructure, from stablecoin payment networks and infrastructure to on-chain depth and institutional cooperation, and finally to a comprehensive layout of underlying security.Core stablecoin payment network: Launched the enterprise-grade compliant US dollar stablecoin USDGO, issued by Anchorage and operated by OSL, with tokenized funds from BlackRock, Goldman Sachs, and JPMorgan as reserve assets, and collaborated with leading stablecoin issuers such as Tether and Circle to jointly expand the stablecoin ecosystem; by expanding its own channels and acquiring Banxa, it connects and collaborates with withdrawal, recharge, and payment networks such as Visa, MasterCard, WorldPay, GoldStack, and Yellow Card; and compliant clearing and settlement channels are provided by leading banks such as Standard Chartered and DBS.On-chain depth: Leading public chains like Solana provide efficient and low-cost on-chain value transfer channels for its stablecoin system; at the same time, it partners with industry-leading asset management companies such as Franklin Templeton, Huaxia Fund, and Southern Eastern to offer attractive RWA financial products, expanding the on-chain application ecosystem of stablecoins.Security infrastructure foundation: Institutional-grade asset custody is provided by Fireblocks, Cactus, supporting multiple wallets such as MetaMask, TrustWallet, and Ledger, with KYC/AML compliance risk control supported by Chainalysis and Sumsub.OSL has built a complete ecosystem around stablecoin payments and trading. From stablecoin issuance and trading to fiat and digital currency withdrawals, recharges, and clearing and settlement, and to high-performance blockchain and compliant security infrastructure supporting enterprise-grade payments and treasury management, OSL, as a leading representative in the Asian stablecoin sector, is leveraging its global compliance, banking network, and ecological advantages to construct a full-stack compliant stablecoin payment application ecosystem for the market and clients.Cryptocurrency projects actively showcasing their partner networks have become a key way to enhance transparency and market trust. It is reported that RootData welcomes Web3 projects to claim the data and continues to track and open more project business relationship disclosure channels. The platform has continuously released multiple editions of the cryptocurrency project ecosystem map, nominating Web3 ecosystem partners serving upstream clients such as Visa, Stripe, and Coinbase.

According to official news, on July 5th, the ANTON Hong Kong Web4.0 closed-door private board meeting was successfully held. This meeting focused on in-depth exchanges regarding AI-Fi, Web4.0, real ecological applications, and co-construction with ecological partners.At the meeting, Mr. Allen Dave, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Executive Director of MY Group Technology Company, attended and delivered a speech, stating that MY Group will continue to provide ecological resources, global market capabilities, real application scenarios, and capitalization strategy support for ANTON. Both parties will engage in deeper collaboration around AI-Fi and Web4.0.It is reported that ANTON is an important component of MY Group's AI-Fi ecological layout, dedicated to exploring the integration of AI and decentralized finance. Through the BAS bionic intelligent agent cluster, AI financial strategy system, and on-chain rule mechanisms, it aims to build intelligent financial protocols for the Web4.0 era.Industry insiders believe that with the continuous integration of AI technology and on-chain financial infrastructure, AI-Fi is gradually becoming one of the important application directions in the Web4.0 era. The deep collaboration between ANTON and MY Group is expected to further promote the transition of AI finance from conceptual narratives to real-world applications.MY Group's current ecosystem covers various fields, including social traffic entry, global payment systems, public chain infrastructure, digital asset trading ecosystems, and AI intelligent financial systems. In the future, both parties will continue to advance cooperation in areas such as AI-Fi infrastructure construction, real application implementation, and global community ecological expansion by leveraging their respective advantages.This Hong Kong private board meeting further clarified the strategic collaborative relationship between ANTON and MY Group under the new cycle of intelligent finance, jointly promoting the development of the AI-Fi and Web4.0 ecosystem.

According to PR Newswire, QIZ Security announced the completion of a $17 million seed round financing, led by Bessemer Venture Partners and Merlin Ventures, with participation from Evolution Equity Partners, Qbeat Ventures, Singtel Innov8, Qino Cyber Capital, and others.The company positions itself as a management platform for crypto assets and post-quantum cryptography (PQC), providing continuous crypto asset discovery, risk modeling, and governance, helping large clients in finance, telecommunications, healthcare, and critical infrastructure achieve "crypto agility" to address the risk of "Q-Day," when quantum computing capable of breaking existing encryption systems may emerge as early as 2029, and collaborates with Cisco, AWS, Google, CrowdStrike, Deloitte, EY, IBM, and others to promote enterprise quantum security migration planning.

The TRON ecosystem officially launches the "TRON DeFi Summer" yield carnival, jointly launched by JustLend DAO and Binance Wallet, aimed at providing users with a more convenient TRON DeFi experience.As a preheating reward, the event features a prize pool of 200 USDT. Participants need to follow the four official accounts: @trondaoCN, @DeFi_JUST, @SUNWUKONG_ZH, @usddio_cn, like and retweet the event tweet, and answer in the comments "Which TRON ecosystem project do you like the most and why" and tag 3 friends.Once the number of comments exceeds 500, the 200 USDT prize pool will be unlocked immediately. The official recommends users to add TRX, JST, SUN, USDD to their watchlist and announces that a heavyweight super prize pool will be revealed on July 6.

He Yifa tweeted that Binance has officially entered the Philippine market. The accompanying official announcement shows that the Philippine Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has granted final approval to BlockShoals Technologies Inc., allowing it to launch testing of financial products and services under the Commission's Strategic Regulatory Sandbox (Stratbox) framework.According to the content of the document, BlockShoals will operate using a crypto asset intermediary model, enabling local users in the Philippines to access products from its global crypto asset service provider (CASP) partners. As a core part of the initial testing phase, BlockShoals will complete system integration with local virtual asset service providers within 90 days; upon successful integration, BlockShoals will officially implement the approved testing plan under the supervision of applicable security guarantees and regulatory agencies, which includes user registration and onboarding through its global CASP partner Binance.

Binance announced a partnership with Anchorage Digital to further expand its third-party banking product network. By integrating Anchorage Digital's Atlas settlement platform, institutional clients can now trade on Binance while securely holding their assets in Anchorage Digital's independent qualified custody.It is reported that this is the first time the Atlas settlement platform has integrated with a cryptocurrency exchange. This partnership introduces the structure of "custody and trade execution separation" from traditional financial markets, allowing eligible institutions to use crypto assets, interest-bearing USD accounts, and specific tokenized real-world assets as collateral.

FameEX Exchange, which just celebrated its 8th anniversary, will hold a side event, AI Agents Night, with GAEA Ventures during Tokyo WebX 2026.Today, AI Agents are evolving from conversational models into on-chain autonomous executors, handling intent parsing, multi-step transactions, and dynamic asset allocation. This event will bring together Web3 founders, investors, and developers to discuss the future of cross-ecosystem collaboration and AI-driven trading architecture.