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According to Jinshi reports, Kristoffer Kjaer Lomholt, head of fixed income and foreign exchange research at Danske Bank, pointed out in a report that the market's attention to the 30-year U.S. Treasury yield is increasing, and this yield has now risen above 5%. He mentioned that the escalation of conflict in the Middle East has caused Brent crude oil prices to approach $100 per barrel, which puts pressure on inflation ahead of next week's Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting.As of the time of writing, the 30-year U.S. Treasury yield has risen by 0.3 basis points to 5.15%, close to a two-month high.

The UK plans to issue its first tokenized sovereign bond by early 2027, with the current key prerequisite being the resolution of on-chain cash settlement issues. This problem has limited the use of digital bonds by institutions for years.Industry experts indicate that the plan may have received sufficient support from the UK Treasury, the Bank of England, and regulators to continue advancing after recent political changes, and it could potentially increase the demand for UK debt. Current progress is constrained by the lack of standardized on-chain payment methods, mature pound stablecoins, and regulatory clarity.

According to Jinshi, the yield on the U.S. 2-year Treasury bond rose by 3 basis points, reaching 4.29%, the highest level since February 2025.

According to Jinshi News, Capital Economics stated that the yield spread between the 10-year and 2-year U.S. Treasury bonds will further narrow in the coming months, and the ongoing escalation of tensions in the Strait of Hormuz may lead to a complete inversion of the yield curve. The reason for this difference is that the expected rise in short-term real interest rates exceeds that of long-term real interest rates, with the Federal Reserve expected to raise interest rates by 75 basis points over the next year.

According to ETNews, the South Korean government has released the "Korean Won Internationalization Roadmap," aiming to transform the Korean won from a regulated currency to a freely convertible currency and to establish an offshore Korean won settlement network.It is reported that the Bank of Korea will launch the "Offshore Korean Won Settlement Network" (tentative name), which is expected to undergo trial operation in September this year and officially start in January next year. At the same time, it will also build digital asset payment infrastructure to lay the foundation for the issuance, distribution, and trading of Korean won-denominated stablecoins, with plans to launch a pilot project next year to promote the tokenization of government bonds linked to the central bank digital currency (CBDC) of the Bank of Korea.In addition, South Korea will officially join the cross-border digital payment project "Agora," led by the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) and involving the central banks of eight countries.

HSBC has received approval from the Bank of England to operate in the UK's Digital Securities Sandbox (DSS), and its digital asset platform HSBC Orion will support the issuance, servicing, and settlement of digital securities. HSBC stated that HSBC Orion will operate as a digital securities custodian in the DSS and claimed to be the first company approved by the Bank of England to launch in this sandbox.The platform will support the issuance of native digital bonds, including the Digital Gilt Instrument (DIGIT) and corporate bonds planned for launch in the UK. HSBC stated that HSBC Orion has facilitated over $5 billion in digital bond issuances globally. The UK Treasury indicated that the first DIGIT transaction is expected to take place in the first quarter of 2027, and HSBC has signed a memorandum of understanding with the London Stock Exchange Group to develop connectivity capabilities to support investor participation in pilot issuances.

According to BBX data, the integration of traditional financial infrastructure and cryptocurrency settlement layers accelerated simultaneously in two distinctly different tracks yesterday, with the following core dynamics:PayPal Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: $PYPL) reported by CoinDesk today as the headline news, the world's largest independent payment technology company Stripe (privately held) has teamed up with private equity firm Advent International to propose an acquisition offer of approximately $53 billion to PayPal; PayPal is currently reluctant to engage actively, but the offer has sparked widespread discussion on Wall Street about the "largest payment merger in the world." Stripe acquired the stablecoin infrastructure company Bridge.xyz for $1.1 billion in 2024 (which has served cross-border stablecoin settlements for institutions such as Visa and Coinbase), while PayPal has its own stablecoin PYUSD (with a circulation size of about $700 million) and independent cryptocurrency trading capabilities, covering over 400 million active accounts. If the acquisition is completed, the combination of Stripe + PayPal will control the largest single payment network globally, while integrating Stripe's stablecoin settlement (Bridge.xyz) with PayPal's native stablecoin (PYUSD)------the combination will create the largest-scale "traditional payment + stablecoin" dual-track infrastructure to date, directly threatening Visa and Mastercard's positions in cross-border settlement scenarios and posing competitive pressure on Circle's USDC in retail payments.HSBC Holdings plc (NYSE: $HSBC) reported by CoinDesk today, the UK government plans to issue the world's first digital sovereign bond for G7 countries, with the issuance scheduled for early 2027; this bond will be issued and circulated on HSBC's blockchain bond platform Orion, operating within the Digital Securities Sandbox framework of the Bank of England (BoE) and the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), aimed at testing the feasibility of reducing settlement time (transitioning from T+2 to T+0) and lowering back-office costs. HSBC Orion has completed multiple batches of tokenized gold, green bonds, and Hong Kong government bonds on-chain issuance from 2023 to 2025, and this UK sovereign bond is the first instance of G7 countries introducing blockchain settlement at the sovereign debt issuance level------this milestone will elevate the compliance of tokenized government bonds from "emerging market experiment" to "highest sovereign endorsement," signaling significant implications for institutional adoption of tokenized government bond products like BlackRock BUIDL and Securitize.

According to The Wall Street Journal, DTCC will tokenize Microsoft stocks, SPY, QQQ, and U.S. Treasury bonds for Wall Street firms, with participation from institutions such as BlackRock, Goldman Sachs, and JPMorgan Chase. The related companies plan to use the tokenized assets for collateral transfers, repurchase transactions, and stock trading.

The UK plans to issue its first digital sovereign bond by early 2027, becoming the first G7 country to issue government debt on a distributed ledger.The bond will be listed on HSBC's Orion platform and included in the digital securities sandbox of the Bank of England (BoE) and the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to test reduced settlement times and lower costs. Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey stated that the BoE plans to make the bond eligible as market operation collateral, allowing banks to use the bond in central bank financing transactions.

According to South Korean media EToday, the South Korean government announced the "2026 Economic Growth Strategy for the Second Half of the Year," declaring that it will accelerate the advancement of three major "super projects": semiconductors, AI data centers, and physical AI, and plans to enhance industrial competitiveness through the construction of blockchain and digital asset ecosystems.According to the plan, South Korea aims to double its storage chip production capacity within the next five years and launch an AI chatbot and a unified AI education platform for the public in the second half of this year. Notably, the South Korean government proposed to advance large-scale demonstration projects for blockchain and digital asset ecosystems in the second half of this year and to initiate a pilot project for the tokenization of government bonds based on blockchain, exploring the linkage with the central bank's institutional CBDC to promote the upgrade of financial infrastructure. In addition, South Korea also plans to establish strategic investment accounts and a national growth fund to expand long-term capital support for strategic industries such as artificial intelligence, quantum technology, security, and blockchain.

According to the latest disclosure from the U.S. Office of Government Ethics (OGE), Trump earned over $1.4 billion last year through his family-led cryptocurrency projects (including World Liberty Financial and Trump Meme Coin).According to an analysis by Reuters, by the end of 2025, the value of the traditional stock and bond portfolio held by Trump is expected to increase to between $703 million and $2.6 billion, a significant rise from the $225 million to $608 million range at the end of 2024.The report states that the proceeds from his cryptocurrency projects were subsequently allocated to traditional financial assets. In addition, data shows that as of April this year, retail investors participating in the four cryptocurrency projects supported by Trump have incurred cumulative losses of about $2.3 billion. The White House responded that Trump's related assets are managed by an independent third-party institution with full authority.

According to Jinshi reports, the yield on the U.S. two-year Treasury bond reached a 17-month high of 4.2393%, and federal funds rate futures indicate that the market expects a rate hike of 39 basis points by December.

QCP Capital released the latest report stating that Japanese government bond yields have retreated, easing market concerns about the unwinding of yen arbitrage trades and capital inflows, which drove Bitcoin to rebound to around $64,000.

MINIMAX (00100.HK) announced that it will raise approximately HKD 16.041 billion through the placement of new shares and the issuance of zero-coupon convertible bonds. According to the announcement, the company will place 35.6 million new Class A shares at HKD 268 per share (approximately a 9.89% discount to the closing price of the previous trading day), expecting to raise about HKD 9.541 billion; at the same time, it plans to issue zero-coupon secured convertible bonds with a total principal amount of HKD 6.5 billion due in 2027, with an initial conversion price of HKD 335 per share (approximately a 12.64% premium to the closing price). Morgan Stanley and UBS are acting as arrangers for this transaction, and the placement and bond issuance are independent of each other and not conditional upon one another. If all the bonds are ultimately converted into shares, the two transactions will add up to approximately 55 million shares, accounting for nearly 15% of the company's expanded total share capital. Regarding the use of funds, MINIMAX stated that about 80% of the net proceeds are intended to strengthen AI infrastructure and model development, 10% to accelerate the global commercialization of products, and the remaining 10% for working capital and general corporate purposes.

The New Hampshire Executive Council voted against a proposal that was originally planned to introduce the world's first municipal bond backed by Bitcoin into the municipal bond market.The bond was intended to be underwritten through a private placement, but it failed to receive approval from the state executive council on Wednesday, preventing the issuing conduit from moving forward with the bond issuance. The proposal by the New Hampshire Business Finance Authority to issue $100 million in taxable municipal bonds was not approved.

According to Cointelegraph, the New Hampshire Business Finance Authority (BFA) is scheduled to hold a public hearing on Wednesday regarding the issuance of $100 million in Bitcoin-backed bonds. The plan was approved by the BFA in November 2025 and requires final approval from the governor and a five-member executive council.The bonds are secured by collateral from the private borrower CleanSpark, with no recourse to state funds or taxpayers. Moody's assigned a preliminary rating of Ba2 (speculative grade) to the bonds in March. New Hampshire is the first state to pass a strategic Bitcoin reserve law, allowing 5% of public funds to be invested in digital assets.

According to Gate market data, the yield on the U.S. 10-year Treasury bond rose by 1.8 basis points, reaching 4.497%.

According to Jinshi reports, SpaceX (SPCX.O) credit derivatives began trading after the initial bond issuance.

According to Jinshi reports, after the US PCE data showed moderate performance, US Treasury bonds erased most of their declines.