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According to Bits.media, Fidan Tofidi, the head of the Financial Technology and Innovation Department of the Central Bank of Azerbaijan, stated that the regulatory bill for the country's virtual asset market has been drafted and submitted for review, with formal legislation expected within the year. The bill requires all companies engaged in cryptocurrency asset business to obtain a license issued by the central bank, and unauthorized operations within the country are prohibited. Licensed institutions will be subject to ongoing supervision. The regulatory framework will cover compliance requirements such as anti-money laundering, counter-terrorism financing, and customer identity verification (KYC), and will be incorporated into Azerbaijan's financial market development strategy for 2027-2030.

According to the latest report from Tiger Research, as of June 18, 2026, the number of active job openings in the cryptocurrency industry is only 2,932, a significant decrease of over 97% from the estimated peak of about 130,000 in 2022.The report shows that the wave of layoffs in the cryptocurrency industry continues in the first half of 2026. March was the month with the highest concentration of layoffs, with several companies including Gemini, Crypto.com, Algorand, OP Labs, PIP Labs, and Messari announcing layoffs at the same time. Some companies were acquired at low prices after multiple rounds of layoffs; for example, Messari was acquired by Blockworks for about $10 million in June 2026 after experiencing three rounds of layoffs, while its previous valuation had reached $300 million.In terms of recruitment structure, positions in centralized exchanges (CEX) account for the highest proportion, reaching 30.8% (904 positions), mainly contributed by OKX, Bybit, and Binance. The stablecoin and payment sector accounts for 13.4%, but is highly concentrated in two companies, Tether and Ripple.In addition, the demand for AI skills in job postings continues to rise, with the proportion of cryptocurrency job postings mentioning artificial intelligence skills increasing from 23% in early 2025 to 53.1% in March 2026.

According to SoSoValue data, as of 8 AM Eastern Time on June 29, 2026, the total net purchase of Bitcoin by global listed companies (excluding mining companies) for the week was $14.65 million, a decrease of 83% compared to last week.Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy) did not purchase Bitcoin last week. At the same time, Strategy announced two securities repurchase plans, each up to $1 billion, targeting Class A common stock and digital credit preferred stock led by STRC, with an annual dividend yield of 8% to 10%, aiming to optimize the capital structure without consuming existing dollar reserves. To fund the aforementioned repurchases and support daily capital expenditures, the board also approved a Bitcoin liquidation plan, allowing the company to generate up to $1.25 billion in additional revenue by selling Bitcoin to replenish dollar reserves, and to pay maturing preferred stock dividends and interest expenses (or to replenish dollar reserves after such payments) when management deems it more beneficial than issuing Class A common stock or other capital market transactions, as well as to provide additional funding support for the two repurchase plans (including related taxes and transaction fees). Although this move by MicroStrategy releases the liquidation authorization, it currently serves only as a reserve shield for repurchases, with actual "momentum not sold"; its core logic has shifted from the initial "aggressive expansion of the balance sheet" to the refined operational phase of "utilizing crypto assets to optimize equity capital structure and reduce the capital cost generated by high-yield stocks."The Japanese listed company Metaplanet did not purchase Bitcoin last week, marking ten consecutive weeks without purchases.In addition, two other companies purchased Bitcoin last week. Hong Kong's global digital health, consumer goods sales, and artificial intelligence computing power technology group CIMG announced that it has just completed the first phase of a large stock and warrant issuance, receiving $13.5 million paid in Bitcoin (207.7 Bitcoins at an average price of $65,000), bringing its total holdings to 937.7 Bitcoins; Brazilian Bitcoin company OrangeBTC announced on June 29 that it invested $4.9 million to purchase 74 Bitcoins at a price of $66,233, bringing its total holdings to 3,896 Bitcoins.As of the time of writing, the total amount of Bitcoin held by the global listed companies (excluding mining companies) in the statistics is 1,142,484 Bitcoins, an increase of 0.02% compared to last week, with a current market value of approximately $6.852 billion, accounting for 5.7% of Bitcoin's circulating market value.

Early space fintech company Nebex, founded by former Axiom Space CEO Tejpaul Bhatia, announced the completion of a $30,000,000 seed round financing, led by Google Ventures, a subsidiary of Alphabet.

According to DataCenterDynamics, Bitcoin mining company and data center Hive Digital Technologies announced that it will raise $100 million by issuing zero-coupon convertible senior notes maturing in 2031 to further expand its computing power infrastructure.In addition, the company has signed a non-binding letter of intent (LOI) with a Swedish sovereign technology company that has an investment-grade credit rating, intending to lease approximately 30MW of computing power resources at its data center for a term of up to 10 years.According to the agreement, Hive will deploy approximately 25MW of IT computing capacity and plans to use up to 10,000 Nvidia GB300 GPUs; however, the letter of intent still requires further negotiation and the signing of a final formal agreement.

According to the official announcement, Gate DEX has officially launched the Welfare Center. The Welfare Center is designed around the entire process of on-chain trading, guiding users to quickly complete their first on-chain transaction and continuously receive more rewards through novice tasks, trading challenges, and exclusive rights. Whether it's the first experience with Gate DEX or long-term active trading users, everyone can complete corresponding tasks in the Welfare Center to receive up to 5,400+ USDT contract trial funds.Specific benefits include: Novice tasks, where users can start the "7-day novice growth task" upon entering the Welfare Center. By connecting Gate Wallet and completing specified on-chain actions such as the first spot, contract, Swap, and Meme Go transactions, users can receive rewards;Advanced trading challenges, where users complete net recharge and trading challenges, unlocking higher-level rewards as trading volume increases; Meme & exchange exclusive challenges, where users can not only receive rewards after completing corresponding level tasks but also unlock Gate DEX exclusive Gas-free rights, reducing on-chain trading costs.

According to Bloomberg, the Singapore International Commercial Court ruled that Terraform Labs and its founder Do Kwon committed fraud in a case related to the 2022 TerraUSD stablecoin collapse, and ordered them to pay over $3 million to 40 claimants.This ruling is part of the second phase of a case involving claims from 275 investors, with the compensation amount calculated based on the number of UST held by the claimants and the duration of their holdings.

With the European Union's Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA) officially coming into full effect on July 1, 2026, it marks the beginning of a new era of unified regulation in the European digital asset market. As the global regulatory framework continues to improve, stablecoin payments are evolving from a focus on "pure efficiency" to "compliance, transparency, and trust," accelerating their transformation into core infrastructure for enterprise-level payments.As a provider of enterprise-level stablecoin payment infrastructure, WasabiCard consistently practices a "compliance first" development philosophy. By continuously strengthening core risk control capabilities such as AML (Anti-Money Laundering), KYC (Know Your Customer), and KYB (Know Your Business), it is committed to building a secure, transparent, and sustainable foundation for global payments.As stablecoins rapidly penetrate core business scenarios such as enterprise treasury management, cross-border payments, and B2B settlements, compliance capability has become the primary consideration for enterprises when choosing payment channels. In the future, WasabiCard will leverage its core capabilities of "global issuance, stablecoin payments, global remittance, and fund distribution" to deeply integrate a comprehensive compliance system with business scenarios, helping global enterprises confidently navigate the evolving regulatory environment and significantly enhance the security and compliance efficiency of their global operations.

According to the latest social media news from CoinGecko, Gate is competing with platforms like Coinbase and OKX for the increase of EU users. Gate continues to advance its European compliance process, and Gate Group's Malta entity, Gate Europe, has obtained European MiCA and PI licenses under the supervision of the Malta Financial Services Authority (MFSA), strengthening its global compliance framework.In addition, relying on a rich array of trading products, robust platform services, and global operational capabilities, Gate actively meets the growing demand for digital asset trading in the European market. This layout not only enhances Gate's localized service capabilities in the European market but also provides solid support for the platform in terms of user trust, fund security, compliance operations, and long-term market expansion, highlighting its compliance competitive advantage among global crypto trading platforms.

According to a report by 21 Finance, Huang Zhenxin, the head of Kimi B-end at Moonshot AI, stated in a recent communication meeting that there is indeed a bubble in the current AI industry, but the fundamentals are very solid. Enterprises can now clearly calculate the return on investment (ROI), and the substantial transformation in productivity brought by AI has already occurred.Regarding the recent phenomenon of widespread price increases among model vendors, Huang Zhenxin pointed out that the core reason lies in the rising global computing power costs, and chip production capacity cannot meet the explosive growth in Token demand. He emphasized that evaluating the cost-performance ratio of models should not only look at the unit price of input and output but should also focus on the Cache hit rate. It is reported that Kimi's original factory Cache hit rate has reached over 90%, significantly reducing actual computing costs.In addition, Huang Zhenxin revealed that Kimi will continue to challenge innovations in underlying architecture to sustain the Scaling Law, and its Muon optimizer, which has been validated on a large scale, is now widely adopted by several mainstream large models in the industry. Regarding the "last mile" of enterprise AI implementation, he believes that as the foundational capabilities of models continue to strengthen, the technical paradigms at the application layer will also continue to simplify.

Samsung officially announced a large-scale investment plan totaling up to 265.5 trillion Korean won (approximately 1.168 trillion yuan).It is reported that the core of this investment plan will focus on the semiconductor industry clusters in Yongin and Pyeongtaek, South Korea, with an expected investment of 203 trillion Korean won, aiming to comprehensively deepen and accelerate Samsung's long-term layout in cutting-edge fields such as semiconductor manufacturing, AI computing data centers, and physical AI.

According to a report by The Paper, the embodied intelligence company Zhi Ping Fang has recently completed a series of new financing, with a total amount of nearly 5 billion yuan (approximately 700 million USD), and a valuation exceeding 20 billion yuan, making it the first embodied intelligence company in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area to officially surpass a valuation of 20 billion yuan. Zhi Ping Fang stated that after the completion of this financing, it will accelerate the iteration and large-scale production process of the "robot brain," further solidifying its integrated capabilities of "model × hardware × scenario."

According to C114 Communication Network, China Mobile has recently established a "Token Office" at the group level, directly led by the core leadership of the group, with the general manager of the Strategic Development Department serving as the executive deputy director, a position higher than the previous Computing Power Office.It is reported that this department aims to streamline the entire process of "creating Tokens, delivering Tokens, and applying Tokens," breaking the previous situation where multiple secondary departments such as the Computing Power Office, Mobile Cloud, Digital Intelligence Business Unit, Marketing Department, and Government and Enterprise Business Unit operated independently. Its core mission is to promote the implementation of two underlying capabilities in the intelligent era of China Mobile: first, to introduce the MobileClaw intelligent framework with a rich "skill package," and second, to gather over 300 mainstream models on the Mobile MoMA model platform, to accelerate the commercial implementation and large-scale operation of operators in the dimensions of AI network infrastructure and model application.

According to the Chosun Ilbo, the revised listing regulations for increasing the retention threshold in the South Korean stock market will be implemented on July 1. Some KOSDAQ DAT (Digital Asset Treasury) listed companies that have profited from investing in crypto assets are facing delisting risks.Data from the Korea Exchange shows that on June 26, Bitmax fell 6.3% to 1,228 KRW, with a market capitalization of 13.1 billion KRW, below the lower limit of 20 billion KRW for the second half of the year; Parataxis Ethereum has a market capitalization of 26.8 billion KRW, and BitPlanet has a market capitalization of 33.1 billion KRW. However, Parataxis Ethereum has not met the adjusted standard of 30 billion KRW set for January next year, and Parataxis Korea has been transferred for substantial review of its listing qualifications and suspended since April due to capital erosion.The delisting crisis is mainly influenced by the weakness of crypto assets and the outflow of funds from KOSDAQ. If the trend of declining market capitalization continues, related DAT companies may gradually enter the delisting process starting from early next year, beginning with Bitmax.

CITIC Construction Investment Research Report points out that the following factors will determine the trend of the third quarter market: In terms of fundamentals, AI computing power remains at a high level of prosperity, with mid-year performance and overseas financial reports worth paying attention to. At the same time, since April, under pressure from the macro economy, the economic measures from the Politburo meeting in July are quite important; In terms of liquidity, external disturbances have increased, while internal conditions remain neutral; In terms of risk appetite, geopolitical events and the listing of industry giants will cause short-term fluctuations in the market. Considering the global tech stock correlation effect, major overseas computing powers such as Japan, South Korea, and the United States also need to be continuously monitored.In terms of industry allocation, although the logic of AI computing power remains unchanged, volatility has intensified. It is recommended to be cautious about chasing highs and to position during pullbacks; lithium batteries are expected to welcome a peak season, and energy storage demand continues to warm up, while new energy presents opportunities for phased valuation recovery; dividends are expected to rebound from oversold conditions, with relatively high cost-performance ratios. Key areas to focus on: banks, coal, public utilities, AI, optical modules, storage, chips, industrial metals, lithium battery materials (VC), etc.

According to a report by the Financial Times cited by Jinshi, Google has imposed limits on Meta's use of its Gemini AI model, as Meta's computing power exceeds what Google can provide.The report states that Google informed Meta around March that it could not meet all of the Gemini computing power that Meta sought to purchase, adding that this gap disrupted and delayed some of Meta's internal AI projects. The report also noted that several other clients of Google were affected, but to a lesser extent. The Financial Times stated that Meta was particularly severely impacted due to its exceptionally high demand for Google's models.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) reminds victims of the OneCoin international cryptocurrency investment scam that they can apply for compensation through a special program by the Department of Justice (DOJ) before the deadline.This process allows individuals who purchased OneCoin and suffered direct financial losses due to the OneCoin scheme between 2014 and 2019 to submit applications. Victims can submit applications via mail, email, or an online form. However, submitting an application does not guarantee financial compensation.The DOJ stated that global investors in OneCoin have collectively lost over $4 billion.

According to a report by Crypto Briefing, Fidelity Digital Assets stated in its report that by the end of 2025, the number of publicly traded companies holding at least 1,000 bitcoins will increase from 22 at the end of 2024 to 49. Currently, these companies control nearly 5% of the bitcoin supply. Among them, Strategy holds approximately 847,000 bitcoins, Twenty One Capital holds about 43,500 bitcoins, Metaplanet holds around 40,000 bitcoins, and MARA Holdings holds about 36,000 bitcoins.As of early June 2026, between 170 and 199 publicly traded companies hold approximately 1.265 million bitcoins, accounting for 6% of the total supply, valued at around $76 billion. In May 2026, publicly traded companies net added 43,557 bitcoins, with companies like SpaceX also appearing on the holding list.

According to official news, AI-assisted development of the Web3 infrastructure layer Canopy has completed a $8.5 million seed round financing, with participation from Arrington Capital, Fenbushi Capital, Borderless Capital, and SNZ Capital.The raised funds will be used to support its mainnet launch, expansion of the engineering team, and the development of native AI development tools.

Cardano wallet service provider SecondFi released the latest update on the theft incident, stating that the team has completed the final balance snapshot of affected users' assets. Previously, multiple snapshots were continuously recorded during the incident response as a basis for subsequent asset recovery and verification.SecondFi stated that the engineering and security teams are advancing the asset recovery plan, with the expectation that asset returns could begin in about two weeks. One week will be used to reach a feasible technical solution, and one week will be used for testing and review, with specific timing potentially adjusted as progress is made. The platform will resume operations only after passing a comprehensive security review. Currently, users only need to submit support requests through the official website ticketing system, with no additional actions required.