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The economic laboratory of the fintech company Ramp has released a new version of the Ramp AI Adoption Index report. Based on spending data analysis from over 70,000 U.S. enterprise customers, the adoption rate of enterprise-level AI for Anthropic increased by 2.5 percentage points to 41%, officially surpassing OpenAI, which slightly decreased to 39.5%, establishing a leading position in the field of commercial applications.The report focuses on analyzing the spending trends of top enterprises that "deeply adopt AI." Data shows that the top 1% of enterprises spend as much as $7,449 per employee per month on AI, with this figure still achieving a 14.1% increase last month; in contrast, the top 10% of enterprises have an average monthly spending of $611 per employee, while the median enterprise spends only $11.38 (approximately equal to the cost of a single basic subscription).Additionally, the research points out that enterprises that deeply apply AI do not experience "vendor lock-in" and generally adopt multiple cutting-edge large models, open-source platforms, and vertical AI solutions simultaneously. Although enterprises are beginning to experiment with more cost-effective models (such as DeepSeek) in the face of cost pressures, overall AI spending remains on an upward trend.

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong published an article introducing the company's latest progress in AI cost optimization.Armstrong stated that as the usage of AI and Token consumption continues to grow, the key to controlling costs is not to restrict employee usage or frequently send budget reminders, but to optimize default model selection, task routing mechanisms, and caching strategies.He revealed that Coinbase is trying to use open-weight models such as GLM 5.2 and Kimi 2.7 as default options through an internal LLM gateway, while still allowing engineers to choose other models based on specific task requirements. Data shows that 91% of the company's employees have never reached the AI usage quota limit, so Coinbase has not chosen to tighten quotas but instead improved overall efficiency through lower-cost model solutions.In terms of model routing, Coinbase preprocesses prompts and, combined with cache hit rates and the pricing of different models, automatically assigns tasks to the most suitable model. Armstrong believes that complex tasks such as planning and reasoning may require support from cutting-edge models, but execution tasks do not necessarily need to invoke higher-cost models. In the future, the model selection process should be more automated by AI rather than relying on manual decisions.Additionally, he pointed out that cache hit rate is one of the important factors affecting AI costs. Coinbase has incorporated a cache-aware mechanism into the request process to improve the reuse rate of historical results. For example, in the case of LibreChat, after optimizing the caching solution, its cache hit rate has increased from 5% to 60%.Armstrong also stated that the company requires engineers to keep context as concise as possible, including starting new sessions when switching tasks, narrowing the context scope of files, and closing unused tools, to reduce unnecessary Token consumption.According to him, through these measures, Coinbase has successfully reduced AI spending by nearly 50%, while Token usage continues to grow.

Web3 security company GoPlus Security pointed out that there has been a recent surge in smart contract vulnerability attacks, particularly targeting older contracts that have been deployed for many years. Attackers are leveraging AI technology to quickly discover and exploit these vulnerabilities.Recent typical incidents include:On June 9, a Token of Power (TOP) contract deployed 7 years ago was attacked on Ethereum, resulting in a loss of approximately $1.5 million;On May 25, a WUSD.fi contract deployed 3 years ago was attacked, resulting in a loss of approximately $200,000;On June 14 and June 18, Aztec Network was attacked twice in a row due to an old contract deployed 2 years ago, with total losses exceeding $4 million.GoPlus Security believes that traditional auditing methods are insufficient to effectively cover legacy contracts, and adopting AI-based Always-on Audit services may be the most effective solution currently available, capable of conducting security checks on old contracts in a short period while balancing reliability and cost.

According to Rest of World, in order to significantly reduce operating costs, American developers and startups are accelerating the adoption of Chinese AI models such as DeepSeek, Minimax, and Kimi. Due to their high cost-effectiveness in handling common tasks like code writing, the market share of Chinese AI models is rapidly increasing. Data shows that in May, the Token usage share of DeepSeek on the service provider Vercel platform surged from less than 1% to 17%. Additionally, it is reported that Microsoft is also exploring the use of DeepSeek or other open-source models as a low-cost alternative for Copilot.However, despite the popularity of Chinese AI models in the market due to their price advantage, many American companies and developers choose to access these models indirectly through local servers or American cloud service providers, constrained by domestic political scrutiny and data security concerns. This has led to Chinese AI companies facing high usage rates while still struggling to effectively convert traffic into substantial direct revenue and long-term enterprise-level customer trust in the U.S. market.

According to BBX data, yesterday's interest rate hike in Japan coincided with the Federal Reserve's decision window, creating the most intense macroeconomic shock point of the week. The latest results of institutional stablecoin research were released on the same day, with the core dynamics as follows:Metaplanet Inc. (TSE: 3350), as the largest corporate BTC reserve holder in Asia and the third largest publicly traded company holding Bitcoin globally (holding 40,177 BTC at an average price of about $104,000, with a target of 100,000 BTC by the end of 2026), faced a dual-edged sword pressure from the exchange rate yesterday: after the Bank of Japan announced a 25 basis point increase in the policy interest rate to 1.0%, the yen strengthened, superficially lowering the book value of BTC denominated in yen, but Bitcoin subsequently rose against the trend (CoinDesk's headline on the same day: "Bitcoin rallies after Japan rate increase"), with actual improvements in USD-denominated holdings. The company's current holdings are approximately $2.64 billion (estimated at $65,750/BTC), with the latest capital move being the issuance of 8 billion yen (about $55 million) for the 20th bond (EVO FUND) on April 24 for additional BTC purchases. Analysts warn that if the BOJ's interest rate hike triggers large-scale unwinding of "Yen Carry Trade," global risk assets including BTC may suffer systemic deleveraging shocks—however, Metaplanet holds physical BTC rather than leveraged positions, with its main risk being the exchange rate conversion effect rather than forced liquidation.OSL Group (Hong Kong Stock Exchange: 0863.HK) and the School of Business at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University jointly released a white paper on June 16 (The Block included it on the same day at 9:01 am EDT), titled "Cross-Border Trade Payments Will Drive the Adoption of Regulated Corporate Stablecoins." The core conclusion is that the demand for corporate-level cross-border trade payments is the main path to drive the large-scale adoption of regulated stablecoins, with importance surpassing retail consumption scenarios. OSL Group holds the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission licenses 7 (automated trading services) and 1 (securities trading), making it one of the few compliant exchanges globally with both institutional custody and practical experience in stablecoin settlement. Previously, it provided institutional clients with approximately $130 million in USDGO stablecoin settlement services in April 2026. This white paper provides an industrial basis for the stablecoin policy framework of Hong Kong's financial regulatory authorities, and, together with Visa's stablecoin settlement of $7 billion annualized scale, SoFi SoFiUSD's launch, and Western Union's USDPT layout, constitutes multiple points of evidence accelerating the global adoption of corporate stablecoins.

Stand With Crypto's UK branch has initiated action, calling on banks to lift restrictions on transfers to cryptocurrency exchanges, arguing that such practices conflict with the UK's goal of becoming a global digital asset hub.The organization stated that about 40% of banks in the UK have blocked or delayed transactions to cryptocurrency exchanges, and 80% of exchanges reported a significant increase in trading resistance from customers over the past year. Some exchanges have even experienced nearly £1 billion in transaction cancellations within a year due to banks refusing to process transfers.Stand With Crypto UK plans to mobilize over 286,000 registered cryptocurrency advocates in the UK to submit formal complaints to their respective banks. The organization stated that users should not be unable to access legitimate asset classes due to banks imposing "one-size-fits-all" restrictions on the entire industry.

According to Forbes, although the trading volume of stablecoins has exceeded $1 trillion in the past year, most activities are still concentrated in the crypto-native space (trading, arbitrage, and inter-protocol settlement), with limited applications in everyday commercial payments. WasabiCard CEO Ray Yang pointed out that the transfer of funds is no longer the core issue; licensing, compliance, risk management, and banking capabilities are the key foundations for achieving widespread adoption.Forbes noted that while stablecoin settlement can significantly enhance cross-border payment efficiency, each market has different compliance standards, licensing requirements, and banking relationships, making the construction of localized compliance in each market both slow and expensive, which contradicts the instant global settlement that stablecoins advocate. Currently, the stablecoin market has surpassed $320 billion, and industry discussions are shifting from whether stablecoins can replace existing networks to how they can be integrated into existing networks.Forbes believes that the challenge of the last decade was to get funds flowing, while the challenge of this decade is to ensure that global payments operate in compliance and at scale within a fragmented regulatory environment.

Bitwise CEO Hunter Horsley stated that participants in the cryptocurrency industry should "broaden their perspective." Unless they are short-term traders, investors should not overly focus on weekly or monthly price fluctuations.Instead, the focus should be on two aspects: first, the substantive progress of the project itself, and second, the longer-term annual performance. This includes on-chain usage, technological advancements with product-market fit, integration of large enterprises and institutions in the field, construction and implementation status, as well as core factors such as team quality and execution capability.Although the market will not show linear development, the fundamentals of the industry are continuously and significantly improving from 2022 to 2026. Investors should recognize that this is a long-term process, and the final outcome will be determined by the fundamentals.

The Ethereum Foundation stated that the Open Intents Framework aims to serve as a shared infrastructure for cross-chain intents, providing a modular open framework for deploying, discovering, and executing intents for the ecosystem.At the same time, LI FI announced the launch of LI FI Intents, a full-stack execution engine for same-chain and cross-chain transfers, which competes for quotes and completes order execution through a professional Solver network. LI FI documentation shows that its Intent/Solver Marketplace is one of the official foundations of the Open Intents Framework, and the Ethereum Foundation claims that the framework is entering a phase of large-scale adoption.

The Monetary Authority of Singapore is collaborating with private banks to adopt a "risk-based" approach to shorten the account opening time. The head of the Monetary Authority of Singapore stated that the authority aims to reduce the account opening time to within one month, while the current median account opening time for complex cases is about six weeks or longer.He stated that this move is intended to ensure that banks maintain high standards while avoiding unnecessary and excessive scrutiny of the sources of clients' wealth.

Michael Saylor tweeted that the CLARITY Act being advanced by the U.S. Congress will unlock the potential of the next phase of the "digital capital, digital credit, and digital equity" market, and will bring stronger institutional legitimacy and adoption framework for BTC.

According to CoinDesk, billionaire hedge fund manager Ray Dalio stated that Bitcoin's lack of privacy protection, with transactions being monitorable and potentially controllable, is a primary reason why central banks are reluctant to hold Bitcoin. Dalio mentioned that about 1% of his portfolio is allocated to Bitcoin, but he believes that the transparent ledger characteristic of Bitcoin makes it difficult to serve as a reserve asset.Dalio also pointed out that Bitcoin has a 90-day correlation coefficient of 0.89 with the Nasdaq index, and about 79% of its price fluctuations can be explained by the performance of tech stocks, which undermines its function as an independent store of value. Furthermore, the market size of Bitcoin is still relatively small compared to gold and is more susceptible to influence; Dalio believes that gold still plays a more central role in the global system.

After the Kelp security incident, Tether's asset interoperability protocol USDT0 announced details of its protocol security architecture, stating that the current system uses a proprietary DVN (Decentralized Verification Network) and has message veto power, while requiring 3 independent validators to reach a 3/3 consensus based on different codebases before cross-chain messages can be settled.The current validating nodes include USDT0's proprietary DVN, LayerZero, and Canary, with plans to expand to 4/4 and 5/5 verification mechanisms in the future. USDT0 also stated that all multi-signature transactions must undergo multiple reviews by internal teams, external security teams, and auditing institutions before submission for signing. Relevant contracts have been audited by organizations such as Guardian and OpenZeppelin and have launched a $6 million bug bounty program on Immunefi.

According to The Block, cryptocurrency mining company MARA's CEO Peter Thiel announced the establishment of a nonprofit organization, the MARA Foundation, dedicated to the long-term health, resilience, and adoption of the Bitcoin protocol. The foundation will support the development of anti-quantum tools (such as PQ wallets and the BIP 360 proposal), believing that while quantum computing is not an immediate threat to Bitcoin, network upgrades take time, and early preparation is crucial.The foundation will also allocate resources to ensure Bitcoin's security budget, support the development of a robust and healthy Bitcoin transaction fee market, and launch a global multilingual education program, expand access to self-custody tools, and engage in advocacy work aimed at policymakers and activists.

According to CoinDesk, Strategy co-founder Michael Saylor stated "Winter's over" when Bitcoin was around $78,000. Analyst Mati Greenspan pointed out that the previous "flash crash" was more of a correction in a bull market, and he believes the bottom for Bitcoin has been reached, with the next phase of growth driven by "national-level adoption," including central banks incorporating BTC into reserves alongside gold.The report mentioned that the U.S. government currently holds about 300,000 BTC and is discussing the establishment of a strategic Bitcoin reserve; El Salvador continues to purchase daily, and Bitcoin has also been included in asset allocations by the UK government and some state-level pension funds in the U.S.

Vitalik Buterin posted on the X platform, stating that there is a significant risk associated with a single data source in light of the recent incident where weather sensors at Paris airport were interfered with, affecting the outcomes of prediction markets.He pointed out that for such data-driven prediction markets, at least the median of three independent data sources should be used as a reference to reduce the possibility of manipulation.

In response to the recent Kelp DAO cross-chain bridge attack, Ondo Finance stated on the X platform that Ondo Bridge is currently operating safely, with no financial losses or abnormal events.Ondo Bridge is also built on LayerZero and employs a customized security architecture consisting of four independent decentralized verification networks (DVN), namely FCAT, LayerZero Labs, Canary, and Ondo's self-developed verifier. Even if a single DVN encounters issues, the security of the transfers can still be guaranteed.

Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire stated that Circle has expanded its collaboration with Upbit operator Dunamu to support the compliant adoption of digital assets and has enhanced its partnership with Bithumb to improve stablecoin infrastructure and raise market awareness of stablecoins.Jeremy Allaire mentioned that South Korea is rapidly advancing regulations on stablecoins and digital assets, with a high local cryptocurrency adoption rate. During his time in Seoul, he also met with representatives from KakaoGroup, Coinone, Hashed, Shinhan Bank, KB Financial Group, and Woori Bank.