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According to Jinshi News, Bernstein has raised its gold price target for 2026 to $4,533 per ounce, citing that central banks around the world are diversifying their reserves and that the Federal Reserve is expected to raise interest rates only once or twice in the next year at most.

According to official news, the closed-end investment company RoboStrategy, focused on robotics and physical AI, announced the completion of a series of private equity issuances, issuing 450,684 shares at a weighted average price of approximately $35.5, raising about $16 million.Among them, RoboStrategy CEO Andrew Kang subscribed to 272,405 shares at a price of $36.71 million, investing approximately $10 million.

The Bank of Korea raised the benchmark interest rate by 25 basis points to 2.75%, marking the first rate hike since January 2023. Among 37 economists surveyed by Reuters, 36 expected the Bank of Korea to raise rates to this level, and the result met market expectations.

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission announced that the rule change submitted by the New York Stock Exchange on July 6 is effective immediately, significantly raising the position limit and exercise limit for BlackRock's Bitcoin Spot ETF IBIT options from 250,000 contracts to 1,000,000 contracts, in order to meet the rapidly growing demand for IBIT options trading and enhance market liquidity and market maker capacity.

According to Jinshi reports, a survey of fund managers by Bank of America shows that fund managers have raised the allocation ratio of U.S. stocks to the highest overweight level since December 2024.

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.

According to Jinshi reports, the Joint Maritime Information Center (JMIC) has raised the maritime security threat level in the Strait of Hormuz to "severe."

Vitalik Buterin posted that there is a winner in the AI anonymous recognition challenge experiment he previously initiated. In this experiment, he wrote the Chinese version of EIP-7503 (Zero-Knowledge Wormhole) in 2024, manually corrected after using Qwen 2.5 for local translation, in an attempt to hide his identity.The article states that although the prose style was effectively blurred, the AI successfully identified it by detecting unique thinking habits in mathematics and algorithm explanations (such as specific numerical examples and logical chains), completely bypassing its obfuscation strategy that only targeted prose.

According to Taiwan's Economic Daily, passive component leader Yageo has notified customers that starting from July 1, it will comprehensively increase the prices of its entire line of capacitor solutions, covering MLCC, aluminum electrolytic capacitors, tantalum capacitors, and polymer aluminum capacitors, marking the largest increase in recent years. Industry insiders pointed out that this move mainly reflects the continuous rise in global manufacturing costs due to geopolitical factors, energy, raw materials, and international freight rates. As capacitor products account for about 50% of Yageo's revenue, the market expects this round of price increases to significantly boost its revenue and profits.Driven by strong demand for AI servers and automotive electronics, Yageo's stock price hit the daily limit yesterday, reaching 1,140 New Taiwan Dollars. However, due to recent volatility in the Taiwan stock market, the market reported a significant default settlement event involving Yageo's stock last night, with a total declared amount of 38.8 million New Taiwan Dollars, marking the 15th major default settlement case accumulated in Taiwan's listed market this year.

According to monitoring by Lookonchain, Maji (Huang Licheng) is selling Bored Apes at a loss to raise funds to go long on ETH on Hyperliquid. In the past month, Maji has sold 34 Bored Apes for a total of 326 ETH (approximately $514,000), incurring a loss of 399 ETH (approximately $631,000).Huang Licheng's biggest loss occurred on Bored Ape #6057, which he purchased four years ago for 76.84 ETH and is now selling for only 7.65 ETH, resulting in a loss of up to 90%.Meanwhile, Huang Licheng has been forcibly liquidated multiple times on Hyperliquid. Just 3 hours ago, he was liquidated again, leaving only $81,000 in his account.

SATA under Strive has raised funds in the first week after paying daily dividends, enough to purchase over 603 BTC.

Hsiao-Wei Wang, the first Chinese Executive Director of the Ethereum Foundation, announced her resignation today. In the announcement, she stated, "I have decided to prioritize my personal life and future direction. Now is the right time to step back and I am still contemplating what my next steps should be." In response, Vitalik Buterin praised Hsiao-Wei Wang's contributions, stating that she has been a "steadfast contributor to the Ethereum ecosystem for the past decade" and expressed his "anticipation for her next adventures."On March 10, 2025, the Ethereum Foundation (EF) announced that Hsiao-Wei Wang (Chinese name: Wang Xiaowei) was promoted to board member, becoming the first Chinese leader to rise from the technical grassroots to the board in the seven years since EF's establishment.

According to Caixin, Citigroup has raised Micron Technology's target price from $840 to $1200.

J.P. Morgan strategist Tarek Hamid and his team have raised their forecast for total investment in artificial intelligence infrastructure by 2030 to $5.5 trillion in a recent research report, an increase of $400 billion from their prediction last November. The bank noted that in this investment race for super-scale data centers, approximately $4.1 trillion will come from debt financing, with loans covering an average of 85% of total project costs, indicating that AI capital expenditures have shifted to a debt market-centric financing model.Since last November, global bond issuance related to AI and data centers has exceeded $300 billion. The latest typical case comes from chip giant NVIDIA, which completed the pricing of a $25 billion investment-grade bond issuance this Monday, marking its return to the bond market for the first time in five years. This issuance was conducted in seven tranches (with maturities ranging from 2 to 30 years) and attracted oversubscription of up to $85 billion, ultimately increasing the issuance size by 25% from the initial target.The research report emphasizes that although tech giants like NVIDIA, Alphabet, and Amazon are generating substantial cash flow from the AI boom (with NVIDIA estimating free cash flow exceeding $200 billion this fiscal year), these giants still choose to issue hundreds of billions of dollars in bonds. This indicates that such bond issuance is not due to a "lack of financing," but rather that the credit market is confirming the pricing of AI assets.

According to reports from major companies, ByteDance's Seed department has internally issued a notice announcing the latest adjustment to the price of "Doubao Stock," with the new price set at $14.85. Compared to the initial announcement of $13.08 in April this year, the price of this virtual equity has increased by 13.5% within two months.It is reported that "Doubao Stock" is an exclusive virtual equity of ByteDance Seed and related upstream and downstream businesses, typically opening buyback windows about twice a year. In comparison, the regular option prices of ByteDance adjusted from $229.5 to $235.5 between April and June this year (an increase of about 2.63%). The valuation growth rate of "Doubao Stock" during the same period has significantly surpassed the overall options of the company.With the continuous growth of the Doubao large model in user scale and commercial revenue, this option may break the previous fixed frequency of "adjusting every six months" and welcome more flexible and frequent pricing adjustments in the future.

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.

According to Jinshi, SpaceX (SPCX.O) stated that the underwriters exercised their option to purchase an additional 83.33 million shares. SpaceX raised approximately $85.7 billion in its initial public offering.

According to Gate market data, the European Central Bank raised interest rates by 25 basis points as scheduled, and the EUR/USD exchange rate rose slightly, reported at 1.1537.

According to Jinshi reports, the European Central Bank raised the deposit facility rate from 2% to 2.25%, marking the first rate hike in nearly three years, in line with market expectations. The main refinancing rate and the marginal lending rate were raised to 2.4% and 2.65%, respectively.

Goldman Sachs released a report, expecting that ongoing market tensions will drive Micron's performance significantly beyond market consensus expectations and company guidance. The firm previously raised its overall industry outlook and anticipates that the tight conditions will persist throughout the 2027 fiscal year, bringing higher pricing and profit margins to the industry.Considering the significant rise in stock prices and the market's optimism regarding potential long-term customer agreements, investor sentiment remains very positive. Goldman Sachs expects Micron's revenue for the third fiscal quarter ending in late May to exceed market consensus by approximately 9%, and driven by upward pricing, it guides for significant sequential revenue growth for the fiscal quarter ending in late August.The firm expects last fiscal quarter's revenue, gross margin, and earnings per share to be $37.6 billion, 83.4%, and $22.07, respectively, while the market consensus is $34.4 billion, 81.9%, and $19.74. For the 2026 fiscal year, the firm’s revenue and earnings per share estimates for Micron are 30% and 36% higher than market consensus. Goldman Sachs raised Micron's target price from $400 to $900, with a rating of "Neutral."