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Federal Reserve Governor Bowman stated that she does not currently believe it is necessary for the Federal Reserve to rush to further adjust interest rates.

According to Bloomberg, Sarah Breeden, Deputy Governor of the Bank of England, stated at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) annual meeting in Bangkok that given the many innovative developments currently underway in the digital payment sector, the UK has no urgent plans to launch a central bank digital currency (CBDC) to the public.Breeden pointed out that whether to advance a retail CBDC (i.e., "Britcoin") will depend on whether equivalent benefits of tokenization and financial innovation can be achieved through other means.

According to BBX data, yesterday global digital asset institutions disclosed the latest developments in capital operations, top venture capital layouts, and privacy infrastructure expansion. The core information is as follows:First Digital has reached a merger agreement with a SPAC, valuing at $250 million, aiming for a Nasdaq listing: The issuer of the dollar stablecoin FDUSD, First Digital, officially announced the signing of a final business merger agreement with the special purpose acquisition company CSLM Digital Asset Acquisition Corp III. The pre-transaction equity valuation for this deal is $250 million. Upon completion of the merger, First Digital will become a wholly-owned subsidiary of a newly established Cayman holding company, with its existing shareholders fully exchanged for Class A common stock of the holding company. The newly merged entity is expected to officially list on Nasdaq in the first half of 2027.AI trading agent startup Catalyst completes $30 million seed round financing, led by Sequoia Capital: AI trading agent startup Catalyst announced the completion of a $30 million seed round financing. This round was led by the world’s top venture capital firm Sequoia Capital, with participation from Wall Street high-frequency quantitative firm Jump Trading, Peak XV, Lux Capital, AntiFund, cryptocurrency exchange giant Coinbase, and Premji Invest, among other well-known institutions. The funds will be used to advance the development of the next-generation on-chain smart trading agent protocol.Blockchain privacy infrastructure Soda Labs receives exclusive $3 million seed round investment from NextBlock: Blockchain privacy infrastructure developer Soda Labs announced the completion of a $3 million seed round financing, exclusively invested by NextBlock. This funding will be specifically used for global market expansion, expanding the verification node network and blockchain support coverage, core team building, and accelerating the integration of its underlying protocol with commercial banks, traditional payment companies, and real-world asset (RWA) platforms. Soda Labs disclosed that its core privacy layer Bubble currently supports Ethereum, Polygon, Arbitrum, Base, and COTI, and is fully expanding to high-performance networks like Solana.

CoinMarketCap announced on platform X that its Chief Product Officer David Salamon will assume the role of Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately. The former Chief Executive Officer Rush, after leading CoinMarketCap for five years, will transition to oversee the expansion of the group's new business line.CoinMarketCap stated that David Salamon joined CoinMarketCap in 2022 and during his tenure as Chief Product Officer, he led the development of CMC AI, which has surpassed 10 million users; he also spearheaded the reconstruction of CoinMarketCap's on-chain data infrastructure, with DexScan currently tracking 107 chains.

Arthur Hayes, co-founder of BitMEX and head of the Maelstrom Fund, stated that ETH is the largest position in his portfolio aside from Bitcoin. He pointed out that ETH is the second-largest token by market capitalization but has yet to break through its historical high from 2021. From a risk-reward perspective, its risk of going to zero is much lower than that of other crypto assets, which is why he is willing to allocate heavily.Hayes believes that due to the limited increase in ETH during this cycle, there is significant room for a rebound. Once the price starts to move, it will create a reflexive upward trend. He indicated that after breaking the $3000 mark, ETH could quickly rise above $5000, and its year-end target price is within reach. Currently, there are still many investors who wish to go long on ETH for various reasons.

According to TechCrunch citing Bloomberg, as of the end of July, Anthropic's annualized revenue has exceeded $65 billion, continuing to accelerate from $47 billion in May and $9 billion at the end of last year. According to the Financial Times, investors expect its annual revenue to reach between $100 billion and $120 billion. OpenAI's annualized revenue during the same period is approximately $40 billion.Anthropic has secretly submitted IPO documents and is expected to go public as early as this fall, seeking a valuation of over $2 trillion, which could break the record for the largest IPO in U.S. stock history. The company was valued at $965 billion when it completed a $65 billion financing in May. Anthropic has not commented on this.

The Chinese AI large model company Dark Side of the Moon is accelerating its capitalization process, planning to start the final round of pre-IPO financing negotiations in August, with a target pre-investment valuation of $50 billion. Reports indicate that Dark Side of the Moon expects to complete a round of financing soon, corresponding to a valuation of approximately $31.5 billion. After completing this round of financing, the company will immediately engage in discussions for the next round of financing with potential investors, which may become its last private placement before entering the Hong Kong capital market.Market participants believe that if the financing plan proceeds smoothly, Dark Side of the Moon could initiate the process for a Hong Kong stock listing as early as this year. One of the key driving factors for this valuation increase is the company's recent release of the new generation large model Kimi K3. It is reported that Kimi K3 has a parameter scale of 28 trillion, supporting a context window of millions of tokens, making it one of the largest open-source models in the world by parameter scale. After the model was released, it quickly attracted market attention, prompting the company to adjust its new user subscription arrangements to ensure the user experience for existing customers.As the competition in generative AI enters a phase of comparison in computing power, user scale, and commercialization capabilities, large model companies are accelerating their search for capital support. Dark Side of the Moon's financing plan also reflects the market's ongoing interest in leading AI foundational model companies. However, the $50 billion valuation target also implies higher commercialization requirements. In the future, investors will focus on Dark Side of the Moon's revenue growth, control of computing costs, and whether the Kimi series models can form a stable business model. If the financing and listing plans proceed smoothly, Dark Side of the Moon may become an important case of capitalization for Chinese AI large model companies.

According to monitoring by Catcher Predict, in the predicted market Polymarket for the event "Counter-Strike: Fluxo W7M vs Imperial - BetBoom RUSH B! Summit Playoffs," the option "Fluxo W7M" in the sub-market "Map 3 Winner" has experienced a dramatic fluctuation in winning probability, soaring from 56% an hour ago to the current 86% (a fluctuation of 30%). Please note the impact of related breaking news.

According to CCTV International News, the Iranian Revolutionary Guard stated today (June 19) that the remarks made by Iran's Supreme Leader Mujtaba regarding the Iran-U.S. memorandum of understanding "further solidified the united front of the Iranian people, enabling them and the armed forces to more resolutely guard the fruits of victory, and providing valuable assets for Iranian politicians in their pursuit of national rights."The statement indicated that the aggressors have faced defeat on the battlefield—having once threatened to "wipe Iran off the map" and "send Iran back to the Stone Age," they are now "retreating in despair to the point of begging for understanding and negotiation," bowing their heads before the Iranian people.The statement claimed that if the enemy attempts to make unreasonable demands again, infringing upon the rights of the Iranian nation as they have in the past, then the Revolutionary Guard will be prepared with even greater strength in land, sea, air, and all areas of hybrid warfare—ready at any time to deliver an even more devastating historic defeat to the enemy, as soon as the Supreme Leader gives the order.

According to the official announcement, Binance Wallet has launched a new feature called EventRush, allowing users to trade tokens representing the outcomes of real-world events such as sports events, cryptocurrency price targets, or news.This feature is supported by the 42.space protocol on the BNB Chain, allowing users to purchase event tokens using USDT on BSC, and they can sell or hold until settlement at any time before the event ends. Winners can share the entire prize pool with no limit on earnings. A service fee is required for each transaction, and a redemption tax must be paid when selling.This feature is available to all verified Binance Wallet users, although it may not be accessible in certain restricted regions.

According to CoinDesk, OKX stated that even as the company accelerates its global expansion and ventures into tokenized finance, it does not intend to rush into the U.S. public market. The company's Global Managing Partner and Chief Marketing Officer Haider Rafique said at the New York Digital Assets Summit on Thursday, "We will only go public when we are confident that we can deliver shareholder value. If we are not confident in doing that, I don't think there is a need to enter the public market."This stance comes as OKX recently completed a strategic investment related to the Intercontinental Exchange, bringing the company's valuation to $25 billion. Rafique stated that the company has adopted a conservative strategy in pricing. He said, "Based on our revenue growth, licenses, and assets, I think we are pricing ourselves too low." He added that this move is "very intentional" and related to long-term shareholder returns.These remarks reflect broader market concerns about the performance of crypto companies in the public market. Rafique pointed out that at least one major listed company has performed poorly since going public. He said, "I bought one share. That share is now down 50%. This is not good and is actually detrimental to the entire sector."

The Digital Renminbi Operations Management Center officially announced three types of "scam" schemes: Scheme One is using "Digital Renminbi promotion" as a pretext to conduct pyramid scheme fraud. The Digital Renminbi has never engaged in activities such as "recruiting promoters," "promoter exams," "down codes," or "developing subordinates," and has never charged a 400 yuan/device installation service fee. Any recruitment of "civilian promoters" through group chats or offline and online meetings is a scam; Scheme Two is luring individuals to transfer money under the guise of "order brushing and rebates," and Scheme Three is tricking individuals into downloading counterfeit apps to steal information or funds.