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According to CoinDesk, Runestone co-founder Leonidas announced that it is launching an open-source Bitcoin client called DOG Mode, aimed at bypassing BIP 110's restrictions on non-financial data. DOG Mode will increase the maximum weight unit for standard transactions from 400,000 to 3,900,000, close to the entire block capacity, and will reduce the dust limit from 294 to 546 satoshis down to 1 satoshi. Leonidas stated that removing the dust limit will free up approximately $25 million in idle funds.The BIP 110 proposal restricts arbitrary data through user-activated soft forks, requiring 55% miner support, which is currently close to zero. DOG Mode does not require any consensus or voting; it only needs to change the forwarding rules of a single node. If enough nodes run and miners accept, transactions can be confirmed. Leonidas mentioned that DOG Mode deviates from Core to a much lesser extent than Knots, and there is currently no code repository or version. He calls on developers to contribute code and miners to add support. The price of DOG tokens has dropped 1.2% in the last 24 hours.

According to official news, on July 5th, the ANTON Hong Kong Web4.0 closed-door private board meeting was successfully held. This meeting focused on in-depth exchanges regarding AI-Fi, Web4.0, real ecological applications, and co-construction with ecological partners.At the meeting, Mr. Allen Dave, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Executive Director of MY Group Technology Company, attended and delivered a speech, stating that MY Group will continue to provide ecological resources, global market capabilities, real application scenarios, and capitalization strategy support for ANTON. Both parties will engage in deeper collaboration around AI-Fi and Web4.0.It is reported that ANTON is an important component of MY Group's AI-Fi ecological layout, dedicated to exploring the integration of AI and decentralized finance. Through the BAS bionic intelligent agent cluster, AI financial strategy system, and on-chain rule mechanisms, it aims to build intelligent financial protocols for the Web4.0 era.Industry insiders believe that with the continuous integration of AI technology and on-chain financial infrastructure, AI-Fi is gradually becoming one of the important application directions in the Web4.0 era. The deep collaboration between ANTON and MY Group is expected to further promote the transition of AI finance from conceptual narratives to real-world applications.MY Group's current ecosystem covers various fields, including social traffic entry, global payment systems, public chain infrastructure, digital asset trading ecosystems, and AI intelligent financial systems. In the future, both parties will continue to advance cooperation in areas such as AI-Fi infrastructure construction, real application implementation, and global community ecological expansion by leveraging their respective advantages.This Hong Kong private board meeting further clarified the strategic collaborative relationship between ANTON and MY Group under the new cycle of intelligent finance, jointly promoting the development of the AI-Fi and Web4.0 ecosystem.

Hyperliquid founder Jeff posted on platform X that VALR, the largest cryptocurrency exchange in Africa, will directly utilize Hyperliquid's on-chain liquidity to support its core perpetual contract products. This is a significant milestone that will redefine the way the next generation of financial applications are built.The breakthrough in cloud computing lies in the ability for any startup to quickly test its ideas and rest assured that the infrastructure will scale as the business grows. As the most liquid global venue for assets like BTC, Hyperliquid will play the same role in the global economy. By leveraging the deepest on-chain liquidity, builders can shift their focus back to their products and users. Heartfelt congratulations to the VALR team. We are honored that they chose to build on Hyperliquid. Looking forward to expanding together.

SPR welcomes an important development milestone: the ecological IP "Congcong" officially celebrates its hundredth day, with the protocol's liquidity pool scale continuously breaking through 11,920,000 USDT, and the SPR market is simultaneously included in the Binance market platform.Three important developments have been implemented simultaneously, reflecting the continuous improvement of the protocol's ecological construction, on-chain liquidity, and market attention. In the future, SPR will continue to enhance ecological construction, optimize liquidity structure, and promote the stable development of the protocol.

According to Bloomberg, AirTrunk, a data center operator under Blackstone Inc., has selected partner banks and plans to conduct a real estate investment trust (REIT) initial public offering (IPO) in Singapore.According to informed sources, the fundraising scale for this IPO is expected to be around $1.5 billion, with the listing work likely to be completed as early as this year. Currently, Citigroup Inc., DBS Group Holdings Ltd., and Jefferies Financial Group Inc. have been chosen to assist in preparing for the listing project.

Placeholder partner Chris Burniske tweeted that holding cash at this stage has a very high opportunity cost, and mentioned that he has recently been gradually building positions. He also pointed out that multiple factors are converging around October, believing that this timing is "not to be ignored." Burniske did not specify any particular investment targets.Previously, Chris Burniske had stated in a post last October that after the recent crash in the crypto market, sustained buying pressure is unlikely in the short term, and if BTC falls to $75,000 or below, he may consider buying again.

According to Jinshi reports, options traders' views on the Federal Reserve's recent interest rate path are increasingly divergent, with various betting directions ranging from bets on interest rate cuts in the coming months to differing degrees of interest rate hikes. Swap market pricing shows that it is almost a foregone conclusion that the Federal Reserve will maintain interest rates at its meeting on Wednesday, and all eyes will turn to Chairman Waller's first press conference for clues about future policy. Although the United States and Iran are preparing to officially sign a temporary peace agreement, oil prices have fallen to a three-month low, providing some relief to inflationary pressures, but future policy remains unclear.

According to Jinshi reports, UBS Global Wealth Management has postponed its expectations for the Federal Reserve's interest rate cuts to March and June 2027, and no longer expects any rate cuts this year. The institution stated that this move reflects its judgment that this week's meeting will release hawkish signals. UBS expects the Federal Reserve to cut rates by 25 basis points in March and June next year. The Federal Reserve will announce its interest rate decision this week, and the market generally expects rates to remain unchanged. UBS analysts indicated that the tone of this meeting will be more hawkish, and major central banks will not shift to dovish policies due to the agreement between the U.S. and Iran.

According to the Financial Times, AI giant Anthropic has finalized a $35 billion private credit financing deal, led by private equity giants Apollo and Blackstone. The funds from this financing will be used to purchase AI chips and expand its AI infrastructure.

According to Reuters, private equity giant Apollo Global Management and Blackstone Group are bringing in more investors for a debt financing deal worth approximately $36 billion to help Anthropic build its artificial intelligence infrastructure.Insiders revealed that this debt financing will be used to purchase Google-customized TPU (Tensor Processing Unit) chips, which will then be leased by Anthropic. Broadcom, which assisted Google in developing the chips, will provide guarantees for the majority of the funds in this transaction.This move is expected to become one of the largest private credit transactions in history and may also be the largest chip financing debt transaction to date. The plan aims to provide computational power support for Anthropic by leveraging Broadcom's creditworthiness.

According to The Wall Street Journal, Alphabet's Google and Blackstone plan to jointly create an artificial intelligence cloud company, centered around Google's proprietary chips, directly competing with rivals like CoreWeave. Blackstone will invest $5 billion in equity capital and hold a majority stake in the company. The deal was officially announced on Monday local time, and the name of the new company has not yet been disclosed.

CITIC International Auction in Hong Kong kicked off the "Spring Art Treasures Auction (Part Two)", with the core lot Lot 61 "Five Dynasties Chai Kiln Celadon Tombstone Base" achieving a record sale of HKD 660 million. This move not only refreshes the market height of the Chai Kiln system but also marks the official start of a new asset cycle in the art RWA ecosystem centered around $CHAI.Previously, the Chai Kiln system had a transaction record of approximately HKD 380 million, forming the initial price anchor for this system. The hammer price of HKD 660 million is an orderly upward exploration based on the existing anchor point, demonstrating the market's continued recognition of this asset class. Chairman Huang pointed out that continuously establishing a reference system through market mechanisms will further solidify the foundational role of $CHAI in on-chain value mapping and pricing.

Private market investment company StepStone Group (NASDAQ: STEP) announced its participation in the Digital Market Infrastructure (DMI) platform of the London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG).The DMI platform is fully integrated into LSEG Workspace and aims to simplify access for professional investors to private equity funds, leveraging distributed ledger technology to support the distribution of private equity funds and help reduce structural barriers for investors entering the private market. StepStone offers evergreen investment strategies covering private equity, private debt, and infrastructure.

According to Jinshi reports, Brad Conger, the Chief Investment Officer of Hirtle & Co., stated that a small-scale dispute broke out within the FOMC today, with dissenters leaning towards a tightening policy stance, which sets the direction for the "struggle" for the incoming chair. The bond market has been pricing in this scenario for several weeks, and Conger believes that, based on strong growth in private consumption and business investment, the hawks will have the upper hand in this contest.

The decentralized oracle service provider RedStone has officially launched the settlement layer product RedStone Settle for decentralized finance, aimed at addressing the structural barriers faced when tokenized real-world assets (RWA) are used as collateral in lending protocols.The core mechanism of this product is on-chain auctions: when a lending protocol triggers a liquidation event, liquidity providers can immediately step in to purchase the relevant positions, providing instant liquidity to the protocol while assuming the risk of delayed redemption of the underlying assets. This move aims to bridge the mismatch between the nearly instant liquidation required by DeFi platforms (such as Aave) and the typical redemption periods of 60 to 180 days for RWAs (including tokenized funds and bonds).RedStone stated that this solution is expected to activate the currently idle tokenized RWAs in DeFi, which exceed $30 billion, and enable users to borrow more efficiently using interest-bearing positions. According to data from RWA.xyz, excluding stablecoins, the current market size of tokenized RWAs has surpassed $30 billion, primarily dominated by exposure to U.S. Treasury bonds and private credit products.

According to a report by Jinshi, StoneX analyst Matt Simpson stated in a research report that based on technical analysis, the US dollar index may see a slight increase in the short term. Currently, the US dollar index is maintaining around the level of 98.249, and on Thursday, the 200-day simple moving average formed a "slightly bullish" pattern, with the two-day relative strength index in an extremely oversold condition. However, there are multiple resistance levels, including the 200-day exponential moving average at 98.44 that the bulls need to test.

The UK asset management firm Legal & General has put its managed liquidity funds, exceeding £50 billion, on-chain through the tokenized distribution network launched by Calastone.The firm is now offering money market funds in tokenized share form on this network, supporting USD, EUR, and GBP, covering issuance, trading, and same-day settlement. Investors can purchase, hold, and transfer the related tokenized shares within a permissioned, regulated network. The relevant funds will be deployed on Ethereum and compatible blockchains, with plans to expand to more networks in the future.

The blockchain gaming infrastructure Lattice announced that it will gradually shut down its operations after five years, with its Layer 2 network Redstone ceasing operations on May 16, 2026, at 07:59.Lattice reminds users to withdraw their funds before this deadline, especially assets in contracts such as the Uniswap pool. After the shutdown, only L1 withdrawal contracts will be deployed for external account balance withdrawals, and the funds in the contracts will be irretrievable.It is reported that Lattice was founded in 2021 and developed tools such as the MUD framework, Redstone chain, Quarry, and Dozer, but failed to achieve a sustainable business model. The team will use the remaining funds for the final project DUST autonomous world, but the scale has not reached a level to support the business, and they do not believe that VC financing is the right path.

According to @ai_9684xtpa monitoring, the StakeStone team associated address deposited 16 million STO tokens to the Bitge exchange 8 hours ago, worth approximately 2.87 million USD. These funds came from the address 0x1Fe...19Bb5, which is the deployment address for the $STO token.

According to BBX data, global listed companies made key progress in "health optimization" of their treasury structures yesterday:$50 million addition: Boyaa Interactive (0434.HK) announced yesterday that the board has approved an additional budget of $50 million for increasing its holdings in Bitcoin and Ethereum. So far, the group has invested over $250 million, aiming to establish itself as the largest digital asset treasury entity in Asia.Officially entering "debt-free holding": TeraWulf (NASDAQ: $WULF) announced yesterday that it has used cash flow generated from its high-performance computing business to pay off the last of its high-interest debt. As one of the most energy-efficient mining companies globally, the company reiterated that it has entered the "100% output retention" phase as of yesterday.Computing power as net reserves: HIVE Digital (TSX-V: $HIVE) disclosed yesterday that the profits from its AI data center in Sweden have fully covered global operating expenses for two consecutive months. This means that all Bitcoin produced yesterday is recorded as "net reserves," with no need for any market sell-off.$10 million procurement settled: Acurx Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: $ACXP) confirmed yesterday that its first $10 million strategic procurement of Bitcoin has been fully completed. As a biopharmaceutical company, ACXP plans to use this asset as a "value anchor" for its clinical research and development funding over the next five years.Automated treasury upgrade: Public.com launched an "automated treasury balancing" suite for small and medium-sized enterprises globally yesterday, supporting the automatic proportional conversion of idle corporate funds into BTC, with the first-day subscription scale exceeding $80 million.