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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 Cointelegraph, cryptocurrency infrastructure company BitGo Holdings announced layoffs of about 15%. BitGo co-founder and CEO Mike Belshe stated that this move aims to optimize team structure and focus resources on core areas such as security, trading, stablecoins, settlement, and AI-driven infrastructure.According to data disclosed in BitGo's annual report (with a total of 603 full-time employees by the end of 2025), this round of layoffs may involve about 90 people. Belshe described this as a "one-time adjustment" and does not expect further job cuts in the future. Affected by related news and the overall downturn in the cryptocurrency market, BitGo's stock price (BTGO) fell 4.67% to $4.80 on Thursday, down nearly 73% from its issuance price of $18 when it went public in January this year.

According to CoinDesk, Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh will testify before Congress for the first time on July 14 at 10 AM (Eastern Time), and traders are closely watching for signals regarding stablecoins, bank custody, and interest rate policy.

According to Cointelegraph, Ethereum is embroiled in a fierce governance debate over the source of core development funding. Last Friday, former Ethereum Foundation contributor Trenton Van Epps warned that as old support programs deplete and foundation expenditures shrink, the core development ecosystem could face a "slow-burning funding crisis" within three to nine months, requiring approximately $30 million annually to maintain over a dozen clients, research, and coordination teams.The core of the debate stems from the "validator redirect income" proposal put forward by Kleros co-founder Clément Lesaege, which suggests redirecting 0% to 10% of validator rewards to an ecosystem funding pool, estimated to generate about 50,000 to 70,000 ETH annually at current staking levels. This proposal has faced widespread opposition, with critics warning that it could entrench the power of large validators and blur the boundaries between operations and governance. Some community members previously countered that the foundation's funds are sufficient to operate for 30 years, but the foundation's actual decisions indicate that it is actively shrinking expenditures and pushing for diversified funding models.On Monday, a nonprofit organization called EthLabs was announced, initiated by five former Ethereum Foundation researchers, aiming to directly fund development through large ETH holders. On Tuesday, Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin stated that the foundation is cutting its budget by about 40% according to established policies and has recently laid off 54 people.

The latest market report from QCP indicates that Bitcoin surged past $65,000 after Strategy announced an increase in cash reserves and the purchase of an additional 520 Bitcoins, improving short-term market sentiment.At the same time, there was a noticeable rotation within the U.S. stock market, with the Nasdaq weakening and small-cap stocks strengthening, reflecting that risk appetite has not broadly weakened.

According to CoinDesk, major lobbying organizations in the U.S. cryptocurrency industry jointly sent a letter to the House Ways and Means Committee, urging the advancement of the "Tax Clarity for Mining and Staking Act," advocating for tax treatment options for cryptocurrency miners and staking income recipients. The bill was introduced by Republican Congressman Mike Carey, and its core content allows taxpayers to choose the timing of taxation when they receive new mining or staking assets—either paying taxes at the time the assets are generated or deferring taxes until the final sale.Industry associations, including the Blockchain Association, Digital Chamber, and Crypto Council for Innovation, have expressed support, arguing that the current tax system may force users participating in network security maintenance to bear tax burdens before they have realized the assets. Supporters claim that the proposal does not provide "indefinite deferral," but rather avoids immediate taxation on income that has not yet realized liquidity, thereby alleviating cash flow pressure on miners and validators.However, Democratic lawmakers and some external critics are concerned that this mechanism could be exploited by large mining companies for long-term tax deferral, especially in the context of some publicly listed or politically connected companies participating in mining operations, raising potential policy arbitrage disputes. Meanwhile, the industry's focus remains on the broader "Digital Asset Market Structure Act" (Clarity Act), but tax issues have become the second key battleground, expected to continue advancing in tandem with regulatory framework legislation in the coming weeks.

Members of the management team of the Ethereum Foundation (EF) and CSA Operator Aerugo published a systematic explanation of EF's mission. Aerugo stated that EF's core mission is to ensure that Ethereum becomes and continues to be a truly permissionless sovereign infrastructure: censorship-resistant, capture-resistant, open-source, private, and secure, capable of supporting large-scale trustless coordination.He emphasized that EF's focus is on eliminating extraction and capture risks that may arise at the protocol layer of Ethereum, particularly the two core challenges of MEV (Maximum Extractable Value) issues and the lack of default privacy. Aerugo described MEV as "the main battleground of the next cypherpunk war," and pointed out that "a public ledger without serious default privacy is a monitoring infrastructure with settlement guarantees."In addition, EF will move some of its work out of the foundation through spin-offs in the future, but will maintain strict standards for external funding. The recent departure of some personnel is part of normal organizational adjustments, and EF will handle it in a dignified manner without making personnel issues public.

Michael Saylor called on the Bitcoin community on the X platform not to engage in internal strife over minor differences, but to focus on market opportunities. "Bitcoin supporters are united on 99% of important matters. We should not let 1% of differences divide us, especially when the vast majority of global capital has yet to enter the Bitcoin monetary network. The opportunities are far greater than the debates."

The European Commission is publicly soliciting opinions on the revision of the MiCA framework, with the industry focusing on core issues such as stablecoin reserve rules, the decentralization identification of DeFi, and the regulatory jurisdiction of prediction markets.

The WeChat public account of the Chinese prosecutor published an article titled "Research on Foreign-Related Cases | Key Points for Cross-Border Electronic Evidence Collection in Virtual Currency Money Laundering Crimes," which pointed out that when handling virtual currency money laundering cases, one should use the virtual currency wallet address as a breakthrough point, apply blockchain technology to analyze on-chain data characteristics and the flow of funds, and identify money laundering activities conducted through virtual currencies to achieve precise strikes.The article proposed that the evidence collection model should be built around two core proof elements: identity relevance and transaction relevance, establishing a "domestic evidence collection as the basis, cross-border evidence collection as a supplement" approach, and standardizing the applicable boundaries of unilateral evidence collection and bilateral judicial assistance to enhance the efficiency of cross-border evidence collection.For third-party entities such as exchanges, wallet service providers, and payment channels, the article suggested establishing "elemental" retrieval standards, focusing on obtaining KYC information and change records, login logs, device and IP information, two-factor authentication records, deposit and withdrawal records, on-chain addresses, transaction hashes, as well as risk control and freezing records, to establish the relationship of "address---account---natural person."

The AI Identity and Agent Infrastructure Project Billions has released its latest strategic roadmap, announcing a focus on advancing the infrastructure construction related to Agent commerce and Agent payments, promoting the evolution of AI Agents from information processing tools to participants in economic activities.Billions stated that as Agents begin to autonomously complete service calls, payment settlements, product purchases, and task executions, AI is gradually entering the Agent economy era. In the future, Agents will not only need identity and permission management capabilities but also the ability to participate in real commercial activities and value exchanges.Currently, Billions has launched payment-related components based on the x402 protocol, including Agent Skill, server-side extensions, and SDK. The team indicated that they will continue to expand product capabilities around Agent authentication, authorization management, payment execution, and commercial collaboration scenarios, building an infrastructure network aimed at the Agent Economy.Billions believes that the automated value exchange between Agents and between Agents and services will become the next stage of AI development, and the Agent commercial network is expected to become an important part of the future digital economy.

According to official news, Tether announced that after evaluating user activity, market demand, and the company's overall strategic priorities, it will gradually stop supporting the Alloy by Tether platform and aUSD₮. Effective immediately, the platform will close the functions for opening new positions and minting new aUSD₮. Existing users can still return aUSD₮ and withdraw the gold stablecoin XAU₮ within the next three months. Starting from September 17, 2026, users who have not completed the return will no longer be able to retrieve XAU₮ through the platform. Tether stated that it will subsequently focus resources on XAU₮ and other core products within the ecosystem.

CryptoQuant analyst Axel Adler Jr. stated that Bitcoin may have entered a new accumulation zone, but the potential structural bottom of this cycle is still around $48,000. Currently, the seller risk ratio after Bitcoin's adjustment first entered the red zone when it fell below $60,000, indicating that the volume of loss supply has begun to exceed the volume of profit supply, and the unrealized pressure on holders has significantly increased.On the other hand, the Cumulative Value Destruction Day (CVDD) valuation model shows that the structural bottom of Bitcoin's current cycle is around $48,000. Axel Adler Jr. summarized that historically similar zones often correspond to market capitulation phases and bottom formation processes, such as the cycle lows in 2019 and 2023. However, it remains to be seen whether the price can hold the $60,000 area, while the seller risk ratio smooth line continues to rise. Although the price of Bitcoin has rebounded to around $66,000, the market is still at the lower end of the valuation range, and caution is still needed regarding the final confirmation process of the cycle bottom.

According to Jinshi reports, the market generally believes that the Federal Reserve will keep interest rates unchanged, but it faces uncertainty in economic trends. The new chairman, Waller, is under close scrutiny regarding how he will lead the Federal Reserve. Despite a strong job market and consumer spending, inflation remains above target levels. Analysts expect Waller to reshape the Federal Reserve's communication and policy decision-making, potentially reducing forward guidance on interest rate expectations and adjusting the frequency of press conferences. The chief economist at Oxford Economics predicts that the Federal Reserve will not raise interest rates in June, but the wording will be adjusted, with a baseline forecast of a rate cut in December.

According to LatePost, ByteDance is adjusting its AI resource allocation strategy, shifting its focus from consumer-facing products like "Doubao" to products that serve enterprise clients. This change is partly influenced by the high operational costs of AI and challenges to existing business models.It is reported that "Doubao" has over 200 million daily active users, but due to the enormous computational costs associated with inference and multimodal capabilities, it incurs daily expenses of tens of millions, while its monetization channels, such as e-commerce, generate less than one million daily. In contrast, ByteDance's video generation model Seedance demonstrates strong profitability. Thanks to its efficient MoE architecture (200 billion parameters) and relatively low reliance on inference computing power, Seedance 2.0 currently has a gross margin of 70%, with the vast majority of its revenue coming from enterprise clients, and its current annual recurring revenue (ARR) has reached 2 billion dollars.Insiders reveal that ByteDance's large model data review team has expanded to over 3,000 people this year, primarily to clean training data for programming models. Meanwhile, the MaaS business of Volcano Engine has also been placed in a more important position, with ByteDance's top management setting a goal to increase revenue tenfold and accelerate international expansion. Additionally, ByteDance executives recently visited Anthropic, which has achieved significant growth in both revenue and valuation through enterprise-level AI programming services, providing a reference for ByteDance's strategic adjustments.

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 Chosun Biz, Silicon Valley's top venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) has officially established an office in Seoul. This comes about six months after announcing its expansion plans in Asia last December. a16z stated that South Korea's global competitiveness in AI, manufacturing, defense, cryptocurrency, content, and consumer goods, along with its excellent technical talent and market acceptance, are the main reasons for choosing Seoul as its strategic base in Asia. The Seoul office will initially focus on the cryptocurrency sector, with plans to gradually expand its business scope.a16z has previously invested in global tech giants such as SpaceX, Instagram, Facebook, and Airbnb. The newly appointed a16z Head of GTM for Cryptocurrency in the Asia-Pacific region, Park Sung-mo, will be based in Seoul and will leverage his experience at Naver and the Monad Foundation to support a16z's portfolio companies entering the South Korean and Asian markets. a16z stated that it will go beyond simple investment, providing support for business growth through talent recruitment, business development, policy collaboration, media support, and building a community of partners.

The Financial Secretary of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government, Paul Chan, stated in a blog that the HKSAR Government will launch the first public consultation for Hong Kong's five-year plan on June 15 next week, lasting for two months. This plan aims not only to enhance economic development momentum and promote better application of technology but also hopes to achieve a more inclusive society, where citizens enjoy more quality job opportunities and a better life."AI+" and "Finance+" are two strategic directions worth exploring in depth. AI is no longer just about the innovation and technology industry itself; it plays a key role in enhancing the competitiveness of various sectors. For finance, it can strengthen data analysis, risk management, and customer service. "Finance+" means making good use of Hong Kong's full chain of fundraising functions, including building a more comprehensive patient capital system to inject development momentum into cutting-edge technology enterprises.