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XRPLRipple is actively promoting the addition of a layer of lending infrastructure on the XRP Ledger (XRPL), enabling institutions to use on-chain tokenized assets as collateral for financing, while the loan terms are automatically executed by the protocol, with credit assessments and lending decisions still made by off-chain institutions.According to reports, the proposal is named the XRPL Lending Protocol (corresponding to the XLS-65 and XLS-66 standards), which is currently still in the technical draft stage and must be approved through validator voting before it can go live on the mainnet, but it is already available for developer testing on the test network.The design of the protocol splits the lending process into two parts: on-chain mechanisms responsible for fund pool management, interest calculation, repayment execution, and default handling; while borrower credit assessments and loan term settings remain with traditional financial institutions to meet compliance requirements in different jurisdictions.Ripple states that this mechanism is primarily aimed at institutional short-term liquidity needs, such as in cross-border payment scenarios, where temporary financing is obtained through stablecoins or collateralized assets before settlement, to enhance capital efficiency.Analysts believe that this solution attempts to introduce a "rule-based lending infrastructure" similar to traditional finance while maintaining the open network attributes of XRPL, but it still faces competition from established on-chain lending protocols like Aave, Compound, and Maple.

According to Crypto in America, the U.S. Senate will recess until July 13, and the advancement of the CLARITY Act depends on the progress of behind-the-scenes coordination over the next two weeks. Staff from both parties, government officials, and industry stakeholders are working to resolve remaining differences, including reconciling text discrepancies between the Banking Committee and the Agriculture Committee, as well as reaching consensus on ethical standards and provisions to combat illegal financial activities.The bill requires the support of at least 60 senators to pass. Even if all 53 Republican votes are in favor, at least 7 Democratic senators will need to join; the support of the majority of Democrats may depend on whether the White House can agree to establish a strong ethical framework regarding issues related to Trump's cryptocurrency business. According to Reuters, since Trump's return to the White House, his cryptocurrency business has generated over $2 billion in new wealth for him.Additionally, major law enforcement groups still oppose the inclusion of provisions from the Blockchain Regulatory Certainty Act in the bill, arguing that it would increase the difficulty of investigating and prosecuting on-chain crimes. Remaining discrepancies in the Agriculture Committee's text include issues such as the prioritization of federal law over state law, management of conflicts of interest in exchanges, and restrictions on related-party transactions. Sources indicate that the parties have not yet reached a final agreement, and there remains uncertainty about whether the Senate vote can be completed before the August recess.

FameEX Exchange, which just celebrated its 8th anniversary, will hold a side event, AI Agents Night, with GAEA Ventures during Tokyo WebX 2026.Today, AI Agents are evolving from conversational models into on-chain autonomous executors, handling intent parsing, multi-step transactions, and dynamic asset allocation. This event will bring together Web3 founders, investors, and developers to discuss the future of cross-ecosystem collaboration and AI-driven trading architecture.

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.

According to Wccftech, investment bank Jefferies' latest research report indicates that due to the ongoing global supply shortage and strong demand for AI computing power, memory chip prices are expected to see a significant increase in the second half of 2026 and in 2027.The report predicts that memory chip prices will rise by 40% to 50% quarter-on-quarter in the third quarter of 2026, and will continue to rise by 30% to 40% quarter-on-quarter in the fourth quarter; by 2027, the overall year-on-year price increase will reach 40% to 45%. It is not until 2028, with the introduction of 15% to 20% of new production capacity into the market, that prices are expected to decline.Additionally, the report emphasizes that currently about 50% of global memory production capacity is locked in by long-term agreements (LTA) with large technology companies, which will further compress supply in the consumer electronics market and drive up end-user costs. Analysts also believe that before the large-scale expansion of capacity by domestic Chinese memory manufacturers in 2028, it will be difficult to significantly alleviate the tight situation and prices in the global market.

On June 29, WEEX announced that the platform has launched the $GetRichQuick 0 transaction fee event: New users who net recharge 100 U and have their first transaction as GetRichQuick/USDT spot can receive a reward of 10 USDT; both new and existing users whose $GetRichQuick spot trading volume reaches 100 U can participate in sharing a prize pool of 10,000 USDT based on trading volume rankings; invite friends to participate in this event to earn up to 1,000 USDT in rewards. Event time: 6/26 18:00 - 7/3 18:00 (UTC+8).

According to a report by Reuters, informed sources revealed that Chinese memory chip manufacturer Changxin Memory Technologies (CXMT) has reached a long-term supply agreement with Tencent worth over 20 billion yuan (approximately 3 billion USD). This agreement mainly covers the supply of DRAM chips for servers over the next 3 to 5 years.The report pointed out that this large-scale cooperation comes as Changxin Memory is preparing for a 29.5 billion yuan IPO on the Shanghai Star Market. It is reported that Changxin Memory is currently negotiating similar collaborations with several other leading Chinese internet companies and is constructing a new DRAM factory in Shanghai. Once the new capacity is fully operational, its monthly DRAM wafer production capacity is expected to double to about 600,000 wafers.

The South Korean government has announced significant project plans in the areas of chips, physical artificial intelligence, and artificial intelligence data centers. South Korean President Lee Jae-myung stated that it is necessary to ensure the development of artificial intelligence elements faster than other countries, and chip production construction must be completed as soon as possible.The current factory site selection is nearing its limits in terms of water resources and other infrastructure. The southwestern region will invest between 50 trillion to 200 trillion won in the new projects, while Gwangju and Jeolla may invest 52 trillion won in the projects. Regarding the detailed planning for the factories, the South Korean government announced that it is expected to build four chip factories in the southwest, with an investment of about 800 trillion won; Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix will each build two new factories; it is expected that investment in the chip sector will reach at least 300 trillion won over the next 15 years, including next-generation memory, edge artificial intelligence, and defense.Investment in the chip packaging cluster in the Chungcheong region is expected to reach 81 trillion won. It is anticipated that approximately 55 trillion won will be invested in the construction of artificial intelligence data centers. The South Korean government expects to double DRAM production capacity within five years, and the global memory market is expected to quadruple in five years. The South Korean side also stated that it seeks to distribute the growth dividends to the public.

According to Yicai, there were previous reports that Kunlun Core, a subsidiary of Baidu, plans to go public in Hong Kong, and Tencent has become its client, while ByteDance is also considering using its AI chips. In response to this, sources close to the matter told Yicai today that ByteDance currently has no intention of cooperating with Kunlun Core.

HP Inc. announced a strategic partnership with OpenAI to scale the deployment of the OpenAI Frontier platform across its global operations, aiming to accelerate the transformation of internal operations and enhance customer experience.According to the cooperation plan, HP will widely apply AI agents in several core business flows, including: self-service experiences for customers and partners, device health diagnostics and telemetry based on the Workforce Experience Platform (WXP), cybersecurity vulnerability analysis, and daily software development and code review.It is reported that HP began related testing in February 2026 and successfully utilized AI to significantly reduce the time costs of code testing and security vulnerability remediation. As a unified enterprise-level AI foundation, OpenAI Frontier will provide HP with capabilities such as shared context, permission governance, seamless integration across applications, and effectiveness evaluation, helping its AI strategy transition from initial technology pilots to full enterprise-level implementation.

According to the Science and Technology Innovation Board Daily, Baidu Group's stock price strengthened today, rising over 8%. It is understood that Baidu's Kunlun Core plans to go public in Hong Kong, with a target valuation of about 50 billion USD. Insiders revealed that Tencent has become a customer of Kunlun Core, and ByteDance is also considering adopting its AI chips. Currently, the Kunlun Core P800 has completed large-scale verification, and since 2025, it has delivered multiple ten-thousand-card clusters and completed important version training of Wenxin 5.1 on national production clusters.

According to BBX data, last weekend Japan's largest financial group completed the most important cryptocurrency acquisition, and U.S. bipartisan senators launched a new regulatory offensive against prediction market platforms. The core developments are as follows:SBI Holdings, Inc. (Tokyo Stock Exchange: 8473) announced the acquisition of the Japanese cryptocurrency exchange Bitbank (privately held) for approximately $289 million. After the transaction is completed, SBI's cryptocurrency business will surpass all competitors, creating Japan's largest cryptocurrency exchange. SBI Holdings is one of Japan's largest independent financial services groups, already owning cryptocurrency-friendly network bank SBI Shinsei Bank, cryptocurrency asset custodian SBI Digital Asset Holdings, and multiple Bitcoin mining and cryptocurrency venture capital investments. Bitbank is one of Japan's largest spot BTC exchanges and holds an official cryptocurrency exchange license from the Financial Services Agency (FSA) of Japan. This acquisition marks a shift for traditional Japanese financial institutions from "strategic trial" in the cryptocurrency sector to "scale acquisition dominance," alongside the joint stablecoin plan of the three major banks: Mitsubishi UFJ ($MUFG), Sumitomo Mitsui ($SMFG), and Mizuho ($MFG) (targeting March 2027), forming the most intensive wave of cryptocurrency layout in Japan's financial industry by 2026.U.S. Senators John Curtis (Republican, Utah) and Adam Schiff (Democrat, California) reported on June 28 that they jointly sent a letter to the CFTC, urging it to conduct a formal investigation into the prediction market platform Polymarket (privately held), citing a "concerning" investigative report regarding Polymarket's "deceptive marketing" practices, which accused it of systematic misleading in user acquisition and risk disclosure. This is the third regulatory offensive against prediction market platforms initiated by Congress this year (previously, the House Oversight Committee launched an insider trading investigation on May 22); the two senators come from different parties, which is significant. For Robinhood Markets, Inc. (NASDAQ: $HOOD), this investigation poses indirect pressure—Robinhood's prediction market/event contract business (which achieved a record daily trading volume in June) faces the same regulatory qualitative disputes as Polymarket; however, Robinhood's defensive advantage lies in its ongoing application for a CFTC Designated Contract Market (DCM) license, providing a clearer compliance path compared to Polymarket.

The Hyper Foundation announced that it will provide approximately $10 million in grants to developers affected by the USDH exit, to cover migration costs and support an orderly transition of the ecosystem. This round of funding will be allocated to affected HIP-1 spot deployers, HIP-3 perpetual contract deployers, HyperEVM protocol, USDH:USDC cross-chain bridge, and other ecosystem participants.Among them, migration grants are aimed at teams migrating USDH-related markets or deployments to USDC; while exit grants are for projects that choose to terminate USDH-related businesses, with amounts lower than equivalent migration plans, to encourage a smooth conclusion of the ecosystem. HIP-1 and HIP-3 grants are based on auction deployment cost estimates, while HyperEVM grants are assessed based on the scale of USDH TVL affected. All beneficiaries must complete migration or business closure by the end of July.On the user side, USDH holders need to operate according to the guidelines of each protocol and can complete the exchange to USDC through the spot market or HyperEVM path. The official has provided support for asset conversion with no fees or spot trading channels. The Hyper Foundation also stated that the USDH migration is progressing smoothly, thanks to the active cooperation of developers and the community, and expressed gratitude to the relevant builders.

Blockchain intelligence company AMLBot's monitoring data shows that recently Polymarket users on the Polygon network had approximately $3.1 million PUSD stolen due to a front-end malicious script intrusion.The attackers implanted a malicious script that induced users to sign authorization transactions (involving EIP-7702 delegated execution), resulting in the users' wallets being emptied. The stolen funds were then converted to USDC.e through Relay, bridged to Ethereum, and ultimately exchanged for ETH, which was concentrated in a designated address. Currently, about 1891.9 ETH is distributed across three new wallets.AMLBot pointed out that this attack is similar to the incident involving the 2024 1inch web application, where a wallet theft script was implanted in the Lottie Player library, both cases involved third-party scripts being compromised, leading to front-end contamination.

Machi Brother Huang Licheng posted multiple tweets about the meme coin Machi, with the related token price once breaking through 0.0007 USD, currently reported at 0.000668 USD, with a daily increase of 235%.It is currently unclear whether the Machi Brother X account has been hacked, reminding community users to stay vigilant. The prices of meme coins are highly volatile, mainly driven by market sentiment and conceptual speculation, lacking clear practical application scenarios, and investors should be aware of the associated risks.

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.