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According to Gate market data, the pressure of the yen's depreciation continues to intensify, with the USD/JPY reaching the 162 mark for the first time since December 1986.

According to CoinPost, Kinexys, a blockchain division of JPMorgan, announced the addition of five currencies to its Blockchain Deposit Account (BDA) network: Australian Dollar (AUD), Hong Kong Dollar (HKD), Japanese Yen (JPY), Renminbi (RMB), and Singapore Dollar (SGD). This expands the total supported currencies to eight, including the existing Euro, British Pound, and US Dollar, making it the platform with the most supported currencies in the global blockchain settlement and on-chain foreign exchange field.The BDA operates on JPMorgan's private blockchain, supporting 24/7 settlement and programmable payment features. Japanese energy giant JERA Global Markets became the first enterprise to adopt the Yen BDA, aimed at optimizing internal fund flow management and liquidity allocation. Currently, Kinexys has processed a cumulative transaction volume exceeding $40 trillion, with a daily transaction volume of over $7 billion.

According to Reuters, Nasdaq has confirmed that SpaceX (SPCX) will be included in the Nasdaq 100 Index on July 7, which may bring a wave of passive fund buying for the stock. Inclusion in the index typically boosts stock prices, as ETFs that track the performance of the relevant index need to purchase shares of newly included companies. JPMorgan expects that SpaceX's inclusion in the Nasdaq 100 Index could bring in $4.3 billion in passive fund inflows.SpaceX went public on Nasdaq on June 12. To attract more companies to list in the U.S., Nasdaq and index providers such as FTSE Russell and MSCI have previously relaxed some inclusion requirements, including profitability, days since listing, and the number of tradable shares. SpaceX has fluctuated between significant losses and small profits over the past three years, with a net loss of $4.9 billion last year.Michael Field, Chief Equity Market Strategist at Morningstar, stated, "Clearly, there is strong market demand, which is why they are quickly including it in the index." He added that many people will be satisfied with this, but some fund managers and skeptics may not agree, as Morningstar believes the stock is overvalued. Investors typically gain broader market exposure through funds that track the Nasdaq 100 Index, such as Invesco's QQQ and QQQM. Additionally, large language model companies like OpenAI and Anthropic are also expected to submit IPO applications this year or next and may seek valuations exceeding $1 trillion.However, S&P Global stated this month that it will not adjust the requirements for SpaceX to enter major indices like the S&P 500 and will consider including it in relevant indices only after at least 12 months.

During the 2026 New York Tech Week, Zack Anderson, Chief Data and Analytics Officer of J.P. Morgan Payments, shared the latest applications and strategic outlook of AI in payment infrastructure at a seminar. He stated that the application of AI in the banking industry is becoming increasingly mature, with most AI agents currently operating invisibly in the background, significantly enhancing the efficiency of payment flows and risk management capabilities.Anderson pointed out that with the proliferation of Agentic AI, the core challenge facing the payment sector lies in the governance and auditability of "machine authorization" (especially for high-value payments). He emphasized that leveraging AI to handle complex cross-border payment compliance rules is an important opportunity in the near term, which is expected to significantly reduce payment rejection rates. Furthermore, although current corporate AI investments are largely focused on the customer front end, "Agentic Treasury" will be an important early opportunity for the future, and its large-scale application will still rely on further improvement of underlying data and governance infrastructure.

According to Jinshi reports, JPMorgan stated that the U.S. stock market is approaching a "blue sky scenario," primarily due to corporate earnings growth exceeding expectations and the hope that the tensions surrounding the Iran conflict can be eased through diplomatic agreements.

According to Jinshi reports, JPMorgan has raised its year-end target for the S&P 500 index to 7,800 points, believing that the outlook is approaching a "clear sky" scenario.

Japan's financial group SBI Holdings announced the official issuance of the yen stablecoin JPYSC, with the first issuance completed. This stablecoin is managed by SBI Shinsei Trust Bank for reserve asset management, while the licensed cryptocurrency trading platform SBI VC Trade is responsible for circulation and distribution. SBI stated that JPYSC is Japan's first yen stablecoin managed by a trust bank and is also the first to be recognized as a "similar product to electronic payment means" under the Payment Services Act. Unlike the previously launched fund transfer-type stablecoins in Japan, JPYSC is not subject to a single transaction and account balance limit of 1 million yen.SBI expects that JPYSC will attract retail and institutional users with lower transaction costs and the ability to support large transactions, and it can serve as the yen-based asset for on-chain foreign exchange markets, institutional lending, and RWA (real-world asset) tokenized settlements. Currently, JPYSC is only available to SBI VC Trade account holders, with plans to expand its usage after regulatory and tax frameworks are further clarified. SBI also plans to launch JPYSC lending services.In recent years, Japan has been continuously promoting compliant stablecoins to integrate into the mainstream financial system. Following the approval of JPYC in 2025 as Japan's first legally recognized yen stablecoin, Japan's three major banks—Mitsubishi UFJ Bank (MUFG), Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC), and Mizuho Bank—are also jointly advancing stablecoin projects, with plans to launch commercial trading in the fiscal year 2026.

According to the Nikkei, the SBI Group has obtained approval from the Financial Services Agency of Japan and plans to issue a yen-pegged stablecoin, JPYSC, within this week, becoming the first trust-type stablecoin in Japan.The stablecoin is issued by SBI Shinsei Trust Bank, with SBIVC Trade responsible for trading, and it is jointly developed with Singapore fintech company Startale Group. The SBI Group plans to deeply integrate JPYSC with its financial services, including securities, crypto assets, and banking, to enhance user convenience.

Binance will launch JPY spot trading pairs on June 26 at 16:00, including GIGGLE/JPY, MEME/JPY, and TRB/JPY. In addition, users will enjoy zero maker fees for the above trading pairs during the event, which runs from June 26 at 16:00 to July 26 at 15:59.

According to the official announcement, Bitget's stock derivatives have launched 10 underlying assets including KLAC (KLA Corporation), JPM (JPMorgan Chase), GEV (General Electric Vernova), GS (Goldman Sachs), LIN (Linde Group), covering areas such as semiconductor equipment, financial services, energy transition, and ETFs in the South Korean market.

According to CoinDesk, JPMorgan's latest report indicates that as more miners operate close to breakeven, the Bitcoin mining network is showing a higher sensitivity to price changes, with the response of hash rate and mining difficulty to price fluctuations significantly enhanced. The analysis shows that the "elasticity coefficient" of mining difficulty relative to Bitcoin price changes has risen to 0.62 over the past six months, indicating that the hash rate is responding more quickly to market changes.Analysts state that Bitcoin prices have been below production costs for five consecutive months, with approximately 20% of miners currently in a loss-making position. Under profit pressure, publicly listed mining companies have increased their Bitcoin selling scale, with sales exceeding 32,000 BTC in the first quarter alone, surpassing the total for the entire year of 2025. As some high-cost mining machines shut down, the network hash rate declines, and mining difficulty adjusts accordingly.JPMorgan expects that as long as Bitcoin remains below the production cost of about $78,000, the high sensitivity of mining to price fluctuations will continue to exist. At the same time, some mining companies are turning to artificial intelligence and high-performance computing businesses to seek more stable sources of income.

According to a report by ZeroHedge, JPMorgan predicts in a research report that Zhipu will release the next-generation flagship model GLM-5.5 in August, with the parameter count possibly exceeding one trillion (>1T).Zhipu just open-sourced the GLM-5.2 model with a total parameter count of 744B in mid-June, which has performed impressively in several long-range programming benchmarks. The upcoming trillion-parameter model release will become the next key indicator to assess whether Zhipu can continue to maintain an upward trajectory in its technology curve.

According to Jinshi reports, the USD/JPY has expanded its intraday gain to 0.5%, currently reported at 161.44.

According to the Financial Times, informed sources revealed that JPMorgan Chase has stopped its Hong Kong employees from accessing Anthropic's AI models. Currently, the bank's Hong Kong employees can no longer call models like Claude from the internally approved large language model dropdown list.It is reported that this decision is primarily based on the specific wording of the usage terms in the licensing agreement between JPMorgan Chase and Anthropic. According to the relevant terms, the usage scope of Anthropic's models excludes the Greater China region (including Hong Kong). Earlier this year, Goldman Sachs also implemented similar access restrictions for its Hong Kong employees based on a strict interpretation of these terms.Although international institutions previously could usually circumvent regional restrictions by signing global contracts and hosting data overseas, compliance actions among Wall Street banks are tightening as the U.S. government and regulatory agencies increasingly scrutinize the overseas use of AI technology. Anthropic has previously made it clear that its Claude model has never been officially "supported" in Hong Kong.

According to Jinshi, JPMorgan Asset Management strategist Xu Changtai stated in a report that the Federal Reserve is unlikely to adjust interest rates this year, as the committee seems to be patient with the current policy rate. Xu Changtai pointed out that the Federal Reserve kept interest rates unchanged and completely removed any dovish tendencies from the policy statement. As the Federal Reserve's initial stance was interpreted by the market as hawkish, U.S. Treasury yields rose, while U.S. stocks fell overnight.

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 GeekWire, AI startup Prometheus, co-founded by Jeff Bezos, has completed a $12 billion Series B funding round, with a valuation of approximately $41 billion. Investors include JPMorgan Chase, BlackRock, Goldman Sachs, DST Global, and Arch Venture Partners.Prometheus has dropped "Project" from its original name and is dedicated to creating what Bezos calls "general artificial intelligence engineers," using AI tools to accelerate the physical product development process from design to manufacturing. Prometheus co-CEO Vik Bajaj stated that over the past few years, they have been able to transform complex issues from design to manufacturing into end-to-end AI problems. Bezos revealed that the company may acquire some manufacturing businesses that could benefit from its technology and help improve their production processes.This marks Bezos's first CEO role since stepping down as Amazon's CEO in 2021. The company currently has about 150 employees and is headquartered in San Francisco, with teams in London and Zurich. Bezos mentioned that the product launch timeline has not yet been determined, but an early version is set to be released soon.

J.P. Morgan analysts indicate that investors are continuously withdrawing from the so-called "currency devaluation trades," with gold-related allocations continuing to decline, while the pace of Bitcoin's retreat has further accelerated recently.The report notes that for the week ending June 5, approximately $20 billion flowed out of gold ETFs; Bitcoin ETFs have seen a gradual increase in outflows for four consecutive weeks. In the futures market, institutional investors are also reducing their exposure to gold and Bitcoin, indicating that both retail and institutional funds are lowering their allocations against inflation, currency devaluation, and geopolitical risks.J.P. Morgan believes that Bitcoin had previously become a primary expression of "currency devaluation trades" since the Middle East conflict, but it has reversed since early May and has further weakened recently. Meanwhile, the decline in liquidity in the ETF and futures markets has also amplified Bitcoin's price correction.Analysts added that whether the crypto market can improve in the second half of the year still depends on two key factors: whether crypto treasury companies can provide clearer arrangements for dividend payments, and whether the U.S. Clarity Act can be approved.

According to The Information, informed sources reveal that Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan are exploring trading methods based on the cost of computing power, including futures contracts related to GPU leasing prices.As one of the scarcest resources in the AI boom, related futures are expected to be listed by exchanges later this year. Industry insiders say this initiative demonstrates that hundreds of billions of dollars flowing into data centers and the chip sector are reshaping the financial market landscape. For banks providing financing for AI infrastructure construction, such innovative tools may become new means of managing risk.

According to The Block, JPMorgan analysts stated in their latest report that although Strategy's previous sale of 32 bitcoins caused market fluctuations, it was merely a symbolic operation, and the real issue lies in the lack of demand from new investors.The report pointed out that Strategy's current dollar reserves are only sufficient to cover about 6.3 months of preferred stock dividends, and it is recommended that they rebuild their dollar reserves to restore investor confidence. JPMorgan also lowered its expectations, believing that the likelihood of the U.S. crypto market structure bill (Clarity Act) passing this year is now below 50%, and has shifted to a cautious stance on digital assets as a whole.Nevertheless, analysts still expect Strategy to continue buying bitcoins and believe that the current market weakness may become a bullish reversal signal in the future.