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Meta Platforms (META.O) future spending commitments soar to $825 billion.

According to IPO documents obtained by The Wall Street Journal, the artificial intelligence company Anthropic generated $16.3 billion in revenue in the first half of the year, compared to $1.1 billion in the same period last year; the net loss for the first half of the year was $80.7 billion, compared to $13 billion in the same period last year. Approximately $72 billion of the loss came from accounting expenses related to changes in the fair value of financing instruments such as convertible notes.The documents show that spending on computing power and infrastructure in the first half of the year was nearly $9 billion, with total related spending for 2025 projected at $7.3 billion. Over the next 7 to 10 years, cloud computing agreement spending is expected to be around $450 billion, with an additional commitment to pay over $160 billion for leasing Google chips. Future infrastructure spending commitments have exceeded $600 billion, and if agreements still under negotiation are included, this could increase by up to $150 billion.In the first half of the year, about 20% of revenue came from two customers, and the company expects future revenue to still rely significantly on a small number of clients. The documents also state that artificial intelligence models may pose real-world dangers, and the losses from catastrophic incidents may even be uninsurable, while the construction of data centers faces increasingly organized political resistance.

According to Gate market data, the stock price of the American semiconductor company Wolfspeed (WOLF.N) rose by 12.5% after the company received a $1.5 billion conditional loan commitment from the U.S. Department of Defense.

According to Gate market data, the stock price of the American semiconductor company Wolfspeed rose 27% after hours, following the announcement of a $1.5 billion loan commitment.

Verona announced the launch of verUSD on X, positioning it as the first stablecoin aimed at AI agents. The project claims that verUSD has secured over $100 million in institutional launch commitments.Participating institutions include Animoca Ventures, Figment Capital, Sfermion, Pentos Ventures, ArkStream, and others. Verona is a company providing on-chain payment and settlement infrastructure for AI agents, and verUSD is intended to serve as a stablecoin tool for value transfer and settlement between AI agents.

According to Bloomberg, within months of launching its new semiconductor industry policy, India has secured approximately $12 billion in investment commitments from global and domestic companies, involving supply chain enterprises related to chip equipment, materials, and chemicals.This interest stems from India's announcement in July of an additional $13.4 billion semiconductor fund, which complements a previous $10 billion subsidy program to support companies, including Tata Group and Micron, in establishing wafer fabs and assembly and testing facilities locally. India's Minister of Communications and Information Technology, Ashwini Vaishnaw, stated that the related investments will materialize in the next 2 to 3 years, with some projects already in production and capacity largely locked in. Tata Electronics also signed multiple cooperation agreements with Nexperia, Fujifilm, and others at the conference, covering wafer manufacturing, assembly and testing, and localization of key materials.

According to an analysis by The Information, Anthropic has committed to cloud, chip, and data center deals, with costs potentially reaching $517 billion, primarily over the next decade. This is nearly three times its earlier prediction of $180 billion for server leasing by 2029, although the new estimate covers a longer time frame and a broader range of spending categories.Since October, Anthropic has signed agreements for at least 14.8 gigawatts of computing capacity, in addition to the 1 to 2 gigawatts previously obtained. Amazon and Google account for 11 gigawatts, with estimated costs exceeding $300 billion, approximately over ten years. Other partners include Microsoft, SpaceX, Lambda, and Nscale.Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei urged AI labs to "pace the frontier," with demand for Claude Code and Cowork driving the company to acquire more computing power.

LayerZero announced the launch of Akita, calling it the first production-ready, lattice-based polynomial commitment scheme for post-quantum security.LayerZero stated that this is the first major step to achieve quantum security for Zero and will be implemented on the first day of Jolt's launch, thanks to collaboration with a16z crypto.

According to The Block, multiple cryptocurrency companies are actively lobbying the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to expedite the ETF review process and allow the submission of confidential draft documents. Among them, Grayscale has explicitly requested that SEC staff commit to a response within 45 days.However, Jane Street and Charles Schwab have expressed reservations about this, voicing concerns over the rushed push for listings and the submission mechanism for confidential documents.

As of July 26, NVIDIA's total future commitments for the fiscal year increased to $279 billion, primarily related to the procurement of storage chips.

According to Chao Xiang Research, a Morgan Stanley report points out that the total off-balance-sheet commitments disclosed by hyperscale vendors, Nvidia, and Broadcom have exceeded $3.1 trillion. Among them, lease commitments amount to $1.1 trillion, procurement commitments to $1.7 trillion, and the total on-balance-sheet debt and lease liabilities of hyperscale vendors is $770 billion.Amazon and Google's free cash flow turned negative in the second quarter of 2026, and Meta is expected to follow suit next quarter. Financing tools are restructuring the capital structure of AI computing power from six aspects: off-balance-sheet lease and procurement commitments constitute the first layer of financing, the proportion of debt issuance rises from 2% in 2025 to 19% in 2026, Google frees up $110 billion by cutting buybacks and issuing equity, Oracle's customer prepayments in the second quarter amount to $4.6 billion, and Broadcom and Nvidia launched a chip leasing SPV to support unrated AI labs.Morgan Stanley believes that as the financing structure itself becomes a core variable of the AI supply chain, the importance of tracking off-balance-sheet commitments and changes in accounting judgments is approaching that of tracking chip shipments themselves.

According to Jinshi reports, an informed source emphasized that if the agreement between Iran and Oman is finalized, the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz will require separate arrangements, which also include the United States fulfilling related commitments.

According to a report by businesswire, Strategy announced its participation in the "Invest in America Commitment" program, which will contribute $250 annually to the Trump account (i.e., 530A account) for each eligible American employee's minor child, regardless of the child's birth year.For children born on or after January 1, 2025, there will also be an additional one-time matching contribution of $1,000 in seed funding provided by the U.S. government.Phong Le, President and CEO of Strategy, stated, "The Trump account and the Invest in America initiative can build a stronger financial future for American children. The company will match the government's initial $1,000 contribution and provide additional annual contributions for eligible employees' children.These accounts can encourage financial education, long-term thinking, and the cultivation of a savings and investment culture from a young age—these goals are highly consistent with Strategy's values and optimistic vision for the future."The Trump account is a tax-deferred investment account for minors under the age of 18, with investment targets being low-fee U.S. index funds. Children born between 2025 and 2028 can receive a one-time $1,000 seed funding from the U.S. Treasury upon registration. Strategy's program will launch after the Treasury issues final guidance and the employer contribution infrastructure is online. The company has announced the plan to employees during internal quarterly meetings and will share registration details with eligible employees before the launch.

According to Cointelegraph, at the 13th U.S.-U.K. Financial Regulatory Working Group (FRWG) meeting held in London on July 8, both the U.S. and U.K. reaffirmed their commitment to strengthening financial regulatory cooperation and discussed topics such as stablecoin regulation, digital asset market structure, tokenization, and the U.K. wholesale financial market digitalization strategy.The joint statement indicated that the U.S. informed the U.K. about the implementation progress of the GENIUS Act and related work on digital asset market structure, expressing support for "responsible" digital asset innovation while emphasizing financial stability and international regulatory cooperation. On July 14, the "Transatlantic Taskforce on Future Markets" (TTMF) further released preliminary recommendations on stablecoins and a joint statement, laying the foundation for continued U.S.-U.K. leadership in the digital asset and capital markets sectors.

According to an analysis by Reuters of LSEG data and company filings, Microsoft, Meta, Oracle, Amazon, and Alphabet have committed to future payments of approximately $1.09 trillion in uncommenced lease obligations, primarily for AI data centers, which is about four times their confirmed lease liabilities (approximately $285 billion). These commitments have not yet been included on the balance sheet but have been disclosed in the notes to the financial statements. Among them, Microsoft disclosed the largest amount, reaching $329.1 billion; Meta disclosed $278.99 billion and signed an additional $68 billion in new leases in July; Oracle disclosed $260 billion, nearly seven times its confirmed liabilities, with lease terms generally ranging from 15 to 19 years, and the company has warned that it may face risks if customers do not renew or are unable to fulfill their obligations; Alphabet and Amazon disclosed $85.2 billion and $137.21 billion, respectively.The analysis points out that if the demand for AI computing power continues to grow, these facilities will support the next phase of cloud business expansion; if demand falls short of expectations, companies may be forced to pay high costs for large amounts of long-term idle capacity. S&P Global Ratings has included the uncommenced leases of companies like Oracle in its adjusted debt forecasts. This data highlights the potential long-term financial pressure that the expansion of AI infrastructure brings to tech giants.

In response to the recent market controversy regarding the reduction of Stabledrop shares, Cap founder Benjamin issued a statement of apology and provided a detailed response. He stated that the team prematurely committed to an airdrop scale of 11 million before the funding was fully secured, but subsequent changes in the market environment led to a fundraising amount that fell short of expectations, resulting in the actual airdrop pool shrinking to 4.2 million.To avoid substantial principal losses for early YT (Yield Token) holders, the team temporarily adjusted the originally planned linear distribution scheme to a "capital protection but no profit" restructuring model, ensuring that no one incurs losses. This rule applies equally to all wallets. Meanwhile, in response to community concerns about a related whale address allegedly engaging in "internal score manipulation," Benjamin clarified that the wallet belongs to a former colleague and is not operated by the team, and that project treasury funds have not been utilized. Additionally, he emphasized that the Cap protocol is still operating healthily, and the decline in TVL that occurred over the weekend was mainly due to the surge in USDM lending rates on Aave for MegaETH, causing arbitrageurs to exit, which is unrelated to this airdrop incident. All redemptions have been processed smoothly.

The Kobeissi Letter cited Bloomberg on platform X, stating, "American tech companies have committed to investing a record $850 billion in data center leasing over the next few years, an increase of $570 billion year-on-year, representing a growth rate of 204%, and a quarter-on-quarter increase of $200 billion, with a growth rate of 31%.It is reported that Meta added a commitment of $79 billion in the first quarter of 2026, a quarter-on-quarter increase of 76%, bringing the total commitment to approximately $183 billion. Microsoft added $41 billion during the same period, a quarter-on-quarter increase of 26%, with a total commitment of approximately $197 billion. Oracle leads with a total commitment of approximately $250 billion, having locked in several key sites to fulfill its contract with OpenAI."