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According to Bitcoin Magazine, Blue Macellari, the head of digital assets at asset management giant T. Rowe Price, stated in an interview with Bitcoin Magazine that Bitcoin has now become the central topic of discussion regarding currency devaluation. She pointed out that bond vigilantes are making a comeback, U.S. Treasury financing is shifting from foreign buyers to domestic buyers, and the debt situations in Japan and Italy are not comparable to the U.S. buyer base.Macellari has 20 years of experience in emerging market sovereign debt and distressed debt investment, and later was responsible for establishing T. Rowe Price's digital asset business. In the interview, she reviewed the evolution of internal discussions on digital assets within the institution, the considerations for launching actively managed multi-token ETFs, and discussed the trends of asset management tokenization and automation, as well as the liquidity fragmentation risks brought by 24/7 trading.Additionally, Macellari assessed whether the demand for stablecoins under the GENIUS Act represents a substantive change or is merely wishful thinking, and she believes that devaluation trading has indeed driven institutional allocation to Bitcoin. She also stated that volatility can serve as a portfolio tool, and there are significant generational differences in Bitcoin allocation.

The Sun Wukong ecosystem will hold a deep roundtable discussion themed "AI Enters the Agent Era: As Model Capabilities Continue to Break Through, What Will the Next Competition Shift From 'Stronger Models' To?" on September 15 at 8 PM at X Space.This event will focus on the shift in AI competition amid the gradual generalization of foundational large model inference capabilities, exploring the core trend of the industry evolving from "competing model parameters" to "competing Agent automation execution capabilities, computing power scheduling, and on-chain interaction ecology." Invited industry KOLs will jointly analyze how Agents transition from passive response to autonomous decision-making and execution, and how this transformation will reshape the integration of application layers and infrastructure.

According to market news, the U.S. Congress is engaged in bipartisan discussions on ethical issues. Negotiators are also discussing DeFi provisions, but ethical issues remain the main obstacle.When asked about the ethical proposal, Sen Lummis's spokesperson stated that the dialogue with the White House last week "went smoothly," and the ethical text to be released in the coming days will reflect this productive conversation.

According to Edaily, the South Korean government will hold a forum hosted by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy and Finance Choi Sang-mok to officially launch the legislative discussion on the "Basic Law on Digital Assets (Phase Two)," focusing on the regulation of stablecoins. This forum is the first stablecoin legislative forum organized and hosted by the government. The South Korean government and the ruling Democratic Party plan to push for the passage of the bill within this year.In the economic growth strategy announced on July 14, 2026, the authorities stated that they plan to advance the legislation of the "Basic Law on Digital Assets" in the second half of the year, segment the digital asset industry, establish a regulatory framework for business conduct, and lay a legal foundation for the regulation of stablecoins.

According to South Korea's Chosun Ilbo, the National Tax Service of South Korea is accelerating preparations for the taxation of virtual assets by 2027, including the establishment of a new Digital Asset Comprehensive Division and the promotion of the construction of a comprehensive analysis system for virtual assets. However, the National Assembly has not yet scheduled the discussion on the petition signed by 50,000 people to abolish the virtual asset tax, and discussions have stalled.Under the current tax system, investment income from virtual assets is taxed at 22% after a deduction of 2.5 million won, while stock investors do not pay capital gains tax when buying and selling stocks on the exchange, and losses from virtual assets cannot be carried over to the next year, which has been criticized as unfair. Related discussions are expected to advance after the government's tax reform plan is announced at the end of July.

JUST DAO will hold a deep roundtable discussion themed "Binance's Ninth Anniversary × TRON DeFi Summer: From Trading Heat to On-Chain Earnings, the Summer Gateway to TRON Ecological Earnings is Here" on July 7 at 8 PM in X Space.The event will focus on the extension path of the TRON ecosystem from trading heat to on-chain DeFi earning scenarios, exploring the participation methods of assets such as TRX, JST, SUN, and USDD, as well as the on-chain earning gateway jointly created by JustLend DAO and Binance Wallet.At that time, industry KOLs and the USDD team will analyze the liquidity logic and earning mechanisms of TRON DeFi assets, sharing the application of USDD in the stablecoin earning scenario.

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.

Binance founder Zhao Changpeng posted on the X platform that he is meeting with several national leaders and regulatory agencies in Asia to promote the development of the cryptocurrency sector, and good progress has been made. Countries should promote the tokenization of real-world assets (RWA) such as stocks to allow global investors to participate in trading; at the same time, they should issue their own stablecoins to expand the use of local currencies on the blockchain.

According to Jinshi reports, the President of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority, Yu Weimen, stated in a media interview that Anchor Technology is expected to launch a stablecoin by mid-year and will begin trial use in a few weeks.HSBC is expected to launch a stablecoin in the third to fourth quarter of this year, with different application scenarios; Anchor Technology focuses on cross-border payments, while HSBC emphasizes retail payment scenarios. Yu Weimen emphasized that Hong Kong will continue to attract global capital inflows.

After Binance announced the release of a new product on June 1, Zhao Changpeng shared the relevant news and humorously commented, "I hope it's true."Stimulated by the news, the market began to speculate on the new business direction, with some opinions suggesting it may be related to investment channels in the U.S. stock market.

According to the South Korean media outlet "Seoul Economy," a nationwide petition calling for the cancellation of cryptocurrency taxes has been included in the agenda for discussion in the National Assembly. The "Petition to Cancel Virtual Asset Tax," published on the National Assembly's electronic petition platform, garnered support from over 50,000 people in just eight days, meeting the criteria for submission to the permanent committee for review. The petition will be handed over to the Finance and Economy Committee, which oversees the Ministry of Economy and Finance and the National Tax Service, for examination, after which it will be decided whether to submit it for consideration by the plenary session. Petitioners argue that "since the financial investment income tax on stocks has been abolished and tax reduction policies have been implemented, it is unreasonable to impose a separate tax solely on virtual currencies," adding that "the current system needs a comprehensive review, not just simple supplementation."

Elon Musk posted on X that, as demonstrated by the recent expanded partnership with Anthropic, SpaceX is providing "AI compute as a service" at a significant scale.SpaceX is also in discussions for similar collaborations with other companies. Over time, especially with the gradual implementation of orbital data centers, SpaceX is expected to be able to provide services for AI at a massive scale.Earlier this month, it was reported that Anthropic and SpaceX reached an agreement, where the former will utilize the full computing capacity of the latter's Colossus1 data center, which will provide over 300 megawatts of new computing power to Anthropic within a month (equivalent to over 220,000 NVIDIA GPUs), directly improving the user experience for Claude Pro and Claude Max subscribers.

The Sun Wukong Ecology announced that it will hold a debate-style roundtable discussion today at 20:00 on the X platform. The theme of this event is "GasFree is lowering the transfer threshold for 'first-time use of Web3'. Will the next stage of Web3 be universal adoption, or a complete Web2 transformation?"It is reported that this event will focus on the impact of "seamless interaction" on the Web3 ecosystem in the context of gasless transactions and account abstraction. The guests will discuss core topics such as whether GasFree is an effective path to promote large-scale user entry, and whether this trend will weaken the decentralized characteristics of Web3.

According to Bloomberg, multinational commodity trading firm Trafigura Group is in discussions with Tether about a pilot project aimed at using the stablecoin USDT for payments at fuel stations in El Salvador. The pilot will focus on gas stations operated by Puma Energy, Trafigura's fuel distribution division, where consumers in El Salvador can pay for fuel or snacks using USDT, which will then be converted to dollars by an intermediary and transferred to Trafigura. The discussions are still in the early stages and require regulatory approval.A spokesperson for Puma Energy stated that the discussions are still in the exploratory technical phase. This is the first known collaboration involving the use of stablecoins between Tether and a major commodity trader. Tether previously indicated that it funded an oil transaction but did not disclose specific details. Tether's CEO stated last November that they plan to "significantly" expand their lending business to commodity traders, having already issued $1.5 billion in loans.

Hyperliquid co-founder Jeff posted on the X platform, stating that he recently met with several policymakers in Washington, D.C. to discuss the ongoing "Clarity Act" and the cryptocurrency regulatory framework, focusing on promoting the compliance of on-chain derivatives trading markets in the United States.He mentioned that the discussions were divided into two levels: one part was more technical, involving Hyperliquid's on-chain trading architecture, global user demand, and its positioning as a financial innovation infrastructure; the other part was an introduction to the "first principles" of DeFi and on-chain markets, aimed at helping policymakers understand the relevant mechanisms and potential impacts.Jeff expressed that during these discussions, he sensed a "cautious but open" regulatory attitude towards the cryptocurrency industry from both parties in the U.S. and believes that the market is forming a policy window to promote the entry of on-chain derivatives into the U.S. system. He also emphasized that he will continue to advance relevant communications in Washington to strive for U.S. users to access Hyperliquid's on-chain trading market.

According to official social media news, Huobi HTX will hold a themed live broadcast event titled "NACHO vs TACO: New Market Logic Under the Hormuz Stalemate" today at 8 PM. At that time, crypto KOLs such as Sister Mao, OxPink, the Sincere Little Taoist, and Mo Ran will be invited to attend and discuss popular topics such as the changes in global risk asset pricing logic against the backdrop of the ongoing Hormuz Strait stalemate, the linkage effects between commodities and the crypto market, as well as the future trends of BTC and the evolution of market risk aversion sentiment.

The Sun Wukong Ecology announced that it will hold an in-depth roundtable discussion on May 12 at 20:00 on the X platform, with the theme "B.AI User Scale and Ecological Expansion Acceleration, Will AI Transfer Stations Become Core Infrastructure in the Agent Era?"It is reported that this event will focus on the critical stage of the AI industry’s transformation towards "application efficiency and entry competition." Guests will discuss the competitive landscape of entry points against the backdrop of tool fragmentation, analyze the logic of the explosion of AI Agents combined with Crypto and stablecoin settlement systems, and engage in in-depth exchanges on how B.AI builds the next generation of AI infrastructure networks through multi-model scheduling, Agent payments, on-chain identity, and automated collaboration.

According to official news, a recent agreement was attacked due to a lack of verification mechanisms, resulting in approximately 11 BTC being stolen, mainly involving altcoin trading. The attackers exploited a negative miner fee vulnerability to transfer funds to their own accounts through multi-signature transactions.Currently, Bisq is discussing compensation plans, and victims can choose compensation in Bitcoin or BSQ tokens, but it must be implemented after a DAO vote, which is expected to be determined after the DAO cycle ends on May 25.Bisq stated that the vulnerability has been fixed and plans to release a patch update while strengthening the security review of the codebase, focusing on preventing vulnerabilities that may affect wallets. In addition, Bisq reminds users to temporarily reduce the amount of BTC stored in their wallets. The officials believe that although this incident is serious, it is controllable, and they hope to provide a security warning for other projects.

According to the WSJ, there is a noticeable shift in the internal discussions at the Federal Reserve regarding the path of interest rates. After months of expectations for rate cuts, officials have begun to discuss "under what conditions a rate hike would be necessary." The report states that at the latest monetary policy meeting, three regional Fed presidents publicly opposed maintaining the policy wording that "the next step is more likely to be a rate cut."Dallas Fed President Lorie Logan stated that future interest rate adjustments "could be a rate hike or a rate cut." The outgoing Fed Chair Powell also acknowledged that the Fed is gradually shifting from a "dovish" stance to a "neutral position," and stated that if a rate hike is needed in the future, the Fed would first shift to a neutral guidance before leaning towards rate hikes. The report points out that persistently high energy prices, the crisis in the Strait of Hormuz, and escalating tensions in the Middle East are once again raising inflation risks in the U.S., which has weakened market expectations for rate cuts this year.