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According to official news, online brokerage Robinhood announced that it will hold an online launch event at the Old Royal Naval College in London at 19:00 UK time on July 1, 2026 (2:00 AM Beijing time on July 2).Robinhood stated that this event will kick off the "Borderless Market Journey" and showcase its latest vision for the future of financial markets. At that time, Robinhood's Chairman and CEO Vlad Tenev will personally launch several new products.The company claims that these products are designed to promote further integration of crypto assets with traditional finance and reshape the global financial services landscape. Robinhood stated that the launch event will focus on the development direction of the new era in the crypto industry and new opportunities for cross-border connectivity in financial markets.

Wu Jihan stated on platform X that the current solar energy issue in Europe is no longer just about increasing power generation, but rather the lack of sufficient flexible power demand to absorb excess energy. He cited the latest analysis from the energy research organization Pexapark, which indicates that the phenomenon of "self-cannibalization" in European photovoltaics is rapidly worsening.Wu Jihan pointed out that the speed of solar deployment in Europe has outpaced the construction of grid system flexibility. In addition to energy storage, grid expansion, and demand response, Europe should also pay attention to interruptible loads, including Bitcoin mining and other computational loads. These types of loads can be activated when electricity is abundant and shut down when the grid is tight, thus becoming the "last buyer" of excess renewable energy, reducing curtailment, improving the profitability of photovoltaic projects, and enhancing the profitability and financing feasibility of investments in generation and grid infrastructure.

F2Pool co-founder Wang Chun talks about why he chose Mars instead of the Moon as the target for SpaceX's first interstellar manned mission. He believes that even without private investment, humanity will still reach the Moon, and likely very soon. As space competition intensifies, governments around the world will establish lunar bases. I am happy to watch all of this happen.On the other hand, I am still uncertain about the progress of Mars exploration within our lifetime, and I feel that something should be done about it. I hope that by purchasing a ticket for a mission to fly by Mars, SpaceX will have another reason not to forget about Mars. Because we really should not delay Mars exploration for the next generation.Yesterday, SpaceX announced that Wang Chun will participate in SpaceX's first interstellar manned mission as the mission commander, executing a flight lasting about two years: first exploring the outer space of the Earth-Moon system, then flying by Mars and returning to Earth. Before this interstellar mission, Wang Chun will participate in a commercial crewed lunar flyby with Dennis and Akiko Tito, with the planned flight being within 200 kilometers of the lunar surface. This is the first commercial crewed interstellar mission of Starship, and Wang Chun previously commanded the Fram2 polar orbit mission in 2025, gaining experience for this flight.

SpaceX has successfully launched the redesigned Starship, completing an important testing mission before the company's IPO. During this test flight, Starship V3 was launched from Texas Starbase and successfully deployed 22 test satellites, marking a key advancement for SpaceX in the development of a new generation heavy-lift launch system. Although there were still some engine failures and uncontrolled landings of the first-stage booster during the flight, SpaceX believes that the overall testing objectives have been largely achieved.Reports indicate that Starship V3 will become the core launch platform for future Starlink expansion, NASA's lunar missions, and Mars plans. Previously disclosed information shows that SpaceX has invested approximately $15 billion in the Starship project, and the market generally views the testing progress of Starship as one of the important valuation support factors for SpaceX's potential IPO.

The new generation Perp DEX PopDEX has announced the completion of a $30 million financing round, led by Foresight Ventures. PopDEX is a trader-centric decentralized perpetual contract trading platform that focuses on capital efficiency, trading experience, and value distribution mechanisms, aiming to build an on-chain derivatives trading platform driven by contributions from real trading.

According to CoinPost, the "Next Generation AI and On-Chain Finance Concept Project Group" of the Liberal Democratic Party of Japan has released a proposal that suggests combining AI with blockchain to automate decision-making, financing, and asset management, operating around the clock, and lists finance as the "18th growth investment area."Specific measures in the proposal include: promoting the tokenization of current accounts at the Bank of Japan (including wholesale CBDC), completing the argument organization within the year; the three major banks jointly issuing stablecoins, aiming to launch practical operations before March next year; and promoting the on-chain tokenization of real assets (RWA) such as accounts receivable and real estate.On the international cooperation front, the proposal suggests establishing an "AI and On-Chain Finance Asia Policy Dialogue Framework" and advancing cross-border settlements using yen-denominated stablecoins, building a "Global SC Corridor Concept."

Alibaba (09988.HK) mentioned in its financial report that it is continuously expanding the boundaries of AI capabilities through deep innovation. Recently, by launching a series of brand new large language models and multimodal models, we have made significant progress in model intelligence. In March, we released Qwen3.6-Plus, achieving a remarkable overall performance improvement, particularly excelling in programming and agent programming, becoming an industry benchmark in front-end web development and complex warehouse-level tasks.Qwen3.6-Plus also possesses stronger multimodal perception and reasoning capabilities, with a native context window length supporting up to 1 million tokens, further enhancing stability and reliability. In addition to the Qianwen model family, we are also continuously enriching our specialized model layout, including the world model HappyOyster that supports real-time creation and interaction, as well as the multimodal model HappyHorse for video generation, both of which are currently undergoing gray testing.

The Sui Network ecosystem welcomes a new reality asset (RWA) application expansion, as Creek Finance announces the launch of its core protocol on the Sui mainnet and the integration of the gold token XAUm launched by Matrixdock.The protocol allows users to split, collateralize, lend, trade, and generate yields on tokenized physical gold on-chain, enabling DeFi operations around gold assets. XAUm is backed 1:1 by physical gold and is verified through third-party audits and on-chain reserve proof mechanisms.Creek Finance stated that this launch marks the official deployment of its core contract, allowing users to perform leverage and yield strategy operations based on gold assets in a permissionless environment, further expanding the application scenarios of RWA in DeFi.

According to Fortune, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman shared his views at the Sequoia Capital AI Summit, noting significant generational differences in how users of different ages utilize ChatGPT. He stated that older users tend to use ChatGPT as a substitute for Google Search, while those in their twenties and thirties use it as a life advisor, and college students use it as a deeply integrated daily operating system.In the U.S., over one-third of young people aged 18 to 24 frequently use ChatGPT, leveraging its conversational memory feature for emotional advice, workplace negotiations, medical consultations, and even major life decisions. Sequoia Capital made its first investment in OpenAI in 2021, when the company was valued at $140 billion; after significant private equity financing, its current valuation has reached $852 billion.

The Web3 asset data platform RootData has outlined Mastercard's cryptocurrency business partners, which now exceed 100, covering multiple key areas such as public chains, stablecoins, trading platforms, risk control services, and payment infrastructure. Unlike Visa and PayPal's more "selective partnership" strategy, Mastercard aims to become the connective layer for all payment links.Structurally, this network can be understood as a "multi-node collaborative system":Assets and Settlement: Through stablecoin issuers like Circle and Paxos, as well as multiple public chains, it undertakes on-chain assets and settlement capabilities.Connection and Circulation: Integrating cross-chain protocols, custody services, and payment channels to allow different chains and assets to flow within its system.Compliance and Security: Introducing risk control service providers like TRM Labs and Elliptic to build compliance capabilities aimed at the global regulatory environment.Applications and Reach: Collaborating with exchanges, wallets, and financial institutions to transform on-chain capabilities into user-perceived payment and consumption scenarios.Therefore, Mastercard's strategy is essentially not about selecting suppliers but about lowering access thresholds and expanding network externalities. It connects more upstream chains and asset issuers while attracting payment institutions and financial terminals downstream, making its strategy more aligned with the center of the next-generation payment system. Related compilation: 【Mastercard Crypto Partner Network Compilation (Continuously Updated)】Cryptocurrency projects actively showcasing their partner networks have become a key way to enhance transparency and market trust. It is reported that RootData welcomes Web3 project parties to claim data and continues to track and open more project business relationship disclosure channels. The platform has continuously released multiple editions of the cryptocurrency project ecosystem map, nominating Web3 ecosystem partners for upstream clients such as Visa, Stripe, and Coinbase.If you wish to nominate your project in future ecosystem maps, please fill out the 【RootData 2026 Industry Ecosystem Mapping】 form to supplement your important clients and partners.

According to tracking data from the Web3 asset data platform RootData X, in the past 7 days, the blockchain-based next-generation email Dmail has been the project that X (Twitter) top figures have unfollowed the most. New unfollowers of this project include DeFi analyst Ignas (@DefiIgnas), crypto KOL Yuyue (@yuyue_chris), and small catcher CHAOS (@iamyourchaos).In addition, the projects that X top figures have unfollowed the most also include Tribe.run and boop.

According to Jiemian News, OpenAI plans to discontinue the Sora standalone application six months after its high-profile launch to streamline its artificial intelligence product line. The company launched the Sora application at the end of September last year, promising users a more convenient way to generate and share realistic AI videos in a quasi-social network.This free application quickly topped the Apple App Store rankings but has since fallen in rank. In addition to shutting down this standalone application, OpenAI will also close the application programming interface (API) for developers using Sora.