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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.

On July 17, Interlace and BlockSec jointly held the summit "The Next Decade of Payments: Digital Currency, AI Agents, and the New Global Financial Order." The event brought together industry guests from AI, Web3, security, and payments to discuss the development trends of stablecoin payments, security compliance, AI agents, and global payment infrastructure.BlockSec co-founder Zhou Yajin and Interlace founder and CEO Michael Wu delivered keynote speeches on "Security and Compliance in Crypto Payments" and "Agentic Payment and the New Infrastructure of Global Finance," respectively, sharing their latest observations on the development trends of digital asset payments. As the scenarios for stablecoin payments continue to expand, the security compliance system and the construction of a new generation of payment infrastructure are becoming key supports for driving industry development. In the future, payment infrastructure will not only serve the function of capital flow but will also further evolve into a programmable, trusted, and verifiable value transfer system, providing underlying support for the connection between digital assets and real-world commerce.At the event, Interlace also officially released the white paper "The Value Transmission Layer of the AI Economy: From Concept to Implementation." The white paper was jointly initiated with ecosystem partners such as Bitget, BlockSec, Cobo, Conflux, Stable, Xagent, and Hetu, systematically defining the architecture, standards, and implementation paths of Agentic Payment infrastructure, providing a reference for value transfer in the era of the AI economy.

According to BBX data, yesterday marked a milestone for the global largest IPO completion index, with a historic turning point in the valuation logic of AI transformation in mining companies. The core dynamics are as follows:SpaceX, Inc. (NASDAQ: $SPCX) reported on July 7 that the company was officially included in the Nasdaq 100 index this week, becoming the first in history to have the largest single IPO ($75 billion) included in the Nasdaq 100. CoinDesk also issued a historic warning: "The last two largest new constituents added—Palantir ($PLTR) in December 2024 and Strategy ($MSTR) in early 2025—both experienced a phase decline after inclusion, rather than starting a new round of increases"; analysts pointed out that passive funds tracking the Nasdaq 100 complete "forced buying" at the time of inclusion, and if there are no new fundamental catalysts afterward, stock prices often pull back after technical buying subsides. Specific risks currently facing SpaceX include: a net loss of approximately $4.27 billion in Q1 2026 (mainly due to xAI integration expenses), a $2 billion bond issuance plan, and a 3.4% equity dilution from the $60 billion acquisition of Cursor/Anysphere; Morningstar maintains a fair value estimate of $62 per share, indicating about a 70% implied downside from the current market price. For the market holding SpaceX Bitcoin (18,712 coins, approximately $1.2 billion, held in Coinbase Prime), the inclusion in the Nasdaq 100 will trigger a larger scale of SPCX holdings by passive funds, further bridging the gap between traditional index investors and indirect exposure to Bitcoin assets.TeraWulf Inc. (NASDAQ: $WULF) according to the latest analysis, the company's high-performance computing (HPC) leasing revenue in Q1 2026 reached $21 million, accounting for about 62% of the total revenue of $34 million, surpassing Bitcoin mining revenue for the first time—this marks TeraWulf's first historic revenue structure reversal after transitioning to an AI/HPC infrastructure company, with a 117% increase from the $9.7 million HPC revenue in Q4 2025. The company has currently signed over 522 megawatts of AI/HPC leases with Core42 and Fluidstack, with an expected annual high-margin revenue of approximately $630 million; the energy structure consists of nuclear power + hydropower, with an average electricity cost of about $0.035 per kilowatt-hour, one of the lowest among similar mining companies. The company is also developing a new campus in Kentucky, adding approximately 480 megawatts of grid access capacity; analysts have significantly raised their target price ranges, with Keefe Bruyette & Woods raising from $23 to $37, Clear Street from $26 to $38, Jefferies initiating coverage with a Buy rating and a target price of $37, and BTIG raising at the same time. The company's stock price has increased by approximately 88% year-to-date in 2026, leading the gains in the mining sector.

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."

The TRON Nile testnet has recently launched a quantum-resistant upgrade and released the mandatory upgrade version GreatVoyage-v4.8.2-PQ1-build1. This version introduces post-quantum signature capabilities for the first time, supporting two signature algorithms: Falcon-512 and ML-DSA-44, further advancing TRON's technological exploration and capability verification in the direction of quantum resistance.According to the official introduction, the aforementioned capabilities can be applied in scenarios such as transaction signing, SR block signing, P2P relay node handshakes, and TVM contract verification. TRON reminds developers who have deployed nodes on the Nile testnet to complete the version upgrade as soon as possible. Meanwhile, the related new features will only take effect on the Nile testnet after being approved through proposal voting; the activation of testnet functions does not mean that the mainnet will go live simultaneously.

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.

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk stated on Thursday that SpaceX has only agreed to lease the Colossus AI training data center cluster to Anthropic for six months, but he added that the agreement "has the potential" to be extended for several years. "SpaceX has not committed to leasing Colossus for many years, although that could indeed happen."Earlier this year, SpaceX reached an agreement with Anthropic, which pays $1.25 billion per month to use the computing power of the Colossus and Colossus II data center clusters located in Memphis, Tennessee, with the agreement valid until May 2029. SpaceX stated in regulatory filings last week that either party could terminate the agreement with 90 days' notice. The document did not mention the six-month lease agreement.Musk stated that the agreement is a 180-day lease contract, after which either party can terminate with 90 days' notice, "We won't put them in a bind and will provide a reasonable exit plan, but if computing resources become extremely tight, I have indicated that we may need to reclaim those resources at some point."According to SpaceX's IPO filing, the company's AI business unit generated $818 million in revenue for the quarter ending in March, with an operating loss of approximately $2.5 billion.

According to monitoring by Hyperinsight, ZEC has fallen from its peak to around $550. The "largest short seller of ZEC" continued to stop-loss and reduce their ZEC short position in the afternoon, with a cumulative closing scale exceeding $5 million. This address previously had a ZEC short position of $12.6 million, and after the reduction, the remaining position is about $8.02 million, with a current floating loss of about $1.17 million.This short position was opened on March 10 at an average price of about $210, coinciding with a recent local low. At one point, the floating loss reached as high as $2.4 million, enduring several months of holding and averaging down until ZEC experienced a phase correction.The margin released from reducing ZEC was quickly redirected by this address to short BTC and ETH: a BTC short position was opened shorting 160 coins with 20x leverage, briefly pushing the scale up to $13 million, with an average price of $80,441; an ETH short position was opened shorting 1,866 coins with 15x leverage, with a scale of $4.27 million, at an average price of $2,286. As of the time of writing, both short positions are still being increased.

Hut 8, a Bitcoin mining company, saw its stock price rise over 32% after the company signed a $9.8 billion leasing agreement for an AI data center campus designed based on NVIDIA's computing architecture.The deal marks the first phase of Hut 8's commercialization of the Beacon Point data center campus located in Nueces County, Texas. Hut 8 stated that tenants will use this computing infrastructure to support AI training and "large-scale inference workloads." Hut 8 said, "The site was initially underwritten for speed to power logic to serve Hut 8's associated client American Bitcoin Corp (ABTC), but as power demand accelerated and client needs expanded, it has been repositioned as AI infrastructure. Hut 8 has shifted Beacon Point from its original commercialization path with ABTC to deliver an AI data center campus with contracted, investment-grade cash flow, marking the first phase of value creation at the asset level for the campus."Hut 8 also announced its first-quarter financial report on Monday, recording a net loss of $253 million, an increase of 89% compared to a loss of $134 million in the same period last year. On the positive side, quarterly revenue rose to $71 million, primarily driven by $66 million in computing-related revenue.

VanEck's research director Matthew Sigel analyzed in a post on the X platform that the current protective demand in the Bitcoin derivatives market has risen to the historical 99th percentile, which is typically seen as a "contrarian buy signal" under extreme risk-averse market sentiment, and he judges that the market is currently suitable for establishing long positions.The VanEck Digital Transformation ETF (NODE), which Matthew Sigel also manages, has risen 27% since its inception, while Bitcoin has fallen 33% during the same period, achieving lower volatility performance through diversified allocation and focusing on profitable sectors. However, he also warns that if the massive capital expenditures in the artificial intelligence (AI) sector do not generate corresponding returns, it could pose substantial pressure on the market, especially in the context of a concentration in S&P 500 constituents.Note: Percentile is a statistical position concept, with the 99th percentile representing a relatively extreme level, and the 50th percentile representing the median level.

According to CoinDesk, amidst the rising uncertainty in the U.S.-Iran situation and weakening expectations for macro liquidity, Bitcoin remains fluctuating above $70,000, demonstrating strong market resilience.Despite facing multiple bearish factors, including the complete pricing in of the Federal Reserve's interest rate cut expectations for the year, tightening regulation on stablecoins (Circle's stock price drop), and news that Bhutan may sell about $30 million in BTC, Bitcoin's pullback has been limited and the decline short-lived.Analysts believe that when prices do not decline despite the release of numerous negative factors, it usually indicates strong potential buying interest. Coupled with the factors of this cycle's options expiration, the market may have the momentum to rebound to $75,000.

According to Jinshi, the proposal announced by the Federal Reserve on Thursday will relax capital requirements for large financial institutions on Wall Street, a move that could free up billions of dollars for lending, stock buybacks, and dividend payments. Federal Reserve Vice Chair Michelle Bowman stated that these changes will strengthen the overall capital structure and maintain stability. The proposal will undergo a 90-day public consultation period and is expected to "moderately lower" capital requirements for large banks.

According to The Information, Meta has signed a multi-year agreement to lease Google TPU for training new AI models; Google has also established a joint venture to lease TPU externally and is in talks with Meta to procure TPU for its data centers as early as 2027.

According to the official announcement, Gate Booster officially launched its first promotional task from February 26, 16:00 to March 12, 16:00 (UTC+8). This phase initiates an original content collection activity centered around the TradFi theme, where users who successfully participate and pass the review will have the opportunity to share a prize pool of 5,000 USDT.It is reported that participating users need to publish an original piece of content related to TradFi on X (Twitter) or YouTube, and submit the post link within 24 hours after registration, which will be considered as a preliminary completion of the task. The total prize pool for this task is 5,000 USDT, limited to the first 200 users who pass the review, on a first-come, first-served basis.As a promotional task and incentive platform launched by Gate, Gate Booster targets KOLs in the crypto industry, content creators, community builders, and promotional partners. Relying on standardized task processes and a transparent reward mechanism, it continuously provides promoters with priority participation in official activities and stable incentive support, helping to enhance the influence and commercial value of individuals and institutions in the Web3 field.

According to market news, the number of planned layoffs in the U.S. surged to 108,435 in January, the highest level since January 2009, representing a month-on-month increase of 205% and a year-on-year increase of 118%. This data contrasts with the still-resilient official non-farm payroll report and is seen as an early signal of a rapid cooling in the labor market.Human resources firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas noted that layoff plans are largely set for the end of 2025, reflecting employers' increasingly pessimistic outlook for 2026. At the same time, the blockchain-based real-time inflation indicator Truflation shows that the U.S. inflation rate has plummeted to below 1%, far lower than the official CPI data. These unofficial indicators collectively suggest that economic growth is slowing, which may prompt the Federal Reserve to shift towards interest rate cuts to support the economy.Analysts have differing expectations regarding the Federal Reserve's subsequent policies. JPMorgan expects interest rates to remain unchanged until 2027, while other banks predict at least two rate cuts this year. Some economists anticipate that Kevin Warsh, the Federal Reserve chair nominee by Trump, may cut rates by 100 basis points before the midterm elections in November.The market believes that a potential shift in monetary policy could provide support for risk assets like Bitcoin. The price of Bitcoin has currently fallen nearly 50% from its historical high of over $126,000 last October.

The cryptocurrency data analysis platform Santiment released its latest report indicating that the cryptocurrency market sentiment indicator "Fear and Greed Index" has dropped to 16, the lowest level since 2026, and it is the first time it has reached this range since mid-December last year, currently slightly rebounding to 20. At present, bearish comments on social platforms far outnumber bullish views, but this extreme negative sentiment actually constitutes one of the few remaining strong bullish signals with reference value, as historical experience shows that when the market generally expects prices to continue falling, it often creates conditions for subsequent rebounds. The persistent fear sentiment may be laying the groundwork for a market reversal.Coinbase's Chief Business Officer Shan Aggarwal pointed out that despite the weak market sentiment, traditional financial institutions, including Mastercard, PayPal, American Express, and JPMorgan Chase, are continuously posting cryptocurrency-related job openings, indicating that industry infrastructure is still being developed.

According to Jinshi News, Riot Platforms' stock rose nearly 7% in pre-market trading after the company signed a data center leasing agreement with AMD.

According to official news, the JustLend DAO platform has now significantly reduced the basic energy leasing rate from 15% to 8%. According to the latest market data, currently, every 100,000 energy can produce about 5.979 TRX daily, equivalent to approximately 59 SUN. The rate adjustment will help enhance users' staking returns and create better return opportunities for participants. You are welcome to visit the official platform to personally experience the optimized energy leasing services and seize new opportunities in the TRON ecosystem DeFi.

The Curve community LlamaRisk has initiated a proposal to "Disable All Elixir Market Gauges." The proposal states that shutting down the gauges of the relevant pools can prevent CRV emission logistics from flowing into the corresponding emission pools.The proposal points out that the DeFi protocol Elixir, which underpins the synthetic stablecoin deUSD (and its staked derivative sdeUSD), officially ceased the issuance and cancellation of these two tokens from November 6 to 7, 2025. The main reason is the collapse of its primary counterparty, Stream Finance.