Alphabet’s Google lost its legal challenge in an EU court over a €4.1 billion Android antitrust fine. According to Odaily, the ruling means Google was unsuccessful in its lawsuit contesting the penalty.

U.S. President Donald Trump took his first flight on a new Air Force One aircraft gifted by the Qatari government on July 1, praising the plane and saying the United States could not build one like it. According to Odaily, Trump boarded the aircraft before departing for North Dakota to attend the opening event for the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library. Speaking to reporters before boarding, Trump said he was excited about the first flight and described the aircraft as something people had never seen before.

Iran’s Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters warned the United States and Israel not to make a miscalculation. According to Jin10, the warning was reported in media coverage, without providing further details.

According to Reuters, Japanese officials are abandoning their habit of telegraphing intervention risks, instead signaling a more targeted campaign to squeeze speculators and raise the cost of betting against the battered yen, according to two sources familiar with the matter.  Departing from the calibrated jawboning that preceded previous intervention bouts, the Ministry of Finance could step in abruptly to wipe out speculative yen positions. Officials are also avoiding any suggestion of a specific "line in the sand" exchange-rate level. The shift reflects a more aggressive MOF approach using silence as a policy tool to keep traders guessing, raising the risk of surprise intervention driven by an accumulation of speculative short-yen bets rather than by the currency crossing a publicly understood threshold.  The MOF's approach and the Bank of Japan's continued hawkish rhetoric signal a coordinated effort to keep yen bears at bay, two other sources said. "The timing of intervention is difficult. The purpose would be to hit speculators hard so if needed, authorities will step in," one source said. "It's not about yen levels" but more about how best to prevent excessive falls.  The previous intervention from April to May, which cost a record 11.7 trillion yen ($72 billion), was well-telegraphed in advance, giving traders time to unwind short positions — future action would eliminate that opportunity. Top currency diplomat Atsushi Mimura has held off on issuing verbal warnings since the last intervention, and Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama avoided escalating rhetoric on Tuesday despite the yen's fall to a 40-year low of 162.66.  Some within the government hope Thursday's US jobs data would scale back bets on an early Fed rate hike, which could slow the dollar's ascent — if not, the chance of intervention could heighten.  US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has signaled the need for further BOJ rate hikes while staying mum on Japan's intervention. The BOJ's policy rate at 1% remains far below the Fed's 3.50%-3.75%. The BOJ's quarterly tankan survey on Wednesday showed business sentiment at its highest in eight years and corporate inflation expectations at record highs, reinforcing the case for additional rate increases.  "Japan's policy rate remains low compared with that of other countries. The BOJ's cooperation is necessary to stop the yen's falls," said Mari Iwashita, executive rates strategist at Nomura Securities.

SoftBank Group Corp. and its telecom unit plan to rent AI computing resources to US companies starting next fiscal year, aiming to capitalize on rising demand, according to Bloomberg. The initiative is tied to SoftBank’s growing pipeline of data center projects.

South Korea needs to raise its financial sector to global standards that match the maturity of its real economy, with foreign-exchange market modernization a key priority to boost competitiveness, according to a senior Finance Ministry official, Bloomberg reported.

حذّرت وزارة أمن الدولة الصينية من أن بعض مشاريع العملات المشفرة الأجنبية تجمع بيانات قزحية العين للمواطنين مقابل رموز رقمية، مما يثير مخاوف بشأن الخصوصية والأمن القومي. ويتماشى هذا التحذير بشكل وثيق مع شركة وورلدكوين، التي تخضع لتدقيق عالمي متزايد بسبب ممارساتها المتعلقة بالبيانات البيومترية.

ترأست السيناتور إليزابيث وارن فريقًا مكونًا من ستة أعضاء في مجلس الشيوخ لإلغاء قرار ترامب بحل فريق إنفاذ العملات المشفرة الوطني (NCET).

تتخذ سنغافورة إجراءات صارمة ضد التداول غير القانوني لحسابات ورموز Worldcoin، حيث يتم التحقيق مع سبعة أفراد واعتقال خمسة آخرين بالفعل. أوضحت هيئة النقد في سنغافورة أن Worldcoin نفسها لا تخضع للتنظيم بموجب قانون خدمات الدفع، ولكن أنشطة التداول قد تنتهك القانون، مما يؤدي إلى عقوبات شديدة.

تواجه Worldcoin عقوبات عالمية بسبب مخاوف تتعلق بالخصوصية، مع الحظر في العديد من البلدان بما في ذلك فرنسا والهند وهونج كونج والبرازيل. وعلى الرغم من طموحها لتوفير الوصول المالي الشامل، لا تزال هناك أسئلة حول نهجها والامتثال التنظيمي.

قامت EFCC النيجيرية بتجميد أكثر من 1100 حساب لمتداولي العملات المشفرة بسبب التلاعب المزعوم بالعملة وغسل الأموال، مما زاد المخاوف بشأن تنظيم العملات المشفرة. في حين أن بنك CBN ينفي فرض حظر على العملات المشفرة، فإن إجراءات EFCC والشكوك التنظيمية تلقي بظلالها على مستقبل العملات المشفرة في نيجيريا.

تواجه Worldcoin نقصًا في الجرم السماوي مع تزايد الطلب على تقنية مسح قزحية العين. على الرغم من التحديات، تهدف Worldcoin إلى إحداث ثورة في مجال التمويل من خلال المصادقة البيومترية وابتكار blockchain.