According to Lianhe Zaobao citing Kyodo News, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) on July 11 conducted a flight test of its reusable rocket small experimental vehicle, RV-X, at a facility in Noshiro, Akita Prefecture. The vehicle rose to about 11 meters, hovered and moved horizontally about 16 meters, then descended and landed successfully, with a flight time of about 40 seconds. JAXA said it hopes to apply the results to development of Japan’s next-generation main rocket, and will analyze flight data and inspection results before deciding whether to conduct a second test. JAXA last carried out a reusable rocket experimental vehicle flight test in 2003.

Stablecoin market capitalization has fallen by about $10 billion since its May peak, including a $7.7 billion drop in June, the biggest monthly dollar decline since May 2022’s Terra-Luna crash. The pullback reflects reduced onchain liquidity as crypto markets consolidate near 2026 lows, according to CoinDesk, but Wincent senior director Paul Howard said the move is a modest setback in a long-term growth trend. Tether’s USDT fell to roughly $184 billion from $190 billion in May, while Circle’s USDC slid to around $73 billion from just under $80 billion in March 2026.

A Wall Street Journal survey of economists found that the economic impact of the war with Iran was far below what economists had previously feared, but that inflation had become more persistent and left the Federal Reserve with less room to cut interest rates. According to Jin10, the Wall Street Journal conducted the survey this month and reported that economists’ views shifted notably compared with an April survey taken about one month after the outbreak of hostilities. Forecasters expected the U.S. economy to grow 2.1% this year, based on inflation-adjusted gross domestic product measured from the fourth quarter of 2025 to the fourth quarter of 2026, up from an April estimate of 2.0%. Economists’ average expected probability of a recession over the next 12 months fell to 25% from 33% in April, marking the lowest level since early 2025. At the same time, economists raised their inflation forecasts. They expected the consumer price index to rise 3.4% over the 12 months through December, compared with 3.2% in the April survey. The survey said inflation concerns had overtaken the war-related boost to energy costs. Economists also forecast that the personal consumption expenditures inflation measure excluding food and energy, which Fed officials closely monitor, would rise 3.2% in 2026, above the April forecast of 2.9%.

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Michael Saylor’s latest Orange Dot post suggested that MicroStrategy (MSTR) will not announce a new Bitcoin purchase tomorrow. According to Odaily, the post was interpreted as indicating no new BTC acquisition announcement is expected.

Investors are rotating beyond AI winners in emerging markets, where just three technology stocks worth $4.4 trillion account for an outsized share of returns, according to Bloomberg.

A U.S. official denied Iran's claim that facilities at a U.S. military base in Jordan were damaged. According to Jin10, the official said there were no U.S. casualties, and that most of the missiles and drones launched by Iran were intercepted or shot down. The official added that there were currently no reports of major damage to U.S. facilities. Earlier, Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said its attack on the Prince Hassan Air Base in Jordan had destroyed the base's command-and-control center and an MQ-9 drone hangar.

This week, 10 blockchain startups raised a total of $266 million in funding. Gauntlet raised $130 million in a funding round led by SBI Holdings (SBI Group), the largest funding round of the week.

Strategy founder and executive chairman Michael Saylor posted another update related to the company’s Bitcoin Tracker, writing, “Orange dots tell only part of the story.” According to Odaily, based on a prior pattern, Strategy typically discloses additional Bitcoin purchases the day after such posts are published.

On July 10, Kimi, a subsidiary of Moon's Dark Side, in conjunction with the Agricultural Bank of China and American Express, officially launched the "world's first AI-native credit card".

It is not a single upgrade, but a series of protocol improvements to be implemented in stages over the next three to four years, covering almost every core module of the protocol, from verification methods, cryptography, finality to state storage, all of which are completely reconstructed.

The war of words between Musk and Sam Altman has escalated again, coinciding with the release of flagship new models by their respective AI companies in the same week, making the competition extremely heated.

Artificial intelligence, India, OpenAI, the world's most populous country has been shorted by AI. Golden Finance reports that the first country to be shorted by AI has emerged.

Tushar Jain, Managing Partner of Multicoin Capital, recently shared his views on the current crypto market on the podcast "When Shift Happens".

Global financial markets appear calm on the surface, but undercurrents are turbulent: Federal Reserve Chairman Warsh reduced forward guidance, amplifying policy uncertainty, and the yen fell below the 162 mark, triggering another carry trade margin call crisis.

Seven months ago, when Jiangyou talked about his AI comic factory on the "Crossroads" podcast, titled "Unveiling the Thousand-Person 'AI Comic Factory': Wild Growth and Content Ideals | Conversation with Jiangyou," he was still full of vigor.

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