Citadel Securities has filed a lawsuit in London seeking more than £6 million from Leonard Lancia, its former head of European derivatives systematic market-making and a co-founder of high-frequency crypto trading firm Portofino Technologies. According to Odaily, Citadel Securities alleges that Lancia and colleagues began planning a startup while still employed at the firm, and that Citadel previously won damages and support for legal costs in related employment arbitration. Citadel Securities also sued Portofino Technologies in the United States in 2023, alleging theft of trade secrets. Lancia and Portofino Technologies have denied all allegations. The London High Court rejected Lancia’s request last Friday to lift an asset-freezing order.

Bitcoin mining firm Ionic Digital has completed a $400 million private placement financing. According to ChainCatcher, the company reported first-quarter revenue of $51.4 million this year. Financial data showed its digital infrastructure leasing business for AI and high-performance computing generated $44 million in the quarter, surpassing revenue from its Bitcoin mining operations for the first time.

A scandal in Chile involving claims of missing Haitian children drew widespread attention and helped set the stage for tougher migration measures, even though the allegations were largely unfounded. Bloomberg posted on X, that the episode gained traction despite a lack of supporting evidence and later proved mostly untrue. The controversy nonetheless influenced public debate and policy momentum, contributing to a push for stricter approaches to migration in Chile.

Oil extended its decline for a third day as flows through the Strait of Hormuz increased, according to Bloomberg. Aathira Prasad, director of macroeconomics at Nasser Saidi & Associates, discussed oil supply and price prospects for the rest of 2026 in an interview with Bloomberg’s Abeer Abu Omar on Horizons Middle East and Africa.

Binance Wallet announced on X that its “Signals” feature now supports additional indicator filters aimed at helping users build auto trading strategies. The update adds X account filters, fee range filters, developer migration count filters, paired token filters, and keyword filters. The post described the expanded filtering options as tools for “smarter auto trading strategy building.” How It Works: The announcement outlined a workflow for using the feature: users set a strategy, select signal triggers, enable auto trade, and configure automated take-profit and stop-loss settings. Binance Wallet also stated that the process is fully automated and does not require continuous screen-watching.

The eurozone unemployment rate was 6.2% in May. According to Jin10, the figure compared with an expected 6.3%, while the previous reading was revised to 6.2% from 6.30%.

According to the announcement from Binance, the exchange will run a Stellar (XLM) spot trading tournament with a total prize pool of 500 BNB in token vouchers, alongside a limited-period “Sprint Reward” that provides additional rewards based on cumulative trading volume rankings. The Promotion Period is scheduled for 2026-07-02 10:00 (UTC) to 2026-07-09 10:00 (UTC). Participation is open to verified new users, regular users, and all Binance VIP users, while liquidity providers in the Binance Spot Liquidity Provider Program and Binance Brokers are not eligible. Eligible spot trading pairs for the tournament are XLM/USDT and XLM/USDC, and users must reach at least 500 USD equivalent in total trading volume across the eligible pairs during the Promotion Period to qualify for rewards. Main Reward and Sprint Reward Details: For the Main Reward, rankings are based on cumulative trading volume during 2026-07-02 10:00 (UTC) to 2026-07-09 10:00 (UTC), with rewards ranging from 15 BNB for 1st place to equal-split pools across multiple rank bands, including an equal split of 100 BNB for all remaining eligible participants capped at 0.01 BNB per user. For the Sprint Reward, Binance said users can earn additional rewards while also remaining eligible for the Main Reward. Sprint Reward rankings are calculated in two rounds: Round 1 runs from 2026-07-02 10:00 (UTC) to 2026-07-04 10:00 (UTC), and Round 2 runs from 2026-07-04 10:01 (UTC) to 2026-07-06 10:00 (UTC), with each round awarding 15 BNB to 1st place down to 5 BNB for 5th place. Binance said token vouchers will be distributed to winners by 2026-07-23 and will expire within 21 days after distribution.

Fuchuang Precision shares fell 16.01% on July 2, with turnover of 4.89 billion yuan and a turnover rate of 6.12%. According to Jin10, post-market trading data showed that the Shanghai Stock Connect dedicated seat bought 444 million yuan worth of shares, while four institutional dedicated seats recorded net selling of 2.02 billion yuan.

Open USD 目前仍有多项关键信息尚未完全披露。

China's Ministry of Finance said Vice Minister Liao Min met HSBC CEO Georges Elhedery in Beijing yesterday, according to Ming Pao. The ministry said the two exchanged views on the macroeconomic situation and policies, as well as China-UK economic cooperation.

Hong Kong market short-selling turnover rose 27.99% from the previous session to HK$75.271 billion, lifting the short-selling ratio to 20.36% from 18.65%, according to Ming Pao. The ratio marked the highest closing level since June 24, when it stood at 22.17%.

过去两周，加密市场在ETF资金持续流出、BTC链上折价、短期持有者套牢和监管执行压力升温的共同作用下继续走弱，市场尚未从“被动承接”转向“主动买入”。

Meta 内部正在推进一个代号为 "Meta Compute" 的项目，计划向外部客户出售富余的AI算力。

Bolivia has abandoned its fixed exchange rate against the US dollar after roughly 15 years, marking one of the country's biggest monetary policy shifts in more than a decade.

K Wave Media has sold its entire 88 BTC holdings to repay around US$6 million in debt, ending its corporate Bitcoin treasury strategy less than a year after announcing plans to acquire up to 10,000 BTC.

聊聊我国虚拟货币司法处置的现状，以及未来可能往哪个方向走。

以第二季度中发生的市场变化为起点，围绕流动性与监管两条主线，给出了对下一阶段的完整研判。

MiCA要求将60%的准备金以无保险现金存款的形式存放在欧洲银行，而银行的部分准备金率只有10%，可能无法应对赎回需求。

链上美股不会因为监管担心就消失。对中国监管来说，它不是几个交易所多加了一个股票页面，而是可能成为跨境证券投资需求、违规跨境资金流动的新问题。

World has launched a fully onchain prediction market on Solana through Phantom Wallet, using Chainlink to automatically settle trades in $CASH. The launch gives Solana a native rival to prediction market leaders Polymarket and Kalshi.