Base plans to activate the B20 token standard on its mainnet at 2:00 AM (UTC+8) on July 9. According to Foresight News, Base had previously scheduled the B20 token format activation for 2:00 AM (UTC+8) on June 27, but later postponed it due to stability reasons. B20 is Base’s native token format. Base said the standard is intended to improve user experience through faster, lower-cost, and more standardized settlement mechanisms, and to enable global financial assets to exist on Base as programmable capital with on-chain composability.

According to Lianhe Zaobao citing Reuters, witnesses said an explosion was heard in Syria’s capital Damascus on Tuesday, July 7, but the cause was not immediately known and there were no reports of casualties or damage. French President Emmanuel Macron is currently visiting Damascus.

According to Bloomberg and Yonhap News Agency, South Korea stocks fell as volatility hit chipmakers anew after blowout earnings from Samsung Electronics left investors wanting even more. The world's biggest memory maker by market value slumped 7.5% in Seoul after its quarterly profit surged 19-fold and operating profit beat projections by about 8%, but failed to wow investors, sending peers across the region tumbling. The Kospi fell 395.02 points, or 4.91%, to close at 7,656.31, with the Korea Exchange activating a circuit breaker for 20 minutes after the index plunged more than 8% intraday. Samsung Electronics closed down 6.92% to 296,000 won, while SK Hynix declined 6.06% to 2,201,000 won ahead of its planned $29 billion US listing later this week.Institutions and foreigners sold a net 309.1 billion won and 2.92 trillion won respectively, while individuals purchased a net 3.13 trillion won.  Nasdaq 100 futures fell 0.8%, with SpaceX joining the Nasdaq 100 on Tuesday. Panmure Liberum head of strategy Joachim Klement said the market reaction to Samsung shows investors have adopted a beat-and-raise mindset, and that SpaceX's inclusion in Nasdaq indices may weigh on tech stocks as index funds sell some holdings to make room. Brent crude rose 1.4% to $73.03 a barrel after a laden LNG carrier was struck by a projectile near the Omani coast, a fresh attack testing the late-June US-Iran peace deal. The 10-year Treasury yield advanced three basis points to 4.50%. The yen was slightly stronger around 161.91 per dollar even as positioning data showed hedge funds turned the most negative on the Japanese currency since 2007. Gold slipped for a second day to around $4,130 an ounce. The MSCI Asia Pacific Index fell 1.6% and the MSCI Emerging Markets Index fell 1.9%.

According to Lianhe Zaobao citing Reuters, a software testing team that previously took part in Australia’s government age-verification trials found that social media platforms did not ask for proof of age when it created 50 test accounts after Australia’s social media law took effect in December, requiring platforms including Instagram, Snapchat and YouTube to bar users under 16 from opening accounts. KJR director Hammond said all 50 accounts, which declared an age of 16, remain active; some received ads for youth banking products and one account on X was recommended pornographic content. The test found that if users declared they were under 16, all platforms rejected registration. Snap and TikTok declined to comment, while Google and X did not respond. A Meta spokesperson said the test appeared inconsistent with regulator guidance, which calls for escalation to formal age verification only when a platform detects behavior suggesting a user may be underage or when an account is reported. Australia’s eSafety Commissioner’s office said it remains confident platforms have sufficient technology and resources to prevent under-16 Australian children from opening accounts.

Hong Kong Monetary Authority chief executive Eddie Yue said a planned increase in the quota for the Southbound Bond Connect trading scheme is necessary after People’s Bank of China governor Pan Gongsheng announced the quota will be expanded from 500 billion yuan to 800 billion yuan, according to RTHK. Yue said there is clear demand for a higher quota for the scheme, which allows onshore investors to access Hong Kong’s bond market. He noted that coverage was extended last year to include asset managers, brokers and insurance companies in addition to banks, and said the quota has been well utilized. Yue also welcomed a planned expansion of the HKMA’s RMB Business Facility from 200 billion yuan to 500 billion yuan. He said the facility’s size was doubled from 100 billion to 200 billion yuan early this year, but that the 200 billion yuan has already been used up, with more banks seeking to participate. He said the expanded RMB Business Facility would help meet demand for stable and lower-cost yuan funding and support broader global use of the currency, including via Hong Kong’s banking network into markets such as the Middle East, ASEAN and Europe.

HSBC is seeking to roll out digitalized or tokenized gold products that it believes could facilitate 24-hour trading, according to Ming Pao, citing remarks by HSBC Asia and Middle East Co-CEO David Liao at the Hong Kong Fixed Income and Currency Summit and Bond Connect Forum. Liao said tokenization would not change gold’s underlying nature. He added that HSBC, together with its subsidiary Hang Seng Bank, already sells gold products via online apps. Liao said HSBC Group has been involved in the gold market for 150 years and has developed global operations and vault storage facilities. He said Hong Kong’s push to strengthen gold-related facilities could geographically complement U.S. and European operations to enable round-the-clock, cross-time-zone activity. He noted that 67% of global gold currently comes from Asia and said Hong Kong’s proximity to China, along with the completion of infrastructure projects aligned with the gold market, would ultimately benefit the development of Hong Kong’s gold market.

Xiaohongshu, which submitted a confidential IPO application to Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (0388) at the end of last month, has been reported by a former employee to Hong Kong regulators under his real name, alleging “malicious layoffs to evade stock option payouts” and inconsistent information disclosure between onshore and offshore entities, according to Ming Pao. The complainant, who identified himself as Chen Hao, a former head of Xiaohongshu’s South China direct sales commercialization team, wrote on his WeChat public account that he sent complaint emails on June 28 to HKEX’s listing department and the Securities and Futures Commission. He said he attached first- and second-instance court judgments, legal documents related to stock option litigation, old and new proof of resignation, and supporting materials from affected employees, and added that regulators’ email systems have confirmed receipt of all messages.

Robinhoodは株式トークンを発売したが、購入できるのはジャージー島が発行した債務証書に過ぎない。

ドナルド・トランプ大統領の「$TRUMP」というミームコインにより、100万人近くの投資家が38億1000万ドルの損失を被った一方で、トランプ氏はこのプロジェクトから約6億3600万ドルの利益を得た。損失の大部分は個人投資家が被ったが、初期の購入者は約40億ドルの利益を上げた。

Rivian shares fell 8.9% in pre-market trading after the company said it plans to raise funds by issuing additional shares. According to Jin10, the decline followed news that Rivian intends to conduct a stock offering to finance its funding needs.

Somalia joined India in objecting to Meta Platforms Inc.’s planned WhatsApp username feature, citing security concerns in a country that has been battling Islamist militants for two decades, according to Bloomberg.

コインベースがAIを活用した取引ツールへの進出を推進していたところ、同社のAI生成ニュースシステムが、試合が始まる数時間前にユーザーに誤ったワールドカップの結果を送信したことで、その動きが注目を集めることになった。

Bankless、ETH、イーサリアムの第3の究極形態が徐々に形になりつつある。Golden Financeによると、イーサリアムのほぼすべてのコアモジュールが全面的な再構築を迎えることになる。

MicroStrategy、財庫、BTC、STRC、資金調達、「ビットコインは絶対に売らない」と言っていたあの男が3588枚を売却、金色財経、高レバレッジモデルが配当圧力に直面。

トランプ、米国株、投資、BTC、大手企業が「トランプ口座」に株式を寄付した場合、どの銘柄が恩恵を受けるのか？ 金色財経、大統領に先に顔をつぶさなかった者が、大統領から先に恩恵を受ける。

アリババは、AIコーディングアシスタント「AnthropicのClaude Code」が、中国国内のユーザーを特定できる秘密のコードを隠していたとの報道を受け、従業員による同ツールの使用を禁止した。これにより、激化しつつある米中間の技術競争における緊張が高まっている。

ビットコインが機関投資家の準備資産として定着するという大きな潮流は逆転しないが、MSTR戦略は「常に買い続ける」という方針から「条件付き管理」へと移行した。今後、市場はこうしたビットコインを保有する企業による資本運用を、より現実的な視点で評価することになるだろう。

ある女性が、詐欺師たちがAIによるディープフェイクを使ってドバイの皇太子シェイク・ハムダンを装い、彼女と恋愛関係にあると信じ込ませた結果、1年分の貯金を失った。この詐欺では、ライブビデオ通話や偽造された王室文書を用いて彼女の信頼を勝ち取った上で、金銭を要求しており、AIによって恋愛詐欺がますます説得力のあるものになっている実態が浮き彫りになった。

サムスンの第2四半期の営業利益は前年同期比で19倍に急増し、市場予想を全面的に上回ったものの、株価は1日で8％急落した。「期待で買い、事実で売る」という論理に加え、MetaがAI関連の設備投資に上限を設けることを示唆したこと、アジアのメモリメーカーが追い上げを加速させていること、受託製造事業の赤字が拡大していることなどが要因となっている。