A Hong Kong court is set to hear a liquidation petition next month against a unit of China’s state-backed SDIC Commodities Co. after a loan default, according to Bloomberg. The petition is the latest sign of mounting financial troubles for the metals trader as Beijing intensifies scrutiny of the opaque sector.

U.S.-based users are the largest political betting cohort on Polymarket by contracts traded and wallet count, despite the crypto-based prediction market’s efforts to restrict access for U.S. citizens, according to new research from blockchain analytics firm Allium. According to Cointelegraph, Allium said in a report published on Thursday that blocking access “did not end US participation,” and instead pushed demand offshore and outside U.S. oversight. The report also stressed that Polymarket’s global platform should not be confused with Polymarket US, a U.S.-regulated platform that launched in December with a narrower set of markets. Allium’s findings add to ongoing scrutiny facing prediction markets, as Polymarket continues to navigate legal and political pressure while attempting to enforce geographic restrictions. Polymarket cut off U.S. users from its global platform as part of a $1.4 million settlement with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission in 2022, but Allium’s data suggests those measures have not fully worked. Allium said its estimates are based on the 6% of wallets it could tag with a country, meaning the results are directional. The firm also reported that U.S. users show comparatively higher interest in foreign conflict-related markets than other users, with five of the U.S. cohort’s top 12 markets by notional volume tied to the Iran war, while showing less interest in election-related markets that are permitted on Kalshi and Polymarket US. Cointelegraph reported it contacted Polymarket for comment. Separately, a June study by Rutgers University statistician Harry Crane estimated that 30% of Polymarket trading volume comes from the U.S., and that U.S.-based users sent between $10.6 billion and $26.7 billion through Polymarket between May 2025 and April 2026, despite IP and VPN blocking. The Information reported in May that Polymarket has been blocking certain IP addresses associated with VPN services. Allium also outlined that Polymarket is fully blocked in more than 34 countries, including Spain, while Singapore, Thailand, Taiwan, and Poland are listed as “close only,” and restrictions also apply to Ontario in Canada and the regions of Crimea, Donetsk, and Luhansk in Ukraine.

Options traders are paying more to hedge against sharp moves in the yen ahead of thin US holiday trading, as speculation grows that Japanese authorities may be less predictable in how they intervene to support the currency, according to Bloomberg.

Prices for branded gold jewelry in China rose by about 30 yuan per gram from the previous day, with most quotes in the 1,260 to 1,262 yuan-per-gram range. According to Jin10, a July 3 update said a comparison of domestic gold jewelry prices showed that several brands’ pure-gold jewelry prices rebounded from the prior day and were generally up about 30 yuan per gram.

As the global artificial intelligence boom continues to lift Nvidia’s market capitalization to repeated record highs, CEO Jensen Huang has become a closely watched figure among investors, according to Ming Pao. The report said Huang’s signature black leather jacket, which he has worn for years, is now attracting interest from collectors.

Alibaba DAMO Academy said its Elements Claw system identified four entirely new superconducting materials that were later synthesized and experimentally verified. According to NS3.AI, Alibaba DAMO Academy also said all related data has been fully open-sourced.

考虑卖AI算力的Meta和自研芯片的Anthropic采取的是不同路径，但却共同指向一个变化。AI公司开始思考如何提高已有基础设施的投资回报，而不仅仅是继续扩大资本开支

联邦调查局（FBI）局长卡什·帕特尔在购入比特币代理基金Strategy的股份六个月后，才披露了这笔六位数的投资，此举引发了新一轮的质疑。鉴于该局正加大对加密货币相关犯罪的打击力度，这一行为引发了关于利益冲突的质疑。

在美国财政部将134个与“伊斯兰国-呼罗珊省”（ISIS-K）有关的加密货币地址列入制裁名单后，Tether冻结了131个TRON钱包中的资金。

印度称，WhatsApp的新用户名功能为诈骗者大开方便之门。Meta则表示已设置了安全措施。鉴于涉及5亿用户，双方必有一方是正确的。

Meta云业务公告引发的市场震荡——AI硬件泡沫疑云与板块轮动分析。

长期来看，市场会筛选出适配规模化落地的最优设计，打造出可覆盖各类小众细分赛道、还原客观事实的最优交易平台，而这正是预测市场底层架构设计的核心初衷。

美国6月非农新增就业仅5.7万人，接近市场预期的一半，此前两个月的数据均被下调，同时失业率回落至一年来低位。市场对美联储近期加息的强烈担忧正在修正。

OUSD强势突围，不仅打破了Circle一家独大的合规稳定币格局，更让市场重新审视传统金融与加密赛道融合的深层野心。而Circle的承压现状，也揭开了老牌稳定币巨头的发展隐忧。

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