A crypto whale that had been dormant for seven years has woken up, with its 2,931 Bitcoin holding generating nearly tenfold unrealized profit.

According to monitoring by SolanaFloor, a SpaceX-linked account suspected of being hacked posted and promoted a Robinhood Chain meme coin. Official X accounts for SpaceXAI and Starlink subsequently reposted the content. The token’s market cap surged to roughly $2 million before a rug pull occurred, leading its price to crash rapidly to zero.

According to Bitget's market data, South Korea's KOSPI index has extended its decline to 2%, SK Hynix has fallen nearly 7%, and Samsung Electronics has dropped more than 1%.

Japanese convenience store chain Lawson will launch a pilot program for JPYC (yen-pegged stablecoin) payments at its Tokyo Gateway City outlet in early August. The trial, run in partnership with digital asset wallet provider Hashport, marks Japan’s first experiment linking stablecoin payments to point-of-sale (POS) systems. By integrating with POS systems, purchase data including item quantities and payment timings can be synced to existing in-store management systems for administration. Lawson plans to verify the stability of the POS integration and actual payment processing time through this pilot, before deciding whether to roll out the system chain-wide.

According to local Thai media reports, Thailand will require individuals to verify the source of funds when depositing cash exceeding 5 million Thai baht (approximately $150,000). This measure expands the compliance obligations of commercial banks in cash networks, bulk currency exchange, precious metals trading, and suspicious stablecoin transactions, directly preventing regulated entities from facilitating systemic corruption or the shadow economy. Additionally, the Bank of Thailand and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) are conducting joint audits, focusing on Tether (USDT), to identify and block illicit fund flows. This crackdown also includes tightened oversight of precious metals trading, requiring banks to report suspicious patterns such as rapid digital purchases and same-day physical withdrawals to combat money laundering.

After the U.S. launched a new round of military operations against Iran, international oil prices rose, U.S. Treasury yields climbed, and uncertainty over the Strait of Hormuz further intensified market volatility. Driven by rising oil prices lifting inflation expectations, markets have increased bets on further interest rate hikes by the Federal Reserve, while gold and U.S. stock index futures declined. Going forward, markets will closely watch the U.S. June CPI data scheduled for release at 20:30 Beijing time on Tuesday (July 14), along with congressional testimony from Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh and the kickoff of the U.S. earnings season. The CPI data will be one of the most significant macro events this week, and may further shape market expectations for the Federal Reserve’s subsequent monetary policy path.

According to CryptoRank data, the crypto industry’s highest average single venture capital (VC) investment round size in 2026 belongs to the prediction markets track, with an average of $118 million per funding round. This is followed by trading platforms, averaging $76.2 million per round; blockchain projects, at $47.8 million per round; and the compliance track, with an average of $29.4 million per round.