After 11 months of inactivity, a crypto whale transferred 9,000 ETH to Cumberland, valued at approximately $17.19 million.

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced the freezing of $130 million worth of cryptocurrency wallets linked to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.

U.S. ADP employment change for the week ending July 4 came in at 16,500, compared with the prior reading of 19,750. (Jinshi)

According to a Forbes report, London-based humanoid robotics startup Humanoid, founded just two years ago, developed its humanoid robot HMND 01 at a pace nearly matching industry records. Today, Humanoid announced the close of its $152 million Series A financing round, with a post-money valuation of $1.35 billion. The round was led by Prime Movers Lab, with participation from German industrial giants Schaeffler and Bosch, as well as Aglaé Ventures, an investment firm backed by the family of LVMH founder Bernard Arnault. This financing comes just months after the company signed a key commercial partnership. Earlier, Humanoid reached a 1,000-unit humanoid robot procurement deal with Schaeffler, and with Bosch’s support, secured production capacity that will enable it to achieve an output of 100,000 robots over the next five years.

US Treasury Secretary Bessent stated that the government is attempting to create market signals by holding stakes in companies.

Circle Internet Group, Inc. announced it will release its second quarter (Q2) 2026 financial results on Wednesday, August 5, 2026. The company will host a live video stream at 20:00 Beijing Time that day to present the Q2 financial performance and business updates.

According to official announcements, Galaxy today launched the "Bitcoin Quantum Security Initiative"—a multi-faceted program aimed at helping Bitcoin mitigate potential threats from advancing quantum computing. The initiative consists of three core components: providing developer grants of up to $5 million to support R&D of post-quantum cryptography solutions for Bitcoin; establishing a dedicated research and publication program through Galaxy Research to advance quantum security-related studies; and forming a Quantum Advisory Board, which will bring together top experts in quantum computing and post-quantum cryptography to guide Bitcoin’s quantum security efforts. Bitcoin’s current security relies on elliptic curve cryptography. Theoretically, this cryptographic system could be compromised once a sufficiently powerful quantum computer is developed. While no quantum computer capable of cracking modern cryptography exists globally today, industry forecasts suggest the timeline for achieving this breakthrough is accelerating. The U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) officially released its first batch of post-quantum cryptography standards in 2024. Furthermore, a recent U.S. executive order requires the federal government to complete deployment of quantum attack protection for traditional cryptographic systems by 2031, further highlighting the urgency of quantum security concerns.