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June 10: Trump said he will soon meet with 12 top executives from leading artificial intelligence companies. He noted that during the upcoming meeting, he will discuss giving back to society with these AI industry leaders. The U.S. president added that he is confident these company leaders will contribute to the public, stating that the public will become significantly wealthier through AI-driven initiatives.

June 10: Trump posted on Truth Social, stating the U.S. will strike Iran powerfully, affirming America’s right to resume strikes against Iran, and urging Iran to sign what he called “a good agreement.”

On June 10, trade.xyz launched perpetual contracts for Western Digital (WDC) — a U.S.-listed stock in the storage sector — with up to 10x leverage, according to official sources.

June 10: Tether confirmed it is leading a $1.4 billion USD Series C funding round for Neura Robotics. Today, German robotics startup Neura Robotics—based in Meckingen—announced it is closing a roughly €1 billion funding round to accelerate development of AI-driven humanoid robots. The round is projected to lift Neura Robotics’ valuation to around €4 billion, with potential for future follow-on rounds. Founded in 2019 by David Reger, Neura Robotics specializes in "cognitive robots" with vision, hearing, and environmental awareness. The firm also builds industrial and consumer robots, and has developed the Neuraverse software platform to enable intelligent human-robot collaboration. Public filings show the startup previously raised €120 million in January 2025, in a round led by Lingotto Investment Management, with Volvo Cars Tech Fund among other backers. Neura Robotics says its order backlog is nearly $1 billion, with clients including Kawasaki Heavy Industries and Omron.

June 10th – Ethereum co-founder Joseph Lubin announced Ethereum is on track to become a fully zk-SNARK-based protocol within 3 to 5 years. Through initiatives like “Lean Ethereum,” the project aims to strengthen Layer 1 capabilities and gradually roll over real-time zk-SNARK technology already deployed on Layer 2s to the mainnet. This move will significantly boost base-layer performance, improve composability between Layer 2s, and lay the groundwork for trustless atomic cross-chain transactions, unified fragmented liquidity, and a more streamlined user experience. Lubin is a strong advocate of a rollup-centric roadmap, arguing Layer 2s serve as an ideal testing ground for cutting-edge technology—even amid criticisms of network fragmentation raised by Vitalik Buterin and other industry voices. As Ethereum transitions from its early decentralization phase to an aggregation-focused evolution, Layer 2s will continue to play a pivotal role in helping Ethereum realize its “world computer” v