Odaily reports that the MiCA regulation will officially take effect on July 1, 2026. Crypto service providers without this license will be unable to offer new services within the EU. Currently, a total of 230 MiCA licenses have been issued across Europe, with Germany leading at 56 authorizations, followed by the Netherlands with 26, France with 21, Malta with 15, Cyprus with 13, and Ireland with 12. In France, approximately 40% of previously regulated crypto service providers have not submitted license applications. This compliance upgrade has left some smaller traditional crypto institutions facing acquisition or closure. (lesechos)

Odaily Planet Daily News: After the US military launched airstrikes against Iran using fighter jets on the 26th, US Vice President Vance stated on the same day that if Iran resorts to violence, it will certainly face military retaliation. Taking to social media that day, Vance said: "Iran signed the ceasefire agreement, and we have honored that agreement as well. If they have objections to the implementation of the memorandum of understanding, they can call and communicate directly. However, if they resort to violence, they will definitely face military retaliation." Earlier on the 26th, the US Central Command issued a statement saying that the US military had launched strikes against Iran that day in response to an attack on a commercial vessel passing through the Strait of Hormuz the previous day. (Xinhua News Agency)

Odaily reported that according to Lookonchain monitoring, over the past 9 days, a newly created wallet received 18,361 ETH (worth $28.91 million) and 152,986 HYPE (worth $9.73 million) from FalconX.

Odaily reports that according to CoinGecko data, from January 2024 to June 2026, out of over 18.67 million tokens created on the Pump.fun platform, 68.67% of tokens stopped trading on the day they were created. Including tokens with a lifespan of one day, this proportion rises to 80.37%. Only 4.55% of tokens survived for more than 90 days. Due to the near-zero barrier to creating tokens on the platform, most tokens are quickly abandoned after failing to gain sustained attention. This analysis covers trading data on Pump.fun's bonding curve and does not include trading activity after migration to external decentralized exchanges like Raydium.

Odaily OpenAI has officially launched the preview version of its next-generation GPT-5.6 series models, including the flagship model Sol, the balanced model Terra, and the fast, low-cost model Luna. GPT-5.6 introduces a new maximum reasoning effort and features a super mode that can accelerate complex tasks through sub-agents. The model boasts enhanced agentic capabilities in areas such as coding, biology, and cybersecurity. In terms of pricing, per 1 million tokens, Sol costs $5 for input and $30 for output; Terra costs $2.5 for input and $15 for output; Luna costs $1 for input and $6 for output.

The model is currently in limited preview for a select group of trusted partners, with plans for a full rollout in the coming weeks. Additionally, the model will be available on Cerebras in July.

Odaily: Anthropic announced that since June 12, it has been working closely with the U.S. government to restore access to Claude Mythos 5 and FABLE 5. The government has now informed the company that its strongest cybersecurity model, Mythos 5, can be redeployed to a number of U.S. institutions. Anthropic continues to work with the government to expand access to Mythos 5 and make FABLE 5 available to the public once again. (Jinshi)

Odaily Odaily reports that Patrick Shyu announced in a YouTube video that he has sold all of his cryptocurrency holdings and suffered significant financial losses. Shyu stated that Bitcoin dropped 50% from its peak of $120,000 last October to just over $60,000 this summer, and due to excessive leverage, he was mentally unprepared for the downturn.

Patrick Shyu noted that current liquidity in the pool is far lower than in 2021, and pointed to Mt. Gox creditors receiving 35,000 Bitcoin and MicroStrategy holding 850,000 Bitcoin, suggesting there may not be enough liquidity for everyone to exit. Additionally, Shyu mentioned the threat of quantum computing and the economic sustainability of network security after block reward halving. However, at the end of the video, he stated that he remains bullish on the underlying technology in the long term and believes this video could signal a market bottom. (u.today)

According to Onchain Lens monitoring, Garrett Jin's long position of 1,268 BTC (5x leverage) is currently experiencing unrealized losses exceeding $20.4 million, with the BTC price hovering around $60,000.

Odaily Odaily reporter: Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has urged his subordinates to explore partnerships with prediction markets Polymarket and Kalshi. Meanwhile, Meta is developing a similar prediction market application called Arena.

Executives said that Arena is currently in internal testing and may not be released in the future. The application will rely on points similar to those in video games, rather than accepting real money bets. Meta aims to attract at least 100 million monthly active users for the application and plans to eventually integrate some of Arena's features into Facebook and Messenger. (Reuters)

Odaily: Nasdaq Exchange announced that SpaceX (SPCX.O) will join the Nasdaq 100 Index on July 7, 2026. (Jin Shi)

Odaily reported that, according to on-chain analyst EmberCN’s (@EmberCN) monitoring, Grayscale’s (@Grayscale) HYPE spot ETF, HYPG (0x1Ab...2e3), staked 1.77 million HYPE (worth $114 million) 5 hours ago.

Odaily reported that according to Onchain Lens monitoring, SharpLink Gaming purchased 5,000 ETH, valued at $7.88 million. Over the past two days, it has accumulated purchases of 10,000 ETH, worth $15.73 million. It currently holds 886,300 ETH, valued at $1.4 billion, with an unrealized loss exceeding $1.7 billion. The newly created wallet 0x643 has again purchased 9,050 ETH from FalconX, worth $14.31 million, and currently holds 8,361 ETH, valued at $28.92 million.

Odaily Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse criticized Strategy and its Chairman Michael Saylor's Bitcoin purchasing funding model during a CNBC interview on Friday, stating that "financial engineering cannot create long-term value" and that the long-term value of digital assets should ultimately be driven by real-world utility.

Garlinghouse said the Saylor team is not focused on the right direction and believes this approach has already harmed the overall crypto market. He also emphasized that he remains bullish on Bitcoin but opposes Strategy's strategy of continuously adding BTC positions through complex funding structures.

His criticism was primarily directed at Strategy's model of issuing preferred stock to fund Bitcoin purchases. STRC is one of the preferred stocks issued by Strategy, carrying an annual dividend obligation of 11.5%. Recently, STRC traded at a discount of approximately 25% to 26% compared to its $100 face value. Garlinghouse described this performance as a "severely negative assessment" of Strategy's approach.

Odaily Planet Daily News: As the price of SOL rose approximately 9% on Friday, the stock prices of several Solana Digital Asset Treasury (DAT) companies surged in tandem. Sol Strategies (STKE) rose as much as 22% intraday, hitting $1.20, leading the gains among other crypto treasury stocks.

Other Solana DATs also recorded notable gains. Forward Industries (FWDI) rose up to 12% intraday to $4.03, SkyAI (SKYA) increased 11% to $1.07, DeFi Development Corp. (DFDV) rose 10% to $2.73, and Solana Company (HSDT) also climbed over 10%, reaching a high of $1.65.

This rally was also fueled by expectations of index inclusion. Several digital asset treasury companies, including Forward, the largest Solana treasury firm, are set to be added to the Russell indexes after Friday's market close. Two major Ethereum treasury companies, Bitmine (BMNR) and SharpLink (SBET), will also be included in related Russell indexes, while the smaller Solana treasury firm Upexi (UPXI) will join the Russell Microcap.

Odaily Odaily reports that Base experienced an abnormal block production issue on its mainnet for the second time in two days. According to the official status page, the incident occurred at 15:33 UTC. The team subsequently confirmed the problem and resumed block production at 16:11 UTC.

Base stated that node operators need to restart their Base mainnet nodes to re-synchronize.

The symptoms of this incident are similar to the outage from the previous day. On Thursday, Base experienced an abnormal block that prevented the Sequencer from building new blocks, resulting in a network halt lasting approximately two hours. Although user funds were not affected, withdrawal services were temporarily disrupted.

Officials stated that this incident was also characterized by a chain halt, sharing similar features with the previous day's event. The network has now resumed operations.