Samsung Electronics has installed two High-NA extreme ultraviolet lithography systems for its foundry business, but it is not yet putting the tools into mass-production lines. The decision reflects a cautious capital allocation stance rather than a clear technology bottleneck. According to the report, Samsung’s foundry unit is seen as one of the businesses most likely to return to profit as early as the fourth quarter this year after years of losses. Bringing expensive equipment fully online now would lift depreciation and operating costs, increasing fixed expenses at a sensitive point in the unit’s earnings recovery. At the same time, Samsung’s reported 2 nm yield has reached about 55%, close to the roughly 60% threshold that the industry commonly views as sufficient for stable mass production. That suggests the company’s hesitation is not mainly about process readiness for High NA EUV. Korean media said Samsung is keeping equipment spending to a minimum until the foundry business has a clearer path to sustainable profitability. The move shows a practical balance in the advanced-node race: the company has the technology and tools in place, but financial discipline is being treated as more urgent than accelerating the catch-up pace.

Strategy founder Michael Saylor posted a chart comparing annualized returns across several asset classes during what he called the “Bitcoin Standard Era.” In the chart, MSTR, the stock of Strategy, ranked first with a 42% annualized return. Bitcoin came next at 33%. Among traditional market benchmarks and sector funds, the Nasdaq-100 ETF QQQ posted 18%, while the S&P 500 ETF SPY returned 16%. Gold ETF GLD showed 12%, and real estate ETF VNQ came in at 6%. Bond ETF BND was the only asset in negative territory, at -1%. The post was shared through Saylor’s X account.

Open Standard said on June 30, 2026 that it plans to launch Open USD, or OUSD, a dollar-pegged stablecoin built around a consortium rather than a single issuer. The announcement drew immediate market attention even before launch and with zero circulation, as shares of USDC issuer Circle, trading on the NYSE under CRCL, fell about 15% to 18% on the day. OUSD is tied to a network of more than 140 institutions that includes Visa, Mastercard, Stripe, BlackRock, Coinbase and Google. The project’s core pitch is a break from the dominant stablecoin business model. Instead of allowing one issuer to keep most reserve income, OUSD proposes free minting and redemption for enterprise members, shared reserve yield after a small management fee, and board-led governance by participating companies. That structure lands at a sensitive moment for the sector, where USDT and USDC together account for about 86% of a market worth more than $300 billion, and where Circle derived roughly 94% to 96% of its first-quarter 2026 revenue from reserve interest. The model also arrives under a changing regulatory backdrop shaped by the U.S. GENIUS Act, while raising questions about alliance governance, global licensing, the credibility of its partner list, and whether a new entrant can overcome the liquidity and trading-pair advantages already held by incumbent issuers.

Binance founder Changpeng Zhao said in a post that "Binance Life" ranked No. 1 in the "Science & Humanities" category of Hong Kong Commercial Press' bestseller list for June 2026. The update came from a text-and-image post published by Zhao. No other details were provided in the source material.

GoPlus said the attack on Ostium, an RWA trading platform on Arbitrum, may have been caused by a leak of an administrator account’s private key, with estimated losses of about $11.86 million. According to GoPlus, the attacker first opened a position through the openTrade function, then manipulated prices via performUpkeep, and finally used closeTradeMarket to lock in profit. The firm noted that prices submitted through performUpkeep require signature verification from an authorized account, suggesting that the private key tied to that account may have been exposed. Foresight News had earlier reported that Ostium was attacked on the previous evening, after which the platform halted all trading. The team is currently investigating the incident.

Ondo Finance introduced two tokenized equity products on July 15 that it says are backed by tokenized entitlements held within the Depository Trust Company, or DTC, system. The first pair, CRCLon and SPYon, track Circle stock and the SPDR S&P 500 ETF, respectively. According to the source report, the products were connected to DTC’s participant network through Alpaca Markets, giving Ondo access to infrastructure tied to the core custody layer of U.S. securities markets. The report says this structure differs from many earlier on-chain stock offerings, which typically relied on brokers or other third parties to hold shares off-chain and then issue corresponding tokens. Ondo described the new instruments as “digital twins,” with each token fully backed by the related security entitlement. The market reacted quickly. ONDO rose about 17% within 24 hours and touched $0.37 after the announcement. On the same day, DTCC said it had completed tokenized transactions involving more than 30 institutions. Those trades covered Russell 1000 stocks, U.S. Treasuries, and ETFs tracking the S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100. DTCC said its full tokenization service is expected to launch in October 2026.

Official data shows that Virtuals has passed $100 million in Agent trading volume on Robinhood Chain a little more than a week after going live. The rollout has also brought more than 2,440 Agents onto the chain and raised $1.8 million for developers. Those developers include people from companies such as Google and General Dynamics, according to the update. Earlier information said Robinhood Chain integrated Virtuals' AI Agent infrastructure from day one, giving users tools to launch, fund, own and use Agents in tokenized markets. Virtuals is now described as a key piece of AI Agent infrastructure on Robinhood Chain.

India’s Enforcement Directorate searched 19 locations on July 10 and 11 as part of a money laundering probe tied to online investment fraud and so-called work-from-home scams, according to Magzter. The raids covered 16 sites in Tamil Nadu, two in Kerala, and one in Srinagar. During the operation, authorities seized cryptocurrency worth about Rs 33.5 crore, recovered Rs 145,000 in cash, and froze bank accounts holding more than Rs 400,000. Investigators also took possession of documents, electronic devices, and banking records as part of the case. The report frames the action as part of an ongoing probe into suspected financial misconduct linked to fraudulent online schemes.