The number of initial jobless claims in the US for the week ended July 4 stood at 215,000, which was lower than expected.

Robinhood’s official X account announced that SENT (Sentient) has officially launched on the Robinhood Crypto platform, and users can now trade the token on the platform.

Meta has announced the launch of its first paid AI developer model, Muse Spark 1.1, a competitive agent and programming model. The model performs on par with GPT-5.5 and Opus-4.8 across multiple agent evaluations, and is now available via the new Meta Model API and Meta AI Platform. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg stated that the plan is to price the offering lower than competitors.

According to the Iranian Students' News Agency (ISNA), Pakistani government sources have stated that Pakistan and Qatar have established new communication channels with the United States and Iran, aiming to halt military operations and facilitate the two sides to return to the negotiation process in line with the "Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding". Despite the renewed escalation of the conflict, Pakistan remains optimistic about upholding the Memorandum of Understanding.

Strategy has launched a Bitcoin-native credit model to assess credit risk, credit spreads, and other metrics for debt instruments (such as convertible bonds) and preferred shares (including STRC) issued by Strategy Treasury. The model uses custom metrics—BTC Rating (Bitcoin coverage multiple), BTC Risk (default probability), and BTC Credit (spread in basis points)—to analyze the debt and preferred shares, backed by the firm’s $52 billion Bitcoin reserves. All metrics are collateralized/risk-derived from Strategy’s held Bitcoin reserves, with Bitcoin price, volatility, and ARR as core variables. Analysts note that this initiative shifts Bitcoin from a store of value to a capital efficiency tool, driving institutions to treat BTC as a financeable asset and accelerating the development of the digital credit market.

U.S. stocks opened, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average up 0.08%, the S&P 500 rising 0.2%, and the Nasdaq climbing 0.2%. According to market data from BIT (bit.com), Micron Technology jumped over 6% as the company plans to expand its U.S. investment scale to more than $250 billion by 2035. Qualcomm gained 1.9%, while Meta fell 3.4%—the company is set to start production of an AI chip in September. Memory stocks rallied broadly: STX rose 6.77%, WDC climbed 7.02%, and SanDisk advanced 4.93%. CPO concept stocks also saw a sharp rebound, with AAOI up 5.81% and LITE gaining 7.97%. AI equipment manufacturing stocks also performed strongly, with LRCX jumping 10.76% and AMAT rising 9.87%. Among other key heavyweight stocks, Nvidia edged down 0.11%, while SPCX gained 1.47%.

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) plans to block Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME)’s application to quickly launch 24/7 oil contracts, amid concerns that energy markets are not ready for an influx of large volumes of all-day derivatives contracts. CME said in June it planned to offer 24/7 trading for a futures contract tied to West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude oil, denominated in 10-barrel lots, citing investor demand to manage positions “whenever news breaks.” On Wednesday, CME filed a self-certification application for the new product, which means the CFTC has only one day to intervene before the contract can be listed for trading. According to people familiar with the matter, the CFTC plans to block CME’s self-certification. CFTC Chair Michael Selesinger has met with executives from energy firms including Shell, Vitol, BP and ExxonMobil in recent weeks. Another application CME submitted for the same product, which requires a 45-day review period, is still under regulatory consideration.