Japan's largest card network JCB is partnering with Circle to explore expanding USDC stablecoin payment coverage to 40 million merchants.

According to Bloomberg, Alphabet, Google’s parent company, has hired banks to arrange its potential debut Australian dollar bond issuance. One of the appointed banks, Australia and New Zealand Banking Group (ANZ), confirmed via email that the offering could span four tenors, with the longest term hitting 20 years. This marks another move by U.S. tech firms flooding into credit markets to raise funds for AI investments. Earlier this month, Alphabet already issued $25 billion in U.S. dollar bonds and raised nearly $85 billion through equity financing. Coupled with the upcoming Australian dollar bond plan, its financing channels for AI capital expenditures are rapidly expanding from the U.S. dollar market to a global multi-currency landscape. Morgan Stanley previously projected that global AI-related bond issuance will reach nearly $570 billion in 2026, more than doubling from last year, with Alphabet standing as one of the most aggressive issuers in this space. As capital spending by large-scale cloud providers continues to climb, debt financing has become a core funding source supporting the expansion of AI infrastructure.

According to OnchainLens monitoring, a HYPE trader has suffered a $406,000 loss from $93 million in spot trading volume. The Hyperliquid-based trader un-staked 20,000 HYPE (valued at roughly $1.15 million) three hours ago and transferred the tokens to Kraken, likely for sale. Last week, the same wallet un-staked and deposited 24,950 HYPE into Kraken. Since December 2025, the trader has cumulatively purchased 1.37 million HYPE worth $47.79 million, sold 1.25 million HYPE worth $45.47 million, generating total spot trading volume of $93.25 million and a net loss of $406,000.

Serenity discussed the topic "Why Robots Must Be Humanoid", citing Elon Musk’s perspective as the core answer: "Robots don’t necessarily have to be humanoid, but general-purpose robots intended to replace human labor should adapt to the world environment already built by humans." The essence of this logic lies in the fact that doors, stairs, tools and spaces in the human world are all designed for the human body. A humanoid form for general-purpose robots enables them to seamlessly integrate with existing infrastructure, eliminating the need to reconstruct the environment for every new robot design. Serenity also explicitly expects Tesla’s humanoid robot project Optimus will eventually converge to the "correct form". The humanoid design of general-purpose robots is not an aesthetic choice, but an engineering rationality that maximizes environmental compatibility and task versatility.

According to Bitget market data, spot gold rose to hit $4,400 per ounce, up 0.57% intraday.

Don't FOMO! Trader 0xacbf lost $110.7K in just 2 hours by FOMOing into $MARSCOIN. After CZ burned 4,444 $MARSCOIN, the trader FOMO bought 6.15M $MARSCOIN with 133K $USDT. Then CZ said he would stop using his public address to avoid his actions being overinterpreted by the community, and $MARSCOIN crashed over 90%. The trader sold all 6.15M $MARSCOIN for only 22.4K $USDT, losing $110.7K in only 2 hours.

Whales keep buying $ETH. Whale 0x8447 withdrew another 5,300 $ETH ($9.98M) from Kraken 8 hours ago.