US Secretary of State Pompeo told French President Macron: We are ready to directly contact Iran at any time.

according to Reuters, Apple is considering using artificial intelligence to accelerate the design of its custom core chips. Apple's senior vice president of hardware technology, Johny Srouji, said that a key lesson the company has learned is the need to use cutting-edge tools to design chips. "Electronic design automation (EDA) companies are crucial in supporting the complexity of our chip design. Generative AI technology has great potential to complete more design work in a shorter time, greatly increasing productivity." However, according to AppleInsider, Apple has been using AI to some extent in its designs for years, with the third-party EDA companies it relies on already using AI and machine learning in chip design.Meanwhile, software giant Microsoft plans to lay off thousands of employees, streamlining its workforce in the background of increased AI investment to keep up with competitors. Currently, Microsoft is integrating AI more into its products and services. This week, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy also stated that the introduction of generative AI and agent AI in the coming years will reduce its workforce.

according to Binance data, 74% of the tokens have been claimed within 10 minutes after the second phase of MAT opening on Binance Alpha. MAT is currently trading at 1.46 USDT, a 70.77% decrease in the past 24 hours.

Grupo Salinas founder and chairman, Mexico's third richest man Salinas Ricardo Pliego said he has increased his holdings in Bitcoin again last week. Although he did not disclose specific purchase data, it is said that about 70% of his investment portfolio is in Bitcoin, and this proportion will increase after the most recent increase. Salinas Ricardo Pliego had previously stated that he is considering converting his entire investment portfolio to Bitcoin. (Bitcoinist)

according to CBS reporter, Trump will go to his golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey tomorrow. However, according to the schedule released by the White House, Trump will receive a briefing from the National Security Council at the White House on Friday (11:00 PM Beijing time), receive another briefing after returning to the White House on Saturday, and has arranged another briefing on Sunday.

according to CryptoQuant data, the Bitcoin market is currently experiencing a severe depletion of new capital inflows. The amount held by short-term holders has decreased from 5.3 million Bitcoins on May 27 to the current 4.5 million Bitcoins, a reduction of about 800,000 coins. At the same time, the Bitcoin demand momentum indicator has dropped to a historical low level of -2 million coins, indicating a significant decrease in market interest from new investors. This data, compared to the current high price of around $100,000, reflects that the market may face short-term adjustment pressure.

according to Cointelegraph, the Norwegian company K33 has successfully raised 185 million Swedish kronor and plans to use it to increase its holdings of Bitcoin in its treasury.

according to a report by Economic Daily, Animoca Brands plans to establish a joint venture with Standard Chartered Bank and Hong Kong Telecom to prepare for the issuance of a stablecoin pegged to the Hong Kong dollar.The President of Animoca Brands stated in an interview that stablecoins will be widely used in the virtual asset trading, cross-border trade, and financial settlement within the gaming ecosystem, helping domestic asset trading move towards internationalization. He believes that Hong Kong needs to continue to strengthen its regulation of stablecoins, promote the development of the digital asset and asset tokenization industry, and hopes to cooperate with mainland institutions in the application of blockchain technology.

Lookonchain monitoring shows that the on-chain address 0xb8b9 has won all 29 consecutive long trades, with a total profit of over 2.3 million US dollars. Recently betting on BTC, ETH, SOL and LINK, but current position is already at a loss of over 2 million US dollars.

Bitwise CEO Hunter Horsley stated in a post on X platform, "I do not believe that Bitcoin's competitor will ultimately be gold. They (Bitcoin and gold) are both apolitical stores of value. Gold has lower volatility, while Bitcoin has higher volatility. Investors seeking apolitical stores of value will like both. On the contrary, I believe that Bitcoin's competitors will ultimately be U.S. Treasury bonds and other government bonds (such as UK gilt-edged bonds): these are the ultimate political stores of value."