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Former Twitter CISO Michael Coates appointed Chief Information Security Officer of the Solana Foundation
According to Foresight News , security expert Michael Coates announced on the X platform that he has been appointed Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) of the Solana Foundation, marking a new chapter in his career. Coates previously served as Head of Security at Mozilla, CISO at Twitter, and founded Altitude Networks, a startup focused on enterprise SaaS data security, which was later acquired by CoinList, thus entering the crypto industry. Coates stated that he chose to join Solana because the chain currently handles tens of billions of dollars in daily stablecoin transactions, exceeding the combined daily trading volume of most cryptocurrencies. He mentioned that future work will focus on integrating security capabilities into the foundation of industry operations and application security, addressing the unique security challenges of cryptocurrencies, and collaborating with policymakers and standards bodies to promote improvements in cybersecurity regulation.
Hangjin Technology: Net profit for the first half of the year is expected to increase by 191%-308% year-on-year; the intelligent computing power sector continues to perform well and has become the main source of profit.
According to Mars Finance, Hangjin Technology (2024111120230) announced that it expects its net profit attributable to shareholders of the listed company for the first half of 2026 to be between 40 million and 56 million yuan, representing a year-on-year increase of 191.45% to 308.03%. The performance change is mainly due to the continued positive development of the intelligent computing power segment, which has become the main source of profit, with an estimated profit of 137 million to 153 million yuan; the chemical segment is affected by declining sales prices, and is expected to incur a loss of 85 million to 100 million yuan. Note: The company's Q2 net profit is expected to be between 24 million and 40 million yuan, and Q1 net profit is 16 million yuan. Based on this, Q2 net profit is expected to change by 47% to 146% quarter-on-quarter. (Cailian Press)
Before Musk could comment, SpaceX president donated 2 million shares, marking the largest corporate donation to the "Trump account."
According to Mars Finance, on July 6th, SpaceX President Gwyneth Shotwell announced on Monday that she and her husband will donate 2 million shares of SpaceX stock to the "Trump Account" program, one share each to over 2 million American children. Based on the current share price of approximately $160, this is worth about $320 million. This move comes just days after Trump publicly predicted that SpaceX would participate in the program. She stated that the donation will target children aged 11 to 17 from lower-income families, with a focus on recipients near her home in central Texas. Previously, Michael Dell and his wife pledged $6.25 billion, Micron Technology pledged $250 million, and BlackRock, Intel, JPMorgan Chase, and others pledged to match their donations at a rate of $1,000 each. Trump previously told CNBC that he expected Musk to also donate SpaceX stock, saying, "I think he will," but Musk has not yet publicly responded. Trump also said his relationship with Musk remained strong, describing the previous disagreements as "a minor friction."
Yitian Intelligent: Subsidiary plans to purchase servers and related equipment for no more than 550 million yuan, mainly for providing computing power services to customers.
According to Mars Finance, Yitian Intelligent (300911.SZ) announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Gansu Yisuan Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd., plans to purchase servers and supporting equipment from multiple suppliers. The total contract amount is expected to not exceed 550 million yuan, mainly for providing computing power services to customers. (Cailian Press)