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Michael Saylor: Strategy currently holds approximately $2.55 billion in cash reserves.
According to Odaily Odaily, Michael Saylor posted on the X platform that Strategy has sold 3,588 BTC, raising approximately $216 million, which will be used to pay dividends related to digital credit securities. This dividend payout covers the quarterly dividends of digital credit securities such as STRF, STRE, STRK, and STRD, as well as the full monthly dividend for STRC in June. As of July 5, 2026, Strategy still held 843,775 Bitcoins and approximately $2.55 billion in cash reserves.
Comcast's Sky TV will acquire ITV's media and entertainment division for up to $2.14 billion.
ITV, Britain's largest commercial television broadcaster and streaming giant, announced on the 6th that it has reached a definitive agreement with Comcast's Sky Broadcasting. Sky will acquire ITV's media and entertainment business (including its free-to-air broadcast channels and the ITVX streaming platform) for up to £1.6 billion (approximately US$2.14 billion). (Sina Finance)
Douyin Life Services 2026 "Heartbeat Hotel Ranking" Phase II Launched: Listed Hotels' GMV Exceeded 1.8 Billion Yuan, Covering 55 Cities
Mars Finance reported on July 6th that Douyin's 2026 "Heart-Fluttering Hotel Ranking" has been released, featuring 700 distinctive resort hotels in 55 cities. This is the second expanded version following the first in 2025. The ranking concept has been upgraded from "distinctive lifestyle hotels" to "distinctive resort hotel proposals," focusing on five destination themes: ancient capital tours, seaside resorts, urban wanderings, hidden mountain and water retreats, and suburban relaxation. The selection process incorporates a dual-round review of "AI + experts": an AI model initially screens hotels across the internet for suitability and experience quality, followed by manual review by a team of senior hotel professionals, travel writers, and influencer consultants. In 2025, related topics on the ranking garnered over 1 billion views, over 20 million searches, and listed hotels achieved a GMV exceeding 1.8 billion yuan; platform travel and hotel group-buying orders increased by over 42% year-on-year, and video-recommended hotel consumption increased by over 112% year-on-year, following the launch of the "Dynamic Destinations" strategy on June 12th. (Wide Angle Observation)
Ondo Perps officially launched, propelling the on-chain derivatives market into a new phase of capital efficiency.
According to official news from Odaily Odaily, Ondo Perps has officially launched and is now open to non-US investors. As a perpetual contract platform supporting tokenized stocks and stablecoins as margin for derivatives, Ondo Perps aims to drive the on-chain derivatives market into a new era of capital efficiency. Its core advantages include: Tokenized shares as collateral: No need to maintain separate cash reserves on multiple platforms; Market depth comparable to traditional finance: achieving extremely low spreads and slippage; Its execution speed rivals that of top-tier crypto CEXs: order routing, margin updates, and settlements are all processed in real time while ensuring decentralization. Currently, Ondo Perps supports assets including stocks, indices, and commodities such as SPCX, MU, NVDA, TSLA, AAPL, gold, and crude oil, and offers leverage up to 20x, providing global investors with 24/7 trading. According to reports, Ondo Perps is built on Ondo Finance technology, with Ondo Global Markets providing the underlying tokenized stock infrastructure, and its total TVL has exceeded $1 billion.
Ondo Perps has officially launched, becoming the first perpetual contract platform to support tokenized stocks as margin for derivatives.
ChainCatcher reports that Ondo Perps has officially launched and is now open to non-US investors. As the first perpetual contract platform to support tokenized stocks and stablecoins as collateral for derivatives, Ondo Perps aims to drive the on-chain derivatives market into a new era of capital efficiency. Its core advantages include: tokenized stocks as collateral, eliminating the need to maintain separate cash reserves across multiple platforms; market depth comparable to traditional finance, achieving extremely low spreads and slippage; and execution speed comparable to top-tier crypto CEXs, with real-time processing of order routing, margin updates, and settlement, while ensuring decentralization. Currently, Ondo Perps supports assets including stocks, indices, and commodities such as SPCX, MU, NVDA, TSLA, AAPL, gold, and crude oil, offering leverage up to 20x and providing 24/7 trading for global investors. Ondo Perps is built on Ondo Finance technology, with Ondo Global Markets providing the underlying tokenized stock infrastructure, and a total TVL exceeding $1 billion. Ondo Perps, as the next layer of the ecosystem, enables tokenized assets to not only remain in the holding stage, but also to function as collateral on a unified trading platform.
Figure plans to issue $600 million in senior notes to finance its acquisition of Kiavi.
PANews reported on July 6th that, according to Globenewswire, Nasdaq-listed blockchain financial platform Figure Technology Solutions announced it will raise $600 million through a senior senior note issuance. The exact amount raised will depend on market conditions. The proceeds will primarily be used for the cash consideration to acquire Kiavi, along with general corporate purposes and related issuance expenses. The note issuance will be jointly guaranteed by some of Figure's subsidiaries and will be a private placement to qualified institutional investors, without public registration. The completion of the offering remains uncertain. In addition, Figure is reportedly set to acquire AI-powered real estate lending platform Kiavi for $717 million, with Figure expecting Kiavi to add over $7 billion in transaction volume annually.