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Golden Ten Data reported on June 19 that Russia has sold a stake in a leading gold mining company that was confiscated from a billionaire last year; despite multiple attempts to sell in the past, the final sale price was only about half of the original expected price. According to a report from Russia’s TASS news agency citing the auction announcement on Friday, Moscow-based BTS-Most Holding won the "Dutch auction" with a bid of 93 billion rubles (approximately $1.3 billion), acquiring a 67.2% stake in Yuzhuralzoloto PJSC and its affiliated companies. A "Dutch auction" is a sales method where the seller gradually lowers the asking price until a buyer agrees to purchase the asset.

TASS: Russia’s fertilizer exports increased by 7% this year so far, reaching $5.5 billion

ChainCatcher news, the AI identity and Agent infrastructure project Billions has released its latest strategic roadmap, announcing that it will focus on advancing Agent business and Agent payment-related infrastructure development, driving AI Agents to evolve from information processing tools to active participants in economic activities. Billions stated that as Agents begin to independently complete service calls, payment settlements, product purchases, and task executions, AI is gradually entering the Agent Economy era. In the future, Agents will need not only identity and permission management capabilities, but also the ability to participate in real business activities and value exchanges. Currently, Billions has launched payment-related components based on the x402 protocol, including Agent Skill, server-side extensions, and an SDK. The team stated that they will continue to expand product capabilities around Agent authentication, authorization management, payment execution, and commercial collaboration scenarios, building an infrastructure network oriented towards the Agent Economy. Billions believes that automated value exchanges between Agents, and between Agents and services, will become the next stage of AI development, and that Agent business networks are expected to become an important component of the future digital economy.