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On July 7, according to the Financial Times, the hedge fund Situational Awareness, managed by a former OpenAI researcher, along with the British investment firm Baillie Gifford and other institutions, plans to subscribe approximately $7 billion in shares for the SK Hynix Nasdaq IPO.

Jinse Finance reported that on July 7, according to Bloomberg, U.S. President Trump’s plan to establish a strategic Bitcoin reserve is facing legal and jurisdictional obstacles. Early in his term, Trump signed an executive order aiming to build the reserve using Bitcoin the government already holds from criminal or civil forfeitures, and to create a separate digital asset inventory. The order requires the Treasury Department and Commerce Department to formulate a budget-neutral acquisition strategy that does not increase the burden on taxpayers.The report noted that so far, no one has questioned whether the Treasury Department has the legal authority to manage the reserve, but discussion has shifted to the possibility of placing the reserve under the jurisdiction of the Commerce Department. In addition, due to Bitcoin’s significant price volatility, whether the digital asset can be held “indefinitely” has also raised concerns.A White House spokesperson stated that the government will continue to move forward with the reserve plan and assess the optimal structure. In Congress, bipartisan lawmakers have introduced bills seeking to codify the executive order, including provisions to acquire 1 million Bitcoin within five years using a budget-neutral strategy.

On July 7, data from the CFTC revealed that as of the week ending June 30, hedge funds had raised their net short positions on the yen in the futures and options markets to nearly 138,000 contracts, marking the most pessimistic level since 2007. The yen simultaneously fell to its lowest point since 1986, dropping below 162 yen to the dollar, raising market expectations for potential intervention by Japanese authorities in the currency market. Japan's Finance Minister reiterated that authorities could take foreign exchange intervention measures at any time, following a record-scale intervention to support the yen from late April to May. The market believes that the widening interest rate differential between the U.S. and Japan remains the main factor pressuring the yen, even though the Bank of Japan's recent interest rate hike has not reversed the weakness.