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```htmlGolden Ten Data reported on June 22 that Pony.ai announced that the autonomous driving mobility service operated in cooperation with ComfortDelGro Group in Singapore has been officially integrated into ComfortDelGro’s local ride-hailing platform Zig and is now fully open for public booking. This marks a transition of their autonomous driving operation project in the Punggol area from an invitation-only pilot to an open service for the public, further advancing the “China + Overseas” dual-engine strategy.```

On June 22, the Iranian Tasnim News Agency reported that the first round of negotiations between Iran and the United States in Switzerland resulted in an agreement containing five key points: 1. A monitoring mechanism will be established to reinforce the ceasefire in Lebanon, with Iran's participation. 2. A hotline will be set up to manage issues in the Strait of Hormuz to ensure the gradual reopening of the strait. 3. Iran will enter the final stage of negotiations only after the implementation of Article 13 of the Iran-U.S. memorandum of understanding. 4. Iran and Qatar signed a memorandum of understanding regarding the execution of the unfreezing of Iran's frozen assets. 5. The U.S. issued a document for a 60-day suspension of sanctions on Iranian oil, petrochemical products, and their derivatives.

On June 22, a new proposal emerged in the ongoing long-term debate regarding ecosystem funding for Ethereum: it requires validators, who safeguard this leading global smart contract blockchain, to bear more of the network's public expenses. This proposal, published on the Ethereum research forum, introduces a reward redistribution mechanism for validators, which is a foundational protocol mechanism allowing network node operators to allocate a portion of their staking rewards for ecosystem funding, with a redistribution range of 0% to 10% of staking rewards. Validators can voluntarily express how much of their rewards they are willing to redistribute. If a majority of validators support a redistribution percentage greater than 0%, that percentage will be enforced for all validators. The proposal aims to address Ethereum's 'free-rider' problem: many projects benefit from Ethereum's public infrastructure, security research, technical tools, and public resources without bearing the corresponding costs. If everyone can freely enjoy these resources without any party willing to shoulder the entire expense, it will ultimately lead to a shortage of public funding, relying solely on the Ethereum Foundation, donors, or a few dedicated teams for support. Validators secure the operation of the Ethereum network by staking ETH, validating transactions, and earning staking rewards. The 'funding' referred to in the proposal means paying for public affairs that Ethereum relies on for survival, including developer tools, security research, public infrastructure, and various empowering projects that may not necessarily have direct profit models. The proposal hopes to shift the burden of public spending onto the validator community — they earn ETH rewards by maintaining the network, and as the overall value of Ethereum increases, they can also benefit. The proposal states that validators are natural long-term stakeholders: sufficient ecosystem funding can enhance network activity, increase the amount of ETH burned, and thereby elevate the value of staked ETH.