Meta Platforms acquisition of voice artificial intelligence startup PlayAI to enhance its audio technology and AI initiatives. The PlayAI team will join Meta to support its AI roles and audio content development, aligning with the technology industry's trend towards conversational interfaces.

According to ChainCatcher news, Fortune reported that Google has reached a licensing protocol with the coding startup Windsurf, ending OpenAI's $3 billion acquisition proposal for the startup, as the exclusivity period for the deal has expired. This transaction failure is a setback for ChatGPT manufacturer OpenAI, occurring at a time when this generative AI startup is facing talent poaching from competitors like Meta. An OpenAI spokesperson confirmed to Fortune that the exclusive period for the $3 billion acquisition deal reached with Windsurf in May has expired, allowing Windsurf to freely pursue other options.

Meta Platforms acquisition of voice AI startup PlayAI to enhance its audio technology and AI initiatives. The PlayAI team will join Meta to support its AI roles and audio content development, aligning with the tech industry's shift towards conversational interfaces.

Gate News bot message, according to the Gate platform announcement on July 10, 2025: Gate will launch the Velvet token mining activity on Launchpool from July 10, 2025, 20:00 to July 15, 2025, 20:00 ( UTC+8 019283746656574839201. Users can earn VELVET token rewards by staking ETH or VELVET, with a total mining amount of 500,000 VELVET. Velvet is a DeFAI operating system that focuses on simplifying on-chain research, trading, and portfolio management. The project has launched on multiple chains including BNB Chain, Base, Solana, Ethereum, and Sonic, with over 100,000 users. The platform integrates multi-agent AI Co-Pilot functionality, allowing users to discover and execute investment opportunities through natural language. Gate Labs has participated in the investment of the Velvet )VELVET( project. The system will distribute rewards to users' spot accounts every hour based on the proportion of the user's staked assets, and the rewards obtained will be 100% unlocked.

Odaily News According to on-chain analyst Ai Yi (@ai9684xtpa), the GMX Hacker has begun to launder their "self-held" 1,700 ETH. Although they have returned about $40 million in FRAX and ETH in the past 3 hours, they still retain nearly $5 million in profits generated from the coin pump as a "white hat bonus." Currently, 100 ETH has been transferred to Tornado.

Odaily News Encryption investment application RandomBag.fun announced a partnership with the cross-chain L1 platform ZetaChain, leveraging ZetaChain's Universal Blockchain infrastructure to enable one-click cross-chain participation in popular narrative investments. Users can directly invest in platform-curated projects using assets from any chain.

RandomBag.fun is officially launched, in collaboration with ZetaChain, providing a one-click investment service for Crypto Assets portfolios. Users can easily operate with assets on any chain without complex cross-chain operations, enhancing the cross-chain investment experience.

PANews, July 11 - According to an official announcement, Nasdaq-listed company MicroCloud Hologram has announced the purchase of up to $200 million in Bitcoin and Crypto Assets-related securities derivations. The company holds $394 million in cash reserves, which will be used to invest in Bitcoin (BTC), Blockchain technology, Quantum Computing, and AI-AR.

BlockBeats news, on July 11, according to on-chain analyst Ai Yi (@ai9684xtpa), Whale 0xC77, after a month, spent 5 million USD three hours ago to build a position of 1,656 ETH, at a cost of 3,018.77 USD; currently, ETH has become its TOP1 asset in holdings.

Peanut the Squirrel (PNUT) is maintaining its pump in early European trading today (11), currently reported at 0.2866 USD, surprising the community. Tesla CEO Elon Musk's post on social media X has sparked trading frenzy, causing the price of the Token to surge significantly.

The crypto market has seen a strong rise in the last 24 hours, with a total market capitalization increase of $170 billion, reaching $3.59 trillion. Bitcoin set a new all-time high of $117,393.7, while Pudgy Penguins(PENGU) led the alts with a rise of nearly 20%. Meanwhile, the appointment of the new OCC chairman and the controversy surrounding Elon Musk's Grok AI have become hot topics of market interest. Market sentiment is positive, but attention needs to be paid to the pullback risk of Bitcoin prices and whether the alts can sustain their upward momentum.

PANews July 11 news, according to SoSoValue data, as regulatory expectations improve and liquidity continues to loosen, market sentiment is gradually rising, the crypto market zone has risen for two consecutive days, with an average increase of about 3% to 10%. Among them, Bitcoin (BTC) rose 4.27% in 24 hours, once approaching $117,000. Ethereum (ETH) rose 6.44%, breaking through $3,000. The performance of standout zones includes: the Meme zone has risen by 10.56% in the last 24 hours. Within the zone, Fartcoin (FARTCOIN), Mog Coin (MOG), and MemeCore (M) have risen by 17.76%, 20.71%, and 44.07% respectively; Layer2.

According to ChainCatcher news and dynamic data from RootData X, in the past 24 hours: Laura Shin, founder of Unchained, has been following the cryptocurrency information tracking platform Bullpen and the meme coin launch platform Letsbonk.Fun. Flashbots strategic director Hasu focused on the Arbitrum-based DAO accelerator Entropy Advisors. MetaLeX founder Gabriel Shapiro has focused on the order book-based lending framework Avon. Dragonfly partner Tom Schmidt is focusing on the Hyperliquid asset tokenization platform.

Grayscale, one of the largest Bitcoin ETF issuers globally, has just released its "Assets Under Consideration" list for the third quarter (Q3) of 2025 from its research department. This list, which has garnered significant attention from crypto asset investors, reveals the potential tokens for future investment products that Grayscale may launch. Key changes include: the number of assets on the list has drastically reduced from 40 in Q2 to 31, marking a near three-quarter low; a new category for "AI Tokens" has been established; 16 projects, including Celestia, Fetch.ai (FET), Arweave, TRON, VeChain, Berachain, EigenLayer, etc., have been removed; the number of various token categories (such as smart contract platforms, tools, and services) has sharply decreased. Notably, Grayscale has not provided specific reasons for this adjustment, leaving suspense for crypto market analysis and token selection logic.

Bitcoin (BTC) has set a new historical high of $117,000, and the focus has turned to when the next altcoin season will arrive. Google Gemini AI predicts that Ripple (XRP), Pi Network (PI), and Cardano (ADA) will experience a strong rebound by the end of 2025, potentially surpassing the 2021 bull run cycle.

Gate News Bot message, July 11, according to CoinMarketCap data, as of the time of publication, AIN (Infinity Ground) is currently priced at $0.18, having risen by 90.24% in the last 24 hours, reaching a high of $0.19 and a low of $0.03, with a trading volume of $132 million in the last 24 hours. The current market capitalization is approximately $33.8 million, an increase of $16 million compared to yesterday. Infinity Ground is a development platform based on Web3 and AI technologies, aimed at enabling developers to build applications more quickly and easily. The platform offers a Web3-native proxy IDE, allowing users to create various applications, games, AI stories, and smart contracts simply by describing their ideas, without needing to code from scratch or modify existing templates. Infinity Ground's goal is to empower developers through the combination of AI and Web3, enabling everyone to become a creator.

Gate News Bot News, July 11, according to CoinMarketCap, as of the time of writing, NEAR (NEAR Protocol) is currently priced at $2.52, rising 7.94% in the last 24 hours, with a high of $2.53 and a low of $2.10, and a 24-hour volume of $202 million. The current market capitalization is approximately $3.107 billion, an increase of $229 million compared to yesterday. NEAR is a modular high-speed protocol designed for AI, enabling AI to act, trade, coordinate, and evolve on behalf of users. On NEAR, AI interacts with users as the front end and executes intentions, while the blockchain handles identity, trust, and data as the back end. NEAR simplifies the blockchain user experience, with agents defining outcomes, while NEAR manages cross-chain routing, signing, and execution in the background. NEAR's dynamics

Gate News Bot news, on July 11, according to CoinMarketCap data, as of the time of writing, WLD (Worldcoin) is currently priced at 1.07 USD, with a rise of 18.78% in the last 24 hours, reaching a high of 1.08 USD and a low of 0.85 USD. The current market capitalization is approximately 1.849 billion USD, an increase of 292 million USD compared to yesterday. Worldcoin is a network designed to provide proof of humanity, finance, and connectivity for everyone. It offers anonymous proof of humanity through World ID to address the challenges of the AI era. World App provides users with an easy-to-use access method, while World Chain is a blockchain specifically designed for real humans. The goal of Worldcoin is to ensure that everyone can benefit from the AI era, providing humanity with a priority access to human-only resources.

Gate News Bot message, July 11, according to CoinMarketCap data, as of the time of writing, BLUM (Blum) is currently priced at $0.06, with a fall of 7.25% in the last 24 hours, reaching a high of $0.08 and a low of $0.05, with a 24-hour volume of $10.6 million. Blum is an all-in-one cryptocurrency platform that offers comprehensive cryptocurrency trading and services. Its main features include cross-chain trading, Memepad (for publishing, trading, and earning meme coins), a trading terminal (supporting fast multi-chain cryptocurrency trading), and AI-driven trading tools. Blum aims to provide users with a seamless cross-chain experience without the need to switch chains, pay native token gas fees, or wait for long transaction confirmations. The platform also includes automated trading strategy creation, token issuance, and yield features, all powered by AI.

Gate News Bot news, on July 11, according to CoinMarketCap data, as of the time of writing, TON (Toncoin) is currently priced at $2.93, rising by 3.45% within 24 hours, reaching a maximum of $3.05 and a minimum of $2.72, with a 24-hour volume of $243 million. The current market capitalization is approximately $7.244 billion, with a rise of $242 million compared to yesterday. The Open Network (TON) is a fast, secure, and scalable blockchain and network project capable of handling millions of transactions per second, making it very user-friendly for both users and service providers. It is designed to host all reasonable applications currently proposed and envisioned. TON can be seen as a massive distributed supercomputer, or more accurately, a gigantic super server, aimed at hosting and providing various services.

Gate News Bot news, July 11, according to CoinMarketCap data, as of the time of writing, BANANAS31 (Banana For Scale) is currently priced at 0.04 USD, with a rise of 55.30% in the last 24 hours, reaching a high of 0.04 USD and a low of 0.01 USD. The current market capitalization is approximately 382 million USD, an increase of 136 million USD compared to yesterday. Banana For Scale is a full-stack quasi-autonomous agent protocol that enables quasi-autonomous agents to self-organize into dynamic collectives through decentralized RLAIF, cross-agent economies, and meta-learning, redefining human-machine collaboration and evolving into emerging, task-specialized societies. The protocol establishes a framework that allows anyone to deploy quasi-autonomous AI agents that can utilize decentralized RLAIF and blockchain security.

BlockBeats news, on July 11, according to on-chain analyst Ai Yi (@ai9684xtpa), "the 'Whales' that shorted BTC four times since March 2025" have cumulatively added 5.5 million USDC in Margin to Hyperliquid to maintain their remaining Position. Currently, their Holdings of 1135.02 BTC (approximately 131 million USD) still have unrealized losses of 9.135 million USD, with a liquidation price of 121,070 USD.

Golden Finance reports that Harmonic AI, an artificial intelligence startup founded by Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev, has raised $100 million to address a problem that can sometimes plague AI models: mathematics. The Series B funding round values Harmonic at $875 million. Harmonic plans to open its flagship AI model, "Aristotle," to researchers and the public later this year.

According to BlockBeats news, on July 11, the AI agent index platform project Cookie DAO announced new stake and MAF rules as well as the COOKIE token burning mechanism. COOKIE stakers can now receive Snaps rewards. The project will contribute 10-20% of the reward pool for the Cookie Snaps event to COOKIE stakers. The Cookie team stated that hundreds of projects are queued to launch the Cookie Snaps event, and the total confirmed rewards have exceeded $5 million, meaning that approximately $1 million has already flowed to COOKIE stakers. COOKIE staking will now only generate Cookie points, and staking rewards will soon stop. When users lock COOKIE in the MAF pool, 10

Gate News Bot news, July 10, according to CoinMarketCap, as of the time of writing, BLUM (Blum) is currently priced at $0.06, with a 14.59% fall in the last 24 hours, reaching a high of $0.08 and a low of $0.05, with a 24-hour volume of $9.5 million. Current market capitalization data is not available. Blum is a comprehensive cryptocurrency platform that offers multi-chain trading, AI-driven trading, meme coin issuance, and other features. Its core products include trading terminals, Memepad, trading bots, and AI agent tools. Blum is dedicated to providing users with a seamless cross-chain experience, supporting fast transactions and multi-currency management, aiming to become a convenient gateway for users to enter the crypto world. Important news about BLUM recently: 1️⃣ **Gate launches BLUM new user limited-time airdrop event

Pi Network (PI) today (10) continued its rebound trend during the European early session, currently reported at 0.4716 USD. Compared to the peak level in May, the price of Pi coin has dropped by more than 70%, but technical indicators suggest that Pi coin has formed a "double bottom" reversal pattern, which may lead to a bullish breakout in the coming weeks.

ChainCatcher message, the first on-chain analysis product of the on-chain identification and credit scoring system Creditlink, Creditlink Smart Analysis Beta version, is officially launched. The first product includes two core functions: "Address Smart Analysis" and "Batch Address Analysis," aimed at meeting the needs of individual users for address credit analysis and rating, as well as the needs of project parties for bulk address screening (applicable in scenarios such as token airdrops, witch exclusions, etc.). Creditlink

Jin10 data reports on July 10 that Boqian New Materials announced that the company expects to achieve a net profit attributable to the owners of the parent company of 93 million to 110 million yuan for the first half of 2025, a year-on-year increase of 70.40% to 101.55%. During the reporting period, the demand in the downstream consumer electronics market continued the recovery trend of 2024, coupled with the increased demand for high-performance MLCCs from terminal devices such as AI servers, the company's main business continued to develop positively, and the product sales structure significantly improved. Therefore, the net profit attributable to shareholders of the listed company increased by more than 50% compared to the same period last year.

After Hyperliquid launched the PUMP contract, whales generally adopted a high margin and low leverage strategy, possibly aiming for short-term arbitrage. Three whales deposited 11 million USDC, but the short order position is only 2.394 million USD, making the HYPE price easily manipulable, and some whales are facing liquidation risks.

Elon Musk's xAI recently released its latest artificial intelligence model—Grok 4, which serves as a direct competitor to OpenAI's GPT-5. Despite experiencing latency in the release process, Musk talked about Grok 4's significant advancements in multimodal capabilities during a live broadcast, enabling reasoning and responses across text, images, and audio. However, the launch of Grok 4 has not been without controversy. Recently, Grok has faced widespread criticism for generating inappropriate content (such as "MechaHitler"), raising ethical questions about AI outputs. Additionally, X's CEO Linda Yaccarino resigned due to the negative impact associated with Grok, further intensifying concerns over the regulation and ethical framework of xAI. Nevertheless, xAI continues to roll out new features, including a high-performance subscription tier named SuperGrok Heavy, which offers advanced reasoning, coding tools, and priority support. While it has not yet been confirmed whether full API access will be provided, some endpoints are already live, and broader access is expected soon.

With Gate's global registered users surpassing 30 million, founder Dr. Han shared in an interview how Gate positions itself as the "next generation super unicorn exchange" and explores new growth curves for the industry through a multi-dimensional layout of technology, products, compliance, and ecology.

Gate News Bot news, July 10, according to CoinMarketCap, as of the time of writing, AIXBT (aixbt) is currently priced at 0.15 USD, having risen 16.44% in the last 24 hours, reaching a high of 0.15 USD and a low of 0.12 USD. The current market capitalization is approximately 139 million USD, an increase of 19.7 million USD from yesterday. AIXBT currently ranks 265th in market capitalization among crypto assets. Important news about AIXBT recently: 1️⃣ **AIXBT suffered a hacker attack, losing 55 ETH** The AIXBT project recently suffered a security vulnerability, with hackers successfully stealing 55 Ethereum through unauthorized access to the dashboard. This incident has raised concerns in the market regarding the security of AIXBT, which may have a negative impact on short-term price trends. 2️⃣ **AI add

Gate News Bot news, July 10, according to CoinMarketCap quotes, as of the time of writing, BANANAS31 (Banana For Scale) is currently priced at $0.02, with a 24-hour pump of 27.91%, reaching a high of $0.03 and a low of $0.01. The current market capitalization is approximately $246 million, an increase of $53.7 million compared to yesterday.

Perplexity AI has launched a new browser called Comet, equipped with artificial intelligence search capabilities, aiming to challenge Google's market dominance. This move marks its entry into the highly competitive browser market. At the same time, OpenAI is also planning to launch a similar AI browser.

According to ChainCatcher, sources indicate that OpenAI plans to launch an AI web browser.

On July 10, Jin10 reported that Microsoft Chief Commercial Officer Judson Althoff said in a speech this week that AI tools can improve productivity across various fields, from sales and customer service to software engineering. The source stated that despite this, AI saved Microsoft more than $500 million last year alone in call centers and improved employee and customer satisfaction. Althoff mentioned that the company has also begun using artificial intelligence to handle interactions with small customers. He said this work has just started but has already generated tens of millions of dollars in revenue.

BlockBeats reported that on July 10, Microsoft stated that it saved $500 million through artificial intelligence technology during significant layoffs, with 35% of new product code written by AI.

Analyst Spock mentioned that if Pi Network (PI) can capture 1-5% of the entire artificial intelligence (AI) market, its value will be significantly released by 2030. Pi Network is committed to building decentralized, AI-supported infrastructure, which makes it a leader. Despite recent poor performance, the long-term sentiment for Pi coin remains bullish.

Odaily News According to on-chain analyst Ai Yi's monitoring, the smart money that built a position in AAVE at the 2022 low with a profit of $825,000 has once again built a position of 7,964 AAVE, worth $2.38 million, after five months. He bought in March 2022 at a price of $152 and sold in February 2025 at $275, achieving a return of 80.8%.

In the Web3 world, community trust and dedication are the cornerstones of project success. TabiChain, a Layer1 (L1) chain focused on consumer-grade applications, is recognizing those early supporters who sincerely participate and actively contribute through its innovative Tabi SBT (Soul-Bound Token) recognition program. Tabi is fully compatible with EVM, Omni-Protocol, and multi-interpretation capabilities, empowering developers to create Poly-Apps—Web3 native super applications that are cross-blockchain compatible and integrated with Web2 platforms.

ChainCatcher will hold a Space event tomorrow at 20:00 on the X platform, themed "The New Highlights and Challenges of AI + Crypto in the Second Half of 2025", featuring core members from Neura, Infinity Ground, 0G labs, and Deagent AI. The event will explore breakthroughs and trends in the AI + Crypto field for 2025.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) model ChatGPT believes that holders of Ripple (XRP), Solana (SOL), and Pi Network (PI) have good reasons to feel optimistic, expecting these altcoins to achieve significant rise by the end of 2025 and set new historical highs.

In the context of Ethereum's Mainnet facing uneven execution efficiency and resource scheduling pressure, the EIP-7983 proposal put forward by Vitalik Buterin and Toni Wahrstaetter has entered the community discussion stage. This proposal advocates for setting a hard gas limit for each transaction, specifically 16,777,216 gas, to enhance network stability and execution efficiency. This idea has already been explored in proposals like EIP-7825, where developers attempt to introduce resource boundaries to lay the groundwork for modular development and performance optimization of Ethereum.

Gate News bot news, Volkswagen ADMT will use real-time map data from Bee Maps, a service built on the Hivemapper network operating on the Solana platform. The data is collected through "Bee" cameras installed in vehicles and then converted into dynamic maps using artificial intelligence (AI).

Gate News bot message, Eigen Labs has laid off 29 people (25% of its total workforce) to restructure the resources of its EigenCloud platform. Despite receiving a $70 million investment from a16z, the company stated that this decision is not due to financial difficulties.

Gate News Bot message, July 9, according to CoinMarketCap data, as of the time of writing, MAGIC (Treasure) is currently priced at $0.18, rising 51.52% in the last 24 hours, with a high of $0.18 and a low of $0.12. The current market capitalization is approximately $55.2 million, an increase of $1.88 million compared to yesterday.

Gate News Bot message, July 9, according to CoinMarketCap data, as of the time of writing, AIN (Infinity Ground) is currently priced at 0.10 USD, with a rise of 55.86% in the last 24 hours, reaching a high of 0.13 USD and a low of 0.03 USD. The current market capitalization is approximately 18.8 million USD, an increase of 6.75 million USD compared to yesterday. Infinity Ground is an AI-driven platform focused on Web3 creation, aimed at enhancing developer productivity and redefining the Web3 development paradigm. The project leverages a multi-agent framework to transform the Web3 development process, from cold start to explosive rise, quietly changing the Web3 development ecosystem. Important news about AIN recently: 1️⃣ **Gate platform adds AIN margin trading** Gate

Golden Finance reports that OpenAI founder Sam Altman stated that Trump is concerned about AI infrastructure, and he himself is not worried about the issue of talent acquisition.

Gate News bot message, Grayscale Investments today announced the latest component weight adjustment results for its Grayscale DeFi Fund, Grayscale Smart Contracts Fund (GSC Fund), and Grayscale AI Fund after evaluation in the second quarter of 2025.