Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis urged the creation of a U.S.-led AI standards body to oversee new AI models and assess national security risks such as cybersecurity and biological threats. He proposed a public-private partnership under federal oversight, similar to FINRA, with a board including independent technical experts and open-source representatives. He said the body would require substantial funding and computing resources, likely from industry.

SpaceX was officially added to the Nasdaq 100 index on July 7, local time, just weeks after its listing and shortly after it disclosed holding 18,712 bitcoin. JPMorgan estimated that the index rebalancing would drive about $4.3 billion of passive inflows from funds and ETFs that track the Nasdaq 100 into SpaceX shares. The move is seen as opening a rules-based channel for institutional investors to gain bitcoin exposure through corporate balance sheets.