Apple's US stock rose over 2% before the market opened, hitting a historic high. Apple's first foldable screen phone, iPhone Duo, officially went on sale within one minute, with all models sold out of stock.

Circle disclosed that in the first half of 2026, the settlement volume of USDC on chain transactions exceeded $36 trillion, with a total casting and redemption amount of over $315 billion, averaging approximately $1.7 billion per day. As of June, USDC accounted for approximately 77% of global stablecoin trading volume. Circle achieved revenue of approximately $1.4 billion in the first half of the year, of which $819 million was used for partner sharing and transaction costs, $473 million was used for infrastructure investment, and net profit accounted for approximately 7% of revenue. Currently, over 150 partners are participating in the distribution of USDC ecological benefits.

Rick Wurster, CEO of Carlson Wealth Management, stated that all customers can now use Schwab Crypto. Carlson Wealth Management is gradually introducing the function of transferring encrypted assets and plans to add three new types of encrypted assets by the end of the year. Cryptocurrency and predictive market business will bring new sources of trading income to Carlson Wealth Management.

The USDC Treasury will issue a total of 500 million USDCs in two installments on the Solana chain.

Circle cast 250 million USDC on the Solana network today at 20:21 (UTC+8).