Wilshire's chief investment officer said that Powell's remarks may be more hawkish than expected.

Golden Finance reported that Play AI, an artificial intelligence and blockchain solutions provider, has announced the completion of a $4.3 million Series A financing round. P2 Ventures, Jump Crypto, Alphage Ventures, and MH Ventures participated in the investment, aiming to promote the application of artificial intelligence and blockchain in gaming and virtual reality. The new funds will be used to develop its AI decentralization technology, while using blockchain decentralized networks to increase transparency and encourage game players to share data for training AI models.

Powell may be able to stay out of the political strife this week, but with the summer approaching, that could end up being a luxury.

PANews reported on June 13th that according to a tweet from the BloodLoop gaming team, their hero shooting game BloodLoop will launch the first season of the "Play-To-Airdrop" event on June 21st. Players can participate in the game from June 21st to 23rd and from June 28th to 30th by completing daily and weekly tasks to earn points. The points will be converted to $BLS tokens and airdropped to the players' linked wallets at the end of the season. Players who want to participate need to mint a 7-day battle pass before the registration deadline on June 20th. It's worth noting that starting from the second season, registration will require a $BLS fee, which will go directly into the prize pool.

For many years, Apple has been leading Google in consumer app spending. This remains the case in Sensor Tower's Q1 2024 Digital Market Index report. The report indicates that from a platform perspective, iOS is still the highest-grossing platform, with a total transaction volume of $24.6 billion this quarter, an 11.5% year-on-year increase. In comparison, Google Play Store's total revenue increased by 5.3% to reach $11.2 billion. In terms of digital store downloads, Apple's downloads increased by 2.1% year-on-year to reach 8.4 billion times. This is the best total since Q2 2020. However, compared to Google Play, Apple App Store's downloads pale in comparison, with Google Play's downloads reaching 25.6 billion times this quarter. This actually decreased by 5.2%, but it is still more than three times the total downloads of the App Store. Overall, Google Play remains the largest app store in terms of download volume. In terms of actual consumer income, Apple still leads.