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Foresight News reported that Nick Tomaino, partner at 1confirmation, stated in a letter to LPs for Q2 2026 that the total fund cash distribution amounts to approximately $317 million. The company is currently incubating Grail.xyz, a firm focused on tokenizing real-world collectibles on-chain.

Glonghui, June 21｜According to Bloomberg, Starbucks has cut nearly 200 employees at its London headquarters, which are responsible for part of its international business. At the same time, Starbucks will grant greater autonomy to third-party franchisees to operate its stores outside North America. Starbucks has been restructuring its corporate teams to cut costs and streamline management levels. Outside North America, Starbucks is gradually reducing its direct management of stores, instead granting more operational oversight to franchisees, aiming to free up time and funds to develop its self-operated stores, mainly focused in the United States.

Foresight News reported, according to Edaily, that a national petition in South Korea calling for the cancellation of virtual asset taxation is expected to be submitted soon to the National Assembly’s Strategy and Finance Committee for discussion. The petition ultimately received the support of 58,571 people, surpassing the 50,000-person threshold; according to South Korea’s National Assembly Act, relevant petitions must be submitted for review at the first committee meeting convened after 30 days from transfer to the committee. The current plan in South Korea is to impose a total tax rate of 22% on virtual asset income exceeding 2.5 million Korean won (approximately 1,800 US dollars) starting January 1 of next year. The report states that the government and ruling party still tend to adhere to the scheduled taxation, but calls for cancellation or reconsideration are on the rise.