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On July 4, as South Korean tech blue chips bounced back, emerging market stocks recorded their largest single-day gain since mid-June. Additionally, emerging market currencies strengthened for the second consecutive day, influenced by weaker-than-expected U.S. labor market data. On Friday, the MSCI Emerging Markets Index rose by 2.2%, marking the largest single-day increase since June 15. Strong performances from South Korean chipmakers SK Hynix and Samsung Electronics offset the drag from a decline in TSMC's stock price. The Korea Composite Stock Price Index (Kospi) surged by 5.8%, partially recovering nearly 10% losses from the previous two trading days.

According to Odaily, Visa, M-Pesa, and Onafriq have launched a pilot project in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, using a US dollar-pegged stablecoin to settle cross-border mobile transactions. The pilot is targeted at scenarios such as cross-border mobile wallet top-ups, international business transactions, and remittances. The World Bank estimates that the average cost of cross-border remittances in Sub-Saharan Africa is close to 8% of the transfer amount. Previously, Visa partnered with African cryptocurrency exchange Yellow Card to explore stablecoin fund management services and international settlements. (Bitcoin.com News).

Odaily reported that Bitcoin Treasuries.NET posted on platform X, stating that Strategy MSTR currently holds 1.3 times as much Bitcoin as the combined holdings of all governments worldwide.