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In 2025, will Taiwan's housing market show the phenomenon of "high asking prices and low transaction volumes"? Online discussions reveal that the average gap between transaction prices and asking prices exceeds 10%. The market is contracting, policies are tightening, and a wave of handovers is occurring simultaneously, leading buyers to adopt a wait-and-see approach, while sellers face challenges with cash flow. (Previous context: Wall Street prophets warn that nearly half of the baby boomer generation cannot afford "retirement costs," and the mortgage wave brings significant pressure to the housing market.) (Background information: Housing restrictions are forcing developers! Documents reveal demands for building materials to "reduce prices by 5-10%," making real estate projects increasingly difficult.) E-commerce founder Chen Chang shared a small story about real estate transactions in Taiwan. He recently purchased a Taichung elevator building with an asking price of 33.8 million TWD. After three months of range-bound negotiations, it was finally sold for 25.4 million TWD, resulting in a price difference of 8.4 million TWD. The community responded that this reflects the state of Taiwan's housing market in 2025! Sellers set exaggerated asking prices, but buyers are becoming increasingly ruthless in negotiating.

The China Service Trade Association announced that it will launch a senior training course on "Stablecoin and Innovative Development of Cross-Border E-Commerce" in August 2025, aiming to explore the potential of stablecoins in dropping cross-border payment costs and strengthening the internationalization of the Renminbi. This program will be piloted in Hong Kong, conducting stablecoin research within a Compliance environment to address the threats posed by US dollar stablecoins and manage related risks.

The CEO of Wintermute pointed out that the OTC market's supply of Ether has been exhausted, indicating a buying frenzy among institutional investors. The price of Ethereum has突破3,400美元, with strong demand and accelerated inflows of ETF funds. Corporate Coin Hoarding activities are also on the rise, suggesting a long-term asset allocation trend.

The Russian Duma has passed a bill on the digital ruble, requiring businesses and banks to support digital ruble payments starting in 2026, in order to enhance financial autonomy and respond to Western sanctions. The bill aims to improve payment speed and transparency, but banks have expressed concerns about fee income and system costs. The digital ruble may also become a financial tool to bypass the SWIFT system, and its future impact remains to be observed.

This article delves into the latest technological advancements and strategic planning of Bitlayer presented at the summer conference, particularly the launch of BitVM Bridge and the upgrade of Bitlayer Network, aiming to build a Bitcoin-based Decentralized Finance infrastructure to meet market demands and support various Decentralized Finance applications.

A financial officer of the Korea Health Insurance Corporation was sentenced to 15 years in prison for misappropriating 4.6 billion won of public funds to invest in Crypto Assets, ultimately losing it all. The court did not recognize his actions as Money Laundering, raising questions about the regulation of digital assets. Although the health insurance corporation has recovered some funds, there are still significant financial losses, reflecting the challenges of traditional recovery mechanisms.

TSMC and Marvell have joined forces to plan to increase the market share of custom ASIC chips in the AI era, focusing on processes below 3 nanometers and silicon Photon technology. This collaboration indicates that ASICs will experience rapid growth, further strengthening TSMC's market position in the AI chip sector. Marvell, on the other hand, is accelerating its expansion, focusing on cloud demand, while the two companies jointly promote the next generation of AI chip standards.