Upcoming Highlights:

Starknet v0.14.3 is scheduled to launch on mainnet on June 22, introducing a dynamic STRK gas fee mechanism;
Base will activate the Beryl hard fork upgrade on mainnet on June 26, introducing the B20 native token standard;
The U.S. May Core PCE Price Index year-over-year and U.S. May Personal Spending month-over-month will be released at 8:30 PM on June 25;
Humanity (H) will unlock approximately 266 million tokens on June 25 at 8:00 AM Beijing time, representing about 9.41% of the circulating supply, valued at approximately $54.8 million;
Sahara AI (SAHARA) will unlock approximately 1.03 billion tokens on June 26 at 8:00 PM Beijing time, representing about 30.1% of the circulating supply, valued at approximately $14.8 million.

June 22

Policy & Regulation:

South Korea's Financial Services Commission to implement seven principles for financial AI on June 22

South Korea's Financial Services Commission released a revised "AI Guidelines for the Financial Sector" on the 18th, which will be implemented for the entire financial industry and FinTech companies starting June 22. The new guidelines apply to financial companies introducing AI and FinTech firms impacting financial transactions, establishing seven principles: governance, legality, subsidiarity, trustworthiness, financial stability, fiduciary duty, and security.

The South Korean government plans to ease network separation security regulations applicable to some financial institutions, improve the personal credit information consent system, data anonymization processing and integration-related rules, and study responsibility and authority rules for AI Agents as well as AI-specific regulatory frameworks. On June 22, the day the guidelines take effect, the Financial Supervisory Service will simultaneously release an AI risk management framework for the financial sector, and the Korea Financial Security Institute will release AI security guidelines for the financial sector.

Exchange:

Binance Alpha to list Arcium (ARX) on June 22

According to an official announcement, Binance Alpha will first list Arcium (ARX) on June 22. Eligible users can claim an airdrop on the Alpha event page using Binance Alpha points after trading opens.

Project Updates:

Starknet v0.14.3 scheduled for mainnet launch on June 22, introducing dynamic STRK gas fee mechanism

Starknet v0.14.3 will launch on mainnet this month, with the testnet launch scheduled for June 9 and the mainnet launch scheduled for June 22. The new version will support dynamic L2 gas base fee adjustments based on STRK, increase block generation speed, reduce target L2 gas consumption per block while keeping the maximum block size unchanged, and deprecate RPC 0.8. As this update includes significant changes, the official team strongly recommends all developers carefully read the pre-release notes to prepare for compatibility and upgrades.

B.AI: Legacy API Keys will be deprecated on June 22, users need to generate new API Keys promptly

AI Agent infrastructure B.AI tweeted that legacy API Keys will be officially deprecated at 23:59 on June 22. Users who have not yet migrated need to generate new API Keys and update existing integrations as soon as possible to avoid service interruptions.

Token Unlocks:

MultiBank Group (MBG) will unlock approximately 27.15 million tokens on June 22 at 8:00 PM Beijing time, representing about 7.49% of the circulating supply, valued at approximately $6 million

June 23

Project Updates:

Zama, Morpho, and Steakhouse jointly launch confidential DeFi yield vault on Ethereum, deposits open June 23

According to The Block, Zama, Morpho, and Steakhouse Financial announced the launch of the Steakhouse Confidential USDC Prime vault, a confidential DeFi yield product on Ethereum, helping institutions earn yield on encrypted USDC balances without exposing on-chain positions. The vault is scheduled to open for deposits on June 23, built on Zama's FHE-encrypted cUSDC and Morpho's lending infrastructure.

Token Unlocks:

MegaETH (MEGA) will unlock approximately 250 million tokens on June 23 at 6:00 PM Beijing time, representing about 32.83% of the circulating supply, valued at approximately $13.5 million

June 24

Token Unlocks:

Newton Protocol (NEWT) will unlock approximately 139 million tokens on June 24 at 8:00 AM Beijing time, representing about 37.22% of the circulating supply, valued at approximately $7.6 million

June 25

Macroeconomics:

04:00, Federal Reserve releases annual bank stress test results;

Thursday, June 25 at 20:30, U.S. Initial Jobless Claims for the week ending June 20, U.S. May Core PCE Price Index year-over-year, U.S. May Personal Spending month-over-month, U.S. Q1 Final GDP annualized quarter-over-quarter, U.S. Q1 Preliminary Real Personal Consumption Expenditures quarter-over-quarter, U.S. Q1 Final Real Personal Consumption Expenditures quarter-over-quarter, U.S. Q1 Final Core PCE Price Index annualized quarter-over-quarter, U.S. May Core PCE Price Index month-over-month, U.S. May Durable Goods Orders month-over-month to be released

Project Updates:

Ronin network blockchain game Fishing Frenzy announces shutdown, servers to go offline on June 25

The blockchain game project Fishing Frenzy on the Ronin network tweeted that Fishing Frenzy and its developer Uncharted announced a shutdown, with servers closing at 8:00 on June 25. The official statement said the team tested multiple directions and user segments over the past year but ultimately failed to prove the commercial viability of crypto gaming and could not find product-market fit.

Token Unlocks:

Humanity (H) will unlock approximately 266 million tokens on June 25 at 8:00 AM Beijing time, representing about 9.41% of the circulating supply, valued at approximately $54.8 million

Plasma (XPL) will unlock approximately 88.89 million tokens on June 25 at 8:00 PM Beijing time, representing about 3.56% of the circulating supply, valued at approximately $10.4 million

June 26

Project Updates:

Base to activate Beryl hard fork upgrade on mainnet on June 26, introducing B20 native token standard

According to official sources, Coinbase's Layer 2 network Base is about to launch the Beryl hard fork upgrade, introducing the B20 native token standard, shortening the single-proof withdrawal finalization period from 7 days to 5 days, and upgrading Reth V2 (reducing disk usage by 50%, increasing throughput by 33%). Beryl will activate on the Sepolia testnet at 2:00 AM (UTC+8) on June 19 and on mainnet at 2:00 AM (UTC+8) on June 26.

B20 is Base's native token standard, an ERC-20 compatible token implemented as a Rust precompile, designed for stablecoin, RWA, and long-tail token issuers, with a built-in compliance toolkit including transfer policies, freeze and seizure, role-based access control, memos, and supply caps. For withdrawals, the final adjudication window for the single-proof dispute resolution process is shortened from 7 days to 5 days. The dual-proof fast track (TEE+ZK) introduced by Azul remains at 1 day.

Token Unlocks:

Sahara AI (SAHARA) will unlock approximately 1.03 billion tokens on June 26 at 8:00 PM Beijing time, representing about 30.1% of the circulating supply, valued at approximately $14.8 million

June 27

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June 28

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