Important information from last night and this morning (June 18-June 19)

Market: RAY rose 22.87% during the day, while RPL fell 3.41% during the day

According to the OKX market, the top tokens with the highest daily gains are: RAY is currently at $2.463, with a daily increase of 22.87%; INJ is currently at $11.533, with a daily increase of 7.36%; JUP is currently at $0.409, with a daily increase of 4.12%; MEME is currently at $0.00156, with a daily increase of 4.05%; ZK is currently at $0.0458, with a daily increase of 3.92%. In addition, the top tokens with the highest daily declines are: RPL is currently at $5.612, with a daily decrease of 3.41%; DYDX is currently at $0.506, with a daily decrease of 2.20%; CRO is currently at $0.0908, with a daily decrease of 1.85%; AVAX is currently at $18.051, with a daily decrease of 1.60%; BCH is currently at $457.8, with a daily decrease of 1.51%.

Nobitex claims that some hot wallet assets were transferred spontaneously, and the attacker destroyed about $100 million in crypto assets

Iranian cryptocurrency exchange Nobitex released Statement No. 4, saying that the platform has completely cut off external access to the server, and that the transfer of funds from the hot wallet was an active operation by the technical team to protect assets, not stolen by hackers. The platform confirmed that the attacker used an abnormal address to destroy about $100 million in crypto assets, and the attack was intended to "psychologically destroy". User funds are fully guaranteed by the reserve fund, and service support is currently delayed due to a nationwide network outage. The platform promises to restore normal access as soon as possible.

Market News: The United States is considering launching an attack on Iran this weekend

Market news: The United States is considering launching an attack on Iran this weekend. According to Bloomberg, several people familiar with the matter said that senior US officials are preparing for a possible attack on Iran in the next few days, and the White House also said that all options are still on the table. Trump said that he would "make a decision at the last second before the deadline", emphasizing that the situation is still evolving. The United States hopes that Iran will show its willingness to abandon nuclear weapons to avoid military action. The foreign ministers of Britain, France and Germany plan to hold nuclear talks with Iran in Geneva on Friday.

DWF Labs transferred $45 million USDT to ASI Alliance 9 hours ago

According to Lookonchain, DWF Labs transferred 45,000,000 USDT to the Artificial Superintelligence Alliance (the development organization of $FET) about 9 hours ago. Earlier, DWF Labs partners said that they had completed "the largest investment in the field of AI to date."

Israeli hacker group attacks Iranian crypto exchange and burns $90 million in crypto assets

The Israeli-linked hacker group Predatory Sparrow (Gonjeshke Darande) claims to have attacked Iran's largest crypto platform Nobitex, burning crypto assets worth about $90 million, and transferring the funds to a destruction address with anti-Iranian Revolutionary Guard slogans. The group said it would make Nobitex source code public (in six hours) and called it a "sanctions circumvention tool." The platform's website is currently offline.

US Treasury Secretary: Cryptocurrency will not threaten the status of the US dollar, but stablecoins will help consolidate the hegemony of the US dollar

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessant posted on X platform this morning that cryptocurrencies will not threaten the status of the U.S. dollar, but stablecoins will help consolidate the hegemony of the U.S. dollar. He pointed out that digital assets are one of the most important phenomena today, but have long been ignored by governments. Bessant emphasized that the current government is committed to building the United States into a digital asset innovation center, and the advancement of the GENIUS Act has taken this goal one step further.

Upbit will list Raydium (RAY) on USDT and KRW markets

According to the official announcement, South Korean cryptocurrency exchange Upbit will launch Raydium (RAY) in the USDT and Korean won markets.

Poll: More than 70% of Americans agree that Iran poses a threat to the US

As conflicts in the Middle East escalate, American voters are divided over Israel's decision to strike Iran's nuclear facilities, but generally agree that Iran is a national security threat and that the situation overseas will affect life in the United States, according to a new Fox News poll. 73% of registered voters believe that Iran poses a real threat to the United States, up 13 percentage points from six years ago (when the question was last asked). Most Democrats (69%), Republicans (82%) and independents (62%) believe that Iran poses a real risk, up 12%, 17% and 4% from 2019, respectively. The latest poll, released on Wednesday, comes as Trump demands "unconditional surrender" from Iran. The survey shows that voters are polarized over Israel's decision to strike Iran's nuclear program: 49% support it and 46% oppose it. Republican supporters (73%) are more than twice as likely as Democrats (32%) and independents (32%).

a16z: The official X account was briefly hacked this morning and released false token information

Well-known venture capital firm a16z announced that its official X account was briefly hacked this morning. During this period, the account posted token promotion and other false content, which were not officially released by a16z. The account has now returned to normal.

Trump sends a message to the House of Representatives: quickly pass the "clean version" of the GENIUS Act and submit it to the President for signature as soon as possible

Trump posted on his social media platform that the Senate has passed the "GENIUS Act", which will promote large-scale investment and innovation in the field of digital assets in the United States, and called on the House of Representatives to quickly pass the "clean version" and submit it to the president for signature as soon as possible.

Sam Altman reveals GPT-5 will be released this summer

OpenAI released a 40-minute in-depth interview with its co-founder and CEO Sam Altman. This interview is full of technical dry goods. Altman talked about the core product GPT-5 that everyone is very concerned about. It is likely to be released this summer, but the product time will be extended due to naming, security testing, function iteration and other reasons. It also talked about the high-performance o3 model and the intelligent agent Deep Research, and the importance of these products to the realization of AGI. In addition, Altman also mentioned OpenAI's other innovative products, including Sora, DALL-E 3, ChatGPT Junior and the $500 billion investment project "Stargate". Basically all of OpenAI's important products, current plans and future developments appeared in this interview.

Coinbase Launches Stablecoin Payment Stack Coinbase Payments

Coinbase announced the launch of the "Coinbase Payments" service, which supports merchants to accept USDC stablecoin payments around the clock, with Shopify as the first integrated platform. The service is built on its Ethereum second-layer network Base, providing a payment stack without blockchain knowledge barriers. Coinbase said that the stablecoin settlement amount reached 30 trillion US dollars last year, and the market potential is huge.

UK to introduce restrictive banking crypto asset regulation rules

According to CoinDesk, David Bailey, executive director of prudential policy at the Bank of England, said that the UK plans to introduce stricter regulatory rules on bank crypto asset exposure by 2026 to maintain financial stability. The proposal will adopt the Basel Committee's recommendations and may limit exposure to highly volatile assets such as Bitcoin to less than 1%. Bailey said in London that it is more appropriate to take a more conservative approach to bank crypto risks at this stage.

Powell: Expect tariff-driven inflation to rise in coming months

Federal Reserve Chairman Powell said at a press conference that under the influence of the Trump administration's tariffs, U.S. inflation may rise significantly in the coming months. He stressed that before starting to cut interest rates, there must be enough confidence in the decline in inflation, and the current policy remains "moderately restrictive." The dot plot shows that two interest rate cuts are still expected in 2025. Powell said the Fed is evaluating the tariff transmission path and reiterated its 2% inflation target stance. He also said that given the current inflation situation, monetary policy still needs to impose some restrictions on the economy. The current interest rate level is not very high. The current policy can be described as moderate or moderately tightened, and it may now be more inclined to be "moderately restrictive." He added: "If you look at the current economic performance, you'll find that it doesn't behave like it's experiencing 'very tight monetary policy.'"

U.S. stocks closed: the three major stock indexes rose and fell, and Circle rose 34%

At the close of US stocks on Wednesday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average initially closed down 0.1%, the S&P 500 fell 0.03%, and the Nasdaq rose 0.13%. Circle (CRCL.N) closed up 34.25%, with its share price exceeding $200. Coinbase (COIN.O) rose 16.32%.

The Federal Reserve continues to keep interest rates unchanged and still expects two rate cuts this year

The Federal Reserve kept the benchmark interest rate unchanged at 4.25%-4.50%, remaining unchanged for the fourth consecutive meeting, in line with market expectations. The Fed's dot plot shows that two interest rate cuts are expected in 2025. (Two were expected in March) The Fed's dot plot shows that among the 19 officials, 7 officials believe that there will be no interest rate cuts in 2025 (4 in March), 2 officials believe that the cumulative interest rate cut should be 25 basis points in 2025, that is, one interest rate cut (4 in March), 8 officials believe that the cumulative interest rate cut should be 50 basis points in 2025, that is, two interest rate cuts (9 in March), and 2 officials believe that the cumulative interest rate cut should be 75 basis points in 2025, that is, three interest rate cuts (2 in March).

Paxos launches new startup to help institutions offer DeFi products

According to The Block, stablecoin issuer Paxos has launched a new startup, Paxos Labs, which aims to help institutions integrate DeFi and on-chain products directly into their own applications and platforms. Paxos Labs co-founder Bhau Kotecha said that the company has been incubated within Paxos in the past six months due to the company's growing demand for connecting DeFi markets and real-world asset opportunities. Paxos Labs is building an easy-to-integrate API that allows customers to integrate related products without having to deeply understand the complexity of DeFi. Its initial products include tools for issuing customized branded stablecoins, deploying tokenized income strategies, and managing structured digital assets. Its main target customers are consumer financial technology applications, exchanges, and blockchain networks. Paxos Labs will also work with multi-asset issuers to support customized stablecoins, while leveraging Paxos's regulatory, infrastructure, and financial system building experience. Unlike companies that focus on custody or direct access to DeFi protocols, Paxos Labs focuses on providing platforms with APIs and infrastructure to provide on-chain products to end users. In the next 12 to 18 months, its goal is to become a one-stop shop for institutional integrated on-chain products.

The U.S. Department of Justice files civil forfeiture lawsuit for over $225 million in crypto fraud funds

According to an official announcement, the U.S. Department of Justice filed a civil forfeiture lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, targeting more than $225.3 million in cryptocurrencies. According to investigations by law enforcement agencies such as blockchain analysis, these cryptocurrencies are related to the theft and laundering of funds from victims of crypto investment fraud. The relevant addresses constitute a complex money laundering network, and hundreds of thousands of transactions are executed to disperse the stolen funds to conceal the source. The head of the Criminal Division of the Department of Justice said that this move is to protect the public and will do its best to recover the funds. The U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia said that his office is leading the fight against such scams and will return the seized funds to the victims. It is reported that more than 400 suspected victims have suffered losses due to fraudulent investments. The agent in charge of the U.S. Secret Service's San Francisco Field Office said that the funds seized this time are the largest cryptocurrency seizure in the history of the bureau.

In the past 24 hours, the total network contract liquidation was 307 million US dollars, mainly short orders

According to Coinglass data, the cryptocurrency market had a total of $307 million in liquidation in the past 24 hours, including $79.2013 million in long orders and $228 million in short orders. The total amount of BTC liquidation was $68.1008 million, and the total amount of ETH liquidation was $90.8723 million.

The first stablecoin stock Circle rose by more than 12%, and has risen by 440% since its listing

According to Jinshi.com, the first stablecoin stock Circle (CRCL.N) rose by more than 12%, and has accumulated a 440% increase since its listing.

Polygon Co-creation Spin-offs Business and Launches Independent Zero-Knowledge Project ZisK

According to The Block, Polygon co-founder Jordi Baylina and his Polygon zkEVM team have transformed into an independent company called Zisk, just as the foundation is preparing to phase out the underused zero-knowledge Ethereum virtual machine network. ZisK will focus on low-latency, open-source zero-knowledge virtual machine (zkVM) proof technology. Blockchain provers are used to verify the validity of transactions or on-chain data without revealing the underlying information. According to Zisk's website, the project was incubated within Polygon Labs from May 2024 until it became an independent entity on June 13. As part of the Zisk spin-off, all intellectual property rights of Polygon zkEVm and its core team have been transferred to SilentSig Switzerland GmbH, a company wholly owned by Baylina. Baylina remains a co-founder and advisor to the Ethereum scaling solution.

The U.S. Senate Banking Committee is working on principles for its version of the Crypto Market Structure Act

According to crypto journalist Eleanor Terrett, the U.S. Senate Banking Committee is working on the principles of its version of the Crypto Market Structure Act — which will be the focus of a subcommittee hearing next week led by Senator Cynthia Lummis. Senator Tim Scott said he hopes to hold a full committee hearing within the next month (possibly after the release of a discussion draft).

Blockchain project TAC raises $11.5 million in two rounds of funding, with investors including Hack VC

According to Decrypt, the blockchain project TAC announced that it has raised a total of $11.5 million in seed and strategic rounds of financing, with the latest $5 million strategic round led by Hack VC. The project aims to provide EVM-compatible DeFi infrastructure for the TON and Telegram ecosystems, and plans to gradually open up functions through phased mainnet launches. TAC has specially developed a Telegram mini-application interface that allows traditional users to use DeFi services directly within the communication software.

Pro-Israel hacker group claims to be the hacker behind the attack on Iran's Nobitex and will release the exchange's source code and internal data

According to Bitcoin News, the Iranian cryptocurrency exchange Nobitex was hacked, resulting in losses of $81.7 million, including permanently destroyed Bitcoins. The pro-Israel hacker group Predatory Sparrow claimed responsibility for the attack and vowed to release Nobitex's source code and internal data within 24 hours, while warning that remaining assets are still at risk. Earlier today, ZachXBT disclosed that the Iranian cryptocurrency exchange Nobitex was hacked, resulting in losses of $81.7 million.

US President Trump: Federal Reserve Chairman Powell may not cut interest rates today

According to Jinshi, US President Trump reiterated that the Federal Reserve should cut interest rates and said that Federal Reserve Chairman Powell may not cut interest rates today. Trump also said that our interest rate level should be two percentage points lower than it is now, and it would be very good to reduce the federal funds rate by 2.5 percentage points.

US bombers deployed to military base in southern Spain

According to CCTV News, on June 18 local time, Spanish Defense Minister Robles confirmed at a House of Representatives meeting that US bombers have been deployed at two military bases in the Andalusia region of Spain as part of the additional military forces to respond to the Iran-Israel conflict.

Prenetics, a listed medical company, completed its first $20 million Bitcoin investment, purchasing a total of 187.42 BTC

According to CoinDesk, healthcare company Prenetics Global (NASDAQ: PRE) announced that it has completed its first $20 million Bitcoin investment through the Kraken exchange, purchasing a total of 187.42 BTC at an average price of $106,712. The company said it has been approved by the board of directors to continue to increase its holdings, with the goal of becoming one of the medical companies with the most Bitcoin in the world. Prenetics CEO Danny Yeung pointed out that this investment not only uses Bitcoin as a reserve asset, but also sees the prospect of integrating blockchain technology with genomics and personalized medicine. In addition, Prenetics also announced the appointment of Andy Cheung, former COO of OKEx, as a member of its board of directors.

Crypto.com and Deribit to Accept BlackRock’s BUIDL Fund as Collateral

According to Forbes, crypto exchanges Crypto.com and Deribit will accept BlackRock's (@BlackRock) tokenized fund BUIDL as collateral, allowing institutional clients to use it for spot, margin, derivatives, and over-the-counter (OTC) transactions. This move provides a native blockchain-based version of U.S. Treasuries that can generate income, with an annual return of 4.5%.

Coinbase Derivatives plans to add USDC as collateral for US futures trading by 2026

According to The Block, Coinbase Derivatives has selected the clearing agency Nodal Clear to cooperate and plans to include the stablecoin USDC issued by Circle in the scope of eligible collateral for US futures trading by 2026. Boris Ilyevsky, CEO of Coinbase Derivatives, said: "Currently, fiat currency is a form of collateral recognized by the clearing house to meet margin requirements. Our cooperation now includes plans to make USDC a fiat currency equivalent."

The whale @AguilaTrades has closed its 20x BTC long position, with a cumulative loss of $15.42 million in two transactions

According to Onchain Lens monitoring, the mysterious whale @AguilaTrades has closed its 20x BTC long position, with a cumulative loss of $15.42 million from the two transactions.

BitMine announced that it has spent $16.347 million to purchase 154,167 Bitcoins

According to GlobeNewswire, BitMine Immersion Technologies, Inc. (NYSE American: BMNR) announced that it has completed the purchase of all Bitcoins in the company's treasury using the proceeds from Bitline's recent common stock offering. After deducting fees and expenses, the company received net proceeds of approximately $16.34 million from the offering, and the company spent $16.347 million to purchase 154.167 Bitcoins at an average price of $106,033.

Iran's Supreme Leader Khamenei says Iran will not accept imposed war or peace

According to Cailian Press, citing CCTV International News, Iran's Supreme Leader Khamenei said that Iran will not accept imposed peace or war. Khamenei told the United States, "They should know that Iran will not surrender and any US attack will have serious and irreversible consequences.

Binance Alpha adds BEE

According to the official page information, Binance Alpha has added BEE.

Binance Futures to Launch MYXUSDT and FUSDT U-margined Perpetual Contracts

According to the official announcement, Binance Futures will launch perpetual contracts at the following times: 20:30 (ET on June 18, 2025): MYXUSDT perpetual contract, with a maximum leverage of 50x; 20:45 (ET on June 18, 2025): FUSDT perpetual contract, with a maximum leverage of 50x. *Please note that MYX (LINK) and F (LINK) are already listed on Binance Alpha market.

Binance adds emergency contacts and inheritance heirs in recent version upgrades

According to screenshots and tweets shared by crypto KOL @cryptobraveHQ, the Binance version upgrade on June 12 updated the emergency contact and inheritance functions. The KOL commented: "Every year, people who die in accidents around the world have over $1 billion in crypto assets inherited by centralized exchanges. Recently, Binance has updated the emergency contact function and will have the option to submit an inheritance application. I hope other exchanges will also speed up the launch of this function."

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