🔥 JUST IN: @SharpLink purchased another 10,000 $ETH at an average price of $1,611, bringing its total Ethereum holdings to 886,725 ETH. 📊 The company also: • repurchased 2.13M shares • and raised an additional $75M last week. ⚡ With nearly 900K ETH accumulated, SharpLink is increasingly positioning itself as one of the largest institutional Ethereum treasury players in the market. 🧠 The aggressive accumulation strategy comes despite ongoing weakness in ETH price action and broader crypto market pressure. At current levels, the company’s ETH holdings represent a massive long-term bet on: • Ethereum infrastructure • tokenization • stablecoins • and the future of onchain financial systems. 📈 The move also reflects a growing trend where public companies are beginning to treat ETH not only as a speculative asset, but as strategic digital infrastructure tied to the expansion of decentralized finance and tokenized markets. #NewsAboutCrypto $ETH
🪙 Bitcoin long-term holders continue accumulating aggressively even as BTC struggles near local lows. 📊 According to CryptoQuant, the amount of BTC held by investors who have not moved coins for over 5 months has reached a new all-time high: ➡️ 16.1 million BTC ➡️ worth roughly $950B. ⚡ At the same time, selling activity from this group has dropped near historical lows, suggesting current market pressure is mainly coming from short-term holders and weaker hands. 📉 The average cost basis for these long-term holders is now estimated around: ➡️ $48.4K per BTC. That means many of them are sitting on only ~24% unrealized profit — a level that historically has often appeared near market bottoms. 🧠 CryptoQuant notes the key risk scenario would be: ❌ BTC breaking below $48K and triggering widespread long-term holder selling. However, if Bitcoin continues falling while long-term holders still refuse to sell, it could become a very bullish signal that: • sell-side pressure is getting exhausted • weak hands are already flushed out • and bears may be running out of momentum. #NewsAboutCrypto $BTC $ETH $BEAT
THE BLOCK: Benchmark has reiterated its Buy rating on Strategy ($MSTR) with a $570 price target, implying roughly 515% upside from Monday’s closing price of $92.68. 🪙 The bullish call comes despite growing market concerns around: • Bitcoin volatility • Strategy’s leverage structure • ETF outflows • and recent fears surrounding the company’s new BTC monetization framework. ⚡ Benchmark continues viewing Strategy as one of the strongest public-market proxies for long-term Bitcoin exposure, arguing the company could still benefit significantly if: • BTC recovers structurally • institutional adoption expands • and capital markets reopen for crypto-related equities. 📉 Strategy shares have been heavily pressured recently alongside Bitcoin weakness and broader risk-off sentiment, causing debate around: • mNAV compression • funding sustainability • and whether Strategy may eventually need to sell BTC more actively. 🧠 However, bulls still believe the company maintains a unique position as: • the largest corporate Bitcoin holder • a leveraged BTC exposure vehicle • and one of the few publicly traded firms fully tied to Bitcoin’s long-term upside narrative. #DowHitsRecordClose $BTC $TAO
🚨 UPDATE: The top 7 token unlocks scheduled for this week total approximately $97.81M in potential new supply entering the market. 📊 Leading the list is: ➡️ $BEAT with a massive $55.01M unlock alone. ⚠️ Large token unlocks are closely watched by traders because they can: • increase circulating supply • create short-term sell pressure • and impact market liquidity, especially for lower-volume assets. 📉 Unlock events become even more important during weak market conditions, where liquidity is already thin and investor sentiment remains fragile. 🧠 However, actual market impact depends heavily on: • who receives the unlocked tokens • vesting structures • team/investor behavior • and overall market demand at the time of release. 👀 Traders will likely monitor whether newly unlocked allocations: • move toward exchanges • remain dormant • or get restaked/locked elsewhere after distribution. #DowHitsRecordClose #AzerbaijanDraftsVirtualAssetBillRequiringCentralBankLicense $BEAT
⚡️ LATEST: Fundstrat’s Tom Lee says crypto markets are currently being pressured by several major short-term headwinds at the same time. According to Lee, the biggest factors weighing on sentiment right now include: • fears of another Fed rate hike • uncertainty around the U.S. Clarity Act • and AI-related FOMO pulling capital away from crypto into tech stocks and AI narratives. 📉 He noted that markets are struggling with liquidity and positioning in the near term, especially as investors rotate toward: • USD • bonds • and AI-linked equities. ⚠️ Despite the weakness, Tom Lee still remains structurally bullish on crypto long term. He believes some of the biggest future tailwinds remain: • tokenization of real-world assets • stablecoins and digital money infrastructure • institutional blockchain adoption • and the broader financialization of crypto rails. 🧠 Lee also suggested market sentiment may already be approaching “peak pain,” a stage where: • positioning becomes exhausted • confidence collapses • and markets often become vulnerable to sharp reversals once macro pressure eases. #Daily $TAO $BTC
🔸 President Trump called on gas retailers to immediately lower prices, targeting $2.50 per gallon with oil near $68, while also urging California to reduce fuel taxes. 🔹 The UK’s FCA published its final crypto regulatory framework, introducing mandatory licensing and simplified capital requirements for stablecoin issuers. 🔸 Bybit CEO Ben Zhou denied reports claiming an immediate EEA service shutdown, stating Bybit EU has already been MiCAR compliant for over a year. 🔹 Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse said long-term crypto value should come from real utility rather than financial engineering. 🔸 JPMorgan expressed support for U.S. crypto regulation but warned stablecoins functioning like bank deposits should not avoid banking rules. 🔹 Coinbase pushed back against BIS criticism of stablecoins, arguing the organization is wrong to claim stablecoins fail as money. 🔸 DTCC’s NSCC, which safeguards over $114T in assets, officially launched 24x5 operations to support overnight U.S. equity trading amid rising global demand. 🔹 Strategy announced a new Digital Credit Capital Framework as the company expands its Bitcoin-backed financial structure. 🔸 BNY Mellon expanded its partnership with Circle, making $USDC the first stablecoin integrated into BNY’s Digital Asset Custody platform. 🔹 Ethena partnered with BlackRock to integrate USDe into Aladdin infrastructure and utilize BUIDL for its white-label product strategy. #Daily #NewsAboutCrypto $NVDA.US $BTC
🇯🇵 JUST IN: The Japanese Yen has plunged to 162.27 per U.S. dollar, marking its weakest level since 1986. 📉 The move highlights the growing divergence between: • Japan’s ultra-loose monetary policy • and persistently high interest rates in the United States. While the Fed continues maintaining relatively tight financial conditions, the Bank of Japan has been far slower to normalize policy, keeping pressure on the Yen for months. ⚠️ The collapse is becoming increasingly sensitive politically and economically because: • import costs rise sharply for Japan • inflation pressure increases domestically • and confidence in the Yen weakens further. 👀 Markets are now watching whether Japanese authorities could step in again with: • verbal intervention • emergency bond operations • or direct currency intervention to slow the decline. Historically, levels above 160 have often triggered stronger reactions from Tokyo. #daily $NVDAB $BTC
🚨 THE BLOCK: Galaxy Research has lowered the probability of the CLARITY Act passing in 2026 to 50%, down from 60% earlier this month. 🏛️ The downgrade reflects growing concerns that the U.S. Senate is running out of time to move forward with major crypto legislation before political pressure from the upcoming midterm election cycle intensifies. ⚠️ Despite previously advancing through the Senate Banking Committee, the CLARITY Act still faces several hurdles: • coordination between Senate committees • unresolved ethics provisions • and the absence of a confirmed floor vote schedule. 🪙 The bill is considered one of the most important potential catalysts for the U.S. crypto industry, as it aims to provide clearer rules around: • crypto market structure • regulatory oversight • and the division of authority between the SEC and CFTC. 📉 Markets are increasingly worried that if momentum stalls through summer, the legislation could be pushed into late 2026 or beyond. #NewsAboutCrypto $RAVE $PIEVERSE
⚠️ One of Crypto’s Biggest Catalysts Still Has No Clear Progress Galaxy Research has once again LOWERED the probability of the CLARITY Act passing in 2026 to 50%, down from 60% earlier this month, citing an increasingly crowded legislative calendar in the U.S. Senate. 🏛️ The bill already passed the Senate Banking Committee back in May and has technically been on the Senate agenda since early June — but little meaningful progress has followed. 📅 According to Galaxy, the NEXT TWO WEEKS are now critical if the CLARITY Act still wants a realistic chance of becoming law this year. Three major developments are needed quickly: • A public agreement between the Senate Banking Committee and Agriculture Committee on a unified bill draft. • Revisions to the ethics provisions inside the bill to attract additional Democratic support. • Senate leadership officially scheduling debate and a full floor vote timeline. ⚠️ If none of these signals emerge soon, the legislative process could easily slip into September, where midterm election pressures may severely reduce the chances of the bill reaching President Trump’s desk before year-end. 🏦 Despite pressure from the White House to accelerate crypto regulation, the Senate is currently prioritizing multiple competing high-impact bills, and the lack of a concrete voting schedule is becoming the biggest obstacle facing the CLARITY Act. 🪙 For crypto markets, the bill is widely viewed as one of the most important potential catalysts for: • regulatory clarity • institutional adoption • and long-term U.S. crypto market expansion. #Daily $NVDA.US $BEAT
⚡️ UPDATE: Loopring, Ethereum’s first zk-rollup, is officially shutting down its DEX and AMM operations effective immediately. 📉 The team cited: • weak user adoption • declining activity • and intense competition from newer zkEVM-based ecosystems as the main reasons behind the shutdown. 🧠 Loopring was once considered one of Ethereum’s most innovative Layer 2 projects, pioneering zk-rollup technology years before the current wave of scaling solutions emerged. ⚠️ However, the rapid rise of modern zkEVM competitors offering: • better EVM compatibility • deeper liquidity • stronger developer ecosystems • and larger incentive programs gradually pushed older architectures like Loopring out of the spotlight. 🔓 According to the project, user assets will remain safe and be returned to Ethereum wallets, though accounts holding balances below certain thresholds may not be processed automatically. 🌍 The shutdown highlights how brutally competitive the Layer 2 sector has become, where even early pioneers can struggle to survive without sustained ecosystem growth and liquidity. #NewsAboutCrypto $BTC $ETH
🇺🇸 NOW: The U.S. dollar is on track for a 2.5% gain in June, marking its strongest monthly performance in nearly a year, according to Reuters. 📈 The rally is being driven by: • rising geopolitical tensions in the Gulf • renewed safe-haven demand • and expectations surrounding upcoming U.S. economic data. 🌍 Investors have been rotating capital toward the dollar and U.S. Treasuries as uncertainty around: • the U.S.–Iran conflict • global inflation • and interest rate policy continues to pressure broader risk assets. 📊 Markets are now closely watching upcoming U.S. labor market data, especially: • Nonfarm Payrolls • unemployment figures • and wage growth for clues about whether the Federal Reserve could maintain a more hawkish stance under Chair Kevin Warsh. ⚠️ The stronger dollar has also added pressure across: • Bitcoin • gold • emerging markets • and commodity-linked assets. #daily $USDT $AAPL.US $BTC
🕊️ U.S.–Iran Talks Resume Again... After another chaotic weekend of exchanges and military strikes, the U.S. and Iran have reportedly agreed to temporarily pause hostilities and return to the negotiating table in Doha, Qatar on Tuesday, June 30. ⚠️ This round of talks is expected to narrow its focus primarily toward tensions around the Strait of Hormuz. 🇮🇷 Iran’s Foreign Minister stated that for the next 30 days, the Strait of Hormuz will remain fully under Iranian control, warning that any outside interference could further delay a full reopening of the vital shipping route. 🇮🇱 At the same time, Iran is pressuring the U.S. to provide a concrete timeline for an Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon, while Israeli forces continue launching strikes against Hezbollah positions in southern Lebanon. 🛢️ Brent crude eased slightly back toward $72 despite ongoing tensions, while Bitcoin continued drifting lower toward the $58K area, showing that markets remain cautious even as diplomacy resumes. 🌍 Investors are now watching whether the Doha negotiations can produce: • shipping guarantees in Hormuz • de-escalation in Lebanon • and broader regional stability or if the ceasefire once again proves temporary. #daily $BTC #BitcoinSpotETFs$1.79BWeeklyOutflow $ETH
📊 Market Briefing — Monday, June 29 🛢️ Oil slipped slightly toward $72, while Bitcoin continued hovering around the $58K–$59K zone despite the U.S. and Iran agreeing to a ceasefire and returning to negotiations. 🗓 Key Upcoming Events 📍 Today Samsung and SK Group are expected to announce plans to invest roughly $1.3 trillion into semiconductors and AI infrastructure over the next decade. 📍 June 30 🇺🇸🇮🇷 U.S.–Iran negotiations over the Strait of Hormuz are set to take place in Qatar. 📍 July 1 Four central bank leaders from the: • Federal Reserve • Bank of England • Bank of Canada • and ECB will gather at the Sintra Forum. Fed Chair Kevin Warsh is scheduled to speak at 20:00. 📍 19:30 July 2 — U.S. Nonfarm Payrolls (June) • Job creation forecast: 114K (previous: 172K) • Unemployment rate forecast: 4.3% (unchanged) 🏦 Tether has partnered with lending platform Ledn to enable borrowing against XAUT tokenized gold collateral, with launch expected by late 2026. 🔐 Cardano wallet platform SecondFi says it aims to return user funds within roughly two weeks following its recent exploit. ❌ DEX platform Loopring announced it will permanently shut down. User assets will automatically be returned to Ethereum wallets, except accounts holding balances below $10. 🔓 Upcoming Token Unlocks 📅 June 30 • Optimism unlocks 31.34M $OP (1.48% circulating supply) worth around $3.12M 📅 July 1 • Sui unlocks 13.72M $SUI (0.34% circulating supply) worth around $9.30M • Eigen unlocks 36.82M $EIGEN (6.15% circulating supply) worth around $8.61M • GoPlus unlocks 708.7M $GPS (15.9% circulating supply) worth around $6.40M#NewsAboutCrypto $LAB $BEAT $BTC
🚨 Apple Reportedly Seeking U.S. Approval to Buy Chips From Blacklisted Chinese Firm CXMT According to the Financial Times, Apple is reportedly seeking approval from President Trump’s administration to purchase memory chips from Chinese semiconductor company CXMT despite the firm being on a U.S. blacklist over alleged military ties. 🇨🇳 CXMT (ChangXin Memory Technologies) is one of China’s leading domestic memory chip producers and has become increasingly important in Beijing’s push for semiconductor self-sufficiency. ⚠️ The move highlights growing tension between: • U.S. national security restrictions • and the reality of global tech supply chain dependence. 🍎 Apple is reportedly exploring the partnership as it looks to: • diversify chip suppliers • reduce costs • and maintain stable component supply for future devices. 🏛️ However, any cooperation involving blacklisted Chinese technology firms could face heavy scrutiny from: • U.S. regulators • Congress • and national security agencies. 📉 The situation also underscores how difficult it has become for major tech companies to fully separate from China’s semiconductor ecosystem despite ongoing geopolitical decoupling efforts. #Daily $AAPL.US $NVDA.US $BTC
📉 Average IBIT Investor Now Down Around 40% as Spot Bitcoin ETFs Suffer Second-Worst Week on Record BlackRock’s spot Bitcoin ETF IBIT is now estimated to have an average investor drawdown of roughly 40%, following Bitcoin’s sharp decline from late-2025 highs and another brutal week of ETF outflows. 🪙 Spot Bitcoin ETFs just recorded their second-worst weekly performance since launch, with billions in capital exiting the market as institutional sentiment continues deteriorating. ⚠️ The sustained selling pressure comes amid: • rising U.S. interest rate expectations • stronger USD momentum • geopolitical tensions • and weakening appetite for risk assets globally. 📉 Bitcoin recently plunged from the $65K area toward $58K, triggering: • heavy liquidations • ETF redemptions • and renewed concerns around leveraged crypto exposure. 🏦 Despite the short-term pain, BlackRock and other major issuers continue maintaining their ETF infrastructure and long-term Bitcoin offerings, signaling that institutional participation itself is not disappearing — even if investor confidence has weakened significantly. 🧠 Markets are now closely watching whether ETF outflows begin stabilizing, as continued institutional selling could extend pressure across the broader crypto market. #BTC $BTC #SaylorHintsStrategyBitcoinBuy
₿ Michael Saylor Signals Another Bitcoin Buy for Strategy Michael Saylor has once again hinted that Strategy may soon announce another Bitcoin purchase, continuing the company’s long-running accumulation strategy despite mounting pressure on both BTC price action and Strategy-related equities. 👀 The signal comes shortly after: • Strategy’s mNAV reportedly fell below 1 • MSTR shares dropped under $100 for the first time since March 2024 • and concerns grew around the company’s ability to continue raising capital through stock issuance. 📉 Despite the market turbulence, Saylor remains publicly committed to Bitcoin, consistently framing BTC as: • a long-term treasury reserve asset • digital property • and a hedge against monetary debasement. ⚠️ However, investors are increasingly debating whether Strategy can sustainably continue: • issuing equity • raising debt • and buying additional BTC while both crypto markets and broader risk assets remain under pressure. 🧠 Even so, history shows that Saylor has repeatedly used major market corrections as opportunities to increase Strategy’s Bitcoin exposure.#SaylorHintsStrategyBitcoinBuy $BTC $ETH
🔐 SecondFi Maps Recovery Plan After $2.4M Cardano Wallet Exploit Cardano wallet platform SecondFi says it has begun implementing a recovery plan following the recent security exploit that resulted in an estimated loss of around $2.4 million worth of ADA and native assets. ⚠️ According to onchain data, roughly 12 million ADA was drained from around 178 wallets during the incident, with some users also losing NFTs and other Cardano-native tokens. 🛠️ The team stated that: • affected wallet functions have been disabled • the platform remains in maintenance mode • and a recovery roadmap is now underway. 📅 SecondFi says its goal is to begin returning affected user funds within the next two weeks, though the exact reimbursement structure has not yet been fully disclosed. 🔍 The exploit has once again raised concerns around: • wallet infrastructure security • frontend vulnerabilities • and operational risk management across crypto applications. 🧠 The incident also highlights how attacks are increasingly shifting away from direct smart contract exploits toward: • wallet-layer attacks • compromised interfaces • and user-side security weaknesses. #DailyTrade $NVDA.US $AAPL.US $BTC
🤖 OpenAI Introduces New GPT-5.6 Model Family With Three Versions OpenAI has reportedly introduced a new GPT-5.6 lineup featuring three separate model tiers designed for different workloads and pricing levels: ⚡ Sol — the most powerful version Focused on advanced tasks such as: • complex coding • cybersecurity research • and high-level reasoning 🌍 Terra — optimized for everyday use Reportedly around 2x cheaper than GPT-5.5 while maintaining strong general-purpose performance. 🌙 Luna — the fastest and lowest-cost option Designed for: • large-scale workloads • automation • and high-volume inference tasks. 🧠 The structure is being compared to Anthropic’s Mythos model lineup, reflecting a broader trend where AI companies increasingly separate models by: • capability • speed • and cost efficiency. 🚨 Reports also claim the White House has temporarily restricted access to some GPT-5.6 versions due to concerns over: • offensive cyber capabilities • autonomous system exploitation • and broader national security risks. 📅 OpenAI says wider public rollout is expected within the next few weeks, though no official launch date has been confirmed yet. #NewsAboutCrypto #IRGCSaysItStruckKuwaitAndBahrain $ETH $PIEVERSE
🤖 Big Tech Starts Tightening AI Spending as Token Costs Spiral Higher Amazon, Microsoft, and Uber are reportedly moving to tighten internal AI spending after realizing that token-based AI usage costs — especially from AI agent workflows — have been rising far faster than expected and are becoming increasingly difficult to control. ⚠️ Companies are now facing a new operational challenge: AI infrastructure costs no longer scale linearly, particularly when autonomous AI agents continuously generate: • API calls • reasoning steps • tool usage • and long-chain inference tasks 🏦 Coinbase also revealed that it managed to cut nearly 50% of its AI-related costs while overall token consumption continued rising sharply. 📉 According to Coinbase, the savings came from: • infrastructure optimization • better model routing • caching systems • and separating actual compute costs from raw token usage growth. 🧠 The trend highlights a growing reality across the AI industry: while AI adoption is accelerating rapidly, profitability and infrastructure efficiency are becoming just as important as model capability. 🌍 Investors are increasingly watching whether the current AI boom can remain economically sustainable as enterprise-scale token consumption explodes. #NewsAboutCrypto $VELVET $PEPE