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DRAM ETF has included GigaDevice in its holdings, with a weight of 2.91%

According to public information, the Roundhill Memory ETF (DRAM) has included GigaDevice in its holdings, with a weight of 2.91%. Jukan, an analyst at Citrini Research, stated that GigaDevice is regarded as the parent company or an affiliated entity of China's DRAM manufacturer CXMT. The Roundhill Memory ETF primarily focuses on the global memory chip supply chain, with core holdings including major global memory chip companies such as Samsung Electronics, Micron Technology, and SK hynix.

Patrick Shyu, former Google tech lead, says he has sold all his crypto assets.

Patrick Shyu, former Google tech lead, says he has sold all his crypto assets.

Grayscale HYPE Spot ETF to stake approximately $114 million worth of HYPE

According to on-chain analyst Yujin’s monitoring, Grayscale’s HYPE spot ETF deposited 1.77 million HYPE tokens into the staking contract approximately five hours ago, valued at around $114 million at current prices.

Ripple CEO Criticizes Saylor's Bitcoin Funding Strategy, Calls STRC Discount a "Severely Negative Signal"

Odaily Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse criticized Strategy and its Chairman Michael Saylor's Bitcoin purchasing funding model during a CNBC interview on Friday, stating that "financial engineering cannot create long-term value" and that the long-term value of digital assets should ultimately be driven by real-world utility.Garlinghouse said the Saylor team is not focused on the right direction and believes this approach has already harmed the overall crypto market. He also emphasized that he remains bullish on Bitcoin but opposes Strategy's strategy of continuously adding BTC positions through complex funding structures.His criticism was primarily directed at Strategy's model of issuing preferred stock to fund Bitcoin purchases. STRC is one of the preferred stocks issued by Strategy, carrying an annual dividend obligation of 11.5%. Recently, STRC traded at a discount of approximately 25% to 26% compared to its $100 face value. Garlinghouse described this performance as a "severely negative assessment" of Strategy's approach.

Base experiences second mainnet outage in two days, now restored

Base experienced an abnormal block production issue on its mainnet for the second time in two days. According to the official status page, the incident occurred at 15:33 UTC. The team subsequently confirmed the problem and resumed block production at 16:11 UTC.Base stated that node operators need to restart their Base mainnet nodes to re-synchronize.The symptoms of this incident are similar to the outage from the previous day. On Thursday, Base experienced an abnormal block that prevented the Sequencer from building new blocks, resulting in a network halt lasting approximately two hours. Although user funds were not affected, withdrawal services were temporarily disrupted.Officials stated that this incident was also characterized by a chain halt, sharing similar features with the previous day's event. The network has now resumed operations.

Eight-Year ETH Whale Completes Full Exit Today, Sells 37,598 ETH for $27.53 Million Profit

According to on-chain analyst Ember (@EmberCN), a major whale who held ETH for eight years fully liquidated their position today. This whale received 37,602 ETH (valued at approximately $31.16 million at the time) in February 2018 at an average price of ~$829 per ETH and had not sold any ETH during the eight-year period. Today, they sold their holdings in two batches: the first batch consisted of 17,598 ETH sold for 27.245 million USDS (average price: $1,548 per ETH); subsequently, they sold the remaining ~20,000 ETH entirely for 58.69 million USDS (average price: ~$1,561 per ETH). The whale’s total profit amounted to approximately $27.53 million, representing an ~88% gain.

Machi Big Brother: We Need More Tom Lee

Machi Big Brother (Jeffrey Huang) posted on X platform: "We need more Tom Lee. I'm only 8% away from being liquidated."It is reported that Machi Big Brother has sold one BAYC and used the proceeds to add margin and increase his position. He currently holds 1,052.9204 ETH in a 25x long position on Ethereum, with a liquidation price temporarily reported at $1,538.

After closing a position for a $4.4 million profit, a whale reopened a position—shorting $70.2 million worth of BTC and ETH with 20x leverage.

According to on-chain analytics platform Lookonchain (@lookonchain), a whale who previously shorted BTC, ETH, and SOL with 20x leverage over the past four days—earning $4.4 million—has re-entered the market after closing that position, opening new 20x-leveraged short positions: 912.9 BTC (approximately $54.55 million) and 10,025 ETH (approximately $15.65 million), totaling a short exposure exceeding $70 million.

A whale that shorted BTC/ETH/SOL 4 days ago and made $4.4 million in profit has doubled down with 20x leverage on shorting BTC and ETH again

According to Lookonchain monitoring, a whale who previously shorted Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana with 20x leverage has fully closed all positions after holding for 4 days, accumulating a profit of approximately $4.4 million. Subsequently, the address quickly re-entered the market to establish new high-leverage short positions: shorting 912.9 BTC (approximately $54.55 million); shorting 10,025 ETH (approximately $15.65 million).

Today U.S. Bitcoin ETFs saw a net outflow of over 10,000 BTC, while Ethereum ETFs recorded a net outflow of 46,391 ETH

according to Lookonchain monitoring, U.S. Bitcoin ETFs recorded a net outflow of over 11,205 BTC today, with a 7-day net outflow of 22,038 BTC; Ethereum ETFs saw a net outflow of 46,391 ETH, with a 7-day net outflow of 148,620 ETH.

Analysis: Inflation Suppresses Rate Cut Expectations; Bitcoin Cycle Bottom Is Still Far Off

According to The Block, the U.S. May core PCE inflation data—coming in higher than expected at a 3.4% year-on-year increase, the highest since October 2023—further dampened market expectations for near-term Federal Reserve rate cuts. As a result, Bitcoin dropped to an intraday low of $58,000 on Thursday, marking its lowest level since late 2024, and is currently trading sideways around $59,000. U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded net outflows for six consecutive trading days, with a single-day net redemption of $696 million on June 25. Spot Ethereum ETFs also saw net outflows for six straight days, with $81.9 million flowing out on the same day. Analysts noted that Bitcoin’s dominance remains near 55%, indicating capital rotation toward high-quality assets rather than broad-based withdrawal. Ki Young Ju, CEO of CryptoQuant, stated that Bitcoin’s 4-year rolling realized price risk/reward ratio has yet to reach historical cycle lows, suggesting the asset may not have approached the bottom of this cycle.

Coinbase assists Brooklyn District Attorney in combating impersonation scam, involving approximately $16 million

Coinbase officially stated it is cooperating with the Brooklyn District Attorney's Office in New York to assist in investigating a long-term impersonation scam targeting platform users and supporting victims in recovering funds.According to the Brooklyn District Attorney's Office, a Brooklyn man has been charged with long-term impersonation of Coinbase customer service. Using social engineering tactics, he tricked users into believing their accounts had been compromised and instructed them to transfer funds to a "secure wallet," subsequently moving and stealing the funds. The case involves approximately 100 victims, with the total amount involved nearing $16 million. Over $600,000 has been recovered so far.Coinbase stated that this type of scam does not stem from platform security vulnerabilities but is a social engineering attack exploiting user trust and a sense of urgency. Common methods include identity forgery, impersonating customer service, and creating panic over account risks. The company stated it has cooperated with law enforcement agencies to complete various investigative tasks, including identifying suspects, assisting with victim notifications, providing data support for legal requests, and conducting on-chain fund tracing. It emphasized that blockchain traceability helps law enforcement track the flow of funds.Coinbase also reminded users that the platform will never ask them to transfer funds to a "secure wallet" or request 2FA codes, seed phrases, or password reset links. It recommends that users only contact customer service through official in-app channels. The company will continue to strengthen its anti-fraud mechanisms, user education, and cooperation with law enforcement agencies to address increasingly sophisticated crypto asset fraud activities.

CAP (Cap) Has Been Listed on Bybit Spot Exchange, Launching a $3 Million CAP Trading Competition

According to the official announcement, Bybit Spot has launched Cap (CAP/USDT) on its spot market on June 26 at 12:00 PM UTC, and deposits are now open. Meanwhile, CAP has been added to Bybit’s Token Splash trading competition, where eligible users can participate in sharing a prize pool of up to 30 million CAP tokens. Cap is a decentralized credit protocol built on the Ethereum blockchain, designed to safeguard lenders’ principal through on-chain financial guarantees.

Analysis: OpenAI IPO Delay Rumors Impact Market Sentiment, US Stock Futures Fall, Tech and Chip Sectors Lead Declines

US stock futures fell across the board on Friday, with the tech sector leading the decline, as market concerns over rising AI infrastructure costs and a slowdown in fundraising pace intensified. Nasdaq 100 futures fell 1.2%, S&P 500 futures dropped 0.5%, and Dow Jones futures lost 67 points (-0.1%). Chip stocks broadly weakened following reports that OpenAI is considering postponing its IPO until next year, citing increased volatility in AI-related stocks, unstable market sentiment, and even the impact of SpaceX’s weak post-IPO performance.JPMorgan's trading desk noted that this news has reinforced market concerns about the sustainability of AI infrastructure investments and could affect the pace of future capital market fundraising. Vital Knowledge analyst Adam Crisafulli also stated that the IPO delay could slow down the overall expansion rate of AI infrastructure spending.In the chip sector, Philadelphia Semiconductor-related stocks came under pressure, with ON Semiconductor falling over 13% after acquiring Synaptics. Micron Technology and SanDisk both declined by more than 5%. The XLK ETF tracking the tech sector fell 1.6%, extending the previous session's losses. (CNBC)

A whale sold 464 BTC to buy 17,750 ETH

According to Lookonchain monitoring, 2 hours ago, a whale sold 464 BTC to buy 17,750 ETH, worth $27.56 million.

Analyst: Base Network Outage Due to Invalid Block Highlights Centralization Risk of Single Sequencer Model

Odaily Odaily News Blockchain analyst Vadim noted that Base experienced a network outage today due to a consensus bug triggered by a single invalid block. All block generation after height 47806542 ceased, halting the network for nearly two hours. Since Base utilizes a single sequencer architecture, when that node encountered an error, the entire network stopped running, with no backup block producer or other validator nodes available to bypass the fault and maintain on-chain activity. During the outage, users were unable to conduct transactions, perform liquidations, or process withdrawals.Furthermore, the network recovery process was not automated; node operators within the ecosystem had to manually restart for block synchronization to gradually resume. This is not the first such incident for Base. In August of last year, the network also experienced a freeze lasting approximately 33 minutes due to a sequencer switching failure. The single sequencer model exposes the centralization risks in some current L2 networks: while offering higher speed, the entire chain can come to a halt due to a single point of failure when the core component malfunctions.

BlackRock ETF Address Deposits 2,700 BTC and 41,996 ETH to Coinbase

According to on-chain analyst Onchain Lens (@OnchainLens), BlackRock deposited 2,700 BTC (approximately $161 million) and 41,996 ETH (approximately $65.16 million) into Coinbase, totaling approximately $226 million.

Base has postponed the Beryl mainnet upgrade to June 26 at 18:00 UTC.

Base has postponed the Beryl mainnet upgrade to June 26 at 18:00 UTC to ensure full activation of the B20 Activation Registry. Developers must wait until the registry goes live before deploying B20 tokens, with an estimated maximum wait time of approximately one hour. Base stated that the previous ~2-hour mainnet block interruption was unrelated to this upgrade. Additionally, Beryl will reduce the withdrawal waiting period from Base to Ethereum from 7 days to 5 days and integrate Reth V2.

F2Pool co-founder Wang Chun has bought approximately 65,700 ETH and 966 WBTC since the beginning of this month, valued at around $171 million

According to on-chain analyst Yujian monitoring, F2Pool co-founder Wang Chun (@satofishi, 0xF42...b51) withdrew 9,937 ETH (worth $15.5 million) and 147.5 WBTC (worth $8.7 million) from Binance in the past 6 hours today, and subsequently deposited them into Spark. Since BTC fell below $60,000 and ETH fell below $1,700 at the beginning of this month, Wang Chun has successively purchased approximately 65,700 ETH, valued at $111 million, as well as 966 WBTC, valued at $60.29 million, at an average BTC price of about $62,400 and ETH price of about $1,660. Currently, all of his WBTC and about half of his ETH have been deposited into Spark, while the other half of ETH has been deposited into Ethereum staking.

Abraxas Capital’s whale arbitrage strategy achieved an annualized return on gold of 25.9%, with a 10.2% return already recorded from funding rates.

According to Hyperinsight’s monitoring, Abraxas Capital—a major whale that has long employed hedged short positions on gold-related assets to arbitrage funding rates—currently holds a 5x-leveraged short position with an initial margin of approximately USD 3.51 million. The position has been open for 144 days and maintained at roughly the same size throughout. Cumulative funding rate settlements during this period have totaled USD 359,000—about 10.2% of the initial margin. Excluding minor position adjustments, its annualized return is approximately 25.9%.