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Dragonfly investor Omar posted on X platform, stating that Robinhood released data today showing May was the highest trading volume month in the history of its prediction market, with event contract trading volume reaching 3.9 billion contracts, up 22% month-over-month. Based on a fee of 1 cent per contract, the prediction market’s annualized revenue is approximately $470 million. Additionally, driven by the World Cup being held in the United States, the platform’s June trading volume is expected to hit a historic high.
CNBC recently covered Kalshi Perpetual Contracts, noting that trading volume surpassed $1 billion within the first week of launch. Kalshi's crypto division head John Wang subsequently posted on X: "Kalshi Perps hit $1 billion in trading volume in the first week, and the product hasn't even been publicly released yet." He also pointed out that it took prediction markets 3.5 years to reach a similar volume scale. Polymarket team member Mustafa Aljadery appeared in the comments section to congratulate, while also inquiring about the Perpetual Contracts' OI (open interest) data, insinuating that Kalshi's trading volume might have been manipulated.Additionally, many community members in the comments expressed doubts about this data, emphasizing that it could be volume generated from zero-fee or leveraged trading. Some even pointed out that Kalshi's OI data stood at only around $4.5 million.
Bitget Wallet announced on X that its open tokenized stock offering for the SpaceX IPO—SPCXx—sold out within 30 minutes of launching yesterday, with total subscription volume reaching $13 million. Bitget Wallet plans to expand its tokenized U.S. IPO asset subscription offerings in the future, providing users with on-chain access to globally popular assets.
Odaily Odaily News Recently, the Haidian District Court ruled on a fraud case. Retiree Meng, addicted to virtual currency trading and unwilling to use her own pension, pretended to be a young woman named Xiaohong, claiming to work for a central ministry in her 20s, on a short video platform. She established an online romantic relationship with a young man. Under the pretext of needing urgent surgery fees for a family member and preparing for overseas study exams, Meng defrauded the man of more than 200,000 yuan.Meng invested all of the defrauded 200,000 yuan into virtual currency trading, opening a ten-times leverage position. Subsequently, due to a market downturn, her position was liquidated, resulting in a total loss of all funds. The Haidian District Procuratorate previously indicted Meng for fraud. Ultimately, the Haidian District Court sentenced Meng to four years in prison and imposed a fine, while also ordering her to compensate the victim for his economic losses. (Beijing Evening News)
: Polymarket’s official developer account posted on platform X, stating that the combo (combos) feature is about to be launched, and the relevant documentation for the feature has been published.
Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev announced that the company's brokerage and clearing business division, Robinhood Securities, has been approved to act as an IPO underwriter. It is currently unclear which specific regulatory agency completed this approval, but the relevant regulation of the IPO process typically involves the FINRA and the SEC.This move represents a further upgrade based on Robinhood's existing IPO Access business. Through IPO Access, Robinhood users can participate in subscribing to shares of companies about to go public. The underwriter, however, assumes a more core role, not only assisting private companies in completing the listing process but also acting as an intermediary between the issuer and investors. (Barrons)
According to The Information, OpenAI is negotiating a 20-year lease agreement, which would represent its largest infrastructure investment commitment to date. NVIDIA has discussed providing credit support for this project.
According to the official announcement, Binance has announced that Binance Stock Trading will be temporarily unavailable due to a system upgrade by its partner broker. The system upgrade will take place from 18:50 on June 13, 2026, to 00:00 on June 14, 2026. Users are strongly advised to cancel all outstanding orders for Binance Stock Trading before the scheduled upgrade to avoid potential losses.
the U.S. Department of Justice stated in a press release that a 47-year-old resident of Newcastle, Washington, Geoffrey K. Auyeung, has been sentenced to 5 years in prison for conspiracy to commit money laundering.Geoffrey K. Auyeung assisted overseas scammers in transferring nearly $100 million in investment fraud proceeds through bank accounts and cryptocurrency exchanges. The scammers deceived victims into investing in the oil and gas industry, luring them to transfer funds into so-called escrow accounts. To facilitate this, Geoffrey K. Auyeung established at least nine entities to receive funds, which were then transferred overseas or exchanged for cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin, Ethereum, USDT, and USDC via exchanges like Gemini, Coinbase, and BitStamp. Most of these cryptocurrencies were subsequently sent to Binance accounts controlled by individuals in Nigeria and Russia.Geoffrey K. Auyeung opened at least 81 bank accounts across 24 financial institutions and 19 accounts across 8 cryptocurrency exchanges, receiving a total of $97.1 million in wire transfers and deposits. Through his involvement in the scheme, he earned at least $4 million in commissions and received an additional $400,000 in commissions through accounts under his wife's name between August 2024 and December 2025. Auyeung pleaded guilty in February of this year. He will forfeit approximately $2.3 million seized from bank accounts and his home, an Audi SQ8, and has agreed to forfeit approximately $7.1 million worth of cryptocurrency. (The Block)
Japan's three largest banks have announced plans to jointly issue a stablecoin within the current fiscal year ending March 2027. The banking arms of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, and Mizuho Financial Group will establish a committee to review the operational framework and prepare for the issuance.The Japanese Financial Services Agency has been supporting the experimental phase of this project as part of Japan's efforts to leverage blockchain technology to enhance its payment systems. Previously, Japanese startup JPYC began issuing a yen-pegged stablecoin in October last year, and this month, a ruling party panel also proposed promoting the use of yen stablecoins for settlements in Asia. (Reuters)
Humanity stated that it has shared the attacker’s address tracking page with all centralized exchanges, decentralized exchanges, and aggregators, and will continue updating it. Humanity has also announced a $1 million USDT bounty for information that aids in recovering the stolen funds; all recovered funds will be used to repurchase $H.
According to an official announcement, Ondo Perps—the perpetual contract platform under Ondo—has launched its public beta version. The first batch of beta testers can now begin trading, with access gradually extended to more users on the waitlist.
According to the official announcement, Coinbase has updated its asset listing roadmap, adding RE (RE) from the Ethereum ecosystem and Arcium (ARX) from the Solana ecosystem.
Humanity released a post-mortem report on the H token security incident that occurred between June 8 and 9, stating that the incident was not caused by a smart contract vulnerability, but rather by a malware intrusion into a developer's device, which led to the leakage of private keys. Humanity stated that the attacker still holds the ProxyAdmin permissions for the ETH bridge and the BNB Chain token. Preliminary investigations confirmed that a colleague's device was infected with malware, which the attacker used to obtain the hot wallet private key of the administrator and the private keys for signing on 6 Gnosis Safe wallets. The team has hired an external security agency to conduct a forensic investigation and stated that they are formulating a recovery plan for affected users.
According to The Information, sources say Anthropic may release its new model Claude Fable today. Described as a secure version of Mythos, Claude Fable retains some advanced capabilities while adding safety restrictions for high-risk scenarios such as cyberattacks. Anthropic previewed Mythos in April this year, stating that it can discover numerous previously unknown cybersecurity vulnerabilities—but did not directly release it due to potential safety risks. As of now, Anthropic has not officially announced detailed information about Claude Fable.
Predict.fun has announced the launch of the 2026 World Cup prediction event "Predict Cup," with a total prize pool of $2 million.During the event, users can select up to five supported teams and accumulate Fan Points by participating in prediction markets related to match results, scores, goal counts, and more. To earn corresponding points, users must hold a specified amount of positions before the match starts and at the time of market settlement.Rewards will be distributed based on the leaderboard for each stage, with the top 500 participants eligible for USDT rewards. The prize pool for each group in the group stage is $70,000, $25,000 for the Round of 32, $30,000 for the Round of 16, $40,000 for the quarter-finals, $50,000 for the semi-finals, and $260,000 for the final. The event covers all 48 participating teams, 104 matches, and the 39-day schedule of the 2026 World Cup.
According to The Information, as AI unicorns continue to attract massive capital inflows, venture capital (VC) firms are accelerating their fundraising efforts at an unprecedented pace. Founders Fund has already launched a new $6 billion fund this year to invest in late-stage growth companies—the first time in the firm’s 20-year history that it has raised capital from limited partners (LPs) less than two years after its previous fundraise. Reportedly, Founders Fund’s $4.6 billion fund raised in 2025 has been largely deployed, with capital allocated primarily across seven standout companies—averaging $600 million per investment—including AI and tech leaders such as OpenAI, Anthropic, Ramp, and Cognition. Market observers believe that the sustained heating of the generative AI sector, coupled with surging funding needs among top AI companies, is propelling the global venture capital industry into a new fundraising and investment cycle—and driving large funds to deploy and replenish capital at an unprecedented speed.
According to CoinDesk, Wall Street brokerage Bernstein released a research report stating that the primary driver behind Bitcoin’s price weakness in 2026 will be slowing capital flows—not the quantum computing threat feared by the market. The report notes that Bitcoin treasury companies and ETFs combined attracted approximately $12 billion in inflows this year, a sharp decline from $60 billion in 2025; meanwhile, Bitcoin ETFs—holding $75 billion in assets—recorded roughly $2.6 billion in net outflows, with new demand coming mainly from corporate buyers such as MicroStrategy (MSTR). Bernstein analysts attribute the slowdown in capital flows to retail investors’ massive shift into AI-related assets. This year, the strongest-performing segments of the crypto market have been tokenized equities and commodities. Nevertheless, analysts view the ETF outflows as relatively moderate. Bitcoin’s investor base has evolved from one dominated by retail participants to a more diversified group—including ETFs, corporate treasuries, wealth management platforms, pension funds, and sovereign investors—resulting in a healthier market structure. The long-term value-storage thesis for Bitcoin remains intact.
According to the official TON announcement, the TON Vote community referendum concluded on June 8. A total of 81.22% of voters supported renaming TON’s native token “Toncoin” to “Gram,” changing its ticker from “TON” to “GRAM,” and updating the logo accordingly. The rebranding will officially take effect on June 15, 2026, at 12:00 UTC. The blockchain network name—“The Open Network”—remains unchanged. User balances, addresses, smart contracts, NFTs, and DeFi positions are unaffected; no migration or action is required. Exchanges and ecosystem projects are expected to display the asset as “Gram (prev. Toncoin)” during the transition period and complete full updates by June 22. The official notice warns that any claims requiring users to “migrate” or “exchange” TON for GRAM are fraudulent.
Bitget is set to launch its 5th CFD Trading Championship, with a total prize pool of $90,000 USDT. The event runs from 21:00 on June 9 to 21:00 on June 19 (UTC+8). This edition features three dedicated zones: the Mystery Box Zone, the Points Zone, and the Ranking Zone. During the event, users who complete designated CFD trading tasks will receive mystery box rewards—with a 100% win rate—and may claim up to $100 USDT in cash vouchers per draw. Additionally, new users who meet the minimum requirement for their first CFD trade will receive three extra draws. Moreover, users can accumulate points daily by meeting trading targets and share in a $15,000 USDT points prize pool. Users who meet both cumulative trading volume thresholds and ranking requirements will jointly share a $60,000 USDT ranking prize pool, with the champion receiving $4,000 USDT outright. For more details, please visit the official Bitget platform.