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Brantly Millegan, the Operations Director of ENS Labs, stated that he has decided to leave ENS and will gradually shut down ethid.org.Brantly mentioned that team members are currently open to new job opportunities. Most projects, such as GrailsMarket, ENSMarketBot, and EFP, will cease operations in the coming weeks, but the code will remain open source.

Gate today announced that Edwin Cheung has officially been promoted to Executive Director, where he will participate in the overall strategic planning and global business development of the group, further advancing Gate's long-term layout in the digital asset and fintech fields, supporting the group's continuous expansion in the global market and enhancing its overall competitiveness.Previously, Edwin was responsible for Gate's global fiat currency business strategy, long-term promotion of institutional cooperation, payment infrastructure construction, and global market expansion, and actively participated in international business, laying a solid foundation for Gate's globalization layout and long-term strategic development. Edwin holds an MBA in Fintech from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and a Bachelor's degree in Commerce from the University of Melbourne. With nearly ten years of experience in the financial industry at HSBC and Standard Chartered Bank, he has accumulated rich experience in institutional business, payment systems, and strategic cooperation. He stated, "I am deeply honored to serve as Gate's Executive Director. In the future, I will work with the team to promote the implementation of the group's long-term strategy, continuously enhance global business synergy capabilities, strengthen Gate's competitive advantages in the digital asset and fintech fields, and create greater long-term value for global users."This appointment reflects Gate's ongoing commitment to globalization development, long-term strategy, and organizational construction. In the future, Gate will continue to adhere to an innovation-driven development concept, steadily advance its global business layout, continuously enhance product and service capabilities, and create a more open, secure, and professional digital asset ecosystem for global users.

Bitwise Research Director André Dragosch posted on the X platform that July could be a key month for Bitcoin to switch from a bear market to a bull market. He pointed out that if semiconductor stocks significantly reverse from their current position, the Federal Reserve may respond with a dovish stance. Bitcoin is likely to complete its reversal ahead of the market's general expectation of a bottom in October.

Grayscale Research's research director Zach Pandl stated that rather than raising the STRC preferred stock dividend yield by 50 basis points, it would be better to sell over $3 billion in Bitcoin to meet cash payment obligations and restore market confidence. As an institutional researcher, Zach Pandl publicly suggested that Strategy's sale of over $3 billion in BTC has certain indicative significance.If Strategy ultimately implements a large-scale sale, it will bring considerable selling pressure to the market and may weaken the narrative of companies continuously hoarding Bitcoin. This viewpoint also reflects market concerns about Strategy's capital structure and its heavy reliance on the sustainability of its Bitcoin balance sheet. Attention should be paid to Strategy's official response and whether there are actual Bitcoin transfers in its on-chain wallet.

According to u.today, Patrick Shyu announced in a YouTube video that he has sold all of his cryptocurrency assets and suffered significant financial losses. Patrick Shyu stated that Bitcoin has dropped 50% from its peak of $120,000 last October to over $60,000 this summer, and that he was unprepared psychologically due to excessive leverage.Patrick Shyu pointed out that the current liquidity in the funding pool is far lower than in 2021, mentioning that Mt.Gox creditors received 35,000 Bitcoins and MicroStrategy holds 850,000 Bitcoins, believing there may not be enough liquidity for everyone to exit.Additionally, Patrick Shyu also mentioned the threat of quantum computing and the economic sustainability issues of network security after mining rewards decrease, but he stated at the end of the video that he remains optimistic about the underlying technology in the long term and believes this video could be a bottoming signal.

Hsiao-Wei Wang, the first Chinese Executive Director of the Ethereum Foundation, announced her resignation today. In the announcement, she stated, "I have decided to prioritize my personal life and future direction. Now is the right time to step back and I am still contemplating what my next steps should be." In response, Vitalik Buterin praised Hsiao-Wei Wang's contributions, stating that she has been a "steadfast contributor to the Ethereum ecosystem for the past decade" and expressed his "anticipation for her next adventures."On March 10, 2025, the Ethereum Foundation (EF) announced that Hsiao-Wei Wang (Chinese name: Wang Xiaowei) was promoted to board member, becoming the first Chinese leader to rise from the technical grassroots to the board in the seven years since EF's establishment.

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) of India has submitted a charge sheet to the PMLA special court in Dwarka, New Delhi, formally accusing Chirag Tomar and his accomplices of participating in a cryptocurrency phishing scam worth approximately $20 million. Investigations reveal that the gang executed attacks by hijacking SEO related to a counterfeit "Coinbase Pro" phishing website, luring users to input account information and further deceiving them into providing 2FA verification, thereby remotely transferring the victims' crypto assets. The funds were subsequently split into thousands of wallets and laundered through P2P transactions with local trading platforms. The case is coordinated with U.S. federal law enforcement actions.Previously, Tomar was arrested by the FBI in the U.S. and sentenced to 60 months in prison for conspiracy to commit wire fraud. The Indian ED stated that it has obtained key evidence through international judicial cooperation and has frozen 129 bank accounts related to the case and assets amounting to approximately 645.5 million rupees, with the involved funds and properties undergoing further recovery and forfeiture procedures.

According to the information released by the SEC, Robinhood (HOOD) director Malka Meyer purchased 250,000 shares of the company's stock at an average price of $80.74 per share on June 5, with a total value of approximately $20.1842 million. After the transaction, her direct holdings increased to 8,004,656 shares.

Galaxy Research Director Alex Thorn posted that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) plans to abolish Rule 611 "Order Protection Rule" and Rule 610(e) in the National Market System Regulation (Reg NMS), which could become an important turning point for the development of tokenized stocks.Thorn pointed out that Rule 611 requires trades to adhere to the best quotes across the entire market (NBBO), while AMMs cannot route orders in real-time, access low-latency market data, or pause trading due to better quotes existing on other exchanges. Therefore, it has long been difficult to meet regulatory requirements, becoming one of the main structural obstacles for tokenized U.S. stocks to land in the DeFi scenario. He stated that if the future replaces the regulatory requirements for trade-by-trade supervision with brokers' "best execution obligations," on-chain liquidity pools and AMM mechanisms will be more easily incorporated into the compliance framework.Although tokenized securities still face issues such as trading venue registration and clearing and settlement, the SEC's subsequent plan to introduce an "innovation exemption" mechanism is expected to further promote related developments. Thorn believes this is an important step for the SEC to implement the "Project Crypto" roadmap, paving the way for innovations in tokenized stocks, AMMs, and on-chain securities trading by removing key market structure barriers.

Alex Thorn, the Research Director at Galaxy, stated that the UK's decision to include the entire HTX on the sanctions list is controversial, as there are still a large number of legitimate users on the platform. He also pointed out that there are significant differences in the standards and timing of asset freezes among different stablecoin issuers, and suggested paying attention to the potential impact of stablecoin freeze mechanisms on user assets.

According to official news, Tether announced that it has appointed a new independent director to the board of Bitcoin reserve company Twenty One Capital (XXI) to fill the previous vacancy in the audit committee. The company stated that this appointment complies with the independence requirements of the SEC's Securities Exchange Act Rule 10A-3 and the New York Stock Exchange listing rules.This vacancy arose after Tether acquired the shares of XXI held by SoftBank Group on May 20, leading to the termination of the governance agreement between the two parties, and the resignation of the directors appointed by SoftBank, one of whom was a member of the audit committee.It was introduced that Twenty One Capital currently holds over 43,500 bitcoins and is positioned as a vertically integrated Bitcoin company, with business covering Bitcoin mining, asset reserves, capital markets, and financial services.Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino stated that XXI is building one of the most important Bitcoin companies in the world, and therefore the company prioritizes ensuring that the board has an independent oversight mechanism that meets SEC and NYSE requirements to match its strong balance sheet.

Galaxy Research Director Alex Thorn posted on the X platform that the U.S. Senate Banking Committee has voted 15-9 this week to advance the CLARITY Act to the full Senate voting stage, with time running short, and it is expected to take about nine weeks.The subsequent timeline may be: June 1: Begin coordinating the bill versions between the Senate Banking Committee and the Agriculture Committee; June 15: Full Senate begins debate; June 22: The Senate may complete the final vote; July 13: Coordination between the Senate and the House of Representatives is completed; early August: President Trump signs it into law (if it proceeds as planned).Alex Thorn's analysis suggests that the Democrats are focusing on "ethical provisions" aimed at limiting the digital asset holdings and profits of senior officials and their family members, while DeFi regulation and the Blockchain Regulatory Certainty Act (BRCA) are still under negotiation. The CLARITY Act will lay the foundation for innovation in the U.S. digital asset market and investor protection.

Galaxy Research Director Alex Thorn posted on the X platform that the CLARITY Act currently has a higher urgency, one reason being the intense competition for control of the U.S. Senate. If the Democrats regain control of the Senate, former Senator Sherrod Brown may reclaim the chairmanship of the Senate Banking Committee; however, if he fails to win the Ohio Senate election but the Democrats still secure control of the Senate, the committee may be led by Elizabeth Warren.The potential personnel changes mentioned above could significantly impact the regulatory direction of the cryptocurrency industry, thereby increasing the real urgency for advancing the CLARITY Act. Note: Elizabeth Warren is not friendly towards the cryptocurrency industry; she has urged the U.S. Treasury to implement strict accompanying rules for the GENIUS Act and has explicitly issued guidance prohibiting the use of federal resources such as the foreign exchange stabilization fund or the Federal Reserve's emergency lending tools to backstop stablecoins and the cryptocurrency industry.

Alex Thorn, the research director at Galaxy, posted on the X platform that after in-depth discussions with several individuals in the Bitcoin industry regarding quantum computing and Bitcoin issues, he believes that the market is gradually reaching a consensus: First, the approximately 1.1 million BTC held by Satoshi Nakamoto (distributed across about 22,000 P2PK addresses) should not be casually used. If their property rights are infringed upon to address quantum risks, it could undermine the core value proposition of Bitcoin. Even in extreme cases where these BTC are transferred, the market has a strong absorption capacity and can further mitigate risks through solutions like "Hourglass."Second, promoting research, testing, and signature compression of new cryptographic technologies such as quantum-resistant (PQ) cryptography for Bitcoin is a positive direction. It can prepare emergency plans in advance, but care should be taken to avoid causing a consensus deadlock or introducing inadequately verified new risks by prematurely pushing for protocol layer implementation. Even if the quantum threat has only a 1% chance of impacting Bitcoin, it is worth continuing to invest in research.

Galaxy Research Director Alex Thorn stated on the X platform that the amount of Bitcoin currently held by Strategy has surpassed that of the world's largest Bitcoin ETF, IBIT. According to the current accumulation trend, Strategy is expected to surpass Satoshi Nakamoto in the next two years, becoming one of the largest Bitcoin-holding entities in the world.

The Spark strategy chief monetsupply.eth tweeted criticism of Aave's decision to unfreeze the core Ethereum WETH market, arguing that this decision is poorly considered under current conditions. After the unfreezing, it will allow LST/LRT holders to establish extremely high-yield looping positions, resulting in continuous liquidity shortages for aEthWETH, making it difficult for ordinary users to withdraw normally.Taking weETH looping as an example: weETH is currently trading at a 0.5% discount, and if it returns to par within a month, the implied yield is about 6%. Combined with the basic staking yield, the total yield can reach 8%. Meanwhile, the maximum borrowing rate for core ETH on Aave is 5.15%, allowing loopers to earn an additional 2.85% yield; weETH can be leveraged up to 14 times, resulting in a maximum annualized yield of about 45%.He believes that this essentially provides LST/LRT loopers with a "free lunch," while further deteriorating the user experience for aWETH holders and stablecoin borrowers.

MonetSupply, the strategy director at Spark, posted on platform X that Aave has decided to lift the freeze on the Ethereum Core WETH market. Under the current interest rate model, LST/LRT holders can execute high-leverage circular strategies using assets like weETH, taking advantage of the approximately 0.5% discount on the weETH market price and the Aave ETH borrowing rate cap of 5.15%, to achieve an annualized return potential of about 45%.Currently, the utilization rate of the aEthWETH market has reached 100%, making it more difficult for regular depositors and stablecoin borrowing users to exit or refinance from aWETH. MonetSupply pointed out that this decision provides arbitrage opportunities without addressing the liquidity tension of aEthWETH, weakening the liquidity and experience for regular users.

ChainCatcher reported live that Fan Wenzhong, Executive Director of the Chinese Financial Society and former Chairman of Beijing Financial Holdings Group, delivered a keynote speech at the 2026 Hong Kong Web3 Carnival. He pointed out that we are currently at a historical turning point similar to the transition from pawnshops to modern banking, where AI is an advanced productive force in the physical world, and Web3 represents a new type of production relationship in the digital world. The integration of the two will give rise to a Decentralized Agent Economy (DAE).He analyzed that AI Agents have execution capabilities but lack independent identity, accounts, and trust mechanisms, while Web3 addresses these pain points through smart contracts, on-chain identities, and programmable currencies; conversely, AI Agents significantly lower the barriers to using Web3. He proposed that DAE has four major characteristics: agent sovereignty and 24/7 operation, high-frequency atomic exchanges, a collaboration mechanism based on technological trust rather than moral or legal frameworks, and the organizational evolution from companies to DAOs and then to Decentralized AI Companies (DACs).He warned that this transformation will impact the labor market, with white-collar workers being replaced before blue-collar workers. AI quantitative funds have already achieved returns far exceeding those of retail investors, and he suggested that the government proactively advance social security reforms. Finally, he recommended that Hong Kong develop a self-controllable high-performance public chain, pilot limited digital persona registrations, attract Web3+AI composite talents, establish a digital finance industry fund, and promote collaborative innovation between the Hong Kong dollar stablecoin and digital renminbi.