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According to The Block, executives from hardware wallet manufacturer Trezor stated that the market's trend of fully pushing Bitcoin towards ETFization may pose a long-term risk to the core principles of the crypto industry. According to the company's Chief Business Officer Danny Sanders during the BTC Prague event, the current global crypto user base is approximately 600 million, but only about 10% of users choose to self-custody their assets, with only about 12 to 13 million users using hardware wallets.Since the launch of the U.S. spot Bitcoin ETF in 2024, which has attracted over $53 billion in inflows, institutional allocation of Bitcoin has significantly increased. However, Sanders pointed out that this trend may also weaken users' behavior of directly holding private keys. He believes that self-custody is one of the core attributes of the Bitcoin system, but there are still significant challenges in terms of user experience and security thresholds, leading more users to prefer participating in the market through custodial tools like exchanges or ETFs.Sanders emphasized that the industry should focus on improving the usability and security of self-custody, rather than simply accepting the path of "putting Bitcoin into ETFs." He stated that if the long-term evolution leads to an ETF-dominated holding structure, it would undermine the foundational logic of Bitcoin as a decentralized asset, which could be the "least ideal outcome" for the industry.

According to Cryptonomist, the prediction market platform Kalshi recorded a trading volume of $5.1 billion in the first week of the 2026 FIFA World Cup, setting a historical high for the platform. In May, Kalshi's monthly trading volume had already approached $18 billion, setting a historical record at that time. Kalshi also announced an official partnership with the Argentine Football Association (AFA) during the World Cup, with Messi promoting the platform on social media.

According to PeckShield, the structured product protocol ThetanutsFi was attacked, resulting in a loss of approximately $2.1 million, of which about $2 million in option tokens have been recovered by a white hat address.The attacker has exchanged $105,000 USDC for about 60 ETH and still holds option tokens worth approximately $34,000 USDC.

According to official news, Michael S. Selig, Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), announced two senior personnel appointments: Donald Battle as Chief Data Innovation Officer, serving in the data department and joining the innovation working group; J Matthew Haws as Senior Advisor to the Chairman's Office and Head of the Chicago Region.Among them, Battle previously served in the cryptocurrency working group and the data science group of the enforcement division at the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), possessing experience in blockchain forensics, data science, and anti-money laundering; Haws has over 13 years of legal and compliance experience in the derivatives market.

According to Caixin, Standard Chartered's Head of Financial and Strategic Clients for Hong Kong, Greater China, and North Asia, Zeng Jizhi, stated that Standard Chartered is studying the feasibility of establishing its own gold storage in Hong Kong and is considering different site options.If the plan materializes, Hong Kong is expected to become the first market where Standard Chartered Group establishes its own gold storage, and it would be one of the few banks to have its own storage in Hong Kong. Currently, Standard Chartered has already provided physical gold trading and related options financing services to Commercial and Investment Banking (CIB) clients. If the self-established gold storage is established, it could extend services to comprehensive gold trading services, including executing transactions, settlement, and storage.

CryptoQuant analyst Woominkyu stated that the BTC whale sell-off has ended, with total whale holdings turning from a decline to an increase after 12 consecutive days of decrease, and the price rebounding to $65,704.89.From June 5 to 10, during the low point of $61,400, the exchange whale ratio once rose to 62.3%, while over 11,400 BTC flowed from exchanges to cold wallets. He believes that the transfer of chips during this round of decline has basically been completed.

According to SoSoValue data, as of 8 AM Eastern Time on June 15, 2026, the total net purchase of Bitcoin by publicly listed companies worldwide (excluding mining companies) for the week was $100 million, a decrease of 0.99% compared to last week.Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy) spent approximately $100 million last week to purchase 1,587 Bitcoins at a price of $63,024, increasing its total holdings to 846,842 Bitcoins.The Japanese listed company Metaplanet did not purchase any Bitcoin last week, marking two consecutive months without purchases.In addition, the remaining listed companies did not purchase any Bitcoin.As of the time of writing, the total amount of Bitcoin held by publicly listed companies worldwide (excluding mining companies) is 1,121,341 Bitcoins, an increase of 0.50% compared to last week, with a current market value of approximately $7.424 billion, accounting for 5.6% of Bitcoin's circulating market value.

According to Cointelegraph, Standard Chartered Bank predicts in its latest research report that by 2030, the locked assets in decentralized finance (DeFi) will reach approximately $2.7 trillion, growing about 37 times from current levels. The report points out that this growth will be primarily driven by the tokenization of real-world assets (RWA) and the migration of crypto-native assets to on-chain protocols.Geoff Kendrick, Head of Digital Asset Research at Standard Chartered, stated that the next round of "structural growth opportunities" in digital assets will come from DeFi protocols, and it is expected that by 2030, the proportion of tokenized assets entering the DeFi system will increase from the current approximately 3.5% to about 30%.Current data shows that only about 3% of stablecoins and 10% of tokenized real assets are actually used in DeFi protocols, indicating significant room for penetration. The report also emphasizes that achieving the $2.7 trillion target will rely on the rapid expansion of tokenized asset scale and a significant improvement in on-chain capital efficiency. Previously, Standard Chartered predicted that by 2028, the scale of tokenized non-stablecoin real assets would reach $2 trillion, with money market funds and U.S. stocks becoming major components.At the infrastructure level, the report mentions that decentralized trading protocols like Uniswap could become important trading hubs for tokenized assets and notes that traditional financial institutions will focus more on security and stability when entering the on-chain market. However, analysts also warn that tokenization does not necessarily lead to increased liquidity, and fragmentation between different chains and asset standards may still limit market depth and unified pricing capability.

According to PR Newswire, BitMine increased its holdings by 76,881 Ethereum last week. As of June 14, 2026, its total Ethereum holdings reached 5,620,754, accounting for approximately 4.66% of the total Ethereum supply.Currently, the total value of cryptocurrencies, cash, and other investment assets held by BitMine is approximately $10.4 billion, which includes $502 million in cash and securities, 204 Bitcoins, $180 million in equity assets from Beast Industries, and an investment of $88 million in Eightco Holdings (ORBS). Additionally, the amount of Ethereum it has staked is 4,718,677 (over 83% of total holdings), valued at approximately $8.1 billion, with a current annualized staking yield of about $226 million.Tom Lee stated that the company maintains a relatively high buying pace, believing that the current ETH price correction does not reflect the ongoing improvement in Ethereum's fundamentals, and expects to achieve the goal of holding 5% of the total ETH supply within 2026.Furthermore, BitMine completed the issuance of 3.5 million shares of 9.50% Class A perpetual preferred stock (BMNP) on June 10, with an issuance price of $80 per share, raising approximately $273.8 million. This preferred stock is expected to be listed and traded on the NYSE on June 16, with dividends paid weekly.

According to CNBC, Ron Baron, founder and CEO of Baron Capital, stated that the company added $1 billion in shares during SpaceX's initial public offering (IPO), increasing its holdings in SpaceX to approximately $25 billion.Ron Baron said that this increase was to maintain the ownership ratio and avoid dilution, not for trading purposes.

The U.S. stock-listed Bitcoin treasury company Strive announced that it has invested approximately $4.7 million to increase its holdings by 73 BTC, with an average purchase price of $63,646.As of now, the company's total Bitcoin holdings have reached 19,105 BTC, valued at approximately $1.211 billion.

According to the 8-K document submitted by Strategy to the SEC, the company purchased 1,587 bitcoins at an average price of approximately $63,024 from June 8 to June 14, 2026, totaling about $100 million, with funding sourced from the MSTR stock ATM program.During the same period, the company sold 1.7326 million shares of MSTR common stock through the ATM, raising approximately $209 million. As of June 14, 2026, Strategy held a total of 846,842 bitcoins, with a total holding cost of approximately $64.07 billion and an average price of about $75,656.

According to Xinhua News Agency, U.S. President Trump said to The New York Times on the 14th that Iran will be allowed to conduct limited low-level uranium enrichment activities, and stated that the new U.S.-Iran agreement will ensure that "Iran's uranium enrichment will always be for non-military purposes." Iranian media reported that this statement indicates that Trump has made concessions on Iran's demand for "zero uranium enrichment."

According to on-chain analyst Ai Yi's monitoring, a certain whale has increased its position again after half a month. Three hours ago, it spent 10 million USDe to buy 5,817.33 ETH at an average price of $1,718.88; since May 18, it has cumulatively invested $30.6 million to build its ETH position, far exceeding the previous wave amount.

According to on-chain analyst Yu Jin's monitoring, in March, the attacker of the Venus THE collateral liquidation event sold 1,912 ETH for 3.26 million USDT one hour prior, to repay their loan on Aave. This loan was used to borrow collateralized ETH in March to manipulate the collateral liquidation of THE on Venus. Currently, they still have 6.78 million USDT outstanding on Aave.

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong posted on the X platform that he remains optimistic about Bitcoin as always and still holds a long-term bullish position. He stated that the situation is never as good or as bad as it seems.

Well-known trader Killa (@KillaXBT) stated that Bitcoin needs to hold the $64,000 level. If it successfully holds, it will test $67,000 and squeeze out some shorts. On the other hand, if it cannot hold, the market will drop back below $60,000, and this rally will just be a deceptive false breakout meant to lure in buyers.Killa, as a quantitative trader focused on BTC, predicted the peak of this bull market in May 2025 and has over 200,000 followers on platform X. In mid-April, he shorted Bitcoin at $74,688 and fully turned bullish during the market-wide decline on June 5.