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According to SoSoValue data, as of 8 AM Eastern Time on June 22, 2026, the total net purchase of Bitcoin by global listed companies (excluding mining companies) for the week was $86.03 million, a decrease of 13.97% compared to last week.Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy) spent approximately $34.9 million last week to purchase 520 Bitcoins at a price of $67,068, increasing its total holdings to 847,363 Bitcoins.The Japanese listed company Metaplanet did not purchase any Bitcoin last week, marking nine consecutive weeks without purchases.Additionally, four other companies purchased Bitcoin last week. The Japanese food brand DayDayCook announced on June 17 that it spent $7.43 million to purchase 95 Bitcoins at an undisclosed price, bringing its total holdings to 2,899 Bitcoins; the Brazilian Bitcoin company OrangeBTC announced on June 21 that it invested $1.15 million to purchase 18 Bitcoins at a price of $64,121, increasing its total holdings to 3,822 Bitcoins; the asset management company Strive announced from June 15 to June 21 that it spent $49.98 million to purchase 759 Bitcoins at a price of $65,850, raising its total holdings to 19,864 Bitcoins.As of the time of writing, the total amount of Bitcoin held by the global listed companies (excluding mining companies) in the statistics is 1,142,276 Bitcoins, an increase of 1.87% compared to last week, with a current market value of approximately $7.417 billion, accounting for 5.7% of the circulating market value of Bitcoin.

According to Andrew Curran, the next-generation Mythos model from Anthropic, which has stronger capabilities (named either Mythos 5.1 or Mythos 6), has completed training. It is currently uncertain whether this model will be publicly released or kept for internal use only to accelerate the development of subsequent technologies.Analysis indicates that although some cutting-edge models like Fable 5 or Mythos 5 face restrictions or scrutiny regarding public release, this has not slowed down the research and development pace of top AI laboratories. In the face of fierce competition from open-source models represented by GLM-5.2, leading AI companies still need to continuously invest in and train more powerful systems to maintain their commercial and technological leadership.

According to Jinshi reports, Ukrainian President Zelensky warned that Russia is about to launch a large-scale attack on Ukraine.

The Kanoo family heir Abdulla Kanoo is pushing to migrate a cross-border trade market worth approximately $60 trillion to blockchain infrastructure. Currently, cross-border payments still heavily rely on traditional correspondent banking systems, resulting in long settlement cycles, limited liquidity, and uneven access to US dollars.Kanoo stated that ARP Digital, a digital asset infrastructure company he co-founded, is building a settlement network aimed at facilitating the flow of funds between emerging economies, with the goal of reducing cross-border payment costs and reliance on intermediaries, and accelerating trade financing in the "Global South." According to his estimates, trade between emerging markets will exceed $60 trillion by 2024, accounting for about a quarter of global trade, and is expected to grow to $32 trillion by 2030.

QCP Group's latest market commentary points out that the United States and Iran reached a memorandum of understanding (MOU) over the weekend. The market expects the Strait of Hormuz to resume navigation, and the marginal easing of geopolitical risks has driven overall strength in risk assets. S&P 500 futures opened more than 100 points higher and broke historical highs, while oil prices fell below $75 per barrel, reflecting a decrease in market pricing for the risk of energy supply disruptions.

BitMEX co-founder Arthur Hayes stated that currently all marginal funds are flowing into AI stocks. When AI stocks rapidly decline, investors find themselves unable to buy even though cryptocurrencies appear relatively strong.Last week, Hayes liquidated his positions in $HYPE, $NEAR, and $WLD, and due to the Orchard Pool vulnerability, he also liquidated $ZEC. He emphasized that capital preservation is more important than appreciation, and he currently only holds Bitcoin and Ethereum, stating that ETH "is dead but still usable."He believes that the bursting of the AI bubble will trigger a financial crisis and lead to "massive money printing." At that time, Bitcoin will first plummet and then surge, and he plans to hold his positions through the volatility, possibly engaging in a small amount of tactical short selling through derivatives.

According to Jin Shi reports, Glenmede's Head of Investment Strategy and Research, Jason Pride, stated that the Federal Reserve's considerations remain unchanged, and the constraints for interest rate cuts are still inflation rather than employment.Although the labor market has not accelerated, its resilience is higher than what the unadjusted data suggests, which reduces the urgency for the Federal Reserve to take action regarding employment. Investors should expect the Federal Reserve to maintain interest rates at the next meeting and pay attention to whether energy relief measures after the ceasefire begin to lower the overall inflation rate.

According to a post by on-chain detective ZachXBT, the prediction market project Rain Protocol ($RAIN), with a market capitalization of approximately $8.8 billion, is facing serious risks. ZachXBT discovered through tracking on-chain addresses that the funding sources of the RAIN team are linked to the Gems hot wallet, and the related addresses had previously transferred funds for failed projects DOP and TOMI, suggesting potential team overlap.TOMI, DOP, and Sirin Labs can all be traced back to the controversial Israeli businessman Moshe Hogeg, who was arrested in 2021 for crypto fraud and was charged by police in 2023 for allegedly being involved in a $290 million crypto scam. Additionally, the price of the RAIN token appears to be subject to on-chain manipulation, with its TVL almost entirely composed of its own native token, which has extremely poor liquidity, and annual fee income of only about $1 million.The launchpad Gems.vip, which incubated several of the aforementioned projects, is reportedly preparing for a new round of presales for the Kai Platform, while the whereabouts of the $162 million raised by DOP remain unclear, with ongoing complaints from retail investors.

According to token unlocking data from the crypto asset data platform RootData, Rain (RAIN) will unlock approximately 5,063,177 tokens on June 12 at 11:00 Beijing time, worth about 712 million USD.

Zama protocol founder Rand posted on the X platform that, with the assistance of on-chain detective ZachXBT, the root cause of the cUSDC contract freeze has been identified. This freeze was caused by a court-issued injunction against addresses related to the Overnight Finance hacker, which had deposited approximately $12.5 million USDC into the cUSDC contract, accounting for over 99% of the funds within the contract, leading to the entire contract being frozen.Rand emphasized that this freeze is unrelated to the protocol itself or privacy technology, and it is not a sanction against Zama, but rather a typical DeFi judicial restriction scenario. The project adheres to compliance and privacy principles, not confusing the parties involved in transactions, only hiding balances and amounts. Currently, Zama is communicating with multiple parties to advance a resolution, has suspended the cUSDC, cUSDT, and cWETH contracts, and will restore them after completing the investigation and handling of the involved addresses, and will release a detailed review report as soon as possible.

According to Decrypt, a former Ukrainian police officer kidnapped a cryptocurrency entrepreneur and extorted approximately $2.2 million through violence, intimidation, and false debt claims. Prosecutors stated that the gang targeted at least four victims and committed crimes using law enforcement methods, official vehicles, and impersonating police officers. The Kyiv regional prosecutor's office announced that the pre-trial investigation has been completed, and the gang includes four former police officers and one previously convicted civilian, but none of them have been formally charged for these attacks yet. This case comes amid a global surge in "ransomware attacks" in the cryptocurrency space, where criminals use violent coercion to steal digital assets.

According to Decrypt, the Kyiv regional prosecutor's office in Ukraine has completed a pre-trial investigation into a gang that includes four former police officers and one civilian with a criminal record, suspected of kidnapping a cryptocurrency entrepreneur through violence, intimidation, and false debt claims, extorting over $2.2 million.The prosecution stated that the individuals involved targeted at least four victims, using law enforcement skills, official vehicles, and police identities to disguise their crimes, forcing victims to hand over funds and sign documents for non-existent debts. In one case, a victim from Kyiv was kidnapped at gunpoint and forced to sign a false debt document for $5 million.The prosecution accused the individuals of creating and participating in an armed gang, kidnapping, illegal detention, robbery, extortion, and illegal possession of drugs. The gang's activities were terminated in November 2025, and all individuals involved have been dismissed from police duties, with the case materials transferred to the court.

On-chain security analysis account Eye stated that the BNB Chain project launch platform DxSale is suspected of exploiting a hidden backdoor to siphon off funds from an old liquidity pool locked in 2021, involving over 1,400 LPs and an amount of approximately $7.3 million. The analysis indicates that this attack includes operations such as "silent ownership transfer" and over 80 wallet hops.After the LP was drained, the attack address received over 1,200 BNB (approximately $763,000), with the funds believed to come directly from multiple stolen LP pools. More concerning is that this address had previously been dormant for a long time but has a direct on-chain association with a wallet marked as related to the DxSale team; this address is also one of the important funding inflow addresses for the DxSale smart contract.Subsequently, the attack address transferred about 3,400 BNB (approximately $1.2 million) to multiple wallets and completed the fund transfer through several Binance deposit addresses. Eye stated that if the related accusations are true, it implies that the DxSale team may have reserved a backdoor for the platform years ago and ultimately carried out the attack themselves. They also called for Binance to freeze the related funds, believing that these assets essentially belong to the project investors who had previously financed through DxSale. DxSale was one of the most well-known launchpads and LP locking infrastructure on the BNB Chain, with projects like SAFEMOON having used its services.

According to Lookonchain monitoring, the crypto KOL @nobrainflip (6TkT...HmUi) with 562,800 followers bought 11.636 million VIRL, worth $37,870.

According to official news, based on the update from the Arbitrum DAO proposal, a judgment creditor in an unrelated case served a restraining order to Arbitrum DAO regarding the ETH frozen after the rsETH incident. A few days later, Aave LLC filed an emergency motion to vacate. The court modified the restraining order, allowing for on-chain Arbitrum voting and transferring the frozen ETH to Aave LLC.After the transfer, the restraining order will attach to Aave LLC. The revised constitutional AIP retains the asset recovery intent approved by Arbitrum DAO, and ETH will still be used for the recovery of the rsETH incident. Aave LLC will comply with all court obligations during the litigation process.

According to Jinshi reports, this week, significant signs of peace have emerged in the US-Iran conflict and the Russia-Ukraine conflict, greatly easing geopolitical risks. Next week, it is worth paying close attention to whether these two geopolitical conflicts can further cool down. In addition, next week's macro events will focus on the US April CPI data, as detailed below:Tuesday 15:15, FOMC permanent voting member and New York Fed President Williams will participate in a panel discussion on monetary policy;Tuesday 20:15, US ADP employment change for the week ending April 25;Tuesday 20:30, US April CPI data;Wednesday 04:30, US API crude oil inventories for the week ending May 8;Wednesday 20:30, US April PPI year-on-year and month-on-month;Friday 05:30, Fed Governor Barr will deliver a speech;Friday 21:15, US April industrial production month-on-month.Finally, next week the Federal Reserve will undergo significant personnel changes. Nominee Chairman Kevin Warsh is expected to be confirmed by the Senate on Monday and will officially take over from Powell on May 15.In terms of US stocks, as of this Friday, a new round of surges has pushed the S&P 500 index up 8% cumulatively in 2026, continuing to rise on the basis of achieving double-digit returns for three consecutive years. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite Index has risen nearly 13% year-to-date, with both major indices reaching all-time highs. Although the first quarter earnings season is nearing its end, corporate reports will still be a key driver of stock prices in the coming days.AI

According to the trading analysis platform Polymarket Polyinsider, the address 0xc6dd...89F made a precise bet on the Russia-Ukraine ceasefire event, achieving a daily profit of $34,000, setting a recent best performance. This address belongs to a high-win-rate "fundamental" trader, with a historical total win rate of 70.4%, and has realized a cumulative profit of approximately $78,800.Data analysis shows that today's significant profit is mainly due to its accurate judgment on the event "Russia and Ukraine will cease fire before June 30, 2026." This event has been successfully settled with a "YES" result. The trader not only recorded a daily trading volume of over $1 million but also successfully locked in the largest single profit in recent times. As of now, this address has accumulated a total of 2,526 trades, with a historical maximum drawdown controlled at approximately $14,000.

According to token unlock data from the Crypto asset data platform RootData, Rain (RAIN) will unlock approximately 5,063,177 tokens at 11:00 AM Beijing time on May 12, worth about 379 million USD.

According to Fortune, the stablecoin infrastructure startup Rain is currently valued at $1.95 billion and has announced a partnership with payment giant Mastercard to issue credit and prepaid cards, as well as explore pathways for using stablecoins for payment settlements.Previously, Rain primarily relied on the Visa network to issue card products, and this collaboration with Mastercard signifies its entry into the "dual card network" layout phase, further expanding its institutional client market. Rain stated that this partnership will focus on serving large institutional clients that are deeply bound to a single payment network, enabling them to introduce stablecoin settlement capabilities without changing their existing payment systems.Meanwhile, the application of stablecoins continues to expand at the industry level, with institutions such as Stripe and Coinbase promoting the integration of stablecoin payments and settlements, indicating that the fusion of traditional finance and crypto payment infrastructure is accelerating. Analysts believe that as the regulatory framework becomes clearer, stablecoins are rapidly shifting from trading tools to enterprise payment and cross-border settlement infrastructure.