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The global stablecoin payment infrastructure platform WasabiCard, in collaboration with WIDTH, held the CCO Leadership Edition compliance high-end exchange event in Hong Kong. WasabiCard CMO Jack Derong gathered with executives and experts from the fields of digital assets, payments, fintech, and regulatory compliance in Hong Kong to engage in in-depth discussions on topics such as the evolution of global regulations, the development of stablecoin payments, and corporate compliance practices.As Hong Kong's Web3 ecosystem continues to develop and the digital asset regulatory framework becomes increasingly refined, stablecoin payments are ushering in new development opportunities. With the continuous improvement of compliance requirements surrounding the HKMA stablecoin licensing system, Travel Rule, AML, KYT, and others, companies are increasingly focused on how to build payment infrastructure that combines global payment capabilities, risk management capabilities, and compliance capabilities to achieve the scalable implementation of stablecoin payments.WasabiCard believes that the future competition in stablecoin payments will hinge on whether companies possess the infrastructure capabilities to cover global compliance, risk management, and cross-border payment networks, rather than just payment efficiency.In the future, WasabiCard will continue to enhance global payment infrastructure based on the highest standards of compliance systems and risk management capabilities, helping clients confidently respond to the evolving global regulatory requirements and expand their international business more securely.

Today, Bitget CFD Chief Analyst Lewis Huang pointed out in an online live broadcast themed "Cooling Interest Rate Hike Expectations: Technical Analysis Takes Over Trends" that the current global financial market is at a critical juncture of alternating macro narratives and market trends. He emphasized that with the recent overall economic data being released, market concerns about the Federal Reserve maintaining an aggressive interest rate hike path have significantly cooled. Against the backdrop of weakening macro fundamental pressures, capital is seeking new directions, and market logic will gradually shift from "news-driven" to "technical-driven."Regarding the current market landscape, Lewis Huang stated that when macro expectations become consistent or stable, "technical analysis will reflect all market information." In the practical analysis segment of the live broadcast, he deeply dissected the latest chart structures of gold, U.S. stocks, and popular stock indices. He pointed out that due to the retreat of interest rate hike risks, non-yielding assets (such as gold) and risk assets (such as stock indices) are showing clearer technical boundaries. He suggested that CFD traders should temporarily reduce their reliance on macro data speculation at this stage and shift their trading focus to price action itself, leveraging key support and resistance levels and trend indicators to flexibly capture trading opportunities in swings and trends under changing market sentiments.

On June 25, WEEX announced that it has officially launched the "Stock-Coin Ecological Trading Zone" themed event. Users who trade any specified stock-coin (DELLON, NOKON, GLWON, LITEON, CBRSON, UMCON, AMKRON, AAOION) can participate in sharing a generous prize pool of 100,000 USDT. This event aims to assist users in strategically positioning themselves in the popular trends of the US stock market and seizing the AI ecological dividends. The specified stock-coins cover popular concept sectors such as globally renowned semiconductor foundries, AI chip packaging, and optical communication services. Event duration: 6/23 21:30 - 7/3 21:30 UTC+8.

According to a post by BIT Official analysts, in the past 30 days, the total capital flow of stablecoins, MicroStrategy, and Bitcoin ETFs has turned into a net outflow, reaching a record scale of $8 billion, indicating that institutional investors are actively reducing risk exposure before the summer.Unlike the stagnation of capital inflow in the fourth quarter of 2025, this capital movement has clearly turned negative. Analysts believe that without significant positive catalysts such as a dovish shift from the Federal Reserve, buying pressure is unlikely to recover. The decline of BTC from $82,000 to $62,000 may have a greater impact than the previous drop from $102,000 to $82,000. Currently, the upside potential is limited, and there may still be trading opportunities in shorting volatility.

According to Gate market data, at the opening of the US stock market, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose by 0.1%, the S&P 500 index fell by 0.6%, and the Nasdaq Composite index fell by 1.2%. Most chip stocks declined, with Arm down more than 5%, Micron Technology down more than 4%, Marvell Technology down 6%, and Intel down more than 5%. Lululemon fell more than 10% after its earnings announcement.

According to CoinDesk, Bitcoin has continued to be under pressure after failing to break through $83,000, dropping to its lowest level since early April, currently reported at $73,526, with a 24-hour increase of only 0.07%. This pullback extends the downward trend of the past three weeks and forms a series of lower lows since October of last year, seen as a potential bear market signal.Ethereum has also weakened, briefly dropping to $1,965 before slightly rebounding above $2,000. Meanwhile, U.S. stocks continue to outperform the crypto market, with S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 futures both rising 0.15%, approaching historical highs.

According to a report from the Fidelity Digital Assets research team, the digital asset market is undergoing a structural reshaping phase in 2026, with the following six key trends worth noting:Digital assets are accelerating their integration with traditional capital markets, with strong demand from institutions through channels such as Bitcoin ETF options;The rights mechanism for token holders is continuously advancing, but the market has yet to show a significant valuation premium;AI computing power competition is beginning to affect Bitcoin mining, with a slowdown in computing power growth;The Bitcoin network has entered a new inflection point, with the expansion of OP_RETURN data capacity not causing significant on-chain inflation;Institutional movements are bearish in the short term, but long-term structural capital inflows continue;Gold is performing strongly, reflecting a trend of de-dollarization, and Bitcoin's positioning as an inflation hedge asset is expected to be further strengthened.Fidelity believes that although short-term prices are relatively flat, these underlying structural trends are steadily developing.

Liquid Capital founder Yi Lihua posted on platform X, stating that in the last cycle, "there were eight correct operations and one wrong one," but the cost of a single mistake was significant; however, the related losses mainly belong to the previous profit pullback.Yi Lihua mentioned that after this round of rebound ends, he will fully prepare to bottom out in the new round of market trends, while dedicating more than half of his time and energy to AI stocks and AI investment research, and stated, "Optimists always choose to believe in trends; only by believing can one avoid panicking at crypto lows and AI highs."

The cryptocurrency market was at a critical juncture on Wednesday. After failing to break through $78,000 on Tuesday, Bitcoin's price has fallen below the $76,000 "bear market boundary" defined by Tom Lee, now approaching the support level of $75,000. Ethereum also retreated after reaching $2,150 on Tuesday, falling towards the $2,000 support, and then rebounding around $2,050. AI concept tokens RENDER, FET, and NEAR have given back most of their gains from Tuesday.Market performance diverges significantly from U.S. stocks. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 index futures both hit all-time highs, rising about 0.3%. In the derivatives market, cryptocurrency futures trading volume surged 54% to $201 billion within 24 hours, with liquidation volume skyrocketing by 87%, but this mainly reflects the market's restart after the U.S. holiday. Bitcoin open interest climbed to 740,000, with a negative cumulative trading volume difference over 24 hours, indicating that traders are actively shorting through market orders. Ethereum's open interest reached a historic high of 15.57 million, but the trading volume difference is also negative, suggesting that traders are shorting contracts to bet on deeper declines after the critical technical support trendline was breached. The 30-day implied volatility index for Bitcoin rebounded from a year-to-date low, rising nearly 3% to 37.35%, indicating that the market is beginning to seek protection against potential price declines.

According to a recent video interview by Cointelegraph, Dr. Han, the founder and CEO of Gate, stated that the cryptocurrency industry is gradually shifting from a speculation-driven market to a phase focused on infrastructure development and real-world applications.Dr. Han pointed out that stablecoins, RWA, AI, and asset tokenization are becoming the core directions of the industry, while a clearer regulatory framework (such as the CLARITY Act) is expected to further promote DeFi, payments, and on-chain financial innovations.Dr. Han also mentioned that high user entry barriers, security risks, and fragmented liquidity remain significant challenges currently faced by the industry. In the future, the cryptocurrency industry will further integrate with traditional finance and play a more important role in areas such as payments, settlements, and the circulation of digital assets.Gate continues to deepen its multi-asset and TradFi layout. In addition to expanding assets such as stocks, metals, foreign exchange, indices, and commodities, it has also launched Pre-IPOs and listed its first project, SpaceX (SPCX). At the same time, as one of the first CEX platforms to access Polymarket, Gate is continuously promoting the development of the prediction market ecosystem and accelerating the construction of a comprehensive trading platform covering both cryptocurrency and traditional finance.

Gate Europe CEO Dr. Giovanni Cunti attended the VI3NNA Congress 2026 and delivered a keynote speech titled "The Role of Exchanges and Stablecoins." The conference was held from May 19 to 20 in Vienna, Austria, bringing together industry representatives from Web3, AI, finance, and regulation to discuss the future development direction of the European digital economy.Giovanni Cunti's speech analyzed the popularization of stablecoin applications, industry development trends, and how blockchain financial infrastructure is gradually reshaping the traditional financial market landscape. It focused on how crypto asset service providers, including Gate Europe, are transitioning from meeting user needs to playing a key role in driving industry structure and future market development. In addition to the keynote speech, Giovanni Cunti also participated in several roundtable discussions, engaging with policymakers, financial institutions, investors, and industry innovators on topics such as digital asset regulation, infrastructure development, and real market implementation.Currently, Gate's Malta company, Gate Europe, has obtained European MiCA and PI licenses under the regulation of the Malta Financial Services Authority (MFSA). As the industry continues to move towards compliance and institutional development, Gate is actively participating in global key industry dialogues and promoting the long-term development of the digital asset ecosystem.

Despite the ETH price dropping about 26% this year, the staking ratio of Ethereum has increased from 29% at the beginning of the year to about 31%, showing that long-term holders are ignoring price weakness and on-chain risks, continuously reducing the circulating supply. Historical data indicates that in the context of tightening circulating supply, once demand experiences a substantial recovery, it will provide favorable support for the price.Meanwhile, liquid staking protocols like Lido have significantly lowered the participation threshold, expanding the staking community from professional validators to a broader range of retail and institutional users. Analysis points out that as spot ETF products mature and the scale of RWA tokenization activities on Ethereum expands, institutional demand for staking ETH may bring structural capital inflows to the staking ecosystem.Although the ETH price performance has been poor, Ethereum's core position in RWA settlement, DeFi infrastructure, and Layer 2 activities continues to solidify. Whether the price can reverse may depend on the speed at which institutional capital shifts from narrative to actual allocation.

According to BIT analysis, Ethereum's recent price performance is increasingly dominated by ETF fund flows. Over the past year, the 30-day average of daily net inflows into ETH ETFs has been highly synchronized with Ethereum's price movements, and the sensitivity of Ethereum's price to institutional funds has significantly increased. One of the core narratives of Ethereum is a net staking yield of about 2.5%.However, in an environment where inflation is accelerating again and the yield on the U.S. 10-year Treasury bond has risen above 4.6%, Ethereum's staking yield advantage is weakening compared to risk-free assets like U.S. Treasuries. Since May, there has been a re-emergence of fund outflows from Ethereum ETFs, which aligns with the aforementioned logic. If this trend continues, Ethereum is likely to remain in a phase of consolidation and fluctuation.

According to Jinshi, Tim Graf, Managing Director and Head of EMEA Macro Strategy at State Street, stated that global stock markets have continued to rise over the past few days, but the momentum is currently showing signs of fatigue. He pointed out that the stock market is still supported, and if there are factors that trigger a pullback, it may be the movements in the interest rate market and the expectation that inflation will remain above the target levels of many central banks, forcing central banks to tighten policies.

According to QCP Capital analysis, BTC is currently consolidating around $82,000, close to the 200-day moving average, with $80,000 support holding steady, but the $84,000 resistance above has not yet been broken. The core CPI for April year-on-year is 2.8%, slightly above expectations, mainly driven by housing costs (owner's equivalent rent), while core goods inflation remains sluggish, and the transmission of tariffs has not yet fully spread.Core services (excluding housing) inflation has accelerated for three consecutive months, combined with China's PPI turning positive for the first time in 41 months, the global commodity deflation dividend may be fading, and the threshold for the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates has been raised further. The market is currently focused on three major catalysts: the meeting between Trump and Xi Jinping in Beijing (involving trade, rare earths, and Middle East issues), the release of PPI data, and the Senate Banking Committee's review process of the CLARITY cryptocurrency regulatory bill. Before these catalysts materialize, spot prices may continue to fluctuate within a range, with volatility remaining low.