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

According to monitoring by Catcher Predict, in the event "Location of the Next Diplomatic Talks between the U.S. and Iran" on the prediction market Polymarket, the "Yes" option for the sub-market "Switzerland" has experienced significant fluctuations in winning probability, soaring from 63.45% an hour ago to the current 84.2% (a fluctuation of 20.75%). Please note the impact of related breaking news.

a16z crypto disclosed that the weekly trading volume of prediction markets reached $10.8 billion for the first time, setting a historical record. This record growth was driven by multiple global events, including the SpaceX IPO, the US-Iran peace agreement, the NBA Finals, and the World Cup.a16z crypto pointed out that the prediction market scale has rapidly expanded over the past year. A year ago, the weekly trading volume was about $500 million, and even during active market periods, the weekly trading volume was below $1 billion. Since last fall, trading volume has steadily increased, stabilizing this spring in the range of $6 billion to $7 billion. Even during the current "low volatility week," the market scale has significantly exceeded the peak levels of a year ago, indicating that the liquidity and participation in prediction markets are continuously structurally rising.

Binance founder Zhao Changpeng (CZ) participated in an exclusive interview on the Galaxy Brains podcast with Galaxy Research Director Alex Thorn. CZ stated that he is no longer operating the trading platform, allowing him more time to communicate with developers, and he is excited about some new features of BNB Chain. He mentioned that BNB Chain is developing the next version, which will be faster, cheaper, and include more privacy controls.CZ also advised blockchain developers not to make major upgrades during a bull market, but to push forward significant updates during the quieter times of a bear market. CZ said that he was skeptical about RWA (Real World Assets) about a year to a year and a half ago, uncertain whether the related assets would be traded or could develop. However, the speed of RWA's development surprised him, as stablecoins, oil futures, AI stocks, and others have gained good acceptance in the crypto community. This indicates that many people globally have been looking for access to these assets.Crypto should not be seen as an independent industry, but rather as a new technological tool that makes financial transactions faster, cheaper, and more transparent. He believes that traditional financial institutions can use blockchain, and crypto companies can also provide services similar to traditional finance, such as loans, savings, stock trading, remittances, and payments. In the future, there should not be a clear distinction between traditional finance and crypto, but rather a more globalized, faster, and lower-cost financial industry.

CZ Zhao shared his interview video on platform X, discussing the potential impact of quantum computing on the Bitcoin encryption system, including the threat to Satoshi Nakamoto's Bitcoin holdings. If future quantum attacks lead to the old encryption system being compromised, the community may face three options.The first is to "do nothing," allowing the relevant assets to be naturally transferred by attackers and create selling pressure, but ultimately it may lead to a redistribution back to the community;The second is to freeze or restrict relevant addresses and envision returning assets under verifiable identities, but he believes this path has technical and credibility issues after the encryption is compromised;The third is an intermediate solution such as "slowing down or delaying transfers," but it also has execution complexities.CZ also proposed a compromise idea: to set a time window through community governance, such as 6 to 12 months. If the funds in relevant early addresses have not moved, they would be locked through a network fork or protocol upgrade, permanently removing them from circulation, thus avoiding future concentrated theft by attackers that could create market selling pressure. He emphasized that such decisions should be determined by community voting and believes there is currently no perfect answer, but "not taking any action may become the worst outcome in the future," so mechanisms should be designed in advance to address potential quantum risks.

According to monitoring by Catcher Predict, in the market prediction on Polymarket for the event "Minnesota Twins vs. Arizona Diamondbacks," the option "Arizona Diamondbacks" in the sub-market "Spread -1.5" has experienced a sharp fluctuation in winning probability, rising from 12% an hour ago to the current 39% (a fluctuation of 27%). Please note the impact of relevant breaking news.

Aave founder Stani Kulechov stated that Aave V4 can be used to reconstruct the on-chain securities financing market. He mentioned that securities financing is one of the largest markets on Wall Street but receives relatively little attention from the outside. Securities collateralized loans have become a multi-trillion dollar business, with the U.S. repurchase market having an average daily exposure of about $12.6 trillion, secured financing reaching $1.3 trillion, wealth management securities collateralized loans exceeding $400 billion, and approximately $4.6 trillion in assets in the securities lending market being lent out, generating a record $15 billion in revenue by 2025.Aave V4, through a "liquidity hub + modular market" structure, allows for shared liquidity at the underlying level while setting up segmented markets with different risk parameters, asset ranges, and rules at the upper level. Aave V4 can support three core securities financing scenarios: securities collateralized loans, repurchase transactions, and securities lending. Tokenized securities can be used as collateral to borrow GHO or stablecoins; repurchase transactions can borrow stablecoins using tokenized securities as collateral and achieve atomic settlement; in securities lending, the tokenized securities themselves can become borrowable assets, with lending income flowing directly to asset holders.Stani indicated that Aave V4 could adopt a single shared liquidity hub or split multiple hubs by asset class and risk. The former has deeper liquidity, while the latter offers stronger risk isolation. He believes that the realistic path may start with unified liquidity and, as the types of collateral expand, gradually evolve into a multi-hub structure categorized by asset class and risk.

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Commissioner Hester Peirce expressed views on the future regulation of perpetual contracts, prediction markets, and digital assets, with an overall tone that is relatively positive and open.Hester Peirce reviewed the Rule 611 trading transparency proposal that has been in the works for about 20 years, pointing out that the so-called "innovation exemption" mechanism will be intentionally set to be strict and limited, in order to balance market innovation and investor protection.Hester Peirce stated that a clearer regulatory framework should be adopted for new financial products such as tokenized securities, perpetual contracts, and prediction markets, rather than simply imposing restrictions or vague regulations. She also emphasized two core principles: self-custody and financial privacy should become fundamental rights in the future regulatory system and should be incorporated into the subsequent design of digital asset regulations.

Venus Protocol announced the launch of tokenized stock (bStocks) collateral lending functionality on the BNB Chain. Users can now deposit on-chain US stock assets such as TSLAB, NVDAB, SPCXB into the Venus Core Pool as collateral, allowing them to borrow assets like USDT and USDC while maintaining exposure to stock prices, without the need to sell their holdings. This is the first time Venus supports tokenized stocks as collateral assets.With the launch of bStocks, tokenized stocks officially join the on-chain liquidity market shared by Venus with BTC, ETH, BNB, and stablecoins. Following tokenized assets like XAUm, Venus further expands the range of on-chain collateral to include stock assets, promoting the deep integration of RWA and DeFi.

The Zodiac team released a security incident analysis report regarding the impact on the Zodiac Roles Modifier, disclosing that the root cause of the vulnerability lies in a flaw in the ERC-1271 transaction signature verification logic: the system only determines the validity of the signature based on the returned "magic value" without verifying whether the call itself was successful, which may disguise a failed verification as a valid signature, bypassing the module authentication mechanism.

In response to Ethereum core developer Trent Van Epps' lengthy article pointing out that Ethereum is entering a critical institutional turning point, including legitimacy distribution, governance structure evolution, and potential protocol funding crises, Tom Lee, chairman of the Ethereum treasury company Bitmine, responded by stating that the possibility of such a crisis occurring in Ethereum is zero, and wrote "Funding secured."Data shows that Bitmine has been increasing its holdings in Ethereum weekly, with the total holdings now exceeding 5.62 million coins.

According to on-chain data monitored by Catcher Predict, significant capital movements are predicted in the Polymarket. A large whale invested $168,164.83 in the "Brazil vs. Haiti - More Markets" event, specifically on "O/U 3.5". Based on the current transaction price, the latest corresponding winning probability for this target is 50%.

According to Decrypt, Amazon has decided to withdraw the biopic of Sam Altman titled "Artificial." The film was originally planned to be distributed by Amazon MGM Studios and was nearing completion, but executives responsible for Prime Video and Amazon MGM Studios decided not to proceed with the release plan after watching the finished product and have handed the film over to other movie companies to seek a distributor.

Nansen CEO Alex Svanevik posted on platform X that, in hindsight, if Binance founder CZ had completed the acquisition of FTX back then, the potential asset structure could have changed significantly, possibly indirectly holding about 8% exposure in Anthropic, about 5% exposure in the AI programming tool Cursor, and some investment rights related to SpaceX.It is reported that CZ disclosed the intention to acquire in November 2022, but announced the abandonment due to issues discovered during due diligence that were beyond control, after which FTX filed for bankruptcy protection.

"On-chain detective" ZachXBT published a case analysis stating that in a cryptocurrency asset case involving an Indian scam gang, the relevant individuals reported the case to law enforcement after their assets were frozen, drawing attention. The incident began when a user sought help, claiming that approximately 5.73 BTC (about $475,000) was frozen on Changelly in March 2025.Subsequent on-chain analysis revealed that these funds could be traced back to multiple social engineering attacks and theft cases related to Bitcoin ATMs targeting U.S. users, with a total amount involved exceeding $1 million and several elderly victims. The investigation showed that the individual provided multiple changing explanations for the source of the funds, including "loan," "boss transfer," and "investment from 2014-2015," and there were significant contradictions in the evidence chain.More concerning is that this user had previously filed a police report in India in December 2025, attempting to recover the frozen funds (case number 3207-P/2025). Subsequent on-chain evidence collection and email data analysis indicated that they might be a "mule" for transferring funds, with some bank documents inconsistent with their identity information. ZachXBT noted that such cases demonstrate that social engineering attacks and cross-border fund transfers continue to occur and remind users to avoid interacting with funds from suspicious sources to prevent triggering compliance freezes or legal risks.

According to monitoring by Catcher Predict, in the event of "The location of the next diplomatic meeting between the US and Iran" on the prediction market Polymarket, the "Yes" option for the sub-market "Switzerland" has experienced a sharp fluctuation in winning probability, dropping from 34.6% an hour ago to the current 13.5% (a fluctuation of 21.1%). Please note the impact of related breaking news.

Last week, the cryptocurrency market was under pressure due to higher-than-expected CPI data and geopolitical tensions in the Middle East. However, as the market completed risk pricing, BTC, ETH, and the overall cryptocurrency market experienced a rebound after an initial decline. BTC rose approximately 4.2% for the week, while ETH increased about 2.1%. The ETF capital flows and derivatives market also showed signs of recovery.Gate TradFi Perp's daily trading volume repeatedly exceeded $500 million, peaking close to $700 million, reflecting a continued warming of institutional risk appetite and demand for multi-asset allocation. In terms of institutional business, Gate's institutional trading volume share increased by 7.5% month-on-month, with BTC and ETH spot market shares growing by 9.62%.

OKX will launch the ZAMA (Zama) Flash Earn Lite event on June 23 at 15:00. Users can participate by subscribing to OKB, ETH, or ZAMA to share a reward of 6,250,000 ZAMA. The event runs from June 23 at 15:00 to June 27 at 15:00 (UTC+8), and users must complete identity verification to participate.

Brian Armstrong posted on the X platform that Coinbase now includes pre-IPO perpetual contracts, stock options, and will soon support tokenized stocks; Coinbase has also redesigned Coinbase Advanced and begun integrating global liquidity between U.S. and international users, as well as between Coinbase and Deribit users. CoinbaseDev is providing stablecoin payment capabilities for enterprises, launching fully managed accounts based on its compliance tech stack, and rolling out a new developer tools dashboard. Regarding Base, Coinbase announced the launch of private transactions and a web-based Base App. Coinbase is also becoming a financial account for AI, supporting wallet provision for AI agents, obtaining AI-driven financial advice, and connecting Coinbase accounts to users' commonly used LLMs.

According to Yu Jin monitoring, "1011 Insider Whale" (Garrett Jin Whale Entity) has closed a small proportion of ZEC and UNI long positions. Among them, 50,000 ZEC long positions (approximately $22.38 million) were closed with a profit of about $420,000; 580,000 UNI long positions (approximately $1.76 million) were closed with a loss of about $310,000. However, this whale still holds a long position of 1,270 BTC opened at a price of $76,117 in May of this year, with a position value of approximately $80,000,000, and the current unrealized loss has expanded to about $16.65 million.