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CryptoQuant analyst Axel Adler Jr. posted an analysis on the X platform stating that Bitcoin has entered the late stage of a bear market, and the U.S. spot ETF has shown for the first time that selling pressure is easing. In the latest trading day, the U.S. spot Bitcoin ETF saw a net inflow of $223 million.Most of the demand flowed into FBTC (+$166 million) and ARKB (+$91.8 million).

The TRON network's Nile testnet has officially launched the post-quantum signature feature following the proposal from Committee No. 20628, with FN_DSA_512 enabled on the Nile testnet. This marks a new advancement for TRON in the validation of quantum-resistant cryptography and the evolution of testnet functionalities.TRON welcomes developers to experience the new features on the Nile testnet and to conduct testing and validation in conjunction with the post-quantum signature usage guidelines. The official reminder states that the related features are currently only effective on the Nile testnet and have not yet been launched on the mainnet.

Bitget's US stock options trading feature has officially launched, with the first batch opening over 540 popular underlying assets, covering core indices such as the S&P 500, Nasdaq 100, and Dow Jones 30, as well as mainstream ETFs. In the future, it will gradually cover all stocks and ETFs. To optimize user experience and lower trading thresholds, all users can trade US stocks on Bitget.The options trading launched this time adopts a T+1 settlement cycle, consistent with US stock spot trading; the trading hours are from 9:30 AM to 4:00 PM Eastern Time, and only cash trading is supported (margin buying is not supported). The margin rate for Long Call/Put is 100%.The system also provides order profit and loss estimation assistance, supports order modification, cancellation, and record inquiry, ensuring users achieve more transparent asset allocation. Users can go to the Bitget App to update to version 2.87.0 for the experience.

According to the mid-year open letter released by Bitget CEO Gracy Chen, there has been a significant structural change in user behavior on the platform in the first half of 2026: the trading volume of non-crypto assets peaked at nearly 40% of Bitget's overall trading volume; the daily trading volume of CFDs exceeded $10 billion; 52% of users held both stocks and cryptocurrencies; and 35% held gold and other precious metals, indicating that cross-asset trading has become a mainstream habit.Gracy Chen pointed out that as a panoramic exchange (UEX), Bitget's core goal is not to create an "asset supermarket," but to reconstruct the underlying logic of user participation in the global market around four core values: "asset efficiency, crypto-native experience, financial equality, and reducing burdens." On the business implementation level, Bitget has accelerated its layout through a dual-track solution of U.S. stock tokens and direct connections to U.S. stocks, supporting 24/7 trading of various assets to break the time zone and regional barriers of traditional finance.In addition, with the deep integration of AI tools into the execution layer, 51% of users have already used AI-driven trading tools in the first half of the year, and the number of AI trading users on the platform has surpassed 1 million.

Paymentscan data shows that the total recharge amount of cryptocurrency payment cards has surpassed $10 billion for the first time, reaching approximately $10.33 billion, an increase of 82% since the beginning of the year and about 250% year-on-year. This data reflects the cumulative recharge scale of cryptocurrency payment cards and related payment projects, rather than the trading volume of cryptocurrency exchanges.Reports indicate that stablecoins are becoming the main driving force behind the popularity of cryptocurrency payment cards. Compared to volatile assets like Bitcoin, stablecoins can complete payment settlements through traditional card networks, lowering the access threshold for merchants and making them more suitable for cross-border payments, remittances, and daily consumption scenarios in high-inflation areas.As payment companies, cryptocurrency exchanges, and asset management institutions continue to improve stablecoin infrastructure, cryptocurrency payment cards are gradually becoming an important gateway connecting digital assets to real-world consumption. However, as the scale of application expands, regulatory agencies will also pay more attention to issues such as consumer protection, sanctions screening, tax reporting, reserve asset transparency, and transaction monitoring.

According to Cointelegraph, French Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez confirmed that there were 77 crypto-related kidnapping extortion cases in France in the first half of 2026, a significant increase from 45 cases in all of 2025. France is one of the largest hotspots for "ransomware attacks" globally, with about 11% of the population holding crypto assets. Authorities have launched a rapid alert system, with 724 people registered, and emergency measures have led to the arrest of 200 individuals. Nuñez pledged to implement a three-part plan to enhance security measures in the crypto industry, including strengthening intelligence sharing, deepening cooperation with ADAN, and improving coordination among security departments. CertiK stated that France has become a center for attacks due to several leading crypto companies and their executives being based locally, the presence of a "show-off culture and voluntary identity disclosure culture" within the community, and multiple sensitive data leaks.

According to official news, the Gate stock derivatives section will launch on July 2 at 14:00 (UTC+8) with the following perpetual contract trading (settled in USDT) for NKE (Nike), MAR (Marriott International), MUU (2x Long Daily ETF for Micron), XLU (Utilities Sector ETF), CCL (Carnival Cruise Line), BUD (Anheuser-Busch InBev), FOXA (Fox Corporation Class A), CMCSA (Comcast), and ABNB (Airbnb), supporting 1-20x leverage.

According to Bloomberg, private market investment management giant Hamilton Lane is preparing its first RMB-denominated fund, aiming to raise approximately 1 billion to 1.5 billion RMB (about 150 million to 220 million USD), with plans to complete the fundraising by the end of this year. Sources reveal that the fund will target domestic investors in China.Hamilton Lane has previously raised USD funds through the Qualified Foreign Limited Partner (QFLP) mechanism and converted them into RMB to invest in domestic assets. Its direct equity strategy fund, Hamilton Lane Equity Opportunities Fund VI (EO VI), has completed fundraising of 3.8 billion USD.Hamilton Lane has already made inroads into the crypto space, having strategically invested in the on-chain investment platform Republic this March. Its tokenized credit fund is already hosted on-chain, and the senior credit opportunity securitization fund HLSCOPE has total assets of approximately 9 million USD on the Polygon network, primarily investing in senior secured private credit and senior secured loans in North America and Europe.

CryptoQuant data shows that in Q1 2026, the total loan size of the CeFi credit market decreased by 6% quarter-on-quarter to $23.3 billion, marking the first contraction across the industry since Q3 2024. The reduction in loan size is attributed to crypto users reducing leverage during the bear market.Tether remains the largest lender, with a loan size of $15.8 billion and a market share of 68%, followed by Maple Finance ($2.1 billion, 9%) and Nexo ($1.8 billion, 8%). Market share is shifting towards Maple, Nexo, and Coinbase, with the three experiencing increases of 1.0, 0.5, and 0.7 percentage points respectively during the quarter. Coinbase and Maple saw loan sizes grow by approximately 6% quarter-on-quarter, while Nexo recorded nearly 1% growth, making them the only three major lenders to experience growth. The remaining institutions saw a contraction in loan sizes, with Galaxy Digital (-21%) and Ledn (-19%) leading the declines, while Tether's loan size decreased by 7%.

According to BBX data, the prediction market faced a dual attack yesterday, with traditional exchange infrastructure accelerating its on-chain transition. The core dynamics are as follows:The prediction market/event contract ecosystem where Robinhood Markets, Inc. (NASDAQ: $HOOD) operates suffered a dual regulatory blow yesterday: first, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has launched a comprehensive investigation into Polymarket (privately held), covering its social media activities and suspected wash trading behaviors; second, a Michigan court ruled to prohibit Kalshi (privately held) from offering sports betting services to residents in Michigan. Although these two incidents directly target Polymarket and Kalshi, their strategic importance to Robinhood cannot be ignored—Robinhood provides event contract products linked to KalshiEx LLC or ForecastEx LLC through its subsidiary Robinhood Derivatives LLC, making it the largest distribution channel for prediction markets among regulated brokers in the U.S. The CFTC's escalation of enforcement investigations into similar platforms will directly impact Robinhood's event contract business compliance framework and product expansion speed; in June, the average daily trading volume in this sector reached a historic record.Nasdaq, Inc. (NASDAQ: $NDAQ) announced yesterday that it has chosen Pyth Network (on-chain price oracle protocol) as its on-chain distribution partner for TotalView (Nasdaq's full market depth data product), marking the first time Nasdaq has integrated its core institutional-level market data into a blockchain network—TotalView provides full-level buy and sell quotes and transaction data for the U.S. stock market, historically only available to traditional financial institutions (subscription-based); on-chain distribution means that DeFi protocols, decentralized exchanges, and smart contracts can now access Nasdaq-level real-time equity market data as an on-chain pricing basis for the first time. The Pyth Network token (PYTH) subsequently rose by over 6%, with the market interpreting this as a historic fusion point between traditional securities market infrastructure and decentralized finance.

According to on-chain analyst @ai_9684xtpa, the smart money that previously profited $4.15 million from going long on SK Hynix, Micron, and Intel has turned bearish for the first time.Around 17:30 today, they opened a package of short positions on Micron (MU), SK Hynix (SKHX), SanDisk (SNDK), Intel (INTC), and BTC, with a total position exceeding $34.9 million. The U.S. stock market opened with a sharp decline, and within just four hours of opening the positions, they had already realized a profit of $1.742 million.

According to DeFiLlama data, the recent net inflow ranking of centralized exchanges is as follows:Top three in the 24-hour dimension: Bybit ($25.48 million), Bitfinex ($19.63 million), Bitget ($17.12 million).Top three in the 7-day dimension: Bitget ($743 million), OKX ($312 million), Bitfinex ($81.46 million).Top three in the 30-day dimension: Bitfinex ($472 million), Bitget ($397 million), Gate ($253 million).

According to official news, the Gate stock derivatives section will launch on July 1 at 14:00 (UTC+8) with the debut of perpetual contracts for PDD (Pinduoduo), STRC (MicroStrategy Series A Perpetual Preferred Stock), TSEM (Tower Semiconductor), AAL (American Airlines), AMKR (Amkor Technology), ASX (ASE Technology Holding), MVLL (2x Long Mavis Daily ETF), FLEX (Flex Ltd.), and APD (Air Products and Chemicals) (settled in USDT), supporting 1-20 times leverage.

The Italian fintech company Hodli has been authorized by the Bank of Italy to become the first licensed crypto asset portfolio management institution in the country under the EU's Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA). It is reported that this authorization allows Hodli to break through the traditional limitations of single custody services and directly provide clients with active crypto asset portfolio management services.

B.AI officially announced that its team-level AI collaboration product "B.AI Team" has entered the first phase of gray testing and is simultaneously launching a public recruitment for the first batch of experience teams globally.This version focuses on the pain points of enterprise-level AI collaboration, launching a shared Credits pool to achieve unified scheduling of team computing resources and cost visualization management; it also provides a flexible multi-level member permission system, supporting refined configuration of model usage strategies by role, truly allowing AI capabilities to adapt to the collaboration processes of different teams.Starting today, teams interested in seizing the opportunity can submit their requirements through the official application link and briefly describe their core usage scenarios; after approval, the B.AI team will connect with them promptly and grant priority access rights when the official version goes live, helping teams to be the first to enjoy a new experience in intelligent collaboration.

Founder of Strategy, Michael Saylor, made his first public statement after the release of the digital credit capital framework: "Stronger credit, stronger equity, more Bitcoin." Michael Saylor's declaration seems to provide a motivational explanation for the launch of the digital credit capital framework, which aims to ultimately achieve a strategic logic of holding more Bitcoin by strengthening the credit and equity structure.

Today, the main indices of A-shares collectively rose, with the Shanghai Composite Index up 0.50% to 4094.40 points, the Shenzhen Component Index up 2.48% to 16205.56 points, the ChiNext Index up 2.99% to 4342.71 points, and the STAR 50 Index up 3.85% to 2207.86 points. The total trading volume in the Shanghai, Shenzhen, and Beijing markets reached 3.29 trillion yuan, a decrease of 245.5 billion yuan compared to the previous trading day. Over 3000 stocks in the market rose, with 170 stocks hitting the daily limit.In terms of sectors, robotics, optical optoelectronics, semiconductors, and military electronics led the gains; while animal health, pharmaceutical commerce, coal, and banking sectors saw the largest declines.From the overall performance in the first half of the year, the main indices of A-shares all rose. Among them, the Shanghai Composite Index accumulated a rise of over 3%, the Shenzhen Component Index accumulated a rise of nearly 20%, the ChiNext Index accumulated a rise of over 35%, and the STAR 50 Index accumulated a rise of over 64%.

According to Gate market data, the pressure of the yen's depreciation continues to intensify, with the USD/JPY reaching the 162 mark for the first time since December 1986.

According to the latest report from Tiger Research, as of June 18, 2026, the number of active job openings in the cryptocurrency industry is only 2,932, a significant decrease of over 97% from the estimated peak of about 130,000 in 2022.The report shows that the wave of layoffs in the cryptocurrency industry continues in the first half of 2026. March was the month with the highest concentration of layoffs, with several companies including Gemini, Crypto.com, Algorand, OP Labs, PIP Labs, and Messari announcing layoffs at the same time. Some companies were acquired at low prices after multiple rounds of layoffs; for example, Messari was acquired by Blockworks for about $10 million in June 2026 after experiencing three rounds of layoffs, while its previous valuation had reached $300 million.In terms of recruitment structure, positions in centralized exchanges (CEX) account for the highest proportion, reaching 30.8% (904 positions), mainly contributed by OKX, Bybit, and Binance. The stablecoin and payment sector accounts for 13.4%, but is highly concentrated in two companies, Tether and Ripple.In addition, the demand for AI skills in job postings continues to rise, with the proportion of cryptocurrency job postings mentioning artificial intelligence skills increasing from 23% in early 2025 to 53.1% in March 2026.

According to CoinDesk, the Office of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine announced that it has transferred over $8.3 million worth of USDT to a cryptocurrency wallet controlled by the country's asset recovery agency ARMA (National Agency for the Search, Tracking, and Management of Assets). This marks the first successful inclusion of seized cryptocurrency assets into national management in Ukraine's history.The transfer was made based on a court order and stems from an investigation by the National Bureau into an international hacker organization. The funds involved came from a wallet belonging to a member of this organization, which has been accused of attacking individuals and businesses in Europe and the United States to steal data and extort money. The proceeds were laundered in Ukraine through high-value assets such as real estate and vehicles. Currently, four suspects have been detained but have not yet been sentenced, with estimated losses exceeding $100 million.The report notes that the funds are currently only held in custody and have not been formally confiscated, as confiscation requires a court ruling. At this time, Ukraine is considering establishing a strategic reserve for cryptocurrency, similar to previous ideas from the United States. The reserve funds would come from confiscated cryptocurrency assets in criminal and civil cases, rather than being purchased on the open market.