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According to BBX data, yesterday global traditional capital and financial consortiums intensively disclosed their latest strategies in digital asset treasury construction and Web3 ecosystem investment, with the core dynamics as follows:ORANGE JUICE launches a "real industry blood generation + coin hoarding" dual-wheel strategy: American capital company ORANGE JUICE officially announced the completion of a $40 million financing. The raised funds will be used to establish a holding company that integrates "long-term ownership, operational optimization, and Bitcoin reserves." The company plans to initially acquire stable and profitable American domestic enterprises with annual cash flows between $1 million and $10 million, and clearly stated that the business cash flows generated from these industries will be continuously reinvested for acquisitions or directly supplement its Bitcoin treasury.South Korea's KB Financial Group establishes a 100 billion won cryptocurrency special fund: South Korea's top financial giant KB Financial Group (KRX: 105560) announced the establishment of an AI and digital asset fund with a scale of 100 billion won (approximately $67.29 million). The fund is jointly funded by KB Kookmin Bank, KB Securities, KB Insurance, KB Kookmin Card, and KB Life under the group, and managed by KB Investment, focusing on investments in early-stage South Korean cryptocurrency companies, AI models, data reasoning, and on-chain analysis and other underlying technology companies.

According to Reuters, informed sources revealed that due to the subscription scale reaching several times, South Korean chip manufacturer SK Hynix will end its $28 billion American Depositary Receipt (ADR) issuance book-building at 4 PM Eastern Time on Wednesday. It is reported that the final pricing guidance for this issuance will be announced after the close of the Korean stock market on Thursday, and the allocation results will be finalized later on Thursday evening, with plans to officially list on Nasdaq on July 10.The report pointed out that this issuance has attracted strong demand from American investors, with several large orders ranging from $200 million to over $1 billion. The company previously disclosed that institutions such as Baillie Gifford and Coatue Management have expressed interest in purchasing a total of up to $7 billion in ADRs. This transaction is expected to issue 17.79 million new shares, making it the second largest stock issuance in history globally, following SpaceX's record $85.7 billion IPO last month, surpassing the previous records of Saudi Aramco (2019) and Alibaba (2014). As a core supplier of high bandwidth memory (HBM) for companies like Nvidia and Google, SK Hynix stipulates that every 10 ADRs represent 1 share of common stock, with a reference price of 242,500 Korean won per ADR based on the Seoul closing price on July 3.

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 SoSoValue data, yesterday (Eastern Time June 17) the total net outflow of Bitcoin spot ETFs was $82.1637 million.The Bitcoin spot ETF with the highest net inflow yesterday was Fidelity ETF FBTC, with a net inflow of $14.0197 million, bringing the historical total net inflow of FBTC to $10.458 billion. The second was Morgan Stanley ETF MSBT, with a net inflow of $4.0727 million, currently bringing the historical total net inflow of MSBT to $290 million.The Bitcoin spot ETF with the highest net outflow yesterday was the ETF ARKB from Ark Invest and 21Shares, with a net outflow of $43.5306 million, currently bringing the historical total net inflow of ARKB to $1.197 billion. As of the time of publication, the total net asset value of Bitcoin spot ETFs was $80.658 billion, with an ETF net asset ratio (market value compared to total Bitcoin market value) of 6.25%, and the historical cumulative net inflow has reached $53.488 billion.

According to the official announcement, Bitget has now launched a total of 49 US stocks and popular ETF spot tokens including rFUTU (Futu Holdings), rBILI (Bilibili), rJD (JD.com), rBB (BlackBerry), and rNBIS (Nebius).

According to the official announcement, Gate ETF will launch LAB3L/USDT, LAB3S/USDT, OKB3L/USDT, and OKB3S/USDT on May 28, 2026, at 15:00 (UTC+8), supporting 3x long/short LAB and OKB. Gate ETF currently supports trading of 350 types of tokens.In addition, Gate ETF will hold an ETF new trading challenge from May 28 at 15:00 to June 6 at 15:00 (UTC+8). Users participating in LAB3L/3S and OKB3L/3S can share a reward of 50,000 USDT. A daily trading volume of ≥1,000 USDT allows users to check in and randomly receive 20--100 USDT, with a maximum cumulative reward of 1,000 USDT; if the total trading volume reaches ≥3,000 USDT, users can also share a reward of 30,000 USDT based on their trading volume proportion, with a maximum of 200 USDT per person. Additionally, inviting friends to participate in trading can win a blind box reward of up to 500 USDT.

According to Business Insider, the blockchain venture capital firm BlockBooster announced the launch of its first fund, BlockBooster Digital Venture Fund I, on May 15, with a scale of $50 million. The fund focuses on four major tracks: AI infrastructure, on-chain transaction ecosystems, on-chain asset management, and tokenization of real-world assets (RWA), marking the company's formal entry into the digital economy as a comprehensive alternative asset manager.

KB Financial Group announced that it has completed the technical proof of concept for the Korean won stablecoin in scenarios such as payments, settlements, and international remittances. This verification was jointly completed by KB Financial Group, electronic payment company KG Inicis, public chain Kaia, and digital asset solution company OpenAsset, covering the entire financial service process including the issuance of the Korean won stablecoin, offline payments, merchant settlements, and cross-border remittances.According to reports, the solution migrates the internal settlement system to a blockchain architecture while maintaining users' original financial service habits. Among them, actual payment scenarios have been tested through the offline self-service terminals of the chain coffee brand Hollys, allowing users to make payments via QR codes without the need to install a digital wallet; the system automatically executes on-chain smart contracts during the settlement phase. In addition, in the cross-border remittance test, the system first exchanges the Korean won stablecoin for US dollar stablecoins through Kaia's on-chain liquidity, and then the local partner in Vietnam completes the fiat currency crediting. The entire remittance process takes only about 3 minutes, with fees reduced by approximately 87% compared to traditional SWIFT remittance models.

The Ethereum Layer 2 network Starknet developed by StarkWare officially launched strkBTC, a new type of asset based on Bitcoin, designed to achieve privacy balances and anonymous transfers through zero-knowledge proof (ZK) technology, while maintaining composability with DeFi applications.After the launch of strkBTC, it supports "re-anonymization," allowing assets to be bridged back to a new, unassociated Bitcoin address, and provides compliance auditing and asset screening functions.

According to the Korea Herald, South Korean financial giant KB Financial Group has announced a strategic partnership with American crypto venture capital firm Pantera Capital, aiming to expand its digital asset strategy, enhance blockchain financial competitiveness, and accelerate the development of new businesses. Previously, KB Financial had signed a memorandum of understanding with the Bank of Korea regarding the "Project Han River" and established a partnership with stablecoin issuer Circle.

X product head and Solana advisor Nikita Bier stated that during this round of creator revenue sharing, the revenue share for all aggregated accounts has been reduced to 60%. In the next cycle, it will be further reduced by 20%. Nikita Bier pointed out that the large amount of plagiarized reposts and clickbait content published daily on the timeline not only squeezes the living space of real creators but also hinders the growth of new authors. The next step will be to permanently deduct earnings from users who habitually post clickbait content and use the "BREAKING" label in every post. X will not restrict speech or the scope of dissemination but will not provide revenue compensation for manipulating distribution mechanisms or misleading user behavior.

According to The Block, South Korea's major credit card company KB Kookmin Card announced that it will collaborate with Avalanche to build a hybrid stablecoin payment model based on a public chain, and jointly develop a complete stablecoin system covering recharge, payment, and settlement with digital asset infrastructure company OpenAsset.This system will retain the user experience and reward points of traditional credit cards to lower the threshold for users to use stablecoins and digital assets. It is reported that the system will prioritize deducting the stablecoin balance in the digital wallet linked to the credit card, and when the balance is insufficient, the difference will be automatically paid by the credit card. Previously, KB Card disclosed in January this year that it had applied for relevant patents involving a hybrid payment system that connects existing credit cards with digital wallets.

According to SoSoValue data, yesterday (Eastern Time March 30), the total net inflow of Bitcoin spot ETFs was $69.4404 million.The Bitcoin spot ETF with the highest single-day net inflow yesterday was the ETF ARKB from Ark Invest and 21Shares, with a single-day net inflow of $33.0297 million. Currently, the historical total net inflow of ARKB has reached $1.433 billion.The second was the Fidelity ETF FBTC, with a single-day net inflow of $28.8887 million. Currently, the historical total net inflow of FBTC has reached $11.016 billion.As of the time of writing, the total net asset value of Bitcoin spot ETFs is $85.475 billion, and the ETF net asset ratio (market value compared to the total market value of Bitcoin) is 6.41%. The historical cumulative net inflow has reached $56.004 billion.

Tencent officially launched the WorkBuddy tool, which can be used without complex deployment. This tool is referred to as "Little Lobster" and aims to enhance user office efficiency. WorkBuddy integrates various practical features, supporting document management, collaborative communication, and task tracking, helping users easily cope with diverse work scenarios.Tencent stated that the launch of WorkBuddy is to meet the modern office's demand for convenience and efficiency, assisting enterprises in improving overall work effectiveness. Users only need to download the application to immediately experience its convenient features.

The digital asset trading platform Gate has launched a no-code AI quantitative workstation, which allows users to generate trading strategies through natural language and deploy them to live trading with one click. Users do not need to write code; they simply describe their trading ideas in natural language, and the system automatically generates executable quantitative strategies. It also conducts backtesting based on real historical market data, supporting one-click deployment to operate in the real market. The platform connects natural language strategy generation, production-level backtesting engine, and real trading execution, forming a complete closed loop of "strategy conception --- data validation --- trading execution," significantly lowering the barriers to quantitative trading.At the same time, Gate has launched Gate for AI, building a unified AI capability interface system that integrates five key capabilities: CEX, DEX, wallets, real-time information, and on-chain data. The AI quantitative workstation further expands application scenarios on this basis, extending AI from data and research to strategy generation and trading execution. With the continuous integration of AI and trading infrastructure, Gate is continuously strengthening AI-driven trading capabilities and advancing the implementation of the Intelligent Web3 strategy.

According to Cointelegraph, the FBI, Europol, and law enforcement agencies from 14 countries conducted a joint operation on March 3-4, successfully shutting down the cybercrime forum LeakBase. The forum had over 142,000 members and served as a platform for hackers to buy and sell stolen data and cybercrime tools.Law enforcement has seized user accounts, posts, credit details, private information, and IP logs as evidence, and executed search warrants and arrests in multiple countries. Notably, LeakBase's predecessor, Raidforums, was shut down in 2022 and had hosted leaked data containing personal information of approximately 272,000 users of the cryptocurrency wallet company Ledger. In recent years, data breaches in the cryptocurrency industry have continued to rise, including security incidents such as the hacking of Coinbase's internal systems.

SlovakBitcoin developer and RustBitcoin library maintainer Martin Habovštiak has released a proof of concept that writes a 66 kB TIFF image file to the Bitcoin blockchain through a single transaction without using OP_RETURN, Taproot, or OP_IF. The transaction can be publicly verified on-chain and can be decoded into a complete image file.This experiment is seen as a direct challenge to the "anti-spam" soft fork proposal BIP-110, promoted by Luke Dashjr. BIP-110 is a successor to BIP-444, which aims to limit the scale of on-chain data writing, with some supporters arguing that such data storage practices deviate from Bitcoin's core positioning as a "currency."

Dragonfly Capital founder Feng Bo posted on X: "I rarely speak on X, but this time I want to clarify some facts. When I initially founded Dragonfly, it was a fund of funds. Through this business, I met many very talented venture capitalists, among whom Haseeb Qureshi is undoubtedly the brightest star, which is why I invited him to join me in co-founding our venture capital business.I have been a VC for many years, and in my 30-year venture capital career, Haseeb has built one of the best partner teams I have ever experienced, and he is the backbone of the team. Being able to co-found our venture capital business with Haseeb has been an extremely valuable journey. I also look forward to many more years of working together in the future."According to previous news from ChainCatcher, Dragonfly partners and former co-founders are publicly disputing, with both sides holding differing views on early history and investment leadership.

The Ethereum Layer 2 network Starknet, developed by StarkWare, announced the launch of a new type of asset based on Bitcoin, strkBTC, which supports balance shielding and private transfers while maintaining full composability in decentralized finance applications.It is reported that strkBTC allows Bitcoin holders to interact on Starknet DeFi while keeping transaction amounts and counterparties private. The system will deterministically issue strkBTC based on verifiable Bitcoin deposits, avoiding arbitrary control during the issuance process.

According to the official blog, Starknet has announced the launch of a new type of wrapped asset, strkBTC, aimed at providing optional privacy protection features for Bitcoin. strkBTC is an asset issued on Starknet that can be exchanged bi-directionally for native Bitcoin, designed to address the financial privacy leakage issues caused by the transparency of the Bitcoin ledger.strkBTC supports two modes: in "non-shielded mode," it operates as a standard ERC-20 token, with balances and transfers publicly verifiable; in "shielded mode," asset balances and transaction details will be hidden. This privacy mechanism is designed based on pragmatism, defaulting to confidentiality for the public, but supporting compliance audits through a Viewing Key to ensure it can operate in regulated environments. With strkBTC, users can participate in DeFi collateralization or settlement without exposing their positions and strategies. Starknet states that strkBTC will be officially launched soon and will gradually expand its privacy features in the future.