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06-02

CME Crypto Futures Launch 24/7 Trading; First Weekend Volume Reaches $50 Million

CoinDesk reports:Following the expansion of cryptocurrency futures and options trading to 24/7 by CME Group, the first weekend recorded approximately $500 million in notional volume. The exchange stated that since opening 24/7 trading on May 29, more than 7,200 cryptocurrency derivative contracts ha...

Altman Downplays OpenAI's IPO Race with Anthropic

According to Beating Monitor, in a CNBC "Power Lunch" interview, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman responded to competitor Anthropic’s earlier secret submission of its S-1 registration statement draft. Reports indicate that OpenAI is also actively preparing to secretly file its S-1 prospectus draft, with Goldma...

Kelp DAO hackers complete money laundering of $220M, with most funds untraceable.

Huo Xing Finance reports that, as of June 2, of the approximately $292 million stolen in the April Kelp DAO bridge attack, all funds except for the approximately $71 million in ETH that have been frozen have largely been laundered, leaving only about $1.7 million in assets remaining in the attacker’...

Citi Projects $5.5T Tokenized Market by 2030 as Wall Street Moves Onchain

Citi expects tokenized securities and real-world assets to grow from about $17 billion today to $5.5 trillion by 2030. The bank says Treasury bills, digital stocks, and stablecoins could become the main drivers of Wall Street’s move onchain.Key Takeaways:Citi projects tokenized securities could gro...

Silicon Valley Sees Rise of the AI Forward-Deployed Engineer Role

Original author: @AndrewYNgCompile: PeggyEditor’s Note: As companies like OpenAI and Anthropic begin forming teams of AI Forward Deployed Engineers (FDEs), an older role originating from Palantir is gaining renewed popularity in Silicon Valley. The core value of an FDE lies in going on-site to custo...

Citron Research founder Andrew Left convicted of securities fraud, faces over 20 years in prison

ChainCatcher report, according to Bloomberg, Andrew Left, founder of the well-known short-selling firm Citron Research, has been found guilty of manipulating stock prices through dishonest social media posts. After a three-week trial in Los Angeles, the jury found Left guilty on 13 of 17 charges, in...

Peter Thiel Moves to Argentina Amid Fears of a Future He Helped Shape

By SleepyOn a recent Saturday in the Almagro neighborhood of Buenos Aires, Argentina, a classic chess club hosted a tournament.The same few people keep showing up for the tournament, hunched over the board, staring intently. Chess players always adopt the air of judges passing judgment on the world,...

Bitcoin spot ETFs recorded a $484 million net outflow on June 1, marking the 11th consecutive day of outflows.

ME News reports that, as of June 2 (UTC+8), according to SoSoValue data, Bitcoin spot ETFs recorded a total net outflow of $484 million on June 1 (Eastern Time).The Bitcoin spot ETF with the highest single-day net inflow yesterday was the Morgan Stanley ETF MSBT, with a net inflow of $6.1434 million...

Ethereum spot ETFs recorded a $44.44 million net outflow on June 1, marking the 15th consecutive day of outflows.

ME News reports that, as of June 2 (UTC+8), according to SoSoValue data, the total net outflow of Ethereum spot ETFs was $44.4389 million on June 1 (Eastern Time).The Ethereum spot ETF with the largest single-day net outflow yesterday was BlackRock's ETHA, with a net outflow of $34.97 million; ETHA'...

U.S. Spot BTC ETFs Experience $1.566 Billion in Net Outflows Over Four Days

June 2 news from CoinDesk: 1. U.S. spot BTC ETFs recorded a net outflow of $1.566 billion over four consecutive trading days; 2. BlackRock’s Bitcoin ETF saw a net outflow of 6,164 BTC; 3. Charles Schwab plans to launch cryptocurrency spot trading and custody services by mid-2027; 4. The U.S....

Bullbit Partners With GamePad to Enhance Scalable Perpetual Futures DEX

In a groundbreaking move to power a scalable DeFi network and offer better user crypto trading experiences, Bullbit, a decentralized perpetual exchange, today entered into a strategic partnership with GamePad, a Web3 infrastructure platform. This crucial collaboration allowed Bullbit to integrate Ga...

DeFi Protocol Fluid Reports Hack Affecting Backend System, Promises Full Loss Coverage

According to ME News, on June 2 (UTC+8), the DeFi protocol Fluid released a report on the attack incident. The attacker exploited a vulnerability in components related to the Merkle reward distribution system, stealing approximately 163,706 FLUID and 49,526 GHO. The incident affected only the backen...

NVIDIA's AI PC chip, RTX Spark, sparks market rally; ARM surges 18%

ME AI News: NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang officially launched the RTX Spark AI PC chip during his GTC Taipei keynote, integrating an Arm CPU, Blackwell GPU, and unified memory to enable PCs to run AI agents locally. According to BiyaPay market data, following the presentation, U.S. stocks in the AI supp...

Bitcoin June Outlook Pressured by ETF Outflows and Stablecoin Liquidity Drain

June has started with markets moving deeper into risk-off territory.Looking at the historical data, the seasonal backdrop is hardly supportive. According to CoinGlass, Bitcoin has averaged a return of -0.8% in June, making it the second-weakest month of the year. May has already broken BTC’s streak ...

Stellar (XLM) Analyst Predicts $5-$11 Price Target Amid DTCC Integration

A major traditional finance infrastructure provider has set its sights on the Stellar blockchain, and market watchers say the timing could not be more significant.The Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation, better known as the DTCC, announced plans to connect its tokenization platform to the Stel...

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