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According to Coinglass data, the total liquidation of SPCX contracts across the network in the last 24 hours reached 40.51 million USD, with long positions liquidated at 38.07 million USD and short positions liquidated at 2.44 million USD. The liquidation amount is only less than that of BTC and ETH.

According to Coinglass data, the total contract open interest for BTC has decreased by 5.8% in the past 24 hours, with the current total open interest at $45.152 billion. Among them, the open interest for Binance is $8.253 billion, OKX is $2.701 billion, Bybit is $3.756 billion, and Gate is $3.752 billion.

According to HK01, the Hong Kong police have cracked a cross-border money laundering case. The involved group used 43 Hong Kong bank accounts to process funds from 34 fraud cases between June and September 2024, amounting to approximately HKD 18 million, and is suspected of laundering up to HKD 230 million in criminal proceeds through cryptocurrency transactions via bank accounts.The police investigation found that a 34-year-old woman from mainland China is suspected of coming to Hong Kong to set up multiple puppet bank accounts, assisting the criminal group in laundering approximately HKD 9.29 million in criminal proceeds, and purchasing cryptocurrency through virtual asset exchange shops to disguise the source and flow of funds. The woman was sentenced to 47.5 months in prison.The Hong Kong police remind that assisting a criminal group in handling funds could face up to 10 years in prison, and those involved in money laundering could face fines of up to HKD 5 million and imprisonment for up to 14 years.

According to official news, Gate will launch a contract million subsidy event from June 23 at 12:00 to July 1 at 12:00 (UTC+8), with a total prize pool of 1,000,000 USDT.During the event, new users who complete their first contract transaction and have a single transaction volume of 500 USDT can receive a cash reward of 2 USDT; by inviting friends to register and complete specified first-order tasks, the inviter can earn a cash reward of 2 USDT for each successful invitation, with a maximum of 10 USDT per person.In addition, users who download and log in to the Gate App for the first time can also receive a 100 USDT position experience voucher. With the threefold benefits combined, an individual can receive a maximum reward of 112 USDT. Rewards are automatically distributed on a first-come, first-served basis.

According to Bloomberg, Ghanaian cryptocurrency exchange Hyro Exchange is considering reissuing about 10% equity after completing a new round of seed financing to accelerate its expansion in Ghana and key markets in Africa. A local Ghanaian investment firm recently acquired approximately 10% equity in the company, raising its valuation to several million dollars. Hyro plans to sell an equivalent proportion of shares to overseas investors as part of its compliance expansion capital strategy. Currently, the platform has been selected for Ghana's virtual asset trading pilot project, betting on the demand for faster and lower-cost cross-border payments in Africa, which will continue to drive the growth of cryptocurrency usage.

Bitget announced the launch of the VIP Miracle Medal Program, which is aimed at traders active in the cryptocurrency, US stock, and CFD markets. The program establishes four types of achievement medals: UEX Trading Master, Contract Trading Master, CFD Trading Master, and Stock Trading Master, aiming to further expand the exclusive services and rights for VIP users through an honor system.Building on previous initiatives such as the VIP Fast Track and VIP Airdrop Season, Bitget's new medal system aims to enhance the user rights ecosystem. Relying on the UEX strategy, the platform continues to expand its range of asset products and meets the differentiated needs of different regions and trading groups through a tiered rights mechanism.

The Binance contract platform will launch the MVLLUSDT perpetual contract on June 29 at 21:35, the TQQQUSDT perpetual contract at 21:40, and the SQQQUSDT perpetual contract at 21:45, with a maximum leverage of up to 20 times.

According to the official announcement, Bitget has launched U-based perpetual contracts, supporting up to 20 times leverage, and the contract trading Bot will be opened simultaneously.

Recently, silver prices have continued to trend downward. According to market data from the Gate platform, silver (XAG) reached a 24-hour low of $63.27 and is currently reported at $63.39, with a 24-hour decline of 3.60%. According to CoinGlass data, the open interest for Gate XAG contracts has reached $78.9171 million, ranking second globally, with high market attention and trading activity continuing to be maintained.

Previously, the United States announced a temporary agreement with Iran and lifted a 60-day oil sanction, leading to increased volatility in the international crude oil market. According to Bitget market data, the price of Brent crude oil (BZ) is approximately $78 per barrel, with a 24-hour increase of 0.3%. The competition between bulls and bears has intensified, driving up market attention on related contracts.According to CoinGlass data, the current total open interest for BZ contracts across the network has reached $73.4659 million. Among them, Bitget's BZ contract open interest is $12.5437 million, ranking second globally with a market share of 17.07%.Currently, Bitget has fully deepened its integration with the Universal Exchange (UEX) ecosystem, covering diversified assets such as U.S. stocks, CFDs, and cryptocurrencies.

Global automated broker Interactive Brokers announced the expansion of its Agentic trading feature, adding access to ChatGPT and Grok on top of the existing integration with Claude.It is reported that users can securely connect to the aforementioned AI tools through their existing accounts, using natural language for portfolio exploration, market analysis, and generating trading instructions. At the same time, the platform has expanded the asset classes for generating trading instructions from stocks and ETFs to options, futures, and futures options. To ensure the safety of funds, the system will not share passwords or API keys with AI providers, and all AI-generated trading instructions must undergo final review and approval by the user on a dedicated "AI Instructions" page before being submitted to the market.

Kalshi Data posted on platform X that Kalshi's weekly cryptocurrency trading volume has surpassed $1 billion for the first time; Kalshi's weekly perpetual contract notional trading volume reached nearly $6 billion, setting a new historical record.

According to the official announcement, the Gate TradFi contract metal section has launched 4 CFD trading pairs: XAL (Aluminum), XCU (Copper), XNI (Nickel), and XPB (Lead), supporting a fixed leverage of 20 times. In addition, the stock section has launched 24 contracts for difference trading including SPYM (State Street SPDR S&P 500 ETF), DIA (Dow Jones Industrial Average SPDR ETF), GLD (SPDR Gold Trust ETF), XLK (SPDR S&P 500 Technology Sector ETF), XLF (SPDR S&P 500 Financial Sector ETF), EEM (iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF), LQD (iShares USD Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF), ALAB (AstraZeneca), QQQM (Invesco NASDAQ 100 Mini ETF), IONQ (IonQ), TER (Teradyne), ABT (Abbott Laboratories), CVS (CVS Health), ADSK (Autodesk), CBRS (Cerberus Systems), STM (STMicroelectronics), CCL (Carnival Corporation), MCHP (Microchip Technology), BSX (Boston Scientific), COF (Capital One Financial), BX (Blackstone Group), AXTI (AXT Inc.), and FLNC (Fluence Energy).

The Binance contract platform will launch the ARXUSDT perpetual contract on June 23 at 12:45, with a maximum leverage of up to 20 times. This contract will support a multi-asset model, allowing users to use assets other than USDT as margin for trading.

The cryptocurrency trading platform SuperEx has now launched Re (RE) in the innovation zone and opened the RE/USDT spot trading pair. Currently, its deposit, trading, and withdrawal channels have all been activated.In addition, RE has now been included in the platform's support range for all currency contract margins. It is reported that Re belongs to the Real World Asset (RWA) sector, positioned as the capital layer of RWA, aiming to connect global on-chain capital with the reinsurance market, which has a scale of $1 trillion.

According to monitoring by Lookonchain, the wallet address 0xf7A4 associated with Arthur Hayes withdrew 44,156 HYPE from Gate one hour ago, worth approximately 2.93 million USD.Data shows that this address has completed two HYPE swing trades in the past two weeks, with a total profit of approximately 508,000 USD.

According to an article published by the People's Bank of China on its official account, Vice Governor Xuan Changneng stated that the high-quality development of China's anti-money laundering work has entered a new stage, with significant results in combating money laundering and related illegal crimes. By 2025, the number of cases sentenced nationwide for money laundering under Article 191 of the Criminal Law is expected to exceed 2,000. Since 2022, efforts have been strengthened to combat professional money laundering, virtual currency money laundering, and cross-border money laundering activities, improving the quality and efficiency of investigations, prosecutions, and judgments of money laundering crimes.

The cryptocurrency trading platform SuperEx announced that it will launch multiple stock U-based perpetual contracts in batches on June 23, 2026.The specific schedule is as follows: The trading pairs SONYUSDT, KORUUSDT, and SMCIUSDT will go live at 11:00 Beijing time on June 23; the trading pairs ALABUSDT, KLACUSDT, and LRCXUSDT will go live at 15:00 on the same day. It is reported that the newly added contract trading pairs support full position, isolated position, and sub-account modes.

According to the latest industry reports and corporate disclosure documents, the technology industry is experiencing a large-scale wave of layoffs driven by artificial intelligence (AI) in 2026. Despite several companies achieving record high revenues, major tech giants are intensively restructuring their organizational frameworks to reallocate funds towards AI infrastructure development and to enhance operational efficiency through AI. Data shows that in May of this year, the number of layoffs in the tech industry reached the highest monthly record in years, with AI being the core reason for the layoffs.On the execution level, several leading companies have implemented large-scale personnel reductions. Oracle's latest documents reveal that in the past 12 months, 21,000 employees (approximately 13% of the total workforce) have been laid off due to internal AI technology deployment. Amazon cut 16,000 corporate positions in January this year, with management expecting that the widespread application of generative AI will significantly reduce the demand for traditional roles. While Meta laid off about 8,000 employees, nearly 7,000 were reorganized into core AI business positions. Block significantly reduced its workforce by 4,000, nearly halving its total number of employees to adapt to the flattened operational model brought about by AI tools.Additionally, companies including Cisco (4,000 people), Intuit (3,000 people), Atlassian (1,600 people), Cloudflare (1,100 people), Snap (1,000 people), as well as Coinbase, Salesforce, and others have announced substantial layoff plans related to AI transformation this year. At the same time, although Google, Microsoft, and IBM have not disclosed specific total layoff numbers, they are also continuously advancing rolling job replacements and restructuring linked to AI strategies.