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Members of the management team of the Ethereum Foundation (EF) and CSA Operator Aerugo published a systematic explanation of EF's mission. Aerugo stated that EF's core mission is to ensure that Ethereum becomes and continues to be a truly permissionless sovereign infrastructure: censorship-resistant, capture-resistant, open-source, private, and secure, capable of supporting large-scale trustless coordination.He emphasized that EF's focus is on eliminating extraction and capture risks that may arise at the protocol layer of Ethereum, particularly the two core challenges of MEV (Maximum Extractable Value) issues and the lack of default privacy. Aerugo described MEV as "the main battleground of the next cypherpunk war," and pointed out that "a public ledger without serious default privacy is a monitoring infrastructure with settlement guarantees."In addition, EF will move some of its work out of the foundation through spin-offs in the future, but will maintain strict standards for external funding. The recent departure of some personnel is part of normal organizational adjustments, and EF will handle it in a dignified manner without making personnel issues public.

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

Public market data shows that the stock of Nasdaq-listed company (Nasdaq: WTO) has recently seen a significant increase, with the rise approaching 500% at one point. Against the backdrop of growing interest in Web3 data platforms, prediction markets, and the concept of coin-stock linkage in the US stock market, WTO's price performance has sparked market discussions.Market participants believe that WTO's recent surge may be related to the recent launch of the "Non-Small Number World Cup Carnival" by Non-Small Number. This event revolves around the 2026 World Cup and combines this global sporting event with Web3 prediction markets, precisely hitting the hottest event that attracts the highest global user attention, as well as the prediction market track with strong growth potential in the current Web3 market.From a market logic perspective, the World Cup naturally possesses global traffic, high-frequency discussions, and clear outcomes, which can continuously generate demand for predictions; while prediction markets are currently one of the few application scenarios in Web3 that can directly connect real events, user judgments, and on-chain participation. The launch of related activities by Non-Small Number during the World Cup cycle is seen as a precise entry point into the global market's enthusiasm and the demand from Web3 users.Industry insiders believe that as the World Cup Carnival drives increased exposure for Non-Small Number in the direction of prediction markets, the market is reassessing its potential value as a Web3 data entry point, a hot event operation platform, and a connection asset for US stock capital in a more positive direction.

Coinbase Markets announced the launch of pre-IPO perpetual contracts for Anthropic and OpenAI, with contract codes ANTHROPIC-PERP and OPENAI-PERP, respectively.The official statement said that the pre-IPO perpetual contract market for both contracts will open for trading on Coinbase on June 22, 2026, at 11:00 UTC (19:00 Beijing time) or later.

The Binance contract platform will launch the LRCXUSDT perpetual contract on June 22 at 21:30, the KLACUSDT perpetual contract at 21:35, the ALABUSDT perpetual contract at 21:40, the SMCIUSDT perpetual contract at 21:45, the CIENUSDT perpetual contract at 21:50, the KORUUSDT perpetual contract at 21:55, and the SONYUSDT perpetual contract at 22:00.

According to official news, the Gate stock derivatives section will launch on June 22 at 14:00 (UTC+8) with the first listing of perpetual contract trading for ADSK (Autodesk), BKNG (Booking Holdings), VZ (Verizon), SCHW (Charles Schwab), HON (Honeywell), PFE (Pfizer), SYK (Stryker), and AMGN (Amgen) (settled in USDT), supporting 1-20 times leverage.

Recently, technology concept assets in the US stock market have continued to attract market attention, and related trading activity remains active. According to data from the Gate platform, SpaceX (SPCX) is currently priced at $177.48, with a 24-hour high of $182.08; SanDisk (SNDK) is currently priced at $2248.82, with a 24-hour high of $2269.97, and a 24-hour increase of 0.99%. According to CoinGlass data, the open interest for Gate SPCX (SpaceX) contracts has reached $14.8985 million, while the open interest for SNDK (SanDisk) contracts is $7.3260 million, both ranking among the top in the industry.

Strategy founder Michael Saylor has once again released information related to the Bitcoin Tracker and stated, "Looks better with more dots."According to previous patterns, Strategy always discloses information about increasing Bitcoin holdings the day after relevant news is released.

According to on-chain data monitored by Catcher Predict, significant capital movements are predicted in the Polymarket market. A large whale invested $50,400 in a single bet on the "Ecuador vs. Curacao - More Markets" event for "O/U 2.5". Based on the current transaction price, the latest corresponding win rate for this bet is 63%.

According to on-chain data monitored by Catcher Predict, significant capital movements are predicted in the market Polymarket. A large whale has made a single purchase of $64,983.04 on "Ecuador vs. Curacao" for "Curacao." Based on the current transaction price, the latest corresponding winning probability for this target is 94.5%.

The cross-chain protocol Axelar Network released a statement regarding the recent security incident related to Secret Network, stating that there is a misunderstanding within the community about the event. Both Axelar and the Inter-Blockchain Communication Protocol (IBC) were not attacked or compromised. The affected token smart contracts were neither developed, deployed, nor maintained by Axelar, and Axelar's firewall mechanism also prevented the impact from spreading to other chains.It is reported that the exploited contract is a forked version based on CW20-ICS20, but the developers removed two core security checks, resulting in an "infinite minting" vulnerability. By deleting the verification mechanisms originally used to prevent such issues, this fork altered the original trust model of the contract and did not undergo a new security audit.Axelar Network explained that anyone can deploy contracts for cross-chain asset wrapping through IBC, and similar contracts have also been used to wrap tokens from other chains into Secret Network. However, the Secret side fork version in this incident has vulnerabilities due to the removal of key security checks. This incident is not a unique logical flaw, nor is it an issue with the IBC protocol itself, but rather a security risk introduced by modifications to third-party contracts.

In response to rumors regarding the attack on the BNB Chain OLPC/LABUBU liquidity pool, PancakeSwap's official announcement stated that the platform has noted the news related to this security incident. After preliminary verification, PancakeSwap's own smart contracts do not have security vulnerabilities. The project team is still continuously investigating the complete causes of the incident and will promptly share the latest investigation progress once more clues are obtained. Meanwhile, the official reminds users that all relevant event information should be based on content released through PancakeSwap's official channels.

According to The Wall Street Journal, Charles Schwab is collaborating with the Chicago Board Options Exchange Global Markets to launch binary options contracts on the S&P 500 index, allowing clients to bet "yes or no" on the index's performance.These contracts are slightly different from the futures contracts offered by platforms like Kalshi and Polymarket, but they are essentially binary options: if the index closes above or below the target price, a fixed cash settlement amount is paid; otherwise, it goes to zero. Charles Schwab also plans to launch Cboe's "Plus Zone" feature simultaneously, which allows for partial payouts even if the prediction direction is correct but does not precisely hit the target price.Charles Schwab CEO Rick Wurster previously criticized contracts related to sports or entertainment events for blurring investment boundaries, but also stated that if prediction markets become a "competitive necessity" in the brokerage field, the company would consider launching related products. The contracts being introduced will be strictly limited to events within the financial sector that have verifiable outcomes and will not involve non-financial events like the World Cup or the Oscars.

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.

"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.

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 GMGN data, the top 5 tokens with net inflow of KOL in the past 24 hours are as follows:1.1B (EkHF....AGS): Net inflow of $1,000, increased by 37011.6% in the past 24 hours, currently priced at $0.0331.EJEN (H6db....tkU): Net inflow of $1,000, increased by 22.6% in the past 24 hours, currently priced at $0.0001.TRUNP (Bh4t....ump): Net inflow of $1,000, increased by 1886.6% in the past 24 hours, currently priced at $0.0001.PumpFund (5kZo....ump): Net inflow of $1,000, increased by 143.1% in the past 24 hours, currently priced at $0.0001.Soil (6Q6t....ump): Net inflow of $358, increased by 395.4% in the past 24 hours, currently priced at $0.0001.

According to the official announcement, the Binance Futures platform will launch the Re (RE) USDT perpetual contract on June 18, 2026, at 14:00 (UTC), with a maximum leverage of 50 times.At the same time, RE will also launch Simple Earn flexible products, spot buying, Binance Convert, VIP loans, and margin trading (including cross-margin, isolated margin, and composite margin modes), and will support RE/USDT and RE/USDC trading pairs.