Odaily reported that "White-Haired Stock God" Serenity disclosed the minutes of the ALRIB shareholder meeting on the X platform, pointing out that multiple business developments of the company have released positive signals. The minutes indicate that the company's second-generation ROSIE system is expected to be delivered soon to a leading quantum computing company in the United States, marking further progress in the implementation of its technology in the high-end equipment field. At the same time, the company is increasing its business development (BD) efforts for photon-related BTO/STO products and has received strong market interest feedback. Serenity added that ALRIB, together with Veeco Instruments, forms a duopoly in the molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) equipment market, and has recently been revalued by the market due to its exposure to quantum computing. Its holdings also include RIBER.

Odaily reported that according to Aztec Labs monitoring, the team is investigating a potential vulnerability affecting an Aztec payments product that was discontinued in 2021. Approximately $2 million was transferred from an immutable smart contract. This discontinued product is an immutable Stage 2 Rollup version that was deactivated in 2022. Aztec Labs does not hold the admin keys or any control over the system, and thus cannot pause or upgrade it. This incident is separate from the attack on the Aztec Connect product on June 14. The Aztec Foundation stated that the product affected by this attack is not associated with any smart contracts of the current network or the AZTEC ERC20 token.

Odaily reports that, according to Odaily monitoring, pension-usdt.eth is in the process of closing its ETH short positions. The current short position amounts to $80 million, with an unrealized profit of $2.77 million. The account's total profit stands at $40.16 million.

Hong Kong Investor and Financial Education Council (IFEC) commissioned the Department of Applied Social Sciences of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University to conduct a tracking study, which shows that the herd behavior and emotional trading tendencies of Hong Kong virtual asset investors have significantly decreased compared to 2022. However, multiple behavioral biases remain prevalent, with the "cautious followers" type still accounting for the largest proportion of investors. The study surveyed approximately 1,000 virtual asset investors between November and December 2025, and the results were presented at the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) Retail Investor Committee seminar in June 2026. The data indicates that among Hong Kong virtual asset investors, the score for blindly following market trends dropped from 3.63 to 3.19, while mimicking market behavior and chasing gains also decreased, suggesting that investment behavior has generally become more rational following the implementation of the virtual asset trading platform regulatory regime in 2023.

However, the study also points out that several behavioral biases remain significant, including reliance on past experience (3.86), FOMO sentiment (3.77), disposition effect (3.68), gambler's fallacy (3.66), and authority dependence (3.63), indicating that emotions and information influence remain deeply embedded in investment decision-making.

In terms of investor classification, the "cautious followers" type has the highest proportion at 33.9%, predominantly comprising young investors aged 18 to 29. This group also has the highest proportion of female investors (43%), characterized by susceptibility to market sentiment and a tendency to become cautious and conservative after incurring losses. The second largest group is the "hold-and-hope" type at 25.5%, mostly middle-level professionals aged 30 to 39, who tend to hold onto assets long-term after losses, waiting for a rebound.

Additionally, the "overconfident risk-takers" type accounts for 22.2%, primarily consisting of highly educated, affluent males who are prone to overconfidence and increasing allocations to high-risk assets. The "fear-of-missing-out" type accounts for 18.4%, who have relatively ample assets but trade frequently, driven significantly by FOMO sentiment.

Professor Eric Chui, Chair Professor of the Department of Applied Social Sciences at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, stated that the virtual asset market is significantly influenced by social media and information dissemination, leading to complex and diverse investor behavior patterns. He emphasized the need to integrate behavioral science into investor education to enhance rational decision-making capabilities amid market volatility.

Odaily: According to an official announcement, BitMart Futures will launch GSUSDT, ROKUUSDT, and GDXUSDT perpetual contracts on June 18, 2026, at 17:00 (UTC+8), supporting up to 20x leverage.

According to data from MSX.COM, the stock price of Zhipu on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange broke through 2010 HKD, with gains accelerating in late trading, rising over 22% to reach a new all-time high.

Odaily reported that CryptoQuant analyst Axel Adler stated that Bitcoin weakened rapidly after the Federal Reserve held interest rates steady at 3.50%-3.75% and released a relatively hawkish dot plot, falling below the $64,000 mark and dropping about 4% from its intraday high.

This meeting marked the Fed's fourth consecutive pause, but the latest dot plot indicates a significant shift towards a hawkish policy path: several officials now expect the possibility of further rate hikes this year, further diminishing the market's pricing of "rate cut expectations." Analysts believe this change has a greater impact than the rate decision itself, directly suppressing risk asset valuations.

Market data shows that Bitcoin initially surged to around $66,400 following the announcement, before quickly reversing downward amid heavy selling pressure, hitting a low of approximately $63,870. Trading volume notably expanded, indicating active selling-driven declines. The price is currently consolidating near the lower end of the $63,600–$64,000 range, with no significant inbound capital from bargain hunting.

In stark contrast is gold's performance. Spot gold rapidly recovered after briefly dipping to around $4,220, climbing back above the $4,300 level to trade near $4,321, demonstrating strong defensive attributes and capital absorption capacity. Even against a backdrop of easing geopolitical risks, safe-haven demand remains resilient.

Market participants pointed out that the core divergence in this round of reaction lies in the repricing of asset attributes: gold completed a swift recovery under the same macroeconomic shock, while Bitcoin failed to reclaim the key level of $64,000, highlighting the higher sensitivity of risk assets to "higher-for-longer interest rates."

Overall, the market is transitioning from a phase of "loose expectations supporting risk assets" to one of "hawkish path suppressing valuations," with short-term risk appetite clearly cooling. The key observation point is whether Bitcoin can re-enter the $64,000–$65,000 range with volume confirming stability; otherwise, a weak consolidation structure may persist.

Odaily Planet Daily News: Seven departments, including the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the Cyberspace Administration of China, and the State Administration for Market Regulation, have recently jointly issued the "Action Plan for Synergistic Development of Large, Medium, and Small Enterprises on Platform Economy (2026-2028)". The Action Plan proposes to deepen the high-quality development of computing infrastructure and the action plan for computing resource interconnection. It aims to promote open access to computing resources, carry out the pooling and interconnection of computing power, guide platform enterprises to connect distributed computing resources and management platforms, and enhance the efficiency of computing resource allocation. It also promotes the construction of a national integrated computing monitoring, scheduling, and service platform. Furthermore, it seeks to improve the universal service capability of Token for platform enterprises, optimize agent (AI Agent) services based on the common needs of small and medium-sized enterprises, and lower the barriers for SMEs to access and utilize these technologies.

Odaily reports that the bond market is signaling increasingly restrictive interest rate expectations, which may continue to weigh on risk assets like Bitcoin. The spread between the U.S. 2-year and 10-year Treasury yields has narrowed to approximately 28 basis points, its tightest level since April 2025, indicating a clear flattening of the yield curve. This shift is widely interpreted as a heightened market expectation of tighter monetary policy or “higher for longer” interest rates.

Skanda Amarnath, Executive Director of the policy research organization EmployAmerica, noted that this flattening trend is "one of the clearest market signals that the Federal Reserve is becoming more hawkish." In a more hawkish interest rate environment, the market anticipates rates remaining elevated for a longer period, which enhances the appeal of fixed-income assets and diminishes the investment demand for non-yielding assets such as Bitcoin.

Beyond the 10-year to 2-year spread, the gap between the 30-year and 5-year Treasury yields has also fallen to its lowest level since last April, further reinforcing the overall flattening trend of the yield curve.

Market participants believe this change represents a significant reversal from the environment earlier this year, which was characterized by a steepening curve and bets on rate cuts. In the latest round of policy signals, the Federal Reserve held interest rates steady, but its dot plot indicated a higher projected path for future rates compared to previous forecasts, with median interest rate expectations shifting upward across the board, strengthening the “higher for longer” narrative.

Analysts suggest that if the high-interest-rate environment persists, risk assets like Bitcoin may struggle to stage a strong upward trend in the short term. The market could enter a phase of volatile downward pressure, intersecting with certain bottoming expectations tied to the halving cycle. (CoinDesk)

Odaily Odaily reported that, according to official sources, Gate Contract Stock Zone launched perpetual contract trading (USDT settlement) for KLAC (KLA Corporation), GS (The Goldman Sachs Group), ROKU (Roku), GDX (VanEck Gold Miners ETF), ALAB (Astera Labs), TXN (Texas Instruments Incorporated), and IONQ (IonQ) at 14:00 on June 18 (UTC+8), supporting leverage of 1-20x.

Odaily Planet Daily News: According to official sources, MGBX will list the BMNRUSDT and ASMLUSDT perpetual contract trading pairs at 18:00 (SGT) on June 18, 2026.

Trading Opening Time: 18:00 (SGT) on June 18, 2026

Leverage: Up to 20x maximum

BMNR: BitMine Immersion Technologies Inc is a Bitcoin and Ethereum network company focused on long-term cryptocurrency accumulation, whether obtained through its Bitcoin mining operations or through proceeds from capital raising transactions.

ASML: ASML is the leader in lithography systems, holding a 90% market share used in semiconductor manufacturing.

Odaily Planet Daily News: According to the official announcement, Binance will add observation tags to more tokens on June 18, 2026. The tokens added to the observation tag list are as follows:

Act I: The AI Prophecy (ACT)

Blur (BLUR)

PIVX (PIVX)

QuarkChain (QKC)

Compared to other listed tokens, tokens with the observation tag may have higher volatility and risk. They will be closely monitored and subject to ongoing review. Please be aware that trading tokens with this observation tag carries risks, as these tokens no longer meet the standards at the time of their listing on the platform and may be delisted.

According to MSX.COM data, Japanese and South Korean stock markets closed higher, both marking record highs. Japan's Nikkei 225 index closed up 1,151.24 points, or 1.65%, at 71,053.49 points on Thursday, June 18. South Korea's KOSPI index closed up 208.09 points, or 2.35%, at 9,072.33 points on Thursday, June 18.

Samsung Electronics closed up 4.62%, and SK Hynix closed up 6.51%, both hitting all-time highs at closing.

Odaily News: Zhongji Innolight's A-share price rose over 6% in the afternoon, pushing its total market capitalization to nearly 1.52 trillion yuan, surpassing Kweichow Moutai's 1.51 trillion yuan and ranking sixth in total A-share market value.

Odaily Odaily reports that Gate’s Hong Kong stock trading targets have further expanded to over 1,500 stocks, building on the original base of more than 1,000 to continuously enrich the coverage of assets listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, aiming to improve access to global stock markets. Users can directly trade stocks listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange through the stock entry point, participate in pre-market and after-hours trading sessions, and conveniently invest in Hong Kong stocks using USDT, without needing to open a traditional brokerage account or perform Hong Kong dollar conversion, significantly lowering the entry barrier for global investors. Gate’s Hong Kong stock trading service now offers comprehensive coverage across both the App and Web platforms, with the Gate App requiring an update to version 8.23.5 or higher.

This expansion of trading targets covers high-quality listed companies with larger market capitalizations and better liquidity on the Main Board and GEM, thereby improving the structure of Hong Kong stock assets. Simultaneously, Gate has established a multi-tiered product system encompassing Pre-IPOs, IPO Access, and secondary stock market trading. IPO Access provides users with a new channel to participate in the subscription of globally popular companies going public. Furthermore, Gate Stocks supports users in trading over 10,000 US mainstream market stocks and ETFs using USDT, covering major US securities trading markets and liquidity networks such as NYSE, Nasdaq, NYSE Arca, NYSE American, and BATS. It also supports fractional share trading with a minimum investment of 0.01 shares. In the future, the platform will continuously expand its coverage of global stocks and traditional financial assets, optimizing asset allocation efficiency and the trading experience.

Odaily, Onchain Lens reports that a whale deposited 43,235 ETH, worth $74.68 million, into Binance. This whale also holds 43,562 staked ETH, valued at $75.41 million.