Odaily reported that EX.IO, a licensed virtual asset trading platform in Hong Kong, has received approval under the latest conditions updated by the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission to distribute traditional investment products (including tokenized and non-tokenized securities) and to provide independent custody services for virtual assets and tokenized securities bought and sold by clients off the platform. (Aastocks)

According to on-chain analyst Ai Yee's monitoring, starting from 23:42 last night, address 0xa2e…f1468 has been shorting 23,205.35 ETH in batches, with a position value of $39.03 million. The average opening price is $1,680.8, and it is currently facing an unrealized loss of nearly $17,000.

Odaily Seer Prophet Channel monitoring shows that in the predict.fun "World Cup Group B Winner" prediction event, Switzerland's probability of winning Group B has dropped to 47%, down 13% in 24 hours. Additionally, Canada's probability of topping Group B is currently reported at 37%.

Today, in the first round of World Cup Group B, Qatar equalized in the 94th minute with a 1:1 draw against Switzerland, securing the first World Cup point in their history.

Odaily Seer Prophet Channel continues to follow the prediction market, seeing changes before the pricing.

Odaily reported that the actively managed crypto ETF launched by T. Rowe Price was approved by the U.S. SEC on June 12, 2026, marking a key step toward its listing on NYSE Arca. Although the product has not yet begun trading, it is close to being officially opened to investors.

The ETF plans to allocate between 5 and 15 crypto assets. The current draft shows it will cover major assets such as Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), Solana, and XRP, along with highly volatile tokens like Dogecoin (DOGE) and Shiba Inu (SHIB), reflecting a strategy to expand into a broader digital asset portfolio. The approval process accelerated since April 2026, during which T. Rowe Price submitted multiple revised proposals. The SEC formally approved the second amended filing on June 12, indicating growing regulatory acceptance of multi-asset crypto ETF structures.

Market analysts believe that if the product successfully launches, it will further expand institutional investors' compliant exposure to diversified crypto assets and could set a regulatory precedent for more actively managed multi-currency crypto ETFs in the future. (intellectia)

Odaily reported that Nansen CEO Alex Svanevik stated that open-weights models may pose greater competitive pressure on Anthropic and OpenAI in the future, because not all tasks require a "150 IQ level" frontier model. In many scenarios, a model with around 115 IQ but costing about 90% less is "fully sufficient," offering a clear cost-performance advantage. Since the AI industry has generally believed that profits would come from the most advanced frontier models, this logic may now face challenges, especially if governments impose restrictions or block access to frontier models, potentially impacting the revenue expectations of related companies.

Alex Svanevik further questioned whether the business model of relying on high-end models for profitability remains viable when regulations begin to limit the capabilities or deployment of frontier models, calling it a core issue that the industry needs to reassess.

Odaily Planet Daily News Grayscale Research Head Zach Pandl stated that perpetual contracts, as a core product of the crypto market, have long been limited to crypto assets such as BTC and ETH. However, Hyperliquid is changing this landscape through its HIP-3 upgrade. HIP-3 allows for the permissionless deployment of perpetual contract markets on the Hyperliquid infrastructure, and a S&P 500 perpetual contract product has already been launched on Hyperliquid.

Data shows that the HIP-3 market reached a peak open interest of approximately $3.2 billion in June 2026, with a cumulative trading volume of about $200 billion. These markets are not directly operated by Hyperliquid but adopt a "permissionless infrastructure" model: any qualified developer can create derivatives trading markets on its underlying network. This makes Hyperliquid more akin to an open financial infrastructure similar to AWS, with the HYPE token capturing the overall transaction value flow.

Odaily Odaily News: Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Baghaei stated that Iran's measures to ensure safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz are both about maintaining national security and align with the common interests of the international community. Iran must receive fees for the services it provides in the Strait of Hormuz.

A recording from a ship's radio public channel, provided by a sailor on a merchant vessel near the Strait of Hormuz, indicated that the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy issued a warning to vessels in the vicinity on the evening of the 13th local time, prohibiting them from transiting the Strait. The recording shows the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy hailing all vessels in the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman, stating that the Strait of Hormuz is completely closed and that any vessel attempting to pass through the strait will be "decisively dealt with." The broadcast also ordered all vessels not to move within the Strait of Hormuz until further notice.

Iran's National Security Council Deputy, Naboyan, previously stated that according to the text of the Memorandum of Understanding between Iran and the US that he has reviewed, all commercial ships will be allowed to resume passage through the Strait of Hormuz without any restrictions. (Xinhua News Agency)

According to OKX market data, H has rebounded past 0.3 USDT, currently trading at 0.3049 USDT, with a 24-hour increase of 38.9%.

1. The CLARITY Act's passage before July 4th is now "virtually impossible";

2. Multiple institutions jointly sue Kentucky over its 14.25% prediction market tax, with Kalshi and Polymarket participating;

3. Analysis: SpaceX business shows one profitable pole and two loss-making poles, with cumulative losses reaching $41.3 billion;

4. Polymarket "post-hoc clarification" sparks controversy: a student's $35,000 prediction voided, involving a $3.8 million position liquidated to zero;

5. "Bitcoin Pharaoh's" wife denied release in Brazil: application fails on grounds of unmet vegan diet requirements;

6. David Sacks responds to Anthropic's "safety controversy" triggering regulation: the core conflict is unpatched vulnerabilities;

7. Bitcoin mining difficulty drops by 10.09%, marking the largest single adjustment since 2026;

8. MetaMask: Network outage issue resolved, platform back to normal operation;

9. SIREN controller's on-chain holdings ratio has dropped to 66%, approximately 480 million tokens;

10. Coinbase updates payment ecosystem development progress: x402 protocol will soon support direct USDC balance payments for Coinbase for Agents users.

Odaily Odaily reports that the U.S. government's export controls and access restrictions on Anthropic's models, Fable 5 / Mythos 5, were partly driven by Amazon's cybersecurity research and AWS CEO Andy Jassy's communications with the White House.

It is understood that research submitted by Amazon indicated that through a series of prompt tests, researchers could induce Fable 5 to output sensitive information potentially usable for cyberattacks, raising security concerns. Subsequently, Andy Jassy reported these findings to the U.S. government level, prompting the White House to implement further restrictions, including banning foreign users from accessing the model.

Meanwhile, former U.S. Commerce Department official Kate Koren revealed that the White House's existing policy stance towards Anthropic may have also influenced this decision. This is because Anthropic has disagreements with the White House over the boundaries of AI safety, including refusing to use its models for mass surveillance or lethal autonomous weapons systems. Although the two sides had eased tensions and expanded cooperation earlier this year, this incident could reignite strained relations between them. (The Wall Street Journal)

Odaily Odaily reported that Vivek Raman, founder of Etherealize, said in an interview that Wall Street's attitude towards Ethereum is shifting from an early "proof-of-concept and pilot phase" to directly using it as production-grade infrastructure. Over the past year and a half, institutions have mainly been "testing the waters on a small scale," but the current trend has transformed into a necessity to "fully embrace public chains and use them as internet infrastructure."

Raman stated that stablecoins are the first major use case for institutions entering the crypto space, but the current narrative is expanding to broader asset classes such as tokenized stocks, bonds, real estate, and investment funds. Ethereum's network effects in stablecoins and liquidity continue to attract traditional financial institutions. He also pointed out that institutional adoption is accelerating but has yet to be fully reflected in ETH's price. This "lag" is primarily due to the longer sales and onboarding cycles for institutions. "The infrastructure is ready, but assets have not yet been put on-chain at scale."

Raman believes that Ethereum is currently at a critical inflection point: the underlying financial "plumbing" has been built, but the large-scale migration of assets is still in its early stages. As more real-world assets come on-chain, the market will reassess ETH's value as a security and settlement asset for the network. He also addressed the controversy surrounding the Ethereum Foundation, stating that its move to "step back" is the right direction to prevent a single entity from controlling global financial infrastructure. He emphasized that the Foundation should focus on security, censorship resistance, privacy, and long-term technologies (such as zero-knowledge proofs and quantum resistance). The ultimate measure of Ethereum's success is not its price, but the scale of actual users and the carrying capacity of real assets. (CoinDesk)

Odaily Odaily Planet Daily News: Coinbase Developer Platform has released an update on payment ecosystem development progress. With the official launch of Coinbase for Agents, users can now create independent accounts for AI Agents, enabling automated operations such as trading and asset management under configured permission and risk control rules; a new Coinbase CLI and MCP have been demonstrated to simplify the login process, allowing identity and operation integration demonstrations via Claude; Developer wallets are now available through the Swift SDK, supporting the integration of self-custody wallet functionality within native iOS applications.

In the coming weeks, the x402 protocol will support users within Coinbase for Agents to make direct payments using their USDC balance, allowing Agents not only to operate accounts but also to complete real-world payments directly through the stablecoins held by users. Additionally, Coinbase will release a system update on June 16 to further enhance payment and Agent-related capabilities.

According to monitoring by on-chain analyst Yu Jin, from 10:00 AM yesterday to 12:00 AM midnight, the SIREN holder sold approximately 201 million SIREN on-chain over 14 hours, exchanging them for about 27.7 million USDT. Of this, 24.8 million USDT was transferred to Bitget and Bybit. Their on-chain SIREN holdings have dropped from 94% (682 million tokens) of the total supply to the current 66% (480 million tokens).

Odaily reported that MetaMask Support announced on the X platform that the network outage issue has been fixed, and the platform is fully operational again. It is understood that early this morning, MetaMask stated that multiple network connections experienced interruptions, causing some users to be unable to connect to related services normally.

Odaily reported that Bitcoin has completed its latest difficulty adjustment at block height 953,568, with a decrease of -10.09% (from 138.96T to 124.93T). This ranks as the 11th largest single adjustment in history and the second largest since 2026. Additionally, this adjustment cycle lasted approximately 15.6 days, notably longer than the theoretical 14-day target, reflecting a recent temporary reduction in network hashrate.

Analysis suggests that the approximately 15% price correction in June compressed miners' profit margins, leading some hashrate to exit the network. This triggered the significant downward adjustment, bringing mining difficulty back towards a balanced level.

Odaily reported that David Sacks, co-chair of the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, responded to the regulatory implications of the Anthropic “security controversy,” stating that he has communicated with multiple parties regarding the current situation at Anthropic. He concluded that the core of the event lies in the security controversy sparked by its newly released model “Fable” (the commercial version of the Mythos-class models). Although Anthropic publicly stated the vulnerability was “not severe,” the U.S. government and testers disagreed with this assessment, believing it was significant enough to impact the model's security, even involving “cyber weapons operability” risks.

David Sacks further criticized that Anthropic has long emphasized “safety first,” yet in this instance, it was more inclined to keep the consumer version continuously online rather than prioritizing the repair of the security issue. He stated this matter should not be conflated with previous defense or regulatory controversies and noted that the U.S. government still recognizes Anthropic's technical capabilities. The current problem “could have been resolved quickly, the ball is in Anthropic's court.”