Odaily reports, the UK Prime Minister has accused Reform UK leader Nigel Farage, demanding he stop avoiding questions regarding a £5 million personal donation from Thai crypto billionaire Christopher Harborne, and questioning why the sum was kept confidential.
The donation was made several months before Nigel Farage participated in the 2024 general election and is currently under investigation by the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards to determine whether it should have been declared. In response, Nigel Farage stated that he was not an MP at the time and therefore was not required to report it to the authorities. Additionally, another crypto entrepreneur, Ben Delo, also donated £4 million to the party. (The Guardian)
Odaily news, US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent stated at a Senate Finance Committee hearing that the Treasury Department is steadily advancing the establishment of a strategic Bitcoin reserve. Meanwhile, Scott Bessent urged lawmakers to support the digital asset regulatory bill "Clarity Act" and expressed hope that it would pass this summer, in order to bring US best practices home and make America the world’s innovation capital.
Regarding the strategic Bitcoin reserve, Scott Bessent noted that while the process is complex, it is moving forward, ensuring the adoption of best practices amid the complexities so that it can be sustainable in the future. (The Block)
Odaily reports that, according to Artemis data, Polymarket's daily crypto trading volume has reached $176 million, setting a new record high.
According to data from MSX.COM, the U.S. stock market continued its decline, with the Nasdaq falling 1.00%.
Odaily Odaily News, on the 3rd local time, US Secretary of State Rubio stated at a hearing before the House Appropriations Committee that the US military operation "Epic Fury" against Iran has ended, claiming that the US has "achieved victory."
Rubio stated, "We are no longer continuing strikes against targets inside Iran because the 'Epic Fury' operation is over." Rubio also noted that although the US and Israel have dealt a heavy blow to Iran's military capabilities, Iran "still retains some drone and maritime warfare capabilities." (CCTV)
Odaily Odaily reports that according to CoinGlass data, a total of 196,868 people were liquidated across the network in the last 24 hours, with the total liquidation amount reaching $1.105 billion. Among them, long position liquidations were $891 million, and short position liquidations were $215 million.
The largest single liquidation occurred on the HTX platform for the BTC-USDT trading pair, totaling $59.6723 million.
Odaily reported that Adam Iza, a California cryptocurrency executive, admitted on Monday to orchestrating an attempted kidnapping of Veer Chetal's parents. The case is related to the $245 million Bitcoin theft that Veer Chetal was previously involved in.
Adam Iza, 25, also known as Ahmed Faiq, who ran the crypto trading company Zort and called himself the "Godfather," along with Veer Chetal and two others, impersonated technical support staff from Google and crypto exchanges to steal 4,100 Bitcoins from a Washington resident, valued at approximately $245 million at the time. Adam Iza and his accomplices attempted to obtain part of the stolen funds by kidnapping Veer Chetal's parents. Additionally, Adam Iza admitted to fraudulently accessing Meta's business manager accounts and credit lines to steal over $37 million between 2020 and 2022. Federal prosecutors are seeking at least 14 years in prison for his sentence. (fortune)
Odaily星球日报讯 当 SpaceX 公布其 IPO 承销商名单时，杰富瑞未在其中，但看空的投资者以及杰富瑞集团的一些高层管理人员却认为这是一个难得的机遇。据知情人士透露，那些未投资于 SpaceX 的对冲基金正在联系杰富瑞，询问能否在 SpaceX 上市后进行做空操作。
作为此次未参与 SpaceX 上市的美国最大投行，杰富瑞如今处于独特的有利位置来安排这些交易。尽管华尔街的各家公司通常都会帮助客户就一家公司的股票进行多方面的投资操作，但当一个部门宣布看好某只股票，而另一个部门则帮助客户做空该股票时，这些公司的律师可能会感到不安。而且，如果承销 SpaceX 上市事宜的 23 家银行中有“反水”进行看空交易的，向来以善变著称的马斯克会作何反应就难以想象了。(金十)
Odaily Odaily reported that Bankless co-founder David Hoffman posted on platform X, stating that after selling his ETH, he immediately allocated approximately 50% of the capital to VVV, NEAR, ZEC, and HYPE, and used the remaining funds for dollar-cost averaging into projects that have not yet seen significant price increases (NEAR was priced at around $1.40 at the time). He added that the remaining 50% of the capital has completed its position building in LIT.
Odaily Odaily reported that prediction market platform Kalshi announced on platform X that Bitcoin perpetual contracts are now officially online. This marks the first U.S. regulatory-approved Bitcoin perpetual contract product. The product is a perpetual contract referencing the spot price of Bitcoin and is classified as a futures contract. The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission previously stated that, following review, the BTCPERP contract complies with the Commodity Exchange Act and relevant regulatory requirements, including the core principles applicable to Designated Contract Markets (DCM).
Odaily Seer Prophet Channel monitoring shows that on Polymarket, the probability of "Trump attending the 2026 NBA Finals in person" is now 64%, up 14% in a single week.
The contract rules for this event: If Trump is physically present to watch the 2026 NBA Finals, the market outcome will be "Yes"; otherwise, the outcome will be "No". The rule for determining "physical attendance" means Trump is present at the venue during any stage of the game. If the event is canceled or postponed to after 11:59 PM ET on July 3, 2026, the market outcome will be "No".
Trump previously stated at a press conference that he might go to Madison Square Garden in New York to watch an NBA Finals game in person. He also praised the Knicks and said he had received invitations from Knicks owner James Dolan and "many others". If this ultimately happens, Trump will become the first sitting U.S. president to attend an NBA Finals game in person.
Odaily Seer Prophet Channel continues to follow prediction markets, seeing changes before the price is set.
Odaily reported that, according to Lookonchain monitoring, pension-usdt.eth has closed a short position of 1,400 BTC (worth $93.86 million) with a profit of $3.32 million. This trader previously achieved 21 consecutive winning trades with total profits exceeding $36 million, and subsequently turned to shorting 50,000 ETH (worth $92.68 million) with 3x leverage. The ETH short position is currently showing an unrealized profit of $1.07 million.
Odaily Odaily reports that QAIT has been successively listed on trading platforms such as Binance Alpha, KuCoin, and Gate.io. WISeKey has confirmed that QAIT will serve as a functional token within the SEALCOIN ecosystem, responsible for machine-to-machine data exchange, service payments, and on-chain value settlement.
SEALCOIN maintains synergy with SEALSQ. As of March 31, 2026, SEALSQ holds over $525 million in cash and short-term investments, completed approximately $125 million in financing in March 2026, and simultaneously expanded the size of its Quantum Fund to $200 million.
Additionally, the SEALCOIN ecosystem community event SPACEDROP has been live for about two weeks, and the number of participants has already surpassed 40,000 people.
Odaily reported that, according to MSX.COM data, US-listed memory and storage concept stocks continued their rally. SanDisk surged over 4%, with its stock price approaching an all-time high; Western Digital was up nearly 6%, and Seagate Technology rose over 2%, both hitting new highs during the session. Micron Technology turned positive after previously falling over 2%.
Odaily reported that on June 2nd, the price of the EDGE token dropped from $1.12 to approximately $0.32 within about an hour. This abnormal fluctuation occurred during a period of weak liquidity and was triggered by concentrated selling from multiple addresses, coupled with a squeeze on high-leverage long positions and a linked response from CEXs. Notably, the team's addresses remained unchanged during this period.
edgeX has stated that it will enhance market making and liquidity, launch a goodwill compensation plan of up to 100,000 USDC, and establish a 200,000 USDC on-chain bounty to trace addresses associated with the attack.
