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According to Bitcoin.com, U.S. Senator Cynthia Lummis is pushing for the CLARITY Act to complete Senate voting before Congress goes into recess. Article 303 of the bill grants the Treasury Department the authority to impose targeted sanctions on digital assets in foreign jurisdictions, while Article 305 allows exchanges to freeze suspicious transactions for up to 180 days.On-chain data shows that North Korea's Lazarus Group stole approximately $643 million in the first half of 2026, accounting for two-thirds of the total amount stolen in cryptocurrency globally during the same period ($972 million), which includes a $285 million attack on Drift Protocol in April and a $292 million attack on the KelpDAO cross-chain bridge. The organization has accumulated a total theft of $6.75 billion since 2019.Currently, Galaxy Research has lowered the probability of the CLARITY Act passing in 2026 to 30%. The bill still requires 60 votes to advance, meaning at least 7 Democratic senators need to cross party lines to support it.

According to GMGN data, the top 5 trending sector tokens in the past 24 hours are as follows:CATE (Ai66....ump): Currently priced at $0.0085, market cap of $7.86 million, 24h increase of +363K%, 24h trading volume of $38.06 million, number of trades 300,896;Jimothy (Ge87....ump): Currently priced at $0.0071, market cap of $7.04 million, 24h decrease of -43.8%, 24h trading volume of $17.11 million, number of trades 84,948;SalaryCat (GiRr....ump): Currently priced at $0.0002, market cap of $170,000, 24h increase of +7.82K%, 24h trading volume of $5.68 million, number of trades 83,376;Kittens (C1rB....ump): Currently priced at $0.0004, market cap of $340,000, 24h increase of +14.3K%, 24h trading volume of $4.41 million, number of trades 75,534;Nong (YKHT....ump): Currently priced at $0.0001, market cap of $3.46 thousand, 24h increase of +72.9%, 24h trading volume of $1 million, number of trades 114,660;

According to GMGN data, the market capitalization of the SOL Meme coin CATE briefly surged past $9.5 million, with an intraday increase of over 230 times, currently reported at $7.09 million. The market enthusiasm for CATE stems from a new rescue kitten video released by DOGE owner @kabosumama.Subsequently, community user @HimothyGoggins retweeted and speculated that the cat was named "Hiromi," but this claim has not been confirmed by Kabosu's owner. Afterward, @thedevrrrrrrr suggested "running CATE like DOGE," and the token was quickly created on Pump.fun, attracting community attention.It is important to note that there is currently no evidence that this cat is named Hiromi, nor has it been officially confirmed to be named CATE. The name CATE comes from the previous "Cate" cat meme, which has been repurposed by the community for the dissemination of this event. CATE is not an official token of Kabosu's owner, nor is it named after the actual name of the cat, but rather a community meme coin formed by combining real events with existing internet memes. According to market news, meme coin prices are highly volatile, so please be aware of market risks.

Binance founder CZ responded to the question "Why not acquire smaller CEXs" by stating that acquiring centralized exchanges is different from other businesses. Once a hack occurs after the acquisition, it is difficult to determine whether it is a backdoor left by the previous team or a new issue, thus the security and compliance risks are higher. He emphasized that acquiring CEXs is still possible, but the due diligence and risk control processes are more complex.

Coinbase is undergoing the largest executive reshuffle in recent years. Chief Talent Officer Lawrence Brock has stepped down and transitioned to an advisory role, while co-head of the institutional division Greg Tusar has moved to a policy position; previously, General Counsel Paul Grewal planned to leave, and Jesse Pollak has stepped down as head of the Base app. After laying off 14% of its workforce in May, Coinbase is accelerating its transformation into a comprehensive trading platform that includes stocks and prediction markets.

According to TASS, the Governor of the Central Bank of Russia, Elvira Nabiullina, stated that there are no restrictions on transferring cryptocurrencies from Russia to overseas for all categories of investors, but investors should be aware that such operations currently lack legal protection.

On-chain analysis platform Bubblemaps revealed that the ecological token BMEX launched by BitMEX in 2021 had 75% of its supply originally allocated for employee incentives, ecological growth, and long-term reserves never claimed. Data shows that 92% of the supply was initially locked in vesting contracts, while the remaining 8% was distributed at launch (5% for airdrops, 3% for products and liquidity). The only claim occurred on November 2, 2022, when the product and liquidity addresses claimed 63.75 million BMEX, with no claim records from other addresses. Bubblemaps pointed out that the tokenomics or allocation plan may have off-chain adjustments later, but based on the announced plan, the relevant allocations may not have actually been executed.BitMEX announced on July 23 that it would officially cease operations on September 23. The price of BMEX has dropped by about 95% since the shutdown announcement, currently quoted at approximately 0.0052 USDT. It is understood that the official handling of the BMEX token is very limited, with no additional compensation or special arrangements. The only action explicitly mentioned in BitMEX's official shutdown announcement is that the platform has immediately unstaked all staked BMEX and returned it directly to the holders' accounts.

Famous trader Killa posted that Bitcoin's historical bear markets typically complete a 5-wave adjustment and form two significant peaks. The first peak often occurs after the initial major rebound following the top, known as the "complacency peak," where the market generally believes that the bull market has returned. Subsequently, prices usually continue to decline to new lows. He pointed out that similar structures appeared in the cycles of 2014, 2022, and 2026.After the complacency peak is formed, the market typically experiences a "dead cat bounce" and establishes a phase bottom; as market sentiment deteriorates and short positions concentrate, a short squeeze then drives the price rebound, with the final bottom usually forming after the second significant retest.Killa believes that BTC has currently swept through the bottom formed by the "dead cat bounce" and completed a 5-wave adjustment structure similar to previous cycles. From a structural perspective, the adjustment wave has ended, and the bottom may have already formed. However, he remains cautious about the time cycle. Previous bear markets typically lasted about 365 days before forming the final bottom, while this round, if the bottom has already appeared, has only lasted about 260 days, which is about 100 days earlier than the historical cycle. Currently, he maintains a 50-50 judgment, but compared to significantly making new lows, the likelihood of forming higher lows subsequently is greater.

According to Gate Ventures' latest weekly report, influenced by the escalation of geopolitical risks and changes in the AI competitive landscape, all three major U.S. stock indices fell last week, energy prices rose significantly, and the trends of safe-haven assets like gold and U.S. Treasuries diverged. The cryptocurrency market continued its structural trend, with Bitcoin and Ethereum rising by 1.5% and 3.6%, respectively, while both spot BTC and ETH ETFs maintained net inflows.In terms of industry development, regulation and real-world applications continued to be the focus this week. Japanese convenience store giant Lawson, in collaboration with Netstars, is advancing a stablecoin payment pilot, further promoting the use of stablecoins in everyday consumption scenarios; South Korea plans to officially incorporate digital assets into its national asset management framework and explore the tokenization of government bonds and state-owned assets, with the construction of RWA infrastructure continuing to accelerate. In Europe, after the transition period of MiCA ended, the total number of licensed institutions increased to 294, although the number of new licenses has slowed down, institutional participation remains strong.In terms of investment and financing, the cryptocurrency industry recorded a total of 16 financing events last week, highly concentrated in the infrastructure sector: among them, Alpaca completed a $135 million financing to enhance tokenized securities and AI financial infrastructure; Flex completed a $70 million financing to further expand its stablecoin cross-border payment network, continuously confirming the capital market's long-term optimism towards digital financial infrastructure. Gate Ventures believes that as the global regulatory framework gradually improves and the integration of traditional finance and blockchain deepens, the digital asset ecosystem is expected to enter a more mature and diverse development stage.

Glassnode data shows that buyers who have held Bitcoin for 1-2 years have realized losses, which may indicate the bottom of the bear market in 2026, with $69,000 becoming a key price battleground.

Coinbase Institutional stated that U.S. non-farm employment was far below expectations, but the escalation of conflicts in the Middle East has brought inflation risks back into focus for the market. The market is shifting towards pricing "higher interest rates for a longer duration," financial conditions are tightening further, long-term risk assets are under pressure, and the probability of another interest rate hike within the year is also increasing.Amid multiple negative factors, BTC only fell by about 2%, and this relatively resilient performance may indicate that the market is undergoing a bottoming process.

According to Jinshi reports, SK Hynix's American Depositary Receipts indicate an opening price of $180, with an issue price of $149.

According to CoinDesk, the Genlayer Foundation, in collaboration with 27 companies including OKX, MetaMask, and Matter Labs, has launched the "Internet Court" protocol, aimed at providing a unified dispute resolution mechanism for payments, custody, and contract disputes between AI agents.The project seeks to address the current issues of fragmentation in payment, identity, and interoperability standards within AI business systems, providing a more suitable adjudication infrastructure for transactions between machines.

Tom Lee, the chairman of BitMine, Ethereum's largest treasury, stated that although there is still widespread skepticism about ETH in the market, the ETH/BTC exchange rate is rising, indicating that investors are anticipating an improvement in the visibility of cryptocurrency "use cases," which is a good thing for the market.

According to the monthly market insights released by Binance Research, among approximately 7,000 stocks and ETFs available for trading on Binance, over 700 have been traded, indicating that users have begun to participate in stock products.The report states that about 71% of Binance stock product holders have their stock holdings allocated to the technology sector, with approximately 48% of funds flowing into semiconductors, a category that has a trading volume about 23 times that of other categories.In terms of thematic fund flows, Binance stock product holders have a relatively diversified allocation, with 25% flowing into AI infrastructure and computing power, 22% into quantum computing, and relatively higher allocations in cutting-edge themes such as space and satellites, robotics, and humanoid robots. During the same period, broader ETF fund flows were mainly concentrated in semiconductors and AI storage.In addition, the report shows that at the portfolio level of Binance stock holders, 41% of holdings are allocated to crypto assets, 37% to stablecoins, and 22% to stocks.

CryptoQuant analyst Darkfost pointed out that Bitcoin's Sharpe ratio has once again reached an extreme negative territory, slightly rebounding after falling below -20. The Sharpe ratio is used to measure the relationship between investment risk and return, with a negative value indicating higher risk relative to current returns, which aligns with Bitcoin's third consecutive quarter of decline (with the latest quarter down 16.1%).Historically, such extremely pessimistic periods often last for several weeks to months and correspond to a new bottom-building phase, followed by a price restart. The analyst stated that the data suggests we are currently approaching this phase, but it is important to note that this observation belongs to a long-term time frame.

According to CoinDesk, Wall Street investment bank Cantor Fitzgerald has released a report stating that the cryptocurrency market is entering the final stage of the current bear market cycle. Analysts pointed out that as of June 10, Bitcoin has been 252 days since its peak in 2025, with a decline of about 51%. In the previous three market cycles, Bitcoin typically reached its bottom 384 days after peaking; if history repeats itself, this round of decline may bottom out around the end of October. The report cautions that this model is not an accurate timing tool, and macroeconomic, regulatory, and geopolitical risks still exist, but the reflexive nature of the cryptocurrency market suggests that historical cycles may self-reinforce.Cantor suggests that investors shift their focus from speculative activities to networks with the ability to accumulate lasting value, identifying Hyperliquid as a typical case of fee-driven token economics. Bitcoin remains the benchmark currency asset, Ethereum is the dominant collateral layer for on-chain finance, and Solana, Sui, XRP, and Zcash each have differentiated advantages but still need to prove sustainable value. Cantor has also included digital asset treasury companies Forward Industries and Cypherpunk Technologies in its research coverage, giving them a buy rating, with target prices of $7.9 and $0.9, respectively.

According to CoinDesk, the Office of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine announced that it has transferred over $8.3 million worth of USDT to a cryptocurrency wallet controlled by the country's asset recovery agency ARMA (National Agency for the Search, Tracking, and Management of Assets). This marks the first successful inclusion of seized cryptocurrency assets into national management in Ukraine's history.The transfer was made based on a court order and stems from an investigation by the National Bureau into an international hacker organization. The funds involved came from a wallet belonging to a member of this organization, which has been accused of attacking individuals and businesses in Europe and the United States to steal data and extort money. The proceeds were laundered in Ukraine through high-value assets such as real estate and vehicles. Currently, four suspects have been detained but have not yet been sentenced, with estimated losses exceeding $100 million.The report notes that the funds are currently only held in custody and have not been formally confiscated, as confiscation requires a court ruling. At this time, Ukraine is considering establishing a strategic reserve for cryptocurrency, similar to previous ideas from the United States. The reserve funds would come from confiscated cryptocurrency assets in criminal and civil cases, rather than being purchased on the open market.

According to CryptoQuant analyst Darkfost's monitoring, ETH whales have fallen into a loss, marking the first occurrence of this since 2019. Even during the bear market in 2022, the largest whales holding over 100,000 ETH remained profitable. Currently, the unrealized profit ratios for the three categories of whale groups are all negative, with the range of 1,000 to 10,000 ETH at -0.26, the range of 10,000 to 100,000 ETH at -0.21, and the range above 100,000 ETH at -0.05. This state has persisted for several weeks.Darkfost stated that based on historical experience, when the ETH market tests the confidence of whales, it often coincides with the formation of a bottom area. Ethereum has shown considerable resilience so far.