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Binance launched the OpenGradient (OPG) HODLer airdrop event on June 30. Users who purchase capital-protected earning coins or on-chain earning coin products using BNB between June 22, 2026, 08:00 and June 25, 07:59 will receive OPG airdrop allocations, which are expected to be distributed to users' spot accounts within 5 hours after the announcement is made.

According to the latest report from Tiger Research, as of June 18, 2026, the number of active job openings in the cryptocurrency industry is only 2,932, a significant decrease of over 97% from the estimated peak of about 130,000 in 2022.The report shows that the wave of layoffs in the cryptocurrency industry continues in the first half of 2026. March was the month with the highest concentration of layoffs, with several companies including Gemini, Crypto.com, Algorand, OP Labs, PIP Labs, and Messari announcing layoffs at the same time. Some companies were acquired at low prices after multiple rounds of layoffs; for example, Messari was acquired by Blockworks for about $10 million in June 2026 after experiencing three rounds of layoffs, while its previous valuation had reached $300 million.In terms of recruitment structure, positions in centralized exchanges (CEX) account for the highest proportion, reaching 30.8% (904 positions), mainly contributed by OKX, Bybit, and Binance. The stablecoin and payment sector accounts for 13.4%, but is highly concentrated in two companies, Tether and Ripple.In addition, the demand for AI skills in job postings continues to rise, with the proportion of cryptocurrency job postings mentioning artificial intelligence skills increasing from 23% in early 2025 to 53.1% in March 2026.

According to SoSoValue data, as of 8 AM Eastern Time on June 29, 2026, the total net purchase of Bitcoin by global listed companies (excluding mining companies) for the week was $14.65 million, a decrease of 83% compared to last week.Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy) did not purchase Bitcoin last week. At the same time, Strategy announced two securities repurchase plans, each up to $1 billion, targeting Class A common stock and digital credit preferred stock led by STRC, with an annual dividend yield of 8% to 10%, aiming to optimize the capital structure without consuming existing dollar reserves. To fund the aforementioned repurchases and support daily capital expenditures, the board also approved a Bitcoin liquidation plan, allowing the company to generate up to $1.25 billion in additional revenue by selling Bitcoin to replenish dollar reserves, and to pay maturing preferred stock dividends and interest expenses (or to replenish dollar reserves after such payments) when management deems it more beneficial than issuing Class A common stock or other capital market transactions, as well as to provide additional funding support for the two repurchase plans (including related taxes and transaction fees). Although this move by MicroStrategy releases the liquidation authorization, it currently serves only as a reserve shield for repurchases, with actual "momentum not sold"; its core logic has shifted from the initial "aggressive expansion of the balance sheet" to the refined operational phase of "utilizing crypto assets to optimize equity capital structure and reduce the capital cost generated by high-yield stocks."The Japanese listed company Metaplanet did not purchase Bitcoin last week, marking ten consecutive weeks without purchases.In addition, two other companies purchased Bitcoin last week. Hong Kong's global digital health, consumer goods sales, and artificial intelligence computing power technology group CIMG announced that it has just completed the first phase of a large stock and warrant issuance, receiving $13.5 million paid in Bitcoin (207.7 Bitcoins at an average price of $65,000), bringing its total holdings to 937.7 Bitcoins; Brazilian Bitcoin company OrangeBTC announced on June 29 that it invested $4.9 million to purchase 74 Bitcoins at a price of $66,233, bringing its total holdings to 3,896 Bitcoins.As of the time of writing, the total amount of Bitcoin held by the global listed companies (excluding mining companies) in the statistics is 1,142,484 Bitcoins, an increase of 0.02% compared to last week, with a current market value of approximately $6.852 billion, accounting for 5.7% of Bitcoin's circulating market value.

On June 29, WEEX announced that the platform has launched the $GetRichQuick 0 transaction fee event: New users who net recharge 100 U and have their first transaction as GetRichQuick/USDT spot can receive a reward of 10 USDT; both new and existing users whose $GetRichQuick spot trading volume reaches 100 U can participate in sharing a prize pool of 10,000 USDT based on trading volume rankings; invite friends to participate in this event to earn up to 1,000 USDT in rewards. Event time: 6/26 18:00 - 7/3 18:00 (UTC+8).

According to market data, Binance Life experienced a short-term decline of over 30%, once dropping to 0.45554 USD, and has now rebounded to 0.529 USD, with a 24-hour decline of 29.19%, and a market capitalization currently reported at 529 million USD.

According to Cointelegraph, in the wave of declines in technology stocks, cryptocurrency-related stocks have suffered particularly severe losses, with the divergence from the broader market continuing to widen. Coinbase (COIN) and Circle (CRCL) have fallen 69% and 72% from their respective historical highs, far exceeding the 48% to 57% pullback of mainstream tech stocks like Oracle, Salesforce, Netflix, and Palantir; in contrast, the S&P 500 index has only retreated 3.5% from its recent peak.On the fundamental side, Coinbase's first-quarter performance was significantly below Wall Street expectations, with a 21% quarter-over-quarter decline in revenue and a loss of $1.49 per share, while analysts had previously expected earnings of $0.27 per share. Bitcoin fell below $60,000 this week, down more than 54% from its October peak; Ethereum also dropped to around $1,500, down about 69% from last year's high, with market sentiment continuing to deteriorate.21Shares has lowered its 2026 cryptocurrency market expectations in its mid-year outlook report, believing that the performance of digital asset prices is significantly lagging behind the industry's fundamentals. The institution pointed out that institutional adoption is still deepening, with stablecoins, asset tokenization, and prediction markets maintaining strong development momentum, but the four-year market cycle of Bitcoin remains the dominant force in price trends. The report also acknowledged previous misjudgments—"the cycle of Bitcoin is evolving, but has not yet broken," retracting its earlier assertion that the four-year cycle was outdated.Analysts believe that the deep pullback in cryptocurrency stocks reflects the overall weakness of the digital asset market, the uncertainty of legislative progress in the U.S. cryptocurrency market structure, and the compounded pressure from the potential impact of AI technology on existing business models.

The leading RWA trading platform MSX officially launched the ecological token MSX application page, with a total issuance of 1 billion tokens.Eligible users can now log in to the platform to submit their applications. This initial airdrop and related incentive amounts will be unlocked over three months. After users complete their applications, the tokens will be directly credited to their personal accounts on the platform and will await the official opening of the subsequent spot trading system.The official statement indicates that the MSX token will later serve as an ecological certificate for participating in the platform's US stock token trading and Pre-IPO project subscriptions. The related lock-up and VIP rights matrix are currently in internal testing and ongoing development stages.

According to the official announcement, the Gate DEX BountyDrop has launched the OpenHelix airdrop event. Users can enter the BountyDrop module to participate in tasks through the "Events" page of the Gate DEX App. Among all participants who complete the tasks, 3,000 participants will be randomly selected to share $15,000 PHELIX.Gate Wallet is an industry-leading multi-chain crypto wallet, providing a one-stop connection to over 100 public chains, millions of assets, and tens of thousands of DApps, unlocking a professional-grade DEX experience and offering optimal solutions for every DEX need. BountyDrop is a dedicated earning activity area in the Gate DEX discovery page, where users have the chance to win rewards or participate in a lottery to obtain airdrop tokens by completing simple tasks.

As of the market close, the official mNAV of Strategy has dropped to 0.99, indicating that the market values the company overall below the market value of its held Bitcoin. Meanwhile, the perpetual preferred stock STRC is trading at a discount of about 25% to its liquidation value of 100 dollars.

According to data from CryptoRank.io, the total TVL of global liquid staking protocols fell to $33.4 billion in the second quarter of 2026, a decrease of 56.1% from the historical high of $76 billion in the third quarter of 2025, marking three consecutive quarters of decline.Specifically, the fourth quarter of 2025 was $61.4 billion, the first quarter of 2026 was $45.2 billion, and the second quarter further dropped to $33.4 billion. The liquid staking sector continues to face pressure, reflecting that the overall DeFi ecosystem is still in a weak cycle.

According to Jinshi reports, Federal Reserve's Williams expects the U.S. economic growth rate to be 2.25% in 2028, and the unemployment rate will drop to 4%.

According to The Block, since June 2026, the Google search volume related to "stablecoins" has dropped to 31, a significant decline from 98 in May and down over 69% from the historical peak of 100 in August 2025. Even if the current trend is annualized, the search volume in June is only about 45, with a month-on-month decline of approximately 54%.At the same time, the total supply of global stablecoins has fallen by about $5 billion after reaching a peak of around $300 billion in early June, with a cumulative growth of only 0.23% this year, far below the growth rates of 56% in 2024 and 46% in 2025.The report points out that the peak in search volume in August 2025 coincided closely with the advancement of the GENIUS Act and announcements from institutions like Stripe, Visa, and Mastercard regarding the issuance of stablecoins. The current decline in both search volume and supply indicates that 2025 may have been the stage for large-scale retail user adoption, and there is currently no new large-scale retail incremental capital flowing in at the same cost.

CryptoQuant analyst Axel Adler Jr. stated that Strategy's preferred stock MSTR has fallen 78% from its peak, while Bitcoin has dropped 51% from its peak. The average cost basis for Strategy's 847,363 BTC holdings is $75,651, with a total cost of $64.1 billion. The current BTC price has fallen below this cost line for the first time since the bear market of 2022. The additional decline of MSTR relative to BTC has reached about 28 percentage points, approaching the upper end of the historical range, but has not yet touched the extreme of an 89% retracement from the 2022 low.Meanwhile, Strategy's purchasing strategy has clearly shifted to a defensive stance: the weekly BTC purchase volume has been cut by about two-thirds, with less than 11% of the $335.5 million raised through stock issuance used to buy BTC, and the remainder transferred to dollar reserves. At the end of May, Strategy also conducted its first net sell since 2022, selling 32 BTC to pay STRC dividends. Adler pointed out that the main risk currently lies in BTC remaining below the treasury cost line of $75,000, which would block the financing channel for ATM issuance by compressing the MSTR premium. However, nearly all of Strategy's debt is in convertible bonds, with no additional margin risk; the baseline scenario is the loss of marginal buyers rather than cascading liquidations. The real pressure point lies in the company's transition from selling stock to systematically selling BTC itself to pay preferred stock dividends and debt interest.

On June 25, WEEX announced that it has officially launched the "Stock-Coin Ecological Trading Zone" themed event. Users who trade any specified stock-coin (DELLON, NOKON, GLWON, LITEON, CBRSON, UMCON, AMKRON, AAOION) can participate in sharing a generous prize pool of 100,000 USDT. This event aims to assist users in strategically positioning themselves in the popular trends of the US stock market and seizing the AI ecological dividends. The specified stock-coins cover popular concept sectors such as globally renowned semiconductor foundries, AI chip packaging, and optical communication services. Event duration: 6/23 21:30 - 7/3 21:30 UTC+8.

According to 10x Research analysis, Ethereum is currently at a support level of $1,600. If this level is broken, the next target will be $1,200—this is the retracement level since the FTX collapse. The current price of Ethereum is below the 7-day and 30-day moving averages, with a weekly decline of 7.4%. The recent 20% layoffs at the Ethereum Foundation have triggered a significant price drop, while warnings of a funding crisis after the key developer incentive program expired have further dampened market sentiment.Continuous net outflows from the spot Ethereum ETF and weak institutional demand severely limit upside potential. On-chain data shows that asset accumulation has reached multi-year lows, while an increase in transaction failure rates has led to a cooling of network demand. This week, market news is sparse, and the main price-driving factors remain macro headwinds: the Federal Reserve's hawkish stance, a strengthening dollar, and stock market volatility.

On June 25, WEEX announced that it has officially launched the zero-fee trading activity for Hela Gold (HGOLD). Users participating in trading can share a prize pool of 30,000 USDT: new users with a net deposit ≥ 100 U and whose first transaction is HGOLD spot can receive a reward of 10 USDT; both new and existing users whose HGOLD spot trading volume ≥ 100 U can participate in sharing 10,000 USDT based on trading volume rankings; inviting friends to participate in the activity can earn up to 1,000 USDT in rewards.It is reported that Hela Gold (HGOLD) is the 230th WE-Launch project by WEEX. Previously, HGOLD has jointly issued an airdrop of 10,000 USDT to WXT holders participating in the WE-Launch event with WEEX.

According to SoSoValue data, the cryptocurrency market has fallen for three consecutive days, with the Meme sector dropping significantly by 13.75% in the last 24 hours. Among them, MemeCore (M) fell by 67.51%, and Pump.fun (PUMP) dropped by 10.9%; the NFT sector decreased by 9.99%, with Audiera (BEAT), which surged yesterday, falling by 22.63%. Meanwhile, Bitcoin (BTC) dropped by 3.36%, briefly falling below $60,000; Ethereum (ETH) decreased by 3.35%, dropping to around $1,600.In other sectors, the CeFi sector fell by 2.33% in the last 24 hours, with NEXO (NEXO) down by 3.59%; the PayFi sector decreased by 3.18%, with Dash (DASH) down by 7.82%; the Layer1 sector fell by 3.07%, but Gram (GRAM) rose by 1.46%; the Layer2 sector decreased by 3.46%, but Optimism (OP) increased by 3.83%. Additionally, the DeFi sector performed well, rising by 1.69%, with Hyperliquid (HYPE) up by 2.04%, o1.exchange (O) up by 35.42%, and LAB (LAB) up by 19.6%.

According to CoinDesk, CryptoQuant data shows that the recent selling activity of "OG" investors holding Bitcoin for over five years has significantly slowed down, with their 90-day average selling amount dropping to 962 BTC, the lowest level since November 2024. Analysts point out that during the bull market cycle that began in early 2023, OG investors sold the largest amount of Bitcoin in history, especially during multiple sell-off peaks in May 2024, February 2025, and September 2025 when prices soared, with single-day sales exceeding 142,000 BTC. The current trading price of Bitcoin is around $63,000, close to the breakeven point for this group of OG investors who purchased five years ago, and their choice to continue holding rather than selling has effectively alleviated market selling pressure. The outflow rate of spot ETFs has also slowed down over the past two weeks, further confirming that selling pressure is decreasing.

According to Jinshi reports, the USD/JPY has briefly dropped nearly ten points, currently reported at 161.66.

The price of Bitcoin has retreated to $62,000, and the second day of chip stock sell-offs is dragging down the crypto market, with over $1.5 billion in leveraged positions being liquidated.