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According to Simply Wall St, Circle Internet Group (NYSE:CRCL) has been removed from multiple Russell growth indices, including the Russell 1000 Growth Index, the Russell 3000 Growth Index, and the Russell Midcap Growth Index. This adjustment is part of Russell's latest annual reconstitution of its constituents.This removal has a substantial impact on Circle's visibility among index funds and certain institutional investors. Although Circle's core business still revolves around the USDC stablecoin and tokenized capital markets, the index removal may affect the passive fund allocations that track these benchmarks, leading to mechanical selling or reduced future buying interest.

Strive CEO Matt Cole stated that, given the short-selling interest in SATA tokens has increased by about 1 million shares in the past 30 days, and the borrowing cost has currently reached about a 70% annualized rate, the company is seeking market feedback to explore whether it should suspend the strategy of issuing new SATA tokens at a fixed price of $100, instead allowing the market to determine its liquidation price.Cole pointed out that although $100 remains the target price, some investors believe that Strive will continue to issue additional tokens at that price point, thereby creating an invisible ceiling. Retaining issuance flexibility will increase the risks and costs of short-selling SATA, and while it may exacerbate market volatility in the short term, it aims to reduce long-term volatility and curb speculative short-selling.

According to BBX data, the two largest publicly listed reserve companies for Ethereum issued a counter-cyclical buy signal yesterday, with the core dynamics as follows:SharpLink, Inc. (NASDAQ: $SBET) (one of the largest publicly listed reserve companies for Ethereum, founded by CEO Joe Lubin, formerly known as SharpLink Gaming, transitioning to Ethereum Treasury in May 2025) released an official press release on June 30: the company purchased an additional 10,000 ETH at an average price of $1,611 per coin, raising its total holdings to 886,725 ETH; during the same period, it repurchased 2,132,773 shares of common stock (average price $4.69), bringing the total repurchased since the buyback program started in August 2025 to 4,071,223 shares. This ETH purchase was funded by the company's previously completed $75 million targeted issuance (registered direct offering). CEO Joseph Chalom stated that this fundraising "provides capital support for proactive ETH treasury management strategies." The company's average purchase cost for 886,725 ETH is approximately $3,609 per coin, and with the current price around $1,611, the paper loss is about $1.77 billion; however, the company earned approximately 18,800 ETH in staking rewards in Q1 (equivalent to about $30 million per quarter at current prices), with revenue of $12.1 million during the same period (a 16-fold increase compared to $742,000 in the same period last year). The company has officially been included in the Russell 2000 and Russell 3000 indices, which will trigger passive buying from active and passive funds tracking these two indices, potentially broadening the institutional shareholder base and increasing access to capital markets.Bitmine Immersion Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: $BMNR), as of June 26, according to the latest data cited by CoinDesk, the company's ETH holdings have risen to approximately 5.67 million coins (an increase of about 280,000 coins compared to the 5.39 million disclosed in the SEC 8-K on May 26), with a net increase of about 52,203 coins in the previous week (equivalent to about $82 million); the company's chairman Tom Lee stated on June 26: "We are maintaining a steady accumulation pace throughout 2026, and we believe we are in the early stages of a Crypto Spring." At the current price of about $1,610, the market value of 5.67 million ETH is approximately $9.13 billion; during the same period, Bitmine jointly funded the Ethlabs nonprofit research organization with SharpLink and Ethereum co-founder Joe Lubin (founded by former Ethereum Foundation researchers, focusing on Ethereum infrastructure and institutional research), further strengthening the institutional narrative support for the ETH ecosystem through the endorsement of the three organizations.

According to Taiwan's Economic Daily, passive component leader Yageo has notified customers that starting from July 1, it will comprehensively increase the prices of its entire line of capacitor solutions, covering MLCC, aluminum electrolytic capacitors, tantalum capacitors, and polymer aluminum capacitors, marking the largest increase in recent years. Industry insiders pointed out that this move mainly reflects the continuous rise in global manufacturing costs due to geopolitical factors, energy, raw materials, and international freight rates. As capacitor products account for about 50% of Yageo's revenue, the market expects this round of price increases to significantly boost its revenue and profits.Driven by strong demand for AI servers and automotive electronics, Yageo's stock price hit the daily limit yesterday, reaching 1,140 New Taiwan Dollars. However, due to recent volatility in the Taiwan stock market, the market reported a significant default settlement event involving Yageo's stock last night, with a total declared amount of 38.8 million New Taiwan Dollars, marking the 15th major default settlement case accumulated in Taiwan's listed market this year.

According to Protos, the Estonia-based cryptocurrency exchange Coinmetro has announced that it has submitted a restructuring application to the local court. The platform stated that this move is due to "a special situation caused by the bankruptcy of a financial service provider," and has fully suspended user registration, deposits, and withdrawals since June 22.Coinmetro CEO Kevin Murcko revealed that the failure of the related provider actually occurred years ago, but as the July 1 deadline for compliance with the EU's Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA) approaches, this legacy funding gap has had a substantial and fatal impact on the company's balance sheet. Additionally, reports indicate that Coinmetro is currently facing issues in Estonia, including overdue annual reports and unpaid taxes, and was sued last August by the bankruptcy trustee Prime Trust, seeking to recover approximately $1.2 million that was withdrawn before its collapse.

According to the latest financial disclosure documents, U.S. Vice President JD Vance holds Bitcoin valued between $250,000 and $500,000.

According to a report by businesswire, Bitcoin financial services company Strike announced new compliance progress. Its European operating entity Zap (Strike) Europe Limited has been approved by the Malta Financial Services Authority (MFSA) and has obtained the qualification of a crypto asset service provider under the EU MiCA regulation.This authorization grants Strike cross-regional operating permissions, allowing the company to provide a full range of Bitcoin-related financial services to users under unified regulatory standards across the 27 member states of the EU.

According to monitoring by Catcher Predict, in the "Bitcoin June Price Prediction" event on the prediction market Polymarket, the "Yes" option in the sub-market "Below $57,500" experienced a dramatic fluctuation in winning probability, soaring from 21.2% an hour ago to the current 41.25% (a fluctuation of 20.05%). Please note the impact of relevant breaking news.

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority and the Financial Services and the Treasury Bureau jointly announced that the first phase review on promoting the further application of Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) in Hong Kong's fixed income market has been completed.The review results indicate that the current legal and regulatory environment in Hong Kong is sufficiently flexible to support the issuance of tokenized bonds. The three batches of iconic tokenized bonds issued by the Hong Kong government and the increasing number of corporate issuances (including those from issuers in Asia and the Middle East) are the best evidence of this. The next phase will involve a review of the legislation to promote the broader application of DLT in the fixed income market and the digital asset sector, including allowing the electronic execution of tokenized bond issuance documents and exploring concepts such as "custody" and "transfer" of tokenized fixed income products.

Bernstein analyst Mark Newman significantly raised the target price for SanDisk (SNDK.O) from $1700 to $3000, maintaining an "Outperform" rating.The firm pointed out in its research report that the new Long-Term Agreement (LTA) for storage has undergone a structural change, shifting from being customer-favorable to more advantageous for suppliers. The new agreements typically include fixed or range-constrained pricing, commitments of prepaid funds that lock in customers and provide downside protection, and longer contract durations. Based on data provided by the company, Bernstein estimates that the floor price for SanDisk in the recently signed LTAs is approximately $0.29 per GB.

According to Livecoins, the Chilean Financial Market Commission (CMF) announced the cancellation of the registration qualifications of the cryptocurrency platform Plusspay, due to its investigation revealing connections with the Venezuelan criminal organization "Tren de Aragua," which was used to provide financial support to the gang.In addition to Plusspay, several other institutions, including Pixeltec and Iuinvest, that failed to submit complete information on time as required by the Financial Technology Law (Lei Fintec) have also had their qualifications to provide services in the Chilean market revoked. These institutions are prohibited from expanding their customer base and may only conduct operations related to clearing services and returning frozen funds to existing users. Regulators emphasized that payment and cryptocurrency service providers must enhance transparency to prevent money laundering and illegal fund flows.

According to a report by Reuters, the latest data released by Citi shows that driven by the demand for companies to cut AI spending, the market adoption rate of low-cost open-source models is rapidly increasing. In June of this year, the proportion of open-source model Tokens processed on the AI aggregation platform OpenRouter surged from 34% in January to 65%.Citi specifically pointed out in the report that the cost difference is a core factor driving this trend. The data shows that some Chinese open-source large models are continuously narrowing the performance gap with leading models in the United States, while their charges are as low as 18 cents per million Tokens, whereas the average charge for leading large models in the industry is about 4 dollars, resulting in a cost difference of over 20 times.

ZetaChain announced that as it transforms into an AI-oriented private memory layer, it will gradually shut down the old cross-chain infrastructure and focus on new directions such as Anuma, user-owned memory, identity, permissions, payments, and agency.According to the plan, ZetaChain has closed platform recharges as of June 1, 2026, and opened the final withdrawal window. Previously, on April 27, ZetaChain was attacked by exploiting a vulnerability in the cross-chain messaging system, resulting in the theft of $333,868 from three internal team wallets.

According to Bits.media citing data from the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), as of June 29, 244 companies in the EU have obtained MiCA crypto licenses, with Germany leading with 57 companies (about 23%), followed by France with 26 companies (about 11%). Greece, Hungary, Poland, Portugal, and Romania have not issued any MiCA licenses, and Poland has yet to establish a licensing system for crypto exchanges, with related legislation having been vetoed by the president three times.Germany, France, and the Netherlands (along with Luxembourg and Ireland) account for about 72% of the EU's financial assets, which is also why MiCA licenses are highly concentrated in these countries. France has recently accelerated its approval process, issuing 5 licenses in the week from June 18 to 22, nearly half of the total 11 issued in the EU during the same period. MiCA requires crypto companies to obtain a license in at least one EU country by July 1 in order to legally serve the markets of the 27 countries; those without a license must cease operations in the EU.

According to Cointelegraph, Grant Cardone, the CEO of real estate investment company Cardone Capital, stated that Cardone Capital is increasing its Bitcoin holdings at the price level of $59,000, and currently holds more than 2,700 BTC.

According to Bits.media, Fidan Tofidi, the head of the Financial Technology and Innovation Department of the Central Bank of Azerbaijan, stated that the regulatory bill for the country's virtual asset market has been drafted and submitted for review, with formal legislation expected within the year. The bill requires all companies engaged in cryptocurrency asset business to obtain a license issued by the central bank, and unauthorized operations within the country are prohibited. Licensed institutions will be subject to ongoing supervision. The regulatory framework will cover compliance requirements such as anti-money laundering, counter-terrorism financing, and customer identity verification (KYC), and will be incorporated into Azerbaijan's financial market development strategy for 2027-2030.

According to The Block, the UK's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) finalized a comprehensive crypto regulatory framework on Tuesday, with a mandatory licensing regime set to take effect on October 25, 2027. The framework covers prudential requirements, market abuse regulation, and stablecoin standards, applicable to crypto trading platforms, custodians, stablecoin issuers, lending and staking service providers, as well as some DeFi companies with identifiable controlling entities.Businesses can apply for authorization between September 30, 2026, and February 28, 2027, and existing anti-money laundering registrations will not automatically convert. Regarding trading platform rules, the FCA requires UK-qualified crypto asset trading platforms to conduct due diligence, meet entry standards, and publish disclosure documents, while removing the previous exemption that allowed fungible crypto assets to be listed without disclosure documents. Market abuse rules cover insider trading and market manipulation.For stablecoins, the FCA has removed the obligation to forecast the redemption of reserve assets, allowed limited group internal custody arrangements, and reduced the K-SII capital ratio for stablecoin issuance from 2% to 1%. Crypto assets on qualified platforms will be subject to a unified 40% net risk exposure requirement and a 40% counterparty default volatility adjustment. FCA's Director of Payments and Digital Finance, David Geale, stated that the framework is an important milestone for crypto regulation in the UK, providing regulatory certainty while allowing businesses to maintain innovation space.

According to The Block, Binance founder Zhao Changpeng stated that the MiCA license application submitted by Binance in Greece fully complied with regulatory requirements and was close to approval before being withdrawn, but ultimately the process was interrupted due to "external political factors."In an interview, Zhao Changpeng mentioned that several countries within the EU had expressed interest in the license, and there was even a certain degree of "competitive pursuit," but the regulatory progress was ultimately affected by non-regulatory factors, forcing the application to be withdrawn. Binance officially withdrew its application in Greece last week and stated that it would turn to other EU member states to continue pursuing MiCA authorization.In response to market rumors regarding his connections with high-level EU politicians, Zhao Changpeng stated that he had not seen any verifiable documents and only saw similar claims online, which he did not confirm. Zhao Changpeng also pointed out that the EU MiCA transition period will officially end on July 1, at which time platforms that have not obtained licenses must cease related services. Regulatory agencies in various countries have made it clear that they will not postpone enforcement, and they evaluate this outcome as a "lose-lose situation," using the regulatory processes in Japan and Singapore as examples to emphasize that compliance processes often require a longer period.Additionally, when discussing Strategy's STRC preferred stock product, Zhao Changpeng stated that its structure is "too complex" and expressed difficulty in fully understanding its mechanism, but emphasized that he does not comment on the credibility of its founder Michael Saylor, considering him a "staunch supporter of Bitcoin."

According to Gate market data, Tesla (TSLA.O) stock price rose over 5%.

According to monitoring by Catcher Predict, in the "Bitcoin June Price Prediction" event on the prediction market Polymarket, the "Yes" option in the sub-market "Below $57,500" experienced significant fluctuations in winning probability, soaring from 23.75% an hour ago to the current 41.95% (a fluctuation of 18.2%). Please note the impact of related breaking news.