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According to Jinshi News, the president of the Russian Federation Savings Bank stated that the key interest rate needs to be lowered.

According to a report by crypto.news, Galaxy Digital CEO Mike Novogratz stated that the core reason for Bitcoin's recent decline is the "collapse of confidence triggered by Strategy." The issue lies not only in the price of Bitcoin itself but also in the growing concerns in the market regarding Strategy's financing model.As the largest publicly traded holder of Bitcoin globally, Strategy's stock and preferred securities have become key indicators for traders to measure Bitcoin market risk. Previously, the company's Bitcoin flywheel effect had come under pressure, with stock trading prices dipping below the value of its Bitcoin holdings, indicating that its long-reliant "premium stock issuance to repurchase Bitcoin" model is being challenged. Novogratz bluntly stated that STRC trading is weak, which should have been maintained around $100. Currently, Strategy's annual dividend obligation has risen to about $1.2 billion, and a decline in cash reserves has reduced the dividend coverage period to only about 14 months.Bitcoin is also facing pressure on a macro level. Novogratz summarized the current market logic as "a strong dollar means a weak Bitcoin," with hawkish central bank signals and a strengthening dollar suppressing demand for risk assets. From a technical perspective, the $59,000 to $60,000 range for Bitcoin has become a critical defense line, and if it breaks down, the downward space could open up to $45,000.Novogratz also admitted that the current situation is complex, with a 50-50 probability of a rebound or a deep correction. Outflows from ETF funds, weak liquidity, and cautious positioning in the options market further confirm the fragile market sentiment. Now, the health of Strategy's balance sheet, the performance of STRC prices, and cash positions have evolved from being company-level issues to becoming confidence signals for the overall Bitcoin market.

According to Jinshi reports, Federal Reserve's Williams stated that the standing repo operations are a key tool to curb interest rate pressures.

With the current price of Bitcoin at $59,291 and a 200-day dollar-cost averaging (C200) of $75,821, the Bitcoin Ahr999 "bottom-fishing" indicator is currently at 0.285. The previous low this year was 0.27 on February 6.According to statistics, an Ahr999 below 0.3 is a rare case of extreme undervaluation, mainly occurring during significant market crashes or moments of panic. Historically, there have been the following major instances of falling below 0.3:In November 2011, when the price of Bitcoin was only in single digits and had not yet reached widespread consensus;The bottom of the bear market in 2018 (lowest around 0.24);The "March 16 flash crash" in 2020 (COVID panic);In June 2022, during the ETH liquidation crash and the FTX crash in November, it touched around 0.27 multiple times;In February 2026, it reached 0.27-0.29, close to historical lows.It is reported that this indicator assists Bitcoin dollar-cost averaging users in making investment decisions in conjunction with timing strategies. This indicator implies the short-term yield of Bitcoin dollar-cost averaging and the deviation of Bitcoin prices from expected valuations. Historically, the Ahr999 index has been below the bottom line (0.45) for 655 days.

According to CoinDesk, Bitcoin has repeatedly found support around $59,000 in June, a position that has replaced $60,000 as a more critical technical support level. On Wednesday, as the decline accelerated, the price briefly approached $59,000 before rebounding to $61,000, a similar trend that occurred on June 5, when the price rebounded to $67,000 after stopping the decline near $59,000.The Federal Reserve's most closely watched PCE data will be released on Thursday evening, with core PCE expected to rise year-on-year by 3.3%-3.4%, the highest since October 2023. If the data exceeds expectations, it will confirm that the rise in inflation is not a temporary phenomenon, potentially strengthening interest rate hike expectations and pushing the dollar index further up, putting pressure on cryptocurrencies; if it falls short of expectations, it may alleviate concerns about interest rate hikes, providing support for Bitcoin's rebound from $59,000.

According to The Wall Street Journal, blockchain public chain data analysis shows that Iranian entities have completed over $3.84 billion in transactions through the cryptocurrency exchange CoinEx to evade U.S. economic sanctions.Investigators have traced funds associated with two digital wallets controlled by the Central Bank of Iran, which are linked to the $1.5 billion stolen by North Korean hackers from the Bybit exchange. After flowing through a complex multi-layer transaction path, the related funds ultimately entered CoinEx, making it one of the core channels for Iran to bypass the sanctions system using cryptocurrency.

Glassnode stated that Bitcoin (BTC) has fallen back to an important support area after retesting the February lows. Data from the options market shows that although the price is close to key levels, implied volatility has significantly decreased from recent highs, with 1-week implied volatility dropping from about 60% to 35%. The overall volatility curve has shifted downwards, indicating a clear cooling in the market's pricing of future uncertainty.At the same time, the 25Δ skew has also retreated from extreme levels during the sell-off, and the demand for short-term protection has normalized, showing that panic hedging sentiment is weakening. However, structural defensive positions still dominate. Data shows that short-term options still lean towards downside protection, with bearish option transactions accounting for about 28% in the past week, significantly higher than the buying ratio of bullish options (24.1%).Additionally, the 1-month implied volatility has fallen below actual volatility, indicating a situation where "implied volatility underestimates real volatility." There is a significant short gamma concentration around the $62,000 mark (approximately $1.8 billion in size), which could accelerate volatility amplification if prices drop further, while there is a certain long gamma buffer zone around $60,000. Overall, despite the cooling of volatility, the market remains in a defensive position structure.

According to official news, Circle announced that the cross-chain transfer protocol CCTP now supports Stellar and has included Stellar in Domain 27. In the latest release notes, Circle introduced the content of this update and the key integration details that developers need to pay attention to before transferring USDC in or out of Stellar.

Against the backdrop of the gradual implementation of the EU's Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA), Binance's compliance path in the European market remains uncertain. Whether it can continue to serve EU users in the future may depend on the approval progress of French regulatory authorities.After Greek regulators rejected the relevant authorization application, the French Financial Markets Authority (AMF) is seen as a potential key regulatory entry point. However, Binance has not yet formally submitted a complete MiCA license application and is still in the communication phase with multiple national regulatory authorities.Under the MiCA "single license" mechanism, once authorized by any member state, it can cover the EU's 27-country market. Therefore, the approval results from a single country have a decisive impact on the platform's regional business. The EU regulatory authorities maintain a highly cautious attitude towards the compliance risks of large trading platforms, anti-money laundering mechanisms, and systemic financial risks. The progress of relevant approvals will directly affect the reshaping of the European crypto trading landscape.

Crypto KOL Ansem posted that Bitcoin is currently at a quite critical position, re-testing the key weekly resistance level of approximately $65,000 to $66,000 within this round of range. He will not go long on BTC at this position, as he believes there are better long opportunities in the market. However, if BTC closes above this range, it may re-test $72,000, which he leans towards as the scenario. If he is wrong and BTC drops below $63,800 and shows weak performance, the short-term trend will turn bearish, potentially re-testing $60,000. If this situation occurs, he will consider going short and set the stop loss above the previous short-term consolidation range. In addition, Ansem stated that the FOMC minutes released today at 2:30 may affect market direction.

Wintermute released its weekly market report, stating that as of the week ending June 15, the ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran, along with CPI data, has boosted market risk appetite. Wintermute believes that the risk-reward ratio for Bitcoin at just over $60,000 is quite attractive; each sell-off eliminates weak holders, leaving a group with higher quality holdings and stronger conviction. However, this does not mean that a bottom has been established. Before the situation truly improves, it is not impossible to fall into the $50,000 range. Currently, the position structure has been somewhat cleared, and net selling pressure has eased. What really needs attention is the flow of funds, rather than prices or news headlines.The real turning point in the last cycle was the continuous growth of inflows into ETFs and stablecoins, and there are currently no signs of this. Therefore, blindly chasing any upward trend is futile. In the short term, Waller's speech on Wednesday is key. If dovish sentiment indicates a softening of core rates and a drop in oil prices, the market will welcome good news; if hawkish sentiment suggests rates rising to 4.2%, the good news will end. Besides that, the agreement signed between the U.S. and Iran in Switzerland on Friday is the truly important event.

According to Bloomberg, Principal Mineral is acquiring Isola Group, which is supported by Cerberus Capital Management. Isola primarily produces key materials needed for printed circuit boards (PCBs), which are widely used in electronic products such as automobiles, airplanes, and AI servers. Based in Dallas, USA, Principal Mineral is committed to building a localized PCB supply chain system. The company did not disclose the specific transaction amount for the acquisition of Isola Group.Meanwhile, Principal Mineral also announced that it has secured approximately $280 million in new financing to expand its operations. This round of financing was led by Overmatch Ventures and The New Industrial Corp.

According to Finance Feeds, European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde warned at the ECB meeting that Europe faces the risk of losing payment sovereignty, with dollar stablecoins and foreign networks dominating future financial infrastructure. Lagarde pointed out that Europe does not have its own pan-European card network, with international card organizations accounting for over 60% of card payments in Europe, and 13 out of 21 eurozone countries no longer having national card schemes. She stated that the digital euro could break this situation, as its status as legal tender must be accepted throughout Europe.Lagarde emphasized that tokenized finance requires central bank money to scale safely, and market participants indicated that without central bank settlement infrastructure, they would not issue digital assets on a large scale. The European Central Bank is advancing two initiatives, Pontes and Appia, and establishing connections between TIPS and India's UPI, as well as the Southeast Asia Nexus system. She warned that if member states create their own legal frameworks independently, it would legally recreate the fragmentation that technology is currently dissolving. This competition has evolved into a geopolitical and sovereignty issue.

The founder of the decentralized lending protocol Aave, Stani, posted on the X platform stating that the "Spokes" mechanism in Aave V4 will become a key architecture for the protocol's expansion, enabling quick access to diverse lending and financial scenarios.

According to analyst Killa's monitoring, this week the BTC range of $67,200 to $68,500 is a key observation area. The current cycle still has several months left, and market fluctuations are a reasonable expectation.

Well-known trader Killa (@KillaXBT) stated that Bitcoin needs to hold the $64,000 level. If it successfully holds, it will test $67,000 and squeeze out some shorts. On the other hand, if it cannot hold, the market will drop back below $60,000, and this rally will just be a deceptive false breakout meant to lure in buyers.Killa, as a quantitative trader focused on BTC, predicted the peak of this bull market in May 2025 and has over 200,000 followers on platform X. In mid-April, he shorted Bitcoin at $74,688 and fully turned bullish during the market-wide decline on June 5.

NASDAQ-listed company WISeKey International announced that its subsidiary SEALCOIN has received a strategic investment of $4 million, with participation from The Hashgraph Group (THG) and WISeKey.The new funds will be used to accelerate its integration into the rapidly growing space economy ecosystem and to build blockchain infrastructure for the space economy using decentralized physical internet (DePIN) technology.

a16z Crypto published an interpretation of the investment in Digital Asset, stating that the three major obstacles hindering institutional adoption of crypto technology in the past included blockchain performance, regulatory uncertainty, and privacy issues. Now, the blockchain performance issue has been largely resolved, with L1 and L2 networks meeting the scale, speed, and complexity required by institutions; the US GENIUS Act has come into effect to address regulatory issues.a16z Crypto believes that traditional public chains default to public transaction information, which facilitates verification, but institutional financial transactions need to meet requirements for selective disclosure, compliance, and multi-party collaboration. For example, when banks conduct treasury bond transactions or repurchase transactions, both parties need to share information but should not expose their positions, counterparties, and transaction sizes to all network participants. Therefore, privacy remains a core challenge for institutions entering the blockchain. Most blockchain projects attempt to make institutions adapt to the crypto system, while Digital Asset chooses to adapt crypto technology to institutional needs, and mature privacy technologies have become a key breakthrough to attract institutions to enter the market.

Zcash core developer Sean Bowe published an update on the progress of the Ironwood upgrade, stating that in the past 48 hours, protocol developers from various organizations have held two meetings and reached consensus on several specifications and implementation details of Ironwood, including disabling Orchard pool bundling in Coinbase transactions, using anchors for hardware wallet migration authentication data, and the order of processing ZIPs and specifications. Currently, the Ironwood circuit and ZIP 2005 integration draft are under review. Valar Group has completed the setup of the testnet and implemented some changes on the wallet side.Meanwhile, formal verification work continues to advance, and the development team plans to hold a meeting tomorrow to determine the final verification strategy. In addition, at least three mainstream auditing firms are conducting security audits on Orchard, and multiple AI auditing tools have also been put into use. Sean Bowe stated that overall development progress is going smoothly.