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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 Lookonchain monitoring, a certain whale that shorted BTC, ETH, and SOL with 20x leverage four days ago has closed their position, making a profit of about 4.4 million dollars. This whale has now reopened a 20x leveraged short position, including 912.9 BTC (approximately 54.55 million dollars) and 10,025 ETH (approximately 1.565 million dollars).

According to Cointelegraph, Swiss Web3 development platform Enso has launched an RWA application and opened trading for over 500 tokenized assets, including US stocks, ETFs, US Treasuries, commodities, and stablecoins. The platform provides users with a unified asset distribution and execution layer by integrating xStocks, Ondo Finance, and Anchorage Digital's Porto.The tradable assets include stocks from major US tech companies such as Apple, Microsoft, Nvidia, Amazon, Alphabet, Meta, Tesla, and SpaceX. Enso co-founder and CEO Connor Howe stated that European investors' demand for exposure to the US market and 24/7 trading continues to grow.Meanwhile, data from RWA.xyz shows that the number of on-chain tokenized asset holders has increased by 13.4% over the past 30 days, reaching approximately 930,000 people. In terms of scale, tokenized US Treasuries rank first at $15 billion, tokenized commodities reach $4.6 billion, and tokenized stocks are approximately $1.6 billion.

According to Nikkei News, on June 19, the Financial Services Agency of Japan announced a partial business suspension order for moomoo Securities, requiring it to suspend the solicitation and acceptance of new account openings from June 19 to September 18, for a period of three months. At the same time, the regulatory authority also issued a business improvement order, requiring the company to clarify the responsibility attribution, including that of management, and to develop a rectification plan to prevent recurrence.It has been disclosed that moomoo Securities engaged in improper conduct, such as making false statements to clients regarding the applicability of the Japanese Individual Savings Account system (NISA). Additionally, there are multiple internal management issues, including a long-standing lack of suspicious transaction verification and reporting, as well as insufficient cybersecurity measures. moomoo Securities is a subsidiary of Futu Holdings in Japan.

BTTInferGrid has officially launched, opening a new chapter in the decentralized AI (DeAI) track for the ecosystem. As a significant ecological upgrade to the existing BTFS services, this platform aims to break traditional computing power barriers through a trustless multi-validator consensus mechanism, establishing a solid guarantee of computational integrity. With the $BTT token serving as the foundational option for unified incentives and settlements within the ecosystem, it seamlessly and efficiently connects idle GPU resources with a wide range of AI developers. Under this network architecture, BTTInferGrid not only provides ultra-cost-effective, elastically scalable on-demand computing services for AI inference, lowering the threshold for large model inference and operation; it also empowers global hardware nodes, allowing the supply side to easily convert idle GPUs into high-value earnings through a transparent reward mechanism based on performance weight. BTTInferGrid is leading the AI infrastructure into a new round of paradigm revolution towards decentralization, relying on a strong consensus of cryptoeconomics.

According to on-chain analyst Yu Jin's monitoring, a certain whale is very optimistic about SpaceX's performance after tonight's opening and has been continuously increasing their position. They have raised their SPCX long position to 21.1 million dollars, with a long entry price of 168 dollars. Currently, the pre-market Prep price for SPCX has reached 176 dollars, corresponding to a total market capitalization of 2.27 trillion dollars. This is a 30% increase from the issuance price of 135 dollars.

Trump stated that the upcoming U.S.-Iran memorandum of understanding requires the immediate restoration of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz without charging tolls, and gradually granting sanctions exemptions based on Iran's compliance. The agreement aims to extend the ceasefire for 60 days, covering Lebanon, and advance nuclear negotiations during this period.Reports indicate that the U.S. and Iran have reached an agreement on the text of the agreement, but it still requires final approval. The memorandum includes a framework for addressing Iran's enriched uranium stockpile issue, with Iran committing not to seek nuclear weapons; related nuclear arrangements still need to be implemented through subsequent, more detailed agreements.Additionally, the agreement requires the Strait of Hormuz to restore pre-war shipping levels within 30 days. In exchange, the U.S. will lift relevant blockade measures and allow Iran to resume oil exports within a certain timeframe. If Iran continues to comply and demonstrates "good faith" in subsequent negotiations, the scope of sanctions exemptions will be further expanded.

Gate's prediction market officially launches a World Cup section, integrating three core areas: match schedules, points, and event predictions, further enhancing the user experience in participating in top sporting events. After upgrading the Gate App to version 8.22 or above, users can enter the section page through the prediction market entrance, allowing them to view group match information, real-time points rankings of each team, and promotion scenarios all in one place, and quickly participate in related prediction market events.This section helps users easily switch to the corresponding prediction event page while keeping an eye on the match progress through structured information aggregation. The event calendar feature is also launched, displaying the daily match schedule in a timeline format, supporting quick browsing of key events and improving information retrieval efficiency. In the future, a one-click subscription feature for all events will be launched to further optimize the event tracking experience. As the first CEX platform to integrate with Polymarket, Gate maintains a leading position in the Polymarket partnership channels, achieving the highest daily trading volume during the NBA Finals on June 6, ranking first among Polymarket partnership channels. Gate will continuously improve its sports prediction market product matrix, promoting the deep integration of sports event scenarios and prediction markets through thematic aggregation and multiple functional upgrades, expanding more interactive digital participation methods.

Plume has partnered with the Ethereum liquid staking protocol ether.fi to launch a new RWA yield vault, providing ether.fi users with opportunities to earn tokenized returns on real-world assets. Plume stated that ether.fi has exclusively allocated $100 million to this vault, sourced from its liquidity provider base, as well as managed capital from existing yield products such as liquid ETH, liquid USD, and liquid BTC.A representative from ether.fi mentioned that there is strong market demand for yield products with institutional-level risk control and lower DeFi exposure. The vault will be directly integrated into the ether.fi application, allowing users to access previously more institutionally-focused RWA yields in a familiar interface. Plume noted that as DeFi volatility and security risks increase, users are turning to more stable on-chain yield sources.

According to Jinshi, the number of JOLTs job openings in the U.S. significantly increased in April, rising from 6,890,000 in March to 7,620,000, reaching the highest level in nearly two years. At the same time, the number of layoffs decreased to 1,690,000, indicating a strong labor market. Although the number of job openings is still below the levels seen during the pandemic reopening, this stability may weaken the rationale for interest rate cuts, and Federal Reserve officials are beginning to discuss the possibility of interest rate hikes.

It has been reported that banks in the Hong Kong region are tightening account openings. According to informed sources, in accordance with the requirements of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority, some banks in the Hong Kong region will start tightening the opening of investment accounts from May 26, including the need to sign paper declarations, but there is currently no impact on savings accounts.

According to First Financial News, recently Futu and ChangQiao have both started to clean up accounts that opened with false documentation, as well as empty accounts with no assets or positions, processing the closure of these two types of accounts.At the same time, the Futu NiuNiu APP has added a new quick access entry for "Update Identity Information" in the "Account" section, along with a document titled "Instructions for Updating Identity Information," reminding customers that if they hold valid foreign identity proof, the completion of the information update will not affect any account transactions, fund deposits, or withdrawals, and other business functions.

According to a report by the Financial Associated Press, in response to the issue of "some banks in the Hong Kong region requiring a declaration to open investment accounts," the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) responded today that the relevant regulatory requirements were issued to all recognized institutions on May 22.Materials provided by the HKMA indicate that registered institutions must take three additional measures when opening and managing investment accounts for mainland investors, including:Closing investment accounts opened using suspicious or forged documents, identifying customer investment accounts that have used suspicious or forged documents since January 2023 or during any other period specified by the HKMA; relevant documents include identification documents.Closing investment accounts with zero balance that have been inactive, specifically referring to investment accounts held by mainland investors that have had no asset balance as of May 22, 2026 (reference date), and have had no activity initiated by the customer in the 12 months prior to the reference date.When opening new investment accounts, obtaining a written declaration from the mainland investor confirming that all funds used to support investment activities and related settlements come from legal sources outside mainland China.Relevant documents show that the newly added additional regulatory measures apply only to investment accounts, including investment accounts within comprehensive bank accounts; non-investment functions (such as regular savings, time deposits, payments, loans, and credit cards) are not within the scope of these measures. Additionally, the applicable subjects of these additional measures are individual customers and do not apply to corporate or institutional clients.

The Monetary Authority of Singapore is collaborating with private banks to adopt a "risk-based" approach to shorten the account opening time. The head of the Monetary Authority of Singapore stated that the authority aims to reduce the account opening time to within one month, while the current median account opening time for complex cases is about six weeks or longer.He stated that this move is intended to ensure that banks maintain high standards while avoiding unnecessary and excessive scrutiny of the sources of clients' wealth.

The Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) issued a circular outlining the monitoring measures that should be implemented when opening accounts and maintaining client relationships. This circular was issued after the SFC reviewed the account opening practices of 12 securities brokerage firms.The review identified several significant deficiencies, including insufficient due diligence on account opening documents, acceptance of suspicious or forged documents during the account opening process, and weaknesses in managing cross-border agency relationships with overseas intermediaries. The SFC expressed deep concern about the potential misuse of client accounts for suspicious or illegal transactions, which could exacerbate the risks of money laundering and terrorist financing.The SFC requires all licensed corporations to conduct internal checks as soon as practicable to detect whether any suspicious or forged documents have been accepted for account opening. The SFC also outlined additional measures for licensed corporations when opening and managing accounts for mainland investors.These additional measures include closing investment accounts opened with suspicious or forged documents, closing zero-balance dormant investment accounts, and requiring a written declaration from investors when opening new investment accounts, stipulating that settlements and fund withdrawals can only be conducted through bank accounts held in the investor's own name at qualified banks.

According to crypto analyst Ai Yi @ai_9684xtpa, the "whale 1011 that once liquidated $230 million" currently holds $2.49 million worth of HYPE spot, with approximately $407,000 in HYPE buy orders that have not yet been filled.In addition, this address also holds $39.21 million in BTC long positions and has opened a $1.26 million 3x leveraged ZEC short position, while placing about $1.22 million in ZEC limit sell orders in the range of $653.58 to $661.4.

According to the official announcement, Huobi Leverage officially launched the 1U opening feature on May 20, and from now until May 31 at 23:59 (UTC+8), three exclusive activities will be simultaneously opened. Users who complete their first one-click opening and leverage trading tasks can share a total prize pool of over 40,000 USDT.1U opening is a minimalist opening experience designed by Huobi HTX for new leverage users. With a principal of 1 USDT, users can leverage a position of 10 USDT, with interest-free borrowing. Any losses on the first order will be fully compensated by Huobi HTX, allowing new users to participate without any leverage experience.

According to Lookonchain monitoring, "BTC OG insider whale" agent Garrett Jin has once again gone long on Bitcoin. Garrett Jin deposited 39.5 million USDC into Binance, then withdrew 40 million USDC from Binance using a new wallet (0x92ea) and deposited 10 million USDC into Hyperliquid.Subsequently, the address opened a 5x leveraged long position of 504.4 BTC (approximately 59.11 million USD) while also buying 42,524 HYPE (approximately 2.33 million USD). The liquidation price for this leveraged position is 62,656.49 USD.