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According to a report by businesswire, Nasdaq-listed Bitcoin treasury company Empery Digital announced that it has signed a final cooperation agreement with Hunt Properties, investing $65 million to acquire a 25% equity stake in a new project entity.The entity plans to acquire and transform industrial buildings in the American Midwest to create a professional AI data center. The two parties have established a long-term strategic partnership to jointly develop computing power assets, promote the expansion of AI and high-performance computing (HPC) infrastructure, and integrate the advantages of power supply, grid access, and capital market financing.At the same time, Empery Digital announced that it will terminate the previous public data disclosure based on the net asset value (NAV) of Bitcoin holdings. The company explained that the current asset structure can no longer rely solely on Bitcoin holdings for measurement, and in the future, it will focus on seizing growth opportunities in AI computing power and energy infrastructure, diversifying and expanding its physical computing power business.

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 Jinshi reports, the United States has carried out military strikes against Iran on June 27 local time.

GraniteShares announced the upcoming launch of the first leveraged ETFs in the United States based on SK Hynix, offering 2x long and 2x short exposure, providing investors with leveraged trading tools for a single AI storage leader.

According to u.today, Patrick Shyu announced in a YouTube video that he has sold all of his cryptocurrency assets and suffered significant financial losses. Patrick Shyu stated that Bitcoin has dropped 50% from its peak of $120,000 last October to over $60,000 this summer, and that he was unprepared psychologically due to excessive leverage.Patrick Shyu pointed out that the current liquidity in the funding pool is far lower than in 2021, mentioning that Mt.Gox creditors received 35,000 Bitcoins and MicroStrategy holds 850,000 Bitcoins, believing there may not be enough liquidity for everyone to exit.Additionally, Patrick Shyu also mentioned the threat of quantum computing and the economic sustainability issues of network security after mining rewards decrease, but he stated at the end of the video that he remains optimistic about the underlying technology in the long term and believes this video could be a bottoming signal.

According to CoinDesk, Grant Cardone, CEO of real estate investment company Cardone Capital, stated that they will take advantage of the recent drop in Bitcoin prices to continuously buy Bitcoin through the cash flow from their real estate assets. Cardone Capital manages approximately $5.3 billion in assets and uses rental income to buy Bitcoin through a dollar-cost averaging strategy, regardless of price fluctuations. Cardone described their model as "inspired by treasury companies but supported by real assets and real cash flow," and claimed that the company is the largest real estate-Bitcoin hybrid company in the world, with no institutional investors influencing its strategy. As of May, Cardone Capital held about $200 million in Bitcoin, stemming from the purchase of 1,000 BTC in 2025 and subsequent increases. Cardone expects the annual return rate of this hybrid structure to be between 22% and 32%, but this forecast has yet to be supported by performance records.

Michael Saylor stated that he is buying Bitcoin during each downturn, and there have been 15 significant pullbacks in the past 15 years. It is not surprising to see a pullback now; this is a natural deleveraging process for the asset, occurring every 6 months to 1 year. It has already experienced 5 major pullbacks, and the decline is temporary.

According to on-chain data monitored by Catcher Predict, significant capital movements are predicted in the market Polymarket. A large whale invested $105,895.25 in the "Türkiye vs. United States" event, specifically targeting "United States." Based on the current transaction price, the latest corresponding winning probability for this target is 48%.

According to BTCtreasuries, the law firm Rosen Law Firm announced an investigation into Michael Saylor's company Strategy (MSTR) and STRC, involving potential securities law claims.According to the law firm, Strategy "may have released significantly misleading business information to the investing public," and is therefore assessing related investor losses and potential legal liabilities.

According to Jinshi, the number of initial jobless claims in the United States for the week ending June 20 was 215,000, expected to be 225,000, and the previous value was revised from 226,000 to 227,000.

According to Jinshi, the final value of the GDP price index for the United States in the first quarter is 3.6%, higher than the market expectation of 3.5% and the previous value of 3.5%.

According to Jinshi reports, the four-week average of initial unemployment claims in the U.S. for the week ending June 20 was 224,250, with the previous value revised from 223,250 to 223,500.

According to Jinshi, the number of people continuing to apply for unemployment benefits in the United States for the week ending June 13 was 1.821 million, exceeding the market expectation of 1.8 million, with the previous value revised from 1.81 million to 1.8 million.

According to Jinshi reports, the final annualized quarterly rate of the actual GDP in the United States for the first quarter is 2.1%, higher than the market expectation of 1.6% and the previous value of 1.6%.

According to Jinshi, the annual core PCE price index in the United States for May recorded 3.4%, meeting market expectations, marking a new high since October 2023.

According to data from The Kobeissi Letter, the net outflow of the U.S. Bitcoin spot ETF over the past 30 days has reached $6.4 billion, marking the largest single-month outflow in history. Last week alone saw a net outflow of $233 million.Overall, cryptocurrency funds also recorded a net outflow of $116 million last week, marking the fifth consecutive week of capital outflow. This has reduced the cumulative net inflow of crypto funds over the past 12 months to $5 billion, the lowest level since August 2025, and a significant decline from the peak of $10 billion in October 2025.In terms of the proportion of assets under management (AUM), the cumulative inflow over the past 12 months has dropped to about 7%, the lowest since July 2025, indicating that negative market sentiment continues to dominate capital flows.

According to Cryptopolitan, the prediction market platform Kalshi has filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, challenging the newly signed SB3019 bill in the state. The bill requires prediction market platforms to obtain state-level licenses and imposes a 0.2% tax on digital asset transactions involving Illinois customers, set to take effect on July 1. Kalshi argues that federal law grants the CFTC exclusive jurisdiction over exchange-traded derivatives, and that additional state regulatory requirements conflict with the Commodity Exchange Act.If Kalshi withdraws sports event contracts from Illinois to comply with state law, it would directly violate the CFTC's uniformity requirement; if it continues to operate without a license, it would violate state law, and implementing geographic blocking technology would be costly. This lawsuit is the latest case in the dispute over prediction market jurisdiction between the CFTC and various states, with the CFTC having sued nine states to assert federal authority.

According to official news, Binance has announced that it has decided to withdraw its MiCA license application submitted in Greece and instead seek authorization in another EU member state. The company stated that this move is based on a prudent assessment of the current approval progress and timeline in Greece, emphasizing that user interests are at the core of the decision.Binance stated that Europe remains an important market for it, and its commitment to operate in compliance with the EU MiCA unified regulatory framework remains unchanged. It expects to obtain the relevant licenses in a new member state within the next few months, but the specific country will be announced "when ready."

Cryptocurrency payment company Alchemy Pay announced that it has obtained a Money Transmitter License in the state of Illinois, USA. As a key state with Chicago, a global financial center, Illinois is regarded as an important market for the development of fintech and digital assets in the United States. With this approval, the number of state-level remittance licenses held by Alchemy Pay in the U.S. has increased to 18, further strengthening its compliance operational capabilities in the core U.S. market and supporting the development of its stablecoin payment public chain, Alchemy Chain.