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ETH drops below $1,593, hitting a new low in over a year
Ethereum drops to $1,593, hitting the lowest level since 2024. A year ago ETH was at $2,400+. Down 34% in a year. What's more heartbreaking: ETH's decline this year (-34%) is even larger than BTC's (-32%).
The 'digital oil' narrative couldn't hold up. Why?
1. L2s diverted mainnet transaction volume and gas fees
2. The staking yield on revenue is less attractive to institutions than expected
3. Capital shifted to AI and RWA tracks
ETH has gone from 'the oil of the blockchain world' to 'an old platform that needs to prove it's still useful

BTC and U.S. stocks’ “tear-apart” move is the most dangerous signal
In the past few years, BTC and U.S. stocks have basically risen and fallen together. But this year, a strange phenomenon has emerged: U.S. stocks are going up while BTC is going down. U.S. stocks: the Dow hits new highs; AI tech stocks have pulled back, but the overall trend is still upward.
BTC: down 32% this year, from $126K to $59K—what does this “tear-apart” mean? → Crypto is being priced independently and no longer “riding along” with U.S. stocks → The market has no confidence in crypto’s “independent narrative” → Cap

Bitcoin ETF Net Outflows Nearly $3 Billion in June, Institutions Retreating
So far in June, U.S. spot BTC ETFs have seen net outflows of nearly $3 billion.
Even BlackRock’s IBIT is experiencing outflows.
ETFs have been the most important channel for institutional capital to enter crypto in recent years. Continued outflows mean:
Short-term new buying power is drying up
Institutions are in a wait-and-see mode
No “bag holders”
But on the other hand:
Overall ETF holdings are still at historically high levels, with long-term funds not retreating en masse.
The key point to watch: t

Retail investors are abandoning crypto and chasing AI instead
An unsettling set of data: BTC is down 32% this year, SOL is down 47%, and ETH is down 34%.
Meanwhile, U.S. stocks keep setting new all-time highs.
Cailianshe reports: Retail investors are exiting on a wider scale—many have redirected their attention and capital to AI concept stocks.
Hashdex’s Head of Global Market Insights, Gerry O'Shea, said verbatim: “With high-profile IPOs and artificial intelligence stocks taking center stage, market sentiment remains weak.” Translation: Your money wasn’t “eaten” by crypto—you went chas

Strategy has been hit with a class action lawsuit
Rosen Law Firm has formally launched a class action investigation into Strategy. Reason: Bitcoin Treasury Strategy + poor performance of related securities (MSTR, STRC). Translation: retail investors lost money, lawyers are here.
Strategy holds 847k BTC at an average price of $64,200. BTC is now at $59,000, with an unrealized loss of over $4 billion. Its stock price has also fallen significantly from its highs. Saylor’s faith is not the issue. But using a listed company to leverage Bitcoin, financing with preferred stock, and letting retail

BTC Breaks Below 200-Week Moving Average – Long-Term Bear Signal or Final Panic?
A technical signal has many people panicking: BTC has broken below the 200-week moving average.
In technical analysis, the 200-week moving average is known as the "ultimate bull-bear boundary."
Breaking below it is usually considered a sign of a long-term bear market.
But let’s flip the perspective:
1. The last time BTC broke below the 200-week moving average was at the end of 2022, after which it rallied 300%.
2. The current RSI is already in oversold territory.
3. Options expire tomorrow + end of q

Strategy: Always only buy, never sell, until the market asks you "Can you still buy?"】
Strategy holds 847,363 BTC.
In the past bull market, this was called "faith."
Now BTC has dropped to $61K, and investors are starting to ask a very realistic question: Can you still fulfill your financial obligations? Since June, US-listed BTC funds have seen net outflows of nearly $3 billion.
Strategy faces not just the drop in coin price, but also narrowing financing channels — the STRC preferred stock used to issue shares to buy coins has fallen to $82. "Always only buy, never sell" is a hero when the mar

Three major central banks worldwide are simultaneously hawkish, and liquidity is tightening across the board.
Within one week: Fed: Market expects three rate hikes this year (BofA/Deutsche Bank forecasts); ECB: Executive Board member Schnabel publicly says "rate hikes need to continue"; BOJ: Interest rate raised to 1%, the highest since 1995. The three major economies are simultaneously tightening liquidity. What does this mean? → US dollar strengthens → Risk assets under pressure (BTC, ETH, SOL all falling) → Bond yields rise → Opportunity cost of holding BTC increases → Leveraged financing b

Tomorrow, $10 billion BTC options expire, most are already worthless
Tomorrow (June 26), approximately $10 billion in BTC options expire on the Deribit platform, accounting for 37% of open interest.
The problem is: these options are mostly bullish bets, and BTC has been falling.
Most call options are now "out of the money"—no intrinsic value at the current price.
Deribit's Chief Commercial Officer's original words: "This was a book positioned for higher prices in the mid-term, now facing the reality of a price decline." Translation: A bunch of people spent big money betting BTC would r

$59,000, a 20-month low
BTC once fell to $59,000 today.
From the ATH of $126K to this price, it's not just a halving—it's a knee cut.
170k people were liquidated, nearly $1 billion evaporated.
ETH fell to $1,555, lying flat together with BTC.
It's not just one bearish factor hitting you—it's all the bearish factors hitting you at once: rate hike expectations, options expiration, ETF capital outflows, Strategy being questioned... Someone is asking, "Where's the bottom?"
My answer is: when everyone is asking the same question, it's usually not there yet.
#BTC #Bitcoin #爆仓 #Bear Market

US "Clarity Act" Two-Week Countdown, Banking Industry Gets Nervous
The next two weeks are a critical window for congressional voting on the US "Clarity Act."
This bill aims to clarify "who regulates crypto" — the SEC or the CFTC.
But the banking industry has come out against it, saying the current version has a regulatory loophole: it allows crypto companies to offer economic incentives without anti-money laundering safeguards.
Bipartisan lawmakers can't agree, and the time window is narrowing.
If it doesn't pass in these two weeks, the probability of passing later will drop signific

Korean stock market circuit breaker, crypto follows suit
South Korea's KOSPI plunged 10% today, directly triggering a circuit breaker.
The cause was a "tax rumor" — saying that unrealized gains from stocks and real estate would be included in comprehensive taxation.
Samsung and SK Hynix led the decline. Semiconductor leveraged ETFs are heavily retail-invested, leading to stampede selling once they drop.
The key point is: South Korea is one of the most active crypto trading markets globally, with an extremely high retail investor ratio.
Korean stock circuit breaker → Korean won deprec

July 1 Countdown: 83% of European Crypto Firms Could Be Out
The EU MiCA transition period ends on July 1. By then, crypto firms without a CASP license will not be allowed to operate in the EU.
Currently, only 210 companies have obtained licenses, and 83% of related firms face elimination.
Even top players like Ripple are still applying for licenses.
What does this mean? The European crypto market will undergo a major "reshuffling." Small and medium platforms will be forced out, and compliance costs will become the true moat. Liquidity may concentrate among a few licensed large platform

BTC falls below 61k, global risk-off mode
Today BTC dipped below $60,909 during trading, dropping nearly 3% in 24 hours.
It's not crypto's own fault—the US stock chip sector collapsed (Philadelphia Semiconductor Index -7.9%), South Korea's KOSPI directly circuit-broke -10%, gold fell below $4,100, silver fell 6% in a day.
All risk assets and risk-free assets are falling together. This is called a liquidity panic.
Bank of America predicts the Fed will raise interest rates three times this year. The market is repricing "how expensive money is."
From the ATH of $126K to now $61K, it's m

Meta is about to take Polymarket's lunch
Meta is developing a prediction market app, directly competing with Polymarket and Kalshi.
The Web3 community spent years proving that the "prediction market" track is viable, but traditional internet giants just copy it the moment they see profits.
Polymarket was on fire during the U.S. election last year, and now Meta is coming with 1 billion users.
Is this "Web3 being recognized by the mainstream" or "another crushing blow from the giant"?
My take: The track is validated by Web3, but traffic harvesting is done by big tech.
If DeFi project

Is someone buying $120,000 BTC call options expiring in December? Are they crazy?
With BTC trading around $64K, someone is massively buying December-expiry call options with a strike price of $120K—betting on doubling within half a year.
On the other side, a whale has just opened a $48 million BTC + SOL + ETH short position.
Half the market is betting on doubling, and the other half is betting on a collapse—volatility is definitely going to explode.
If you have spare money, is the expectation implied by these options worth following?
A: Buy the $120K strike price without thinking
B

BTC dropped from 126k to 64k, is the halving still not over?
Down 50% from all-time high, RSI at 43, 50-day moving average $71,880, 200-day moving average $76,630—BTC is still trading below all moving averages. In early June, ETF weekly outflows reached $3.4 billion, but in mid-month, net inflows resumed, though technicals remain weak.
The Federal Reserve may hike interest rates until the end of the year, increasing the opportunity cost of interest-free assets like BTC.
Glassnode says a bottom is forming, 21Shares predicts a $100k surge in Q3—who do you believe?
#BTC #Bitcoin

Why did the cryptocurrency industry invest $49 million into Black districts?
Fairshake spent $49 million in Maryland's Fifth District, but not a single word about cryptocurrency in their promotion—it's all about people's livelihoods and progressivism.
The money was spent, the people were mobilized, but they don't even dare to say who they are.
Is this smart or just guilty? Winning = more friendly regulation, losing = deeper public hostility towards crypto.
Buying regulatory friendliness with political dirty money, is it worth it?
#Crypto #Regulation

Bank of England Opens Stablecoin Operations, Three Steps to Understand the Impact
The Bank of England has just released a regulatory framework for stablecoins: each stablecoin issuance cap is 40 billion GBP, and they can operate compliantly starting in 2027. Here's a three-step breakdown:
1️⃣ Reserve assets can allocate 70% to short-term government bonds (up from the previous cap of 60%), increasing interest income potential
2️⃣ The GENIUS Act and MiCA both prohibit stablecoins from paying interest — but if a jurisdiction relaxes these restrictions, capital will flood in instantly, similar to

SOL surges 15% in 24 hours, shorts are wiped out with $400 million
SOL jumps directly from $83 to $97, with over $400 million in short positions liquidated — a typical short squeeze, driven not by fundamentals but by too many shorts
Now $95 is a critical threshold: break above it to see $100→$120, fail to hold and it drops back to $83
ETF capital inflow is only $790k, and futures holdings are still decreasing, this wave is more about panic chasing the rally—are you chasing or waiting? #SOL #Solana