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According to ChainCatcher, Hut 8 Corp. (Nasdaq: $HUT) agreed to pay $2.35 million in cash to settle a securities class action lawsuit on June 23. The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, accused the company of failing to disclose infrastructure issues at its King Mountain Bitcoin mining facility in Texas during its 2023 acquisition of U.S. Bitcoin Corp., causing investor losses. Galaxy Digital Inc. (Nasdaq: $GLXY) announced on the same day a strategic inve

According to ChainCatcher, a new address (0x9c5...b1A16) withdrew 23,000 ETH from Kraken 5 hours ago at a price of $1,661.94 per token, worth $38.22 million.

According to KOL koteg on X, Solana ecosystem project @worldxyz purchased the world.xyz domain for $80,000 on June 24. The project's Google page description reads "Trade Everything." Launched in December 2023, the project remains in a "coming soon" state, prompting community members to speculate it could be a Nasdaq-style trading platform, a perpetual futures market for various assets, or a prediction market.

According to Jin10 data, on June 23, Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif met with Iranian President Pezeshkian in Islamabad and declared during a joint press conference that the two nations would build an "iron wall" to jointly resist any forces attempting to disrupt regional peace. Both countries are fully determined to defeat any attempts to undermine the peace process. Sharif noted the talks were productive and conducted in a friendly atmosphere, with Pakistan and Iran supporting each othe

According to Coinglass data, whale traders on Hyperliquid currently hold $4.28 billion in positions, with long holdings accounting for $2.13 billion (49.78%) and short positions at $2.149 billion (50.22%), reflecting a long-to-short ratio of 0.99. Longs are down $165 million in unrealized losses, while shorts are up $76.91 million in gains. A major whale address (0x082e...88) opened a 5x leveraged long on HYPE at $38.6755, currently showing $33.26 million in unrealized gains.

According to Japanese media reports on June 24, a Japanese employee at a Japanese heavy electrical company's subsidiary in China was detained in late May in Dalian, Liaoning province on suspicion of attempting to export rare earth products. The detainee was questioned by Chinese customs authorities based on rare earth export control regulations, according to sources cited by Japan's Kyodo News. The specific allegations remain unclear, but the employee is not believed to have violated China's cou

According to Odaily Seer, England's probability to win World Cup Group L dropped to 87% on predict.fun on June 24, down 7% in 24 hours, following today's Group L round-2 matches. England drew 0-0 with Ghana, while Croatia defeated Panama 1-0, with Croatia's Group L win probability now at 7%. England will face Panama in its next match, and Croatia will play Ghana.

According to PANews citing SoSoValue data, Canary Marinade Solana ETF (SOLC) recorded inflows of $137,300 on June 23 (U.S. Eastern Time), bringing its historical cumulative inflows to $1.498 million. SOL spot ETF products collectively manage $792 million in net assets, with cumulative inflows reaching $1.132 billion to date.

According to Jin10, China's Deputy Energy Bureau Director Wan Jingsong met with Saudi Arabian Company for Water and Electricity Chairman Mohammed Abunayan on June 22 to discuss clean energy cooperation between the two nations. Wan stated that China welcomes the Saudi company to participate in Chinese clean energy projects under market principles and supports cooperation with Chinese energy enterprises to expand energy markets in third countries.

According to Cryptoquant analysis, XRP withdrawal transactions on Binance reached 53.8% of total activity over seven consecutive days starting June 17, the highest level since June 2024. Deposit activity declined to 46.1%, creating a 7.7 percentage point divergence. The metric tracks transaction counts rather than volume or capital flows, indicating a shift in exchange-use behavior, though additional data is needed to confirm net outflows.

According to ChainCatcher, a legacy Royalties contract on the Polygon network was targeted by a suspicious attack, resulting in approximately $261,200 in losses. TenArmorAlert's monitoring system detected the attack early and disclosed the transaction hash publicly.

According to Cointelegraph and former Ethereum Foundation contributor Trenton Van Epps, the Ethereum core development ecosystem faces a potential funding crisis within three to nine months as legacy support programs expire. Van Epps warned that maintaining over a dozen client, research, and coordination teams requires approximately $30 million annually. The debate centers on a "Validator Directed Revenue" proposal by Kleros co-founder Clément Lesaege, which would redirect 0% to 10% of validator

On June 23, South Korea's KOSPI index plunged 10%, triggering circuit breakers multiple times as semiconductor stocks led the decline. SK Hynix and Samsung Electronics each fell over 10%. The sell-off transmitted to U.S. markets the same day, with the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index declining 7.9%, Micron Technology falling 13%, while the Nasdaq and S&P 500 fell 3.3% and 1.4% respectively, according to market reports. The downturn was triggered by reports that Nvidia's Rubin chip output would b

According to U.S. Treasury Secretary Bessent during a speech at the New York Economic Club on June 23, a 'strong dollar' should be defined by tax certainty, regulatory clarity, and energy policy stability—not Bloomberg dollar index fluctuations. Bessent stated that a strong dollar and robust manufacturing are not contradictory, citing Germany's ability to maintain industrial strength despite a strong currency. He downplayed recent dollar weakness, describing it as "price movements on screens," a

According to Foresight News, BNB treasury company CEA Industries and YZi Labs Management signed a cooperation agreement today, effective immediately. The agreement appoints Ella Zhang, Alex Odagiu, and Matthew Roszak as board directors. A CEO selection committee will be formed to focus on candidates with extensive public company and digital asset experience. Alex Odagiu will join BNC's executive team as interim president, reporting directly to the board until a new chief executive is appointed.

According to Foresight News, Goldfinch's governance proposal GIP-87 received overwhelming support with approximately 1.1 million GFI tokens voting in favor and no votes against. The decentralized credit protocol will now enter maintenance mode, halting new protocol development and growth initiatives.

According to tech analyst @synthwavedd, OpenAI's GPT-5.6 and Google DeepMind's Gemini 3.5 Pro have been pushed back from their original June timelines. GPT-5.6, initially planned for this week, is now targeted for mid-July; Gemini 3.5 Pro's end-June launch has been canceled due to DeepMind's dissatisfaction with the model's current state. Separately, OpenAI's next-generation Bidi bidirectional voice model is advancing toward deployment on ChatGPT and could become available to users this week. Bi

According to Tencent Choice Stock, the Hang Seng Index opened up 0.36% on June 24, while the Hang Seng Tech Index gained 0.48%. Auto stocks led gains, with NIO rising nearly 5%, XPeng Group and Li Auto climbing over 1% each.

According to ANZ Research analysts, gold prices declined in early Asian trading on June 24 amid weakening market sentiment. Gold has dropped over 22% since late February following the Middle East conflict escalation, the bank said. Rising expectations of potential U.S. interest rate increases have further pressured the market.

According to Russian news agency RIA Novosti citing Moscow authorities, Sevastopol in Crimea experienced a blackout following drone strikes. The region's power infrastructure was affected by the attack.