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Lionel Messi (Messi) scored a hat-trick in his first match. Since he is about to turn 38, this trip is very likely his last World Cup journey. Messi is a global brand ambassador for Socios, and the contract is reportedly worth over $20 million for three years. Socios is built on the Chiliz (CHZ) Layer 1 blockchain, and in the past, major sporting events have followed a historical pattern of increased fan-token on-chain activity and heightened price volatility. Contract Background Between Messi a

Portugal vs DR Congo ended 1-1; Ronaldo had only 25 touches, the second-lowest among his six World Cup starts, and he has also been underperforming in efficiency for eight straight matches. In the crypto space, Binance’s offerings focus on NFT collectibles and there is no official fan token; meme-token-type products have higher volatility. The draw in this match has led to doubts from the outside about his influence on the pitch.

On June 17, the French cybersecurity agency (ANSSI) announced that, starting in 2027, it will stop certifying security products that lack post-quantum encryption capabilities, and it urged businesses to purchase only quantum-safe products by 2030. Because ANSSI certification is a mandatory requirement for French government bodies and critical infrastructure operators, this effectively sets a retirement deadline for legacy encryption systems. ANSSI Director Souissi’s remarks at the French quantum

Rumble, Inc.'s stock surged more than 18% overnight late Wednesday following a corporate restructuring that positioned the company as an AI infrastructure player. The restructuring followed the completion of Rumble's acquisition of Northern Data AG, creating a new parent company, RUM Group Inc., to

Kevin Warsh hosted his first Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting on June 17, announcing that the federal funds rate would be kept unchanged at 3.5% to 3.75% and that five special working groups would be established. Warsh clearly stated that he would end forward guidance, a stance that signals a fundamental shift in the market expectations mechanism. The hawkish signals released by the June 17 meeting led to a drop in Bitcoin and the crypto market. Warsh’s Five Special Working Groups: R

Alibaba’s Qwen team released Qwen-Robot Suite on June 17, a full-stack embodied intelligence suite composed of three foundational models: Qwen-RobotNav (mobile navigation), Qwen-RobotManip (robotic manipulation), and Qwen-RobotWorld (physics-world simulation). All three models are open-sourced. Qwen-RobotNav: Five tasks unified, 15.6 million training samples Qwen-RobotNav integrates five tasks—instruction following, goal point navigation, object search, target tracking, and autonomous driving—pr

On June 17, Musk filed Form 4 with the SEC regarding his SpaceX equity holdings, disclosing a large-scale equity conversion after the IPO is completed. The main conversions occurred on the IPO completion date: multiple series of preferred stock automatically converted into Class B or Class A common stock in accordance with the bylaws. By contrast, sales in the public market totaled only 11,390 shares of Class A common stock at $105.318 per share. Musk’s Automatic Conversion After SpaceX IPO: Mul

The Group of Seven (G7) leaders addressed North Korea's digital asset theft and cybercrime in a joint statement issued on the 17th local time. The statement reaffirmed the necessity of joint response to North Korea's digital asset theft and cybercrime. This agenda item was included as part of the

Ripple CTO Emeritus David Schwartz posted on X on June 17 highlighting XRP use cases across payments, tokenization, interoperability, decentralized finance, and artificial intelligence ahead of Ripple Swell 2026. The post focused on builders, community participation, and practical applications

According to a June 17 article by ThinkAI, DeepSeek has completed approximately 50 billion RMB in fundraising, with founder Liang Wenfeng contributing 20 billion RMB. A year earlier, Liang Wenfeng had declared the principles of “no fundraising, no IPO, and no commercialization.” The shift this time comes from the combined effects of three major pressures: the resignation of at least five core R&D personnel one after another, the intensifying and highly competitive race over compute power, and th

On June 18, Solana announced on X that AWS (Amazon Web Services) has launched an AWS WAF AI monetization system, allowing publishers delivering content via Amazon CloudFront to charge USDC per request to AI bots and agent programs. Payments can be settled on Solana or Base via the x402 protocol. HTTP 402 Responses and x402 Payment Flow for AWS WAF AI Traffic Monetization According to the AWS announcement, the complete flow for AI agent requests to pay for content is as follows: when an unauthori

Bitcoin (BTC) hit a weak decline, temporarily around $64,790 as of June 18. Strategy preferred stock STRC seriously de-pegged; the company claims, “Selling coins can pay 32 years of dividends,” attempting to stabilize the market. The Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) will sue the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), opposing its approval of crypto perpetual futures. Macro Events & Crypto Hotspots 1、Strategy (MicroStrategy) issued “Stretch” variable-rate perpetual preferred stock STR

SpaceX stock fell 5% on Wednesday, marking its first decline since the company's public debut after a three-day rally that lifted shares 50% above their $135 IPO price. The pullback came one day after SPCX options began trading on Tuesday, giving investors their first practical tool to bet against t

CME Group announced its intention to sue the Commodity Futures Trading Commission over the regulator's approval of perpetual futures in the United States. The announcement was made by outgoing CME CEO Terrence Duffy. The legal action arises as a direct response to the CFTC's recent approval

European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde has opposed Binance's entry into the European Union market, according to a report from Wu Blockchain citing sources familiar with the matter. The opposition reflects ongoing regulatory scrutiny of cryptocurrency exchanges in Europe, particularly as B

Fidelity Investments will launch its “Fidelity Reserve Digital Fund” on June 18, positioning it as a money market fund. It is designed to manage reserve assets for stablecoin issuers and institutional investors, in line with regulatory requirements under the U.S. “GENIUS Act.” A few days earlier, State Street (SSB) had already launched a similar product. Fidelity Reserve Digital Fund goes live Thursday, with investment targets meeting GENIUS Act reserve requirements According to CoinDesk, the in

According to on-chain data platform Onchain Lens’ monitoring on June 18, Huang Licheng (Maji Big Brother) was forced to liquidate most of his 25x ETH long positions after the market suddenly dropped, during which some liquidation occurred. He currently holds a 5x long position with 2,900 ETH; his unrealized loss is over $35 million, and his total loss is over $79.87 million. Onchain Lens Monitoring Data: Huang Licheng’s Current Positions and Loss Summary (Source: Hyperbot) Onchain Lens’ on-chain

Bitcoin fell to $64,608 on June 18, after the FOMC unanimously decided on Wednesday to keep the federal funds rate unchanged at 3.50%-3.75%. However, the latest dot plot shows a major shift: nine officials are expected to raise rates at least once within the year (no officials supported a rate hike in March). The CME “FedWatch” tool shows the probability of a December rate hike rising to 78%. Waller said at the press conference that he did not submit his rate dot-plot forecast. Dramatic shift in

Bitcoin could climb to $100,000 by the end of Q3 if it clears $70,000 resistance, according to Matt Mena, Senior Crypto Research Strategist at crypto asset manager 21Shares. The forecast follows the Federal Reserve's decision to hold rates steady under Kevin Warsh, with the median dot projecting a p

France's cybersecurity agency ANSSI announced this week that it will stop certifying security products that do not use quantum-safe encryption beginning in 2027. The agency cited concerns that future quantum computers could