Crypto Markets & On-Chain Ecosystem Developments

According to Huobi HTX's official announcement, the exchange launched ALAB/USDT, SMCI/USDT, LRCX/USDT, and KLAC/USDT perpetual futures contracts on June 23 with a maximum leverage of 10x. The platform simultaneously started a trading competition from June 23, 15:00 to June 30, 15:00 (UTC+8) with a t

According to BusinessMirror columnist John Mangun, the European Commission recently proposed the first comprehensive third-country crypto asset service ban targeting Russia. The implicit logic behind this measure—that wealthy countries can enforce cross-border compliance requirements on any nation a

According to Onchain Lens, a whale opened a 27.9 million XRP long position leveraged 20x worth $30.9 million over the past 4 hours. The same whale also holds an 809.9 BTC long position leveraged 20x valued at $50.6 million, with unrealized losses exceeding $2.6 million.

On June 23, THORChain resumed all network activity after implementing multiple security upgrades and a vault migration to address the vulnerabilities that led to the $10.7 million exploit more than a month

According to BlockBeats, on June 23, Nakamoto Inc. completed the shutdown of its medical clinics on June 19 and announced a strategic pivot toward Bitcoin-centered operations. The company will now focus on three business segments: media and information services, asset management, and consulting

SOL dropped after Fed policy shock and lost momentum near the $70 support level. ETF inflows and RWA growth failed to offset rising selling pressure and weak derivatives data. Bears dominate structure, with risk of deeper decline if $70 support breaks. Solana’s SOL slipped fast after a s

According to ChainCatcher, Binance Futures will launch three USDT-margined perpetual contracts on June 29, with trading opening at 21:35 UTC for MVLLUSDT, 21:40 UTC for TQQQUSDT, and 21:45 UTC for SQQQUSDT. The contracts will offer

MoonPay acquired Entendre, an AI-enabled finance operations platform for digital asset companies. The acquisition expands MoonPay's infrastructure stack beyond payments, wallets, and trading into the finance operations layer that sits behind onchain transactions. The deal addresses operational

According to MoonPay, the company acquired Entendre today, an AI-powered finance operations platform that automates accounting, reconciliation, treasury management, and financial reporting for digital asset companies. The acquisition expands MoonPay's infrastructure beyond payments and trading

According to Lookonchain, Tron recorded 3.93 million active addresses in the past 24 hours, significantly outpacing all other blockchains.

According to ChainCatcher, Aave founder Stani said on June 23 that he could accept the Bank of England (BoE) requirement for systemic stablecoins to hold 30% of base assets at the central bank, provided the BoE pays market interest rates on these reserve deposits. The condition addresses the

According to Chainwire, Bitcoin Suisse (Europe) AG has received a Crypto Asset Service Provider (CASP) license from the Liechtenstein Financial Market Authority under MiCAR regulations on June 23, 2026. The license enables the company to serve high-net-worth individuals, corporate and

According to Foresight News, Bybit launched three perpetual contracts today (June 23): USAR (rare earths), BBX (cybersecurity), and CRDO (semiconductors). During the launch period, limit orders carry zero trading fees, while market orders are charged at a 50%

Gate News message, trader James Wynn has once again increased his Bitcoin short position with 40x leverage, despite experiencing multiple liquidations previously. According to the report, Wynn continues to maintain a bearish stance on BTC through highly leveraged short

According to THORChain's official announcement, the network resumed full operations on June 23 after more than one month of downtime. Signing, node churning, asset custody, liquidity provision, and cross-chain swaps are now fully operational. The protocol completed comprehensive verification of

Gate News message, a whale identified as "0x913" opened a short position of 554,680 SOL with 20x leverage in the past 24 hours, with a total value of $38.14 million. The whale currently holds a short position of 2,577.62 ETH with 11x leverage.

From 08:00 to 09:00 (UTC) on June 23, 2026, ETH’s return within this time window was -0.43%, with a price range of 1,673.92 - 1,684.87 USDT and a volatility of 0.65%. Prices continued the recent weak pattern, dipping as low as around $1,635, just one step away from the $1,600 psychological level. Market sentiment remained sluggish, and volatility in the derivatives market increased. The main driver behind this move is that institutional funds continue to withdraw via ETF channels. Spot ETH ETFs

According to Taiko, the team has identified the root cause of the recent blockchain attack and has developed a remediation plan to safely resume chain operations in the coming days. Taiko stated it will prioritize resolving issues for affected users and work with the DAO council to determine the

According to Coinglass, in the past 4 hours, the cryptocurrency markets saw total liquidations of $402 million, with long positions accounting for $391 million and short positions for $11.2 million. Ethereum experienced liquidations of $128 million, while Bitcoin saw $123 million liquidated during t