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According to 21Shares' mid-year outlook report, as of the end of May, the cumulative trading volume of prediction markets had reached $57.5 billion, accounting for more than half of its previously forecasted target of $100 billion by 2026. The firm believes that, driven by the World Cup and the U.S. midterm elections, prediction markets may achieve their target ahead of schedule. Additionally, 21Shares stated that the judgment that "most Layer 2s will not survive until the end of 2026" is coming true, with market share concentrating toward a few leading projects.

Crypto World News reports that Gray Scale Research Director Zach Pandl stated on the X platform that the architectural adjustments made by the Ethereum Foundation are positive for ETH, transferring development work to commercial organizations can improve ecosystem efficiency, and a clearly defined Ethereum Foundation is more conducive to ensuring Ethereum follows the CROPS principles, strengthening ETH's position as a decentralized digital asset infrastructure.

𝐀𝐍𝐃𝐑𝐄𝐖 𝐓𝐀𝐓𝐄 𝐋𝐈𝐐𝐔𝐈𝐃𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐋𝐄𝐒𝐒𝐎𝐍 🚨
🔶 Big names, big followers, and confidence do not protect anyone from market risk.
🔶 Reports show Andrew Tate faced multiple BTC liquidations after switching directions during volatility.
🔶 Long failed ❌
🔶 Short failed ❌
🔶 Over-leverage punished again ❌
🔶 Crypto markets reward risk management — not ego, emotions, or popularity.
Even the loudest traders must respect liquidity. 📊
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CryptoWorld News: The unrealized loss on HYPE short positions has narrowed from $11.68M (-140.31%) to $9.68M (-122.13%). The current token price is $71.56, the liquidation price is $103.47, and the position size is $39.62M. This address was previously the largest short position in the ZEC crypto market, recently favoring high-level short setups in the U.S. stock sector, with over $48 million in profits over the past six months.

Crypto界 news, according to The Defiant, the 7-day rolling fees for AAVE V3 decreased by 60% to $6.72 million, Morpho Blue decreased by 60% to $3.27 million, Maple Finance decreased by 59% to $1.25 million, Uniswap V3 decreased by 57% to $3.74 million, and Curve DEX decreased by 65% to $891k. However, in the past 30 days, Morpho Blue grew by 23% month-over-month, Maple increased by 49%, Uniswap V3 grew by 27%, and Curve increased by 71%. Analysts pointed out that the weekly plunge is due to deleveraging resets rather than structural decline.

According to reports cited by Protos from BBC, The Financial Times of the UK, and The Guardian, a Telegram user related to a Russian sabotage network, "El Money," once offered 3,000 pounds worth of USDT to 22-year-old Ukrainian man Roman Lavrynovych, demanding that he set fire to properties associated with UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer and ensure the incident made national news. Investigations revealed that the crypto address provided by Lavrynovych also received funds transferred from a wallet linked to the sanctioned Russian cryptocurrency exchange Garantex. Two defendants have been convicted of conspiracy to commit arson and are scheduled for sentencing this Friday.

CoinWorld News: Guangyun Da recently established Guangyun Da Intelligent Computing Technology Co., Ltd. in Shenzhen. Its business scope includes big data services, internet security services, public data platforms for artificial intelligence, system integration services for artificial intelligence industry applications, and technical consulting services for artificial intelligence public service platforms. Qichacha data shows that the company is wholly owned by Guangyun Da.

CryptoWorld News reports that institutional analyst Jersey comments on U.S. non-farm payrolls: It’s hard to describe the employment market as weak. For the interest rate market, the risks will lean more toward rate hikes, and the likelihood of rate cuts will decrease. Kevin Wash finds it difficult to persuade other members of the Federal Reserve's Federal Open Market Committee to lower interest rates. We do not believe rate hikes are imminent, but if employment growth like this occurs a few more times, multiple rate hikes will become our baseline scenario.

[Standard Chartered Bank: Strategy’s Sale of Bitcoin Could Be the Start of ETH Outperforming BTC]
Geoffrey Kendrick, Global Head of Digital Asset Research at Standard Chartered Bank, said that Strategy’s recent move to sell Bitcoin may mark the beginning of a new round of strong outperformance for Ethereum relative to Bitcoin. Although Strategy sold only 32 Bitcoins at the end of May, accounting for about 0.004% of its 843,700 Bitcoins holdings, the scale is insignificant, but the market’s reaction to it is worth watching. Kendrick believes that yesterday may have been the starting point for ETH beginning to outperform BTC relative to BTC.
This view continues the research report Kendrick published last week. He compares current Ethereum to Amazon during the period when the dot-com bubble burst in 2001, and believes that although ETH’s performance has been relatively weak in the recent period, the core fundamentals of the Ethereum ecosystem are still improving steadily, including growth in stablecoin, real-world asset (RWA) tokenization, and decentralized finance (DeFi).
Based on the above judgment, Kendrick maintains his long-term optimistic outlook, expecting the ETH price to reach $4,000 by the end of 2026 and rise to $40,000 by the end of 2030. He believes that as Ethereum’s importance continues to increase in stablecoin settlement, asset tokenization, and on-chain financial activities, its long-term value is expected to keep being released.
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CryptoWorld News: Trump: Blocking the Strait of Hormuz has a greater impact than airstrikes.

Mars Finance News: The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control announced an update to the Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List, adding several Iranian cryptocurrency exchanges and related individuals to the sanctions list.

CryptoWorld News: XBIT DEX Prediction Market Data shows that as the crypto market continues its recent correction, traders' outlook for the future has weakened. Currently, the probability of Bitcoin falling below $55,000 this year has risen to 60%.

CryptoWorld News reports that the HYPE long position reduced by 18,347.78 tokens, approximately $102,633.27, and the current position size is $4,392,374.90, with an average price of $27.19. The current profit and loss is +$2,768,062.85 (+189.06%). The current token price is $73.54, and the liquidation price is $0. This whale is currently involved in trades worth over $70 million at the same time across cryptocurrencies, US stocks, and bulk trading; it serves as a leading indicator for on-chain crude oil and US stock index sentiment, with a full-cycle profit of $56 million.

Global trade finance is approximately $15 trillion, still mainly relying on paper documents, manual review, and multiple intermediaries, resulting in slow settlement, high costs, and increased fraud risk. XDC puts invoices, bills of lading, and other documents on the blockchain, digitalizing trade finance, cross-border settlement, and collateral management, reducing costs and improving efficiency, with short-term interest rates potentially dropping from 30% to around 10%. Only about $700 million worth of trade finance assets worldwide have been tokenized, and the penetration is still early. The GENIUS Act will facilitate the implementation of compliant stablecoins, and XDC has also acquired Contour Network, planning to integrate stablecoin settlement capabilities into the network.

Trump said on social media that Iran indeed hopes to reach an agreement, and the final deal will benefit the United States and its allies; he criticized some politicians for interfering with the negotiations, calling for patience and continued efforts. Meanwhile, U.S. Central Command stated that Iran launched two ballistic missiles at U.S. forces in Kuwait, which were intercepted, causing no casualties. The U.S. military has increased deployment of F-35s, air defense missile systems, and ships in the Gulf to strengthen defenses.