Jun 25: DeFi TVL Down 39% YTD Amid $942M in Hacks and Major Kelp DAO Exploit
$530M Bitcoin Buy Wall Forms at $60.5K Amid Liquidation Volatility · OpenAI Unveils Jalapeño, Its First Custom AI Chip with Broadcom · Bitcoin Slides Toward $59K as ETF Outflows Hit $5.9B and DXY Surges
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DeFi TVL Down 39% YTD Amid $942M in Hacks and Major Kelp DAO Exploit
What happened: The total value locked (TVL) in DeFi protocols fell from roughly $115B in January 2026 to just over $70B by June—a 39% drop, erasing about $45B.
Pump.fun Offers Up to $5M Salary for Chief Legal Officer Amid Regulatory Heat
What happened: Baton Corporation, the UK-based developer behind Pump.
DeFi TVL Drops 39% YTD to $70B Amid $942M in Hacks and Market Downturn
What happened: The total value locked (TVL) in DeFi protocols fell from $115 billion in January to $70 billion in June—a 39% decline.
Bitcoin Slides Toward $60K as Semiconductor Selloff Ripples Across Markets
What happened: Bitcoin fell to an intraday low of $59,018 before recovering to around $60,800, marking a 5% weekly decline.
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$530M Bitcoin Buy Wall Emerges as Bulls Eye $60.5K–$65K Zone
What happened: A substantial $525 million in BTC buy orders clustered between $60,500 and $61,500, with $270 million already filled below $61,000.
Jun 25: $530M Bitcoin Buy Wall Emerges as Bulls Eye $60.5K–$65K Zone
OpenAI and Broadcom Unveil Jalapeño, First Custom AI Chip for LLMs · Bitcoin Slides Toward $60K as Semiconductor Selloff Ripples Across Mar · DeFi TVL Drops 39% YTD to $70B Amid $942M in Hacks and Market Downturn
$170M in Ether Longs Liquidated as Market Corrects
What happened: On June 23, a sharp market correction triggered $170 million in liquidations of bullish Ethereum (ETH) positions, erasing gains from the previous 12 days.
OpenAI's GPT-5.5-Cyber Outperforms Anthropic Mythos on CyberGym Benchmark
What happened: OpenAI's GPT-5.
Bitcoin Faces $54K Downside Warning Amid Asia Tech Sell-Off
What happened: Bitcoin touched an 11-day low of $61,860 as Asian equity markets tumbled—South Korea's KOSPI fell nearly 10%, and Japan's Nikkei 225 dropped almost 4%.
Ethereum Foundation Cuts 20% of Staff, US Senate Approves Four-Year Fed CBDC Ban
What happened: The Ethereum Foundation (EF) eliminated 54 positions—about 20% of its workforce—and slashed its budget by 40%, completing a restructuring process that began in June 2025.
Jun 24: Ethereum Foundation Cuts 20% of Staff, US Senate Approves Four-Year Fed CBDC Ban
Bitcoin Faces $54K Downside Warning Amid Asia Tech Sell-Off · OpenAI's GPT-5.5-Cyber Outperforms Anthropic Mythos on CyberGym Benchm · $170M in Ether Longs Liquidated as Market Corrects
ARK Invest Buys $32M in SpaceX Shares After 16% Plunge
What happened: ARK Invest purchased 210,121 shares of SpaceX (Nasdaq: SPCX) for approximately $32.
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Bitcoin Funding Rate at 2-Week High, but $70K Path Faces Macro Headwinds
What happened: Bitcoin's perpetual futures funding rate reached a 2-week high at 7% annualized, signaling increased investor optimism.
BitMine Adds $92M in ETH, Now Holds 4.7% of Total Ethereum Supply
What happened: BitMine Immersion Technologies (NYSE: BMNR) purchased 52,203 ETH (about $92 million) last week, increasing its holdings to 5,672,956 ETH (roughly $10 billion), or 4.
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Jun 23: Tokenized RWA Market Cap Surges 40% to $51B as Equity Tokenization Accelerates
BitMine Adds $92M in ETH, Now Holds 4.7% of Total Ethereum Supply · Bitcoin Funding Rate at 2-Week High, but $70K Path Faces Macro Headwin · ARK Invest Buys $32M in SpaceX Shares After 16% Plunge
OpenAI Expands Daybreak With GPT-5.5-Cyber, Codex Security, and Patch the Planet — What It Means for Web3
OpenAI's June 22 cybersecurity blitz restricts its most capable AI security model to vetted defenders, while a new open-source patching initiative touches foundational libraries used in crypto wallets and blockchain tooling.
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