Metaplanet issues another $210 million in zero-coupon bonds to buy BTC According to the Metaplanet announcement, the company's board of directors decided to issue the 18th ordinary bond to EVO FUND, with an amount of US$210 million and an interest rate of 0%. All funds will be used to purchase Bitcoin. The bond will mature on December 12, 2025, and early redemption is also allowed. Insider: Coinbase and Gemini will obtain EU crypto licenses from Luxembourg and Malta respectively According to Reuters, citing people familiar with the matter, Coinbase and Gemini are expected to obtain EU crypto licenses from Luxembourg and Malta respectively, and be allowed to operate in 27 countries under MiCA regulations. This move has caused regulatory disagreements in Europe, with some countries skeptical of Malta's rapid approval of OKX, Crypto.com and Gemini, fearing a "regulatory race to the bottom." French AMF and ESMA officials also expressed concern about uneven law enforcement. At the same time, Coinbase is expanding its small team in Luxembourg and strengthening compliance investment. Coinbase Product Manager: Coinbase on-chain lending total exceeds $400 million Max Branzburg, head of product at Coinbase, cited Dune data and said that to date, Coinbase users have lent more than $400 million USDC through the on-chain mechanism, with an annualized interest rate of about 5%. The lending function has grown rapidly within a few months of its launch. Max mentioned that users are using this function to collateralize BTC and raise funds without reducing their holdings. The escalation of the situation in the Middle East has driven safe-haven buying, and the price of gold is still $50 away from a new high Gold prices moved toward a record high on Monday as the escalating conflict between Israel and Iran prompted investors to turn to safe-haven assets. In early Asian trading on Monday, gold prices rose as much as 0.6% to above $3,450 an ounce, about $50 away from the all-time high set in April. The sudden rise in geopolitical risks has added more momentum to the rise in gold prices, which has been driven mainly by the threat to global economic growth from Trump's aggressive tariff agenda. Gold has risen more than 30% in 2025, with central banks seeking to diversify away from the dollar being another important driver. Binance adjusts Alpha points rules to cope with sharp fluctuations in ZKJ and KOGE Binance officially stated that ZKJ and KOGE have experienced drastic price fluctuations recently. Preliminary investigations found that this was mainly caused by large investors withdrawing on-chain liquidity and market liquidation. In order to maintain market fairness and stability and reduce systemic risks of concentration, Binance decided to optimize the Alpha Points calculation rules. From 00:00 UTC on June 17, 2025, the transaction volume between Alpha tokens will no longer be included in the Alpha Points statistics. Analysis: Tonight's ZKJ and KOGE flash crash may be a long-planned harvesting operation According to the analysis published by @ai_9684xtpa, the flash crash of ZKJ and KOGE tonight may be a long-planned harvesting operation. The three main addresses targeted the huge trading volume and liquidity of the two tokens in the context of Binance Alpha. Through the dual pressure of "large withdrawal of liquidity + continuous selling" tonight, ZKJ and KOGE collapsed one after another, and no one was spared. 1. Address 0x1A2...2759920:28:21 and 20:33:15 Withdraw bilateral liquidity of 61130 KOGE (about 3.76 million US dollars) and 273017 ZKJ (about 532,000 US dollars) in two times20:28:58 - 20:36:57 During the period, 45470 KOGE was exchanged for ZKJ, with a value of 3.796 million US dollars. During this period, the transaction volume on the KOGE chain showed a significant increase20:30:57 - 20:59:49 During the period, 1.573 million ZKJ were sold in batches for USDT and BNB, with a value of 3.052 million US dollars, and the average selling price was 1.94 US dollars. At this time, both KOGE and ZKJ experienced a small step-by-step decline, but did not plummet. 2. Address 0x078...8bdE720:30:33 withdrew bilateral liquidity of 33651 KOGE (about 2.07 million US dollars) and 709203 ZKJ (about 1.38 million US dollars) During 20:31:10 - 20:58:18, 36814 KOGE was exchanged for ZKJ, with a value of 2.26 million US dollars During 20:35:15 - 20:37:34, 1 million ZKJ were sold, with a value of 1.948 million US dollars, and the average selling price was 1.948 US dollars. The "relay dumping" of this address finally pushed the KOGE coin price to fall rapidly, which is the several consecutive large negative lines on the K-line that everyone sees. 3. Address 0x6aD...e2EBb received 772,759 ZKJ transferred from address 0x078...8bdE7 (the previous dumping address) at 20:41:55, with a value of 1.5 million US dollars. During the period 20:42:28 - 20:50:16, 772,000 ZKJ were liquidated. The main function of the third address is to cooperate, further catalyze the decline of ZKJ after the collapse of KOGE coin price, and complete the harvest of LPs and holders of the two tokens. Trump: Iran and Israel should reach an agreement to make the Middle East great again According to Jinshi, Trump posted that Iran and Israel should make a deal and will make a deal, just like I made India and Pakistan make a deal. We will have peace between Israel and Iran soon! There are many phone calls and talks going on now. I have done a lot but never got any credit, but it doesn't matter, the people understand. Make the Middle East great again! Data: ZK, ZKJ, ARB and other tokens will usher in large amounts of unlocking, of which ZK unlocking is worth about 39 million US dollars Token Unlocks data shows that ZK, ZKJ, ARB and other tokens will be unlocked in large amounts next week, including: ZKsync (ZK) will unlock approximately 768 million tokens at 4:00 pm Beijing time on June 17, accounting for 20.91% of the current circulation and worth approximately US$39 million; Polyhedra Network (ZKJ) will unlock approximately 15.53 million tokens at 8:00 am Beijing time on June 19, accounting for 5.04% of the current circulation and worth approximately US$30.3 million; Arbitrum (ARB) will unlock approximately 92.65 million tokens at 9:00 pm Beijing time on June 16, accounting for 1.91% of the current circulation and worth approximately US$30.2 million; Sonic (S) will unlock approximately 47.63 million tokens at 8:00 am Beijing time on June 18, accounting for 1.65% of the current circulation and worth approximately US$15.8 million; SPACE ID (ID) will unlock approximately 72.65 million tokens at 8:00 a.m. Beijing time on June 22, which is 16.88% of the current circulation and worth approximately US$12 million; ApeCoin (APE) will unlock approximately 15.6 million tokens at 8:30 p.m. Beijing time on June 17, which is 1.95% of the current circulation and worth approximately US$10.6 million; Lista DAO (LISTA) will unlock approximately 33.44 million tokens at 5:00 p.m. Beijing time on June 20, which is 19.36% of the current circulation and worth approximately US$7 million; Melania Meme (MELANIA) will unlock approximately 26.25 million tokens at 8:00 a.m. Beijing time on June 18, which is 6.58% of the current circulation and worth approximately US$6.9 million. Michael Saylor releases Bitcoin Tracker information again, and may disclose holdings data next week Michael Saylor, executive chairman of Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy), once again released information related to Bitcoin Tracker on the X platform. Usually, he would disclose Strategy's Bitcoin holdings data the day after releasing Bitcoin Tracker information. Blockstream CEO: Companies adopting Bitcoin strategies are eating the "lunch" of listed companies David Bailey, president of Bitcoin Magazine, posted on the X platform that every time a company adds Bitcoin to its corporate treasury, it will eliminate a traditional company that does not own Bitcoin. Today, corporate liquidity is actually Bitcoin liquidity, and companies will face "death" if they do not join. In response, Adam Back, co-founder and CEO of Blockstream, said that companies that adopt Bitcoin treasury strategies are eating up the "lunch" of listed companies. If you ignore the biggest arbitrage of this century, capital reallocation will leave you behind, which is really not an option. Vietnam passes digital technology bill to legalize cryptocurrency, expected to take effect on January 1 next year According to Cointelegraph, Vietnam's National Assembly approved the Digital Technology Industry Act on June 14, bringing digital assets under regulatory scope. It is reported that the bill will take effect on January 1, 2026, recognizing crypto assets and laying the foundation for broader digital innovation across Vietnam. It is reported that the bill divides digital assets into two categories: virtual assets and crypto assets. Although both rely on encryption or digital technology for verification and transfer, neither includes securities, digital legal tender or other financial instruments. The current task of the regulator is to outline the specific business conditions, classification and supervision mechanisms for these types of assets. Li Jiange, former vice chairman of the China Securities Regulatory Commission: The US dollar is moving towards the exploration of digital dollars According to Caixin.com, Li Jiange, former vice chairman of the China Securities Regulatory Commission, wrote that since the 20th century, the US dollar anchor has gone through four important development stages, from the early gold dollar to the petrodollar, and then to the US debt dollar. Now it is on the road to exploring the digital dollar. We should have a deep understanding of the evolution of the dollar anchor and actively adjust the financial strategy. The current overall construction idea of the US digital dollar system is to incorporate the wildly growing digital currency ecology in the past into the compliance supervision system to ensure that the development of the digital currency industry is in line with the national interests of the United States. Each transformation is a strategic choice for the United States to adapt to changes in the international political and economic situation and maintain financial hegemony. For China, it should accelerate the internationalization of the RMB, improve the financial market system, and promote the research and development and application of digital currency. “Ethereum 1C0 1 million ETH whale” sold $5.03 million worth of ETH in the past 24 hours According to @ai_9684xtpa's monitoring, the "Ethereum 1C0 1 million ETH whale" has recharged a total of 15,790.6 ETH to OKX since May 26, with a total value of 40.79 million US dollars, a recharge price of 2,583 US dollars, and a cost as low as 0.31 US dollars. Among them, he sold ETH worth 5.03 million US dollars in the past 24 hours and currently still holds 37,829 ETH. A whale bought 8,500 ETH from CEX in the past 24 hours According to Onchain Lens monitoring, a whale withdrew/bought 8,500 ETH from Bitget in the past 24 hours, worth US$21.49 million. Consensys founder: ETH has been discussed frequently recently due to the improvement of the US regulatory environment Joseph Robin, founder of Consensys and co-founder of Ethereum, responded to the community's statement that he had been feeling pressured by ETH recently and therefore frequently posted to discuss it. He said that the reason why ETH was discussed less frequently before was because Gary Gensler, former chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, did not recommend public discussion, and regulators launched an investigation into Ethereum and the decentralized ecosystem. But now that the U.S. regulatory environment has improved, we can speak more freely, and we have always been very outspoken. We also hope that the community can express their concerns to Ethereum, Consensys, and decentralized protocols to jointly solve the problem. Glassnode: Bitcoin's upward trend has not changed due to the sharp growth in the previous two cycles Glassnode published an article on the X platform stating that although the current market value of Bitcoin has increased significantly compared with the previous two cycles, the development trend of the current cycle has not changed due to the increase in market value, and it is still continuing the growth trend of the previous two cycles. Data shows that Bitcoin rose by 1076% from 2015 to 2018, 1007% from 2018 to 2022, and 656% from 2022 to date. This trend shows that the growth of market demand keeps pace with the mature development of Bitcoin, and it is also a sign that investors are still optimistic about Bitcoin. Analysis: The crypto market seems to have digested the impact of the situation in the Middle East, and Bitcoin may retest its historical highs According to Cointelegraph, despite the heightened geopolitical tensions after Israel launched a series of air strikes on Iran, the Fear and Greed Index, which tracks overall cryptocurrency market sentiment, remains in the "greed" zone, and Bitcoin is close to retesting its all-time high of $111,970 set on May 22. Analysts said that Bitcoin does not seem to be worried about the conflict between Israel and Iran at the moment, and the price drop is much smaller than the Iranian attack last April. Traders are confident that Bitcoin will remain above the psychological price of $100,000, but according to CoinGlass data, a break below this price could result in more than $1.74 billion in long positions facing liquidation risks.