According to Odaily Planet Daily, Zeng Jizhi, Head of Financial and Strategic Clients for Standard Chartered Hong Kong, Greater China and North Asia, stated that Standard Chartered is studying the feasibility of establishing its own gold storage facility in Hong Kong and is considering different location options. If the plan is implemented, Hong Kong is expected to become Standard Chartered Group's first market with its own gold storage facility, and one of the few banks to do so. Currently, Standard Chartered already provides physical gold trading and related options financing services to its Commercial and Investment Banking (CIB) clients. If its own gold storage facility is established, it can extend its services to include a full range of gold trading services such as execution, settlement and warehousing. (Caixin)

According to Odaily Planet Daily, F2Pool co-founder Wang Chun's associated wallet increased its Ethereum holdings three times in June. Specifically, the Hong Kong address added 9,719 ETH on June 5th, 17,560 ETH on June 6th, and another 15,740 ETH on June 12th, demonstrating a pattern of continuous, phased accumulation. Based on the average transaction price, after ETH rebounded to approximately $1,810, this series of operations resulted in a total unrealized profit of approximately $8.64 million.

According to Odaily Planet Daily, the Shanghai Stock Exchange's official website shows that Shanghai Suiyuan Technology Co., Ltd.'s (hereinafter referred to as "Suiyuan") IPO application on the Science and Technology Innovation Board has passed the review of the exchange's listing review committee. Suiyuan initiated its IPO tutoring in August 2024 and completed the tutoring acceptance in January of this year. Notably, the company changed its tutoring institution from China International Capital Corporation (CICC) to CITIC Securities in October of last year, and its listing application was accepted by the Shanghai Stock Exchange on January 12, 2025. The prospectus shows that Suiyuan Technology plans to raise 6 billion yuan, which will be invested in the R&D and industrialization of fifth-generation AI chip series products, the R&D and industrialization of sixth-generation AI chip series products, and advanced artificial intelligence software and hardware collaborative innovation projects. (Caixin)

According to Onchain Lens monitoring, a wallet suspected to be associated with Arthur Hayes received 3,000 ETH, worth $5.42 million, from FlowDesk. The connection between this wallet and Arthur Hayes has not been verified, but FalconX deposit addresses have previously received funds directly from Arthur Hayes.

Odaily Planet Daily reports that several founders, CEOs, and investors in the crypto industry recently sent a joint letter to Senate leadership, urging them not to weaken the protections for software developers in the Clarity Act. The letter states that removing these protections could lead to the loss of relevant technology developers in the United States. The US Congress is pushing for a formal regulatory framework for digital assets. The Senate Banking Committee has advanced the Clarity Act with bipartisan support, and the bill is currently preparing for a full Senate vote. A key component is the Blockchain Regulatory Certainty Act (BRCA). This provision stipulates that entities that merely write open-source software, run nodes, or assist in verifying transactions, and have never taken over or controlled other people's funds, should not be considered money transfer entities under federal law. (CoinDesk)

According to Odaily Planet Daily, with SpaceX's stock price surging over 8% to a market capitalization of $2.28 trillion, Elon Musk's personal wealth has increased to $1.2 trillion. It is reported that SpaceX's underwriters have officially exercised their over-allotment option in the initial public offering (IPO), increasing the total financing size of the offering to $85.7 billion. This over-allotment option, commonly known as the "greenshoe option," exceeds the over-allotment arrangements of almost all recorded technology company IPOs.

Odaily Planet Daily reports that the US military announced that its blockade of Iranian ports will remain in effect until an agreement is reached with Iran on June 19. The US military statement indicated that ships affected by the blockade should not attempt to cross the blockade area without "clear instructions." (Jinshi)

Odaily reports that SpaceX has completed its initial public offering of 638,888,888 Class A common shares, with the stock price rising by 8.45% and its market capitalization reaching $2.28 trillion.

Odaily Planet Daily reports that Ventures announced today that it will gradually shut down its operations and merge with the Hyperliquid ecosystem team, officially ending its 24/7 private placement market experiment. The platform primarily focused on trading pre-IPO private technology companies, raising over 500,000 HYPE tokens and achieving a total trading volume of approximately $650 million. The platform's existing HIP-3 market is gradually entering the settlement phase. Pre-IPO markets such as OpenAI and Anthropic have settled based on the 24-hour weighted average price, corresponding to prices of $1341.80 and $1618.90 respectively. Commodity and index markets such as MAG7, semiconductors, and energy will be suspended in batches starting June 18th, with open positions automatically liquidated. vHYPE holders can redeem their staked assets at a 1:1 ratio and receive corresponding rewards. Withdrawal services will resume in batches on June 19th, with processing times ranging from 7 to 72 hours. The project has discontinued its points and promotional activities and clarified that it will not issue any tokens. The official requirement is that all users complete the withdrawal of funds and export of their wallets before September 15th.

According to CoinWorld, Venduals has announced the closure of its platform and its integration into the HyperLiquid ecosystem. This project has raised 500,000 HYPE tokens and achieved a trading volume of $650 million. All HIP-3 markets have entered the settlement process, with OpenAI settling at $1341.80 and Anthropic at $1618.90. Commodity and index markets will cease trading and settlement in batches starting June 18th. VHYPE holders can redeem their assets at a 1:1 ratio, with withdrawals beginning on June 19th. Venduals is terminating its points and referral programs and will not issue any tokens. Users must complete fund withdrawals and wallet exports by September 15th.

Aster has announced support for bStocks as collateral for perpetual contract trading on BNB Chain, allowing users to hold tokenized stock assets and use them as margin for trading, achieving "one position, two uses." This mechanism allows users to improve capital utilization efficiency while continuing to hold bStocks, achieving "holding + trading" in parallel. Currently supported tokenized stocks include TSLAB, NVDAB, CRCLB, and SNDKB. Aster points out that it has become one of the first DeFi protocols in the BNB Chain ecosystem to support bStocks as collateral for perpetual contract trading, further expanding the application scenarios of tokenized stocks in on-chain finance. Analysts believe that this design strengthens the trend of integration between Real-World Asset Tokenization (RWA) and the derivatives market, making it possible for on-chain assets to participate in leveraged trading without giving up their holding exposure.

According to CoinWorld, the Agentic AI system has the ability to connect to encrypted wallets and participate in on-chain operations. It can be used to monitor investment portfolios, initiate transactions, pay service fees, and execute DeFi strategies. Currently, most AI agents are under human approval and control. The industry is limiting AI behavior through whitelists of proxy wallets, transaction limits, multi-signature mechanisms, and time permissions. AI agents face risks such as injection attacks, erroneous transaction execution, abuse of permissions, and security risks in smart contract interactions. Regulation and accountability remain unresolved issues.

According to Lookonchain monitoring, as the market rebounded, a whale address borrowed another 19,000 ETH (approximately $33.48 million) from the decentralized lending protocol Aave and used it for selling during the day. This whale has now borrowed a total of 44,389 ETH from Aave, worth approximately $80.56 million, and there is still a possibility of further borrowing and selling.

According to a report by Neil Crosby of Sparta Commodities, the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz will take time, and it could take up to a month for supply to recover to over 50%. He stated that after the recent sharp drop in oil prices, price risks are clearly skewed to the upside because "there are still many things that could go wrong," and if everything goes according to plan, there is limited downside potential. "Even if the rest of the political processes proceed as planned, the process of those ships currently stuck in the Persian Gulf leaving the area could be quite slow. There's also the issue of mine clearance, which won't be quick either." (Jin Shi)

According to Odaily Planet Daily, Strive's Chief Investment Officer, Ben Werkman, stated that a prolonged period of low Bitcoin prices will increase pressure on Bitcoin finance companies reliant on convertible bond financing. Some companies may be forced to sell BTC to maintain operations or repay debt, potentially triggering mergers, asset sales, and restructuring. Werkman explained that Strive insists on using only equity financing to avoid the debt risks associated with convertible bonds, citing the acquisition of peer Semler Scientific as a prime example of industry consolidation. He noted that many peers are already proactively deleveraging and optimizing their balance sheets; coupled with rating agencies' conservative valuation of Bitcoin assets, the continued weakening market suggests a likely increase in industry mergers and restructuring events. (Theblock)

Odaily Planet Daily reports that Iranian President Peskov stated that Iran and the United States will sign a memorandum of understanding on the 19th. (Xinhua)

According to data from MSX.COM, US cloud computing service providers collectively rose, with Nebius surging over 9%, CoreWeave rising over 7%, and Oracle, Hut 8, and IREN all rising over 4%.

According to MSX.COM data, the US space concept stock sector is performing strongly, with KULR Technology up 11%, Rocket Lab up 6.88%, and Boeing (BA.N) up 4%. SpaceX is up over 6%, after surging over 19% on its first day of trading last Friday.

According to a report by Oxford Economics, Ben May and Bridget Payne stated that while future setbacks are possible, the US-Iran agreement has reduced the risk of a continued decline in oil inventories, potentially triggering a surge in global energy prices and leading to an economic recession. However, they noted that this does not automatically mean that the amount of oil flowing through the Strait of Hormuz will increase faster than previously expected. "We had assumed that shipping through the Strait of Hormuz would resume by the end of July. Nevertheless, our current short-term oil price forecasts still look overly optimistic," they added. They further explained that since the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz is likely to help lower inflation but has a limited impact on economic growth, this news further reinforces their view that the Federal Reserve and the Bank of England will not raise interest rates, and other central banks that have already raised rates are unlikely to do so again. (Jinshi)

According to data from MSX.COM, US stocks in the memory chip and optical communication sectors collectively rose. Seagate Technology and Western Digital rose more than 9%, Micron Technology rose more than 7%, SanDisk rose more than 5%, Marvell Technology, Coherent, Qualcomm, and AMD rose more than 4%, and Intel rose more than 3%. SpaceX rose more than 6%, after surging more than 19% on its first day of trading last Friday.