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Markets
BitMine Buys 126,971 ETH for $207M at $1,630 Average as Prices Hit June Low
BitMine Immersion Technologies acquired 126,971 ETH for approximately $207 million last week at an average of $1,630 per token, its largest weekly purchase of 2026, lifting its total treasury to 5.54 million ETH, equal to 4.59% of Ethereum's circulating supply.

DeFi
MetaMask Launches Agent Wallet in Early Access, Giving AI Agents Self-Custody Acces
The Consensys-owned wallet provider opened early access Monday for autonomous AI agents to trade across 25+ EVM chains and Hyperliquid, with transaction simulation and $10,000 in loss coverage as the security pitch.

CeFi
Bybit and Kraken Add xStocks SpaceX Tokenized Equity as Pre-IPO Derivatives Race Reaches Four Venues
Bybit and Kraken both launched 1:1 equity-backed SpaceX exposure via xStocks, joining Coinbase International and BitMEX in a four-venue race that now splits between synthetic perpetuals and regulated tokenized equity issued by Backed Assets (JE) Limited.

Markets
Strategy Buys 1,550 BTC for $101M One Week After Selling 32, Cash Reserve Hits $1B
Strategy purchased 1,550 bitcoin for $101.3 million between June 1 and 7, one week after its first BTC sale since 2022. Cash reserve reached $1 billion.

DeFi
PiggyBank's LAB Hedge Fails, Cutting USDC Vault NAV by 15%
A Solana yield protocol's bet on a contested mid-cap token turned a dollar-stable vault into one nursing double-digit losses. Depositors are waiting on a promised post-mortem.

People
Arthur Hayes Dumps Worldcoin Days After Maelstrom Pitched Its AI IPO Trade
Arthur Hayes sold his entire WLD position on June 6, less than three days after Maelstrom publicly pitched Worldcoin as a liquid AI IPO play — ending his full portfolio exit sequence across HYPE, NEAR, ZEC, and WLD.

Hacks
Yuga Labs Executes White-Hat Rescue of 68 NFTs After Flooring Protocol Exploit
Yuga Labs used its GrailsOTC trading desk to pull 68 blue-chip NFTs valued at more than $500,000 out of vulnerable Flooring Protocol pools before attackers could drain them.

Regulation & Politics
Over 200 Crypto Firms Urge Senate Vote on CLARITY Act as Galaxy Cuts Passage Odds to 60%
A coalition of more than 200 organizations including Coinbase and Ripple pushed Senate leadership for a floor vote Monday. Galaxy Digital's research head simultaneously lowered his 2026 passage probability by 15 points, citing a shrinking calendar and unresolved ethics provisions.

NFTs & Web3
Pump.fun Launches GO Bounty Platform, Immediately Draws Backlash Over Extreme Listings
Pump.fun launched GO, an escrow-based bounty marketplace letting anyone post and complete tasks for SOL rewards, within hours a user posted a 690000 dollar suicide-linked listing the platform has yet to address.

People
Amir Haleem Steps Down as CEO of Nova Labs as HNT Falls 99% From Peak
The Helium co-founder moves to chairman as Mario Di Dio takes the top job, days after Nova Labs sold its consumer mobile carrier to Andrew Yang's Noble Mobile.




