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Arthur Hayes Exits Entire HYPE and NEAR Positions, Cites Iran War and AI IPO Pipeline
BitMEX co-founder Arthur Hayes sold his full Hyperliquid and NEAR Protocol holdings on June 4, citing rising energy prices, a pipeline of AI IPOs, and a predicted Trump pivot against AI. A fuller rationale arrives in his "Reality Test" essay on June 9.
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Spot Bitcoin ETF Outflow Streak Extends to Record 13 Days, $4.4B Cumulative
US spot Bitcoin ETFs posted a 13th consecutive day of net outflows on Wednesday, extending the longest withdrawal streak in the products' history to $4.4 billion cumulative since May 15.
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SaintQuant AI Trading Bot Holds Steady as Bitcoin ETF Outflows and Macro Uncertainty Hit Crypto Markets
AI-powered platform maintains automated strategy execution through nine-day institutional outflow streak; new users can access live trading trial with no deposit required.
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Bitcoin Slides Below $66,000 as Spot ETF Outflow Streak Hits a Record 12 Days
US spot Bitcoin ETFs pulled in another $519 million of net redemptions on June 2, extending the longest outflow run since the funds launched and tipping a leveraged market into $1.86 billion of forced selling.
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$60M Polymarket Dispute Over Strategy's May Bitcoin Sale Puts UMA's Token-Voting Oracle on Trial
A multi-million-dollar Polymarket contract on whether Strategy sold any bitcoin by May 31 has been disputed twice and is now in front of UMA tokenholders, reigniting an analyst argument that prediction-market oracles built on token voting are structurally unfit for high-stakes settlement.
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Strategy Sells 32 Bitcoin for $2.5M to Fund Preferred Dividends, First Sale Since 2022
A Monday 8-K filing shows Strategy disposed of 32 BTC between May 26 and May 31 at an average $77,135 a coin, with proceeds earmarked for distributions on its STRC preferred stock — the first disclosed sale since the December 2022 tax-loss harvest.
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Wintermute Starts Quoting Prediction Markets as Event-Contract Volume Tops $60B in 2026
The $3.5 trillion-a-year crypto market maker said it is streaming two-sided quotes across event contracts on leading venues, including Polymarket and Kalshi, as monthly turnover passes $20 billion.
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CME Group Launches 24/7 Crypto Futures and Options Trading
CME Group announced it has expanded its crypto derivatives offering to around-the-clock trading, allowing traders to access Bitcoin and Ethereum futures and options whenever they choose.
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Crypto Liquidations Near $1 Billion in 24 Hours as Leverage Unwinds
Nearly $934 million in crypto positions liquidated across 167,400 trader accounts, with Bitcoin and Ethereum taking the heaviest losses amid market volatility.
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MicroStrategy Pivots From Bitcoin, Buys Bonds in Unexpected Move
MicroStrategy's Michael Saylor announced the company purchased bonds this week despite holding 843,738 BTC worth $65 billion, signaling a tactical shift in the corporate treasury strategy.
