📢 Donald Trump said the Strait of Hormuz is open to global shipping, but U.S. naval restrictions targeting Iran will remain in place until a final deal is reached.

📢 Donald Trump stated that the Strait of Hormuz is fully open and ready for unrestricted passage.

📢 📢 Circle Launches Cross-Chain $USDC Bridge

• $USDC bridge now supports direct cross-chain transfers
• Auto gas handling makes transfers smoother
• Built to improve movement across multiple blockchains

📢 The U.S. stock market gained about $550B at the opening bell.

📢 Foreign demand for Chinese onshore bonds has hit record levels, with trading via Hong Kong surging as investors shift away from U.S. Treasuries and into yuan assets amid global uncertainty.

📢 According to River, Americans hold more Bitcoin than gold.

📢 Central banks worldwide are holding their highest gold reserves of the century.

📢 Market sentiment has climbed to its highest “Greed” level since July.

📢 Vitalik Buterin warned that eth.limo’s DNS is under attack and advised users to avoid the site and use IPFS instead.

📢 Bettors on Polymarket are assigning roughly a 74% chance of a U.S.–Iran peace deal by June 30.

📢 Nearly 77% of the $773M in liquidations over the past 24 hours came from short positions.

📢 The total crypto market has grown by about $430B since February 5.

📢 BlackRock’s RWA holdings have risen by about $700M since January 1.

📢 Ethereum hit a record 200M+ transactions in Q1 2026 (up ~43% QoQ), driven mainly by Layer 2 growth and stablecoin usage, showing rising real activity despite weaker price performance.

📢 Morgan Stanley now holds 1,348 Bitcoin valued at over $102M.

📢 Poland has once again failed to override the veto on its crypto bill, extending regulatory uncertainty.

📢 A trader on Solana used 11 $SOL to buy 158.5M ASTEROID tokens right after launch on Pump.fun. The position later surged 351×, they’ve already taken $135K in profit and still hold about $202K worth, according to Lookonchain.

📢 The U.S. has sanctioned 518 Bitcoin addresses that together still hold 9,306 BTC (about $707M), according to Alex Thorn.

📢 More than $520M in stablecoins flowed out of Ethereum within a 24-hour period.

📢 Strategy is about 18,000 Bitcoin short of overtaking BlackRock’s IBIT holdings.