Suspected Sonic Labs-Related Address Transfers 11.78 Million S Tokens to Binance, Valued at Approximately $5.55 Million

June 18th: Per official sources, Coinbase has announced it will list Re (RE) for spot trading.

**June 18: Key Takeaways from Powell’s First Fed Meeting (Per Nick Timiraos)** Nick Timiraos, widely known as the "Fed’s Whisperer," identifies three critical questions surrounding Chair Jerome Powell’s debut Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting at the U.S. central bank: 1. Will the Fed drop the phrase "accommodative stance" from its policy statement—and, if so, what will replace it? Since 2024, the line about "additional adjustments" has signaled to markets the next interest rate move is more likely a cut than a hike. That wording sparked debate at the last FOMC meeting and now looks increasingly outdated. Removing it would satisfy all sides: hawks have long pushed for the language’s removal, while Powell can frame the change as a procedural tweak rather than a hard shift to a hawkish policy stance. Even former President Trump hinted at this move during Powell’s swearing-in ceremony for his second term as Fed chair. 2. Will the "dot plot" become the primary guidance to

June 18: U.S. President Trump announced that the Strait will soon be fully open.

June 17: PeckShield monitoring shows the UXLINK attacker’s address swapped approximately 14.6 million DAI for 8,298.6 ETH. The attacker then deposited 8,340 ETH into TornadoCash and transferred 2.64 ETH (valued at roughly $4,630) to a Bitcoin address from an Ethereum network wallet. At present, the attacker still holds 10.54 million DAI.

On June 17, global photonics technology firm Coherent (COHR) announced it has signed a letter of intent (LOI) with the U.S. Department of Commerce to access up to $50 million in direct funding under the CHIPS Act. This funding will support the expansion of Coherent’s 6-inch Indium Phosphide (InP) semiconductor manufacturing facility in Sherman, Texas. The investment will address soaring demand for optical networking technologies in AI data centers and further solidify Coherent’s long-standing, recently expanded partnership with NVIDIA. Once the project is completed, the Sherman facility is expected to create over 1,000 jobs, including more than 550 advanced manufacturing, engineering, and technical positions. The expansion will double the facility’s production space and quadruple its wafer manufacturing capacity. This capacity expansion will strengthen the U.S. domestic photonics chip supply chain, meet the high-speed data transmission requirements of AI computing infrastructure, and

June 17 – Digital advertising startup EarnOS has closed a $6 million Pre-A funding round. The round was led by VC firm 1kx, with participation from Coinbase Ventures, Circle Ventures, and Social Graph Ventures. EarnOS announced its Ero app has completed testing and is set to launch in the U.S., Canada, Australia, and the U.K. Built for brands, the tool verifies genuine human internet traffic, cuts waste from bot activity, and rewards users for authentic digital behavior. Separately, EarnOS secured a $12.5 million non-dilutive strategic investment from Verona (formerly XION), a layer-1 blockchain, over a four-year term. The Ero app leverages Verona’s infrastructure for core functions: global traffic validation, user onboarding, and reward distribution.