U.S. Stocks of Artificial Intelligence-Related Companies Show Mixed Performance in Pre-market Trading

June 22 — Market sources confirm that Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), parent of the New York Stock Exchange, has unveiled a cryptocurrency joint venture with leading crypto exchange OKX, named OKXICE. The collaboration marks a deep integration between a traditional finance infrastructure giant and a top crypto trading platform, a development the market interprets as a significant sign institutional capital is increasingly embracing crypto assets. To date, neither ICE nor OKX has shared specific business scopes or operational details for the new venture. ICE previously operated Bakkt, its dedicated cryptocurrency futures platform, and this partnership with OKX is poised to strengthen its strategic position in the digital asset sector.

June 22. The Japanese yen’s exchange rate against the U.S. dollar touched near 161.7 on Monday—just a notch below the 1986 record low of 161.96. With the yen continuing to depreciate, Japanese authorities have remained surprisingly quiet, leading market players to widely view this as a precursor to a "sneak attack" on short yen positions. Finance Minister Okatsuke Katayama casually remarked Monday that officials would "respond to exchange rate fluctuations in a timely manner," using notably milder language. Junzaburo Mimura, the finance minister seen as a key signal for intervention, has been notably silent since early May—this official issued a "final warning" ahead of the late-April intervention. Insiders reveal that overly transparent warnings in the past let speculators exit early, so authorities are now intentionally shifting to a sneak-attack mode to maximize intervention impact. Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley Securities’ chief forex strategist pointed out that sudden interv

TOKYO, June 22 (Kyodo) — Tokyo Metropolitan Police have arrested three men, including an alleged senior figure of the Cambodia-based multinational telecom fraud organization Prince Group, on charges of falsifying electronic notarization records and submitting false residence reports. The key suspect, identified by law enforcement as Hu Shi (phonetic translation), is a 44-year-old Chinese-born individual who holds Cypriot citizenship and multiple nationalities, using aliases including “Chen Xiaoer.” He was arrested on June 14. Earlier, the British government imposed sanctions on Hu Xiaowei, a long-term collaborator of Prince Group founder Chen Zhi, on March 26. The pair’s relationship dates back to the era of private servers for the game *The Legend of Mir*, and they later co-founded multiple companies in China and other countries. Both the United States and the United Kingdom have designated Prince Group as the largest criminal organization in Asia and have imposed economic sanctions

June 22, per OnchainLens monitoring: An address tied to BlackRock deposited 1,241 Bitcoin (worth roughly $80.07 million) and 7,547 Ether (approximately $13.29 million) into Coinbase, with further deposits expected to follow.

June 22 – Bitcoin held steady around $64,000 on Monday, stuck in a tight trading range. Last week’s U.S.-Iran memorandum of understanding, which formally ended over 100 days of conflict and reopened the Strait of Hormuz, briefly pushed the cryptocurrency above $67,000—but that rally was short-lived, capped by the Federal Reserve’s hawkish policy stance. On the policy front, new Fed Chair Wash struck a hawkish tone for the first time at the latest FOMC meeting. The CME FedWatch Tool puts the probability of a July rate hike at 36%, with markets pricing in at least one 25 basis point increase this year. May’s year-over-year CPI clocked in at 4.2%, far above the Fed’s 2% target—erasing all remaining expectations for rate cuts. The U.S. Dollar Index (DXY) subsequently climbed to the 100.6 to 100.8 range, a level that historically weighs on Bitcoin performance. From a funding perspective, the U.S. Bitcoin spot ETF has seen six straight weeks of net outflows, totaling $63.5 billion over

June 22: The latest report from the Joint Maritime Information Center (JMIC) shows the security threat level in the Strait of Hormuz has been downgraded from its highest tier to "medium." Transiting vessel numbers through the Oman-Iran shipping lanes are on the rise, a signal that regional tensions are de-escalating. That said, JMIC also cautions that navigation signals in the waterway are still disrupted, and Iran’s Revolutionary Guard continues to contact passing vessels—meaning navigation risks haven’t been fully eliminated. The situation remains fluid, and the shipping industry and related markets are closely monitoring future developments.