Bitcoin falls below $59,000.

Castle Securities analyst Scott Rubner pointed out that retail investors have been buying the dip at a record pace so far this year. Rubner’s aggregated data shows that on days when the S&P 500 declined, retail buying volume was nearly 3.5 times the daily average; “buying the dip” has become the preferred strategy for retail investors in the first half of 2026. This marks the strongest buying-the-dip activity the firm has tracked since it started monitoring such data in 2020, with its scale even surpassing the record set in 2021 during the peak of the meme stock (retail group-traded stock) craze.

Ondo Finance announced that its tokenized securities platform Ondo Global Markets has officially integrated with decentralized exchange Uniswap. Currently, over 430 tokenized stocks and ETFs are tradable on Ethereum and BNB Chain via Uniswap and the UniswapX API. Following this integration, eligible users can directly trade tokenized assets of stocks including SpaceX, Tesla, NVIDIA, Apple, Microsoft, Amazon, as well as ETFs like QQQ and SPY on the Uniswap interface. The trades are powered by UniswapX, which features optimal liquidity routing, MEV protection, and gasless execution. Additionally, wallets, protocols, and applications that have integrated the UniswapX API can support Ondo Global Markets' tokenized stocks and ETFs without extra development. Ondo noted that since its launch in September 2025, Ondo Global Markets has covered over 430 tokenized stocks and ETFs, with total value locked (TVL) exceeding $1 billion and cumulative trading volume surpassing $20 billion. The integration with Uniswap will further enhance the liquidity and composability of tokenized US equities in the DeFi ecosystem.

According to market sources, the cryptocurrency industry has emerged as the largest corporate political donor in the United States. Data indicates that crypto firms have allocated $189 million to political spending in the 2026 U.S. midterm elections, surpassing the total expenditure of the 2024 election cycle. Reports state that following progress in advancing stablecoin regulatory legislation, the crypto sector is ramping up its political investment to promote more digital asset-related laws. Concurrently, political donations from industries including artificial intelligence, technology, and online gambling have also seen significant growth compared to prior periods.

According to Bitget market data, the U.S. stock market's storage sector rallied broadly, with individual stocks posting the following gains: Qualcomm (QCOM) rose 0.75%, Seagate Technology (STX) gained 0.61%, Western Digital (WDC) increased 0.91%, SanDisk (SNDK) jumped 5.39%, and Micron Technology (MU) climbed 0.75%.

According to Bitget market data, US-listed cryptocurrency-related stocks fell broadly, with MSTR down 7.55%, COIN 4.31%, CRCL 4.09%, SBET 3.05%, BMNR 5.00%, and PURR 4.50%.

U.S. stock market opens: Dow Jones rises 0.1%, S&P 500 and Nasdaq nearly flat. Leading tech stocks are mixed: Nvidia (NVDA.O) up 0.6%, Oracle (ORCL.N) down 0.2%, SpaceX (SPCX.O) up 0.4%, Tesla (TSLA.O) down 0.9%. SanDisk (SNDK.O) climbs 1.2% as Bernstein sharply raises its price target from $1,700 to $3,000.