The popular AI framework Virtuals Protocol will host an in-person meet-up in Hong Kong on Friday, January 17.

On June 8, Houthi rebels in Yemen announced they have launched an attack on Israel, imposed a complete ban on Israeli vessels navigating the Red Sea, and confirmed they will retaliate in kind to any further escalation. (Financialnews.com)

June 8: Coinbase’s Bitcoin Premium Index has stayed in negative premium territory for 21 consecutive days, per Coinglass data, currently at -0.0621%, with weak buying power persisting in the U.S. market. Note: The Coinbase Bitcoin Premium Index measures the gap between Bitcoin’s price on Coinbase and the global average market price. A negative premium usually signals heightened selling pressure in the U.S. market, reduced investor risk appetite, growing market risk aversion, or capital outflows.

June 8. Israeli defense officials believe Monday's exchange of fire could escalate into a conflict leading to "days of fighting" between Israel and Iran, according to The Times of Israel.

June 8 — The Supreme People’s Procuratorate exposed a novel cryptocurrency theft case yesterday. A man identified as Zhang from Shandong Province had been assisting his acquaintance Feng with cryptocurrency transactions for some time. After gaining Feng’s trust, Zhang took the initiative to suggest Feng switch to a more user-friendly digital wallet. The wallet’s asset mnemonic—its core security key—was generated by the system randomly selecting 12 terms from a set of 2048 common English words, acting as the critical password protecting the crypto assets. Seizing his opportunity while Feng was transcribing the mnemonic, Zhang relied solely on his naked eye and exceptional memory to memorize 11 full words, plus the first letter of the final term. That night, using this partial memory, he repeatedly tested and combined possible sequences to crack the code, successfully unlocking Feng’s digital wallet, transferring 107 bitcoins, and later selling the coins for an illegal profit of 660,00

June 8 — Perpetual contract trading volume across multiple crypto platforms surged to $509 million in the 24 hours following today’s announcement of a long-term technical partnership between NVIDIA and SK Hynix, per Bitget market data. A breakdown of key exchange metrics includes: - On Binance, SKHYNIX perpetual contracts hit $188 million in 24-hour trading volume, with open interest jumping 162.72%. - The Hyperliquid ecosystem’s trade.xyz platform recorded $130 million in 24-hour volume for SKHX perpetual contracts, alongside a 148.38% spike in open interest. - On Bitget, SKHYNIX perpetual contracts posted $23.62 million in 24-hour trading volume, with open interest surging 168.27%. Separately, Coinglass data shows the total network open interest for SK Hynix rose 74.4% over the same 24-hour window, reaching $144 million.

On June 8, a South Korean exchange triggered the circuit breaker mechanism for the Korean Securities Dealers Automated Quotations (KOSDAQ) after the index plunged 8%, prompting a 20-minute trading halt.