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

June 17: Fed Chair Kevin Wash will lead his first FOMC meeting tonight. While the market broadly expects no interest rate adjustment, uncertainty persists over his policy stance and decision-making logic. Below is how key institutions are analyzing the event: UBS points out Wash’s policy stance and monetary policy response remain unclear, cautioning that either a hawkish or dovish lean could spark market pricing risks. ANZ Bank highlights Wash’s strong reform momentum, anticipating his upcoming press conference will tease his reform blueprint—with full details likely to be laid out in his opening remarks at the August Jackson Hole Symposium. Bank of America predicts Wash will take a dovish tone at the press conference, arguing the Iran conflict only has a one-off impact on price levels (not lasting inflation pressure), so the Fed should “look through” it, especially given recent reports of potential resolution to the conflict. Capitol Macro flags a risk that Wash’s rate-related com

June 17 – Bitget market data shows oil prices continued their decline as U.S.-Iran tensions eased. WTI crude fell below $75 per barrel for the first time since March 4, logging an intraday loss of 2.22%.

June 17 | Hyperinsight Monitoring reports: Driven by Brent Crude and WTI Crude’s sustained pullback amid U.S.-Iran peace deal hopes, a large whale trader on crypto derivatives platform Hyperliquid is facing heavy unrealized losses on long positions opened shortly after the U.S.-Iran war erupted, with its exposure once nearing liquidation levels. At noon today, the whale executed a series of stop-loss orders to self-rescue its position, closing out most of its longs when each oil contract’s price was within $1 of its liquidation threshold—market observers have dubbed this move a “manual liquidation.” Over a one-hour window, the whale closed 118,000 BRENTOIL long positions and 136,000 WTIOIL long positions, totaling roughly $19.33 million in value. Prior to these exits, the address held 169,700 BRENTOIL positions and 171,600 WTIOIL positions, with its total position size peaking at over $258.5 million—making it the largest combined long position for both oil products on Hyperliquid. Th

June 17, based on HTX market data, Uniswap’s UNI token extended its rally today, with the token currently trading at $3.6256, reflecting a 20.06% gain over the past 24 hours. On June 16, Standard Chartered Bank released its inaugural research report focused on Uniswap, forecasting that UNI could surge 40 times from its June 16 level of roughly $2.70 to reach $100 by the end of 2030.

June 17 — According to monitoring from on-chain analytics firm LookOnChain, former world boxing champion and millionaire Andrew Tate opened a 40x long position on 57.36 Bitcoin (BTC), with a liquidation price of $65,215.87. Separate data shows Tate’s contract trades have been liquidated a total of 107 times in total.

On June 17th, Binance Wallet launched its Web3 API, providing access to market data, token swap pricing quotes, and cross-chain transaction execution functions, with support for networks including Ethereum, BNB Smart Chain, Solana, and others. The API features built-in MEV (Maximal Extractable Value) protection, adopts a non-custodial architecture, and returns unsigned transactions that users sign locally on their own devices. For a limited time, the service is offering zero service fees and zero slippage discounts. Developers can apply for an API key through their Binance account to gain access.