BREAKING: $435 million has been liquidated from the cryptocurrency market in the past 12 hours.

June 17 — The red-hot trade around the AI supply chain shortage could be wrapping up, as some investors are moving on from chasing the next bottleneck to zeroing in on companies that will hold long-term value once the AI infrastructure cycle fades. Gavin Baker, managing partner at Altreides Management and an early SpaceX investor, told TBPN in an interview that for the past year, the market has been obsessed with chasing "bottleneck assets" tied to AI development — from DRAM and storage chips to critical material suppliers. But he argues these so-called "AI bottleneck trades" are winding down. Baker noted that Japan’s Ajinomoto has refused to raise prices on a key chip packaging insulation material — a component used to connect processors and chips in the packaging layer that previously drew investor focus as AI chip demand surged. This move signals that pricing power for some supply chain bottlenecks may be starting to ease. He added that the market’s priority up to now has been hu

June 17 — U.S. crypto journalist Eleanor Terrett reports that U.S. Congressman Barry Moore, who earned Donald Trump’s endorsement and backing from the cryptocurrency industry, has claimed victory in the Republican primary runoff for Alabama’s U.S. Senate seat, beating opponent Jared Hudson. Pro-crypto political action committee Fairshake contributed over $12 million to this election. After Moore’s win, Fairshake released a statement noting its “largest investment in this election cycle once again helped an innovation-supporting candidate secure a Senate seat.” The group also added it currently holds nearly $150 million in cash reserves and plans to build “the largest pro-crypto congressional group in history.”

Per an official statement issued on June 17, Bitget has launched five new targets for its stock contracts: FLNC (Fluence Energy), CGNX (Cognex), SMH (VanEck Semiconductor ETF), ROK (Rockwell Automation), and ISRG (Intuitive Surgical). The expanded offerings cover prominent sectors including energy storage, industrial automation, semiconductors, and medical technology. These contracts support leverage of up to 20x. For additional details, please check Bitget’s official platform.

June 17: Data from SentimenTrader shows that crude oil has fallen 10.31% cumulatively over the past five trading days, while the long-term U.S. Treasury bond ETF (TLT) has gained 1.30% in the same period. Historical records since 2008 indicate that when the market sees a similar mix—sharp declines in oil prices paired with rising long-term U.S. Treasuries—the S&P 500 index has an 85% probability of rising over the subsequent 12 months, with a median one-year gain of roughly 17.04%. This market dynamic typically signals rapidly easing inflationary pressure and more accommodative financial conditions.

June 17 — Per LookOnChain data, a World Cup betting trader raked in approximately $9.24 million in profits in a single day, going 4-for-4 on all their wagers for a perfect 100% win rate. Notably, in the Iran vs. New Zealand match, the trader placed a $7.03 million bet on Iran not taking the win. The game’s final result confirmed their call, and this one wager alone generated around $7.34 million in profit — the primary source of their daily earnings.

June 17 — Per Hyperinsight’s Telegram monitoring (@HyperInsight), trading activity for SPCX (SpaceX) on the Hyperliquid platform remains surging, with a 24-hour trading volume of $1.35 billion, accounting for 35.3% of the total trade.xyz volume. On a full-platform basis, SPCX single contracts alone contributed 16.6% to Hyperliquid’s overall trading volume. Currently, SPCX’s trading volume on Hyperliquid has surpassed that of Ethereum (ETH), ranking as the platform’s second-largest contract by volume, trailing only Bitcoin (BTC). The 24-hour position size for SPCX reached $280 million.