10 #Bitcoin ETFs inflows 7,066 $BTC(+$703.6M) and 9 #Ethereum ETFs inflows 14,425 $ETH(+$48.32M) yesterday.

June 18 — Galaxy Ventures and CIM Group co-led Karta’s $140 million Series A funding round, per official sources. The fintech startup has aggressive growth targets: it plans to scale its business 10x by 2025, quadruple both revenue and Total Payment Volume (TPV) by Q1 2026, and hit $1.2 billion in annualized TPV by year’s end. Karta’s key offering is a U.S. credit card for global travelers, delivering a premium financial experience that works without requiring a Social Security Number (SSN).

June 18 — Onchain Lens monitoring shows that amid a steep market downturn, trader Huang Licheng, known publicly as "Brother Horse," was forced to liquidate most of his 25x leveraged Ethereum long position, with partial liquidations occurring in the process. As of now, he still holds roughly 2,900 ETH in a 5x leveraged long position, carrying an overall unrealized loss exceeding $35 million, while his total accumulated losses have surpassed $79.87 million.

June 18 – According to on-chain data platform Santiment, the group of Bitcoin addresses holding at least 1,000 BTC has expanded their total holdings to approximately 7.17 million BTC, making up about 35.82% of Bitcoin’s circulating supply, hitting the highest level since March 14. Currently, there are roughly 2,044 addresses in this holding bracket. The data signals that large Bitcoin holders (commonly referred to as “whales”) have recently increased their overall holdings, with on-chain assets further concentrating into a small number of large addresses.

June 18 – Bitget market data shows South Korea’s KOSPI index notched an intraday record, rising nearly 1%. Japan’s Nikkei 225 index breached the 71,000-point threshold for the first time, marking another all-time high.

June 18 — Per CoinDesk: The U.S. state of Kentucky has filed a lawsuit against prediction market platforms Kalshi and Polymarket, alleging they operate illegal sports betting services without securing a local license. Kentucky prosecutors argue the platforms and their partners—including Coinbase, Robinhood, and Webull—failed to meet the state’s gambling compliance and user protection requirements, constituting illegal operations. The case has sparked a regulatory clash between federal and state authorities. The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has asserted exclusive regulatory authority over “event contracts” in related matters and has intervened in multiple state-level lawsuits.

June 18 (CoinDesk) — Fidelity Investments has officially rolled out the Fidelity Reserves Digital Fund, a new offering designed to deliver reserve asset management services for stablecoin issuers and institutional investors, capitalizing on the growing fund management demand spurred by the rapid expansion of the stablecoin market. The fund will invest primarily in high-liquidity assets including short-term U.S. Treasuries, cash, and repurchase agreements, in line with U.S. GENIUS Act regulatory requirements for reserve assets of payment-type stablecoins. Separately, State Street recently launched a comparable product, marking that major Wall Street asset management firms are stepping up their entry into the stablecoin reserve management market and competing for the cash and bond assets tied to stablecoins.