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GENEVA, June 19 (Xinhua) — The Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs announced Tuesday on its official website that U.S.-Iran talks originally scheduled near Switzerland’s central Mount Pilatus on the 19th have been canceled and postponed. In a statement, the department noted the talks involve the U.S., Iran, Qatar and Pakistan. It added that “Switzerland remains willing to facilitate these talks, and relevant preparations at Mount Pilatus will continue.” Earlier, Swiss public broadcaster SRF reported the Mount Pilatus area was bustling on the planned talk day, with luxury cars displaying diplomatic license plates, on-duty police and visible military cordons in the vicinity. On June 17, Switzerland authorized troop deployments to provide security for the planned U.S.-Iran talks at Mount Pilatus on June 19, and also greenlighted the temporary closure of some airspace over the Mount Pilatus zone during the meeting.

June 19: Mempool data shows miners mined an empty Bitcoin block at height 954352—this block only contains the block reward’s Coinbase transaction, with just a 62-second gap between it and the prior block. Miners choose to mine empty blocks primarily for economic reasons, as it’s their most rational option. Given the extremely narrow time window between blocks, miners can’t fill the block with transactions without conflicting with transactions from the parent block, and they also need to maximize their own mining time. As a result, mining an empty block is the only feasible choice in this scenario.

June 19, Farside monitoring data shows that the U.S. stock market will be closed this Friday for the Juneteenth holiday. This week, U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs posted a total net outflow of $227.5 million, while U.S. spot Ethereum ETFs recorded a total net outflow of $10 million.

On June 19, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps warned that any action violating Iran’s rights will be met with a tougher military response.

June 19 — A U.S.-Iran peace agreement has brightened the outlook for European stock markets in the second half of the year, with multiple strategists raising their year-end targets, according to a Bloomberg survey. Goldman Sachs, Barclays, and Societe Generale have all lifted their forecasts. The latest survey, which drew responses from 16 strategists, projects the Euro Stoxx 600 Index will close at 640 points by the end of 2026 — matching its recent all-time high. However, some market sectors remain stuck below their pre-war price levels. Some survey participants note this opens up additional upside potential for the market, as investors may rebalance their holdings via sector rotation to get positioned for an economic recovery rally.

June 19: According to Bitget market data, shares of Japanese storage giant Kabuto closed above the 100,000 yen per share mark for the first time.