Hyperliquid's largest ZEC short position continues to increase its exposure, now facing an unrealized loss of $14.5 million

June 18 – U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs saw a net outflow of $82.2 million, and Ethereum ETFs reported a net outflow of $29.3 million yesterday, per Farside’s monitoring data.

June 18 – South Korea’s Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) has issued a warning targeting single-stock leverage and inverse products, alerting retail investors that risks tied to these investments are escalating amid rising stock market volatility. The heightened market swings have triggered sharp price fluctuations in these specific products. The FSS noted the warning is designed to remind individual investors of significant potential loss risks and urge them to make cautious, prudent investment choices. Going forward, the FSS will continue closely monitoring investment trends related to single-stock leverage products. Should concerns about potential investor losses intensify, the regulator will take additional action, including issuing more formal warnings to the public.

June 18: Binance founder CZ (Changpeng Zhao) took to social media to share a personal giving update. Over the past two years, he has donated $500,000 every six months to Prison Professors, a U.S. prison education nonprofit. The four separate donations total $2 million, earmarked to support free educational programs for American correctional facilities. CZ noted he had not publicly disclosed this series of donations prior to today. Prison Professors’ stated mission is to provide incarcerated individuals with free, life-changing educational resources, collectively working to break the cycle of recidivism and lay clear paths to post-release success.

June 18 Update: Ark Invest purchased 111,799 Coinbase shares valued at approximately $18.4 million via its ARKK, ARKW, and ARKF ETFs. The asset manager simultaneously sold 275,572 Robinhood shares, netting nearly $29 million in proceeds.

June 18: According to Hyperinsight’s monitoring, SK Hynix’s stock price surged nearly 5% intraday, hitting a new all-time intraday high. On Hyperliquid, SKHYNIX is currently trading at $1,737, with an 8.3% gain over the past 24 hours. Prominent trader yixie (X account @yixie10) went long 2,973 SKHYNIX using 2x leverage, at an average entry price of approximately $1,239.9. Driven by the recent price rally, the position’s intraday unrealized profit has risen by about $450,000, bringing the total current unrealized profit to $1.47 million. As of press time, the trader holds a 73% overall win rate since the start of this year, and an 85% win rate specifically on storage stock trades. Their historical profit totals $6.61 million. Based on their account balance, the current overall leverage ratio of their positions is 0.52%. Wallet Address: 0xa65ce1d604fa901c13aa29f2126a57d9032e412b

June 18 — Goldman Sachs Group Vice Chairman and former Dallas Federal Reserve President Robert Kaplan is flagging that if inflation stays red-hot, the U.S. Federal Reserve might need to lift interest rates as early as September. In prepared comments, Kaplan noted that if inflation data between now and September fails to show meaningful cooling, “it would be wise for the Fed to act in September or this fall — that would be the more prudent course.” The remarks come on the heels of Fed Chair Jerome Powell signaling the central bank’s laser focus on taming inflation, which has shifted market sentiment sharply hawkish. Traders dumped short-term U.S. government bonds, pushing some key yields higher. Powell’s stance got backup from fellow Fed officials: half of them now project a rate hike before the end of the year. Kaplan added that stubbornly high inflation is a clear sign monetary policy remains too loose. He also emphasized that Fed rate hikes are rarely one-off moves. “When the centr