Bitwise HYPE ETF Reaccumulates 112,158 HYPE Tokens

June 1: According to HyperInsight’s monitoring, the cryptocurrency market continued its downward trend this afternoon, with Ethereum (ETH) dropping below the $2,000 mark to $1,984.50. This price level has once again neared the long liquidation threshold of a major Ethereum whale trader. In response, the whale has urgently reduced its ETH holdings by 200 coins, bringing its current position to $7.74 million worth of Ethereum held with 25x long leverage. The trader’s latest liquidation price now stands at $1,971.81.

On June 1st, on-chain analyst Ai Yi (@ai_9684xtpa) noted that Leopold Aschenbrenner’s Sentient Fund only established new positions in three small-cap stocks—each with a market capitalization under $1 billion—during the first quarter. All three assets have posted price surges of more than 130% since April. The stocks in question are T1 Energy Inc. (up 140.5%), SharonAI Holdings (up 233.6%), and HIVE Digital Technologies (up 137.9%), all part of the AI infrastructure sector spanning power energy, cloud computing, and digital infrastructure. These holdings align with Aschenbrenner’s core investment thesis: betting on the physical bottlenecks limiting AI development. Given Aschenbrenner’s market influence, the three stocks saw varying degrees of gains on the day their 13F filings were made public.

June 1st: Per an official announcement, Binance Futures will launch the SLXUSDT perpetual contract today at 15:30 UTC+8, offering leverage of up to 20x.

June 1 — Per Hyperinsight’s monitoring (via its Telegram channel: https://t.me/HyperInsight), over the past 48 hours, the largest long-position whale in the HYPE token market — suspected of insider trading ahead of HYPE’s Robinhood listing — has been both expanding its unrealized gains and aggressively withdrawing realized margin. As of press time, a total of $9 million in margin has been pulled. This latest wave of withdrawals has lifted the token’s liquidation price to $52.8, signaling HYPE is unlikely to drop below this level in the near term. The address in question currently holds a long position of 1.38 million HYPE with 5x leverage: the position is valued at roughly $101 million, boasts an average entry price of $38.67, and has generated an unrealized gain of $47.9 million, equivalent to a 236% return. Since HYPE rebounded from a low of $20.4 back in January, every significant price surge has been followed by large-scale withdrawals of unrealized margin, totaling more than $30

June 1: Arthur Hayes has issued a $100,000 charity bet challenge to Kyle Samani, Hyperliquid’s top “maximalist.” Hayes is wagering that the HYPE stablecoin will outperform any current top-10 cryptocurrency, and Samani has accepted the deal—selecting SOL as HYPE’s opposing asset.

June 1 marked a notable shift for Japan’s historically stable stock market, years after the country’s economic bubble burst. Starting May 21, the market has rallied sharply, driven by SoftBank Group. SoftBank’s market cap has surged to roughly ￥46 trillion (around $288 billion), officially edging past Toyota to become Japan’s most valuable company by market capitalization. The global AI investment craze has finally taken hold in Japan’s equity markets. Notably, 15 days after the Nikkei 225 crossed the 67,000 threshold, the Bank of Japan will deliver its interest rate decision. Polymarket data puts an 88% probability of a rate hike at this meeting, though this potential headwind appears to have been fully priced into the market. A Nomura Securities analyst said last week that with upward revisions to profit outlooks for AI and semiconductor firms, the Nikkei 225 is forecast to hit 68,000 by the end of 2026, and could rise to 70,000 in 2027.