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June 12 marked the official Nasdaq debut of Avalanche Treasury Company, trading under the ticker symbol AVAT. However, the stock faced immediate selling pressure on its first day, closing at $1.85—down 16% from its opening price. The listing was structured as a merger with special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) Mountain Lake Acquisition, with the total transaction size reaching roughly $675 million. The deal counts on backing from leading institutions including Dragonfly, Pantera, ParaFi Capital, VanEck, Galaxy Digital, and Kraken. Avalanche Treasury holds approximately 15 million AVAX tokens, with the goal of letting investors gain exposure to the Avalanche ecosystem without owning its native coin directly. CEO Bart Smith emphasized that the strategy is not focused on short-term price bets, but on long-term potential tied to institutional financial restructuring. Since its launch in 2020, the Avalanche ecosystem has drawn over 550 projects and more than $1 billion in institutio

June 12: U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said the U.S. could use frozen Iranian assets to compensate Gulf allies if Iran harms them—covering regional security costs and shipping expenses. Yellen noted Iran is “playing a zero-sum game,” stressing any damage to U.S. partners would be offset using funds held in Iranian accounts. She added that costs linked to transit through the Strait of Hormuz might also be covered by those blocked assets. The long-escalating dispute between the U.S. and Iran over frozen assets continues to heat up. Washington has long targeted Tehran’s oil and financial systems with sanctions and freezes, while Iran has demanded the return of roughly $240 billion in blocked funds and rejected the U.S.’s authority to use the money. Analysts caution that if Yellen’s plan moves forward, it could worsen uncertainty around Middle Eastern financial infrastructure and energy supply routes.

June 12 — Pacific Investment Management Company (PIMCO) highlights that the upcoming Federal Reserve meeting will extend beyond a mere interest rate decision; it may also mark a shift in the central bank’s policy communication framework. New Fed Chair Kevin Wash is expected to reduce forward guidance and downplay the "dot plot," leaving markets to assess interest rate trajectories on their own. Richard Clarida, former Federal Reserve Vice Chair and current global economic advisor at PIMCO, explained that investors are still adjusting to Wash’s communication approach, and his policy leanings may increasingly show up in tighter, more focused messaging. During recent testimony, Wash explicitly stated he "does not believe in forward guidance," leading markets to anticipate the Fed could shorten policy statements, minimize references to the dot plot, or even cut back on communication frequency. Daniel Ivascyn, PIMCO’s Chief Investment Officer, adds that this pullback in communications cou

June 12 – Bitget officially announced the launch of US stock Level 2 (L2) deep market data via an official statement. The new feature supports multiple market data feeds including Nasdaq TotalView and Blue Ocean, covering all trading sessions: pre-market, regular intraday hours, after-hours, and overnight trading, with full 24/7 availability. Users can view the top 40 levels of market depth, depth charts, and real-time transaction details through this tool. Eligible users can unlock the feature for free: those with a VIP1 or higher trading level, or an asset level of VIP3 or higher. For more details, please refer to Bitget’s official platform.

On June 12, Aptos officially disclosed that 187,800 APT tokens were burned in May, permanently removed from circulation. Data shows that since its mainnet launch, Aptos has burned approximately 1.2 million tokens, and the network’s hard cap supply limit of 210 million APT is currently in effect. Aptos explained that this token burning mechanism is part of its "performance-driven tokenomics model," aiming to influence the long-term supply structure and market circulation through a continuous burning mechanism.

On June 12, Iran’s state-run Fars News Agency reported that Iranian authorities have placed Elon Musk and his business operations in the Middle East on a potential strike target list, encompassing SpaceX’s Starlink satellite operations and related ground station facilities. Citing "informed sources," the report notes the facilities under consideration span multiple Middle Eastern countries, including Starlink ground stations and partner networks in Qatar, Jordan, the United Arab Emirates, Oman, and other locations. Iranian officials accuse these Musk-linked commercial entities of providing technical support to U.S. military actions against Iran, branding them as "infrastructure involved in wartime activities." The report adds that Iran reserves the right to take action against the relevant facilities in the region. Neither SpaceX nor the White House has yet responded to the Fars News report. It is worth highlighting that Starlink has been extensively used to support military communic