AntFun Completes $5 Million Strategic Financing

WASHINGTON, June 22 – U.S. Vice President Vance announced Thursday that the Strait of Hormuz has been reopened, with the U.S. and Iran establishing a long-term mechanism to safeguard unimpeded transit through the strategic waterway. Vance noted that bilateral talks in Vienna have made significant progress, with negotiators haggling until roughly 1 a.m. local time, putting solid groundwork in place for a comprehensive accord. On the nuclear front, Vance revealed Iran has agreed to grant International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) inspectors return access – a major breakthrough in the long-running negotiations. Turning to the situation in Lebanon, Vance called on all factions there to maintain proper coordination to stabilize the volatile region. Vance emphasized that much work remains ahead, however. Technical-level talks will continue in the coming days and weeks, overseen by specialized technical teams. He also warned that if Iran makes misleading claims, President Trump will respond

On June 22, U.S. Vice President Vance is set to deliver a speech in Switzerland at 7:00 a.m. Eastern Time—equivalent to 7:00 p.m. Beijing Time—following his first meeting with the Iranian side. (Golden Finance)

On June 22, cryptocurrency exchange startup Fomo announced it has closed a $75 million Series B funding round, per Fortune. The round was led by Index Ventures, with participation from Union Square Ventures, Zynga co-founder Mark Pincus, Discord CEO Humam Sakhnini, and Eventbrite co-founder Kevin Hartz, lifting the company’s valuation to $5.5 billion. Founded in 2025, Fomo was established by former members of the dYdX team: Paul Erlanger, Se Yong Park, and Prashan Dharmasena.

June 22: On-chain investigator ZachXBT has flagged that an address connected to the HashFlare investment scam moved 10,600 ETH on-chain roughly 3.5 years after lying dormant, with the transfer worth an estimated $18.5 million. Records show that Sergei Potapenko and Ivan Tur?gin, the two Estonian co-founders of HashFlare, pleaded guilty in 2025 and agreed to forfeit approximately $4.5 billion in assets to the U.S. government. Following the Ethereum transfer, the involved parties began shifting funds from the Ethereum network to Bitcoin via two instant exchange platforms: HiFiSwap and Near Intents. This unusual fund movement was initially detected with assistance from Cyvers.

June 22 — Official sources report that Coinbase will add support for Anthropic and OpenAI Pre-IPO perpetual contracts to its platform. Notably, the ANTHROPIC-PERP and OPENAI-PERP Pre-IPO perpetual contracts are set to start trading at 19:00 Beijing Time on June 22, 2026, or later.

June 22 (UTC+8) — Huobi HTX announced in an official statement that it has launched the ZHIPU/USDT perpetual contract today, with a maximum leverage of 10x. To mark the launch, the exchange has kicked off the ZHIPU Contract Trading Party, running from 18:00 June 22 to 18:00 June 29 (UTC+8), offering a total prize pool of up to $20,000. During the event, users who sign up and conduct ZHIPU/USDT contract trading with a cumulative effective volume of at least $1,000 will be eligible to share the prize pool, with rewards distributed according to their trading volume rankings. New users trading the ZHIPU/USDT contract will also receive exclusive perks.