Arthur Hayes: I bet that Bitcoin will surpass $110,000 before retracing to $76,500

June 2, Ondo Finance CEO Ian De Bode announced that Ondo Perps will launch in the coming weeks. Ondo Perps is the first perpetual contract platform built specifically for Real World Assets (RWA).

June 2nd: A whale opened a 10x leveraged short position on 21,948 ETH, worth approximately $44 million, with a liquidation price of $2,339.76, according to monitoring from Onchain Lens.

On June 2, Bloomberg reported that Google parent Alphabet plans to raise $80 billion via a comprehensive equity financing package to fund its AI infrastructure and computing power initiatives. The package comprises three components: a $40 billion at-the-market (ATM) stock issuance program launching in the third quarter, $30 billion in underwritten common stock and mandatory convertible preferred stock, and a $10 billion investment deal with Berkshire Hathaway—collectively making it one of the largest equity transactions in history. Alphabet cited AI as the catalyst for its upcoming expansion phase, noting the new capital will enable it to build the infrastructure needed to pursue future growth opportunities. CFO Anat Ashkenazi previously stated that Alphabet’s 2027 capital expenditure will be significantly higher than its $190 billion maximum budget for 2026. Bloomberg Intelligence analyst Mandeep Singh estimates the company’s capital spending could hit $300 billion next year with the

June 2nd – Per HTX market data, HYPE has recently surged past $75 to hit a new all-time high, currently trading at $73.64. It has gained more than 2.5% over the last 24 hours and is up over 85% since May 1st. Its current market capitalization sits at $16.36 billion, pushing it past Dogecoin (DOGE) to claim the 7th spot on the non-stablecoin cryptocurrency market capitalization rankings. Meanwhile, its fully diluted valuation (FDV) reaches $702 billion.

June 2nd — U.S. President Donald Trump is making a push to get U.S.-Iran negotiations back on track. But his efforts hit a snag after a tense argument with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over Israel’s stepped-up military actions in Lebanon. Iran announced Monday it’s temporarily pausing talks with the U.S. amid the ongoing conflict in Lebanon. Trump later took to Truth Social, writing that he had asked Netanyahu “not to launch a large-scale attack on Beirut, Lebanon.” He added he’d spoken with a Lebanese Hezbollah representative, who agreed to stop firing at Israel and its troops — and Israel also committed to a ceasefire. In comments to ABC, Trump says he believes he’ll lock in an agreement with Iran to extend the ceasefire and reopen the Strait of Hormuz within the “next week.” He noted there was a “slight hitch” on Monday because Iran was frustrated by Israel’s attack on Lebanon, and he’s since reached out separately to Hezbollah and Netanyahu to push both sides to

Monday, June 2nd, per Bitget data, U.S. stock markets closed out the trading session with all three major benchmarks hitting fresh record highs. The Dow Jones Industrial Average edged up 0.09%, the S&P 500 gained 0.26%, and the Nasdaq Composite climbed 0.4% to their respective new peaks. For individual stocks, Nvidia (NVDA) surged 6.26%, Oracle (ORCL) jumped nearly 10%, Qualcomm (QCOM) slid almost 9%, and Tesla (TSLA) dropped by 4.5%.