US Stock Futures Dive Further

June 19 — Data from Farside Investors shows U.S. Bitcoin spot ETFs posted a total net outflow of $90.7 million yesterday. Breaking down the flows: Belld IBIT had a net outflow of $96.7 million, making it the day’s largest single outflow source; VanEck HODL notched a net outflow of $4.4 million; MSBT reported a net inflow of $10.4 million. Products including FBTC, BITB, ARKB, BTCO, EZBC, BRRR, BTCW, and GBTC saw zero net fund flows on the day. In the same period, U.S. Ethereum spot ETFs recorded a total net outflow of $12.8 million, all of which came from Belld ETHA. No other Ethereum spot ETFs registered any net inflows or outflows during that time.

June 19 — As monitored by PeckShield, the address identified as the Humanity Protocol attacker transferred 130 ETH (approximately $22,060) from Ethereum to BNB Chain and converted it to 381 BNB.

**News Flash: AntFun Launches Token Buyback Plan on June 19** On June 19, AntFun officially launched its Token Buyback Plan. The platform will allocate 97% of revenue from its debt financing business to repurchase and burn AntFun Tokens—an initiative aimed at driving continuous ecosystem value circulation and sustaining a long-term deflationary mechanism. To date, AntFun has burned over 1.1 billion tokens. Based on current market prices, the total value of these burned tokens exceeds $26 million. Looking ahead, AntFun will focus on building a socialized Web3 Wallet, connecting core scenarios including Alpha Discovery, Alpha Trading, contract trading, and prediction markets. The project’s goal is to create a next-generation Web3 super entry integrating social, information, trading, and asset management functionalities.

On June 19th, trade.xyz acquired the ZHIPU code from HIP-3 earlier today. The platform may roll out perpetual contract trading for Hong Kong-listed Zhipu (HKG: 2513) in the coming days.

June 19 — Goldman Sachs has slashed its year-end gold price forecast by $500 per ounce, as the firm no longer projects a Federal Reserve rate cut in 2026, according to a new report from analysts Lina Thomas and Daan Struyven. In their note, the pair revised their December gold price target down to $4,900 per ounce. While gold is still expected to climb in the second half of the year, those gains won’t be as steep as initially anticipated. The analysts maintained a structurally constructive long-term outlook for gold but adopted a cautious tactical stance, highlighting near-term downside risks alongside medium-term upside potential. The revision stems from two core shifts: Goldman Sachs economists pushed back their U.S. rate cut expectations to June and December of next year, moving away from their prior forecast of a cut in December 2026 and March 2027. The firm also lowered its projection for gold exchange-traded fund (ETF) inflows. Additionally, the analysts noted that concerns ove

June 19: Per Bitget market data, the Nikkei 225 index fell below the 71,000 point threshold, logging an intraday decline of 0.11%. South Korea’s KOSPI index slid below the 9,000 point level, closing down 0.73% on the day, after rallying more than 3% earlier in the session.