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Share link:In this post: Crypto funds record $2.7 billion in inflows for the eleventh week in a row. The United States dominates with $2.65 billion, while Hong Kong faces outflows. Bitcoin captures 83% of total flows, with Ethereum adding $429 million.
Share link:In this post: Total value locked expanded rapidly in H1, driven by a mix of stablecoins, DeFi lending, and RWAs. Ethereum remains the biggest carrier of value, from both DeFi and tokenization. Most value is concentrated in top 5 chains, with minor inflows coming from Bitcoin DeFi and L2s.
Share link:In this post: South Korea emphasizes the necessity for ongoing trade talks with the US beyond the July 9 deadline. A 10% tax on South Korean shipments to the US is set to increase to 25% next week unless a deal is reached. US officials have indicated that while sectoral tariffs were initially off the table, they may reconsider based on South Korea’s proposals during negotiations.
Share link:In this post: Strategy’s latest acquisition totals 4,980 Bitcoins for $531.9 million at a $106,801 average price. The company’s total Bitcoin holdings are up to 597,325 BTC. Saylor is on his year-to-date 19.7% Bitcoin yield, with all of his June purchases profitable.
- 11:52PancakeSwap: Approximately 3.264 Million CAKE Tokens Burned in June, Marking 22 Consecutive Months of Supply ReductionOdaily Planet Daily reported that the decentralized exchange PancakeSwap has released its June CAKE token burn report, revealing that 3,264,684 CAKE tokens were burned and 652,564 tokens were minted. As of June this year, PancakeSwap’s net CAKE token issuance stands at -2,612,120, marking the 22nd consecutive month of declining total token supply.
- 11:43Microsoft suspends approximately 3,000 Outlook and Hotmail accounts created by North Korean IT workersOdaily Planet Daily – Microsoft has announced that it has eliminated thousands of accounts created by North Korean IT workers, as part of its efforts to combat global fraud schemes. In recent years, these IT workers have infiltrated hundreds of Fortune 500 companies, and law enforcement agencies have collaborated with cybersecurity experts to help identify and neutralize this threat. Microsoft has suspended approximately 3,000 known Outlook and Hotmail accounts created by these workers, as part of its comprehensive crackdown on North Korean IT worker scams. (Fortune) Previously, crypto investigator ZachXBT posted on X that his investigation found that since January 1, 2025, over $16.58 million in payments have flowed to North Korean IT personnel hired as developers by various projects and companies, averaging $2.76 million per month. Based on monthly compensation of $3,000–$8,000 per person, this suggests that at least 345 to 920 positions have been infiltrated.
- 11:31Hilbert Group Invites Four Blockchain Industry Experts to Join Syntetika Advisory BoardChainCatcher reports that, according to Cointelegraph, Swedish-listed company Hilbert Group (Nasdaq: HILB B) has announced the establishment of the Syntetika Advisory Board, bringing on board four blockchain industry experts: Max Rabinovitch, Chief Strategy Officer of Chiliz; Vladimir Maslyakov, CTO of Blum; Chirdeep Chhabra, former Head of Tokenization at Citi; and John Lilic, Advisor to Polygon. Syntetika is a compliant tokenized asset platform launched by Hilbert, with its first phase set to tokenize its BTC-denominated funds and integrate DeFi traffic, aiming to build institutional-grade infrastructure for structured asset issuance. Previous reports indicated that Swedish-listed company Hilbert Group launched a strategic cryptocurrency financial plan with Bitcoin as its primary reserve asset