according to on-chain analyst Onchain Lens (@OnchainLens), a whale has deposited the last 600 billion PEPE tokens (worth about $6.1 million) into the Binance exchange.

 June 18, the world's leading Web3 wallet Bitget Wallet officially joined the "Global Markets Alliance" (GMA) initiated by Ondo Finance, jointly promoting the on-chain of global capital, and establishing unified standards and interoperability norms for tokenized securities.The alliance aims to establish technical and compliance standards for the on-chain issuance of real-world assets (RWA), enhance investor accessibility, liquidity, and asset portfolio operability. Bitget Wallet will integrate Ondo asset standards, supporting users to securely self-custody and conveniently access tokenized assets within the wallet.As the core gateway of the Web3 ecosystem, Bitget Wallet will work together with members of the alliance such as Solana Foundation, BitGo, etc., to help tokenized assets integrate more securely and efficiently into users' daily usage scenarios, accelerating the popularization and implementation of on-chain finance. As an important infrastructure for the on-chainization of the global capital market, Ondo is accelerating the creation of a transparent and efficient on-chain financial ecosystem.

according to The Fintech Times, financial infrastructure provider OpenPayd has partnered with Circle. OpenPayd will leverage Circle Wallets' infrastructure to offer a unified fiat and stablecoin infrastructure layer for global businesses. This means that its corporate clients will be able to transfer and manage funds globally through traditional banking channels and blockchain-based networks.

Binance Alpha has launched DAOBase (BEE), with a current market value of 3.65 million US dollars and a fully circulating market value of 31 million US dollars.

June 18th, according to the report of the Korean Economic Daily, Lee Chang-yeong, the governor of the Bank of Korea, expressed a cautious attitude towards the introduction of a stablecoin linked to the Korean won. Lee Chang-yeong pointed out that although he does not oppose a Korean won stablecoin, factors such as the stability of the foreign exchange market and changes in the banking industry structure need to be considered. He is concerned that a Korean won stablecoin may increase the demand for US dollar stablecoins, posing difficulties for foreign exchange management.Lee Chang-yeong also emphasized that active stablecoin trading may shift payment settlement functions from the banking industry to the non-banking industry, affecting bank revenue structures and business models. The Bank of Korea has been conducting experiments and research on central bank digital currencies (CBDC), but the official issuance of stablecoins requires coordination with financial regulatory authorities.Lee Chang-yeong stated that he will coordinate policies with the Ministry of Finance, the Financial Services Commission, and other departments, comprehensively considering the positive functions and potential risks of stablecoins.

DeFi protocol BitVault has announced the completion of a $2 million pre-seed financing round, with investors including GSR, Gemini, Auros, and Keyrock. BitVault will launch the over-collateralized stablecoin bvUSD backed by Bitcoin derivatives and its yield-bearing variant sbvUSD. The protocol will be deployed on the new decentralized financial chain Katana incubated by Polygon Labs and GSR, leveraging Liquity V2's authorized fork to enable permissioned lending, user-set interest rates, and automatic liquidation infrastructure. BitVault plans to deploy on the Katana mainnet in June 2025 and is actively onboarding institutional borrowers.

on June 18th, according to the official announcement, Bitdeer announced its intention to privately issue $300 million in 2031 convertible preferred notes to qualified institutional investors, with a possible additional issuance of $45 million. The notes will be issued as general unsecured debt of the company, with interest paid semi-annually.At conversion, the company may choose to pay in cash, Class A common stock, or a combination of both. Some of the proceeds will be used to pay the cash consideration for zero-cost call options trading and simultaneous notes exchange transactions, with the remaining funds allocated to data center expansion, ASIC-based mining machine development and manufacturing, and working capital.

OKX-ETH/USDT is now at $2499.82, down 0.27% in the last 5 minutes.

according to the official announcement, the Spanish coffee chain company Vanadi Coffee SA increased its holding of 20 bitcoins, bringing its total holdings to 30 bitcoins.

according to the official announcement, Binance is expected to suspend the token deposit and withdrawal services of the IoTeX (IOTX) network at 08:28 on June 19, 2025 (UTC+8) to support its network upgrade and hard fork. This is aimed at providing users with a better experience. The project team will perform the network upgrade and hard fork at block height 36,893,881 (expected to be on June 19, 2025 at 09:28 UTC+8).