A Polymarket account known as surfandturf, with total profits exceeding $3.5 million, bought $650,000 worth of shares predicting Germany will defeat Ecuador in a market tied to the 2026 World Cup Group E, Round 3 match. According to Odaily, the purchase was made at an average entry price of 64.9 cents for 1,000,000.3 shares. The Germany vs. Ecuador match is scheduled to start at 04:00 (UTC+8) on June 25, 2026. Odaily reported that Germany is 2-0 in the group after wins over Curacao (7-1) and Ivory Coast (2-1), totaling six points and already securing advancement. Odaily said Ecuador must at least draw or beat Germany to have a chance to advance, depending on the result and goal difference in the simultaneous Ivory Coast vs. Curacao match.

Hyperliquid, even CZ praised it as "great," but its biggest moat may also be its biggest risk. Golden Finance reports that Wall Street products are approaching permanence.

Cerebras (CBRS), an AI chip company previously described as a major challenger to Nvidia, fell about 22% after releasing its first quarterly report since going public, with negative guidance outweighing better-than-expected results and pushing the stock below its IPO price. According to BlockBeats On-chain Detection, monitoring by Hyperinsight shows overall whale positioning has turned bearish, with CBRS quoted at $184 on Hyperliquid, down 7.7% over the past 24 hours. Large short sellers at the million-dollar scale held about $11.62 million in combined short positions, about 2.39 times the roughly $4.87 million held by long positions. Two major short positions were opened at elevated levels on or even before the IPO day. One whale address, 0xe0ff, opened a short on May 14 at $284.51 using 3x leverage, with a position size of $6.13 million and an unrealized profit of $3.24 million. Another whale address, 0x9996, opened a short on May 11 at $275.92 using 5x leverage, with a position size of $5.48 million and an unrealized profit of $2.64 million. Both addresses are reported to hold short positions in CBRS and SPCX, and are described as favoring short setups ahead of or on the day of major stock listings. Following the earnings-related downside move, the two positions together showed about $5.88 million in unrealized profit. The average entry price for current CBRS short whale positions was about $275, with the market price now more than 30% below that level. The nearest short liquidation level was cited at $200.13, about 7% above the current price.

Tencent has started testing Dayuan, an AI assistant for WeCom that can analyse workplace chats, emails and calendars to help employees complete tasks. The launch strengthens Tencent’s push into AI as it competes with Alibaba and ByteDance for enterprise users.

South Korea's government has allocated 10.06 billion won ($7.2 million) to virtual asset-related projects this year, exceeding the 9.6 billion won ($6.9 million) budgeted for all of last year. According to NS3.AI, the increase reflects broader demand for government tools and systems tied to virtual assets. The report said demand has expanded beyond crime-tracking tools to include tax infrastructure and the management of seized assets.

Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 index opened lower on June 25 (Thursday), falling 27.20 points, or 0.31%, to 8,781.20. According to Jin10, the benchmark index started the session in negative territory, reflecting a modest decline at the open.

When the tide comes in, everyone feels like they're swimming; only when the tide recedes do you know whether the sea level has actually been permanently raised.

Bitcoin and ether led about $1 billion in liquidation losses as the AI trade continued, according to CoinDesk. The report also flagged macro cross-currents: the U.S. two-year Treasury yield is testing a descending trendline from its October 2023 peak of 5.26%, with a breakout potentially tightening financial conditions and weighing on risk assets. Brent crude fell below $72.48 a barrel and WTI traded near $69 as tankers resumed passage through the Strait of Hormuz.

A New York man has been sentenced to 15 months in prison after using the identities of well-known crypto influencers to orchestrate a $1.4 million fraud scheme that preyed on investors seeking exclusive access and passive income opportunities.

Morgan Stanley has raised its 2026 forecast for China’s humanoid robot shipments to 50,000 units as adoption accelerates. The bank expects strong growth ahead, driven by rising demand, government support and expanding production.

Fed Chair Warsh's hawkish first address shattered the "devaluation trade"! Amid the strong dollar storm, gold, silver, and Bitcoin suffered heavy losses, breaching key price levels. Massive amounts of capital are flowing into the semiconductor sector, but this chip frenzy is already showing signs of a potential "historic top."

President Donald Trump has unexpectedly delayed the signing of a housing bill containing a ban on central bank digital currencies (CBDCs), a move that could create new uncertainty around the broader direction of US crypto policy.

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Artificial intelligence, data, and a super-powerful spiral explosion: Micron's earnings report reignites the semiconductor bull market. Golden Finance reports that orders are locked until 2030, rewriting the logic of cyclical stocks.

Strategy suffered a major setback, with its STRC preferred stock falling to around $80, marking the largest discount in history to its $100 par value. The seeds of this situation were sown as early as late May, and this is simply the culmination of numerous warning signs.