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Oracle platform Pyth Network now supports Mother Iggy, bringing real-time price feeds to more than 75 blockchains.

Pyth Network (PYTH) announced this on Sept. 26, stating that support for Mother Iggy (MOTHER) comes after “degens demanded it.” MOTHER is a Solana meme coin launched by Australian rapper and songwriter Iggy Azalea.

According to Pyth, support for the meme coin is via the MOTHER/USD price feed.

The first platforms to integrate this feed include Solana-based Drift Protocol, Save (formerly Solend), and asset-backed trading solution Flash.Trade.

As well as Mother Iggy, Pyth Network has outlined support for Sei (SEI)-based decentralized exchange DragonSwap. The platform will power its Prediction Product using Pyth price feeds, offering users real-time pricing data to ensure the predictions market delivers accurate outcomes.

MOTHER’s price rises Integration with the decentralized finance platform’s price feed comes as the meme coin rebounds to reclaim a $100 million market cap. Iggy Azalea has also been at the forefront of championing the project, which she says is more than just a “celeb meme” token.

Recently, MOTHER attracted attention with its plans to launch a crypto casino dubbed ‘Motherland’. Azalea unveiled the platform, which is expected to go live in November, during an event at Solana Breakpoint in Singapore. The MOTHER token will power the casino’s transactions.

MOTHER’s price rose sharply following the Pyth news, jumping more than 37% in the past 24 hours, outpacing other meme coins. Moodeng, Maga, and Daddy Tate were the other top-gaining meme coins among those ranked in the top 500 by market cap.

The Mother Iggy market cap stood at around $133 million at the time of writing, with daily volume spiking 50%.

BitMEX co-founder Arthur Hayes becomes active in the memecoin market, promoting top tokens like Pepe (PEPE), Mother Iggy (MOTHER), and Mog Coin (MOG). 

In an exciting development, the popular crypto stakeholder has taken to X to express optimism about memecoins, emphasizing that the time is right for their breakout. 

“I respect my $MOTHER, I $MOG like no one else, but I can’t neglect $PEPE,” Hayes remarked. 

Hayes Purchases 24.39B PEPE on Binance  Interestingly, the BitMEX co-founder had matched his words with action by purchasing $250,000 worth of PEPE on Binance earlier. Data from blockchain analytics platform Arkham Intelligence shows that Hayes first moved $1 million worth of USDC to Binance earlier today at 06:40 a.m. (UTC). 

An hour later, he withdrew 24.39 billion PEPE tokens worth $252,680 from Binance. This indicates that Hayes recently purchased the tokens from Binance shortly after transferring $1 million USDC to the exchange. 

BitMEX Founder Transfers 8M MOG Between His Wallets  Following the transaction, Hayes received 8 million MOG tokens ($12.72) from one of his crypto wallets. At press time, the wallet holding Hayes’ 24.39 billion PEPE is valued at $4.83 million. Notably, PEPE is the portfolio’s third-biggest token by dollar value, while MOG is ranked in the 11th spot. 

This blockchain address does not hold any MOTHER token at the time of writing. However, he may own MOTHER and more PEPE and MOG assets in his other wallets. 

His Support for Memecoins  Prior to placing a bet on memecoins, Hayes has been supportive of meme-based tokens. During an interview in March, the BitMEX co-founder warned people against writing off memecoins as valueless and stupid. 

According to him, these tokens can bring real value to the blockchain sector through new users and attention. He emphasized that any blockchain capable of fostering the memecoin culture will benefit immensely from the attention these assets could generate, highlighting Ethereum and Solana as major beneficiaries. 

Given his comments, it is not surprising that he will commit some funds to memecoins. 

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This week has been brutal for meme coins, with Mother Iggy (MOTHER) plummeting double-digits. Telegram-native meme coin DOGS also sank,  and it was not any different with Base-built Brett (BRETT).

As these cryptocurrencies, known for their explosive rallies, grapple with sharp corrections, investors may be questioning their future. This analysis looks at the factors driving the steep declines and what might be next for these tokens in the near term.

Mother Iggy (MOTHER)MOTHER is the meme coin launched by Australian rapper Iggy Azalea. Some months back, MOTHER was doing incredible numbers as several celebrities got involved into crypto.

However, out of the many deployed tokens, this is one of the few that still have substantial market interest. At the beginning of the week, MOTHER’s price was $0.12. As of this writing, the value has decreased by 32.58% and is now $0.089.

On the daily chart, the meme coin is showing signs of recovering some of its gains. However, the Money Flow Index (MFI) reading suggests that it might be a fakeout. For context, a fakeout is a false breakout when the price moves out of a chart pattern but then moves right back inside it.

Read more: How to Buy Solana Meme Coins: A Step-By-Step Guide

Mother Iggy Daily Price Analysis. Source: TradingView Should this be the case amid a lack of buying pressure, MOTHER’s price could extend its losses and hit $0.064. But if the slight uptick turns out to be a significant breakout, the prediction might be invalidated. In that case, the meme coin might jump to $0.13.   

Dogs (DOGS)DOGS, the token associated with the Telegram messaging app and The Open Network (TON), is another meme coin affected by the wider market decline. This week, DOGS’ price has fallen by 21%.

A look at the meme coin’s 4-hour chart reveals that it might soon recover. Two indicators supporting this bias are the Chaikin Money Flow (CFM) and the Money Flow Index (MFI).

Both the MFI and CMF show the level of buying and selling pressure in the market.  When the rating decreases, selling pressure is dominant. However, for DOGS, the MFI and CMF readings have increased, suggesting that traders are buying the dip.

Dogs 4-Hour Price Analysis. Source: TradingView If this continues, DOGS’ price could jump higher than $0.067, moving toward $0.084. On the other hand, this forecast might be invalidated if buying pressure reduces and the meme coin fails to break out of the descending triangle.

Brett (BRETT)Last on this list is BRETT, the high-ranking meme coin built on Coinbase L2 Base. Currently, BRETT’s price is $0.081, down 59% from its all-time high. This week, BRETT’s price decreased by 18.30%, hitting $0.078.

According to the 4-hour chart, BRETT’s decline was further accelerated by the formation of a head-and-shoulders pattern. This pattern is bullish-to-bearish and ensures the continuation of a downtrend.

Even though the token has seen a slight upswing, the Awesome Oscillator (AO)  and Relative Strength Index (RSI) show that it is not yet out of the woods. The RSI and AO both measure momentum, and failure to rise above the signal line could lead the price further down to $0.070.

Read more: 7 Best Base Chain Meme Coins to Watch in October 2024

Brett 4-Hour Price Analysis. Source: TradingView Meanwhile, if the technical indicator continues to climb, this prediction might be invalidated. In that scenario, BRETT’s price could move to $0.091.

Iggy Azalea Faces Class Action Lawsuit Over MOTHER Token

Rapper Iggy Azalea is facing a class-action lawsuit in the US, accusing her of misleading investors about the real-world utility and future development of her Solana-based memecoin Mother Iggy (MOTHER).

The complaint filed by plaintiff Kenneth Kolbrak in a Manhattan federal court on Monday claimed Azalea, whose real name is Amethyst Amelia Kelly, made representations about the token having real-world utility, commercial integrations and continuing development that never materialized.

“Those representations were limited, incomplete, contradicted, temporary, or not delivered in a durable way,” the complaint said. “The terms and effects of the market support arrangements were never disclosed to consumers.”

Azalea’s MOTHER was one of the buzzier tokens launched amid a frenzy of celebrity-tied memecoins in 2024. The token was launched in May 2024 and reached a peak market value of over $136 million by mid-June. Its market capitalization is now sitting at $1.3 million, according to CoinGecko.

Unlike other celebrities who launched memecoins, Azalea has remained involved with the token, interacting with supporters on social media and promoting it on X.

Kolbrak, the lead plaintiff, claimed he lost “several hundred dollars” investing in MOTHER, which the lawsuit said he would not have done, or would have paid less for, if not for Azalea’s promotions.

According to the complaint, Azalea promoted the token as “the native currency of an expanding ecosystem of real businesses controlled or co-founded by Azalea, including a telecommunications company, an online casino, a luxury gifting marketplace, a merchandise store, and entertainment integrations.”

Source: Burwick Law

The lawsuit claimed that Azalea promoted the online casino MOTHERLAND, which was marketed as being “powered by $MOTHER,” but when it launched in January 2025, the platform used Tether (USDt) for its “wagering, bonus accounting, and settlement.” 

The complaint also claimed that Azalea said MOTHER could be used to buy phones and mobile plans through the provider Unreal Mobile, however, “no durable, publicly observable MOTHER payment integration exists on the Unreal Mobile platform” as of the filing of the lawsuit.

It further accuses Azalea of not telling tokenholders about the terms or risks involved when crypto market makers Wintermute and DWF Labs were brought on to manage MOTHER’s trading. 

The lawsuit seeks damages for MOTHER buyers who lost money, along with attorney fees and costs.

The class is represented by Max Burwick of Burwick Law, who has helped launch multiple class-action lawsuits against crypto projects.

Information on Azalea’s lawyers was not available at the time of writing. Azalea and her management could not be reached for comment.

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LISTA: RWA Markets Now on Lista DAO

APRO Oracle Supported by Lista DAO for Airdrops

The cryptocurrency market will welcome a wave of tokens worth approximately $666.4 million in the third week of December 2025. Major projects, including LayerZero (ZRO), Arbitrum (ARB), and Sei (SEI), will release token supplies over the next seven days.

These unlocks could increase short-term volatility and influence price movements across the market. So, here’s a breakdown of what to watch in each project.

1. LayerZero (ZRO) Unlock Date: December 20 Number of Tokens to be Unlocked: 25.71 million ZRO (2.57% of Total Supply) Current Circulating Supply: 202.6 million ZRO Total Supply: 1 billion ZRO LayerZero is an interoperability protocol that connects different blockchains. Its primary goal is to facilitate seamless cross-chain communication. Thus, it enables decentralized applications (dApps) to interact across multiple blockchains without relying on traditional bridging models.

The team will release 25.71 million tokens on December 20, valued at around $38.31 million. The stack accounts for 6.79% of the released supply.

ZRO Crypto Token Unlock in December. Source: TokenomistLayerZero will award 13.42 million altcoins to strategic partners. Core contributors will get 10.63 million ZRO. Lastly, 1.67 million ZRO are for tokens repurchased by the team.

2. Arbitrum (ARB) Unlock Date: December 16 Number of Tokens to be Unlocked: 92.65 million ARB (0.93% of Total Supply) Current Circulating Supply: 5.6 billion ARB Total supply: 10 billion ARB Arbitrum is a Layer-2 scaling solution built for Ethereum (ETH). It enhances transaction speed and reduces costs while maintaining the security of the Ethereum network. The blockchain achieves this by utilizing ‘optimistic rollups,’ which process transactions off-chain and submit them to the Ethereum mainnet for validation.

On December 16, Arbitrum will unlock 92.65 million tokens into the market. The tokens are worth $19.3 million and represent 1.90% of the current released supply.

ARB Crypto Token Unlock in December. Source: TokenomistArbitrum will award 56.13 million ARB from the unlocked supply to the team, future team, and advisors. Moreover, investors will gain 36.52 million tokens.

3. Sei (SEI) Unlock Date: December 15 Number of Tokens to be Unlocked: 55.56 million SEI (0.55% of Total Supply) Current Circulating Supply: 6.49 billion SEI Total supply: 10 billion SEI Sei is a Layer-1 blockchain built on the Cosmos SDK. The network provides high-performance infrastructure for decentralized finance (DeFi) and other dApps.

Sei will unlock 55.56 million tokens, worth approximately $6.98 million, on December 15. The tokens represent 1.08% of the released supply. Furthermore, the team will receive the entire unlocked supply.

SEI Crypto Token Unlock in December. Source: Tokenomist In addition to these, other prominent unlocks that investors can look out for in the third week of December include Lista DAO (LISTA), ZKsync (ZK), ApeCoin (APE), and more, contributing to the total market-wide releases.

Rubio: US and Iran to continue technical consultations at the end of this month

Multiple foreign media outlets reported on the 24th that US Secretary of State Rubio said technical teams from the United States and Iran will hold further talks in Switzerland by the end of June. (Xinhua News Agency)

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Over the past 24 hours, total crypto market liquidations hit $606 million, with more than 130,000 traders liquidated.

According to Coinglass data, the global cryptocurrency market recorded $606 million in liquidations over the past 24 hours, including $542 million in long-position liquidations and $68.22 million in short-position liquidations. A total of 135,785 traders worldwide were liquidated in the same period, with the largest single liquidation order occurring on Binance’s BTCUSDT trading pair, valued at $12.0111 million.

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Bitcoin falls below $60,000

According to HTX market data, Bitcoin has fallen below $60,000, with a 4.3% drop in the past 24 hours.

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US Treasury Secretary: AI boom may boost productivity and help curb inflation.

US Treasury Secretary Bessent told CNBC in an interview that he hopes the Federal Reserve will remain "open-minded" about the inflation pattern after the reversal of Iran-related energy price hikes. Bessent noted that the U.S. could enter an economic environment marked by high GDP growth without a corresponding rise in traditional inflation. He cited that in the 1990s, Alan Greenspan foresaw that office modernization and the internet could drive non-inflationary growth, and allowed the economy to keep expanding. Bessent believes the U.S. has a strong chance of seeing a similar scenario again. When asked whether the Fed still needs to worry about potential inflation and whether interest rate cuts are possible this year or next, Bessent declined to comment. However, he argued that it is necessary to stay open-minded about the price or inflation impacts from the Iran conflict, and monitor inflation performance after those effects subside. Bessent also said an open mind is needed, as the AI boom could boost productivity and deliver disinflationary effects, helping inflation return to the Fed’s target level. He added that he believes Kevin Warsh will choose the optimal path that meets both the Fed’s inflation and growth mandates. Bessent also noted that Warsh previously took a hawkish stance on inflation.

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US stocks' intraday storage sector sees broad declines, with Western Digital and Seagate Technology both falling over 4%.

According to Bitget data, during U.S. stock trading hours, the storage sector saw broad declines: Western Digital (WDC) fell 4.47%, Seagate Technology (STX) dropped 4.17%, SanDisk (SNDK) declined 2.31%, and Micron Technology (MU) edged down 0.96%. Most optical communication concept stocks rose, with Corning (GLW) leading the gains at 9.75%, followed by Ciena (CIEN) up 3.24%, Coherent (COHR) rising 2.93%, Lumentum (LITE) gaining 2.61%, and Nokia (NOK) advancing 1.82%. Additionally, Marvell Technology (MRVL) fell 2.59% and Applied Optoelectronics (AAOI) declined 1.90%.

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During intraday trading in U.S. stocks, crypto-related concept stocks fell broadly, with MSTR dropping more than 7%.

According to Bitget market data, the three major U.S. stock indexes rose broadly: the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 0.94%, the S&P 500 increased 0.60%, and the Nasdaq rose 0.63%. Crypto-related stocks fell across the board, with declines as follows: Strategy (MSTR) down 7.33%; Circle (CRCL) down 4.35%; Bitmine (BMNR) down 3.97%; Coinbase (COIN) down 3.73%; Robinhood (HOOD) down 3.70%; Gemini (GEMI) down 3.27%; Bullish (BLSH) down 3.25%; Sharplink (SBET) down 3.19%.

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[PRESS RELEASE – Toronto, Canada, January 23rd, 2026]

LISTA DAO CLOSES 2025 WITH STRONG GROWTH AND MAJOR PRODUCT MILESTONES

Closing out 2025, Lista DAO finalized a series of major product developments, including Smart Lending, a native Swap interface, and Fixed-Rate Borrowing. Rolled out toward the end of the year, these additions cap a period of sustained growth and signal a clear shift toward building a more comprehensive and capital-efficient DeFi stack.

A Year of Significant Growth

2025 marked Lista DAO’s evolution from a liquid staking provider into the Capital Routing Layer of the BNB ecosystem. By empowering users to manage their portfolios as active balance sheets, the protocol achieved exponential growth and absolute market dominance.

Key Performance Highlights:

Record-Breaking TVL: The protocol’s TVL peaked at an all-time high of over $4.5 Billion earlier this year, marking a 179.40% growth year-over-year. Leading BNB Staking Market Share: Lista DAO now commands nearly 50% of the entire BNB Chain staking market. Over 12 million BNB are staked directly through Lista DAO, cementing its status as the undisputed infrastructure leader. Lending Market Explosion: Since its launch, the Lending sector has gone from zero to a massive $1.35 Billion in TVL, proving the protocol’s ability to successfully diversify its product lines beyond staking. Beyond TVL growth, Lista DAO demonstrated revenue scalability, surpassing $1 million in monthly protocol revenue twice in H2 2025, reinforcing its position as a sustainable, yield-generating DeFi infrastructure.

Smart Lending & Swap Function: Ending the Era of Idle Assets

With the launch of Smart Lending and its native Swap interface, Lista DAO introduced a new capital efficiency layer that fundamentally changes how collateral is utilized.

Instead of remaining idle while securing a loan, deposited assets are now actively deployed as liquidity within Lista’s internal markets. This allows users to maintain full borrowing functionality while simultaneously earning trading fees, transforming collateral from a passive guarantee into a yield-generating component of the protocol.

For slisBNB holders, Smart Lending enables a triple-yield structure built around a single asset:

Liquid Staking Yield: slisBNB continues to accrue base BNB staking rewards. Trading Fee Income: By participating in slisBNB/BNB liquidity through Smart Lending, users earn DEX trading fees via slisBNBx. Binance Ecosystem Rewards: slisBNB remains eligible for Binance ecosystem incentives, including Launchpool, Megadrop, and HODLer Airdrops. By consolidating staking yield, trading fees, and ecosystem rewards into a unified flow, Smart Lending & Swap represent a meaningful step toward higher capital efficiency and more flexible asset utilization across the BNB Chain.

Fixed-Rate & Fixed-Term Loans: Predictable Borrowing by Design

To meet the needs of users seeking certainty over capital costs, Lista DAO introduced Fixed-Rate & Fixed-Term Loans within its Lending CDP Zone.

In variable-rate lending systems, borrowing costs fluctuate with utilization and market conditions, creating uncertainty for users who rely on precise cost control. Fixed-Rate & Fixed-Term Loans remove this exposure by allowing borrowers to lock in both interest rates and loan duration at the time of minting lisUSD.

Fixed Maturities: 7-day, 14-day, and 30-day terms Supported Collateral: BNB, slisBNB, and BTCB Key Benefit: Fully predictable borrowing costs over the entire loan period By eliminating rate volatility, this module supports use cases such as structured hedging, interest-rate arbitrage, and portfolios that require strict balance-sheet planning.

For long-term holders of BTC, ETH, and BNB, this feature is a game-changer. It allows strategic investors to engage in cross-cycle investing with zero risk of rate shocks. By precisely calculating interest costs upfront, users can safely leverage their mainstream assets without the fear of liquidation caused by sudden interest rate spikes in a volatile market.

2026 H1 Roadmap

In 2026, Lista DAO will continue to expand its role as core financial infrastructure on BNB Chain and beyond. Key priorities include scaling Smart Lending into a leading stableswap hub by trading volume, expanding to the Ethereum mainnet, and broadening supported trading pairs. Lista will also deepen its RWA offering by introducing bond-backed collateral, corporate bonds, and yield-generating RWA products, while expanding on-chain utility for RWA assets.

At the protocol level, Lista plans to pioneer on-chain credit lending through its proprietary credit framework and deliver a unified lending experience by integrating Lending and CDP at the smart contract layer. In parallel, Lista will explore prediction market–derived products, enabling new vault strategies and low-risk, revenue-linked products in collaboration with ecosystem partners.

About Lista DAO

Lista DAO is the leading BNBFi protocol on BNB Chain, offering overcollateralized decentralized stablecoin (CDP), BNB LST, Lista Lending, and innovative solutions that allow users to earn rewards from Binance Launchpool, Megadrop, and HODLer Airdrops.

As the first to have its DeFi BNB recognized for Binance Launchpool, Lista DAO has achieved a TVL growth of 1,000% year-to-date, reaching an all-time high of $4.5B, making it the largest protocol on BNB Chain by TVL. LISTA is the native token of Lista DAO, tradable on major exchanges such as Binance, Bitget, Coinone, and more.

Lista DAO, a decentralized finance protocol focused on lending solutions, has announced the rollout of Smart Lending 1.1. The project has positioned itself as a player in the DeFi space by developing products that allow users to borrow and lend crypto assets in a non-custodial manner, supported by smart contract automation and community governance.

New Features Target Transparency And User ExperienceThe Smart Lending 1.1 update introduces an overhauled interface, integrating market analytics and personalized portfolio data into a set of unified dashboards. Lista DAO’s development team stated that these improvements are designed to strengthen transparency and provide users with more information, enabling them to better track their positions and collateral health in real time.

User Control And Protocol CompetitionThe newly launched dashboards offer advanced analytical tools aimed at simplifying complex DeFi metrics. As more platforms compete to retain user activity, Lista DAO is seeking to differentiate itself by granting participants clearer control over borrowing and lending choices and by streamlining data visualization. The project’s representatives highlighted that ease of use and access to comprehensive analytics are increasingly important as the DeFi sector matures.

With Smart Lending 1.1, the protocol consolidates several critical data points, such as market rates and individual lending positions, into single-screen summaries. This move is intended to remove friction from the process and make the user journey more intuitive, especially for those navigating between multiple DeFi platforms.

Lista DAO also pointed out that the system supports real-time updates to users’ risk profiles. This, according to developers, can help participants react more quickly to changes in market conditions or shifts in collateral requirements due to volatility in the underlying assets.

The updated solution arrives at a time when DeFi protocols are under increased scrutiny regarding user safety, transparency, and operational resilience. Analysts have observed that platforms consistently updating their interfaces and transparency tools may attract more cautious or sophisticated investors seeking more oversight on their assets.

Lista DAO explained that the Smart Lending 1.1 release is just one part of a wider roadmap, with incremental upgrades planned in the coming months to expand the protocol’s functionality. The team outlined ambitions to integrate new asset types and governance processes, aiming to broaden the appeal beyond its initial user base.

In detailing the rationale for its latest update, Lista DAO’s development team commented:

The Smart Lending 1.1 update brings critical design and analytics upgrades that support the platform’s ongoing commitment to greater transparency and user empowerment within the decentralized lending ecosystem.

Market observers will be following how these enhancements impact user adoption and whether the new toolset sets a broader trend for interface upgrades across competing DeFi lending products.

Disclaimer: The information contained in this article does not constitute investment advice. Investors should be aware that cryptocurrencies carry high volatility and therefore risk, and should conduct their own research.

PANews reported on March 27 that Lista DAO released an update on the USR issue. Previously, the protocol had $8.6 million in USR-related loans; of these, $8.4 million has been fully repaid, and all positions have been redeemed at a 1:1 USD value, resulting in no losses for users or the protocol. Only one position remains outstanding at $26,000. Users holding this position should contact Lista DAO.

Previously , Resolv Labs released an update on the security incident, stating that on March 22, a malicious attacker illegally accessed Resolv infrastructure using a stolen private key, minting approximately $80 million worth of unsecured USR. Currently, about 57% of the illegally minted USR has been removed.

George Town, Cayman Islands, June 18th, 2026, Chainwire

Atlas, a blockchain oracle infrastructure provider backed by CoinMarketCap, has announced live integrations with two cornerstone protocols of the BNB Chain ecosystem: Venus Protocol and Lista DAO. The integrations bring fully configurable, first-party price feeds to two of the network’s largest lending markets, replacing generic oracle infrastructure with feeds tailored to each protocol’s specific risk model.

Lending protocols, CDP systems, and spot DEXs operate under fundamentally different oracle requirements. A DEX settling a trade needs the tightest possible real-time price to execute swaps fairly. A lending protocol triggering a liquidation needs a price that is accurate but also resistant to short-term volatility and manipulation, so borrower positions are not closed unfairly on a brief market spike. A generic feed technically serves both, but is optimized for neither. Atlas addresses this by introducing configurability at the protocol level, tuning each integration to its specific liquidation mechanics, collateral types, and update requirements.

Most oracles in production today rely on second-hand data aggregated through opaque pipelines, with no reliable way to exclude thin or manipulated markets and no mechanism to tune feeds to a specific protocol’s needs. Atlas takes a different approach. Its foundational data infrastructure aggregates first-party pricing from 900+ sources, including 300+ centralized exchanges via direct WebSocket and API connections, and on-chain swaps parsed across 400+ DEXs on 80+ public chains through self-operated nodes. This depth supports outlier filtering, robust price discovery, and rapid coverage of long-tail and newly listed assets without manual onboarding delays. Atlas has also rolled out support for ERC-8056, the Scaled UI Amount standard, allowing it to serve as the oracle layer for tokens that adjust displayed balances via an updatable multiplier, extending its coverage to tokenized real-world assets and equity-style instruments.

Atlas’s proprietary Consensus Score mechanism goes a step further, attaching a live reliability rating to every price it delivers. Rather than a simple valid-or-invalid flag, it continuously scores each feed across several independent measures of quality, from how closely sources agree and how stable the price is over time to whether trading volume looks healthy or manipulated, and it flags trouble early enough for protocols to tighten risk controls before prices become unreliable. Every underlying source remains exposed to the customer, who defines their own sources, weights, and key pricing parameters. Because feeds are configurable rather than hardcoded, new integrations can typically go live in around a day, at a fraction of the operational cost of legacy oracle stacks.

Venus Protocol is one of BNB Chain’s longest-standing lending protocols, with billions in cumulative volume across every market cycle and a reputation for conservative collateral management and community-driven governance. Lista DAO, backed by YZi Labs (formerly Binance Labs), is BNB Chain’s leading lending and liquidity protocol with peak TVL of over $4.5 billion and hundreds of thousands of users across lending, earning, and stablecoin markets. The protocol combines CDP infrastructure, liquid staking for BNB, and the lisUSD stablecoin, with an isolated market architecture in which each market requires an independent feed and a failure in one must never cascade across the protocol. Through Atlas, both now benefit from deviation thresholds tuned to their liquidation mechanics, multi-source aggregation across CEX, DEX, and off-chain data, on-chain attestations with public uptime, and feeds calibrated to their specific collateral types and risk models.

Jin Choo, CEO of Atlas, commented, “Most oracle feeds in DeFi today are standard, plug-and-play infrastructure: they don’t source data first-party, they can’t reliably exclude outlier markets where liquidity is thin or distorted, and they can’t be tuned to how a specific protocol liquidates. Venus and Lista represent some of the most significant lending markets on BNB Chain, and the trust their users place in them depends on the precision of the data underneath. By routing their feeds through Atlas’s first-party infrastructure and tuning them to each protocol’s risk model, we’re giving these teams the control and resilience their architectures demand.”

Fred, CTO, Venus Labs, commented, “For Venus, oracle design is a core component of risk management. Atlas provides price feeds that strengthen the security, transparency, and resilience of our oracle infrastructure, helping ensure a more robust and reliable protocol.”

Terry, co-founder, Lista DAO, commented, “Lista requires oracle infrastructure that can adapt to the needs of each market. Atlas brings configurable first-party feeds that better fit our collateral types, liquidation parameters, and broader protocol design.”

Both integrations are now live. Developers and protocols interested in configurable price feeds can explore Atlas at (https://atlasoracle.io).

About Atlas

Atlas is a blockchain oracle infrastructure provider backed by CoinMarketCap. By leveraging first-party data directly from CoinMarketCap, Atlas provides configurable, permissionless data feeds secured by its proprietary Consensus Score mechanism. Atlas delivers high-frequency price feeds and data services to DeFi protocols, dApps, and institutional users across blockchain ecosystems.

About Venus Protocol

Venus Protocol, a leading decentralized lending protocol on BNB Chain. Founded in 2020 as the first lending protocol on the network, Venus supports over 30 assets and reached $2.8 billion in TVL in 2025. The protocol offers two products: Venus Core, the flagship product for participants seeking deep liquidity and broad asset coverage, and Venus Flux, a retail-focused product built for enhanced capital efficiency.

About Lista DAO

Lista DAO, a leading BNB Chain lending and liquidity protocol, backed by YZi Labs (Binance Labs), with peak TVL of over $4.5 billion and 80%+ market share in BNB liquid staking through slisBNB. The protocol unifies open lending infrastructure, liquid staking, and the lisUSD over-collateralized stablecoin into a single platform, powering one of the largest lending markets on the network.

Rubio: US and Iran to continue technical consultations at the end of this month

Multiple foreign media outlets reported on the 24th that US Secretary of State Rubio said technical teams from the United States and Iran will hold further talks in Switzerland by the end of June. (Xinhua News Agency)

5 hours ago

Over the past 24 hours, total crypto market liquidations hit $606 million, with more than 130,000 traders liquidated.

According to Coinglass data, the global cryptocurrency market recorded $606 million in liquidations over the past 24 hours, including $542 million in long-position liquidations and $68.22 million in short-position liquidations. A total of 135,785 traders worldwide were liquidated in the same period, with the largest single liquidation order occurring on Binance’s BTCUSDT trading pair, valued at $12.0111 million.

5 hours ago

Bitcoin falls below $60,000

According to HTX market data, Bitcoin has fallen below $60,000, with a 4.3% drop in the past 24 hours.

5 hours ago

US Treasury Secretary: AI boom may boost productivity and help curb inflation.

US Treasury Secretary Bessent told CNBC in an interview that he hopes the Federal Reserve will remain "open-minded" about the inflation pattern after the reversal of Iran-related energy price hikes. Bessent noted that the U.S. could enter an economic environment marked by high GDP growth without a corresponding rise in traditional inflation. He cited that in the 1990s, Alan Greenspan foresaw that office modernization and the internet could drive non-inflationary growth, and allowed the economy to keep expanding. Bessent believes the U.S. has a strong chance of seeing a similar scenario again. When asked whether the Fed still needs to worry about potential inflation and whether interest rate cuts are possible this year or next, Bessent declined to comment. However, he argued that it is necessary to stay open-minded about the price or inflation impacts from the Iran conflict, and monitor inflation performance after those effects subside. Bessent also said an open mind is needed, as the AI boom could boost productivity and deliver disinflationary effects, helping inflation return to the Fed’s target level. He added that he believes Kevin Warsh will choose the optimal path that meets both the Fed’s inflation and growth mandates. Bessent also noted that Warsh previously took a hawkish stance on inflation.

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US stocks' intraday storage sector sees broad declines, with Western Digital and Seagate Technology both falling over 4%.

According to Bitget data, during U.S. stock trading hours, the storage sector saw broad declines: Western Digital (WDC) fell 4.47%, Seagate Technology (STX) dropped 4.17%, SanDisk (SNDK) declined 2.31%, and Micron Technology (MU) edged down 0.96%. Most optical communication concept stocks rose, with Corning (GLW) leading the gains at 9.75%, followed by Ciena (CIEN) up 3.24%, Coherent (COHR) rising 2.93%, Lumentum (LITE) gaining 2.61%, and Nokia (NOK) advancing 1.82%. Additionally, Marvell Technology (MRVL) fell 2.59% and Applied Optoelectronics (AAOI) declined 1.90%.

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During intraday trading in U.S. stocks, crypto-related concept stocks fell broadly, with MSTR dropping more than 7%.

According to Bitget market data, the three major U.S. stock indexes rose broadly: the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 0.94%, the S&P 500 increased 0.60%, and the Nasdaq rose 0.63%. Crypto-related stocks fell across the board, with declines as follows: Strategy (MSTR) down 7.33%; Circle (CRCL) down 4.35%; Bitmine (BMNR) down 3.97%; Coinbase (COIN) down 3.73%; Robinhood (HOOD) down 3.70%; Gemini (GEMI) down 3.27%; Bullish (BLSH) down 3.25%; Sharplink (SBET) down 3.19%.

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Table of contents

While crypto markets struggled to find a floor on June 3rd, with Bitcoin and major altcoins sliding lower, a counterintuitive signal emerged from on-chain data. New wallet creation for a handful of altcoins — DEXE, Ethena (ENA), LayerZero (ZRO), Litentry (LIT), and Worldcoin (WLD) — spiked to their highest levels in at least three months, according to the Santiment update. According to the data provider, each of these projects registered new address counts in the top percentile for the past quarter. The simultaneous surge in fresh addresses suggests that rather than fleeing the market, a set of traders viewed the sell-off as an entry opportunity.

Network growth, as measured by the number of new addresses interacting with an asset for the first time, is one of the cleaner proxies for genuine adoption. It filters out exchange-based activity and focuses on blockchain-native interactions, making it a more reliable read on organic demand than raw transaction counts. When that number jumps across several unrelated projects during a single session — especially a session marked by market-wide declines — it often hints at capital rotating away from safety and into higher-risk altcoin positions.

The Composition of the Spike The five assets in question span a wide thematic range. DEXE operates in decentralized governance, Ethena in synthetic dollar infrastructure, LayerZero in cross-chain interoperability, Litentry in decentralized identity, and Worldcoin in proof-of-personhood. Few of them share an obvious catalyst, which makes the simultaneous network growth more notable. It suggests that the move was driven by a broader sentiment shift rather than a single project-specific announcement. For traders tracking altcoin ecosystem activity, this kind of broad-based uptick in adoption metrics often carries more weight than a single project’s price breakout.

Santiment pointed out that historically, major and sudden network expansion across multiple altcoins has preceded mid-term relief rallies. The data provider stopped short of calling a bottom, but noted that capital appeared to be flowing back into the altcoin sector. This observation aligns with earlier cycles where on-chain participation picked up while sentiment readings remained low, setting the stage for sharp altcoin moves in the following weeks.

What the Signal Can and Cannot Confirm A single day of elevated network growth does not guarantee sustained price recovery. New wallets could belong to speculators who entered, traded briefly, and exited. Some may have been created by airdrop farmers or bots testing contract interactions. Still, the clustering of high-creation days for five distinct assets on a market dip is difficult to dismiss as random noise. If network growth remains elevated over the next several sessions, it would strengthen the case for a genuine rotation. If it fades abruptly, the move would look more like a fleeting dip-buying impulse.

For now, the data puts these five projects on a watchlist for market participants trying to gauge whether the altcoin sector is building another relief leg or merely twitching in sympathy with short-term Bitcoin bounces. While the data provider’s historical framing offers a constructive backdrop, traders should remember that network growth is a leading indicator, not a coincident one. It can rise materially well before price catches up, and sometimes it never does if broader risk appetite fails to return. Market participants will likely cross-reference these on-chain prints with volume, open interest, and funding rates to determine whether altcoin sentiment is genuinely turning.

AUTHOR

Brenda is a writer with three years of experience specializing in cryptocurrency, artificial intelligence and emerging technologies. She graduated from the University of Mombasa with a degree in Psychology. She has worked at Cryptopolitan and Blockchain Reporter.

Rubio: US and Iran to continue technical consultations at the end of this month

Multiple foreign media outlets reported on the 24th that US Secretary of State Rubio said technical teams from the United States and Iran will hold further talks in Switzerland by the end of June. (Xinhua News Agency)

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Over the past 24 hours, total crypto market liquidations hit $606 million, with more than 130,000 traders liquidated.

According to Coinglass data, the global cryptocurrency market recorded $606 million in liquidations over the past 24 hours, including $542 million in long-position liquidations and $68.22 million in short-position liquidations. A total of 135,785 traders worldwide were liquidated in the same period, with the largest single liquidation order occurring on Binance’s BTCUSDT trading pair, valued at $12.0111 million.

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Bitcoin falls below $60,000

According to HTX market data, Bitcoin has fallen below $60,000, with a 4.3% drop in the past 24 hours.

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US Treasury Secretary: AI boom may boost productivity and help curb inflation.

US Treasury Secretary Bessent told CNBC in an interview that he hopes the Federal Reserve will remain "open-minded" about the inflation pattern after the reversal of Iran-related energy price hikes. Bessent noted that the U.S. could enter an economic environment marked by high GDP growth without a corresponding rise in traditional inflation. He cited that in the 1990s, Alan Greenspan foresaw that office modernization and the internet could drive non-inflationary growth, and allowed the economy to keep expanding. Bessent believes the U.S. has a strong chance of seeing a similar scenario again. When asked whether the Fed still needs to worry about potential inflation and whether interest rate cuts are possible this year or next, Bessent declined to comment. However, he argued that it is necessary to stay open-minded about the price or inflation impacts from the Iran conflict, and monitor inflation performance after those effects subside. Bessent also said an open mind is needed, as the AI boom could boost productivity and deliver disinflationary effects, helping inflation return to the Fed’s target level. He added that he believes Kevin Warsh will choose the optimal path that meets both the Fed’s inflation and growth mandates. Bessent also noted that Warsh previously took a hawkish stance on inflation.

5 hours ago

US stocks' intraday storage sector sees broad declines, with Western Digital and Seagate Technology both falling over 4%.

According to Bitget data, during U.S. stock trading hours, the storage sector saw broad declines: Western Digital (WDC) fell 4.47%, Seagate Technology (STX) dropped 4.17%, SanDisk (SNDK) declined 2.31%, and Micron Technology (MU) edged down 0.96%. Most optical communication concept stocks rose, with Corning (GLW) leading the gains at 9.75%, followed by Ciena (CIEN) up 3.24%, Coherent (COHR) rising 2.93%, Lumentum (LITE) gaining 2.61%, and Nokia (NOK) advancing 1.82%. Additionally, Marvell Technology (MRVL) fell 2.59% and Applied Optoelectronics (AAOI) declined 1.90%.

5 hours ago

During intraday trading in U.S. stocks, crypto-related concept stocks fell broadly, with MSTR dropping more than 7%.

According to Bitget market data, the three major U.S. stock indexes rose broadly: the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 0.94%, the S&P 500 increased 0.60%, and the Nasdaq rose 0.63%. Crypto-related stocks fell across the board, with declines as follows: Strategy (MSTR) down 7.33%; Circle (CRCL) down 4.35%; Bitmine (BMNR) down 3.97%; Coinbase (COIN) down 3.73%; Robinhood (HOOD) down 3.70%; Gemini (GEMI) down 3.27%; Bullish (BLSH) down 3.25%; Sharplink (SBET) down 3.19%.

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Cross-chain transactions move billions of dollars every month, and until now, tracking all of that activity in one place has been roughly as easy as assembling IKEA furniture without instructions. Allium Labs just changed that.

The blockchain data firm launched its Interoperability Dashboard on June 9, built in partnership with LayerZero. The tool tracks cross-chain volume, messages sent, unique wallets, market share, and chain-to-chain flows across six major General Message Passing protocols. It’s publicly available at digital-asset-interoperability.com.

What the dashboard actually tracks The six GMP protocols covered are LayerZero, Chainlink, Hyperlane, Socket, Axelar, and Wormhole. Circle’s Cross-Chain Transfer Protocol, better known as CCTP, is also tracked separately as a standalone solution.

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The early numbers are striking. Over the 30 days leading up to launch, the dashboard recorded between $7.9B and $8.2B in GMP volume. More than 81,000 to 87,000 unique wallets participated in cross-chain activity during that same window.

LayerZero’s dominance is hard to ignore Perhaps the most eye-catching data point from the dashboard’s initial readout is LayerZero’s market share. The protocol accounted for 85.7% of all tracked GMP volume over that 30-day period.

LayerZero originally launched its mainnet in 2022 and shipped its v2 upgrade in early 2024. The remaining five protocols, Chainlink, Hyperlane, Socket, Axelar, and Wormhole, are splitting roughly 14.3% of tracked volume among them.

Why this matters beyond the data nerds Allium Labs has raised $21.5M in total funding, including a $16.5M Series A round closed in July 2024. Its data infrastructure already serves institutional clients like Visa and Uniswap.

For developers building multi-chain applications, the dashboard provides a data-driven way to choose which messaging protocol to integrate, with actual usage patterns, wallet counts, and volume flows available to inform architecture decisions.

For investors watching the interoperability narrative, the dashboard creates a new set of leading indicators worth monitoring. A sudden shift in market share between protocols could signal technology advantages, partnership wins, or security concerns before they show up in token prices. A spike in unique wallets might indicate genuine adoption rather than wash activity. And chain-to-chain flow data could reveal which Layer 1s and Layer 2s are gaining or losing mindshare in real time.

The 85.7% concentration in a single protocol means the cross-chain ecosystem has a significant single point of dependency. If LayerZero were to experience a major exploit or outage, the ripple effects across the broader interoperability landscape would be substantial, precisely because so much volume flows through one pipe.

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Flare co-founder Hugo Philion has confirmed that the team is exploring a LayerZero Decentralized Verifier Network. 

Summary

Flare is exploring a LayerZero DVN, but Philion has not confirmed FXRP support for Cardano. A Flare-operated verifier could authenticate cross-chain messages while applications choose their required security configuration independently. FXRP already supports XRP-based lending, vaults and liquidity across Flare’s expanding decentralized finance ecosystem. His remarks followed a community proposal involving FXRP and the Cardano ecosystem. Philion did not confirm that Flare plans to bring FXRP to Cardano. The discussion remains at an early stage, with no launch date, technical plan or formal partnership announced.

Flare examines a LayerZero verifier network An XRP community member suggested that Flare create an official LayerZero DVN. The user argued that the infrastructure could support a secure route for FXRP to reach Cardano-based applications.

“Can’t comment on whether FXRP will go to Cardano,” Philion said.

He added that Flare was “actively exploring” the DVN proposal. His statement confirms work around verifier infrastructure, but it does not establish that FXRP will launch on Cardano.

Can’t comment on whether FXRP will go to Cardano but funny you say that re the DVN. It’s certainly something we are actively exploring.

— Hugo Philion (@HugoPhilion) June 9, 2026 LayerZero DVNs independently verify messages moving between supported blockchains. Applications can select the verifier networks they trust and set the number of approvals required before completing a cross-chain action.

FXRP could extend XRP use beyond Flare FXRP represents XRP within Flare’s smart-contract ecosystem. Users can mint it against XRP and deploy it across lending markets, liquidity pools, vaults and other decentralized finance services.

Flare activated FXRP on its mainnet in September 2025. Its supply later passed 100 million tokens, with much of the capital used across staking, lending and structured yield products.

Bringing FXRP to another ecosystem would require technical support on both sides. LayerZero documentation states that a selected DVN must operate on the source and destination chains before it can verify a pathway.

Cardano support therefore remains uncertain. Neither Flare nor Cardano has announced an integration, and Philion’s post did not confirm that LayerZero currently provides the required Cardano route.

Philion calls for wider blockchain cooperation Philion’s comments followed earlier public disputes with Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson over Bitcoin and XRP interoperability. The two executives previously disagreed over whether networks should build separate bridging systems or use shared infrastructure.

In his latest post, Philion welcomed Hoskinson’s renewed industry activity. He said the sector benefits from the presence of Hoskinson, Cardano and the Midnight privacy network.

It’s nice to see @IOHK_Charles back in the saddle.
I have disagreed with him in the past regarding duplication of work on XRP & BTC interoperability – my position is that networks can just use FXRP & FBTC via @LayerZero_Core .
More importantly this space would be worse off…

— Hugo Philion (@HugoPhilion) June 9, 2026 Philion also argued that Cardano could use existing assets such as FXRP and FBTC through LayerZero instead of creating separate versions. That proposal reflects his preferred approach but does not represent an agreement between the projects.

As crypto.news reported, Flare integrated LayerZero V2 in 2024, connecting the network to dozens of blockchain ecosystems. At the time, Philion said Flare could eventually operate as a DVN and support cross-chain markets involving assets such as XRP and Bitcoin.

The latest remarks bring that earlier plan back into focus. However, FXRP-on-Cardano remains speculation until Flare, Cardano or LayerZero publishes a formal deployment plan.

The crypto market will welcome tokens worth more than $670.7 million in the third week of June 2026. Major projects, including LayerZero (ZRO), Spark (SPK), and Kaito (KAITO), will release significant new token supplies. 

These unlocks could introduce market volatility and influence short-term price movements. So, here’s a breakdown of what to watch.

1. LayerZero (ZRO) Unlock Date: June 20 Number of Tokens to be Unlocked: 25.71 million ZRO Released Supply: 532.79 million ZRO Total Supply: 1 billion ZRO LayerZero is an interoperability protocol that connects different blockchains. Its primary goal is to facilitate seamless cross-chain communication. Thus, it enables decentralized applications (dApps) to interact across multiple blockchains without relying on traditional bridging models.

The team will unlock 25.71 million tokens on June 20, representing 4.83% of the released supply. Moreover, the supply is worth approximately $23.16 million.

ZRO Crypto Token Unlock in June. Source: TokenomistLayerZero will award 13.42 million altcoins to strategic partners. Core contributors will get 10.63 million ZRO. Lastly, 1.67 million ZRO are for tokens repurchased by the team.

2. Spark (SPK) Unlock Date: June 17 Number of Tokens to be Unlocked: 900 million SPK Released Supply: 3.3 billion SPK Total Supply: 10 billion SPK Spark is a DeFi protocol that acts as an on-chain capital allocator, deploying stablecoin liquidity across DeFi, CeFi, and real-world assets. SPK is its ERC-20 governance and staking token.

On June 17, Spark will unlock 900 million tokens into the market. The tokens are worth $17.8 million and represent 27.08% of the current released supply.

SPK Crypto Token Unlock in April. Source: TokenomistThe network will direct 600 million SPK to the ecosystem. Moreover, the team will gain 300 million tokens.

3. Kaito (KAITO) Unlock Date: June 20 Number of Tokens to be Unlocked: 17.6 million KAITO Released Supply: 391.88 million KAITO Total Supply: 1 billion KAITO Kaito is an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered Web3 information platform that aggregates and analyzes cryptocurrency market data from diverse sources like social media, governance forums, news, and more. The KAITO token serves as a medium of exchange, governance tool, and incentive mechanism within the platform. 

On June 20, the team will unlock 17.6 million tokens, representing 4.49% of the current released supply. The supply is worth approximately $7.4 million.

KAITO Crypto Token Unlock in June. Source: TokenomistThe foundation will receive 1.19 million tokens. Core contributions will get 6.94 million tokens. Furthermore, early backers will receive 2.31 million KAITO. Finally, the team will direct 7.16 million KAITO for ecosystem and network growth.

In addition to these, other prominent unlocks investors can look out for in the third week of June include Sei (SEI), Arbitrum (ARB), YZY (YZY), and more, which will contribute to the overall market-wide releases.

Rubio: US and Iran to continue technical consultations at the end of this month

Multiple foreign media outlets reported on the 24th that US Secretary of State Rubio said technical teams from the United States and Iran will hold further talks in Switzerland by the end of June. (Xinhua News Agency)

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Over the past 24 hours, total crypto market liquidations hit $606 million, with more than 130,000 traders liquidated.

According to Coinglass data, the global cryptocurrency market recorded $606 million in liquidations over the past 24 hours, including $542 million in long-position liquidations and $68.22 million in short-position liquidations. A total of 135,785 traders worldwide were liquidated in the same period, with the largest single liquidation order occurring on Binance’s BTCUSDT trading pair, valued at $12.0111 million.

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Bitcoin falls below $60,000

According to HTX market data, Bitcoin has fallen below $60,000, with a 4.3% drop in the past 24 hours.

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US Treasury Secretary: AI boom may boost productivity and help curb inflation.

US Treasury Secretary Bessent told CNBC in an interview that he hopes the Federal Reserve will remain "open-minded" about the inflation pattern after the reversal of Iran-related energy price hikes. Bessent noted that the U.S. could enter an economic environment marked by high GDP growth without a corresponding rise in traditional inflation. He cited that in the 1990s, Alan Greenspan foresaw that office modernization and the internet could drive non-inflationary growth, and allowed the economy to keep expanding. Bessent believes the U.S. has a strong chance of seeing a similar scenario again. When asked whether the Fed still needs to worry about potential inflation and whether interest rate cuts are possible this year or next, Bessent declined to comment. However, he argued that it is necessary to stay open-minded about the price or inflation impacts from the Iran conflict, and monitor inflation performance after those effects subside. Bessent also said an open mind is needed, as the AI boom could boost productivity and deliver disinflationary effects, helping inflation return to the Fed’s target level. He added that he believes Kevin Warsh will choose the optimal path that meets both the Fed’s inflation and growth mandates. Bessent also noted that Warsh previously took a hawkish stance on inflation.

5 hours ago

US stocks' intraday storage sector sees broad declines, with Western Digital and Seagate Technology both falling over 4%.

According to Bitget data, during U.S. stock trading hours, the storage sector saw broad declines: Western Digital (WDC) fell 4.47%, Seagate Technology (STX) dropped 4.17%, SanDisk (SNDK) declined 2.31%, and Micron Technology (MU) edged down 0.96%. Most optical communication concept stocks rose, with Corning (GLW) leading the gains at 9.75%, followed by Ciena (CIEN) up 3.24%, Coherent (COHR) rising 2.93%, Lumentum (LITE) gaining 2.61%, and Nokia (NOK) advancing 1.82%. Additionally, Marvell Technology (MRVL) fell 2.59% and Applied Optoelectronics (AAOI) declined 1.90%.

5 hours ago

During intraday trading in U.S. stocks, crypto-related concept stocks fell broadly, with MSTR dropping more than 7%.

According to Bitget market data, the three major U.S. stock indexes rose broadly: the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 0.94%, the S&P 500 increased 0.60%, and the Nasdaq rose 0.63%. Crypto-related stocks fell across the board, with declines as follows: Strategy (MSTR) down 7.33%; Circle (CRCL) down 4.35%; Bitmine (BMNR) down 3.97%; Coinbase (COIN) down 3.73%; Robinhood (HOOD) down 3.70%; Gemini (GEMI) down 3.27%; Bullish (BLSH) down 3.25%; Sharplink (SBET) down 3.19%.

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Altcoins

17 June 2026 | 03:36 LayerZero's next move goes well beyond cross-chain bridging — and the institutions backing the Zero blockchain suggest Wall Street is paying attention.

Key takeaways:
25.71M ZRO tokens unlock on June 20 — 4.83% of supply, ~$23M — into a market where whales have been selling LayerZero’s Zero L1 (Fall 2026) targets 2M TPS, backed by Citadel, DTCC, and NYSE A fee-switch vote this month could permanently burn all protocol fees — right as new supply hits After mainnet, ZRO becomes mandatory gas for every transaction on Zero — governance token no more Cross-chain bridging stopped being a competitive advantage sometime around 2024. Protocols built around moving assets between blockchains eventually discovered they were competing in a commoditized market. Every major chain now supports bridging, fees have compressed, and periodic security failures continue to erode trust. LayerZero processed over $200 billion in lifetime cross-chain volume and controls roughly 85% of the cross-chain messaging market, but the company’s leadership made a calculated bet that market dominance in a low-margin category is not a durable business. The answer is “Zero” — a proprietary Layer-1 blockchain with institutional backers from traditional finance, a technical architecture targeting 2 million transactions per second, and a token model that transforms ZRO from a governance chip into mandatory network fuel.

The timing is difficult. A token unlock of 25.71 million ZRO hits on June 20 — approximately 4.83% of circulating supply entering the market at a moment when whale wallets have been reducing exposure and retail accumulation has stalled. A mandatory fee-switch governance vote is also scheduled for June 2026.Price action paints a less optimistic picture: ZRO closed at $1.0778 on June 16, sitting below all three major moving averages with the 14-day RSI signal line near 34-35 — technically close to oversold territory, but without a clear catalyst for a sustained reversal before the unlock date.

Lifetime volume

$200B+

Daily transfers

$293M

Messaging market share

85%

Total value locked

$7.54B

TVL by chain

Ethereum
$7.16B

Base
$73.4M

Arbitrum
$68.6M

Source: DefiLlama, June 2026

Why bridging alone stopped being a business The cross-chain interoperability market is not shrinking — daily transaction volume across all protocols is growing. But the value captured by any individual protocol is being compressed by three forces: security incidents have trained institutions to treat bridge integrations as a liability rather than a feature; zero-knowledge proof systems are beginning to make native chain-to-chain communication viable without intermediary protocols; and the institutional tokenization wave requires compliance infrastructure that generic bridges were never designed to provide.

LayerZero’s response was not defensive. Rather than optimizing an existing product category, the company announced in February 2026 that it was building Zero — a new chain explicitly targeting the tokenization of traditional financial assets. The infrastructure it describes is not a crypto-native DeFi platform. It is designed for the settlement of stocks, bonds, and private credit, running at speeds that far exceed those of existing public blockchains.

The Wall Street backing that changes the story What separates the Zero announcement from hundreds of other Layer-1 launches is the list of institutions involved. Revealed at LayerZero’s “Day Zero” event in New York, the backing includes Citadel Securities — the world’s largest market maker, handling roughly 25% of US equity volume — which made a direct strategic equity and ZRO token investment specifically to optimize high-frequency trading execution. The DTCC, which clears virtually all U.S. securities transactions, and the Intercontinental Exchange, parent company of the NYSE, are both heavily involved. Former BNY Mellon leadership and current ICE executives have formally joined Zero’s advisory board. Cathie Wood from ARK Invest has taken a personal board seat to guide the protocol’s regulatory compliance framework, not a fund allocation. Google Cloud is the primary infrastructure partner, responsible for the enterprise-grade uptime that financial counterparties require before putting live securities on any network.

Institutional capital behind Zero L1

Institution Role Why it matters Citadel Securities Equity + ZRO token investment World’s largest market maker; ~25% of US equity volume. Optimising HFT execution on Zero. DTCC Strategic partner Clears 99% of global securities trades. Credibility no crypto-native VC can provide. ICE / NYSE Advisory board Former BNY Mellon and current ICE executives formally seated on Zero’s board. ARK Invest Equity; Cathie Wood on board Guides regulatory compliance framework. Personal seat, not a fund allocation. Tether Strategic investor Provides stablecoin liquidity infrastructure across the Zero network. Google Cloud Infrastructure partner Enterprise-grade uptime and global validator node distribution. Source: LayerZero “Day Zero” event, New York, February 2026

The more important detail is how LayerZero assembled its investor base. LayerZero deliberately bypassed crypto-native venture capital in favor of institutions that already process traditional financial transactions at scale. These are not speculative bets on a token price; they are infrastructure investments in a network these firms intend to operate on.

Key events — ZRO / Zero L1, 2026

Feb 2026

“Day Zero” event — New York

Zero L1 announced. Citadel Securities, DTCC, ICE, ARK Invest, Tether, and Google Cloud revealed as strategic partners. 2M TPS target and Jolt ZK architecture presented. Live demo: 30M Ethereum-equivalent transactions verified in under 30 seconds on consumer hardware.

Ongoing

Canton Network + Particula integrations active

Tokenized bonds, digital equities, and private credit routing from Canton to 165+ public chains. Particula risk passports travel natively with assets at the protocol level — live infrastructure, not a roadmap item.

June 2026

Fee switch governance vote

Mandatory on-chain referendum every six months. If activated: all cross-chain transaction fees are permanently burned — a direct deflationary link to protocol usage volume. Community historically divided.

20 Jun

Token unlock — 25.71M ZRO (~$23M)

4.83% of circulating supply enters the market. On-chain data: whale wallets reducing exposure, retail accumulation stalled, futures open interest ~$85M far exceeding spot volume. Sell pressure is the base case unless organic demand expands first.

Fall 2026

Zero L1 mainnet launch

ZRO becomes mandatory gas for all Zero transactions. Three zones go live: EVM general-purpose, HFT institutional, compliance-ready payments. All 165-chain routing volume becomes a pipeline feeding Zero — every message requires ZRO.

The architecture: why 2 million TPS is a different category of problem Standard Layer-1 blockchains are constrained by what engineers call the “universal replication requirement”: every node in the network must process and verify every transaction. Ethereum’s practical throughput under normal conditions sits at 15-30 transactions per second. Even with aggressive optimization, public chains rarely exceed 10,000 TPS without compromising decentralization by restricting who can participate as a validator.

Zero solves this by treating the network as a “multi-core world computer” that separates transaction execution from data settlement. The network launches with three parallel zones — a general-purpose EVM environment, a dedicated high-frequency trading zone optimized for institutional execution, and a compliance-ready private payments zone for regulated institutions. Each zone runs parallel compute tracks rather than a sequential block model. They don’t wait for each other.

The cryptographic layer underneath is what keeps decentralization intact at that scale. Zero-knowledge proofs generated via the Jolt virtual machine framework allow high-performance block producers to do the heavy computation and generate proofs of state changes, while validators running on Raspberry Pi-class hardware simply verify those proofs — without re-executing the transactions themselves. Verification of a ZK proof is orders of magnitude cheaper than re-execution of the computation that produced it. At the February 2026 New York demonstration, LayerZero verified 30 million Ethereum-equivalent transactions in under 30 seconds on consumer-grade devices.

Zero L1 — “multi-core” execution model

Zone 1 — DeFi / EVM

General-purpose Ethereum-compatible. Parallel compute tracks — no sequential block constraint.

Zone 2 — HFT

Dedicated high-frequency trading. Citadel Securities integration target. Sub-millisecond settlement.

Zone 3 — Privacy

Compliance-ready payments for regulated institutions. Privacy controls without leaving the network.

↓ each zone generates cryptographic transaction proofs

Jolt zk-VM proving framework

High-performance block producers generate zero-knowledge proofs of all state changes. Demo, New York Feb 2026: 30M Ethereum-equivalent transactions verified in under 30 seconds.

↓ atomic settlement — proofs passed to validators

Lightweight block validators

Consumer-grade hardware (Raspberry Pi-class) verifies proofs without re-executing transactions. Decentralisation preserved because validation is cheap enough for any participant to run a node.

2,000,000 TPS

target throughput per zone

$0.000001

target execution fee per transaction 

How traditional finance connects technically to Zero LayerZero has not waited for Zero’s mainnet to begin building institutional infrastructure. Two integrations in the current protocol already create the foundation for what Zero is intended to expand.

The Canton Network integration connects LayerZero’s interoperability layer directly to the private blockchain network used by institutional asset managers. Banks and issuers operating on Canton can now route tokenized bonds, digital equities, and private credit funds to any of the 165+ public blockchains in LayerZero’s existing network. The reverse flow also works — investors on public chains can fund Canton-ledger purchases using common public stablecoins. This is live infrastructure, not a roadmap item.

The Particula integration addresses a problem that has blocked regulated asset tokenization for years: fragmented compliance data. When a tokenized bond moves between chains, compliance records, risk classifications, and lifecycle data historically had to be tracked separately on each chain, creating audit gaps that regulators and issuers found unacceptable. Under the Particula integration, an asset’s risk passport travels natively with the token across every transfer via LayerZero’s OFT standard. Compliance data remains embedded at the protocol level rather than being managed separately by each chain’s custodian.

What happens to ZRO: from governance chip to network fuel ZRO’s current utility is primarily governance: holders vote on protocol decisions, including the semi-annual fee-switch referendum. That is a thin economic model for a network processing $293 million per day. The Zero mainnet changes the calculus directly.

Upon launch, ZRO becomes the mandatory native gas asset for all transactions on the Zero L1 network. Every settlement, every trade, every message routed through Zero requires it. The company describes the broader effect as a “Trojan Horse” — years spent building network effects across 165 chains now become routing pipelines feeding back into Zero, where ZRO is the required medium of exchange for all of that activity.

ZRO today

ZRO after Zero L1 mainnet

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Governance voting on protocol decisions

–

Semi-annual fee switch referendum participation

–

Speculative exposure to protocol growth

–

No mandatory demand mechanism tied to volume

+

Mandatory gas for every Zero L1 transaction

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Required staking asset for network validators

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All 165-chain routing volume funnels to Zero — every message requires ZRO

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Potential burn mechanism if fee switch activates

This change in token utility is central to the long-term bull case for ZRO.  ZRO moves from a thin governance instrument with no mandatory demand floor to the fuel layer of a network processing institutional settlement volume. Whether that shift is priced in before or after mainnet is the open question.

ZRO: What the Chart Says Before the Unlock ZRO closed at $1.0778 on June 16, sitting below all three major moving averages simultaneously — the 50-day SMA at $1.2386, the 100-day at $1.5852, and the 200-day at $1.5912. All three are sloping downward. The price structure from April through early June is a consistent series of lower highs and lower lows, with the early June bottom approaching the $0.80 level before a partial recovery to current levels. The 7-day gain of 26.87% reflects that bounce from the June floor — not a structural trend reversal.

The RSI signal line at 34.57 places it close to oversold territory, but without a bullish divergence between the signal line and the June price lows, the reading does not confirm an impending reversal — it only indicates the token has sold off significantly. Open interest on ZRO perpetual futures near $85 million far exceeds spot volume, meaning short-term price movement responds more to derivatives positioning and potential short squeezes than to organic accumulation. The $1.00 level is the immediate psychological support. A sustained close below it before or around the June 20 unlock would bring the $0.80 June lows back into the picture. To the upside, the SMA 50 at $1.2386 is the first material resistance, with the SMA 100 and 200 clustered between $1.58 and $1.59 representing a ceiling that requires a significant fundamental catalyst to clear.

ZRO / USD — Daily

Close: Jun 16, 2026

$1.0778

-3.54% day · -4.86% 24h · +26.87% 7d

Moving averages — all bearish

SMA 50
$1.2386 ↓

SMA 100
$1.5852 ↓

SMA 200
$1.5912 ↓

Price has not closed above SMA 50 since April 2026. All three averages slope downward.

RSI (14) — near oversold

RSI (14, close)
49.51

Signal line
34.57

30 oversold
50 neutral
70 overbought

Signal near oversold but no bullish divergence from the June lows.

Key price levels

Resistance 1

$1.20

SMA 50 zone

Resistance 2

$1.58–59

SMA 100/200

Support

$1.00

Psychological

June low

~$0.80

Structural floor

Open interest on ZRO perpetual futures: ~$85M — significantly larger than spot volume. Short-term price action is more sensitive to derivatives positioning than organic demand. The June 20 unlock is the immediate structural risk. 

Bull and bear case: the same data, read differently Factor Bull case Bear case Institutional partners Citadel and DTCC don’t make speculative bets — real infrastructure intent behind equity positions. Institutions can use the network without buying ZRO. Partnership does not equal token demand. Zero L1 mainnet ZRO becomes mandatory gas. Every transaction on Zero requires it — entire 165-chain liquidity base funnels in. Mainnet is Fall 2026. The market can price out expectations multiple times before launch. June 20 unlock If organic demand grows alongside supply, 4.83% dilution gets absorbed — as happened at earlier unlocks. Whale reduction + stalled retail + $23M unlock = three simultaneous headwinds on a structurally weak chart. Fee switch vote Activation links protocol volume directly to supply reduction — deflationary pressure enters exactly as new supply hits. Vote may not pass. Previous cycles show a divided community on permanent fee activation. BTC dominance ~59% Capital rotation from BTC to altcoins gives ZRO a real infrastructure narrative to attract institutional flows. Sustained BTC dominance keeps retail capital concentrated. Altcoin demand stays thin without a macro catalyst. At present, three risks converge simultaneously: a large token unlock, an uncertain governance vote, and a chart that has yet to confirm a trend reversal. On-chain analysts tracking whale wallet data note that price recoveries since April have been driven primarily by futures positioning rather than spot accumulation.

The institutional story is real — Citadel Securities and the DTCC do not make performative investments — but institutional partnerships do not directly translate to token demand unless the Zero L1 network achieves meaningful transaction volume, which will not be testable until Fall 2026. The gap between now and that test is where the bear case lives. Whether LayerZero successfully converts its existing infrastructure position into a functioning institutional settlement layer will determine whether ZRO eventually trades on fundamentals rather than derivatives positioning. The architecture is credible. The institutional backing is credible. The market environment between now and mainnet is far less certain.

This article is for informational purposes only and does not constitute financial advice. Consult a professional before making investment decisions.

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Alex is Editor-in-Chief of Coindoo and co-founder of Millennial Media Group, with nearly a decade of experience covering financial markets - crypto first, then everything else. It started in 2016 with Bitcoin. Like most people at the time, he didn't fully understand it - so he kept digging. Blockchain, tokenomics, the projects, the cycles. That curiosity never stopped, and eventually pulled him into traditional markets too: equities, commodities, macro. Not because he left crypto behind, but because you can't properly understand one without the other. What drives him is straightforward: he wants to know why something is happening, not just that it's happening. Most market coverage stops at the headline - price up, price down, here's a chart. Alex finds that kind of reporting actively unhelpful. If you walk away from an article without understanding the mechanism behind the move, what did you actually learn? He holds a degree in Tourism from New Bulgarian University - not the most obvious path into financial markets, but markets have a way of pulling in people who are simply too curious to stay out. He has authored over 200 in-depth analyses and more than 10,000 articles across crypto and traditional finance. He still thinks every day in markets teaches him something new. That's probably why he hasn't stopped.

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