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Odaily News: Nigerian President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has signed an executive order to coordinate virtual asset regulation, enhance cooperation between the country's financial, tax, and capital market institutions, and address the fragmentation of digital asset regulation. The executive order establishes a Virtual Assets Committee composed of heads from Nigeria's major financial regulatory agencies to guide relevant policies. Nigeria's tax authority will update digital asset policies and provide more details on the impact on taxpayers. Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President, stated that the executive order does not create new regulatory agencies nor transfer powers between agencies; each institution retains its statutory duties and independence, and registration requirements will be determined based on the nature of the activity and the assets involved. A June report from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) shows that since 2019, Nigeria has accounted for approximately 60% of stablecoin inflows in Sub-Saharan Africa; between July 2023 and June 2024, the country's cryptocurrency inflows reached approximately $59 billion.
Odaily News According to on-chain analyst Ai Yi's monitoring, the whale "Set 10 Big Goals First" has started to turn bullish on Bitcoin and bearish on US AI stocks. He stated that the reason all four trades since June 25 have been long positions is his anticipation that BTC will initiate a new round of upward movement, while the corresponding US AI/tech stock sector may face a major correction. Based on this judgment, he will treat the long position opened on July 18 (69.4 BTC) as a medium-to-long-term position, without ruling out the possibility of changing strategy midway.
Murphy stated Bitcoin option implied volatility is currently extremely low, with a 1-week IV of 33% and a 1-month IV of 34%, both below the historical range of 40%, potentially signaling significant price swings. According to Murphy’s statistics, similar situations have occurred twice in the past year: in early January, after IV fell below 40%, BTC dropped from $97,000 to $62,000 within 15 days; in late April, after IV fell below 40%, BTC dropped from $82,000 to $60,000 within 14 days; and after June 15, BTC dropped from $66,000 to $58,000. Murphy pointed out that low IV is related to market consensus, the accumulation of volatility arbitrage funds, and the short gamma mechanism of market makers, which may amplify the impact of unexpected events, and reminded contract traders to be prepared.
According to Bank of America Securities' July 17 Flow Report, the BofA Bull & Bear Indicator rose from 9.4 to 9.6, further entering extreme bullish territory; historically, an indicator reading above 8.0 is a sell signal. Semiconductor ETFs have recorded year-to-date inflows of $46 billion, accounting for 31% of AUM, while tech funds saw record inflows of $48 billion over the past three weeks. However, the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index has fallen approximately 20% from its June highs, indicating a significant divergence between flows and prices. BofA believes the current market has entered a "topping" zone and recommends reducing equity exposure, retreating or rotating into duration, defensive sectors, high dividends, and the US dollar. The report also notes that investors' extreme optimism is built on three fragile assumptions: an economic "no-landing," the Fed will not raise rates, and hyperscalers will not cut AI capital expenditure—all three of which could be broken. BofA provides specific observation anchors: retreat if the Mag 7 Index (MAGS) falls below 65, while a breakthrough above 70 is the signal to re-enter.
Odaily Odaily News: Last week, Circle President Heath Tarbert addressed doubts regarding CRCL's stock price falling from $260 to $62 in an interview. Heath Tarbert stated at the time that the company is focused on long-term development, and if it can achieve its mission of building a full-stack internet platform infrastructure, the stock price will reflect its value in the long run.However, Circle Form 4 filings show that since his first sale of CRCL in June 2025, Heath Tarbert has sold CRCL 10 times in total, cashing out approximately $30.77 million, without ever making any purchases to increase his holdings.
Odaily reports, according to on-chain analyst Ai Yi's monitoring, the Ondo team-associated address (0xEA5...5e1) received 150 million ONDO from the Ondo team multi-signature address on June 23, and 11 hours ago deposited 26.05 million ONDO (worth $9.79 million) to Coinbase. This matches the previous operational pattern of "receiving tokens, holding for a period, then transferring to the exchange," and the purpose remains unknown.
Odaily Odaily News Bloomberg Senior ETF Analyst Eric Balchunas stated on platform X that the US ETF market is experiencing unprecedented expansion. A total of 242 ETFs were launched in June this year, setting a new single-month issuance record, equivalent to approximately 11 new products per day. In the first half of 2026, the number of newly added ETFs reached 730. At the current pace, the full-year total could surpass 1,450, significantly surpassing last year's record.Eric Balchunas particularly highlighted the aggressive expansion strategy of emerging issuer Corgi. Data shows that Corgi launched over 100 ETFs in June, already ranking as the sixth-largest ETF issuer. If the current issuance pace continues (the company still has about 350 ETFs in the registration stage), Corgi could overtake BlackRock by the end of this year to become the issuer with the highest number of ETFs in the market.Balchunas noted that it took BlackRock over 20 years to build its current ETF product lineup, whereas Corgi may achieve a similar scale in less than a year. However, growth in quantity does not necessarily mean a corresponding increase in capital inflow. Currently, some of Corgi's ETFs have attracted a certain amount of capital, but most products are still in a market cultivation phase. The average asset size of its ETF portfolio is approximately $4 million, compared to the overall ETF industry average of about $3 billion. Corgi still faces a significant challenge in attracting assets. Balchunas described Corgi's mass issuance strategy as "extremely bold," and its rapid expansion has undoubtedly become one of the most attention-grabbing phenomena in the current ETF market.
Odaily Odaily reports: According to on-chain analyst Ai Yi's monitoring, a whale that previously accumulated 200,000 HYPE in June has withdrawn an additional 20,000 HYPE (worth $1.18 million) from the exchange after a 4-week hiatus. Since June 11, this whale has accumulated a total of 220,000 HYPE, with a total value of $14.85 million. The average withdrawal price is $67.51, and the current unrealized loss stands at $1.945 million.
According to TechFlow Research, JPMorgan's quantitative report on July 16 noted that the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index has cumulatively declined by approximately 19% since its high on June 22, but quantitative models indicate that the unwinding of crowding in AI-related sectors is not yet complete. The "AI Bubble Interest Score" tracked by the model remains in the historical highest range; at this level, the probability of SOX falling another 8% or more in the short term exceeds 50%. JPMorgan provided a quantifiable entry signal: only when the score falls out of the historical highest range is it truly time to consider scaling in. Before this, every rebound may be pressed back by panic narratives. For US stock investors, now is not the time to add positions; it is recommended to wait for the window in mid-August, or use put options and defensive sectors to hedge. For A-share investors, the volatility of the domestic AI sector is higher; the same logic can be applied, waiting for clearer right-side signals, with the August earnings period being the key window.
on-chain analyst Ai Yi posted on platform X, stating that the US AI semiconductor sector has fallen again. The Philadelphia Semiconductor Index dropped 4.3% in a single day, accumulating a correction of over 22% from its mid-June high and entering a technical bear market. The long-biased investor "Caveman" asssdfc, who held a basket of tech and semiconductor stocks, has liquidated their positions this morning, with the account experiencing overall floating losses exceeding $10.4 million over the past 30 days.
OdailyOdaily Planet Daily News The U.S. Senate has passed a resolution opposing an administrative pardon for former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried. The non-binding measure states that Bankman-Fried should not receive an administrative pardon and reaffirms the Senate's commitment to the rule of law and the integrity of the U.S. financial system. The resolution was introduced by Senator Ruben Gallego on June 17, with Senator Cynthia Lummis as a co-sponsor, opposing any federal pardon for Bankman-Fried, including a presidential pardon or commutation of sentence. A simple Senate resolution does not require approval from the House of Representatives or the President and carries no legal force. Bankman-Fried was sentenced to 25 years in federal prison in March 2024 on charges of fraud and conspiracy related to the collapse of FTX in 2022. Speculation intensified after he applied for a pardon from Donald Trump in June 2026, with Department of Justice records showing the request is pending. Polymarket traders currently place the probability of Donald Trump pardoning Bankman-Fried before July 31 at less than 1%. The trading volume for this market exceeds $734,000.
U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded net outflows of $4.5 billion in June, marking their worst monthly performance since their launch in January 2024. Bitcoin fell 20.48% in June, hitting a 21-month low of $58,190 on July 1. Citi has lowered its 12-month Bitcoin price target from $112,000 to $82,000, following a previous reduction from $143,000 on March 17. Citi also cut its 12-month Ethereum price target from $3,175 to $2,240. Strategy sold 32 Bitcoins between May 26 and 31, worth approximately $2.5 million, its first sale since December 2022. As of May 31, it held 843,706 Bitcoins, with the board approving a framework for selling up to $1.25 billion in Bitcoin. Open interest in leveraged Bitcoin futures fell from around $31.3 billion around May 30 to about $21.6 billion in early June. Within two weeks, major holders increased their holdings by over 270,000 Bitcoins.
Jiang Zhuoer, founder of LTC Mining Pool, stated in a post that he sold the remaining 50% spot position when the Ethereum price rose to $1,931. Currently, all Ethereum spot holdings have been sold, with an overall average selling price of $1,834.5. He believes that this rebound has approached the starting point of the June 2 decline, with significant trapped positions above. He expects the price ceiling to be around $2,000, therefore he chose to sell.
according to on-chain analyst Yuye Jian, as BTC rebounded above $65,000, a whale has opened a short position worth $49 million in BTC on Hyperliquid. The position is less than $900 away from its liquidation price. The liquidation price is set at $66,153. The whale initially shorted 750 BTC at $59,941 at the end of June and is currently facing an unrealized loss of $4 million.
on-chain analytics firm Glassnode stated that top traders on decentralized derivatives exchange Hyperliquid are heavily long on Bitcoin, with their sustained long position reaching the highest level since the platform's records began, surpassing the level seen during Bitcoin's previous rally to approximately $83,000. Glassnode noted that this position indicates strong speculative demand at the current price level. Hyperliquid is a decentralized derivatives exchange where traders can trade leveraged perpetual contracts with no expiry date on-chain. A Bitcoin whale on Hyperliquid has recently pushed net long positions to a year-to-date high. Glassnode's weekly report shows that despite Bitcoin's price decline in June, accumulation has continued; Bitcoin has recently reclaimed the $65,000 level.
as of July 7-8, 2026, the Coinbase Bitcoin Premium Index has been negative for 50 consecutive days, marking the longest negative period on record for the indicator. The latest reading is approximately -0.0742%, indicating that Bitcoin is priced lower on the US-based exchange Coinbase than on Binance. This indicator compares Bitcoin prices on Coinbase and Binance. A negative reading typically corresponds to weaker US buyer demand compared to broader international market demand; this negative cycle began on May 19, 2026, and has already surpassed the previous record of 40 consecutive days of negative readings. As of early July 2026, US spot Bitcoin ETFs have seen net outflows of approximately $6 billion year-to-date. In late June, US spot Bitcoin ETFs saw outflows exceeding $2.6 billion over nine trading days, following which Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs recorded a combined inflow of $282 million.
According to CoinDesk, Japanese investment bank Mizuho has downgraded stablecoin issuer Circle (CRCL) from "Neutral" to "Underperform," with the price target significantly lowered from $85 to $50. Circle's stock price subsequently fell 0.6% to $62.63. Mizuho analysts pointed out that the OpenUSD stablecoin launched by the Open Standard consortium on June 30 poses a fundamental threat to Circle's business model. Unlike the USDC model, which retains most reserve yield and then shares it with partners such as Coinbase and Binance, OpenUSD charges only a small operating fee and distributes the vast majority of reserve yield to issuers and distributors, which may force Circle's partners to demand a higher revenue share. The consortium has assembled over 140 partners, including Mastercard, Stripe, Coinbase, and BlackRock.
Cryptoquant indicates its 365-day PnL Index signal continues to decline, suggesting the current BTC cycle may not have reached its peak. BTC is currently trading at approximately $62,656, down about 50% from its all-time high of around $126,000 in October 2025. Cryptoquant’s bull-bear cycle indicator turned green on May 12, 2026, marking the first bullish signal since March 2023.Cryptoquant stated that the indicator produced a false positive in 2022, and the green signal itself does not guarantee a sustained upward trend. A whale purchased BTC worth $98.9 million at the June 5 low of $59,734, securing a profit of $3.5 million within two days as the market rebounded. BTC has since remained above $60,000 and was trading at approximately $62,550 at the time of writing. (Bitcoin.com News).
analyst Fiona posted on X platform, stating that in light of the recent semiconductor landscape, the upcoming earnings reports of TSMC and ASML this week are particularly significant. Today, TSMC's June revenue report showed a year-on-year revenue increase of 67.9%. FundaAI believes that TSMC's gross margins for the second and third quarters are likely to exceed market expectations, with the Q2 gross margin potentially reaching 68.4%. It is expected that TSMC's advanced process capacity expansion will accelerate noticeably by 2027, partly due to the increase in ASML's EUV production capacity.
OdailyOdaily reports that according to Lookonchain monitoring, a trader made over $9 million in profit on Aster in less than a month, a return of 806%. The trader executed only one trade, a 1x short on ESPORTS. On June 18, the trader deposited 1 million USDT into Aster and opened a 1x short position on ESPORTS. The trader has already realized $4.28 million in profit by closing part of the position, still holds a short position of 137.73 million ESPORTS tokens worth $1.95 million, and has an additional $4.77 million in unrealized profit. Subsequently, the trader withdrew $1 million of the initial principal from Aster, with the remaining $9.05 million in the account being pure profit.