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FBI Seizes Record 8 Billion Dollars in Crypto Scam Crackdown
Under Operation Blackout, the FBI shut down a global pig butchering network targeting crypto investors.

The numbers:
🔹 Over 8 billion dollars in scam fraud shut down
🔹 Nearly 2,000 trafficked workers freed
🔹 Close to 300 arrests worldwide

Pig butchering is when scammers build fake trust in your DMs, then push you into fake investment platforms.

The red flag: any stranger online guiding you into a high return platform.
Verify everything. Protect your capital.

$BTC HTF Update:

The key BOS (Break of Structure) level remains at $59,800.
A confirmed HTF candle close below $59,800 would invalidate the current market structure and signal a new Lower Low (LL) formation.

If that breakdown occurs, the next major downside liquidity zone sits around the $50,000 region.

Watch the HTF close closely.

JUST IN: BlackRock Clients SOLD $96.66 million in BTC And $12.77 million in ETH on June 18 (Yesterday)

Bitcoin: -1,540.815 BTC (-$96.66M) @ ≈ $62,733 per $BTC
Ethereum: -7,533.7853 ETH (-$12.77M) @ ≈ $1,695 per $ETH

BlackRock's $IBIT Total Holding: 764,395.42420 BTC ($48B)
BlackRock's ETHA + ETHB Total Holding: 31,67,334.3741 ETH ($5.40B)
BlackRock $ETH Staked: 250,415.59700 ETH ($425M)

Ten Months Of Pain, Ten Months Of Patience, And Deep Down Every $SOL Holder Knows We Deserve That Run Toward $1,000 🚀

#SOL @Solana Official

ETF FLOWS: US SPOT CRYPTO ETFs FLOWS DATA UPDATE (18-06-2026) YESTERDAY

🟥 Bitcoin ETFs: -1,440 $BTC (-$90.66M)
🟥 Ethereum ETFs: -7,550 $ETH (-$12.77M)
🟩 SOLANA ETFs: +43.41K $SOL (+$2.99M)
🟩 XRP ETFs: +2.24M $XRP (+$2.55M)
🟩 LITECOIN ETFs: +7,320 $LTC (+$317.14K)
🟩 $HYPE, $DOGE, $BNB, $LINK, $AVAX, $DOT, $HBAR Flows Was Zero.

TOTAL US SPOT CRYPTO ETFs OUTFLOW: ≈ -$97.57M

U.S. BITCOIN ETFs SOLD ~1,440 BTC Worth $90.66M
🇺🇸 BlackRock ETF Has SOLD ~1,540 BTC for $96.66M And 7,550 ETH for $12.77M
🇺🇸 VanEck ETF Has SOLD 71 BTC for $4.44M
🇺🇸 Morgan Stanley ETF Has BOUGHT 166 BTC for $10.43M

Fact: U.S. Spot Bitcoin ETFs SOLD Nearly 3 Days Mined BITCOIN Supply Yesterday.

80% OF BITCOIN TRANSACTIONS ARE NOW MICRO-TRANSACTIONS

According to CryptoQuant, nearly 80% of all Bitcoin transactions are now under 0.01 BTC

The surge is largely driven by Runes, Ordinals, and inscription activity, pushing daily transaction counts and transactions per block close to record levels.

As a result, the Bitcoin mempool has reached its most congested state since early 2025, increasing competition for block space even as BTC price action remains relatively subdued.

$ETH LTF Outlook:

Bearish market structure remains intact on the LTF, with a confirmed BOS signaling continuation to the downside.

Target: $1,300
Invalidation: HTF candle close above $2,035.

JUST IN: BlackRock Clients SOLD $30.76 million in BTC And $8.97 million in ETH on June 17 (Yesterday)

Bitcoin: -475.836 BTC (-$30.76M) @ ≈ $64,644 per $BTC
Ethereum: -5,119.1742 ETH (-$8.97M) @ ≈ $1,752 per $ETH

BlackRock's $IBIT Total Holding: 765,936.23940 BTC ($48B)
BlackRock's ETHA + ETHB Total Holding: 31,74,868.1594 ETH ($5.40B)
BlackRock $ETH Staked: 250,401.66620 ETH ($425M)

Strategy ( $STRC ) has crashed nearly ~80% from its All-Time High.

ATH: $545
Current Price: $110

That's a wipeout of over $435 per share in just 18 months.
A brutal reminder that even market favorites can suffer massive drawdowns.

ETF FLOWS: US SPOT CRYPTO ETFs FLOWS DATA UPDATE (17-06-2026) YESTERDAY

🟥 Bitcoin ETFs: -1,271 $BTC (-$82.16M)
🟥 Ethereum ETFs: -16,801 $ETH (-$29.37M)
🟩 SOLANA ETFs: +14.68K $SOL (+$1.06M)
🟩 DOGECOIN ETFs: +2.35M $DOGE (+$200.58K)
🟩 HYPE ETFs: +29.5K $HYPE (+$2.14M)
🟩 $BNB, $LTC, $LINK, $AVAX, $XRP, $DOT, $HBAR Flows Was Zero.

TOTAL US SPOT CRYPTO ETFs OUTFLOW: ≈ -$108.13M

U.S. BITCOIN ETFs SOLD ~1,271 BTC Worth $82.16M
🇺🇸 BlackRock ETF Has SOLD ~476 BTC for $30.76M And 5,130 ETH for $8.97M
🇺🇸 Grayscale ETF Has SOLD 239 BTC for $15.46M And 6,940 ETH for $12.13M
🇺🇸 Fidelity ETF Has BOUGHT 217 BTC for $14.02M And SOLD 2,480 ETH for $4.34M
🇺🇸 ARK 21Shares ETF Has SOLD 674 BTC for $43.53M And 1,600 ETH for $2.79M
🇺🇸 VanEck ETF Has SOLD 64 BTC for $4.11M And 366 ETH for $638.86K
🇺🇸 Invesco ETF Has SOLD 99 BTC for $6.39M
🇺🇸 Morgan Stanley ETF Has BOUGHT 63 BTC for $4.07M
🇺🇸 Bitwise ETF Has SOLD 286 BTC for $500.12K

Fact: U.S. Spot Bitcoin ETFs SOLD Nearly 3 Days Mined BITCOIN Supply Yesterday.

🇺🇸 Illinois just became the FIRST US state to tax crypto transactions.

Gov. Pritzker signed a 0.2% "privilege tax" into law, effective Jan 1, 2027.

→ Charged to brokers (costs likely pass to users)
→ $100K threshold
→ Felony penalties for unregistered brokers

No stock or bond has this. Critics call it the most punitive crypto tax in the US.

Ethereum's Glamsterdam upgrade just entered final testing, devs call it "the largest fork since the Merge."

→ ePBS (EIP-7732)
→ Block-Level Access Lists
→ Gas limit: 60M → 200M
→ Compute cheaper, state pricier

Mainnet expected H2 2026 (likely Q3). No date locked yet.

JUST IN: BlackRock Clients BOUGHT $16.35 million in BTC And $17.34 million in ETH on June 16 (Yesterday)

Bitcoin: +249.25 BTC (+$16.35M) @ ≈ $65,597 per $BTC
Ethereum: +9,672.3131 ETH (+$17.34M) @ ≈ $1,793 per $ETH

BlackRock's $IBIT Total Holding: 766,412.07560 BTC ($51B)
BlackRock's ETHA + ETHB Total Holding: 31,79,987.3336 ETH ($5.60B)
BlackRock $ETH Staked: 250,388.22630 ETH ($445M)

Ready Card just DEACTIVATED spending for users outside Europe.
With almost NO warning (less than 1 hour), cards across India, UAE, Asia, and North America stopped working.

Before you panic:
✅ Funds are SAFE
✅ Your $USDC remains in your self-custody Starknet wallet
❌ Only the card spending feature was shut down

The reason?
A change from Kulipa, the regulated issuer connecting Ready Card to Mastercard.
EEA users remain unaffected... for now.
Ready says anyone who paid card fees or shipping in the last 12 months will receive an automatic refund within 10 business days.

Big lesson:
Self-custody protects your crypto.
It does NOT protect the payment rails connected to it.
If you have unpaid STRK cashback, withdraw it NOW.

Durov Says Reliance Used "BGP Hijacking" To Block Telegram Outside India. Here's The Real Story.

CONFIRMED: A real route leak happened. AS18101 (Reliance Communications) announced Telegram's IP prefixes and leaked it globally via FLAG Telecom, disrupting access in the UAE and beyond.

NOT PROVEN: Durov blamed Meta + WhatsApp. But the network behind the leak is Reliance Communications (old Anil Ambani co), NOT Reliance Jio, which is where Meta holds a stake. He mixed up two separate companies.

DISPUTED: He called it intentional. The expert who confirmed the leak says it was almost certainly a misconfig, with zero evidence of sabotage.

⚠️ WARNING: #Bitcoin is Perfectly Mirroring The 2017 & 2021 Pattern.

If History Repeats, $BTC Could Dump to $35,000 in The Coming Weeks.

Most of You Aren't Prepared For This.
🔴 2017 ➔ Parabolic run → Massive correction
🔴 2021 ➔ Parabolic run → Massive correction
🔴 2026 ➔ Parabolic run → Are we Next?

After Correction Target: $200K

The Ones Who Survive the Crash Become the Millionaires of The Next Cycle.
Are You Actually Prepared for a $35K Bitcoin? Drop Your Plan Below 👇

#CryptoPatel

ETF FLOWS: US SPOT CRYPTO ETFs FLOWS DATA UPDATE (16-06-2026) YESTERDAY

🟩 Bitcoin ETFs: +153 $BTC (+$10.06M)
🟩 Ethereum ETFs: +5,340 $ETH (+$9.59M)
🟩 XRP ETFs: +4.34M $XRP (+$5.30M)
🟩 SOLANA ETFs: +3.33K $SOL (+$245.86K)
🟩 HYPE ETFs: +118.35K $HYPE (+$8.62M)
🟩 $BNB, $LTC, $LINK, $AVAX, $DOGE, $DOT, $HBAR Flows Was Zero.

TOTAL US SPOT CRYPTO ETFs INFLOW: ≈ +$33.82M

U.S. BITCOIN ETFs BOUGHT ~153 BTC Worth $10.06M
🇺🇸 BlackRock ETF Has BOUGHT ~249 BTC for $16.35M And 9,660 ETH for $17.34M
🇺🇸 Grayscale ETF Has SOLD 190 BTC for $12.46M And 1,140 ETH for $2.05M
🇺🇸 Fidelity ETF Has BOUGHT 65 BTC for $4.28M And SOLD 1,250 ETH for $2.23M
🇺🇸 Morgan Stanley ETF Has BOUGHT 29 BTC for $1.88M
🇺🇸 Bitwise Stanley ETF Has SOLD 1,930 ETH for $3.47M

Fact: U.S. Spot Bitcoin ETFs BOUGHT Less then 1 Days Mined BITCOIN Supply Yesterday.

After being liquidated 107 times, Andrew Tate has opened a new 40x leveraged long position on BTC worth $3.77 million.

Position Size: 57.36 BTC
Value: $3.766 Million
Leverage: 40x Long
Liquidation Price: $65,216.61

Will this trade finally work out for him, or is another liquidation coming?

After being liquidated 107 times, Andrew Tate has opened a new 40x leveraged long position on BTC worth $3.77 million.

Position Size: 57.36 $BTC
Value: $3.766 Million
Leverage: 40x Long
Liquidation Price: $65,216.61

Will this trade finally work out for him, or is another liquidation coming?

JUST IN: BlackRock Clients BOUGHT $66.45 million in BTC And $17.62 million in ETH on June 15 (Yesterday)

Bitcoin: +997 BTC (+$66.45M) @ ≈ $66,649.95 per $BTC
Ethereum: +9,695.4408 ETH (+$17.62M) @ ≈ $1,817.35 per $ETH

BlackRock's $IBIT Total Holding: 766,162.82590 BTC ($50.50B)
BlackRock's ETHA + ETHB Total Holding: 31,70,315.0205 ETH ($5.70B)
BlackRock #ETH Staked: 250,374.89030 ETH ($450M)