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According to Foresight News, the Spotlight account under Pump.fun posted on X that its “The Build in Public” hackathon has concluded. This hackathon provided grants of $250,000 to each of 12 projects, for a total of $3 million.
Award-winning projects include: a trusted and secure layer for AI agents on the internet, Zauth; the real-time AI game companion Opal; the embedded prediction market Pumpcade; the game creator launch platform BloxAPI; the autonomous AI agent finance layer ClawPump; the open-source platform CodecFlow for building robots and autonomous operators; the currency layer of an AI agent economy Dexter; the AI memory layer Clude; the on-chain intelligence platform SolScanner; the digital card collection platform Collector Group; the AI agent business suite Daydreams; and the AI agent work marketplace AgenC.

Foresight News: Zhao Changpeng said in an interview with CoinDesk that the crypto market saw a major drop in the first half of 2026 (with Bitcoin down about 50% from its October 2025 high), and it was not caused by a single factor. The main drivers include: heightened geopolitical tensions, investors shifting funds toward the AI sector, and crypto’s typical four-year cycle. While AI may draw away some “hot money,” it is a positive development in the long run.
Zhao Changpeng remains optimistic about the long-term prospects of the industry. He believes that as trading volume increases, demand for financial technology will continue to rise, and the crypto industry will keep growing. At the same time, he speaks highly of the role that prediction markets can play in price discovery and liquidity. Regarding regulation, he expects the U.S. (CLARITY Act) bill to be passed by the end of this year.

Foresight News reports, citing CNBC, that Jeremy Grantham, co-founder of the asset management firm GMO, said that Bitcoin will ultimately «quietly and gradually die out,» rather than experiencing a dramatic collapse. «It will gradually die out, not crash all at once, but disappear quietly.» In addition, Bitcoin is described as an «useless and speculative» asset lacking inherent value and any real-world use (people do not use it to pay for everyday expenses). In every cycle, Bitcoin has dropped at least 70% from its peak; it is currently down about 52% from its high point in October last year.

Foresight News message, according to CMC market data, CAP may have been affected by Binance’s planned listing of the CAP USDT perpetual contract. CAP briefly touched 0.032 USDT and is currently trading at 0.0322 USDT, up 19.45% within 15 minutes.

Foresight News message: Binance will list CAP USDT perpetual contracts.

Foresight News message: ARK Invest founder Cathie Wood tweeted that ongoing capital outflows from globally unstable countries will “ignite another fire” for Bitcoin and other digital assets. While AI has sparked a technological revolution and attracted significant investment attention, it cannot serve as the “wealth-protection insurance policy” people are looking for right now.

According to a Foresight News report, Andrew Webley, CEO of Smarter Web Company, a Bitcoin treasury company, posted on X that the second quarter is the most meaningful quarter since the company became a publicly listed company. The company is shifting from being a “Bitcoin treasury company” to an “Amplified Bitcoin” company. At its core, it seeks to responsibly use its balance sheet and capital market instruments to increase the number of Bitcoins corresponding to each share over the long term, rather than simply holding Bitcoin.
In addition, the company has recently taken a number of initiatives, including continuously increasing its Bitcoin holdings, introducing prudent leverage, simplifying its capital structure, appointing a new CFO, strengthening treasury analysis and disclosures, and developing its operating business in parallel. It also noted that this “amplification” strategy will bring greater volatility, but the long-term objectives remain unchanged.

Foresight News reports that, according to Bitget market data, VELVET is up more than 90% over the past 24 hours. It briefly touched 0.95 USDT, and the current price is 0.938 USDT. Its current market cap is $348 million.

Foresight News: Tokenized financial product settlement network Metal completed a seed round, with Airwallex and Capital49 leading the investment. The specific amount of funding has not been disclosed. As part of the investment, Airwallex joined Metal and became its first design partner.
Foresight News previously reported that Jack Zhang, founder of enterprise payments and financial platform Airwallex, tweeted in June 2025 that: “Investors keep asking me about stablecoins and how they reduce foreign exchange costs. If you transfer money from USD to EUR, and the recipient still needs to receive EUR at their bank, I don’t see any way stablecoins can reduce fees. The conversion cost from stablecoins to the recipient currency is far higher than the FX interbank market. Crypto is a field I’ve never really understood. In the past 15 years, I still haven’t seen any application case for crypto technology.”

Foresight News message: Strategy founder Michael Saylor posted on X saying, “In normal operation of Bitcoin, we are too.”

Foresight News reported that, according to Onchain Lens monitoring, after a year, an address starting with 0xD04 associated with Vitalik Buterin will transfer 7,000 ETH (about $11.06 million) to a new wallet, which may be deposited into a centralized exchange. Previously, this address transferred 1,300 ETH (about $3.19 million) and then deposited it into Paxos.

BTC faces pressure as the industry tightens; regulatory policy catalyzes the rapid consolidation of the traditional finance sector into the crypto space.
Written by: Oluwapelumi Adejumo
Compiled by: Saoirse, Foresight News
Core Overview
Bitcoin’s price continues to slide, triggering a wave of layoffs across the crypto industry, while total industry M&A deal value in the first half of 2026 reaches $9.37 billion.
Major banks, payment networks, and asset-management institutions choose to directly acquire licenses, custody services, and payment channels rather than build the related systems from scratch.
Resources in the market are increasingly polarized: companies struggling operationally see their valuations collapse, firms holding crypto treasury assets experience significant valuation declines as well, and the purely decentralized finance track draws little attention.

Foresight News reports that according to blockchain sleuth ZachXBT’s monitoring, the stolen funds from the Humanity Protocol and Kelp DAO hack attacks—discovered about 1 hour ago—show signs of being mixed. This suggests the attackers behind these two incidents may overlap. Based on this new evidence, it is basically possible to rule out suspicion that the Humanity Protocol theft was an inside job.

Foresight News: In a message, Nasdaq-listed Bitcoin mining company Bitdeer released the latest data on its Bitcoin holdings. For the week ended June 26, its Bitcoin mining output was 253.9 BTC. During the same period, it sold 253.9 BTC, resulting in a net addition of 0 BTC. It currently still maintains a zero Bitcoin position.

Foresight News message: Polymarket product engineering vice president and former co-founder of Craft, Balint Orosz, tweeted that Polymarket has acquired Craft Agents’ production productivity applications. Some of the team members from Craft Agents will join Polymarket.

Foresight News message: Framework Ventures posted that the physical AI company Mecka has completed a $60 million funding round, with Framework Ventures leading the round. In addition, it continues to be steadfast in its confidence in digital assets, holding major positions on Hyperliquid, Plasma, and Sky.

Foresight News: According to SoSoValue data, yesterday (June 26, U.S. Eastern Time) spot Ethereum ETFs saw total net outflows of $12.8480 million. The spot Ethereum ETF with the largest single-day net outflows was BlackRock’s ETF ETHA, with a single-day net outflow of $12.8480 million. Currently, ETHA’s historical total net inflows have reached $11.080 billion.
As of the time of publication, the total net asset value of spot Ethereum ETFs was $8.379 billion. The ETF net asset ratio (the proportion of market value relative to Ethereum’s total market value) was 4.42%, and historical cumulative net inflows have reached $10.903 billion.

Foresight News reports, citing SoSoValue data: yesterday (June 26, U.S. Eastern Time), Bitcoin spot ETFs had total net outflows of USD 445 million. The Bitcoin spot ETF with the largest single-day net outflow was BlackRock’s ETF IBIT, with a single-day net outflow of USD 445 million. As of now, IBIT’s cumulative historical net inflows have reached USD 60.766 billion.
As of the time of publication, the total net asset value of Bitcoin spot ETFs is USD 72.818 billion. The ETF net asset ratio (market value as a percentage of Bitcoin’s total market value) is 6.08%, and cumulative historical net inflows have reached USD 51.606 billion.

Foresight News. According to SoSoValue data, yesterday (June 26, Eastern Time) the XRP spot ETF saw a total net inflow of 15.6320 million USD. The XRP spot ETF with the largest net inflow yesterday was the Bitwise XRP ETF (XRP), with a single-day net inflow of 11.6648 million USD; its historical total net inflow currently stands at 493 million USD. Second was the Franklin XRP ETF (XRPZ), with a single-day net inflow of 3.9673 million USD and a historical total net inflow currently of 410 million USD.
As of before publication, the total net asset value of the XRP spot ETFs was 934 million USD. The XRP net asset ratio was 1.44%, and the historical cumulative net inflow has reached 1.470 billion USD.

Foresight News reports that, according to SoSoValue data, yesterday (June 26, US Eastern Time) HYPE spot ETF recorded a total net inflow of 1.8161 million USD. Yesterday, only the Bitwise Hyperliquid ETF (BHYP) saw a net inflow, with a single-day net inflow of 1.8161 million USD. As of now, the cumulative historical total net inflow has reached 115 million USD.
As of before the time of publication, the total net asset value (NAV) of the HYPE spot ETF was 324 million USD. The HYPE net asset ratio was 2.28%, and the historical cumulative net inflow has already reached 294 million USD.