Odaily Planet Daily News Cathie Wood's ARK Invest has stepped up its selling of Circle as CRCL stock has soared nearly 250% since its public listing. ARK sold 609,175 shares of Circle from its three funds on Friday (June 20), worth $146.2 million. The sale came as the company's stock price rose 20.4% on June 20, closing at $240.3, up 248% from its opening price of $69 on the New York Stock Exchange on June 5. The latest sell-off was ARK's third sell-off in the past week of trading, with three sales totaling 1.25 million shares of CRCL, netting about $243 million based on daily closing prices. ARK’s latest Circle stock sales involved trades across three ARK funds, including the ARK Innovation ETF (ARKK), the ARK Next Generation Internet ETF (ARKW), and the ARK Fintech Innovation ETF (ARKF). The largest fund, ARKK, sold 490,549 CRCL shares, while ARKW and ARKF sold 75,018 and 43,608 shares, respectively. (Cointelegraph)

Odaily Planet Daily reported that according to CNN, US President Trump hopes that this strike will lead to new diplomatic efforts, and the US currently has no plans for further military strikes.

Odaily Planet Daily News: After the news of the US attack on Iran's nuclear facilities came out, a head of Iran's state television said in a live broadcast that Iran had evacuated materials from three nuclear facilities some time ago, and the US attack should not have caused significant losses. Earlier news, US President Trump posted on his social media that the United States has completed the attack on Iran's three nuclear facilities in Fordow, Natanz and Isfahan. (Jinshi)

According to PANews, on-chain analyst Yu Jin has reported that trader AguilaTrades is experiencing substantial losses from his third attempt to long Bitcoin (BTC), with an unrealized loss of $13.68 million. AguilaTrades has faced three consecutive unsuccessful long positions on BTC, resulting in total losses amounting to $29.1 million. In the first attempt, AguilaTrades opened a long position worth $434 million. However, following a $4,000+ BTC price correction, the position was closed with a loss of $12.48 million. The second attempt involved a long position of $420 million, which also faced a $4,000+ BTC price drop, leading to a closed position loss of $2.94 million. Currently, in the third attempt, AguilaTrades has opened a long position of $424 million. With BTC having already corrected by over $4,000, the trader is facing an unrealized loss of $13.68 million, although the position has not yet been fully closed.

Odaily Planet Daily News Bitcoin mining company Riot Platforms has continued to sell its shares in competitor Bitfarms since June 7, selling an additional 6.5 million shares for a total proceeds of $5.67 million. According to disclosures to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the average selling price of the latest batch of shares was $0.85 per share. The sale followed a round of liquidations between May 27 and June 6, during which Riot sold 8.85 million shares at an average price of $0.97 per share. Since the end of May, the company has sold a total of 15.36 million shares of Bitfarms, with revenue of approximately $14.2 million. Despite the continued reduction in holdings, Riot remains one of Bitfarms' largest shareholders. As of June 20, it still held 13.4% of the company's outstanding shares, down from more than 14% before the latest sale.

According to Foresight News, Bitcoin has risen above 103,000 USDT, currently trading at 103,003.00 USDT. This marks a daily increase of 0.88%.

Odaily Planet Daily News According to the monitoring of on-chain analyst Yu Jin, the giant whale/institution that made a profit of $30.45 million through two ETH waves once again bought the bottom of ETH this morning, and purchased 13,498 ETH with the last 30.058 million USDC in the address. Since June 11, the giant whale/institution has bought 336 million USDC for 132,000 ETH in 11 days, with a comprehensive cost of $2,540, and now has a floating loss of $39.76 million.

According to Onchain Lens, a whale sold 7.44 million FARTCOIN at 46,128.4 SOL (worth about $6.47 million) and sent it to Stake.com. There are still 12,873 FARTCOIN (worth about $11,500) in the wallet.

Odaily Planet Daily News CryptoSlam data shows that the NFT market has seen a sharp decline in the past week, with transaction volume falling 18.43% to $116.9 million. The number of NFT buyers remained unchanged at 1,061,348 (maintaining a 50.56% increase), and the number of NFT sellers increased by 8.09% to 38,494. The number of NFT transactions fell slightly by 0.63% to 1,709,086. Immutable network transaction volume decreased to $28.3 million, down 32.23% from the previous week. Polygon network transaction volume reached $23.3 million, up 24.98% month-on-month, surpassing Ethereum. The Ethereum network fell to third place, with a transaction volume of $20.4 million, down 32.06% month-on-month. The Mythos Chain network maintained fourth place with $14.1 million in transaction volume, a slight decrease of only 0.03%. The Solana network climbed to fifth place with $8.7 million in transaction volume, an increase of 42.74%.

According to PANews, the NFT market has experienced a notable decline over the past week, with trading volumes dropping by 18.43% to $116.9 million, as reported by Crypto.news. Despite this decrease, the number of NFT buyers remained steady at 1,061,348, maintaining a growth rate of 50.56%. Meanwhile, the number of NFT sellers increased by 8.09%, reaching 38,494. The total number of NFT transactions saw a slight decrease of 0.63%, totaling 1,709,086. The Immutable network's trading volume fell to $28.3 million, marking a 32.23% decrease from the previous week. In contrast, the Polygon network's trading volume rose by 24.98% to $23.3 million, surpassing Ethereum, which dropped to third place with a trading volume of $20.4 million, a decline of 32.06%. The Mythos Chain network maintained its fourth position with a trading volume of $14.1 million, experiencing a marginal decrease of 0.03%. Solana network climbed to fifth place with a trading volume of $8.7 million, reflecting a significant increase of 42.74%. Notable high-value transactions for the week included the sale of CryptoPunks #1831 for 150 ETH ($389,846), CryptoPunks #9778 for 150 ETH ($377,958), CryptoPunks #4868 for 76.5 ETH ($201,933), CryptoPunks #5586 for 70.07 ETH ($185,292), and CryptoPunks #7516 for 60 ETH ($158,378).

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