Here are the latest crypto news highlights from Odaily Planet Daily (June 16, 2025):
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📅 Weekly Agenda & Important Events
FOMC Fed & Binance Alpha Airdrop — This week focuses on the Federal Reserve's interest rate decision (June 19) and the change in Binance Alpha airdrop rules, now divided into two distribution phases starting June 19.
Nansen Airdrop & Sonic Labs — Nansen Points Season 1 and Sonic Labs Airdrop Season 2 are scheduled to start on June 17 and 18.
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🧾 Corporate & Exchange Updates
ARK 21 Shares Bitcoin ETF (ARKB) will conduct a 3:1 stock split on June 16—popularizing access to the ETF.
Lido stops staking frontend on Polygon as of June 16; users can still withdraw through browser tools.
Upbit lists HAEDAL-BTC/USDT since June 16 at 21:00 — monitored by active users in Korea.
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📉 Market Movements & On-chain
Layer-2 & AI sectors experience correction: Layer-2 (TIA, MNT) down ~1-2%, AI (ZKJ) plummeted $2,500).
Whale activity: A large whale moved 1,605 ETH (~$4.03 million) to the exchange at a loss of ~10%.
Momentum in Sui DEX: Trading volume on Momentum (native DEX) in the Sui network has surpassed $4 billion.
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🏢 Corporate Actions & Strategic Initiatives
MemeStrategy (HK2440), a company listed in Hong Kong, purchased 2,440 SOL (~HKD 2.9 million), followed by a +21% increase in shares.
Metaplanet adds 1,112 BTC worth $1.058 billion).
Metaplanet issues $210 million zero-interest bonds for BTC purchases; maturing on December 12, 2025, with early redemption available.
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🤝 Regulation & Collaboration
Coinbase & Gemini face MiCA (EU) — both are expected to obtain crypto licenses in Luxembourg and Malta for operations in various EU member states.
Pakistan & Michael Saylor meet to discuss Bitcoin as a monetary resilience tool.
