Last night and this morning's important news (June 8-9)

NASDAQ applies to SEC to add XRP, SOL, ADA, XLM to cryptocurrency index According to Cryptotimes, Nasdaq submitted a rule change application to the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on June 7th, planning to include XRP, Solana (SOL), Cardano (ADA), and Stellar Lumens (XLM) in its crypto index benchmark. This adjustment involves the Hashdex Nasdaq Crypto Index ETF (NCIQ), which plans to expand its tracking target from the original Nasdaq Crypto US Settlement Price Index (NCIUS) to the Nasdaq Crypto Index (NCI) covering 9 tokens. At present, the NCI index includes 9 cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH), but due to current SEC regulations, this ETF can only hold BTC and ETH, resulting in tracking error risk. If approved, the ETF will be able to invest in all index component assets, and the final decision is expected to be made before November 2, 2025. This move may take a crucial step towards diversification for US cryptocurrency ETFs. Defi App increases airdrop percentage from 5% to 10% The decentralized application Defi App announced in a post that it has completed community voting and increased the airdrop percentage from 5% to 10%. Previously, it was announced that the Binance Alpha platform will launch DefiApp (HOME) on June 10th. A giant whale transferred 4949.63 ETH to CEX after 4 years of silence According to OnchainLens monitoring, after a four-year hiatus, a giant whale transferred 4949.63 ETH (approximately $12.54 million) to Binance, Gate, and MEXC, while transferring 3936.44 ETH (approximately $9.9 million) to another wallet. Michael Saylor downplays the threat of quantum computing to Bitcoin According to CoinDesk, Strategy founder Michael Saylor recently downplayed the threat of quantum computing to Bitcoin in an interview with CNBC, stating that when the threat is imminent, the Bitcoin protocol can address potential risks through software upgrades. He said, "This is mainly a marketing tactic for those who want to promote the next quantum concept token to you. Google and Microsoft will not sell computers that can crack modern encryption technology because it would destroy Google and Microsoft - as well as the US government and banking system." Currently, there are multiple plans to study how to make Bitcoin Proof of Work (PoW) resistant to quantum attacks, including anti quantum encryption hardware developed by startups such as BTQ. A Bitcoin developer has submitted a proposal for improvement (BIP), suggesting migrating wallet addresses to quantum secure addresses through a hard fork. Saylor emphasized that the Bitcoin protocol is upgraded every year, and the greater security threat comes from phishing attacks. Saylor concluded, "Bitcoin is a protocol; its software is upgraded every year." He also believes that the biggest security threat facing Bitcoin is phishing. However, not everyone agrees with Saylor's viewpoint. A recent report by Presto Research states that the crypto industry is "unprepared" for the upcoming quantum threat. The biometric project World will start operations in London, UK on June 12th According to CNBC, the biometric project World (formerly Worldcoin) co founded by Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, will be launched in London, UK, on June 12, and is planned to be extended to several other major cities in the UK, including Manchester, Birmingham, Cardiff, Belfast and Glasgow in the next few months. The project aims to use its Orb device to verify human identity and prevent fraudulent abuse of artificial intelligence systems such as deep forgery. Bitcoin network trading activity drops to lowest level since October 2023 According to The Block, the seven day average trading volume of the Bitcoin network dropped to 317000 transactions last Friday, hitting a new low since October 2023. Data shows that on June 1st, there were only 256000 confirmed block transactions in a single day. At the same time, multiple transactions on the chain with a rate lower than 1 sat/vB were packaged by miners, including a 0.1 sat/vB ultra-low rate transaction submitted by Memopool founder Mononaut (with a total cost of about 0.01 US dollars), which was held in the internal storage pool for one month and processed by mining company MARA through a dedicated channel Slipstream. On June 6th, 31 core Bitcoin developers jointly signed an open letter opposing node filtering of low fee or non-standard transactions, emphasizing the essential nature of Bitcoin as an anti censorship system. Developers point out that forcing users to use private channels such as Slipstream would compromise decentralization features. This position has been opposed by Jan3 founder Samson Mow and others, who believe that core developers are removing protection mechanisms for junk trading. Data: APT, STRK, IMX and other tokens will receive large-scale unlocking, with APT unlocking worth approximately 52.7 million US dollars According to Token Unlocks data, APT, STRK, IMX and other tokens will receive large unlocks next week. Among them, Aptos (APT) will unlock about 11.31 million tokens at 12:00 noon Beijing time on June 12th, with a ratio of 1.79% to the current flow and a value of about 52.7 million US dollars. Starknet (STRK) will unlock about 127 million tokens at 8:00 am Beijing time on June 15th, with a ratio of 3.79% to the current flow and a value of about 16.6 million US dollars. Immutable (IMX) will unlock about 24.52 million tokens at 8:00 am Beijing time on June 13th, with a ratio of 1.33% to the current flow and a value of about 12.8 million US dollars. USD Movement (MOVE) will unlock approximately 50 million tokens at 8pm Beijing time on June 9th, with a current flow ratio of 1.96% and a value of approximately USD 7.1 million for BounceBit (BB) Approximately 42.89 million tokens will be unlocked at 8am Beijing time on June 12th, with a ratio of 10.47% to current flow and a value of approximately $4.6 million. Delysium (AGI) will unlock approximately 69.03 million tokens at 8am Beijing time on June 11th, with a ratio of 4.00% to current flow and a value of approximately $3.8 million. Onyxcoin (XCN) will unlock approximately 296 million tokens at 8am Beijing time on June 15th, with a ratio of 0.88% to current flow and a value of approximately $4.3 million. Cookie DAO (COOKIE) will unlock approximately 13.88 million tokens at 8am Beijing time on June 13th, with a ratio of approximately $13.88 million to current flow. 2.54%, valued at approximately $2.9 million. io.net (IO) will unlock approximately 3.22 million tokens at 8pm Beijing time on June 11th, with a ratio of 1.98% to the current flow, valued at approximately $2.5 million Vitalik: Artificial intelligence is very useful in my field as a novice Vitalik posted on the X platform that his experience with using artificial intelligence is somewhat opposite. In my field as an expert, artificial intelligence is almost useless, but in my field as a novice, it is very useful (recent examples: writing native Android applications, learning Linux internal structure). Airwallex CEO: At present, stablecoins are still difficult to replace traditional cross-border payments Jack Zhang, co-founder and CEO of cross-border payment unicorn Airwallex, questioned the actual use of stablecoins in a post. He stated that even if the price of stablecoins is stable, if the recipient still requests to deposit in their local currency (such as EUR), the cost of getting rid of stablecoins will be much higher than in the traditional interbank foreign exchange market, making it difficult to save costs. In addition, Jack also bluntly stated that "it has been 15 years and we have not seen any actual use cases for cryptocurrency", and stated that "issuing currency is the responsibility of the central bank", believing that stablecoins are only financial speculative tools. Michael Saylor releases Bitcoin Tracker information again, may disclose increase in holdings data Michael Saylor, Executive Chairman of Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy), has once again released information related to Bitcoin Tracker with the caption: "Send out more orange dots." Typically, he will disclose Strategy's Bitcoin increase data the day after releasing the Bitcoin Tracker information. Analysis: Bitcoin Core Relay Policy Statement Causes Discontent in Bitcoin Community According to Cointelegraph, the Bitcoin Core Project released a statement on its development and trading relay strategy yesterday, suggesting a non interventionist attitude towards the use of the Bitcoin network. However, this move has sparked strong dissatisfaction within the Bitcoin community, and analysis suggests that it may lead to community fragmentation: 1. Jason Mow, CEO of JAN3, stated that Bitcoin Core developers have been gradually changing the network, but the statement 'this is the way it is now, it's too bad' is inappropriate in itself; Casa founder Jameson Lopp stated that Bitcoin Core developers are a group that says we cannot force anyone to run code they don't like. This kind of statement is like public relations, but when there is no unified information and only a group of independent developers make statements, such public relations performance is not good; 3. Bitcoin developer Carl Horton stated that Bitcoin is a "coin," not a "bucket," nor a "store," nor any universal data storage. It is a peer-to-peer electronic cash system; 4. Bitcoin Core developer Luke Dashjr stated that the transaction relay targets listed in the statement are mostly incorrect, and predicting which information will be mined is a centralized goal. The main goal of transaction relay is to predict the Bitcoin transactions that will be mined, which is harmful for spam transmission. James Wynn's Bitcoin short position floating loss, currently with a total loss of approximately $113.55 today According to Lookonchain monitoring, James Wynn immediately opened a 40 fold short position in Bitcoin after receiving a referral reward of $481.42, but is currently in a floating loss state, with a current loss of approximately $113.55 today. Four wallets have deposited a total of 356000 LINK into Binance in the past 24 hours According to The Data Nerd monitoring, four wallets (or belonging to the same whale) have deposited a total of 356000 LINK into Binance in the past 24 hours. Three years ago, the whale accumulated these tokens from Kraken with an average entry fee of about $7.03. If sold at the current price, it would achieve a profit of about $2.43 million and a return on investment of 97.3%. Bitcoin and Ethereum perpetual contracts may be the first pilot for virtual asset derivatives trading in Hong Kong According to the Huaxia Times, Hong Kong's Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury, Xu Zhengyu, previously stated in response to questions from legislators that the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission is considering introducing virtual asset derivative trading for professional investors and will develop robust risk management measures. According to analysts cited by Huaxia Times, based on international experience, it is expected that in the early stages of the policy, the Hong Kong derivatives market will pilot perpetual contracts for mainstream virtual assets such as Bitcoin and Ethereum. From an international perspective, multiple international institutions, including the Singapore Exchange (SGX), Coinbase, and the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), as well as the European MiFiDII regulatory framework, have prioritized perpetual contracts as an important direction for virtual asset derivatives. James Wynn has opened a 40x short position in Bitcoin According to on chain analyst Yu Jin's monitoring, James Wynn's Ant warehouse has opened long and short positions, losing $70 in commission income, and then used the remaining funds to reverse open 40x BTC short positions. A whale unfrozen 50017 SOLs and transferred 50000 SOLs to Binance According to Onchain Lens monitoring, a whale released 50017 SOLs and transferred 50000 SOLs to Binance. The whale has redeemed a total of 175062 SOL coins worth $25.16 million in the past 2 months, after pledging for 4 years.