The Morning Minute (6.10) ⏰Top News: -Crypto majors rally as BTC taps $110k; ETH leads +9% at $2,770 -SEC Chair Atkins signals regulatory clarity for DeFi is coming; DeFi coins soar -Two new corporate treasuries spinning up $300M each for BTC -Plasma completes $500M deposit raise in minutes ahead of ICO -HYPE and REKT both hit new ATHs 🌎 Macro Crypto and Memes -Crypto majors are green this morning with ETH leading; BTC +2% at $109,700, ETH +9% at $2,780, XRP +2% at $2.31, SOL +2% at $159 -AAVE (+20%), UNI (+22%) and Fartcoin (+17%) led all alt movers -HYPE breaks $40 for first time, finds new ATH at $41.50 -The ETH ETFs saw $53M in net inflows, reaching 16-straight green days -SEC Chair Paul Atkins signaled regulatory clarity is coming for DeFi platforms, specifically stating that mining, validating and staking are not securities transactions -The Blockchain Group is raising €300 M (~$342 M) to fuel more Bitcoin buys (shares jumped ~17% yesterday) -KULR Technology announced plans to raise $300 M via its own at-the-market equity offering to expand its Bitcoin treasury -Societe General is planning a stablecoin launch for USDCV on ETH and Solana, with BNY Mellon as reserve custodian -Evita Pay founder arrested for laundering $500M+ through his businesses primarily using Tether In Memes -Memecoin leaders were very green; DOGE +4%, Shiba +4%, PEPE +12%, TRUMP +4%, BONK +8%, SPX +8% & FARTCOIN +17% -Verse World saw its VERSE token soar to $1.1B FDV within 2 hours of its Pump Fun launch on Monday (now $570M) -USELESS (+130%), Labubu (+37%) and Housecoin (+25%) other notable Solana meme movers -Launchcoin jumped another 15% to $215M and a new local high, though most eco tokens fell on the day -Coinbase announced Fartcoin Perps will go live Thursday at 5:30 am ET 💰 Token, Airdrop & Protocol Tracker -Plasma received $500M in deposits in just a few minutes on Monday across just 1,108 participants ahead of its upcoming ICO -Crypto wallet infra firm Turnkey raised $30M in a Series A round led by Lightspeed and including Sequoia, Coinbase Ventures, and Alchemy, to expand its API platform for programmable wallets -OCapGames announced a $3.5M seed round, led by 1k(x) and Yuga Labs, with funds used to grow the Vibes and Moonbirds products and ecosystems and "bring IP to life" -Kaito added Noya to its Kaito Earn program for yappers -REKT is trading at ATH just a day after opening its latest REKT claim from the 'Ship Rekt' sale Thruster announced that it’s winding down operations 🤖 AI x Crypto -Overall market cap up another 5% to $10.5B, leaders very green led by Fartcoin -FARTCOIN (+13%), VIRTUAL (+5%), ai16z (+3%), FAI (-2%) & AIXBT (+2%) -POLY (+44%), VADER (+37%) and HEYANON (+20%) led top movers -Virtual led mindshare with a 25% share; Fartcoin and BNKR were next -Virtuals announced its first AI Agent launch on ETH mainnet 🚚 What is happening in NFTs? -ETH NFT leaders were mixed; Punks -2% at 44 ETH, Pudgy even at 9.15, BAYC -1% at 12.8 ETH -Project Aeon (+10%) and Beeple - Spring / Summer collection (+10%) were top movers -BTC NFT leaders were mixed; Taproot Wizards -1% at 0.165 BTC, Bitcoin Puppets +3%, NodeMonkes +1%, OMB -2%, Quantum Cats -1% -Abstract NFTs were mostly green led by Klara (+40%) and Fox Friends (+420%)

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