Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced a temporary suspension of attacks on Iran. Netanyahu said Israel is currently exercising restraint. Netanyahu said the war against Iran and Lebanon's Hezbollah is not yet over.

Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu promised in an ongoing speech that Iran will not be allowed to possess nuclear weapons. Netanyahu said Iran had attempted to attack Israel with missiles.

Iran's deputy foreign minister said Tehran places no value on the European Union's recent sanctions. The official said Iran will continue defending its sovereignty over the Strait of Hormuz.

TonStrategy said it earned 3.3 million TON, worth approximately $5.6 million, in staking rewards last month. The Block said the company's annualized staking yield for May rose to 1.48%.

Katz said Israel rejects Iran's threats and will continue IDF operations against Hezbollah within Lebanon. Katz warned that any attack on northern Israeli settlements would lead to an attack on Dahieh in southern Beirut.

BitMine bought 126,971 ETH worth around $214 million last week, its largest ETH-denominated purchase of 2026. Tom Lee said the broad crypto selloff is superficial and said Ethereum's case strengthened after an AI-assisted Zcash vulnerability discovery. BitMine's treasury expanded to 5,543,872 ETH valued around $9.3 billion, with around 85% staked through MAVAN.

Stani Kulechov defended Aave's resilience after a $292 million KelpDAO bridge exploit triggered an $8.45 billion deposit run on Aave within 48 hours. The emergency recovery effort included a 25,000 ETH pledge from the Aave DAO and a 5,000 ETH contribution from Kulechov. LlamaRisk said the exploit left Aave V3 with an estimated $123.7 million in bad debt.

ZachXBT said the UK's May 26 HTX sanctions tainted so many wallets that sanctions-based risk scores are now useless for tracing real crime. The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office designated Huobi Global S.A. and accused the firm of routing more than $1.5 billion to Russian networks. The action marked Britain's first banking-style sanctions on a crypto exchange, and UK firms must now freeze and trace exposed funds. One affected user said wallets holding 99.5% of the user's net worth were frozen out of protocols after a few post-sanction HTX withdrawals.

Citigroup lowered its 3-month gold price target to $4,000 per ounce from $4,300 per ounce. Citigroup kept its 6-12 month gold price target unchanged at $5,000 per ounce.

TON Strategy disclosed that it received approximately 3.3 million TON in May staking rewards, worth roughly $5.6 million at market prices. The Nasdaq-listed company staked about 227 million Toncoin. TON Strategy said the initial annualized staking yield was around 1.48%.

10x Research said institutional selling through spot ETFs caused Bitcoin to briefly fall below $60,000. Markus Thielen rejected speculation that Strategy selling caused the decline. Thielen said ETF fund flows remain the key indicator for Bitcoin's next move.

MicroStrategy shareholders approved a change to STRC preferred stock dividends from monthly to semi-monthly payments. MicroStrategy plans to keep the annual dividend rate at 11.5%.

Messari reported that TON captured 35.5% of the cross-chain NFT market in the first quarter. The share rose 130.4% from the previous quarter. TON's spot price fell 26.5% during the same period.

Spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded about $1.72 billion in net outflows in the week ending June 5, according to SoSoValue data. The outflows extended the streak to four straight weeks of billion-dollar redemptions. BlackRock’s IBIT accounted for about $1.34 billion of the weekly outflows. Spot Ether ETFs also recorded four straight weeks of redemptions.

Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried filed for a presidential pardon while serving a 25-year sentence. Trump said in January that he has no plans to pardon Bankman-Fried. A White House spokesperson pointed to those January comments when asked about the renewed effort on Monday.

Markus Thielen said Bitcoin's drop below $60,000 was driven by ETF outflows linked to rising U.S. inflation, not a feared Strategy sell-off. U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs have accumulated about $5.4 billion in net redemptions since April inflation data exceeded expectations.

The CFTC finalized joint data standards under the Financial Data Transparency Act of 2022, as eight other agencies have established or plan to establish similar standards. The standards set technical specifications for data submitted to certain financial regulatory agencies. The standards aim to unify identifiers for entities, geographic locations, dates, products, and currencies.

Sources familiar with the matter said Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan are exploring futures contracts linked to GPU rental prices. Related GPU futures are expected to be listed on exchanges later this year. Industry insiders said the instruments could help banks manage risks tied to AI infrastructure financing.

Strategy raised $181 million through a common stock sale and bought 1,550 BTC worth approximately $100 million, Jiang Zhuoer said. Jiang Zhuoer said Strategy sold 32 BTC before the purchase and held the remaining funds as cash reserves. Jiang Zhuoer said BTC bought far exceeded BTC sold, and Jiang Zhuoer will wait for further price increases before considering selling.

Strategy announced that STRC, its perpetual preferred stock, has been approved for semi-monthly dividends.