Daily Recap — June 4

Lead stories

Ethereum fell below $1,800 and is now on the verge of dropping out of the world's top 100 assets by market capitalization.

TON recorded the strongest transaction growth among major blockchains over the past 30 days, outperforming Sui, Base, Aptos, and Tron.

The owner of a rare physical Casascius coin loaded with 25 BTC peeled off its security hologram and moved the bitcoins to a new wallet for the first time in 12 years. When the coin was issued in the early 2010s, the 25 BTC it contained were worth less than $100; today, they are worth approximately $1.8 million.

The Central Bank of Russia wants to consider cryptocurrency experience when granting qualified investor status.

Revolut plans to launch its own bank in the United States next year with support for stablecoins.

Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson announced that he will temporarily step away from work and “return soon.” Following the announcement, the coin fell by 12%.

OpenAI is offering six months of ChatGPT Pro to open-source projects, including access to Codex, GPT-5.5 Pro, and API credits for development.

Coinbase is launching trading of pre-IPO perpetual futures, with SpaceX becoming the first asset available.

Spacecoin announced a $100 million deal to launch decentralized satellite internet services in Vietnam.

Michael Saylor believes that the current decline in Bitcoin is not due to a loss of interest in BTC, but rather a large-scale shift of capital into the artificial intelligence sector.

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