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On June 17, Ki Young Ju, founder and CEO of CryptoQuant, stated on platform X that altcoins are not dead. Only those altcoins that rely solely on narrative hype will be eliminated. The era where simpl

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GNS focus is on governance-led reboot: on Jun 4 a “GNS Rebirth Plan” proposal outlined stewardship/structure changes, and on Jun 5 “Make Gains Great Again” continued relaunch/alignment talks. Square c

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Crypto markets have already priced in a steady hand at the Federal Reserve. The first FOMC meeting led by new Chair Kevin Warsh is set to begin on June 16, and prediction markets on platforms like Pol

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World Cup Predictions: 100,000 USDT DailyBTC Prophet: 20-Day 380 Million HTX ChallengeHTXCommunity4thAnniversaryVanEck: Bitcoin Miners Face $50B Funding Gap as AI Pivot Separates Winners From LosersA 

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VanEck: Bitcoin Miners Face $50B Funding Gap as AI Pivot Separates Winners From LosersA new framework from asset manager VanEck is drawing clear lines between Bitcoin miners that are genuinely transforming into artificial intelligence infrastructure providers and those that are still selling a story. All of it comes with a sobering price tag: a roughly $50 billion near-term funding gap standing between the sector’s pipeline ambitions and actual delivery.

In a research note, VanEck investment analyst Griffin MacMaster and Head of Digital Assets Research Matthew Sigel laid out what they describe as the first structured valuation approach for the increasingly blurry category of companies that straddle both Bitcoin mining and AI data center hosting.

With financial disclosures varying widely across the sector and cash flows still nascent, VanEck argues the cleanest metric available to investors right now is gross energized power — essentially, how many megawatts a company has actually switched on, not just announced.

The gap between those two things is already telling. Companies that have physical leases in hand — including Cipher Mining (CIFR), Hut 8 (HUT), and TeraWulf (WULF) — are commanding valuations above 10x gross energized power.

Meanwhile, names like Marathon Digital (MARA) and CleanSpark (CLSK), which remain more closely tied to Bitcoin mining with limited contracted AI capacity, are trading at just 2–6x that same metric.

“For now, we find that the market is paying for contracted and energized capacity, while discounting everything still in the pipeline,” the analysts wrote.

Signing contracts, VanEck warns, is only the beginning. Across the entire peer group, miners have delivered only approximately 25% of their leased capacity — a figure that the firm expects to decline further before improving, as large-scale construction projects kick o

VanEck: Bitcoin Miners Face $50B Funding Gap as AI

World Cup Predictions: 100,000 USDT DailyBTC Prophet: 20-Day 380 Million HTX ChallengeHTXCommunity4thAnniversaryVanEck’s Sigel rejects MARA BTC buy claims amid AI expansionVanEck’s Matthew Sigel has d

VanEck’s Sigel rejects MARA BTC buy claims amid AI expansionVanEck’s Matthew Sigel has disputed claims that MARA Holdings purchased 1,000 Bitcoin, saying the transaction likely involved returned collateral from a $BTC-backed loan rather than a new market acquisition.

According to a June 16 X post by VanEck Head of Digital Assets Research Matthew Sigel, the recent speculation surrounding Bitcoin mining firm MARA having purchased an additional 1,000 $BTC is incorrect.

Sigel made the comment in response to on-chain analytics platform Lookonchain, which had highlighted a 1,000 $BTC transfer involving FalconX and suggested it appeared to be a purchase by the miner.

Lookonchain noted that the transaction followed MARA’s first-quarter sale of 20,880 $BTC for roughly $1.5 billion at an average price of $70,137 per coin.

As crypto.news previously reported, that sale came as the company increasingly directed attention toward artificial intelligence and high-performance computing infrastructure.

Providing additional context, Sigel said the transferred coins were returned-lent assets rather than Bitcoin acquired on the open market.

“MARA will be monetizing its DC portfolio: Starwood in the US, Exaion in the EU. Bitcoin accumulation is the last thing on their mind.”

Historical wallet activity also appears to support that interpretation. MARA has typically moved Bitcoin purchases into newly created wallets, while the latest transaction did not follow that pattern. Based on that behavior, market participants suggested the company may have closed a $BTC-backed loan and received collateral back instead of adding to its treasury through direct purchases

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Tuesday 15 June 2026 – Institutional interest in on-chain derivatives platforms is accelerating, driven by transparent revenue models and robust token utility. Hyperliquid (HYPE) has emerged as a primary beneficiary of this trend, posting a 17% gain over the past week and a 70% surge over the last 30 days. The token is currently trading near $73 with a market capitalization exceeding $18 billion, supported by approximately $10 billion in open interest and more than $160 million in recent ETF inflows.

This sustained capital allocation underscores a broader market transition away from speculative assets and toward infrastructure that addresses deep-seated liquidity challenges. As capital rotates into high-utility networks, early-stage projects targeting cross-chain fragmentation are gaining momentum. LiquidChain (LIQUID), an emerging Layer 3 framework designed to unify asset flows across major blockchains, has raised over $842,000 in its ongoing presale, closing in on the $1 million milestone as whale-sized capital seeks early positioning in the next generation of liquidity infrastructure.

The recent traction behind Hyperliquid is heavily tied to its operational fundamentals. Recent HYPE ETF activity has directed over $160 million into the asset, indicating that institutional allocators are evaluating the underlying exchange as a revenue-generating business. The platform’s high derivatives trading volume generates fee revenue, a portion of which is programmatically allocated to a dedicated assistance fund for market purchases of the HYPE token.

This mechanism directly links platform utilization to token demand, creating a structural buyback dynamic that has supported HYPE’s price action during the current altcoin recovery. Furthermore, Hyperliquid’s fully on-chain execution model offers the transparency and intermediary-free trading environment that

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Shiba Inu’s holder count is creeping toward 1.6 million, but the pace suggests otherwise.On-chain data from Etherscan puts the figure at roughly 1.5883 million at the time of writing, which is a gain 

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$JUP is extending its recovery with buyers steadily reclaiming key levels. Momentum remains positive, supporting the case for further upside. Trade Setup Entry Zone: $0.2020 - $0.2050 TP1: $0.2150 TP2: $0.2300 TP3: $0.2500 SL: $0.1940

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