Chung Daily Note - 2026/6/18
Twitter: @cchungccc
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Chung Daily Note curates key news and insights to save you time while also serving as a record of my research and analysis
Recap
Chung l 仲@cchungccc
Chung Daily Note - 2026/6/17
Happy Wednesday!
Some highlights from today's note
🔸Fed keeps rates unchanged
🔸Coinbase launches fully backed tokenized U.S. stocks
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📰 News
• Fed keeps rates unchanged
• Coinbase launches fully backed tokenized U.S.
Chung l 仲 @cchungccc
Chung Daily Note - 2026/6/16
Happy Tuesday!
Some highlights from today's note
🔸BOJ raises rates to 1.00%
🔸SpaceX to acquire AI coding startup Cursor in a $60B deal
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📰 News
• Trump discusses ending the Russia-Ukraine war with Putin and Zelensky
• https://t.co/eQzKdxbZYJ
6:27 PM · Jun 17, 2026 · 168 Views
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📰 News
•U.S. military officially lifts the Strait of Hormuz blockade
Watcher.Guru@WatcherGuru
JUST IN: Ship traffic officially resumes in the Strait of Hormuz after US and Iran sign deal to end war.
2:27 PM · Jun 18, 2026 · 766K Views
440 Replies · 2.46K Reposts · 13.2K Likes
•$STRC hits an ATL of $82.53
Coin Bureau@coinbureau
UPDATE: $STRC just hit an all-time low of $82.53.
Coin Bureau @coinbureau
🚨 MICHAEL SAYLOR'S STRATEGY: A Bitcoin crash can't force Saylor to sell. Running OUT OF CASH can.
Strategy holds 843,706 BTC, 4% of all the Bitcoin that will ever exist, and NONE of it is pledged as collateral.
So how does the machine BREAK?
1. The dividend drain. Strategy
4:07 PM · Jun 18, 2026 · 3.06K Views
7 Replies · 2 Reposts · 17 Likes
•Tether sunsets aUSDT and Alloy, offering redemption until Sept. 17
CoinMarketCap@CoinMarketCap
LATEST: ⚡ Tether is winding down its gold backed stablecoin aUSDT and Alloy platform, giving users until Sept 17 to redeem for XAUT.
2:55 PM · Jun 18, 2026 · 10.8K Views
47 Replies · 24 Reposts · 138 Likes
•@KaitoAI expands beyond crypto, bringing its influence and reputation system to stocks, AI, and more
Kaito AI 🌊@KaitoAI
Influence used to belong to a few.
Not anymore.
We started by mapping influence in one vertical and grew it to 1M users.
Today, we're taking it further.
12:56 PM · Jun 17, 2026 · 420K Views
364 Replies · 51 Reposts · 996 Likes
📖 Good Reads
•@KobeissiLetter - Key takeaways from Fed Chair Warsh's remarks
The Kobeissi Letter@KobeissiLetter
SUMMARY OF FED CHAIR WARSH'S STATEMENT:
1. Shorter Fed policy statement is intended to "give you the facts"
2. Forward guidance in Fed statement "not well-suited" to current policy state
3. Establishes new "independent task forces" in 5 key areas
4. Task forces will propose
6:49 PM · Jun 17, 2026 · 349K Views
96 Replies · 383 Reposts · 2.7K Likes
•@AlokVasudev - The L1 Blockchain <> AI Lab Comparison
Alok Vasudev@AlokVasudev
https://t.co/xyH2EZ1WXs
7:22 PM · Jun 16, 2026 · 76.6K Views
34 Replies · 19 Reposts · 271 Likes
🎉 New Protocols
•@Heistedxyz
•@monetrix_xyz
Monetrix@monetrix_xyz
Yesterday Monetrix Hit a new milestone
65% APY on a single day
While $HYPE is the most pristine asset your idle USD needs to grow to keep up
Yield that grows alongside Hyperliquid for the first time ever.
YieldMaxxing on Hyperliquid
1:33 PM · Jun 17, 2026 · 5.67K Views
12 Replies · 6 Reposts · 49 Likes
💰 Crypto Fundraising
•@renaissxyz (DeFi) - 1.5m Seed led by @yzilabs
Renaiss Protocol@renaissxyz
Renaiss raises $1.5M First Round — led by @yzilabs @EASYResidency Season 3.
Taste is the new asset class.
Custody is the new trust layer.
Blockchain is the proof.
Round led by YZi Labs, with participation from Gate Ventures, Hash Global, XIN Family, Redline Labs, and angels
2:25 PM · Jun 18, 2026 · 2.75M Views
93 Replies · 67 Reposts · 378 Likes
•@range_org (Compliance) - 8.3m Series A led by @Maven11Capital @tx_group
Range@range_org
We are excited to announce our $8.3M Series A to build the financial control layer for companies operating across stablecoin, crypto and fiat rails.
Stablecoins settle in seconds. Yet too many treasury, risk, and compliance controls still run on business-day logic.
Range closes
12:00 PM · Jun 18, 2026 · 23.5K Views
16 Replies · 24 Reposts · 130 Likes
•@conkarta (Payments) - 140m Series A led by @galaxyhq
Galaxy@galaxyhq
Galaxy Ventures co-led @conkarta's $140M Series A alongside CIM.
Karta reported growth 10x in 2025, with revenue and total payment volume (“TPV”) up another 4x quarter-over-quarter in Q1 2026 alone and a target of $1.2B in annualized TPV by year-end.¹
This is a new US credit
3:42 PM · Jun 17, 2026 · 28.3K Views
7 Replies · 8 Reposts · 125 Likes
•@re (RWA) - $TBD strategic investment from @cbventures
Re@re
Announcing a strategic investment from @cbventures.
The venture arm of the largest US crypto exchange is backing Re, the onchain reinsurance capital marketplace.
A real business now opening up onchain: $490M in premiums as of June 2026, policies covering nearly 1M households.
2:03 PM · Jun 17, 2026 · 36.9K Views
26 Replies · 18 Reposts · 224 Likes
💵 Airdrops
•@re airdrop claim
Re@re
The Resilience Foundation is proud to announce the public launch of $RE.
As $RE goes live, key things to know:
→ 95% of Season 1 participants are fully vested at TGE
→ KYC applies to the top 5% of holders. The vast majority are already verified, and jurisdictional
1:07 PM · Jun 18, 2026 · 16K Views
27 Replies · 13 Reposts · 111 Likes
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