💰 Saylor bets 1 B$ on Bitcoin as the Israel-Iran conflict intensifies
Welcome to the Daily Tribune for Tuesday, June 17, 2025 ☕️
Hello Cointribe! 🚀
Today is Tuesday, June 17, 2025 and as every day from Tuesday to Saturday, we summarize for you the news from the last 24 hours that you couldn’t miss!
But first…
✍️ Cartoon of the day:
A quick look at the market…
🌡️ Temperature:
⛈️ Stormy
24h crypto recap! ⏱
💰 Saylor bets 1 B$ on Bitcoin
Strategy buys 10,100 BTC for 1 billion dollars at an average price of $104,080/BTC, despite tensions between Israel and Iran.
📈 Crypto ETPs hit a weekly record
Crypto ETPs record their best week of the year with $1.9 billion in net inflows, mainly into Bitcoin and Ethereum.
🇯🇵 Metaplanet strengthens its Bitcoin reserves
Metaplanet adds 1,112 BTC for $117M, bringing its total reserves to 10,000 BTC, above Coinbase.
🛠️ Mining difficulty slightly down
Bitcoin network difficulty drops from 126.9T to 126.4T as hashrate reaches 700 EH/s, according to recent data.
🤖 Runbot automates “buy the dip” strategy on BTC
Runbot allows users to automate a “buy the dip” strategy on Bitcoin using a 7-period EMA over 4-hour intervals, with no coding skills required.
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Crypto of the day: Curve DAO Token (CRV)
🧠 Technology & innovation
Curve was designed with a single objective: to optimize exchanges of stablecoins and correlated assets by minimizing fees and slippage. Its StableSwap AMM, illustrated in Miguel Mota’s whitepaper, combines two invariants: a linear formula (x + y = C) for low slippage near the 1:1 rate, and a product formula (x × y = k) for overall balance.
Operating across Ethereum, Avalanche, and Arbitrum networks, Curve connects stablecoin pools cross-chain through a purely smart contract design, massively securing liquidity without discontinuity of experience or extra costs.
💰 The unique role of the CRV token
CRV ensures dynamic governance: by locking their tokens, users receive veCRV, granting voting power and a boost on pool yields. The longer the lock period, the greater the advantage. This system allows Curve to align protocol stability with sustainable community growth, while distributing yields to active participants.
📊 Market data (as of June 17, 2025)
Current price: $0.5941 USD
24h change: –3.22 %
Market capitalization: $803.8 million USD
CoinMarketCap rank: #81
Circulating supply: 1,352,836,848 CRV
24h trading volume: $148.95 million USD
XRP: On-chain acceleration and technical pressure — toward a cycle inflection?
After several months of relative stagnation, XRP returns to analysts’ focus. The network recorded a 50% increase in on-chain activity with over 1.34 million transactions in 24 hours. Although markets have not yet fully integrated this signal, data suggest an underlying rebound in network dynamism, supported by growing institutional wallet accumulation. This renewed intensity, coupled with a favorable technical setup, opens the way to a potential breakout scenario for Ripple’s token.
Fundamental signals: on-chain flows and institutional accumulation
The recent transaction surge is not isolated: it reflects a simultaneous mobilization of the ecosystem and large holders. Wallets holding between 10 and 100 million XRP now possess more than 12% of the total supply, reaching their highest level in over a year. This phenomenon is often interpreted as a long-term positioning signal from professional or semi-institutional actors.
This context comes while network fundamentals remain solid: low latency, controlled transaction costs, and an increase in new active wallets. These data align with a discreet accumulation process often preceding rapid expansion phases.
Technical analysis: bullish compression forming
Technically, XRP is evolving within a multi-support compression channel, framed by the 50, 100, and 200 period moving averages. Maintaining price above the 200 EMA daily is a sign of structural strength, especially as the RSI lies in a mid-range zone (48–52), favorable for a restart without excessive volatility.
The technical levels to watch are clear:
Bullish confirmation zone: $2.32 to $2.40 — with a clear break, the market could accelerate toward the $2.60–2.80 zone.
Strategic support: $2.00 — a breakdown would invalidate the current momentum and reactivate a short-term sideways phase.
The explosion of XRP’s on-chain activity, combined with institutional accumulation and rare technical stability in a volatile market, constitutes a significant bullish alignment. At a time when Bitcoin and Ethereum absorb most attention, XRP positions itself as a strategic outsider preparing for a major move.
