Portofino Mint - 9 June 2025

🚀 𝗪𝗲𝗹𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗼𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗼 𝗠𝗶𝗻𝘁!

🔥 Hot Takeaway

- Bitcoin ETFs saw $129M in outflows, while 𝗘𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲𝘂𝗺 𝗲𝘅𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗸 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 $𝟮𝟴𝟭𝗠 𝗶𝗻 𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗹𝗼𝘄𝘀 — marking the 4th consecutive week of institutional rotation into ETH

- On-chain and derivatives data confirm that 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘁𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝘂𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗲 𝗰𝗿𝘆𝗽𝘁𝗼’𝘀 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗺𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆

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📊 At a Glance (7D change: 2 Jun- 9 Jun 2025)

‍𝗕𝗧𝗖 $106,263 (+4.7%) — ETF outflows and profit-taking ahead of US inflation data slowed momentumhashtag

𝗘𝗧𝗛 $2,500 (+5.0%) — $281M in ETF inflows; futures OI up ~65% in May; whale accumulation risinghashtag

𝗦𝗢𝗟 $155.66 (+15.0%) — Rallied on the proposed Alpenglow upgrade aiming for near-instant transaction finality

‍𝗟𝗜𝗡𝗞 $20.73 (–12.2%) — Fell after a major oracle malfunction triggered ~$500K in DeFi liquidations

💡 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗧𝗖/𝗘𝗧𝗛 𝗘𝗧𝗙 𝗱𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗳𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘀 𝗮 𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗳𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝗰𝗮𝗽𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗴𝘆:- Ethereum has now posted 15 consecutive days of inflows, totalling ~$812M- CME futures OI remains flat, but elevated call volume signals sustained institutional interest

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🔧 Tech News & Upgrades

⚙️ 𝗦𝗼𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗮 | 𝗔𝗹𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝗨𝗽𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗲Solana announced a major upgrade called Alpenglow, designed to dramatically speed up the network — aiming for near-instant transaction finality. A key step toward powering real-time Web3 apps⚠️ 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗸 | 𝗢𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗹𝗲 𝗠𝗮𝗹𝗳𝘂𝗻𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻A deUSD mispricing (~$1.03) caused ~$500K in liquidations on Euler Finance. The incident renewed concerns around oracle reliability and highlighted the importance of stronger risk controls in DeFi

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🇺🇸 U.S. Macro Pulse: What to Watch this Week

📈 May CPI forecast: 2.5% YoY (vs 2.3% in April) — partly driven by rising import costs and tariffs

➡️ A hotter-than-expected core CPI could delay Fed rate cuts and keep risk assets on edge.

See here news from the previous week.

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