The anticipated holdup in Pi Network’s latest protocol update lingers on but the team has called on select nodes to accelerate upgrades so completion arrives without further stalls. 🌙 Meanwhile the native token has finally flexed some muscle rebounding from the 0.13 support zone.

Node Operators Accelerate Now 🕷️

The vital protocol changes kicked off at the end of February and rolled out on schedule or ahead until version 24 arrived late. That round zeroed in on better infrastructure for nodes and mainnet flows. With 25 now in motion most operators sit ready yet the core team wants the rest to finish fast or face disconnection from the network.

Reminder for all Pi Mainnet Node operators: The majority of Mainnet node operators have already successfully upgraded to Protocol v25. If you have not yet upgraded your node, please do so at your earliest convenience to remain connected to the network.

As with previous…

— Pi Network (@PiCoreTeam) June 20, 2026

PI Token Makes a Comeback 💀

PI plunged to a fresh low below 0.12 during the early June selloff then clawed toward 0.14 only to get rejected again. It held the 0.13 line yesterday as bulls stepped in to spark a daily gain above 4 percent leaving the price near 0.135. That marks a 15 percent rise from the bottom though the bigger picture shows a brutal 95.4 percent drop from the February 2025 peak. The next month unlocks just 4.2 million coins per day on average which should soften selling pressure.

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Alexander Mashinsky the Celsius founder and ex CEO just got permanently banned from all trading in markets under the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission after a federal court sealed the deal with a consent order. This wraps up the regulator’s 2023 case against him. 🌙 The order from the US District Court for the Southern District of New York also bars him forever from breaking key anti-fraud rules in the Commodity Exchange Act plus CFTC regs while stopping any future registration with the agency.

DeFi Meltdown Shadows 🦇

The CFTC hit Mashinsky and Celsius Network with a lawsuit back in July 2023. It claimed the platform let users drop in cryptos that got pooled for revenue generation with promises of weekly interest or rewards. Mashinsky pushed Celsius hard through videos livestreams and posts painting it as this secure alternative to banks loaded with high yields. Yet the platform dove into risky uncollateralized loans and shady DeFi plays that racked up huge losses behind the scenes while customers got fed safety lies. Celsius pulled in around 20 billion in customer funds before bankruptcy hit.

Fraud Reckoning Time 🕷️

This civil case ties into Mashinsky’s separate criminal charges where he pleaded guilty to commodities fraud and securities fraud back in December 2024. His sentence came down to 12 years prison plus a 50,000 fine and 48.39 million forfeiture on May 8 2025. The details show just how deep the deception ran in those defi corners. 🖤

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Hsiao-Wei Wang has officially stepped down as the Ethereum Foundation’s co-executive director and board member now that her sabbatical has wrapped up.

Another Bold Exit Hits Ethereum Ranks 🖤

She posted on social media to share her departure after that long career pause gave her time to rethink what matters most. “After my sabbatical, I have decided to step down as co-executive director and board member of the Ethereum Foundation effective today,” she wrote. Check the full announcement

“After my sabbatical, I have decided to step down as co-executive director and board member of the Ethereum Foundation effective today.”

Bastian Aue helped steer things smoothly during her time away. Looking back she feels proud of everything the whole crew built and credits the endless growth to every builder researcher educator validator user and contributor keeping the network alive. This year the foundation has seen quite a wave of exits from names like Tomasz Stańczak Julian Ma Carl Beek Tim Beiko Trent Van Epps and Barnabé Monnot. With Wang leaving the remaining board now sits at just Vitalik Buterin Patrick Storchenegger and Aya Miyaguchi.

Vitalik Drops Kind Words on Her Legacy 🌙

Wang stepped into the co-executive director role last year sharing duties with Stańczak during some seriously intense times. Buterin highlighted her decade of steady influence noting she always brought skill and grace to everything. “She handled the task skillfully and gracefully and has constantly strived to find and insist on outcomes that are right both for the Ethereum protocol and for the human beings that build and maintain it,” he wrote. See his full tribute

“She handled the task skillfully and gracefully and has constantly strived to find and insist on outcomes that are right both for the Ethereum protocol and for the human beings that build and maintain it.”

He fondly recalled her early contributions that organized Ethereum research and consensus work while also growing a tight-knit community in Taipei through events and connections. She is still sorting out her next chapter yet stays deeply connected as a proud supporter of everything the ecosystem keeps pushing forward. 💀

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June kicked off with Bitcoin and Ethereum plunging to yearly lows, yet whispers in the markets suggest the true cycle bottom remains ahead 🕷️. The burning question lingers on which one—BTC or ETH—will hit its floor sooner, and one sharp observer just shared his take.

Ethereum Might Slip First 🌹

X user Ted argued that the second-largest crypto stands a better chance of bottoming ahead of the leader. He noted most downside liquidity looks swept away already, eyeing a potential slide to 1300-1400. “But after that, upside liquidity will start to look more interesting,” he added.

Right after, Ted noted Ethereum breaking under the key 1700 mark and flagged a further 5-6% drop unless it reclaims that zone fast 🦇. Plenty of other voices see darker days ahead for ETH. Ali Martinez said it is breaking from its channel and sitting below the 200-hour SMA, targeting 1580 next. Niels claimed the cycle low for Ethereum still lies ahead, calling for a crash as low as 1200 this year while calling current prices a solid buy chance.

Bitcoin Eyes Deeper Shadows 🖤

Early June saw the flagship crypto tumble near 59000 for the first time since late 2024. Ted views that level as no real floor. He spotted a huge liquidity pocket between 50000-60000, the same area packed with large buy orders on exchanges. That points to a likely sink toward 50K, possibly with a wick.

X users bee and Crypto Lens echoed bearish calls. Bee expects BTC on the verge of the final flush down to 51000-52000, while Crypto Lens eyes 43000 by August. Still, not everything spells gloom. Declining Bitcoin on exchanges hints at a rebound, with the figure hitting a six-year low as holders shift to self-custody and ease sell pressure. Whales scooped up over 30000 BTC in one week, a clear sign they are loading for the next leg up and could pull retail along too.

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Pi Network stays super active with big upgrades rolling out for its ecosystem and nodes. The notorious meme coin Dogecoin keeps dumping hard lately and hints point to more red days ahead while Cardano slides too with analysts eyeing lower levels.

Pi’s Protocol Glow Up 🖤

Early in the month the core team wrapped protocol v24 which strengthens the backbone for nodes and mainnet runs. V25 sits next but the deadline of June 18 might slip a tad longer. Pioneers got a nudge to pull in vibe coders for AI apps via Pi App Studio through Pi2Day on June 28. Fresh testing on the launchpad with SLICE tokens teaches DeFi flows where you pick your commitment amount and it shows the fair access hold plus totals upfront. Ecosystem directory staking just got a slick new interface so staking PI boosts apps and lets devs reach that 60M+ crew.

Doge Drip Turns Bleak 🌙

Dogecoin sits at 0.08 after a 52 percent drop over the past year. Whales moved 420 million DOGE in seven days pushing holdings near 35 billion which could signal more pain even if retail follows suit.

Cardano’s Slippery Slope 💀

ADA crashed below 0.16 with market cap under 6 billion risking its top 20 spot. Hoskinson’s break message fueled extra FUD and bear flags from June point to possible 0.13 targets.

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Bitcoin options are expiring in a huge batch today with 30500 contracts worth 1.9 billion vanishing into thin air. This week’s drop feels smaller than last but the markets still wobble without big spot shakes. Crypto dipped after a tiny gains streak with total value floating near 2.25 trillion and 70 billion slipping away since Monday. A US Iran peace deal failed to lift vibes while the new Fed chair Kevin Warsh kept rates steady as expected yet more hikes loom if inflation spikes.

Expiry Shadows Looming 🖤

The Bitcoin batch shows a put call ratio of 0.78 so call sellers edge out put ones slightly. Max pain sits at 65000 about 2000 above spot so plenty end up underwater. Open interest stays heaviest at the 80000 strike on Deribit with 1.6 billion while 60k holds 1.3 billion in shorts. Across exchanges total BTC options OI climbed to 36 billion per Coinglass.
Derivatives provider Greeks Live noted the 60000 level acts as a critical threshold.

1/ Midweek Crypto Derivatives Report
2026-06-18

A week of grinding calm has gutted the front of the bitcoin:native vol surface. Seven-day ATM IV has fallen from roughly 46 to 36 while the back barely moved near 43; the curve that was inverted a week ago – a classic fear-front -… pic.twitter.com/IGSHaQFna1

— Laevitas (@laevitas1) June 18, 2026

A sustained breach here could flip hedging flows toward more downside speed. The 70000 to 82000 zone offers positive gamma that dampens volatility naturally while Laevitas observed a grinding calm has thinned front month vol surfaces.

Ethereum Joins the Dark Flow 🕸️

137600 Ethereum contracts expire too for 234 million notional with max pain at 1725 and even put call ratio. Total ETH options OI reaches 6 billion across platforms. Combined crypto expiry hits 2.1 billion a modest event overall.
Crypto trades red in Asian morning hours with total cap plunging 2.4 percent. Bitcoin slid from 64500 intraday high down to 62800 now and lows may get tested again soon. Ethereum drops 3 percent nearing 1700 at yearly lows. Heavier altcoin pain hits Hyperliquid Zcash Sui and Avalanche.

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Uniswap caught some fresh momentum this week as institutional whispers about UNI’s future stirred up the markets and feeds.

Whales Stirring Up Volume 🌑

Whale moves on the network hit a 7-month high while active whale addresses climbed to a four-month peak according to Santiment’s report. The buzz followed a bold long-term forecast from Standard Chartered’s Geoff Kendrick and team projecting UNI at $100 by 2030. They linked it to tokenized assets surging on-chain to roughly $4 trillion by end of 2028 from around $340 billion currently.

The researchers also flagged that tokenized assets in DeFi could expand at least 37 times over the next four years, hinting at serious ripple effects for Uniswap’s liquidity pools. Uniswap sits in a strong spot to grab that growth with its general-purpose trading setup, solid history, brand pull, and lead in correlated asset pairs as the top DEX.

This weekend the protocol confirmed tokenized equities like Apple, Tesla and NVIDIA now trade via its app and API. Earlier it also opened access to BlackRock’s BUIDL fund through UniswapX which sparked a 40% token pop. Standard Chartered laid out a clear path: $6.50 by year-end, $20 by 2027, $40 by 2028, $65 by 2029 and finally $100 in 2030. That path spells a potential 40x jump from recent levels and outperformance versus Bitcoin and Ethereum.

“Uniswap shocked traders with a +24% surge and massive whale activity and volume,” Santiment reported on X.

On June 17 that note dropped and the next day Santiment followed with active addresses hitting a 4-month high plus whale transactions matching their level from seven months back.

UNI Chart Vibes 🔮

Price-wise UNI hovered near $3.10 at writing after tapping $3.65 in the last 24 hours, its highest since mid-May. The token climbed almost 24% over the past week and over 16% in 14 days though it still sits down nearly 12% for the month and 58% year-on-year. 🖤

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