US-listed spot XRP ETFs finished the week with $2.62 million in net inflows even as XRP fell from $1.33 to $1.05. June 3 saw $5.34 million in net outflows, but inflows on June 1 ($4.13 million) and June 4 ($3.83 million) helped keep the week positive.

Hut 8 priced $4.25 billion of 6.129% senior secured notes due 2042 to finance its Beacon Point AI data center development in Nueces County, Texas. The planned campus is designed for 352MW of critical IT capacity across six data halls, and Hut 8 said it will be leased to a tenant rated AA- or higher. The offering is set to close on June 9, 2026, with interest beginning Nov. 30, 2026 and amortization starting May 30, 2030.

Bhutan's sovereign investment arm Druk Holding and Investments (DHI) has sold more than $200 million worth of Bitcoin in 2026, shifting from building reserves to managing liquidity for infrastructure funding. Blockchain-based estimates indicate the country started the year with about 13,000 BTC and may now hold roughly 2,400–4,400 BTC after multiple transfers and sales. Analysts described the move as a staged program executed in smaller tranches rather than an attempt to time the market.

Travala said it launched its Travala Travel MCP on June 5, enabling autonomous software agents to search, book, and pay for stays across more than 2.2 million hotels, with users authorizing only the final payment. The Base-built system supports gasless USDC payments via x402 with settlement costs of about 1 cent per booking, and offers developers a programmatic 10% cbBTC rebate for agent-executed bookings. Travala also said it will extend the protocol beyond hotels to additional travel products, including flights.

On June 7, 2026, analysts said rumors tying a DTCC collateral eligibility update to institutional XRP delistings were incorrect, helping ease a retail-driven selloff. The episode followed widely shared screenshots that fueled rotation from XRP into XLM, with on-chain data reportedly showing about $900 million in weekly realized XRP losses at the height of the panic. XRP briefly dipped below $1.30 before stabilizing as clarifications spread.

Leopold Aschenbrenner expanded Situational Awareness LP from $255M to $13.7B over six quarters, with Q1 2026 showing the largest step-up. The filing shows a new $8.5B put-options overlay led by a $2.04B SMH put and additional puts on names including NVDA and AMD, while several long positions in AI-power and crypto-mining themes were increased.

Lookonchain said on June 6, 2026 that Michael Saylor's Strategy and Tom Lee's Bitmine were carrying large unrealized losses, estimated at $12.27B and $10.35B, respectively. The report followed a sharp market slide that saw bitcoin fall to $59,000 on Friday, while other corporate holders such as SharpLink, Metaplanet, and Forward Industries were also shown with sizable paper drawdowns.

Bitcoin fell from $62,500 to around $59,000 after the May 2026 U.S. jobs report, and was last quoted at $59,990—down 6% over 24 hours and the lowest level since October 2024. The move came as spot Bitcoin ETFs logged 14 straight sessions of outflows nearing $5 billion, while CoinGlass data showed $545 million in liquidations on Friday, including $444 million in longs.