Bitcoin moved back above $62,000 on Wednesday after sliding to an intraday low of $60,679, briefly reaching just under $62,800 before easing. The rebound lifted bitcoin's market cap to $1.24 trillion and helped push total crypto market value to $2.21 trillion, while about $94 million in leveraged BTC positions were liquidated over 24 hours.

Solana (SOL) dropped to around $60 earlier this month and was trading near $63 at the time of writing, down 33% on the month with market cap below $40 billion. The TD Sequential indicator has printed a buy signal and is being interpreted as room for a move toward $77, while the daily RSI reportedly fell to about 15—an extreme oversold reading that some view as setting up a rebound.

Bitcoin (BTC) traded below $62,000 near $61,754.56 as demand indicators weakened, with a 30-day combined spot and perpetual futures demand growth reading of -650,000 BTC. The report notes BTC fell 8% this week after a 14% drop last week, putting monthly performance at -24%. Analysts highlighted $62,800 (200-week SMA) as overhead resistance and $65,000 as a key level to reclaim.

Shotgun.fun said it launched in New York on June 10, 2026, positioning itself as a trading terminal that can return up to 100% of trading fees to users, starting at 50% and increasing with volume tiers. The platform says it is non-custodial and secured through Turnkey, and it is debuting with Solana support while planning additional chains and agentic trading features.

Ripple Labs' RippleX introduced the XRP Ledger AI Starter Kit on June 10, rolling it out in stages to help developers build agent-powered apps and enable autonomous payments on XRPL. The toolkit adds support for the X402 web payments protocol, allowing AI agents to pay for services using XRP and Ripple USD (RLUSD). It also includes an MCP server so tools like Claude Code, Claude Desktop, and Cursor can query XRPL documentation directly.

Analysts CrediBULL Crypto and Bobby A said Ethereum (ETH) currently looks like the stronger short-term trade, while XRP could become the better near-term pick if the XRP/ETH ratio falls about 30% to a midrange level. At press time, ETH traded just above $1,600 (down 3% in 24 hours and 31% over 30 days) while XRP hovered around $1.11 (down 5% on the day and nearly 24% in the past month). They also outlined key levels including ETH ranges near $1,550–$1,650, a downside line near $1,380, and potential upside toward $2,500–$2,600, while XRP bulls watched $1.66–$2.00 for a possible breakout.

The US Bureau of Labor Statistics is scheduled to publish May 2026 CPI on June 10 at 8:30 AM ET, with forecasts calling for 4.2% year-over-year versus 3.8% in April. Estimates also point to a +0.5% monthly rise and core CPI of +0.3% month-over-month and 2.9% year-over-year, figures that markets are treating as supportive of a higher-for-longer rate outlook in 2026.

Mastercard said on Tuesday it introduced Agent Pay for Machines (AP4M), a protocol meant to let AI agents send, receive, and settle payments across its global card network, including sub-cent microtransactions. The company says more than 30 firms such as Stripe, Coinbase, and Cloudflare are early partners, with agent permissions recorded on Polygon, Solana, and Base. Executives described AP4M as a longer-term push into machine-to-machine commerce rather than a near-term revenue driver.