Cardano's market capitalization climbed back to $6 billion after briefly dipping below that level, with ADA trading at $0.165 at the time of writing. The broader crypto market ticked higher after U.S. inflation data met expectations on Wednesday, while Santiment highlighted unusual on-chain "age" metrics and shifting derivatives sentiment as ADA neared multi-year lows.

Ethereum rebounded after dipping near the $1,500 support area, but an analyst argues the broader setup remains bearish. Ali Martinez says the Delta Price indicator sits around $700 and, if historical patterns repeat, ETH could revisit that range before a new uptrend. Separately, network metrics show nearly 195 million non-empty Ethereum wallets, and Binance futures open interest reached almost 3.7 million ETH.

Advisor Adam Livingston said Bitcoin could reach $256,000 within 12 months, arguing BTC looks unusually cheap versus tokenized gold (XAUT). He cited a June 11 X post claiming the gold-to-Bitcoin ratio sits about 76% below its long-term power-law fair value and that a reversion would imply BTC roughly quadrupling against gold.

On Wednesday, Visa used its annual payments forum to argue that stablecoins are becoming core plumbing for global payments while it broadens efforts in AI and tokenization. The company said it has moved billions in stablecoins via VisaNet, with an annualized run rate of $7 billion as of March 2026, and it plans to expand stablecoin settlement pilots across regions, blockchains, and currencies.

Luno 行政總裁 James Lanigan 警告，南非擬議的《資本流動管理規例》如限制穩定幣使用，或會嚴重削弱該國的經濟競爭力。他指出，相關規則可能令企業無法參與全球 33T 的穩定幣支付市場。國家財政部與南非儲備銀行（SARB）已把草案公眾諮詢期限延至 2026 年 6 月 30 日。監管機構亦將發布一份草擬操作手冊，以界定跨境加密行為並釐清灰色地帶。

支付巨頭 Mastercard 推出「Agent Pay for Machines」新平台，讓 AI 代理與軟件服務可自動彼此交易。平台支援 AI 代理在多種支付通道進行機器速度支付，包括穩定幣及銀行帳戶。Mastercard 表示，該計劃將聯同多家加密公司與支付供應商，搭建「機器驅動商務」所需的基建。

比特幣價格較歷史高位回落50%。隨着一向被視為「機構托底」的力量退場，市場對後市的預測偏向看淡。這令比特幣的上行支撐受到質疑。

加密貨幣交易所持有的以太坊（ETH）供應跌至新的歷史新低，顯示市場在近期價格偏弱之下，仍未放棄這項市值第二大的加密貨幣。CryptoQuant 的最新鏈上數據顯示，交易所持有的以太坊降至 14.5 million ETH，為有紀錄以來最低水平。數據亦顯示，自 June 11, 2025 至 June 11, 2026 期間，交易所累計流出逾 6.5 million ETH。