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BlockBeats News, June 18, according to Hyperinsight monitoring, Hyperliquid's "SPCX Major Short" whale has continuously added to their SPCX short position in the past hour. Currently, the address is shorting 14.55K SPCX with 3x leverage, with a position value of approximately $27.7 million. The unrealized gain has reached $1.4 million, with a return of about 14.4%. It is reported that since yesterday when the SPCX price was above $200, this address aggressively opened a large short position, with the position size reaching $30 million at one point. Today, SPCX has been continuously falling and briefly dropped to around $190. The whale took some profits during this period, then increased the short position again, using some realized profits for rollover trading. The current average position price has dropped to $200.2. Address: 0xfc27136e42af1732ddc9ce2605ea9bff1b959d9d

According to ChainCatcher, the Ethereum Glamsterdam hard fork entered its final development testnet phase on Tuesday, locking in ten EIP proposals, and is positioned as the largest protocol upgrade since the Merge. The two core proposals are: EIP-7732, which enacts proposer-builder separation (ePBS) directly into the consensus layer, replacing the current reliance on off-chain relays like MEV-Boost; and EIP-7928, which introduces block-level access lists (BALs), allowing validators to process unrelated transactions in parallel. Together, these pave the way for a 200 million Gas limit, approximately tripling the current level of around 60 million, with a theoretical throughput of about 10,000 TPS. For users, EIP-2780 is expected to make standard ETH transfers up to 71% cheaper. The mainnet activation date has not yet been determined and will require successful validation on the Holesky and Hoodi testnets; based on historical timelines, it is expected to go live between September and December 2026. The 200 million Gas limit is a design goal rather than a mandatory fork value and will be gradually increased by validators through Gas voting signals.

(1) The International Energy Agency (IEA) stated in its monthly report that increased refinery output and rising exports have helped alleviate market concerns over a possible severe shortage of jet fuel, especially ahead of the summer travel peak. (2) In March, US and European refiners produced over 2 million barrels per day and 1.3 million barrels per day of jet fuel respectively, with output rising further in April and May. US exports to Europe surged to record highs while domestic inventories remained above average, further enhancing export supply capacity. (3) Nigeria is also an important supplier of jet fuel to Europe. The rise in European middle distillate refining margins and the completion of refinery maintenance in countries such as Italy and Norway have led to an increase in processing volumes. The IEA emphasized that the growth of jet fuel output has not come at the expense of diesel production, as diesel prices remain at levels sufficient to maintain their share of output.