Amazon CEO Andy Jassy has detailed changes that effectively restrict foreign access to some of the company’s AI tools, sharpening how Amazon determines who can use its most advanced capabilities. The move fits into the "AI sovereignty" framework AWS has been developing. In a company blog post, Amazon said verifiable controls over data access depend not only on where data resides, but also on who is using it and the operating conditions under which systems run. A key pillar is the planned launch of AWS’s European Sovereign Cloud, aimed at heavily regulated customers that require independent control over their data. European government agencies, financial institutions, and healthcare organizations have been pushing for this type of infrastructure. Amazon also updated its Business Solutions Agreement with an Agent Policy that requires automated AI agents to identify themselves and comply with AWS policies. Any AI bot interacting with Amazon’s systems must explicitly signal it is not human and follow the platform’s rules. Jassy has promoted generative AI as a major force for improving Amazon’s internal efficiency. In a June 17, 2025 message to employees, he said AI-driven productivity gains could be large enough to reduce headcount needs across the company. Amazon is also increasing its financial commitment to AI. The company has pledged up to $50 billion linked with OpenAI, positioning AWS as a central marketplace for AI tools and services. For investors, the customers most willing to pay premium prices for AI infrastructure are often the same ones demanding sovereignty protections. Defense contractors, intelligence agencies, financial regulators, and healthcare systems want assurances that AI workloads cannot be accessed by foreign actors. Investors will be watching how AWS’s sovereignty policies reshape cloud revenue over the coming quarters. If high-security government and enterprise contracts outpace broader commercial cloud growth, it would support Jassy’s strategy and could strengthen the case for a valuation premium for AWS versus competitors.

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Huo Xing Finance, citing Coinglass data, reported $124 million in total crypto-market liquidations over the past 24 hours. Long positions accounted for $75.4552 million, while short liquidations totaled $48.2317 million. By asset, BTC liquidation value reached $14.476 million and ETH came in at $12.3676 million.

Volatility in the Nasdaq 100 has intensified, with the index posting its longest streak of daily moves of 1% or more since August 2024. The market's key "fear gauge" for mega-cap tech reflected the shift: the Cboe NASDAQ-100 Volatility Index (VXN) surged 49% and reached an intraday high of 52.2, the highest level since April 2025. VXN finished June 9 at 29.78, up from the low-to-mid 20s earlier in the same week. During the run of outsized moves, the index rose as much as 8.1 points in a single session, its biggest one-day jump since November. VXN tracks expected 30-day volatility for the Nasdaq 100; when it spikes, options markets are pricing in sharper swings and investors pay more for protection. The immediate trigger came on June 5, when the Nasdaq Composite sank 4.18%, its worst one-day drop since April 2025. Five consecutive sessions with 1%+ moves in either direction often appear around turning points. The last time the Nasdaq 100 saw a similar pattern was August 2024. Moves like this tend to matter more than a single steep decline. Historically, spikes in VXN of this scale have clustered near major market peaks and troughs. The jump from the low 20s to around 30 over just a few days implies roughly a 40% to 50% rise in implied volatility, pushing up the price of hedges. Put options on QQQ, the Nasdaq 100-tracking ETF, typically become more expensive as implied volatility rises. For investors, the June 5 selloff stood out for its speed as well as its size. Rapid drawdowns can set off margin calls and forced selling across correlated markets, including crypto futures. A VXN reading of 29.78 is elevated but not extreme; during true panic episodes it has held above 40, even as it briefly hit 52.2 intraday before retreating. Markets will be watching where VXN heads next. A slide back toward the mid-20s would point to a routine volatility shock. If it remains above 30 or pushes higher, crypto could feel added pressure as a still-unsteady tech sector exerts broader risk-off gravity.

ME News said that on June 13 (UTC+8), the 24-hour turnover leaderboard featured five assets with combined notional volume of about $2.29 billion. Equities made up 50.2% of total volume. SPCXUSDC ranked first by trading volume but posted negative funding, while energy contracts (CL, BRENTOIL) recorded strong positive funding. Index-linked assets showed comparatively neutral funding. The top five assets were SPCX, XYZ100, CL, SP500, and BRENTOIL. (Source: D Pro)

ME News reported that as of June 13 (UTC+8), comments from Trump, Iran's foreign minister and Pakistan's prime minister point to the U.S. and Iran being closer than at any time in recent memory to a potential peace agreement. Markets will be watching closely over the weekend for signs that a U.S.-Iran deal could be signed. Attention then turns to next week's heavy slate of major central-bank decisions, led by the Federal Reserve. Since taking office, Fed Chair Walsh has kept a low profile. The press conference after the June rate decision is expected to be the first major test of his policy leanings, with investors also looking for clearer guidance on possible changes to the Fed's communication framework. Key events to watch next week (times in Beijing): - Monday 20:30: U.S. June New York Fed Manufacturing Index - Monday 21:15: U.S. May Industrial Production (m/m) - Tuesday 20:15: U.S. ADP Employment Change (week ending May 30) - Wednesday 22:30: U.S. EIA Crude Oil Inventories (week ending June 12) - Thursday 02:00: FOMC rate decision and Summary of Economic Projections - Thursday 02:30: Fed Chair Walsh monetary policy press conference - Thursday 20:30: U.S. Initial Jobless Claims (week ending June 13); U.S. June Philadelphia Fed Manufacturing Index - Thursday 22:00: U.S. May Conference Board Leading Economic Index (m/m) Trading schedule notes: - Thursday, June 18: Ahead of the Dragon Boat Festival, China's Shanghai Gold Exchange, Shanghai Futures Exchange, Zhengzhou Commodity Exchange and Dalian Commodity Exchange will suspend night trading. - Friday, June 19: For Juneteenth, the New York Stock Exchange will close for the day. CME Group's precious metals, energy, FX, equity index and U.S. Treasury futures will end trading early at 01:00 Beijing time on June 20. ICE Brent crude futures will end trading early at 01:30 Beijing time on June 20. (Source: PANews)

ME News, June 13 (UTC+8) — Aggregate 24-hour notional trading volume across the list reached about $27.1B. SPCXUSDC contributed nearly 47% of the total, indices products made up roughly 33%, and commodities about 20%. Funding rates also varied widely. XYZ100USDC and SP500USDC posted funding8h of +0.000625, implying longs paid funding. By contrast, SPCXUSDC, CLUSDC and BRENTOILUSDC recorded negative funding8h, meaning shorts paid funding. Top five assets by activity: SPCX, XYZ100, SP500, CL, BRENTOIL. (Source: D Pro)

Anthropic said it has abruptly disabled access to its two most advanced AI models, Fable 5 and Mythos 5, for customers worldwide after receiving a U.S. government directive requiring the company to block "any foreign national" from using the systems on national security grounds. In a public statement, Anthropic said the order arrived on June 12 at 5:21 p.m. Eastern time and invoked national security authorities. The directive required the company to suspend access for "any foreign national, whether inside or outside the United States," including foreign national Anthropic employees. Anthropic said it cannot reliably distinguish foreign nationals from other users in real time, leaving it with no practical way to comply selectively. As a result, the company said it shut off Fable 5 and Mythos 5 for everyone. Anthropic added that access to its other models is not affected. Bloomberg reported that the U.S. Commerce Department acted after another company claimed it had jailbroken Mythos. Anthropic said it had seen only verbal evidence of a narrow technique focused on prompting the model to review a specific codebase and fix software flaws, and argued that such a finding does not justify pulling a commercial product used at scale. "The finding of a narrow potential jailbreak should not be cause for recalling a commercial model deployed to hundreds of millions of people," the company said, calling for any action to proceed through a "statutory process that is transparent, fair, clear, and grounded in technical facts." It added: "This action does not adhere to those principles." The shutdown is also drawing attention from crypto markets. Onchain traders in 2026 have increasingly used pre-IPO perpetual futures to take leveraged positions on the implied valuations of major private companies without holding equity, and Anthropic is among the most actively wagered names. Bitcoin.com News reported earlier this week that data aggregator Defillama began tracking pre-IPO perpetual markets for Anthropic, OpenAI, SpaceX, and Quantinuum, with 14 such markets now listed as interest in onchain "AI bets" builds. A regulatory shock that forces Anthropic to switch off its flagship models, even temporarily, is the kind of development that can move sentiment in these pre-IPO perpetual contracts, making the order relevant to traders beyond the AI sector. More broadly, the directive offers an early test of how far U.S. national security authorities may reach into commercial AI deployment. Washington has tightened export controls on advanced chips and computing power for years; applying similar logic to the models themselves, and to who may use them, would mark a further escalation. The order's scope, covering "any foreign national" including Anthropic's own foreign employees, suggests regulators may be treating frontier AI models as strategic technology. Anthropic said it will comply with the directive while disputing its rationale and working to restore access. The company framed the suspension as potentially stemming from a misunderstanding rather than a final determination, and stressed that its other models remain available. For users and developers, the impact is immediate: hundreds of millions of people have lost access to Fable 5 and Mythos 5 at once, including teams building products on top of the models. Next steps depend on whether the government formalizes its concerns through the type of process Anthropic is seeking or lifts the order as quickly as it was imposed. Until then, two of the market's most capable AI systems remain offline worldwide.