Bitcoin News Roundup for June 15, 2020
With bitcoin and ether both down on the day, CoinDesk's Markets Daily is back!

With bitcoin and ether both down on the day, CoinDesk's Markets Daily is back!
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Today's stories:
Bitcoin Price Drop May Be a Bear Trap, Options Market Suggests
JPMorgan Analysts: Bitcoin Is Likely to Survive (as a Speculative Asset)
Cryptocurrency Markets May Be Decentralized, but They're Still Accountable
How an Art Collective Is Using Blockchain to Protest Police Brutality
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Protocol Research: GoPlus Security

What to know:
- As of October 2025, GoPlus has generated $4.7M in total revenue across its product lines. The GoPlus App is the primary revenue driver, contributing $2.5M (approx. 53%), followed by the SafeToken Protocol at $1.7M.
- GoPlus Intelligence's Token Security API averaged 717 million monthly calls year-to-date in 2025 , with a peak of nearly 1 billion calls in February 2025. Total blockchain-level requests, including transaction simulations, averaged an additional 350 million per month.
- Since its January 2025 launch , the $GPS token has registered over $5B in total spot volume and $10B in derivatives volume in 2025. Monthly spot volume peaked in March 2025 at over $1.1B , while derivatives volume peaked the same month at over $4B.
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Dogecoin and Shiba Inu lag market as memecoins continue to lose ground to bitcoin

Despite increased whale accumulation, both DOGE and SHIB face selling pressure unless they reclaim key technical levels.
What to know:
- Dogecoin and Shiba Inu continue to underperform compared to broader crypto markets, highlighting ongoing de-risking in speculative assets.
- Despite increased whale accumulation, both DOGE and SHIB face selling pressure unless they reclaim key technical levels.
- Recent regulatory developments for SHIB have not translated into immediate price gains, as technical factors dominate meme coin trading.











