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WTI crude oil futures price fell by $4.70, closing at $76.05 per barrel, a decline of 5.82%; Brent crude oil futures price dropped by $4.21, closing at $78.96 per barrel, down 5.06%. 2. SpaceX closed up 4.77% at $201.68, with a closing market capitalization of $2.65 trillion, at one point surpassing Microsoft and Amazon during the session. 3. SpaceX's cargo "Dragon" spacecraft detached from the International Space Station on the 16th, carrying scientific experiment samples and supplies back to Earth. 4. After the United States and Iran signed a Memorandum of Understanding this week, Iran can now sell its oil and fuel internationally. 5. A US-Iran framework agreement includes a plan to establish a $300 billion private investment fund to support the Iranian economy. This fund will only be launched after the formal final agreement is signed and does not include any government funding. Companies from the United States, the Gulf region, Asia, South America, and many African countries have already committed more than half of the funds. 6. Israel requested the US provide the text of the Memorandum of Understanding with Iran for review but was refused. 7. The Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs confirmed that the framework agreement between the United States and Iran will be signed on the 19th at Mount Bürgen near Lucerne, central Switzerland. 8. Apple plans to launch a new AirPods model equipped with a camera by the end of 2027, to debut simultaneously with the second generation foldable iPhone; Apple will also release a twentieth anniversary iPhone model at the end of 2027. 9. The total amount of mergers and acquisitions advised by Goldman Sachs this year has surpassed $1 trillion, setting the fastest record in history.

Co-founder Tarek Mansour stated that the company is in discussions with regulators about adding more perpetual contracts, with the long-term goal of expanding this product line to other asset classes. Kalshi’s perpetual futures contract is the first of its kind approved by the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), marking the company’s move to expand beyond its core event contract listing business.

Golden Ten Data reported on June 17 that options traders are increasingly divided over the Federal Reserve's near-term interest rate path, with various bets ranging from rate cuts in the coming months to hikes of different magnitudes. Swap market pricing indicates that it is almost certain the Federal Reserve will keep rates unchanged at Wednesday’s meeting, and all attention will turn to Chair Waller’s first press conference in search of clues about future policy. Although the US and Iran are preparing to formally sign a temporary peace agreement, which has caused oil prices to fall to a three-month low and offered some relief to inflation pressures, future policy remains uncertain.