📢 Solana’s DeFi total value locked has climbed to 80.34M $SOL, marking a new all-time high.

📢 Ethereum’s weekly transaction volume has reached a record 17.3 million, while median fees have fallen to their lowest level ever, suggesting recent scaling improvements are taking effect, according to Token Terminal.

📢 U.S. inflation eased, with CPI rising 2.4% year over year and 0.2% month over month, both figures coming in below forecasts.

📢 Binance CEO Yi He confirmed that the company’s French employee is safe and expressed gratitude to BRB for its quick response, while urging everyone to remain cautious.

📢 FedEx Joins Hedera Council to Boost Supply Chain Transparency

FedEx is officially stepping into blockchain governance by joining the Hedera network.

• FedEx joins the Hedera Council alongside major tech firms
• Will operate a network node and participate in governance
• Aims to use distributed ledger tech to improve supply chain tracking and transparency

📢 Bloomberg Intelligence analyst Mike McGlone suggests past CPI trends indicate inflation could approach zero in 2026, with Bitcoin possibly playing a leading role in a deflationary recession scenario.

📢 Bitcoin hasn’t traded at these levels since November 2024.

📢 A CryptoQuant analyst notes that selling pressure on Coinbase continues, with the negative premium gap reaching its longest duration since November 2024.

📢 Strategy now owns approximately 3.4% of the total cryptocurrency supply.

📢 Nearly $910B has been erased from the crypto market over the past 30 days.

📢 Bitcoin dominance ($BTC.D) has fallen by roughly 6% from its most recent peak.

📢 Russia Explores Launching a National Stablecoin

Russia’s central bank is exploring the idea of launching a national stablecoin.

• Central bank considering research into a Russian-backed stablecoin
• Could offer a state-controlled digital alternative for payments
• Reflects growing global interest in sovereign digital assets

📢 ARK Invest Adds to Coinbase Position

ARK Invest is increasing its exposure to Coinbase once again.

• ARK purchased 93,000 additional $COIN shares
• Signals continued conviction in crypto-linked equities
• Strengthens ARK’s exposure to the digital asset ecosystem

📢 USAD Stablecoin Goes Live on Aleo

A new privacy-focused stablecoin is entering the market.

• $USAD launches on Aleo mainnet
• Built for private real-world payments and payroll use cases
• Powered by Paxos Labs infrastructure

📢 $147M worth of short positions were liquidated within less than 24 hours.

📢 Dutch legislators have moved forward a proposal to impose a 36% tax on savings and most investments, including crypto. The bill now goes to the Senate and could come into force in 2028.

📢 More than $4B in short positions would face liquidation if $BTC rises by 10%.

📢 American Bitcoin’s holdings have surpassed 6,000 $BTC.

📢 An early Bitcoin holder has been transferring thousands of $BTC to Binance.

📢 The total tokenized market capitalization has reached $6B.