📢 Solana Foundation’s CPO stated that the Drift exploit is an isolated incident and not a broader DeFi issue on Solana.

📢 The U.S. stock market wiped out $777 billion in value at the opening bell.

📢 Donald Trump says Pam Bondi is stepping down as U.S. Attorney General, with Todd Blanche expected to take over in an acting role.

📢 Grayscale has submitted an updated S-1 filing for its Bittensor ($TAO) trust.

📢 The Bitcoin Policy Institute suggests Taiwan explore Bitcoin as a reserve asset to help hedge against USD exposure and geopolitical risks.

📢 U.S. household exposure to equities has reached a record 25.63% of total net worth, exceeding levels seen during the Dot-Com Bubble.

According to Kobeissi Letter, this raises the risk that a major market downturn could significantly impact consumer spending.

📢 Santiment data shows the number of Chainlink whale wallets holding 1M+ $LINK has increased by 25% over the past year, rising from 100 to 125 despite the bear market.

📢 Glassnode data shows Bitcoin sharks and whales are taking heavy losses, with the 7-day average of realized losses exceeding $200M per day as BTC pulls back from its all-time high.

📢 The Ethereum Foundation has staked 45,034 ETH valued at $93M, pushing total ETH staked this week to 67,551 ETH.

📢 CryptoQuant reports that gold and silver have quickly climbed into Binance’s top five futures by trading volume just days after launch.

📢 xAI’s Grok-4.20 Beta now leads medical AI rankings on Arena, with two of its models placing in the top three for healthcare AI.

📢 ZachXBT claims over $420M in compliance lapses linked to USDC, citing limited action on illicit funds since 2022.

📢 Charles Schwab, a $12T asset manager, is launching Schwab Crypto, giving users a platform to buy and sell Bitcoin and Ethereum.

📢 Circle has minted a total of 3B USDC on Solana over four days, averaging 750M USDC per day.

📢 The probability of a Federal Reserve rate hold has climbed to 95.5% following the latest Non-Farm Payrolls report.

📢 Satoshi’s wallet has declined by over $64.6B from its peak value since the all-time high.

📢 In a rare outcome, a solo miner claimed the entire block reward of 3.139 BTC, valued at about $210K.

📢 The Ethereum Foundation is nearing 70,000 ETH staked.