📢 X Head of Product Nikita Bier posted this on X “Crypto has had a rough year. Maybe we should launch something to fix it."

Hopefully, something great is coming!

📢 Strategy’s $STRC reached a new record with $1.1B in daily trading volume, jumping 46.5% above its previous peak.

📢 Perpetual futures trading surged, with volumes reaching $86.2T on centralized exchanges (+47% YoY) and $6.7T on decentralized platforms (+346% YoY), as they continue to grow into a major force in crypto markets.

📢 Activity for Tether and USD Coin on Ethereum has fallen to its lowest level in 2026 so far, indicating weaker buying activity, according to Santiment.

📢 Global data center electricity demand is expected to rise 220% from 2023 levels, reaching a record 1,350 TWh by 2030, largely driven by AI growth, according to Goldman Sachs.

📢 The seven largest token unlocks this week add up to $337.9M, with $PUMP leading at $193.3M.

📢 BNB Chain recorded the biggest stablecoin inflows over the past 24 hours, adding $518M, according to Artemis.

📢 About $444M in short positions were liquidated over the past 24 hours.

📢 A fake Ledger Live app on Apple’s App Store reportedly drained $9.5M from over 50 victims in just one week, according to ZachXBT.

📢 U.S. PPI DATA UPDATE

U.S. PPI DATA IS OUT!

HEADLINE PPI (YoY): 4.0%
Forecast: 4.6% | Previous: 3.4%

CORE PPI (YoY): 3.8%
Forecast: 4.2% | Previous: 3.9%

📢 Visa Steps Into Blockchain Validation

• VISA launches its own validator node on Tempo
• Joins Stripe and Zodia Custody as early external validators
• Signals deeper involvement in on-chain infrastructure

$BTC surges past $75,000

📢 Anthropic has introduced Claude cloud-run routines, allowing tasks to be automated without relying on local machines.

📢 Ledger has unveiled an AI roadmap focused on securing autonomous agents responsible for managing wealth and identity.

📢 CoW Swap experienced a DNS hijack, with its backend and APIs remaining secure. Operations were temporarily paused as a precaution, and users were advised to avoid interacting with the platform until the issue is resolved.

📢 Grayscale reports that 45% of Gen Z and Millennials own crypto, compared to just 18% among Gen X and Baby Boomers.

📢 21Shares has updated its Hyperliquid ETF filing with the ticker $THYP, signaling progress toward a U.S.-listed $HYPE ETF as the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission continues its review.

📢 Ki Young Ju suggests there may be limited time left to buy Bitcoin near the average entry levels of Michael Saylor and institutional ETF investors.

📢 Small retail traders sold 1,791 Ethereum (about $4.16M) over two days during the recent 17% rally.
According to Santiment, this kind of retail selling has historically been a bullish signal.

📢 According to Bitwise, Bitcoin has risen about 12% since the Iran conflict began in late February, outperforming the S&P 500 (-1%) and gold (-10%).