📢 OpenAI COO Brad Lightcap is departing the company after eight years, saying he plans to pursue a new venture.

📢 OpenAI COO Brad Lightcap is departing the company after eight years, saying he plans to pursue a new venture.

📢 CryptoQuant CEO Ki Young Ju says Bitcoin’s latest rally is being driven by futures activity, warning that without stronger spot demand, the move could lose momentum like it did in April.

📢 Metaplanet transferred 3,881 $BTC worth approximately $247.3M over the past three hours, according to Arkham data.

📢 Harmony Protocol was hit by an exploit involving an unauthorized mint of 4B $ONE, equal to 26% of the total supply, with 2.8B $ONE sent to exchanges as the token’s price plunged. The team says it is coordinating with exchanges to freeze the funds and working on a patch.

📢 Michael Saylor says Strategy’s $BTC Credit model assumes a 10% BTC ARR scenario to monitor credit spreads and the risk of undercollateralization.

📢 Bitcoin has flashed its second early bull-market signal, pointing to a potential bottoming phase, according to CryptoQuant.

📢 U.S. banks are sitting on $325 billion in unrealized losses, according to Barchart.

📢 Metaplanet transferred 4,176 $BTC worth $265.3M, while its 43,000 BTC holdings are currently around $1.4B underwater.

📢 Hyperliquid has expanded HIP-1 with deployer-controlled scaleWei, allowing token balances to be adjusted when repricing assets.

📢 Solana briefly saw 28.83% of staked SOL lose connectivity, coming close to the network’s 33.34% threshold for a halt, according to Marinade.

📢 A Bitcoin whale partially closed a $114.4M short position to avoid liquidation as BTC climbed, but still maintains a $98.97M short.

📢 Fidelity says Bitcoin volatility is hovering near multi-year lows, while spot ETP inflows are picking up momentum again.

📢 A Bitcoin user paid a staggering 1.6 $BTC transaction fee, worth approximately $103,000, for a single transfer.

📢 When it comes to intelligence, speed, and affordability, Elon Musk claims that Grok 4.6 is the best AI model.

📢 Token Terminal reports that Ethereum's staking ratio has hit a record 34.4%.

📢 52% of Gen Z investors have redirected funds to sports betting, according to Betterment.

📢 Blockchain Association has filed an amicus brief supporting Custodia’s Supreme Court petition, urging the Court to examine whether regional Federal Reserve banks can deny master-account access to state-chartered banks.

📢 The odds of a September Fed rate hike have dropped to 40.1% from 48.4% a day earlier, according to CME FedWatch.

📢 A user lost $100K after copying a malicious wallet address from their transaction history without verifying it, according to Lookonchain. Always double-check the full wallet address before sending funds.