As of June 2025, the whale count has declined, while the price of ETH appears to be increasing.

BNB Chain has selected 15 projects for the tenth season of its Most Valuable Builder (MVB) acceleration program. Further details are available here.

Volcon (VLCN) announced it holds 3,183 Bitcoin, valued at approximately $375 million, with an average purchase price of $117,697 per BTC.

The U.S. Department of Justice is considering possible charges against employees of Dragonfly related to their associations with Tornado Cash.

Coinbase includes Researchcoin (RSC) in its listing roadmap. More details available here.

RSC shares rise 60% following recent developments. Further details can be found in the linked chart.

Sentiment: Despite Bitcoin and XRP showing subdued levels of market greed, Ethereum's 147% rally since early April maintains an optimistic outlook among traders. The current market trajectory defies prevailing expectations, positioning BTC and XRP as potential entry points for future capital deployment.

Galaxy Digital has sold all 80,009 BTC, valued at $9.68 billion, marking the largest nominal sale of Bitcoin in history.

Spot Bitcoin ETFs experienced net inflows of approximately $130.8 million yesterday, while spot Ethereum ETFs seen a net flow of $452.8 million.

Global Ledger reports that in the first half of 2025, over $3.01 billion was illicitly extracted through 119 cryptocurrency hacks, surpassing the total stolen throughout 2024. Researchers emphasize that money laundering now occurs within minutes, frequently before public disclosure of the breaches. cointelegraph

The CEO of FIRST BITCOIN, an organization promoting Bitcoin in El Salvador, stated that the country’s Bitcoin reserves have had minimal impact on large segments of the population. The country’s continued credit arrangement with the International Monetary Fund may further complicate its Bitcoin strategy. cointelegraph

Whale Transactions:

Today, new wallets have accumulated an additional 42,788 ETH, valued at approximately $159 million. Since July 9, eight new wallets have collectively accumulated 583,248 ETH, worth around $2.17 billion.

Sharplink transferred 145 million USDC to a Galaxy Digital off-chain wallet to acquire more ETH.

REI tokens surged more than 80% since yesterday, with Zoomer Oracle of the Bot database community noting a market cap approaching $1 billion. As of 6 PM Moscow time, REI hit record levels across spot and futures trading on all major centralized exchanges and remains strong.
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REI's digital asset surged more than 80% overnight, pushing its market capitalization towards $1 billion, according to Binance Bot database influencer Zoomer Oracle. By 1800 Moscow time, REI saw peak trading volumes on spot and futures markets across all centralized exchanges, indicating sustained strong demand. Chart

Link Kits have acquired more than 1.60 million LINK in the past two weeks.

The largest private investor in PUMP has converted its holdings of 8 billion tokens, valued at approximately $20.11 million, into Falconx. The sale resulted in a profit of about $8.2 million. This address participated in a private sale round, acquiring 25 billion tokens at the same price as public investors, with no lock-up restrictions, making it the largest participant in the private sale. Transfers began on the 16th, with an average transfer cost of approximately $0.0043 per token. Concurrently, there are ongoing liquidations of PUMP long positions. More details can be found here.

Hayden Davis, founder of the Libra project, has filed documents with a U.S. court, publicly confirming that Libra is a memecoin rather than a formal investment vehicle with a structured business plan. The revelation contradicts Argentine President Javier Milei’s earlier assertion that the token "is intended to promote the development of the Argentine economy."

Pump Pumpfun is planning to introduce an incentive program.

The token activity began roughly ten minutes before the announcement. Further details can be found in the linked news report. Market data is accessible through the accompanying chart.