🐳 Ethereum ICO whale wakes up

An early ETH investor who got 1,000,000 ETH during the ICO has reappeared after 8 years of inactivity.

He just moved 150,000 ETH ($645M) to a new staking wallet.

Back in 2015, he invested $310K across 3 wallets — now worth $4.3B. 💰

From dormancy to giga-chad staking move. 🔒

💸 Public Companies Double Down on Bitcoin

There are now 150+ public companies holding BTC in their official treasuries — up from just 80 six months ago.

Even 4 firms from the S&P 500 have joined the list, marking a historic wave of institutional adoption. 🏦

📊 Bloomberg analyst: “Corporate Altseason” begins

🔸 James Seyffart says altseason is here — but only for tokens held in corporate treasuries.
🔸 DATCO firms (with crypto reserves) are profiting, while most altcoins remain weak.
🔸 Key driver could be approval of crypto ETFs in the US (about 10 waiting — incl. DOGE, LINK, SOL).
🔸 Demand for alt ETFs will likely be smaller than for BTC funds, but multi-asset baskets look promising.
🔸 A classic altseason might never return — institutions are reshaping the market.

📉 ETH Futures Skew Bearish

Sellers are dominating ETH futures, putting $570M more on the table than buyers. 🧐

According to CryptoQuant, such aggressive short positioning usually appears near local market tops.

Is this a warning sign for Ethereum bulls? 👀🐻

🔍 WLFI reveals details on wallet freezes

According to official data, $WLFI is frozen on 272 wallets:

▪️ 215 — hacked;
▪️ 50 — owners reported compromise;
▪️ 5 — flagged as high risk;
▪️ 1 — suspected of stealing other users’ funds.

WLFI says freezes are only for user protection, not to block “normal” activity. 🧐

And nope, there’s no “Justin Sun” category here 😄 Looks like his wallet will stay locked for a while 👍

👻 Analyst João Wedson warns the Bitcoin 4-year cycle ends in Oct 2025 with a crash to $50K!

But before the doom, he sees room for fun:

▪️ BTC could dip to $100K,
▪️ then pump past $140K 🚀,
▪️ before the bear claws it back down in 2026.

So basically: 100K → 140K → 50K. Buckle up, it’s gonna be a rollercoaster 🎢

🤣 The SEC just lost Gary Gensler’s emails (Oct 2022 – Sep 2023) — yes, the ones tied to crypto regulation

Internal audit says: blame the IT department:

▪️ No backups,
▪️ Ignored alerts,
▪️ Bugs left unfixed.

So the regulator that wants to control crypto… can’t even ctrl+S its own files 🤷

Polygon DevRel Bruno Skvorc also got banned from WLFI – his tokens won’t be unlocked 👀

He called it “one of the biggest scams in history,” comparing WLFI to a “new-age mafia”: they stole my money, and there’s no one to complain to, no one to sue, nothing to do. 🇺🇸🥷

The project continues to face harsh criticism as more victims step forward.

💵 Stablecoin reserves on CEXs just hit a record $68B!

Of that, Binance alone holds $44B+ (~67% of the total). 🧐

Such massive balances signal high liquidity and strong trader readiness for big moves ahead. 🚀

🇩🇪 Germany failed to seize part of the Bitcoin stash tied to the Movie2K piracy site 🤷

🔎 Arkham reports 45,000 BTC ($5B) still sit untouched across 100+ wallets since 2019, likely controlled by the site’s operators.

Earlier in 2024, authorities did manage to seize ~50,000 BTC, selling them for nearly $2.9B.

💰Michael Saylor, co-founder & chairman of Strategy, has officially entered Bloomberg’s Top 500 richest people list — thanks to his massive Bitcoin bet that turned him into one of the wealthiest figures in the crypto space. 🚀

🐳 Dormant ETH giants are waking up:

• An Ethereum Foundation-linked wallet moved 4,000 ETH ($17.2M) after 9 years of silence.
• A whale from 2019 deposited 21,178 ETH ($90.7M) to Bitfinex and shifted another 37,760 ETH (~$161.8M) to fresh wallets.

He originally bought ~59K ETH for $12M — now worth over $240M. Long hold paid off. 🚀

💰 Big moves in crypto treasuries:

▪️ Strategy added 1,955 BTC ($217.4M), now holding 638,460 BTC worth $47.17B at ~$73,880 avg.
▪️ Metaplanet bought 136 BTC, total 20,136 BTC — exactly 1 year since its first purchase.
▪️ 🇸🇻 El Salvador marked Bitcoin Law’s 4th anniversary with a symbolic 21 BTC buy, lifting reserves to 6,313 BTC (~$701M).
▪️ Bitmine added 200K+ ETH, crossing 2M ETH (~$9B) — the largest ETH treasury globally.
▪️ Meanwhile, Forward Industries (FORD) raised $1.65B from Galaxy, Jump & Multicoin to bet on Solana — stock pumped 120% before cooling, while SOL jumped 5%+. 🚀

💵 Stablecoin supply on Ethereum just hit a new all-time high of $165B — more than double since January 2024. 🚀

🥳 Markets are fully pricing in a 100% chance of a Fed rate cut this month

📉 Probabilities:

• 25 bps cut — 88.4%
• 50 bps cut — 11.6%

Crypto investors love it — Bitcoin is trading above $113K 🚀

🇺🇸 The US Congress is reviewing a bill that would require the Treasury to explore creating a “Strategic Bitcoin Reserve” and an official Digital Asset Stockpile

If passed, the US could join nations actively building state-level crypto reserves — a major shift in how governments view Bitcoin. 🚀

Solana trading bot project Aqua has likely pulled the plug, stealing 21,770 SOL (~$4.65M) right after its presale! 🙀

Funds were quickly split and funneled through instant exchanges, while the team shut off Twitter replies. 🚫💬

Even projects like Meteora, Quill Audits, Helius & others had promoted Aqua — making the rug sting even harder. 🪤

🇸🇻 El Salvador just opened a Bitcoin Zone in its National Library to celebrate 4 years of BTC as legal tender

The space offers books on blockchain and finance, plus lectures and exhibitions dedicated to Bitcoin. 📚✨

📉 Crypto markets are cooling off! 🥶

According to CryptoQuant, overall trading activity is dropping, and selling pressure is taking over. 🤔

The shift is clear in Bitcoin futures, where trader sentiment points toward expectations of further price declines. Whales are less dominant, and retail is calling more of the shots now. 🐳➡️👥