🦈SharpLink Drops $1.69B on $ETH

💰SharpLink Gaming now holds a massive 438,017 ETH—worth $1.69B—after scooping up 77,210 ETH this weekend for $295M.

🏦They flexed Ethereum’s 24/7 uptime, saying “banks close, $ETH doesn’t,” before confirming the buy.

➡️145M $USDC was sent to Galaxy Digital, which then withdrew 38.6K $ETH from Binance and funneled it back to SharpLink.

📊Over 95% of their $ETH bag is staked or earning via liquid staking—overtaking Bitmine & even Coinbase.

👀Crypto Rover says this kind of buying screams institutional inflow—and tossed out a bold $10K $ETH target.

💰Korean Exchanges Paying Big on Fiat Deposits

🇰🇷Upbit, Bithumb & 3 more platforms have shelled out ₩120.26B (~$87M) in fiat deposit interest since July 2024.

📊The data came straight from Korea’s Financial Supervisory Service, revealed after a freedom of info request.

✔️Credit goes to lawmaker Heo Young, part of the National Assembly’s Political Affairs Committee.

🧾Yes, even fiat is getting yield—just not your bank’s kind.

😄The game has changed...

📈Trump Media Bets Big on Bitcoin Moves—Without Holding Any

💰Trump Media just dropped $300M into options tied to Bitcoin-linked assets.

🎯They’re not buying $BTC, just riding the waves with high-risk, high-reward plays.

📊The move signals a pivot—trying to cash in on $BTC volatility instead of holding the coin.

📰Per Bloomberg, it's a calculated gamble to boost exposure while avoiding direct crypto custody.

❓Options can explode in value—or implode. Timing’s everything.

🚀 Binance Drops “Discount Buy” – Pre-Order Your Crypto Below Market Price!

😥No more stressing over market timing – Binance just launched Discount Buy via Binance Earn!

💸You can now pre-order crypto ($BTC, $ETH, $BNB, $SOL) at a discounted price or earn APR if the price goes up instead.

🪙You choose a Target Price, Knockout Price, and lock your USDT/USDC for a set time.

📉If the price dips = you buy at the discount.

📊If it stays in the middle = you buy half, rest refunded.

📈If it moons = you get your stablecoins back + juicy APR.

🤑No fees, fixed terms, and a chill way to stack crypto without babysitting charts.

🧾This is dollar-cost averaging with benefits.

📉 Injective Dips After ETF Hype – Classic “Sell the News” Move

🚀$INJ pumped hard after Cboe filed to list a Staked Injective ETF via Canary Capital.

💼Institutional eyes are clearly on Injective, joining $ETH & $SOL in the staked ETF race.

📉But after touching $16.35, price slid ~5%, dropping to $13.88 as profit-takers stepped in.

💥Over $982K in $INJ longs got liquidated in 24h – only $87K in shorts. OI also dropped 10.4%.

📊Still, analysts eye a bullish pennant on higher timeframes… but $13.20 is the next support to watch.

🫣Rumor pumped it. News dumped it. Welcome to crypto.

🇰🇷Korea Gets Serious About Crypto Oversight & Digital Currency

🏦Bank of Korea is forming a Virtual Asset Committee to keep tabs on crypto, talk stablecoins, and align with new laws.

➡️CBDC research teams just got a rebrand—now focused on real-world development, not just theory.

🚫Retail CBDC pilot (Apr–Jun 2025) got postponed due to legal fog & cost concerns… but testing could resume soon.

💬Meanwhile, 8 major banks are teaming up to launch a won-pegged stablecoin by late 2025 or early 2026.

📣Governor Lee says it loud and clear: digital currency is a must for Korea’s future.

🐧Pudgy Penguins Drop Gameboy That Burns $PENGU

🎮Play Solana teamed up with Pudgy Penguins to launch a limited edition PSG1 handheld—aka the Web3 Gameboy.

🔥Each console sold triggers a buy-and-burn of PENGU, cutting down supply while pumping vibes.

🕹️Comes right after Pudgy’s Pengu Clash game went live on the TON blockchain—pure skill-based action.

🎧Also part of Pudgy’s master plan to go mainstream, following moves like launching their own music label.

❗️Meanwhile, $PENGU is chillin’ near a key support after a wild 500% run since late June.

🇺🇸$TRUMP Memecoin Eyes Comeback with SUN.io Listing

🌞$TRUMP just got listed on SUN.io, TRON’s top DEX—huge visibility play.

📉Still down 40% from April’s $16.44 high, now hovering near $9.44.

📈But signs of life: formed a bottom at $8.25, printed 2 higher highs, and held the channel’s midpoint.

🚀A breakout from this long downtrend could open doors to $20 targets—just needs that push.

⁉️Listing + bullish setup = possible Trump rally incoming?

🪙Satoshi Statue Stolen & Dumped in Lake

😱A life-sized statue of Bitcoin’s creator Satoshi Nakamoto was stolen and trashed in Lugano, Switzerland.

🦶Only the feet were left behind—the rest ended up smashed and sunk in a lake during Swiss National Day mayhem.

🍷Turns out it was a group of drunk partygoers. The community is furious, calling it a disgrace.

🎯A bounty was placed, and the statue was eventually recovered in pieces.

✍️Now, there’s a petition to restore it—but the culprits still haven’t been caught.

➡️Senators Target Trump’s Stablecoin Ties

⚠️Elizabeth Warren & Co. just pressed the OCC over Trump-linked stablecoin USD1, citing major conflict of interest risks.

💰USD1 is at the center of a $2B deal involving MGX and Binance—and backed by a platform tied to Trump’s inner circle.

🔝With the GENIUS Act making OCC the top stablecoin cop, senators are demanding clarity on how it’ll block political profiteering.

🚨They warn this could set a dangerous precedent: a sitting president profiting off crypto under weak regulation.

👀All eyes now on the OCC—will they step in, or look the other way?

🧠Phantom Goes Full Degen with Solsniper Buyout

🤝Phantom just acquired Solsniper, the AI-powered Solana memecoin sniper.

🚀No longer just a wallet—Phantom’s now gunning to be a full-on trading platform.

✔️Solsniper brings tools to track new launches, wallet moves & market trends—basically alpha on autopilot.

💼The Solsniper team’s joining Phantom, making this their first real move into active trading infra.

🔥Even with a slight cooldown, Solana memecoins like $PENGU, $BONK & $TRUMP are still cooking.

🧊Hyperliquid Refunds $2M After Outage—No Hack, Just Heavy Traffic

📉A 37-minute API outage on Hyperliquid delayed order execution—but wasn’t a hack.

⚠️The issue was caused by a massive traffic surge, not security flaws.

💸Despite zero legal obligation, Hyperliquid reimbursed nearly $2M in USDC to affected traders.

👏The quick, proactive refund earned major community respect.

📈Trust levels rising as Hyperliquid climbs the ranks in decentralized derivatives.

🐸Pepe at the Bounce Zone

👀Pepe’s chilling at a dynamic support that’s been the launchpad for big rallies before.

🎯A flip of the point of control is key if the bulls wanna keep the party going.

📊Need that juicy above-average volume to push toward fresh highs.

🔄After failing to smash the value area high, Pepe corrected but found its feet right here—same spot it’s bounced from before.

🚀If this zone holds, we could see Pepe eyeing its last swing high… and maybe moonwalking past it.

🚀Blue Origin Now Accepts Crypto for Spaceflights

🪙Blue Origin, Jeff Bezos’ space venture, will now take $BTC, $ETH, $SOL, $USDT, and $USDC for its New Shepard rides, thanks to a partnership with Shift4.

💼Payments are handled via Coinbase and MetaMask, letting future astronauts book securely from their wallets.

💰Wanna fly? You’ll need a $150K deposit to start your space journey.

🌌Shift4 says this move brings “commerce beyond Earth,” letting travelers pay however they like.

👀Past Blue Origin flyers include Tron founder Justin Sun, who once dropped $28M for a seat.

🛒JD.com Eyes DeFi & Stablecoins

💼China’s e-commerce giant JD.com is hiring a DeFi expert, hinting at big Web3 moves.

💵With Hong Kong’s new stablecoin rules, JD could drop its own compliant fiat-pegged coin.

⚙️Their “PayFi” vision merges payments with smart contracts, letting suppliers tokenize receivables for liquidity, payments, or collateral.

🌎At home, JD will stick to regulated blockchain via “Zhizhen Chain,” but abroad they’ll dive into Web3—stablecoins, DeFi, and RWA tokenization.

🚀This two-pronged strategy could make JD a heavyweight in the e-commerce + blockchain game.