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Without blind transactions
The Ethereum Foundation, together with wallet developers and cybersecurity firms, introduced the Clear Signing project — a protective mechanism against attacks through blind transaction signing.
As part of Clear Signing, several updates were presented:
ERC-7730: an open standard for transaction description format, proposed by Ledger in 2024;
Public registry: the platform clearsigning.org, where developers can publish smart contract descriptions;
Verification system: independent experts will review and confirm the accuracy of data in the registry.
When con

🐋 Lookonchain analysts have discovered a whale who simultaneously opened a short on Ethereum and a long on Bitcoin.
The volume of his short position with 25x leverage is 23,151 ETH ($50.55 million), and the long with 20x leverage is 323.72 BTC ($25.27 million).
The liquidation price for the Ethereum short is at $2,288. The Bitcoin long will be forcibly closed at around $70,325.

👀 The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is using artificial intelligence to monitor insider trading, said the regulator's chairman, Michael Selig.
The agency tracks suspicious behavior of American traders who "penetrate offshore markets like the Polymarket prediction platform using VPNs."
The CFTC is actively implementing AI automation to ease the growing workload. The tools independently analyze trading patterns and identify potential manipulations.
"We have so much data. When we feed it into AI, we get truly valuable insights. This can help us understand certain things, such

🎨 OpenAI has entered into an agreement with the Maltese government to provide residents of the country with free access to ChatGPT Plus for one year after completing a basic AI course.
The program will launch in May 2026 and will gradually scale up as more users complete the training. The courses will be free, and access to the subscription will be available not only to residents of the country but also to Maltese citizens living abroad.
Economy Minister Silvio Schembri stated that the authorities want to turn AI "from an abstract concept into a practical tool" for families, students, and wor

WSJ: Gemini co-founders and other early BTC supporters are eyeing Zcash amid growing interest in privacy
According to WSJ, as BTC becomes more mainstream, some early crypto investors, including Gemini co-founders the Winklevoss brothers, are increasing their investments in ZEC, betting on private transactions. Grayscale Investments is also trying to convert Zcash Trust into an ETF to make the asset more accessible to investors. In recent weeks, ZEC has gained about 50% in a month and over 1000% in a year, although its market cap of around $8.9 billion is significantly lower than BTC’s, and t

The market capitalization of the Base GITLAWB token temporarily exceeded $34 million and reached a new high
The market capitalization of the Base GITLAWB ecosystem token briefly surpassed $34 million, setting a new all-time high, and is now valued at $32.05 million. Over the past 24 hours, the token's price increased by 56.32%, and the on-chain trading volume was about $3.4 million. The GitLawb project is positioned as a decentralized platform for collaborative code development with a process similar to Git, without account registration.

📉 Bit Digital, which moved from Bitcoin mining to Ethereum staking in 2025, recorded a loss.
In the first quarter, revenue was $27.9 million—13.6% lower than in the previous period.
Ethereum staking revenue fell by 29.4%, to $2.3 million; mining generated $3.7 million (-32.9%).
Net loss was $146.7 million versus $185.3 million in the previous quarter. At the end of March, the company held 154,444 ETH ($327 million) on its balance sheet.
Sharplink CEO Joseph Chalom believes Ethereum treasury is an alternative to the Strategy model—betting on staking income and transparent balances rather tha

The Federal Reserve's balance sheet increased by $18,997,000,000 in one week!
▪️Market expectations (Federal Reserve rate):
- PAUSE until December 2026.
▪️Goolsby, Federal Reserve Chair:
- April consumer inflation data (CPI) turned out worse than expected.
- Despite this, I still consider a significant rate cut possible in the future if inflation begins to slow again.
▪️Kashkari, Federal Reserve Chair:
- Inflation remains too high.
- The main risk now is how long the Strait of Hormuz can stay closed.
- Even after the strait reopens, supply chains will need months to recover.
- The Fed Chair ha

🚨 ZachXBT reported a potential Thorchain exploit — crypto assets worth $7.4 million across Bitcoin, Ethereum, BNB Chain, and Base networks were affected.
The protocol has suspended operations.

Trading volume on DEXes in the Solana network has dropped by 94% compared to Ethereum's figures. This is the lowest level in the past 12 months. For comparison: in January, the blockchain indicator of the "people's cryptocurrency" reached a peak of 218%.
Currently, both networks process about $45 billion in monthly trading volume.
Meanwhile, the total supply of stablecoins on Solana shows an upward trend. At the time of writing, the figure is $15.44 billion, and in the leading altcoin network — $165 billion.
Ethereum still maintains the lead in circulating "stablecoin" volume. However, Solana'

Legend will close the app and cease operations on July 12
The Legend financial app based on blockchain announced the gradual closure of its business due to insufficient growth that prevented it from reaching a sustainable operating model. Registration of new users has already been halted, and existing clients need to withdraw their funds by July 12, after which the service will shut down. The team will remind users to withdraw their money via email and notifications over the next 60 days and will keep some documentation accessible for a little longer.

📈 Bitcoin is still too far from a bullish reversal, believes crypto trader with the nickname bee. He pointed out two factors:
🔹 Historically, a bear market lasts at least 350 days — we have completed about 65% of this distance;
🔹 The bottom has never formed without touching the chart of the 350-day moving average line — currently this value is approximately $47,000.

bee's conclusions regarding the expectation of a bullish market were partly confirmed by Glassnode. The relative unrealized losses of long-term holders (LTH) reached a peak of 15% in early April. In previous deep "bear markets

🇰🇵 From 2016 to early 2026, North Korea-related hacker groups stole approximately $6.75 billion in digital assets across 263 incidents, according to CertiK experts. The scale of losses is likely underestimated, as it does not account for hundreds of minor attacks against individuals and projects in the early days of the industry.
In 2025, entities supported by Pyongyang caused $2.06 billion in damage to the industry, accounting for about 60% of the total figure. Meanwhile, they were responsible for only 12% of the attacks.
"North Korea has turned cryptocurrency theft into a key mechanism for

💸 After a pause and management statements about the possible sale of part of the Bitcoin reserve, Strategy resumed buying cryptocurrencies. Over the course of a week, the company purchased 535 BTC for about $43 million. This is noticeably lower than previous investment volumes.
Strategy holds 818,869 BTC on its balance sheet at an average price of $75,540 per coin.
🪙 Bitmine, which has the second-largest corporate crypto treasury by value, said it bought 26,659 ETH. This accounted for roughly a quarter of its previous weekly volumes. The company has accumulated more than 5.2 million ETH—4.31

🔍 Bitcoin whale for the first time in 12 years transferred 500 BTC ($40.6 million) to a new address.
According to Arkham, the transaction took place on May 11. The coins were stored at the address “1KAA8…d882j” from November 27, 2013—back then, 500 BTC were worth about $457,000. Over 12 years, the asset has increased by approximately 89 times.
The reason for the transfer is unknown. Similar transactions often precede the sale of coins.

📈 Morgan Stanley's Bitcoin ETF for Bitcoin recorded $193.6 million in net inflows during its first month of operation (from April 8 to May 7).
Assets under management for MSBT reached $239.6 million. During this period, there were 17 days with inflows, five neutral days, and no days with outflows.
On the first trading day, MSBT attracted $30.6 million with a trading volume of about $34 million. Morgan Stanley's Head of Digital Assets, Amy Oldenberg, called this the best ETF debut in the bank's history.