#BTC Jack Dorsey claims Proto has outperformed China in Bitcoin mining chip design.

#GLP GMX finalizes $44 million plan to compensate GLP holders affected by recent hack. theblock.co

#USDC Coinbase reduces USDC fees for MetaMask users on Base. theblock.co

Swyftx lead analyst: all market movement is based on the assumption that the Fed will cut rates next month, which could have disastrous consequences if it doesn't. cointelegraph

#ETH Fundstrat predicts ETH price of $12,000 to $15,000 by the end of the year. cointelegraph

Hacker Radiant Capital turned the stolen $53M into $102.54M, for a profit of $49.5M (+93.5%).

10 months ago, the hacker stole $53 million from Radiant Capital and exchanged it for 21,957 ETH. He recently started selling ETH, selling 9,631 ETH ($43.94 million) at an average price of $4562, leaving 12,326 ETH ($58.6 million).

#BTC The fear and greed index is 75 - greed.

Whale Transactions:

1. AguilaTrades shorted ETH again, resulting in another loss of $416k. In the last 20 hours, he made 7 trades, all of which were unprofitable, for a total loss of $1.95 million;
2. A wallet affiliated with Galaxy Digital funded Hyperliquid's account with $125 million over the past two days. He then bought spot #ETH , #HYPE , #BTC, #PUMP and #FARTCOIN and opened shorts on #BTC, #ETH, #DOGE, #PUMP, #FARTCOIN and #S to hedge;
3. Whale/organization creates 2 more wallets and accumulated 33,402 ETH ($158 million). 379,317 ETH ($1.8 billion) accumulated in the last 10 days;
4. Whale placed 130,000 #SOL ($26.45 million) on Binance, OKX, Bybit and Gate.

#LINK Santiment: observed the highest LINK activity in 8 months and the highest number of whale transactions in 7 months.