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Whale Swaps 1.459M FARTCOIN for SOL, Earning $963,000 Profit, What’s Next for Fartcoin?

Amid the ongoing price consolidation across the wider crypto market, a Fartcoin whale has shifted his focus to Solana (SOL). Today, July 8, 2025, market analyst Onchain Lens reported a post on X, revealing that a Fartcoin’s major investor made a significant move as he sold 1.459 million FARTCOIN tokens for 10,509 SOL worth $1.57 million. A whale has sold for 1.459M $FARTCOIN for 10,509 $SOL ($1.57M), at a price of $1.07, and deposited it into #Binance. The whale bought these $FARTCOIN for 5,171 $SOL ($606K), 3 months ago, making a profit of $963K. Address: AGF8NeiyY4zhFLuFW4qRQyFLRvNhuDsNsHYVD8435yNG Data… pic.twitter.com/aoOJXb2F8D — Onchain…

Altcoins

Why Are So Many Crypto Games Shutting Down? Experts Weigh In

Crypto gaming has seen a troubling trend of projects shutting down or being abandoned after years of hype, token sales, and chaos. Experts say it isn’t much of a surprise considering how challenging game development is, and pointed to gaming tokens as a flawed system that applies too much pressure to projects in their infancy. It's easy to say that we all saw it coming, but in reality, a lot of the recently discontinued titles were once-promising blockchain experiences. Deadrop, for example, was once led by popular streamer Dr. Disrespect and had substantial hype, before the studio crumbled in January…

GameFi

OpBNB Dominates in Blockchain Gaming UAWs, SKALE, RONIN, SEI, WAX & Other Ranked Top Performers

New data released today by market analyst Satoshi Club listed top gaming blockchains by UAWs (unique active wallets). In other words, the data highlighted platforms that are generating top excitements in the crypto gaming sector, as discussed below. .@BNBCHAIN is currently the top gaming blockchain by unique active wallets, with 1.62M UAW. It leads all chains in user activity, showing steady growth and strong engagement across its gaming ecosystem. pic.twitter.com/1M3aQUbCHl — Satoshi Club (@esatoshiclub) July 9, 2025 Top 9 Gaming Chains by UAWs opBNB According to the data, opBNB, a L2 scaling solution for the BNB Chain, is at the…

Blockchain

Bitcoin Has 32 Halving Events and We Have Only Seen Four: Analyst Highlights

Bitcoin would grow increasingly scarce over the years as pioneers programmed the network to halve the issuance rate periodically. The April 2024 halving saw the mining reward for Bitcoin cut in half. Formerly at 6.25 BTC per block, the automated event slashed block rewards to 3.125 BTC. Notably, the last halving event is just the fourth since inception. Miners received 50 BTC as a reward at the genesis block, but the 2012, 2016, 2020, and 2024 reductions have reduced the numbers to 25 BTC, 12.5 BTC, 6.25 BTC, and now 3.125 BTC. 32 More to Come In a recent post,…

Bitcoin

Unlocking Korea’s Digital Currency Future

The world of digital finance is buzzing, and South Korea is at the forefront of this exciting evolution. Imagine a future where sending money is as easy as sending a text, with stability akin to traditional currency. This vision is rapidly becoming a reality, and a major player in Korea’s fintech scene, Toss Bank, is making a bold move that could reshape the landscape of digital money. The recent news of Toss Bank’s extensive trademark filings for a Toss Bank stablecoin is a clear signal: the race for a robust, regulated digital currency ecosystem is heating up, and Korea is…

Markets

$40 Million of HYPE to be Unstaked Ahead of Kinetiq Launch on July 15

With activity on Hyperliquid’s Layer 1 blockchain, the HyperEVM, continuing to scale, one of the most highly anticipated protocols coming to the ecosystem, Kinetiq, announced it will launch on July 15, and HYPE whales are preparing by unstaking their HYPE. Kinetiq announced its launch date yesterday saying, “This notice is meant to provide additional time on top of the 7 day unstaking period of HYPE, to account for global timezones.” Immediately after the announcement, there was more than 1 million HYPE, worth roughly $40 million set to be removed from current validators, presumably to stake with Kinetiq. The majority of…

Altcoins

Crypto traders ‘talking to lawyers’ over Polymarket’s Zelenskyy suit bet

A group of crypto traders are planning to launch legal action against prediction platform Polymarket after its controversial $242 million Volodymyr Zelenskyy suit market concluded last night. The resolution over “Will Zelenskyy wear a suit before July?” was disputed multiple times and eventually settled on “No” on Tuesday. However, many onlookers and Polymarket users described the outcome as an example of “market manipulation” due to a small number of UMA token holders dictating the outcome of the bet — even if the conclusion was seen by many as being factually incorrect. As a result, X user defipolice told Protos that…

Regulation

Australia’s Tokenization Push Could Cement ‘Even Greater Financial Control’

Australia’s top financial watchdog has approved a select group of firms to pilot real-money transactions using central bank digital currency and stablecoins, marking the country’s most ambitious foray yet into tokenized finance. The Australian Securities and Investments Commission said Wednesday it would grant regulatory relief to 14 participants in Project Acacia, a joint effort between the Reserve Bank of Australia and the Digital Finance Cooperative Research Centre aimed at testing how digital forms of money can support institutional trading of tokenized assets. Tokenized assets are digital representations of real-world assets, such as bonds, property, or commodities, recorded on blockchain technology,…

Blockchain

South Korea halts CBDC project as regulators prioritize won-backed stablecoin rollout

South Korea’s central bank digital currency project has been put on hold as the regulators turn their attention to fast-tracking the issuance of won-backed stablecoins. According to a Bloomberg report citing an unnamed Bank of Korea official, the central bank has suspended plans for the second phase of its CBDC pilot, which had been scheduled for the fourth quarter of 2025. Participating banks have reportedly been informed that discussions would be temporarily paused. Authorities are reevaluating the role of a CBDC as they are pivoting toward regulating private stablecoin issuers, the official noted. The Bank of Korea had been preparing…

Markets

Solana Scores New ATH, But Not in Price

The Solana (SOL) blockchain has witnessed significant growth, hitting a new all-time high (ATH). According to SolanaFloor, a platform dedicated to news about the asset on X, this new ATH concerns the total value locked in the network’s tokenized real-world asset (RWA) sector. Solana’s massive comeback in RWA race Notably, a massive $418.15 million worth of RWAs are now active on Solana, which marks an ATH for the blockchain. This translates to over 150% growth within the last 90 days, a development that signals accelerated interest, adoption and usage. There has also been a spike in the number of users…

Altcoins