Ethereum researcher releases Privacy Guardians 2.0 proposal, aiming to achieve maximum attainable privacy for on-chain payments.

According to Hyperinsight monitoring, an execution address reportedly linked to a16z has continuously sold 105,400 HYPE spot tokens today, generating approximately $6.4812 million in trading volume at an average price of around $61.49 across roughly 11,400 transactions. On-chain records indicate the entity’s main address transferred a total of 120,000 HYPE to the aforementioned execution address in two separate trades today. Meanwhile, the main address routed 100,000 HYPE to Bybit via an intermediate address, and another 90,000 HYPE was quickly transferred to a trading platform’s aggregation wallet via a different address. It is only confirmed that these 190,000 HYPE have entered trading platform-related paths; it cannot be concluded that all of them have been sold. The main address has transferred out a total of 315,000 HYPE today, and currently holds around 45,100 HYPE on HyperEVM. Earlier monitoring shows this entity executed TWAP buy orders via more than a dozen associated addresses during HYPE’s all-time high in early June, purchasing 687,000 HYPE over four days and amassing a total of 6.617 million HYPE. Previous update: "HYPE spot major player adds another $20.35 million, single-handedly sustaining three-day TWAP buy orders" Main address: 0xb5E4d21240e9356caFc3a1261d10383f62DFc24e Execution address: 0xc745044ae202b60d3ef5ee89a5f6738011651464

Programmer Stefan Thomas currently has only two remaining password attempts left to unlock an IronKey encrypted USB drive holding the private keys to 7,002 Bitcoin. The device will permanently lock and erase its data after 10 consecutive incorrect password entries, and Thomas has already used up 8 of his allotted attempts. The Bitcoin dates back to 2011, when Thomas created an educational video titled "What is Bitcoin?" and was compensated with 7,002 BTC. At the current Bitcoin price of roughly $111,000, the asset is valued at approximately $777 million. Thomas previously stored his wallet’s private keys on the encrypted USB drive and wrote down the password on paper, but later lost the password. While the Bitcoin remains in its on-chain address, the funds are currently inaccessible and cannot be transferred due to the inability to access the private key. The IronKey USB drive is built with high-strength encryption, triggering a permanent lock after 10 consecutive wrong password entries. Its manufacturer, Kingston, confirms there are no backup passwords or alternative recovery methods beyond the original password set by the user. As Bitcoin’s price has surged, the value of this locked asset has continued to rise. Thomas has sought assistance from multiple parties, including digital forensics firm Naxo and security researcher Chris Tarnovsky, but no successful recovery has been announced to date.

According to Yonhap News Agency, Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon released a statement harshly criticizing the leverage derivatives issue that caused sharp fluctuations in South Korea’s stock market, as well as President Lee Jae-myung’s proposed "active debt relief" policy, and urged the government to roll out fundamental countermeasures as soon as possible. He pointed out that this year, South Korea’s KOSPI index has triggered the temporary program trading restriction mechanism 37 times in total, exceeding the full-year record of 26 times set during the 2008 global financial crisis. Oh Se-hoon criticized: "The government was aware of the huge risks of individual stock leverage derivatives, yet still approved their listing, and stood idly by while retail investors’ assets kept evaporating, ultimately leading to the current situation."

According to Bitget market data, Brent crude oil has fallen below $83 per barrel, with an intraday decline of 1.33%. WTI crude oil dropped more than 1% intraday, currently trading at $78.66 per barrel.

According to HTX market data, Bitcoin has fallen below $63,000, currently trading at $62,968.46, with a 2.98% drop in the past 24 hours.

According to a Wall Street Journal report, sources familiar with the matter disclosed that Meta Platforms (META.O) has hired the head of computing business at Amazon Web Services (AWS) and is weighing an entry into the cloud services sector.