Chainlink’s strategic reserve has increased its holdings by 92,000 LINK tokens, bringing the total value of its position to $66.44 million.

Beating AI News Brief: Google has launched Gemini Omni 1.1 Flash, an updated version of Gemini Omni Flash that debuted in May and opened its API beta at the end of June. The new version still generates videos up to 10 seconds per single output, but adds video continuation support to the Omni API for the first time. After generating a video, users can extend it further, adding up to 10 seconds each time, with a maximum total length of 40 seconds for a continuously extended video. When extending, the model references up to 10 seconds of previous footage to ensure characters, actions, and plot flow smoothly. Omni 1.1 also adds start and end frame control: users can provide a starting image and an ending image, and the model will automatically generate the continuous video in between. For example, if specifying a shot where a character starts in the distance and ends up in front of the camera, the model will fill in the entire movement sequence. A cheaper 360p draft mode is also introduced, with the official noting system throughput is boosted by up to 60% and costs roughly one-third of 720p. API pricing is set at $0.03 per second for 360p, $0.10 for 720p, $0.15 for 1080p, and $0.30 for 4K. Notably, 1080p and 4K outputs are upscaled, not native high-resolution generation.

NFT trading platform OpenSea has integrated Perplexity Computer to provide on-chain market data support for its AI agents. Via the OpenSea connector, Perplexity Computer can access on-chain activity data for tokens, collectibles, and over 25 blockchains. After users enable the OpenSea Connector, they can use the AI agent to query information such as current trending trading tokens, market-active assets, popular collectibles, and on-chain trading trends. The relevant responses will be based on OpenSea data and include corresponding source citations.

According to monitoring by OnchainLens, a crypto whale unstaked 907,200 HYPE tokens (valued at approximately $7.59 million) after staking them for 4 months, and transferred the tokens to the Bybit exchange.

Morgan Stanley raises Marvell Technology (MRVL.O) price target from $224 to $246.

According to Lookonchain monitoring, after Machi (@machibigbrother) offered $1 million to acquire Friend.tech, the FRIEND token price surged nearly 30 times at one point. A wallet suspected to belong to an insider, 0x2078, which had been inactive for six months, spent 1.88 ETH (approximately $4,700) to purchase 2 million FRIEND tokens right before FRIEND’s price rally. The wallet subsequently sold all its tokens for 20.25 ETH (about $50,800), generating a profit of 18.37 ETH (roughly $46,000) — a return of nearly 10 times. Earlier, Machi had lost over $16 million on FRIEND tokens. Following the announcement of the acquisition news, FRIEND’s price experienced significant volatility.

According to monitoring by @ai_9684xtpa, a Bit-linked entity that previously netted $55.095 million in ETH long position profits has recently opened a total of $49.98 million in ETH long positions via three new addresses, at an average entry price of roughly $2,485. Combined, this makes it the seventh-largest ETH position on the Hyperliquid platform. The whale put up $26.88 million in margin, leveraging to go long on approximately 20,000 ETH. Compared to its prior 120,000 ETH long position size, this latest position is smaller.