A certain whale withdrew 6000 ETH from Kraken after 6 months of silence

The Ethereum Foundation’s Protocol Support Team (EF Protocol Support) announced on X that the team has been disbanded. The group was primarily responsible for coordinating Ethereum protocol development, including organizing and coordinating core developer meetings, tracking Ethereum network upgrades, supporting EIP advancement, and operating the Ethereum protocol.

Security protocol Relay Protocol has issued a warning that a large number of scam tokens have emerged on the newly launched Robinhood Chain, putting investors at risk of total loss of funds after purchase. Relay Protocol confirmed it has received multiple user reports stating that after buying certain tokens, the assets immediately vanished from their wallets and cannot be sold or transferred. These honeypot tokens are restricted via smart contract code, allowing buys but blocking sales, leading to permanent locking of investors’ funds. The surge in scam tokens has coincided with the recent explosive growth in user activity and token creation volume on Robinhood Chain.

According to official announcements, OKX will launch spot trading for Solstice (SLX) at 20:00 on July 10. Users can start depositing assets at 10:00 the same day, pre-place orders for SLX/USDT between 19:00 and 20:00, and withdrawals will open at 22:00.

The Kobeissi Letter noted in a post that the AI arms race is driving large technology companies to borrow at record levels. Data shows that since the start of 2026, Amazon, Alphabet, Nvidia, Meta, Oracle, and SpaceX have issued a record $182 billion in investment-grade bonds, a 1,300% jump from roughly $13 billion in the same period of 2025. These six firms account for nearly 15% of total U.S. corporate bond issuance so far this year, and contribute over 50% of the growth in this year’s corporate bond market. Meanwhile, the U.S. market has seen a record seven bond transactions worth $25 billion or more, matching the total number of such deals between 2019 and 2025. Six of these seven large bond deals came from the aforementioned six companies, with the remaining one from Salesforce. AI-related capital demand is reshaping the corporate bond market.

According to on-chain analyst firm Yu Jin Monitoring, half an hour ago, crypto whale "AllegraSeam" transferred 20.32 million USDC to Hyperliquid and opened a long position in SKHX (SK Hynix) worth roughly $22.8 million at a price of $1,480. The day before yesterday, another whale also opened a long position in SKHX valued at around $30 million at $1,411. The market appears to be betting that SK Hynix’s US-listed ADR will continue rising after tonight’s opening. SK Hynix’s US ADR is priced at $149, corresponding to a Korean stock price of approximately $1,490, and SKHX’s current price is near this level.

MiniMax founder and CEO Yan Junjie has released an internal all-staff letter addressing recent market volatility, stressing the company’s long-term direction remains unchanged. In the letter, Yan announced that effective immediately, he will forgo all salary from the company until the day MiniMax achieves AGI. Over the next four years, he will allocate 4% of his personal shareholding in the firm to incentivize team members who have long stood by the company and co-created value. Additionally, he will set aside 1% of his shares to establish a special fund to continuously support the development of relevant open-source communities. (Jinshi)