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Chainlink Deepens Multi-Chain Dominance — Expanding Across Ethereum, Solana, TON, and Stellar as LINK Eyes Next Leg Up

Blockchain data infrastructure firm Cambrian has closed a $6 million funding round, jointly led by Franklin Templeton and Polychain Capital.

Blockchain data infrastructure project Cambrian has closed a $6 million seed round, co-led by Franklin Templeton and Polychain Capital, with participation from Flow Traders, Selini Capital, and other investors. The project previously raised a $5.9 million pre-seed round led by a16z Crypto Startup Accelerator, bringing its total funding to $11.9 million. Cambrian currently provides institutional investors and AI Agents with real-time and historical data APIs covering on-chain yields, risks, lending markets, and trading activities, and plans to further build a verifiable data oracle network. Official data shows it has indexed over $4.5 billion in lending TVL, tracks more than 320,000 DEX liquidity pools, and currently supports Base and Solana, with plans to expand to additional ecosystems including Ethereum. The funds will be used to expand on-chain data coverage, accelerate oracle network development, and team recruitment.

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Whale 0xbilly pulled off another "buy high, sell low" move, exiting with a $220,000 loss in a single day.

According to EmberCN’s monitoring, whale address 0xbilly liquidated 2,409 ETH in the early hours of today when ETH fell to around $1,569.5, worth approximately $3.78 million, with a total loss of roughly $220,000. Notably, this batch of ETH was purchased just one day ago for about 4 million USDC, at an average price of approximately $1,660.2. The address also previously bought 7,768.5 ETH at a high of $2,254 in March this year, valued at around $17.51 million, and exited via stop-loss four days later, incurring a loss of roughly $800,000.

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Two whales opened a short position worth approximately $90 million on the S&P 500.

According to monitoring by Onchain Lens, two whale addresses are building short positions on the S&P 500, with a combined position of approximately $90 million. Details are as follows: Whale address "0x469" has opened 6,500 S&P 500 short positions, using 20x leverage, valued at around $48 million, with a liquidation price of $8,413.66. Whale address "0x4ff" has opened 5,686.66 S&P 500 short positions, using 7x leverage, valued at around $42 million, with a liquidation price of $8,358.13.

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Binance's Shanghai leverage contract fee rate surges to 0.66%

Market data shows South Korea's SK Hynix rose over 10% intraday. The funding rate for Binance's SKHYNIX/USDT contract pair jumped to 0.668%, equivalent to an annualized rate of 723%, signaling the market is gripped by FOMO-driven long positions.

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US-listed optical module stocks rallied broadly in after-hours trading, with MRVL surging over 5%.

According to Bitget market data, driven possibly by Micron’s better-than-expected financial results, U.S.-listed optical module stocks rose broadly in after-hours trading, with COHR up 4%, LITE up 3%, AAOI up 5%, NOK up 3.1%, and Marvell (MRVL) up 5.17%.

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Vice President of Strive: Strategy's STRC Has Essential Differences from the Luna/UST Model

Strive Vice President Joe Burnett wrote in an article that prior to the TerraUSD collapse, roughly $18.7 billion in UST was in circulation, backed by just $3.1 billion in Bitcoin reserves, and UST allowed immediate redemptions. Currently, Strategy holds around $51.5 billion in Bitcoin, corresponding to a circulating STRC supply of approximately $10.5 billion, while STRC is not an immediately redeemable asset. He stressed that the two differ significantly in collateral structure, asset coverage ratio, and redemption mechanism, noting "they are clearly completely different models."

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MapleStockX Launches M Bean Incentive Mechanism for Trading Platform

Blockchain data infrastructure firm Cambrian has closed a $6 million funding round, jointly led by Franklin Templeton and Polychain Capital.

Blockchain data infrastructure project Cambrian has closed a $6 million seed round, co-led by Franklin Templeton and Polychain Capital, with participation from Flow Traders, Selini Capital, and other investors. The project previously raised a $5.9 million pre-seed round led by a16z Crypto Startup Accelerator, bringing its total funding to $11.9 million. Cambrian currently provides institutional investors and AI Agents with real-time and historical data APIs covering on-chain yields, risks, lending markets, and trading activities, and plans to further build a verifiable data oracle network. Official data shows it has indexed over $4.5 billion in lending TVL, tracks more than 320,000 DEX liquidity pools, and currently supports Base and Solana, with plans to expand to additional ecosystems including Ethereum. The funds will be used to expand on-chain data coverage, accelerate oracle network development, and team recruitment.

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Whale 0xbilly pulled off another "buy high, sell low" move, exiting with a $220,000 loss in a single day.

According to EmberCN’s monitoring, whale address 0xbilly liquidated 2,409 ETH in the early hours of today when ETH fell to around $1,569.5, worth approximately $3.78 million, with a total loss of roughly $220,000. Notably, this batch of ETH was purchased just one day ago for about 4 million USDC, at an average price of approximately $1,660.2. The address also previously bought 7,768.5 ETH at a high of $2,254 in March this year, valued at around $17.51 million, and exited via stop-loss four days later, incurring a loss of roughly $800,000.

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Two whales opened a short position worth approximately $90 million on the S&P 500.

According to monitoring by Onchain Lens, two whale addresses are building short positions on the S&P 500, with a combined position of approximately $90 million. Details are as follows: Whale address "0x469" has opened 6,500 S&P 500 short positions, using 20x leverage, valued at around $48 million, with a liquidation price of $8,413.66. Whale address "0x4ff" has opened 5,686.66 S&P 500 short positions, using 7x leverage, valued at around $42 million, with a liquidation price of $8,358.13.

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Binance's Shanghai leverage contract fee rate surges to 0.66%

Market data shows South Korea's SK Hynix rose over 10% intraday. The funding rate for Binance's SKHYNIX/USDT contract pair jumped to 0.668%, equivalent to an annualized rate of 723%, signaling the market is gripped by FOMO-driven long positions.

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US-listed optical module stocks rallied broadly in after-hours trading, with MRVL surging over 5%.

According to Bitget market data, driven possibly by Micron’s better-than-expected financial results, U.S.-listed optical module stocks rose broadly in after-hours trading, with COHR up 4%, LITE up 3%, AAOI up 5%, NOK up 3.1%, and Marvell (MRVL) up 5.17%.

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Vice President of Strive: Strategy's STRC Has Essential Differences from the Luna/UST Model

Strive Vice President Joe Burnett wrote in an article that prior to the TerraUSD collapse, roughly $18.7 billion in UST was in circulation, backed by just $3.1 billion in Bitcoin reserves, and UST allowed immediate redemptions. Currently, Strategy holds around $51.5 billion in Bitcoin, corresponding to a circulating STRC supply of approximately $10.5 billion, while STRC is not an immediately redeemable asset. He stressed that the two differ significantly in collateral structure, asset coverage ratio, and redemption mechanism, noting "they are clearly completely different models."

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Crypto just suffered its first major electoral setback of the 2026 cycle in deep‑blue Illinois, where Lieutenant Governor Juliana Stratton beat pro‑crypto Representative Raja Krishnamoorthi in the Democratic Senate primary, NBC News reports.

An Electoral Crypto Loss Fairshake, the industry‑backed super political action committee (PAC), poured almost $10 million into ads attacking Stratton as anti‑innovation, but local political muscle, including Governor JB Pritzker’s endorsement and millions in support, proved stronger than crypto money this time. In a state this blue, Stratton’s primary win all but guarantees her a Senate seat in November, turning the race into a warning shot for the digital assets lobby ahead of the 2026 midterms.

Fairshake, funded by giants like Coinbase and Ripple as well as venture capital heavyweights Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz, entered Illinois with more than $191 million in cash and a broader $221 million war chest for this election cycle.

The PAC and its affiliate Protect Progress spent heavily in multiple Illinois House primaries, often on the side of more centrist or business‑friendly Democrats against progressives Candidates such as Melissa Bean and Nikki Budzinski appeared in races where crypto‑aligned super PAC money was present, though it is hard to show Fairshake was uniquely decisive in “electing” them rather than being one of several big spenders.

Fairshake publicly frames its mission as defending “American innovation” and “consumer choice” in financial services, and it has signaled it plans to stay active through 2026 and beyond.

What This Means For Traders Short term, this defeat is unlikely to move prices by itself, but it adds a layer of policy uncertainty for 2026 that could resurface as volatility around key primary dates, especially if Fairshake reallocates more of its $221 million war chest into tighter, more winnable races. Regulatory and legislative outcomes around stablecoins, market structure, and crypto‑friendly bills like the GENIUS Act and Clarity Act will remain highly political and uneven across states, rather than following a straight, pro‑industry trajectory.

In the moment of writing, BTC’s trades for $72k. Source: BTCUSDT on Tradingview Cover image from Perplexity, BTCUSDT chart from Tradingview

Blockchain data infrastructure firm Cambrian has closed a $6 million funding round, jointly led by Franklin Templeton and Polychain Capital.

Blockchain data infrastructure project Cambrian has closed a $6 million seed round, co-led by Franklin Templeton and Polychain Capital, with participation from Flow Traders, Selini Capital, and other investors. The project previously raised a $5.9 million pre-seed round led by a16z Crypto Startup Accelerator, bringing its total funding to $11.9 million. Cambrian currently provides institutional investors and AI Agents with real-time and historical data APIs covering on-chain yields, risks, lending markets, and trading activities, and plans to further build a verifiable data oracle network. Official data shows it has indexed over $4.5 billion in lending TVL, tracks more than 320,000 DEX liquidity pools, and currently supports Base and Solana, with plans to expand to additional ecosystems including Ethereum. The funds will be used to expand on-chain data coverage, accelerate oracle network development, and team recruitment.

5 minutes ago

Whale 0xbilly pulled off another "buy high, sell low" move, exiting with a $220,000 loss in a single day.

According to EmberCN’s monitoring, whale address 0xbilly liquidated 2,409 ETH in the early hours of today when ETH fell to around $1,569.5, worth approximately $3.78 million, with a total loss of roughly $220,000. Notably, this batch of ETH was purchased just one day ago for about 4 million USDC, at an average price of approximately $1,660.2. The address also previously bought 7,768.5 ETH at a high of $2,254 in March this year, valued at around $17.51 million, and exited via stop-loss four days later, incurring a loss of roughly $800,000.

5 minutes ago

Two whales opened a short position worth approximately $90 million on the S&P 500.

According to monitoring by Onchain Lens, two whale addresses are building short positions on the S&P 500, with a combined position of approximately $90 million. Details are as follows: Whale address "0x469" has opened 6,500 S&P 500 short positions, using 20x leverage, valued at around $48 million, with a liquidation price of $8,413.66. Whale address "0x4ff" has opened 5,686.66 S&P 500 short positions, using 7x leverage, valued at around $42 million, with a liquidation price of $8,358.13.

5 minutes ago

Binance's Shanghai leverage contract fee rate surges to 0.66%

Market data shows South Korea's SK Hynix rose over 10% intraday. The funding rate for Binance's SKHYNIX/USDT contract pair jumped to 0.668%, equivalent to an annualized rate of 723%, signaling the market is gripped by FOMO-driven long positions.

5 minutes ago

US-listed optical module stocks rallied broadly in after-hours trading, with MRVL surging over 5%.

According to Bitget market data, driven possibly by Micron’s better-than-expected financial results, U.S.-listed optical module stocks rose broadly in after-hours trading, with COHR up 4%, LITE up 3%, AAOI up 5%, NOK up 3.1%, and Marvell (MRVL) up 5.17%.

5 minutes ago

Vice President of Strive: Strategy's STRC Has Essential Differences from the Luna/UST Model

Strive Vice President Joe Burnett wrote in an article that prior to the TerraUSD collapse, roughly $18.7 billion in UST was in circulation, backed by just $3.1 billion in Bitcoin reserves, and UST allowed immediate redemptions. Currently, Strategy holds around $51.5 billion in Bitcoin, corresponding to a circulating STRC supply of approximately $10.5 billion, while STRC is not an immediately redeemable asset. He stressed that the two differ significantly in collateral structure, asset coverage ratio, and redemption mechanism, noting "they are clearly completely different models."

5 minutes ago

Blockchain data infrastructure firm Cambrian has closed a $6 million funding round, jointly led by Franklin Templeton and Polychain Capital.

Blockchain data infrastructure project Cambrian has closed a $6 million seed round, co-led by Franklin Templeton and Polychain Capital, with participation from Flow Traders, Selini Capital, and other investors. The project previously raised a $5.9 million pre-seed round led by a16z Crypto Startup Accelerator, bringing its total funding to $11.9 million. Cambrian currently provides institutional investors and AI Agents with real-time and historical data APIs covering on-chain yields, risks, lending markets, and trading activities, and plans to further build a verifiable data oracle network. Official data shows it has indexed over $4.5 billion in lending TVL, tracks more than 320,000 DEX liquidity pools, and currently supports Base and Solana, with plans to expand to additional ecosystems including Ethereum. The funds will be used to expand on-chain data coverage, accelerate oracle network development, and team recruitment.

5 minutes ago

Whale 0xbilly pulled off another "buy high, sell low" move, exiting with a $220,000 loss in a single day.

According to EmberCN’s monitoring, whale address 0xbilly liquidated 2,409 ETH in the early hours of today when ETH fell to around $1,569.5, worth approximately $3.78 million, with a total loss of roughly $220,000. Notably, this batch of ETH was purchased just one day ago for about 4 million USDC, at an average price of approximately $1,660.2. The address also previously bought 7,768.5 ETH at a high of $2,254 in March this year, valued at around $17.51 million, and exited via stop-loss four days later, incurring a loss of roughly $800,000.

5 minutes ago

Two whales opened a short position worth approximately $90 million on the S&P 500.

According to monitoring by Onchain Lens, two whale addresses are building short positions on the S&P 500, with a combined position of approximately $90 million. Details are as follows: Whale address "0x469" has opened 6,500 S&P 500 short positions, using 20x leverage, valued at around $48 million, with a liquidation price of $8,413.66. Whale address "0x4ff" has opened 5,686.66 S&P 500 short positions, using 7x leverage, valued at around $42 million, with a liquidation price of $8,358.13.

5 minutes ago

Binance's Shanghai leverage contract fee rate surges to 0.66%

Market data shows South Korea's SK Hynix rose over 10% intraday. The funding rate for Binance's SKHYNIX/USDT contract pair jumped to 0.668%, equivalent to an annualized rate of 723%, signaling the market is gripped by FOMO-driven long positions.

5 minutes ago

US-listed optical module stocks rallied broadly in after-hours trading, with MRVL surging over 5%.

According to Bitget market data, driven possibly by Micron’s better-than-expected financial results, U.S.-listed optical module stocks rose broadly in after-hours trading, with COHR up 4%, LITE up 3%, AAOI up 5%, NOK up 3.1%, and Marvell (MRVL) up 5.17%.

5 minutes ago

Vice President of Strive: Strategy's STRC Has Essential Differences from the Luna/UST Model

Strive Vice President Joe Burnett wrote in an article that prior to the TerraUSD collapse, roughly $18.7 billion in UST was in circulation, backed by just $3.1 billion in Bitcoin reserves, and UST allowed immediate redemptions. Currently, Strategy holds around $51.5 billion in Bitcoin, corresponding to a circulating STRC supply of approximately $10.5 billion, while STRC is not an immediately redeemable asset. He stressed that the two differ significantly in collateral structure, asset coverage ratio, and redemption mechanism, noting "they are clearly completely different models."

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