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WEEX announced the launch of the Robinhood ecosystem reward program, covering seven related concept tokens: WISHBONE, HOODRAT1, JUGGERNAUT, VEXAI, HOODON, INDEX, and PONS. Users can participate in sharing a total prize pool of $100,000 by trading any of the activity tokens. The event runs from July 15 at 17:00 to July 25 at 17:00 (UTC+8).

An independent home miner mined Bitcoin block 957382 using a portable Bitaxe device through Public Pool, receiving a total block reward of 3.1382 BTC, which includes a block subsidy of 3.125 BTC and approximately 0.0132 BTC in transaction fees, valued at around $200,000 at the time.The device has an average hash rate of 995.2 GH/s and submitted the winning share after running for about 8 hours. Bitaxe is an open-source single-chip Bitcoin miner based on the Bitmain BM1370 chip, with the Gamma series having a default hash rate of about 1 to 1.3 TH/s, a power consumption of 15 to 21 watts, and typically sells for $60 to $150.

According to Bitcoin News, a Bitaxe ASIC miner equipped with a single chip mined Bitcoin block number 957,382, earning the full block reward of 3.1382 Bitcoins, valued at approximately $200,580. This miner has a hash rate of about 1 TH/s and is the only device at that address.Since mining was done through a public mining pool (with a fee of 0%), the miner's owner retained 100% of the block reward and transaction fees. The mining difficulty of this block reached 294.14T, which is more than 2.2 times the required difficulty of 133.87T. With a hash rate of 1 TH/s, the average probability of mining a block is about once every 16,000 years, making this an extremely rare event.

According to an announcement made by Coinbase Chief Legal Officer Paul Grewal on social media on July 10, after serving for 6 years, he will officially step down from his current position at the end of this month. After leaving, he will transition to a company advisor and continue to serve as a board member of Coinbase National Trust Company. In his statement, he reflected on several core achievements during his tenure, including assisting the company in successfully going public, winning a lawsuit against the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), facilitating the relocation of the company's registered office from Delaware to Texas, and participating in the legislative work for the GENIUS and CLARITY bills.With Grewal's departure, Coinbase's legal and policy team also underwent personnel adjustments. Molly Abraham will succeed him as General Counsel, taking over the company's core legal affairs; Ryan Van Grack will take on a new role as Vice Chair, primarily responsible for coordinating global government and partner relations; meanwhile, Faryar Shirzad will continue to lead the global policy team, advancing the regulatory and policy environment for cryptocurrency and the company worldwide.

Sharplink disclosed on the X platform that it received 449 ETH staking rewards this week, bringing the total staking earnings to 22,991 ETH to date.

The decentralized stablecoin USDD announces that the TRON DeFi Summer officially begins. It has launched the Summer Earning Program in collaboration with Binance Wallet and JustLend DAO. This event will run from now until August 5 at 07:59 (Singapore time), and participating users can share a total reward of $900,000.Among them, users who complete designated deposits or subscribe to specified activity treasury assets through Binance Wallet can share a total value of $300,000 TRX exclusive airdrop; by subscribing to USDD through JustLend DAO, in addition to enjoying the basic APY, they can also participate in sharing a $600,000 USDD prize pool.It is reported that the official has released a beginner's participation tutorial and provided a full gas fee subsidy for the event to encourage user participation, with the current total yield rate at approximately 14.27%.

The decentralized stablecoin USDD has officially launched a new dual-chain reward program in collaboration with Gate DEX. This event will take place from June 30 at 18:00 to July 30 at 18:00 (Singapore time), covering two public chains: Ethereum and BNB Chain. Among them, the Ethereum chain activity offers a base annual yield of 4% and a reward pool of 20,000 USDD; the BNB Chain activity offers a base annual yield of 4% and a reward pool of 30,000 USDD, and can be combined with Gate DEX's various business line "New Year" bonuses and USDD staking challenge rewards.Users can convert USDT to USDD and stake it as sUSDD to participate through the Gate DEX Earn-Stablecoins-Bonus section, and existing user earnings will automatically and seamlessly connect. The official reminder is that new users should ensure they have enough ETH or BNB in their wallets for Gas fees before participating in the event.

According to the official announcement, Gate DEX has officially launched the Welfare Center. The Welfare Center is designed around the entire process of on-chain trading, guiding users to quickly complete their first on-chain transaction and continuously receive more rewards through novice tasks, trading challenges, and exclusive rights. Whether it's the first experience with Gate DEX or long-term active trading users, everyone can complete corresponding tasks in the Welfare Center to receive up to 5,400+ USDT contract trial funds.Specific benefits include: Novice tasks, where users can start the "7-day novice growth task" upon entering the Welfare Center. By connecting Gate Wallet and completing specified on-chain actions such as the first spot, contract, Swap, and Meme Go transactions, users can receive rewards;Advanced trading challenges, where users complete net recharge and trading challenges, unlocking higher-level rewards as trading volume increases; Meme & exchange exclusive challenges, where users can not only receive rewards after completing corresponding level tasks but also unlock Gate DEX exclusive Gas-free rights, reducing on-chain trading costs.

The Sui ecosystem lending protocol Suilend officially announced that the DeFi development team Bluewater Labs will acquire Suilend and its ecological products SpringSui and STEAMM (AMM), and will take over its subsequent development and operational work. In addition, Bluefin co-founder Zabi will serve as the new CEO of Suilend.The announcement stated that after the acquisition is completed, Suilend will continue to operate as an independent platform, retaining its own brand, product direction, and underlying infrastructure. During the transition period, the team will adopt a security-first strategy, and users will not need to take any action; all current protocol functions such as deposits, lending, staking, and trading will continue to operate as usual.

According to Cointelegraph, Ethereum is embroiled in a fierce governance debate over the source of core development funding. Last Friday, former Ethereum Foundation contributor Trenton Van Epps warned that as old support programs deplete and foundation expenditures shrink, the core development ecosystem could face a "slow-burning funding crisis" within three to nine months, requiring approximately $30 million annually to maintain over a dozen clients, research, and coordination teams.The core of the debate stems from the "validator redirect income" proposal put forward by Kleros co-founder Clément Lesaege, which suggests redirecting 0% to 10% of validator rewards to an ecosystem funding pool, estimated to generate about 50,000 to 70,000 ETH annually at current staking levels. This proposal has faced widespread opposition, with critics warning that it could entrench the power of large validators and blur the boundaries between operations and governance. Some community members previously countered that the foundation's funds are sufficient to operate for 30 years, but the foundation's actual decisions indicate that it is actively shrinking expenditures and pushing for diversified funding models.On Monday, a nonprofit organization called EthLabs was announced, initiated by five former Ethereum Foundation researchers, aiming to directly fund development through large ETH holders. On Tuesday, Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin stated that the foundation is cutting its budget by about 40% according to established policies and has recently laid off 54 people.

Today, Bitget CFD Chief Analyst Lewis Huang pointed out in an online live broadcast themed "Logic of Gold Trend Analysis" that this week's market focus will be on the U.S. May PCE Price Index and the final value of Q1 GDP.Previously, CPI and PPI data reached new highs, non-farm employment showed robust performance, and signals of inflation rebound combined with the Federal Reserve's hawkish stance have led the market to gradually digest rate hike expectations. He emphasized that Waller has clearly stated that controlling inflation is the top priority, and the interest rate dot plot shows that rate hikes in 2026 are becoming an internal consensus, and the market needs to prepare for a higher and longer-lasting interest rate environment.Regarding the gold trend, Lewis Huang stated that due to the impact of geopolitical conflicts driving up energy prices, the overall year-on-year increase in the Personal Consumption Expenditures (PCE) Price Index may rise to 3.4% or even higher. If the Personal Consumption Expenditures (PCE) Price Index rises unexpectedly, the U.S. Dollar Index will gain strong momentum, while non-interest-bearing assets like gold will face weakening risks. He suggests that CFD traders closely monitor inflation expectation differentials and flexibly capture opportunities for U.S. dollar bullishness or guard against gold downturns.

According to CoinDesk, the Ethereum research forum has released a new proposal introducing the "validator redirect revenue" mechanism, allowing validators to redirect 0% to 10% of staking rewards to fund ecosystem infrastructure and public goods. If a majority of validators support a certain percentage, that percentage will be enforced for all validators. Based on current staking levels, a redirect of 5% to 10% could bring approximately 50,000 to 70,000 ETH to the ecosystem each year, equivalent to about 120 million dollars.The proposal aims to address the long-standing "free-rider" problem in Ethereum, but it has also raised concerns about the risks of validators jointly manipulating the flow of funds and the misalignment of interests between staking operators and ETH holders. The proposal is currently still in the discussion phase and has not yet entered the formal voting process.

Ray Dalio, founder of Bridgewater Associates, recently published a lengthy article sharing his thoughts on the investment decision-making system in the AI era, emphasizing that human insights still hold irreplaceable value in financial markets.Dalio believes that investing is essentially a "value-added near-zero-sum" competitive environment. When certain information becomes widely recognized, its investment value often declines rapidly. Therefore, even the most advanced AI systems are insufficient for investors to rely on completely or to follow blindly; the true competitive advantage still lies in unique human understanding and deep insights.Drawing on Bridgewater's 50 years of development experience, Dalio suggests that decision-making should be based on a clear, understandable, and verifiable principle system. He states that principled thinking does not rely on intuition or experiential judgment, but rather systematizes decision-making standards by analyzing contexts and causal relationships, recording core principles, and utilizing historical data for verification, ultimately transforming them into computable and automatically executable decision systems.He also points out that the formation of principles cannot solely depend on data mining or directly asking AI, but must be based on logical reasoning and an understanding of the operational laws of the real world.Dalio describes this process as a "collaborative game" between humans and AI. In this model, AI provides systematic suggestions based on established principles, while humans engage in independent thinking according to their own principle framework. Both parties continuously optimize the decision-making system through comparison, discussion, and logical verification.He believes that truly valuable principles should transcend time and geography, enduring scrutiny across different historical cycles and market environments. If a principle fails, it is necessary to re-examine the underlying causal relationships and continuously revise it.Dalio states that he has already applied this method in his family office to fully leverage the new generation of AI technology and plans to continue sharing related methodologies with the outside world. He also reminds market participants that as AI technology continues to evolve, the ability to effectively combine artificial intelligence with principled thinking may become an important watershed for future competitiveness.

According to official news, Gate will launch the TradFi CFD Gold Master Tournament event from June 11 at 18:00 to July 11 at 18:00 (UTC+8). During the event, users can sign up and participate in trading TradFi CFD related assets such as gold, silver, crude oil, foreign exchange, US stocks, and indices, giving them the chance to participate in the Gold Master Trading Leaderboard, Yield Master Leaderboard, and the Gold Lucky Bag hourly lottery event, sharing leaderboard rewards equivalent to a maximum of 500,000 USDT and a total of 1,020g gold rewards.In addition, new users who open positions in the CFD sector for the first time, complete their first CFD transaction, and have a position amount reaching 1,000 USDx can also receive a 200 USDx CFD position experience voucher. Users can obtain lottery qualifications for the Gold Lucky Bag after completing tasks such as trading, inviting friends, or VIP upgrades; users at VIP5 and above can also participate in exclusive gold lotteries and daily free lottery opportunities in the regular session to win additional gold rewards.

According to Bits.media, the reward pool of the NovaBox platform was hacked on June 9 on Ethereum, resulting in a loss of approximately 56.73 ETH, affecting over 130 deposit users. The attacker drained the pool's funds from 65.11 ETH to 0.09 ETH in a single transaction, accounting for about 99.86%.Security company F12 stated that the incident was not due to a smart contract vulnerability, but rather a flaw in the reward distribution mechanism. The attacker borrowed 427.5 WETH through an Aave V3 flash loan, exploiting a loophole in NovaBox's mechanism of distributing dividends before updating balances when users deposit or withdraw. The hacker first deposited a small amount of NOVA tokens to trigger the dividend calculation, then deposited a large amount of ETH, significantly increasing the actual share. However, since the system did not update the balance in time, dividends were still calculated based on the previous small share, while payments were made based on the new large share, resulting in approximately 145.82 ETH of "phantom dividends," which drained the reward pool.

The Ethereum treasury company SharpLink posted on platform X that since launching the ETH treasury strategy, the company's accumulated staking rewards in Ethereum have reached 21,119 ETH.In addition, the Ethereum staking rewards obtained by the company last week amounted to 529 ETH.

According to the official announcement, Humanity has shared the real-time tracking page of the stolen funds with all CEXs, DEXs, and trading aggregators, and will continue to update the relevant data. The project team has also set up a reward of 1 million USDT for any information that helps recover the stolen funds, and all recovered funds will be used to repurchase H tokens.In addition, while formulating a recovery plan for affected users, the team has launched a real-time tracker for the attacker's address and downstream fund flows, publicly displaying the attacker's wallet, fund movements, and asset disposal status to allow users to monitor the progress of the event in real-time.