Tether Keeps Breaking Records: Since the beginning of 2025, the company has issued $20 billion worth of USDT, further strengthening its position as one of the largest holders of U.S. government debt — with $127 billion in U.S. Treasury securities on its balance sheet ($105.5 billion held directly and $21.3 billion through indirect instruments).
What's especially impressive is the profit: in the second quarter alone, Tether earned approximately $4.9 billion in net income — primarily from returns on these same Treasuries.
💸 The Russian budget is losing about $10,000,000 every day due to cryptocurrency blockages.
By 2025, stablecoins have become an essential part of the Russian economy, helping to bypass restrictions and conduct foreign trade transactions.
However, behind this convenience lie serious risks: most stablecoin issuers are based in the U.S. and Europe and comply with sanctions. As a result, Russia loses up to $3 billion a year due to account freezes and blocked transactions.
The Value of BTC in a Wealth Redistribution Scenario
Currently, global wealth stands at $454 trillion, with BTC accounting for 0.5% of that (~$2.35 trillion).
If Bitcoin's share increases: ➡️ to 1%, the price per coin would be approximately $228,000. ➡️ to 2%, the value could reach around $457,000. ➡️ to 5%, BTC might be worth up to $1.14 million per coin.
Earth is facing an alien invasion this November, with flying saucers the size of Manhattan involved, — New York Post. Scientists have detected an unknown interstellar object approximately 24 kilometers in size.
According to Bitwise's estimate, based on their "supply shock" model, Bitcoin could soon reach a price of $150,000.
The so-called "supply shock" occurs when institutional investors and ETFs are buying BTC much faster than miners can produce it. At the same time, a significant portion of holders prefer not to sell: long-term investors continue accumulating and withdrawing coins from exchanges, further reducing the available supply.
An investigation has emerged suggesting that Coinbase may have been the "anonymous source" behind Bloomberg's article about Binance and the Trump-linked USD1 project.
According to one version, Coinbase fears the return of a major competitor to the U.S. market, which could threaten its market position. Reports indicate that rumors of a possible pardon for CZ have intensified internal panic at Coinbase.
CZ has already reposted the investigation and had previously vowed to sue Bloomberg — Coinbase has yet to respond.
Hacking skills don’t always translate into trading talent. A user linked to crypto thefts and laundering through THORChain and Chainflip managed to acquire around $23.7 million in ETH. However, in an attempt to play the market, the hacker sold the tokens at $1,932 and later bought them back at a higher price — $2,495 — losing $6.9 million in the process.
The blunder didn’t go unnoticed by the community: some mocked the failed trader, while others pointed out that since the funds were stolen, it’s not like he really lost anything.
In the first half of 2025, hackers stole $2.1 billion in crypto, with over 80% of the losses stemming from infrastructure attacks — including theft of private keys, seed phrases, and frontend hacks.
The largest incident was the $1.5 billion breach of Bybit, which analysts attribute to North Korea.
The report also mentions the June hack of the Iranian exchange Nobitex, during which $90 million was "burned".
A trader with an account of less than $200,000 on the Hyperliquid exchange earned $1.5 million by acting as a market maker. He places limit orders, for which he receives a rebate from the exchange — the maker fee is -0.0030%, meaning the platform pays him for each trade.
His total trading volume exceeded $20.6 billion, with the majority of activity coming from maker positions. At such a scale, even a small commission rebate turns into substantial profit — averaging around 3% of the total trading volume.
📊 The volume of illiquid BTC supply — meaning the amount of coins held in wallets that rarely move — continues to break records, now exceeding 14,350,000 BTC.