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According to Fortune, DeFi asset management and risk analysis company Gauntlet completed a $125 million financing round, exclusively invested by Japanese financial group SBI Holdings. The financing was completed in June this year, and the specific valuation was not disclosed. This is Gauntlet's largest financing round since its establishment in 2018, far exceeding its $24 million Series B round in 2022 led by Ribbit Capital at a $1 billion valuation. Gauntlet was founded by former Wall Street quantitative trader Tarun Chitra. It initially focused on providing stress testing and vulnerability analysis services for DeFi protocols. Later, as the DAO governance model waned, it gradually transitioned to a "treasury curation" business—assessing yield strategy risks through quantitative analysis to help institutional investors manage digital asset allocation. Currently, its clients include asset management giant Apollo, Coinbase, and stablecoin issuer Circle.
according to Onchain Lens monitoring, Arthur Hayes (0x6cd...e21) received 223,700 USDC transferred from FalconXGlobal.
According to Onchain Lens monitoring, a whale deposited 4.51 million USDC into Hyperliquid 12 hours ago, and a single position has currently generated a profit of $981,300. The wallet holds a 2x leveraged long position of 21,200 SKHX, valued at $30.9 million; the cumulative profit and loss over the past month is a gain of $3.62 million, with a win rate of 60%, and it only trades XYZ stock perpetual contracts.
According to on-chain analyst Onchain Lens (@OnchainLens), a trader deposited approximately $999,200 in USDC into Hyperliquid to open a long position of 49,040 CL (worth about $3.63 million) with 4x leverage.
According to on-chain analyst Onchain Lens (@OnchainLens), Circle minted another 250 million USDC on Solana. Year-to-date 2026, Circle has minted a total of 66.76 billion USDC on Solana.
According to Onchain Lens monitoring, a whale's previously held 10x long position on Hyperliquid ($HYPE) has reversed after experiencing a significant drawdown, with unrealized gains now reaching approximately $15.69 million.Analysis shows that the wallet deposited 2 million USDC into Hyperliquid in March. Instead of closing the position and exiting, the entity continued to increase its HYPE long position.Data indicates the whale's position size has grown from 210,000 HYPE to 493,000 HYPE, with the position's current yield reaching +445.36%. Previously, the position had recorded an unrealized loss of approximately 55%, corresponding to an unrealized loss of about $459,000.As of now, the cumulative trading profit (Lifetime PnL) for this address stands at approximately $17.33 million.
According to Onchain Lens monitoring, whale address 0xf822 deposited 6.3 million USDC into Hyperliquid approximately 3 hours ago and opened a 3x leveraged HYPE short position. The position size is 692,200 HYPE, with a notional value of approximately $49 million, an entry price of $66.02, and a current mark price of $70.78, currently showing an unrealized loss of approximately $3.3 million.
: According to monitoring by on-chain analyst Ai Yi, a certain address has taken a long position in technology and semiconductor stocks worth $19.78 million. It is currently facing an unrealized loss of $5.24 million and, 10 minutes ago, added 3 million USDC as margin to reduce liquidation risk. The positions include MRVL, SNDK, SKHX, MU, NBIS, CRCL, and ZHIPU. Among these, only CRCL is related to cryptocurrency, and all entry points were near recent highs.
CryptoQuant analyst Darkfost pointed out that data shows over the past 30 days, the market caps of USDC and USDT decreased by 3.6% and 2% respectively, reflecting continued weakening in overall crypto market liquidity. Since November 2025, this slowing trend has become relatively apparent.
according to on-chain analyst Yujin's monitoring, just before the US stock market opened on Monday, a whale transferred 4 million USDC to Hyperliquid and opened a long position of 500 BTC at a price of $62,911, with a total value of $31.48 million. The same whale also holds 12,000 ETH spot, purchased in March at an average price of $2,068, currently showing an unrealized loss of approximately $3.6 million.
according to Onchain Lens monitoring, the dormant smart money wallet “0x15a” has become active again. The address deposited $1 million USDC into Hyperliquid, then opened a long position on 200 Bitcoin with 40x leverage, representing a notional position of approximately $12.58 million.Data shows that the last recorded transaction from this address dates back to March of this year, and its cumulative historical profit from perpetual contracts currently stands at approximately $2.28 million.
: According to on-chain analyst Yu Jin's monitoring, one hour ago, the Ethereum Foundation issued the 4th-year grant funding of 2,469 stETH, valued at $4.34 million, to Argot, a non-profit Ethereum development organization.In July of last year, the Ethereum Foundation provided Argot with a 3-year operational funding grant of 7,000 ETH. After receiving the funds, Argot sold 4,826.6 ETH at an average price of $3,194, converting them into 15.417 million USDC. In July next year, the Ethereum Foundation is expected to issue the final 5th-year grant of 2,469 stETH to Argot.
Coinbase released a monthly review on July 1, stating that in the first half of the year, it advanced its product layout around the strategy of "every asset, every market, one platform," covering tokenized stocks, pre-IPO perpetual contracts, stock options, crypto options, stock index perpetual futures, AI tools, payments, stablecoins, and on-chain infrastructure. Coinbase stated that the tokenized stocks are 1:1 backed shares of US companies, expected to include dividends, on-chain trading, holding, and redemption functions, and are not available to US persons. Coinbase also noted that its pre-IPO perpetual contracts will start with SpaceX and then expand to OpenAI and Anthropic, and will offer crypto options through integration with Deribit. Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong said on July 3 that Coinbase is one of the companies with the highest level of AI application globally. Coinbase also stated that it has launched a direct INR on-ramp in India, become the official deployer of the USDC treasury wallet for Hyperliquid, partnered with Ethena across over $50 billion in assets, and mentioned transferring approximately $4.4 billion USDC to the Hyperliquid deployer. (Bitcoin.com News).
According to on-chain analyst Ember's monitoring, amidst the ongoing correction in the crypto market, the total market capitalization of USD stablecoins has decreased by approximately $10 billion from its recent peak, currently maintaining a total scale of around $300 billion. Meanwhile, some funds are believed to have flowed into the US stock market, which has exhibited stronger wealth effects this year.The latest quarterly data reveals varying degrees of capital outflow among leading stablecoins:Tether (USDT): Total supply decreased from approximately $189.8 billion to $184.1 billion, a net outflow of about $5.7 billion.USD Coin (USDC): Total supply decreased from approximately $79.6 billion to $73 billion, a net outflow of about $6.6 billion, making it the stablecoin with the largest outflow in this round.Tokens associated with USDC issuer Circle are also under pressure, with its stock price declining from around $136 to near $64, indicating a cooling of market expectations for its growth.In contrast, the stablecoin USD1 recorded a net inflow of approximately $500 million during the same period, with its total supply growing from about $4.1 billion to $4.6 billion, becoming one of the few assets to increase against the trend. However, this growth is partly attributed to interest subsidy incentive mechanisms on trading platforms, such as activities on certain exchanges that guide user holdings and trading behavior.
decentralized privacy protocol hinkal has released an update on a security incident, confirming that an attacker extracted approximately 797,000 USDC from its Ethereum contract through a series of transactions and exchanged it for about 454 ETH. Of this, roughly 410 ETH was subsequently transferred to Tornado Cash, while the remaining approximately 44.67 ETH was bridged to the Bitcoin network via THORChain. hinkal is currently collaborating with an external security team to trace the flow of funds.hinkal stated that the impact of this security incident is limited to the relevant fund pools on the Ethereum chain, and contracts on other chains remain unaffected. However, all contracts have been temporarily suspended for fixes and security verification. All affected users will be fully compensated at a 1:1 ratio, with specific compensation procedures and timelines to be announced in a subsequent update.
According to on-chain analyst Onchain Lens (@OnchainLens), a newly created wallet address 0xE06 deposited approximately 2.27 million USD Coin (USDC) and 21.14 Bitcoin (BTC), totaling approximately $1.27 million. Subsequently, the address opened a 20x leveraged long position on 230,583 Solana (SOL), with a position value of approximately $18.1 million, and still has open orders to further increase the SOL position.
According to CryptoBriefing, Ark Invest, led by Cathie Wood, purchased approximately $18 million worth of CRCL stock again on July 1, 2026, as Circle Internet Group (CRCL) shares fell to $61.95 (down 1.09% for the day). This marks a continuation of Ark's consistent "buying the dip" strategy since Circle's IPO in June 2025—previously investing $16.34 million in a single transaction when the stock price plummeted 20% in a single day, and adding $5.5 million following the Q1 2026 earnings report. CRCL holdings are currently distributed across multiple ETFs including ARKK, ARKW, and ARKF, and once ranked as the third largest holding in ARKK.
According to on-chain analyst Onchain Lens (@OnchainLens), a newly created wallet "0x93A" deposited 4 million USDC into HyperLiquid and opened a 20x leveraged long position of 200 BTC. Currently, there are suspected to be 4 associated wallets holding a combined 20x long position of 800 BTC, with a total value of approximately $47 million.
according to monitoring by Onchain Lens, a whale deposited $10.12 million USDC into HyperLiquid and opened a long position on 16,704 ZEC with 1x leverage, possibly to increase their position. Previously, this whale had made over $7.7 million in profit.
According to Simply Wall St, Circle Internet Group (NYSE:CRCL) was removed from the five major Russell Growth Indices in the latest annual reconstitution, and the change took effect during the recent rebalancing. This index adjustment may lead to passive funds reducing their holdings of CRCL and affect its trading liquidity. The current stock price is reported at $75.96, approximately 47% lower than the average analyst target price of $143.48, with a decline of 32.8% over the past 30 days.