On-chain Data

The Optimism Foundation sells 116m OP tokens (Pixabay)
Optimism Foundation Sells $157M OP Tokens, Citing 'Treasury Management'
The token sale was described as a "planned event."
The Optimism Foundation sells 116m OP tokens (Pixabay)

Mining facility  (Sandali Handagama)
Bitcoin Miner F2Pool Returns 19.8 BTC to Paxos After Overpaid Fee
Paxos paid $520,000 for a $2,000 bitcoin transaction earlier this week.
Mining facility  (Sandali Handagama)

SYNUSD price chart (TradingView)
DeFi Protocol Synapse Responds to Selling Pressure With 17% Bounce
Synapse's SYN token recovered its losses after 9 million were sold by a liquidity provider identified as Nima Capital by the protocol.
SYNUSD price chart (TradingView)

Crypto casino Stake hit by $45 million exploit. (Carl Raw/Unsplash)
Crypto Casino Stake Targeted in Reported $40M Exploit
Cyvers' platform describes the exploit as being related to a "private key leak."
Crypto casino Stake hit by $45 million exploit. (Carl Raw/Unsplash)

SNXUSD chart (TradingView)
Synthetix Posts 12.5% Gain Amid Binance Outflows, Bucks Bearish Bitcoin Trend
One newly-created wallet withdrew $7.7 million of SNX and $3.9 million of LPT to prompt the tokens to surge.
SNXUSD chart (TradingView)

image of a crypto trader aka degen (Anjo Clacino/Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)
Traders Are Paying 2,000% to Buy CYBER as Social Network's Tokens Soar
The price of the tokens has more than doubled on some exchanges in the past week in an otherwise little-changed market.
image of a crypto trader aka degen (Anjo Clacino/Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

Shiba Inu using PC (Payless)
Shibarium Crosses 600K Unique Wallets as SHIB Whale Moves $38M
Network activity has started to chug along since an earlier glitch was solved last weekend.
Shiba Inu using PC (Payless)

Aerodrome receives $150 million in deposits (Pixabay)
Aerodrome Fanatics Deposit $150M to Base Blockchain on First Day
Its creators hope to emulate the apparent success of Velodrome, one of Optimism network’s most used platforms which holds over $288 million in locked value.
Aerodrome receives $150 million in deposits (Pixabay)

Bitcoin whales - a term for large holders of the tokens - are staying put on their long-term holdings. (Todd Cravens/Unsplash)
Bitcoin's Most Loyal Holders Continue Accumulation Despite Price Lull
Long-term holders continue to accumulate bitcoin, with 40% unmoved in more than three years, or an all-time high for that metric.
Bitcoin whales - a term for large holders of the tokens - are staying put on their long-term holdings. (Todd Cravens/Unsplash)

Wallets (RitaE/Pixabay
Robinhood Revealed to Be Third-Largest Bitcoin Holder With $3B in BTC
Robinhood transferred some 118,300 bitcoin to the wallet from several other smaller wallets over a three-month period.
Wallets (RitaE/Pixabay