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On-Chain Tracking Revives Allegations That Hoskinson Sold 1.5B ADA in the 2021 Rally
An NFT creator published a thread claiming to trace large ADA flows to IOG-linked stake pool pledges from the 2021 bull market. Cardano's founder has made no public statement in response to the new analysis. ADA is down 42% over the past 30 days.

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Lubin-Labeled Wallet Adds 110,000 ETH to Sky Vaults Backing $259M DAI Debt
A genesis-block Ethereum wallet labeled "Joseph Lubin?" by Arkham Intelligence deposited 110,000 ETH into three Sky Finance vaults on Friday, shoring up collateral behind $259M in DAI debt as ETH fell sharply. Neither Lubin nor ConsenSys has made any public statement on ownership of the address.

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Arthur Hayes Says Bitcoin Cannot Rally Until the AI Bubble Bursts
Arthur Hayes published a macro thesis arguing Bitcoin cannot rally until the AI stock bubble deflates, citing $1.5 trillion in AI debt issuance that absorbed the liquidity Bitcoin needed. He exited HYPE, NEAR, WLD, and ZEC and rotated Maelstrom's equity book into US energy producers.

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Arthur Hayes Dumps Worldcoin Days After Maelstrom Pitched Its AI IPO Trade
Arthur Hayes sold his entire WLD position on June 6, less than three days after Maelstrom publicly pitched Worldcoin as a liquid AI IPO play — ending his full portfolio exit sequence across HYPE, NEAR, ZEC, and WLD.

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Amir Haleem Steps Down as CEO of Nova Labs as HNT Falls 99% From Peak
The Helium co-founder moves to chairman as Mario Di Dio takes the top job, days after Nova Labs sold its consumer mobile carrier to Andrew Yang's Noble Mobile.

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Dragonfly GP Tom Schmidt Calls Nova Markets Startup 'Huge Scammers,' Slams VCs
A Dragonfly Capital general partner partially walked back the attack on named investors. The founder responded by calling Schmidt a former backer turned hostile critic.

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Vitalik Buterin Endorses Interfold, Privacy Protocol for On-Chain Voting and Secret Auctions
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin highlighted Interfold, a privacy protocol combining zero-knowledge proofs, fully homomorphic encryption, and threshold encryption for secure on-chain voting and auctions.

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Two Long-Time Ethereum Foundation Contributors Announce Departures
Josh Stark, a member of the EF's leadership team, and Trent Van Epps both separately announced this week that they are leaving the foundation after five years.

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Beyond Finance: Why ZetaChain's Jessie Zhang Says Blockchain's Next Frontier Is Safeguarding Human Memory From AI
Blockchain once gave people control over their money. Now, as AI reshapes how information is created and remembered, Jessie Zhang argues it must also protect something even more fundamental: human memory.

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Trump Supports Crypto Industry in Stablecoin Yield Battle
In a social media post, President Trump openly criticized banks for obstructing his crypto agenda, aligning himself with crypto firms in a dispute over stablecoin yields.



