Mark Bychek

⚽ THE TROPHY BATTLE BEGINS! ⚽
Predict the outcomes of football matches and snag some crypto, USDC, and BNB! 💰

УЧАСТВОВАТЬ

🔥 Binance has launched the "2026 Football Challenge" — a contest where your football intuition can earn you real money.

What do you need to do?

✅ Every day, answer one question about a match (for example: "Will there be a corner?")
✅ Earn up to three treasure chests with rewards for correct answers
✅ Complete simple tasks (share, invite a friend) to get more attempts

What can you win? 💎

From 0.001 BNB, USDC, and rare tokens to exclusive Binance merchandise, boxes, and 2026 USDC!

🎁 Bonus: just for your first participation, you get a gift box.

Don’t miss your goal — even wrong answers give you a shot at the weekly jackpot!

#BinancePickAndWin

Trust Wallet announced major updates for the second half of 2026

Trust Wallet CEO Felix reported upcoming improvements: higher app quality, enhanced user interface, the launch of a crypto card, updates for Hyperliquid, and a simplified process for registering new users.

The team emphasizes that the journey with users is the main reward and encourages users to reinstall the app to access new features.

Grayscale analysts: selling BTC by Strategy may help the market

Strategy sold 3,588 BTC (about $216 million) as part of a new monetization program. As a result, the company’s dollar reserves increased from $870 million to $2.55 billion, which will cover preferred dividend payments for approximately 17 months.

According to the head of Grayscale’s research department, Zak Pandl, strengthening Strategy’s financial resilience reduces risks for BTC and may help form a more stable price floor for bitcoin. The rise in the price of STRC preferred shares indicates that investors’ confidence in the company’s financial model is recovering.

The market reaction to the news was restrained: after a brief dip, BTC recovered above $64,000, suggesting that selling pressure was successfully absorbed.

Grayscale’s view differs from JPMorgan’s: the bank’s analysts warn that Strategy’s dual role as both a buyer and a seller of BTC could create additional uncertainty in the market.

VITALIK BUTERIN CONDUCTED AN EXPERIMENT: AI UNMASKED HIS ANONYMOUS TEXT

Vitalik Buterin decided to test how much artificial intelligence can threaten online privacy. He proposed finding a document he had published anonymously regarding Ethereum.

The contest winner was Franklin Van, head of Co-Invest. His team used AI to analyze 27 texts and identified a reuse of the EIP-7503 from December 2024.

Buterin tried to conceal his style by writing the text in Chinese, then translating it into English using Qwen 2.5 and manually editing it.

The AI was able to recognize not language-specific features, but the distinctive way of presenting mathematical and technical concepts. Even when the language and style change, unique thinking patterns remain recognizable to algorithms.

USDT RETURNS TO BITCOIN: RGB AND UTXO LAUNCH PRIVATE SETTLEMENTS ON Lightning

Tether announced the release of native USDT on the Bitcoin network using RGB protocol version 0.11.1. The commercial launch of the project is handled by UTEXO.

Now USDT can be stored in standard Bitcoin addresses and sent through the Lightning network. The RGB protocol applies Bitcoin’s UTXO model, enhancing transaction privacy by using new addresses for transfers.

Payments via Lightning are made outside the main chain, providing virtually instant settlement and minimizing the amount of data in the public blockchain.

The stablecoin USDT was first launched on the Bitcoin network in 2014 via the Omni protocol. This new release marks a return to the roots with a fundamentally different architecture.

🚨 URGENT: BONKDAO CONFIRMS THE THEFT OF $20 MILLION

Official statement: BonkDAO has become a victim of a malicious governance proposal. Tokens totaling $BONK were taken from the treasury for approximately $20 million.

🔍 What is known so far:
• The attacker acquired BONK on exchange wallets before submitting the proposal.
• This is not a protocol hack, but an exploitation of the voting mechanism.

🛡️ Team actions:
• Law enforcement has been notified.
• Negotiations are underway with exchanges, bridges, and the Solana Foundation.
• Attempts are actively being made to trace and freeze the stolen funds.

#BONK

🚨 URGENT: CLARITY ACT — DEADLINE MOVED TO AUGUST 7

The law was not signed by July 4, contrary to expectations from White House adviser Patrick Witt. Now the key date is August 7, the last working day of the Senate before the summer recess and the start of the election campaign.

🔥 What’s happening now:
Senate staff are working to reconcile versions of the bill from the Banking and Agriculture committees. Passage requires 60 votes, while Republicans have only 53 seats.

⚠️ Main obstacle:
An ethics conflict. Democrats are demanding that provisions be included to prohibit public officials from profiting from cryptocurrencies. Special attention is focused on Trump, whose crypto-business income in 2025 was ~$1.4 billion.

📉 Market estimates:
Polymarket assesses the chances of passage this year at 44%.
According to other data, the likelihood has dropped to 48%.

If the law is not passed by August 7, its prospects could seriously worsen due to attention shifting to the November elections.

Vitalik Buterin proposed a new concept to improve the privacy of Ethereum staking as part of the Lean Ethereum initiative.

The main idea is to reduce the amount of data in the consensus layer and ensure validator confidentiality through ZK-STARK proofs.

Key changes:

Validator state is reduced to two parameters: balance and key index

Validators publish daily ZK-STARK proofs of activity

Cryptographic identifiers change daily—linking a deposit to a withdrawal is impossible

The system anonymizes validators while preserving balance and history verification

Scalability to millions of validators without burdening the consensus

SSLE implementation— the block leader is unknown until the publication moment

This is part of the Lean Ethereum roadmap for the next 3–4 years.

$BTC grew by $1,846 in 2 hours, returning above $63K and fully offsetting losses after news of the sale of $BTC by Saylor.

The rise happened after Trump said that he is “a big fan of cryptocurrencies” and that there could be Bitcoins in his accounts.

History of an Investment: $7,805 to $1 billion in 14 Years

In 2011, when Bitcoin traded at $0.78, one investor bought 10,000 $BTC by investing $7,805.

Over the next 14 years, he went through:
the 2011 crash
the 2014 bear market
the 2018 collapse
the 2022 bear cycle

He sold not a single coin.

In 2025, his position was fully realized at a price above $1 billion.

Final return: 128,205x

Conclusion:
time horizon is the main factor driving capital growth in Bitcoin.
volatility is an inherent part of the journey, not a reason to exit.
conviction matters more than attempts to predict short-term market moves.

This story isn’t about luck. It’s about discipline, patience, and understanding the asset’s long-term value.

💬 what lesson did you take from this case?

9YA All Task — a countdown timer appeared.

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Judging by the format, something large-scale is being prepared. Details are not disclosed yet, but the timer is already running.

💬 Any ideas what kind of promotion is being set up?

#BinanceTurns9

ZachXBT: Hacker withdrew 3200 $ETH via Tornado Cash and laundered $5.5 million via CCTP

An independent on-chain investigator reported that between July 2 and 3, 2026, an unknown attacker withdrew approximately 3,200 $ETH from Tornado Cash. The funds are linked to two incidents involving compromised private keys.

Money-laundering scheme:
3,200 $ETH withdrawn via Tornado Cash
~$5.5 million laundered through the CCTP bridge from Circle
USDC transferred to 7 deposit addresses on the Arbitrum network

ZachXBT noted that this is a standard laundering route using mixers and cross-chain infrastructure to make tracking more difficult. The funds remain in active circulation.

VITALIK BUTERIN PRESENTED LEAN ETHEREUM — A NEW NETWORK ROADMAP

The third major iteration of Ethereum after The Merge. The changes will be rolled out over 3–4 years and will affect all protocol layers.

What will change:

Block verification — a shift to recursive STARK proofs
Quantum resilience of all cryptography
Lower fees for ERC-20, NFT, and DeFi by more than 10x
A gradual transition from EVM to RISC-V or leanISA
Protocol-level privacy
Block finality — up to 1–2 rounds
An increase in the gas limit from ~60 million to 200 million in the Glamsterdam update

The STARK technology was developed by StarkWare and is already used in Starknet. Ethereum adopts it, making it a native part of the blockchain.

The Ethereum Foundation recently cut about 20% of its staff, and several key developers left the organization. Critics have already questioned the team’s ability to meet the 3–4 year timeline, pointing to a history of missed deadlines.

💬 How do you assess ETH’s prospects after these changes?

$ETH

#VitalikOutlinesLeanEthereumRoadmap

🇺🇸 DONALD TRUMP MAKES A LOUD STATEMENT ABOUT $BTC

“ I got into Bitcoin during my second term, inspired by my children. This is a big win for America. If we didn’t have Bitcoin, China would take it. Not under my administration.”

WHY THIS MATTERS:

The U.S. president publicly supports Bitcoin.
He positions Bitcoin as a geopolitical asset against China.
It could trigger FOMO among both institutional and retail investors.

BOTTOM LINE:

Trump isn’t just talking. He’s fitting Bitcoin into a national strategy, and the market is listening.

💬 How do you assess the impact of statements like these on Bitcoin?

BLOOMBERG: 60% CHANCE THAT THE CLARITY ACT WILL BE ADOPTED THIS MONTH

Bloomberg Intelligence analysts estimate a 60% probability of the U.S. passing a crypto-regulation bill.

The CLARITY Act has already passed the Senate committee by a vote of 15 to 9, including support from two Democrats. But for final approval, it needs 60 votes in the full chamber—given the Republicans have 53 seats, they need support from at least 7 Democrats.

Key issues:
Ethical standards for officials
Crackdown on money laundering
Protection for developers of decentralized protocols

The vote is expected after July 13, when Congress returns from recess. If it doesn’t happen before the August break, the odds will drop to 40%.

Why does this matter? The law would clearly separate the SEC and CFTC’s powers, define the status of digital assets, and could trigger a wave of institutional money into crypto.

💬 What do you think?

$BTC $BNB

#CLARITYAct

🏦 EUROPEAN BANK LAUNCHES EUR ON ETHEREUM

On the same day MiCA came fully into force, Crédit Agricole issued EURXT — a euro stablecoin on Ethereum.

And this isn’t some kind of startup. It’s the second-largest bank in France, with €4.6 TRILLION in assets under management.

20 million EURXT already in circulation. 1:1 collateral backed by real euros on the bank’s balance sheet.

Traditional finance is officially moving into crypto. Not through a back door, but through the front. With regulation, compliance, and billion-scale volumes.

Ethereum is becoming the settlement layer for banks. First Wall Street, now Europe.

💬 When do you think your bank will launch its own stablecoin?

$ETH

🇺🇸 TRUMP ON BANKNOTES?

The Ministry of Finance has officially released dollars with Trump’s signature to mark the 250th anniversary of America.

💬 What do you think?

$BTC

USDT AND MERCH FROM BINANCE?

Binance local Telegram channels are a community of fellow crypto folks who are always ready to help with advice.

What’s there?
Weekly USDT giveaways
Exclusive merch contests
Reward activities that aren’t available to the general public

The only downside is that many people don’t know about it.

I can’t leave a link to the Telegram channel due to Binance Square rules. But you can easily find it yourself.

$BNB

🥶 Donald Trump’s smartphone was mocked after the release of the first reviews.

Social media users noted that the device’s video quality is comparable to outdated 2015 Android phones.

$TRUMP