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⚡️ Alpha Olympics — Altcoin of the Month Alpha Olympics = one weekly bracket-post, three fresh contenders, you vote, we track the champ across 2025. 1️⃣ Sahara AI ($SAHARA) — “Day-One AI Rocket” Launch: Listed 26 Jun 2025 on Binance, Gate, Upbit. Why care: Raised $51.5 M, AI-data marketplace, 64 % of supply for community + airdrops. First-hour candle printed +368 %. Miss it now, chase later. 2️⃣ Ether.fi ($ETHFI) — “Restake & Chill” Launch: Hit Coinbase 6 Feb 2025; $32 M VC, liquid-restaking narrative. Why care: Real yield from eETH + EigenLayer, cross-chain bridge to Avalanche live. CeFi listing + DeFi flywheel = liquidity magnet. 3️⃣ Taiko ($TAIKO) — “ZK-Rollup Goes Live” Launch: First exchange listing 31 May 2025 via Gate Alpha; mainnet already pushing 20× tx-speed upgrade. #AlphaOlympics Alpha | Chat

🚀 Join the Private Testnet of Citrea — zk-Rollup for Bitcoin Citrea is a zk-rollup built on Bitcoin, enabling dApps without changing the Bitcoin base layer. It supports zkEVM, STARK proofs, and a two-way BTC bridge via cBTC. 💸 $16.7M raised from Galaxy, Delphi, Balaji Srinivasan, Mirana Ventures, Maven 11, and more. How to Get In? 🔹 Watch for invite drops on Twitter and Discord 🔹 Write a detailed post/thread about Citrea, tag @ citrea_xyz — they might DM you a code

Got the Code? Here’s What to Do: 1. Head to the testnet page 2. Connect your wallet 3. Explore and test the features

✨ This is not just a formality — testers will likely be rewarded, and early access = early advantage. #Airdrop Alpha | Chat

💳 Mastercard Backs Stablecoins After GENIUS Act — But Without Decentralization Right after the U.S. passed the GENIUS Act, Mastercard came out in support of stablecoins. But let’s be clear — they’re not here for the decentralized dream.

Mastercard wants to integrate stablecoins into the existing banking model: middlemen, fees, regulations — the whole TradFi package. The company positions itself as the trusted gatekeeper needed for mass adoption.

👉 Stablecoins may be going mainstream, but decentralization? Not on their watch. #News Alpha | Chat

🚀 New DEX on Hyperliquid with Airdrop Potential Project X is a freshly launched DEX on HyperEVM focused on swaps and liquidity. The team positions it as “Uniswap 2.0” — but faster, more scalable, and frictionless. 📈 The platform is live, activities are running, and points are farming — with strong airdrop potential down the line. Here’s what to do: • Head to the site and connect your wallet • Do a swap under the Swap tab • Add liquidity under Liquidity • Claim rewards in Portfolio (refreshes every 24h) ⚡️The project is gaining traction fast — don’t wait too long to start farming. #Airdrop Alpha | Chat

🔸 Binance Leads Liquidations This Morning This morning, Binance topped the charts in short liquidations — with one trader getting rekt for $22,490,000 in a single position. 🪒 Markets still got teeth. Stay sharp. #News Alpha | Chat

🔧 Farming $STRAND from Blockstranding — Solana OMRPG ⚡️ Blockstranding is an onchain MMO built on Solana with MagicBlock. While investment details are still under wraps, the project ranked 4th in a Solana community vote — definitely one to watch. How to farm $STRAND: • Visit the site and connect your Solana wallet • Link your X • Post daily with #blockstranding • Keep an eye on the leaderboard • There's a referral system — feel free to farm it smart 🕐 Deadline: TBA — get in early and stay active. #Airdrop Alpha | Chat

🚀 Coinbase Launches Base App — the Crypto Super App Coinbase just introduced Base App, a revamped version of its wallet that combines social, payments, trading, and dApps into one unified experience. Here’s what’s inside: 🔹 Post as NFTs via Zora 🔹 Social layer powered by Farcaster 🔹 USDC payments, starting with Shopify 🔹 Universal onchain account across apps 👉 Built on Base (L2 on Ethereum), the app is now in beta — available to users on the waitlist. #News Alpha | Chat

🚨 BigONE Exchange Hacked — $27M Drained from Hot Wallets 🧾 Seychelles-registered crypto exchange BigONE has reported a security breach that led to a loss of $27 million from its hot wallets during the night of July 16.

Breakdown of losses: - 120 BTC - 350 ETH - 1,800 SOL - 8.54M USDT - funds in 8 more tokens, including DOGE, SHIB, and CELR

🔍 The cause: Hackers injected malicious code into the exchange’s backend infrastructure, enabling them to alter withdrawal logic. Fortunately, private keys were not compromised. All losses will be fully covered from the exchange’s reserves, as BigONE says. #News Alpha | Chat

⭐️ Nice Bonus from Backpack! 💰 A rank-based airdrop just landed — between 20 and 1000 $ES tokens distributed! Check if you got it HERE. Those who were actively trading received this extra bonus on top of their regular points. 👉 Not life-changing, but definitely a nice reward for staying active! #Airdrop Alpha | Chat

🇬🇧 Standard Chartered Launches Spot Trading for BTC and ETH in the UK The banking giant Standard Chartered has officially launched spot trading for Bitcoin and Ethereum through its UK-based crypto unit. 🔎 This move makes it one of the first major global banks to directly offer spot crypto trading services. #Airdrop Alpha | Chat

🕹️ Farming Ronin Profiles = Future Airdrop Potential Ronin is an EVM-based chain focused on Web3 gaming infrastructure, backed by $150M in funding from Binance, a16z, Paradigm, and more. 🗓️ On July 10, Ronin launched the "Ronin Profiles" campaign, where you earn points (and possibly rewards) for building and upgrading your profile. What to do: 1️⃣ Create an account on the official site 2️⃣ Set up and personalize your Ronin Profile 3️⃣ Check in daily to earn points 👉 More quests and activities are coming soon — upgrading your profile now is a smart move to stay early in the Ronin gaming ecosystem. #Airdrop Alpha | Chat

🍪 Farming Datagram — a DePIN Project 🔍 Datagram is a real-time DePIN infrastructure project aiming to scale cutting-edge technologies. They’ve raised $4M from top players like Blizzard Fund, Avalanche, Animoca Brands, and more. The protocol will feature two tokens: $DATA and $DGRAM, with a confirmed 50% allocation for node operators — making it a smart move to spin up a node early. How to farm points now: 1️⃣ Head to the Datagram website 2️⃣ Sign up 3️⃣ Download the desktop app 4️⃣ Log in and start farming points 👉 Deadline: TBA — early birds are likely to be rewarded. #Airdrop Alpha | Chat

🪙 Massive Inflow: Bitcoin Spot ETFs See 2nd-Highest Daily Spike Ever Yesterday, spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded over $1.1 billion in net inflows — marking the second-largest daily inflow in history. 📈 The biggest winner? BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust, which claimed the lion’s share of the capital. The appetite for institutional BTC exposure is very real. #News Alpha | Chat

🏆 Backpack Launches Achievements – Trade, Earn & Flex ✨ Backpack just dropped a new feature — Achievements, designed to make trading more fun, competitive, and rewarding. You can unlock badges for things like: ▪️ Trading newly listed pairs first ▪️ Hitting volume milestones ▪️ Referring new users ▪️ Being the first to get liquidated on new pairs (yes, really) ▪️ Keeping daily trading streaks ▪️ And much more ⭐️ There are currently 48 active achievements, with more dropping weekly. Some past events even got retroactive badges — so go check your Achievements tab to see what you’ve earned. 🔎 Bonus: If you took part in the Fragmetric trading campaign, your $FRAG rewards should already be in your wallet. #Airdrop Alpha | Chat

🇺🇸 Trump’s Truth Social Plans to Launch a Utility Shitcoin Truth Social — Trump’s media platform — is reportedly cooking up its very own utility token, to be farmed through user activity and subscriptions to their upcoming streaming service, Truth+. 💳 The token will supposedly let you: • Pay for Truth+ • Possibly buy other “premium” products from the ecosystem 👉 No mention of real-world utility (shocker), but sounds like another reward token with questionable value. #News Alpha | Chat

🔥 Should You Join the Pump.fun ICO? Pros & Cons Breakdown Let’s be real — opinions are split. Here's a quick run-through of both sides: ❌ Why You Might Want to Skip: • Exit-First Mentality: Pump.fun has been mostly market-selling their SOL profits, draining liquidity instead of building long-term value. • Bonk > Pump: Bonk’s platform is pulling 2x more revenue and 2x more market share, and they're actually using fees for buybacks — unlike Pump. • Greedy Strategy: They could’ve gone for a fair launch like Hyperliquid (use fees to pump the token), but chose to maximize retail extraction instead. • Bottom Line: They’ve already dumped over $700M+ in fees into the market — and now want more from retail via the ICO. ✅ Why You Might Still Ape In: • PUMP = Ecosystem Glue: If $PUMP dies, so does the memecoin game. Whether you're in Launchcoin or Bonk, you want Pump to moon. • It’s a Real Business: They identified a pain point, built a unique product, and scaled fast. That’s what winning looks like. “They dumped $750M in SOL!” • That’s called treasury management. They cashed out to stable value so they can pay staff, servers — and maybe pizza.

“Why raise more if they’re rich?” Every major startup (Amazon, OpenAI…) raises capital to accelerate. More $$ = faster growth = more users = more value.

👉 So… which camp are you in? #Airdrop Alpha | Chat

🚀 OpenSea Acquires Rally Wallet — Big Mobile Play Incoming NFT giant OpenSea has officially acquired Rally Wallet to supercharge its mobile game. 🔧 The Rally team will now lead the development of the new OpenSea Mobile app, pitched as a future command center for all things onchain — from NFTs and memecoins to DeFi and token trading. Rally Wallet will be fully integrated into OpenSea’s ecosystem in the coming months. 🎁 Holders of early Rally NFTs (Floor Genesis) will receive exclusive “Treasures” via OpenSea Rewards — snapshot already taken, so time to claim. #News Alpha | Chat

🥹 Soft-Warming Up Monad ⚡️ Monad’s ecosystem keeps expanding, and early on-chain action might pay off big. If you haven’t touched these yet — it’s time to change that: • Enjoyoors — Stake $MON, aprMON, sMON, shMON, wMON. Points farming live. • Monday Trade — Swap, trade, and LP. Light, fast, clean. • Flap — Not new, but super smooth memecoin hub. Launch your meme or trade trending ones like Cryptobvious. • Townsquare — Play around with borrow/supply — easy points. • NADSA — OG alpha spot. Codes = points, but most of the time you’ll need to cut a deal. • Kuru — Still one of the core DEXs. Run weekly TXs to stay fresh. ⭐️ TLDR: 1–2 touches a week, minimal gas, good upside potential. Don’t go full degen — just don’t skip either. #Airdrop Alpha | Chat

😴 Market in Slow Motion: BTC & Majors Flat, Top-100 Alts Bleeding Bitcoin’s holding steady. Major alts? Also crabbing. But second-tier alts are feeling the heat. 📉 Top losers today: • $SYRUP -7% • $SPX -7% • $FARTCOIN -7% Basically, everything’s red. Gainers? Barely visible. Market's in snooze mode. 😶 BTC Fear & Greed Index cools off to 65 — still greedy, but fading. #News Alpha | Chat