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A whale loses over $15.5M after buying $74M in Solana at $220 average since Oct 1.Heavy Bet on Solana Turns SourWhale’s Holdings Tracked Across Two WalletsCommunity Reacts to Bold Strategy


Quick Take Summary is AI generated, newsroom reviewed. Vitalik Buterin supports Steak ’n Shake pausing its ETH vote, calling it a principled move. Bitcoin community pressure led to the halt, citing BTC’s superior Lightning performance. ETH averages 15–30 TPS with $3–$10 fees; BTC Lightning offers faster, cheaper payments. Steak ’n Shake processed 120,000 BTC transactions since May 2025 via BitPay. The pause underscores ideological divides shaping crypto merchant adoption in 2025.References X Post Reference
- 10:10Multichain staking platform Cryptomesh completes $2.5 million Series A financingJinse Finance reported that the multi-chain staking platform Cryptomesh has announced the completion of a $2.5 million Series A funding round, with investor information yet to be disclosed. The platform currently supports 10 major blockchain networks, including Ethereum (ETH), Optimism (OP), and others. The new funds are intended to upgrade infrastructure and expand DeFi staking scale.
- 09:34Ethena Labs founder: Still believes USDe pegging to USDT is reasonable; minting and redemption did not go down during market turbulenceJinse Finance reported that the founder of Ethena Labs posted on X, stating: The oracle attempts to identify two different scenarios: one is a temporary mispricing in the secondary market, and the other is a permanent devaluation of collateral. The latter has never occurred with USDe, and for most assets including USDe, the likelihood of such an event is much lower. Although DeFi money markets have been heavily criticized for anchoring USDe to USDT, we do believe this approach is reasonable, as it can prevent liquidations caused by temporary price imbalances. Ethena provides on-demand proof of reserves to a select few entities, some of which are also oracle providers, including Chaos Labs and Chainlink. During this week’s market volatility, Ethena’s minting and redemption functions did not experience downtime. Major liquidity venues on-chain, such as Curve, Uniswap, and Fluid, experienced price misalignments, but over $9 billions in on-demand stablecoin collateral was available for immediate redemption, with only a small portion actually utilized.
- 09:26Bitcoin Core releases version v30.0ChainCatcher news, Bitcoin Core has released version v30.0. This update brings several new features, performance improvements, bug fixes, and updated multilingual translations. With the release of this version, 27.x and earlier versions have entered the "end of maintenance" phase and will no longer receive updates. Important changes include P2P and network updates, new Bitcoin commands, external signing, IPC mining interface, and more.