Market Whisper

Market Whisper

Market Whisper focuses on data trends in cryptocurrencies and global financial markets, tracking price changes, capital flows, and market structures of Bitcoin and major digital assets. The content covers ETF capital flows, on-chain data, macroeconomic trends, and technology stocks, emphasizing the cross-market interactions between the crypto market and traditional finance. Based on public data, company disclosures, and market information, it provides real-time, structured, and verifiable market insights.

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The Bitaxe micro mining rig mined a Bitcoin block in 8 hours, earning 3.1382 BTC for the solo miner

An independent SOLO miner recently used the open-source Bitaxe micro-miner (priced at about $60 to $150) and, after connecting to a Public Pool mining pool service, it ran for only 8 hours, with an average hashrate of 995 GH/s (about 1 TH/s). The miner successfully mined Bitcoin block number 957,382, claiming the full block reward of 3.1382 BTC, which is about $200,000 at current market prices. Bitaxe roughly $150 micro-miner specifications Bitaxe is an open-source ASIC miner with a size about t

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Pudgy Penguins plush toys land at Target nationwide in the U.S., with TCG cards extending retail expansion

Project Progress

Partnerships & Ecosystem

The NFT project “Pudgy Penguins” announced on July 20 that its Pengu plush toy has officially arrived in the toy sections of all Target stores across the United States. Previously, on June 20, Pudgy Penguins’ trading card game Vibes Series 3 entered Target’s nationwide retail channels. Pengu plush toys go on sale at Target in the U.S. on July 20 (Source: Pudgy Penguins) According to Pudgy Penguins’ official announcement, the timeline for its 2026 U.S. physical retail expansion is as follows: Jun

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On-chain sleuth ZachXBT criticized hardware wallets as “garbage” and suggested using an old iPhone instead.

Security Incidents

On-chain sleuth ZachXBT recently criticized all hardware wallets in the community as “completely garbage,” saying they shouldn’t be used to sign important transactions or store assets. He suggested replacing hardware wallets with a dedicated old iPhone (fully disconnected from everyday web browsing and app downloads) as a cold wallet. ZachXBT’s criticism isn’t just about private-key storage security—it also highlights the risk that users can be tricked into authorizing malicious content in compl

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Interview-focused app founder: Claude Code finishes the nationwide early childhood kindergarten review website in 56 hours

AI Tools & Apps

Taiwan workplace information platform “Interviewing Fun” and “Salary Comparison” founder Chen Zhihong (Max) recently shared on Threads that he used Claude Code to independently build the nationwide early childhood education park review website “Parenting Fun” over 56 hours, completing 216 code submissions. Based on Max’s past product experience over the past decade, a website of the same scale usually requires a 7-person team and takes about half a year. Parenting Fun website scale: Information

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MIIT of China: More than 70 “high-capacity channels” for hashpower have been built; a standardized pricing framework for market-based hashpower will be released

AI Tokens

The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of China announced, at a news briefing held by the State Council Information Office on July 20, 2026, an overview of industrial and information-technology development in the first half of 2026. MIIT spokesperson and head of the Department of Information and Communications Development, Xie Cun, said that over the past two years, more than 70 “computing power” high-capacity corridors have been built around the co-construction of national computin

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BIP-110 proposes lowering the Bitcoin upgrade approval threshold to 55%, sparking intense community controversy

Bitcoin’s community is embroiled in heated controversy over a temporary soft-fork proposal, BIP-110. One of the most controversial provisions in the proposal is to slash the miner-approval threshold for upgrading the Bitcoin protocol from the current 95% down to 55%. The proposal uses a miner-signaling activation mechanism, setting approximately August 7 as the start of the mandatory signaling period, approximately September 1 as the rule effective date, and also providing a user-activated soft

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As of 2026 to date, 62 crypto projects have shut down, including high-funding protocols such as Loopring.

Industry Reports

According to RootData statistics, from March to May, within just two months, a total of 62 crypto projects were recorded as entering a shutdown list, equivalent to an average of one project shutting down per day. The shutdown projects include early ZK-Rollup protocol Loopring, as well as well-funded projects like Yupp, an AI+Crypto infrastructure project led by a16z. RootData data: 62 projects shut down as of 2026, shutdown timeline and funding scale Based on RootData’s records, the following ar

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Spain wins the 2026 Hercules Trophy; Drake bets $1.5 million on Argentina for a disastrous loss

Prediction Market

The 2026 World Cup final has ended. Spain scored the only goal of the match in extra time at the 106th minute through Ferran Torres, beating defending champions Argentina 1-0 to win the World Cup for the second time in their history. Canadian singer Drake placed a bet worth 1.5 million USDT on Argentina to win in regular time via the crypto platform Stake before the match, but the entire wager failed. Ferran Torres Breaks Through at the 106th Minute of Extra Time Spain’s only goal came at the 10

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HOMEE HeYi Home suspected of suspending operations; consumer protection officer locks the main gate shut after an investigation

The Taipei City Department of Legal Affairs issued a consumer warning on July 18, explaining that consumer protection officers, together with the Taipei City Department of Commerce, conducted a joint inspection at the registered address of HOMEE 合宜家居 (HOMEE AI, 睿締國際科技股份有限公司). At the scene, the main entrance was locked and shut; the building’s caretaker said the company has had no personnel entering or leaving recently. Consumer orders for furniture have been stuck in shipment; the customer servi

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“Doomsday Doctor” Nouriel Roubini: AI robots will create wealth; universal basic income is inevitable

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The Bitaxe micro mining rig mined a Bitcoin block in 8 hours, earning 3.1382 BTC for the solo miner

Pudgy Penguins plush toys land at Target nationwide in the U.S., with TCG cards extending retail expansion

On-chain sleuth ZachXBT criticized hardware wallets as “garbage” and suggested using an old iPhone instead.

Interview-focused app founder: Claude Code finishes the nationwide early childhood kindergarten review website in 56 hours

MIIT of China: More than 70 “high-capacity channels” for hashpower have been built; a standardized pricing framework for market-based hashpower will be released

BIP-110 proposes lowering the Bitcoin upgrade approval threshold to 55%, sparking intense community controversy

As of 2026 to date, 62 crypto projects have shut down, including high-funding protocols such as Loopring.

Spain wins the 2026 Hercules Trophy; Drake bets $1.5 million on Argentina for a disastrous loss

HOMEE HeYi Home suspected of suspending operations; consumer protection officer locks the main gate shut after an investigation