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Bitcoin led the surge, while Ethereum, Solana and XRP also drew inflows; total assets under management climbed to about $173B.
The relaunch puts self-custodial privacy tools back in focus as privacy narratives gain traction across crypto.
The proposed split pairs revenue sharing with a risk gap: no independent monitoring mandate or stated first-loss protection covers Sentora’s isolated Hub.
The wallet shields activity after funds reach Aztec, but Ethereum deposits remain visible and the early Alpha release carries strict limits and security risks.
Both asset classes posted positive daily flows as well, extending the buying signal beyond the seven-day totals.
The remaining 103,698 ETH would cost about $279.8M at the company's reference price, but its next allocation could favor staking, liquidity or share buybacks.
Eight consecutive Bitcoin inflow days and seven for Ethereum put institutional ETF demand in focus across both major crypto assets.
Faster cross-chain transfers could widen Ethereum's role in settlement, but the seed does not establish a direct increase in ETH demand.
The $24.37M withdrawal puts a sizable amount of ETH outside Binance, a flow traders may watch for clues about holder intentions.
The latest deposit lifts SharpLink's holdings to 892,127 ETH, while its 27,945 ETH in staking rewards adds a growing yield component to its position.
The early buyer has sold 2,000 ETH at an average of $3,096 and still holds 1,000 ETH, keeping a sizable position after a reported 156x return.
In modeled high stress, a 1,500 ETH deposit reserve raised average withdrawal finalization from 6.3 to 7.9 days, though actual waits depend on live conditions.
The historical data challenge using rising stablecoin supply as a proxy for DeFi deployment, but do not show that DeFi balances or usage fell.
Restaking secured $10.02B but generated just $99,977 in weekly fees, while ordinary liquid staking earned roughly 53 times more per dollar secured.
Bitcoin led the weekly dollar total, while both asset groups also posted positive one-day net flows on Sept. 28.
The weekly picture is mixed: capital expanded in stablecoins and corporate Bitcoin holdings, while decentralized exchange trading volume declined.
The company now holds more than 4.9% of Ethereum's circulating supply, with 5.07M ETH staked and a stated target of 5%.
The company now controls about 4.9% of Ethereum’s supply and is 98% of the way to its stated 5% ownership target.
The approach could let Ethereum expand computation without asking every validator to repeat it, but state access remains a major constraint.
Using GIWA’s expected Chain ID, attackers made a counterfeit network look credible. The incident shows that a matching chain identifier does not authenticate the RPC endpoint or bridge users connect…
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