OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said in a post on X that he wants to see the community build interesting projects with GPT-5.6 Sol. He said the developer behind the "coolest" creation will receive a special gift from the OpenAI archives. The update was carried by Odaily. There were no additional details in the post excerpt provided, including rules, deadlines, or prize specifics beyond Altman’s description of the reward as a special item from the company’s archives.

Onchain Lens tracked roughly $7.66 million in cumulative fee revenue generated by Noxa on Robinhood over the past seven days, according to a July 13 update cited by BlockBeats. The report also noted that the Noxa team had previously issued the NOXA token on DBK Chain, a network launched by DeBank in 2025. Despite that launch, the token has not shown sustained activity since then. About 14 hours before the report, the team burned 40% of NOXA’s total supply. The update combines recent fee data with the token’s issuance history and the latest supply reduction event.

WTI crude rose more than 3% at Monday’s open, approaching $74 a barrel, after tensions between the United States and Iran escalated, according to Gate data cited by Odaily. The move followed Iran’s weekend announcement that it would close the Strait of Hormuz and two U.S. strikes on Iran early Monday. Other major assets also moved at the open. Spot gold fell below the $4,100 level, down nearly 0.8%, while spot silver dropped more than 2% to $58.65 an ounce. Nasdaq futures slipped 0.4%. The U.S. Dollar Index (DXY) gained more than 10 points, and 10-year U.S. Treasury futures fell 5 points. The report framed the cross-asset moves as part of a broader market reaction to renewed geopolitical pressure in the region. No additional details were provided in the source on the duration of the moves or whether the price action continued later in the session.

A market commentary translated by WuBlockchain argues that Open USD, or OUSD, may be a meaningful stablecoin experiment but is unlikely to upend USDT and USDC as quickly as some market participants expect. The piece says the real moat for the two incumbents is not branding or headline partnerships, but liquidity, collateral acceptance, integration into exchanges and DeFi, settlement flows, and entrenched user behavior. The author points to Binance as the clearest case study. Even if a new stablecoin offered generous reserve-income sharing, the exchange would still have to weigh that upside against the risk of disturbing the liquidity structure that supports its core trading business. The article includes a hypothetical calculation suggesting that replacing tens of billions of dollars in USDT with a revenue-sharing alternative could generate meaningful income, yet still look unattractive next to the scale of Binance’s trading engine. It also cites an earlier reported incentive arrangement from Circle to Binance that did not materially expand USDC supply on the platform, using that example to argue that subsidies alone rarely overturn existing liquidity networks. The broader conclusion is that OUSD’s challenge is not simply offering better economics, but convincing partners to disrupt businesses already built around other fiat rails and stablecoins.

A dormant Bitcoin whale address has reactivated after seven years, according to OnchainLens, in a move that drew fresh attention to long-inactive large holders on the network. The address has held 2,931 BTC since Bitcoin was priced at about $6,500 and had remained inactive throughout that period. At current valuation, the holdings are worth about $188 million, based on the figures cited in the report. OnchainLens said the position has increased in value by roughly 10x since the address first accumulated the coins. No additional transfer details or destination addresses were disclosed in the source item. The update was first reported by ChainCatcher as a brief market-moving whale alert under its whale movement coverage.

A packed macro calendar is on deck this week, according to Odaily. Key releases include the United States' June Consumer Price Index and core CPI, China’s year-on-year GDP growth for the second quarter, and the Federal Reserve’s Beige Book on economic conditions. Fed Chair Warsh is also scheduled to appear before the House Financial Services Committee and the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs for hearings on the Federal Reserve’s semiannual monetary policy report. On the earnings side, results are due from JPMorgan Chase, Citigroup, Bank of America, Goldman Sachs, Wells Fargo, Morgan Stanley, TSMC and Netflix. The lineup puts both macro data and major corporate earnings in focus for the week.

Onchain Lens said a Bitcoin whale that had been inactive for seven years moved 2,931 BTC in a transfer now valued at about $188 million. The coins had not moved since Bitcoin was trading at around $6,500. With BTC now above roughly $64,000, the value of the same holdings is close to 10 times what it was when they were last active. The move stands out because it involves a long-dormant wallet and a sizable amount of Bitcoin returning to activity after years of silence. No additional destination details or follow-up transfers were disclosed in the source note.

Crypto markets opened the July 13 cycle with mixed performance across the most-traded tokens on centralized exchanges, while geopolitics and U.S. policy developments drove much of the broader headline flow. Among the top 10 CEX tokens by trading volume, BNB, BTC, ETH, SOL and XRP posted losses over the past 24 hours, while WLD, ZEC and TRX moved higher. LAT led OKX’s 24-hour gainers with a 58.58% jump, followed by AGLD and T. On-chain meme activity tracked by GMGN featured Harris, Boycoin, fubu, HYPNO and SUNNYS. Outside the market screens, Iran’s Strait management authority said the Strait of Hormuz is currently not passable and that permit reviews will resume after conditions stabilize, according to Xinhua. That statement came alongside comments from Iran’s top leader Mojtaba Khamenei, who said Iran would retaliate against the U.S. and Israel, while U.S. Central Command said shipping through the waterway remains open and that Iran does not control the strait. In crypto-specific developments, a U.S. housing bill containing a ban on a Federal Reserve central bank digital currency has taken effect after Donald Trump neither signed nor vetoed it within 10 days. Robinhood Chain reported more than $1 billion in DEX volume in its first week, and ZachXBT alleged market manipulation involving LAB-linked addresses.