On-chain analyst Ai Yi (@ai_9684xtpa) said on July 21 that a whale that has built a position worth more than $109 million since the start of July added another $9.87 million worth of Wrapped Bitcoin (WBTC) over the past 24 hours. The wallet now holds 49,500 ETH and 600 WBTC, with the combined position valued at about $122 million. According to the monitoring data, the whale’s average entry prices stand at roughly $1,706 for ETH and $63,950 for WBTC. Based on current valuation, the address is sitting on an unrealized profit of $12.593 million. The latest purchase adds to a steady accumulation trend in both WBTC and ETH during the month.

A whale has accumulated large positions in Ether and Wrapped Bitcoin since July, according to on-chain analyst @ai_9684xtpa. The tracked address has built holdings of 49,500 ETH and 600 WBTC, with the combined position now valued at $122 million. The analyst said the whale added another $9.87 million worth of WBTC over the past 24 hours. After that latest purchase, the average cost basis for the positions stood at about $1,706 for ETH and $63,950 for WBTC. Based on the monitoring data cited by ChainCatcher, the whale’s unrealized profit has reached $12.593 million. The report also noted that the whale had accumulated more than $109 million of ETH and WBTC since the start of July before the latest update pushed the total position value higher.

Odaily reported that on-chain analyst Ember said in a post on X that Micron rose 8% at the open, and a whale opened a $35 million long position in the stock on the same day. At the time of the update, the position was showing an unrealized profit of $750,000. The note did not disclose the identity of the trader or provide additional details about the position. The move was shared by Ember via X and cited by Odaily in a brief market update under its whale activity coverage.

A recently disclosed security incident at Hugging Face has drawn attention to a shift in cyber risk tied to AI agents. According to PANews, the attack was concentrated over a single weekend and generated more than 17,000 operation logs, with much of the activity driven by an autonomous agent system rather than a traditional step-by-step intrusion carried out manually by hackers. The report says the entry point was not a standard server flaw but a malicious dataset uploaded into the AI data pipeline. The incident involved remote-code dataset loaders and template injection issues in dataset configuration, showing how datasets, processing logic and runtime dependencies can become part of the attack surface in modern AI infrastructure. Another notable detail is that AI was used on both sides. Hugging Face relied on large language models to detect anomalies in telemetry data and later to analyze the attack records, reconstruct timelines and identify attack paths. PANews says the company also ran into limits when commercial AI services blocked requests containing real attack commands and exploit material, forcing it to use open-source models in its own environment instead. The episode points to a broader tension in AI governance: security teams need access to realistic threat data, while AI platforms are under pressure to restrict dangerous content.

US-listed crypto-related stocks moved sharply higher, according to data cited by Odaily from MSX.COM. The move came as Bitcoin climbed back above $66,000, lifting the broader crypto concept segment in US equities. Circle led the group with a gain of more than 10%. Coinbase rose more than 9%, while Robinhood added over 6%. TeraWulf and Strategy each advanced more than 4%, and Riot Platforms and CleanSpark were both up more than 2%. The report framed Bitcoin’s return above the $66,000 level as a possible driver behind the move, without citing any other catalyst.

Cashea, described by Bloomberg as the largest fintech company in Venezuela, has raised a combined $100 million through two financing rounds. The company said it closed a $60 million Series B in June, led by FinSight Ventures, with participation from Endeavor Catalyst, Plug and Play, U.S. university funds including Washington University in St. Louis, and Latin American investors. Earlier, in March, Cashea completed a $40 million Series A led by Spice Expeditions. That round included $20 million in equity financing and another $20 million in debt financing provided by Architect Capital. Bloomberg said global investors are betting the company can grow in a market that has long faced restricted access to credit.

A new report from IT Juzi says China added 67 unicorns in the first half of 2026, with AI and embodied intelligence companies accounting for more than half of the total. The research then examined all 107 unicorns currently on its list in China’s AI and robotics/embodied intelligence sectors, tracing every investor that appeared in seed, angel and angel-plus rounds. As of July 2026, nearly 300 institutions had backed at least one unicorn at the angel stage, according to the report. By total count, Sequoia China ranked first with 11 angel-round hits, followed by GL Ventures and ZhenFund with nine each. But when the sample is narrowed to new embodied intelligence bets made after 2022, MiraclePlus, Linear-like early-stage specialist Lanchi Ventures, and SEE Fund stand out for concentrated exposure. The report also breaks down how those firms operated. MiraclePlus used a high-volume accelerator-style model with standardized checks and small initial tickets; Lanchi built founder-sourcing channels through its BuMing camp and AGI Pioneer Club; SEE Fund leaned on a tight engineering network around Tsinghua-linked founders while building positions across the embodied intelligence supply chain. IT Juzi argues that U.S. dollar funds still moved earlier overall, while many RMB funds only began entering the sector at scale after 2025.

MoneyGram CEO Anthony Soohoo said in an interview with CoinDesk that the company’s blockchain strategy has moved beyond early experimentation and is now part of a broader push to modernize its global payments infrastructure. Soohoo said blockchain is most effective when customers do not even realize it is being used in the background. His comments frame the technology as underlying payment upgrades rather than a front-end feature for users. The CoinDesk report was written by Margaux Nijkerk and edited by Cheyenne Ligon, and was published on July 21, 2026.