Bitcoin, Ethereum, XRP and other major cryptos dipped in the past 24 hours while Solana bucked the trend with a 1.9% gain. Small-cap token Hypurr Fun surged 47.8% to lead all gainers.
Bitcoin climbed back above $65,000 on Monday, lifting the broader crypto market as Ethereum, XRP, Solana, and Hyperliquid posted gains, while several smaller tokens surged even more sharply.
PANews, citing PA Beacon data compiled from the Polymarket Data API, reviewed large pre-match trades across all 104 matches of the 2026 World Cup and found that so-called smart money ended the tournament in the black, but only after a sharp shift from early losses. The sample covered 312 win/draw/loss markets and only counted pre-match BUY trades worth at least $5,000, with positions grouped by wallet, match, market and direction. By the end of the event, total pre-match buying reached $474.04 million, of which $298.49 million was on the correct side. Based on a hold-to-resolution estimate, total returns came to about $502.93 million, implying net profit of $28.8858 million and an ROI of 6.09%. That headline number hides a much more uneven picture. Out of 1,856 wallets, 1,003 were profitable and 853 lost money, yet the top five profit-making wallets accounted for 37.85% of gross profits, and the top 10 accounted for 55.39%. Some accounts, including mintblade and GRIMDRIP, made outsized gains from just one or two concentrated bets, while high-frequency participants such as swisstony posted much smaller profits despite covering most of the tournament. The data also showed that large consensus by dollar amount was often driven by a few wallets rather than broad market agreement, especially in knockout-stage betting on Spain, Argentina, France and England.
Odaily’s evening brief covered several items, including Iran not yet making a final decision on a memorandum of understanding, details of a U.S.-Iran draft, KINS surpassing a $12 million market cap, and Garrett Jin placing six ZEC limit buy orders at $409.12.
According to GMGN data cited by Odaily, Solana ecosystem token KINS briefly exceeded a market capitalization of $12 million and is now reported at $10 million, with an intraday gain of more than 21%.
