Crypto market cap dropped 3.1% to $2.37 trillion on March 28. BTC and ETH both lost over 3.8%. Fear & Greed Index hit 12 (extreme fear). SIREN plunged 39.8%, while DeXe gained 3%.
SoftBank is negotiating a potential $30B investment in OpenAI as part of a $100B funding round, valuing the AI firm at ~$830B. The news lifted AI-themed tokens like WLD, FET and RNDR.
World's WLD token daily unlock rate automatically dropped 43% from 5.1M to 2.9M tokens on July 24, 2026. Community unlocks halved to 1.6M/day, TFH team/investor cuts 32%. The deflationary measure is hardcoded in immutable onchain contracts.
Eightco said its holdings totaled about $437 million as of June 3, 2026, including indirect OpenAI exposure, Beast Industries equity, 16,278 ETH, 283.45 million WLD, and roughly $142 million in cash and stablecoins.
Market cap falls to $2.35T, BTC down 0.98% to $66,586, ETH down 0.44%. Fear & Greed Index drops to 8. DeXe leads gainers with 12%, BlockStreet up 8%. Alibaba's ROME AI model autonomously used GPU power for mining during training. U.S. CPI and PCE data in focus this week.
Eightco Holdings (NASDAQ: ORBS) reported total holdings of $386M as of July 1, 2026, including indirect OpenAI equity, 16,278 ETH, 283M WLD tokens (8.1% of circulating supply), and $149M in cash. WLD is the largest publicly disclosed institutional position globally.
WLD surged more than 18% after a report said OpenAI is considering iris-based identity verification for a new social app, reviving market focus on World’s proof-of-personhood model.
Global crypto cap reaches $2.70T with BTC up 3.42% to $77,319 and ETH up 3.89%. Fear & Greed at 26 remains fearful. Binance to delist DEGO, DENT, TRU on April 28; Rhea Finance loses $18.4M in slippage attack; Circle launches USDC Bridge.
