Odaily Planet Daily reports that the experimental art project Plugman will exclusively launch its latest NFT series on the Element Marketplace (element.market/zeta) at 7:00 PM PST on Friday, August 1, 2025, with a total supply of 5,000 NFTs. This series is the first native cross-chain universal NFT on ZetaChain, supporting bridge-free and unwrapped operations, aiming to achieve long-term ecosystem usability and interchain connectivity. This minting will prioritize ZetaChain ecosystem users, including ZETA holders, Zeta Hub XP users, and Plugman Gen 1 supporters. The specific allocation is as follows: 1: 40% is allocated to ZetaChain ecosystem users; 2: 40% is allocated to community members (including Gen 1 holders, event participants, partners and KOLs, etc.); 3: 10% is used for ecological incentives and cross-project integration; 4: 5% is reserved for the team; 5: About 5% are minted free of charge for the public on a first-come, first-served basis.

According to Arkham data from Odaily Planet Daily, Figma founder Dylan holds over 2.3 million AGLD tokens, valued at $1.76 million, making it the largest holding at the address. Additionally, the address holds ETH, PEOPLE, and Loot NFTs.

Odaily Planet Daily reported that crypto KOL 0xSun (@0xSunNFT) posted on social media that the current market is seriously divided between bulls and bears, and that he has opened a hedging transaction (long ETH while shorting a basket of altcoins) with a position of approximately 1:1. The logic behind this operation is that ETH was the primary driver of the late June rally, and institutions, following MicroStrategy's lead, purchased ETH through coin-to-equity financing. Within the stablecoin narrative, ETH is also a core infrastructure and settlement layer. Considering MicroStrategy's previous purchase of BTC, which drove the price upward, most altcoins ultimately saw gains far less than Bitcoin. The funds used by coin-to-equity and institutions to purchase ETH are unlikely to spill over into other altcoins. According to CMC data, only 20 of the top 200 tokens have seen a greater increase than ETH in the past 30 days, including BONK, ZORA, CFX, and ENA, which were clearly driven by favorable events. The altcoins follow the previous short-selling logic, giving priority to those with high market capitalization, non-leading, weak performance, and low presence, and short selling is dispersed, with stop-loss orders set to prevent a single target from exploding. 0xsun added that if the bull market continues in the second half of the year, ETH will likely continue to drive it. If the market enters a bear market, altcoins won't be immune, and ETH at least has institutional buying power to back it up. This hedging strategy could fail if either the altcoin season truly arrives, with most altcoins consistently outperforming ETH, or if ETH experiences volatility or leads the decline, while other altcoins don't fall much. Based on my experience over the past few months, I personally believe this scenario is unlikely.

Odaily Planet Daily News: AI-driven crypto aggregation trading platform DogeX announced the launch of the ETH 10th anniversary event and the launch of the airdrop token GOLD. Officials stated that all addresses that successfully minted NFTs in the ETH 10th anniversary event can receive GOLD for free without connecting to a wallet or paying for gas. According to official introduction, GOLD will serve as one of the important bases for the subsequent airdrop token distribution of the DogeX platform. In addition, the DogeX mining Telegram mini-game has officially launched, and users can also mine GOLD through the mini-game.

According to Odaily Planet Daily, according to the monitoring of on-chain analyst Aunt Ai, a total of 781,147 addresses participated in the minting of Ethereum's tenth anniversary commemorative NFT, spending a total of 153.7 ETH of Gas (about 584,000 US dollars).

According to Odaily Planet Daily, Pudgy Penguins CEO Luca Netz stated that the Pudgy Penguins team and Abstract have officially participated in US cryptocurrency legislation as government advisors and have made multiple trips to Washington, D.C. to submit relevant proposals. The team has now submitted an application for the PENGU ETF, which will cover PENGU tokens and NFTs.

According to SoSoValue data, various sectors of the crypto market saw gains. Ethereum (ETH) rose 1.43%, returning above $3,800. The SocialFi sector saw two consecutive days of gains, with a 24-hour increase of 1.11%. Toncoin (TON) also saw a further 2.17% increase. Furthermore, Bitcoin (BTC) rose 0.28% to $118,000. Other sectors with outstanding performance include: DeFi sector rose 0.30% in 24 hours. Within the sector, Curve DAO (CRV) and Ethena (ENA) rose 4.85% and 8.16% respectively; PayFi sector rose 0.04%, Litecoin (LTC) and Bitcoin Cash (BCH) rose 1.40% and 2.74% respectively. In addition, the CeFi sector fell 1.17%, Hyperliquid (HYPE) fell 2.25%; the Meme sector fell 1.17%, Pump.fun (PUMP) was relatively strong, rising 1.81%; the Layer 2 sector fell 1.22%, Zora (ZORA) fell 13.28%; the Layer 1 sector fell 1.27%, TRON (TRX) fell 3.68%; the NFT sector fell 3.35%, Pudgy Penguins (PENGU) fell again 5.30%. The crypto sector index, which reflects the historical market trends of the sector, shows that the ssiSocialFi, ssiDeFi, and ssiRWA indices rose by 1.23%, 0.84%, and 0.35% respectively in the 24 hours.

According to Odaily Planet Daily, Canadian cybercriminal Cameron Albert Redman has been sentenced to one year in prison for committing a social media account hijacking scam. Throughout 2022, Redman and his accomplices hacked into digital artist X's account, posted fake raffle links, and tricked users into authorizing transactions. Victims unknowingly granted the attackers access to their crypto wallets, resulting in the theft of their NFTs and cryptocurrencies. According to the US Department of Justice, the scam cost over 200 victims over a period of several days, generating $794,000 in illegal profits. (Decrypt)

According to Odaily Planet Daily, Best in Slot, the BRC 2.0 upgrade project execution project, announced that to ensure better coordination and support a healthy launch within the BRC 20 ecosystem, the first phase of the BRC 2.0 mainnet launch will be postponed to block height 912,690, approximately September 2nd. According to previous news, Best in Slot originally planned to carry out the first phase of the BRC 2.0 upgrade on the mainnet at block height 909969 (approximately August 14), enabling the 6-character BRC 20 token and launching the launchpad. Related reading: Mainnet countdown, BRC 2.0 upgrade ignites BTC ecosystem, leading NFT rises 100-fold in a month | BTC ecosystem

Odaily Planet Daily reported that the U.S. Department of Justice announced that a Canadian national was sentenced to one year in prison yesterday for conspiracy to commit wire fraud, wire fraud, and conspiracy to commit aggravated identity theft. According to court documents, 22-year-old Cameron Albert Redman orchestrated a scheme to steal non-fungible tokens (NFTs) by gaining unauthorized access to the accounts of multiple digital artists. The conspirators exploited the artists' online identities and directed their fans to fraudulent websites where victims attempted to claim new NFTs from the artists. Although the victims believed they authorized a transaction to transfer the NFTs to their digital wallets, they unknowingly allowed the conspirators to steal cryptocurrency and NFTs from their wallets. Cameron Albert Redman and his accomplices reportedly defrauded over 200 victims, netting them over $794,000.