US Treasury sanctions Iran’s Hormuz Strait Insurance Network for using Bitcoin to evade sanctions.

According to Hyperinsight’s monitoring, the current funding rate for SKHX on Hyperliquid has risen to 0.0373% per hour, paid by long positions to short positions. On Binance, the SKHYNIXUSDT funding rate is approximately 0.3141% every four hours, about 2.1 times that of Hyperliquid over the same period. Calculated at current rates, holding a $10,000 long position would incur a 24-hour funding cost of roughly $89.6 on Hyperliquid and about $188.4 on Binance, a difference of approximately $98.8. Over the past 24 hours, the cumulative settled funding rate for SKHX on Hyperliquid stood at around 0.3925%, while the current hourly rate has risen to roughly 2.3 times the 24-hour average, accelerating cost increases for long positions.

According to data from FarsideUK, U.S. Bitcoin spot ETFs saw a total net inflow of $32.1 million yesterday. Among them, BlackRock’s IBIT recorded a net inflow of $89.8 million, Fidelity’s FBTC posted a net outflow of $43.1 million, ARK 21Shares’ ARKB had a net outflow of $14.6 million, while the remaining ETFs saw roughly flat capital flows. U.S. Ethereum spot ETFs, meanwhile, posted a total net outflow of $32.9 million. Breakdown: BlackRock’s ETHA saw a net inflow of $5.2 million, Fidelity’s FETH had a net outflow of $16.1 million, Grayscale’s ETHE recorded a net outflow of $9.7 million, Grayscale’s ETH posted a net outflow of $8.1 million, Bitwise’s ETHW saw a net outflow of $1.4 million, and TETH had a net outflow of $2.8 million; the rest of the ETFs had largely flat capital flows.

The South Korean storage sector continues to face pressure. As of press time, Hong Kong-listed leveraged ETFs are broadly lower. The Nanfang 2x Long Samsung Electronics (07747) declined 7.65% to HK$54.58; the Nanfang 2x Long SK Hynix (07709) dropped 17.13% to HK$27.10.

China's ChiNext Index and STAR 50 Index both fell more than 6% before midday trading, the Shenzhen Component Index dropped nearly 3.86%, and the Shanghai Composite Index declined 1.2%.

According to monitoring by Emmett Gallic, addresses linked to Geir Harald Hansen, founder of early Bitcoin mining pool Bitminter, recently transferred 829 BTC, with some of these coins moving on-chain for the first time in 8 years. Publicly available information shows that Bitminter, founded by Hansen, was one of the major early Bitcoin mining pools, at its peak accounting for nearly 10% of the network’s total hash rate and having mined approximately 208,232 BTC in total.

According to GMGN market data, STONKBROKER’s market capitalization briefly touched $30 million, and currently stands at $29.33 million, with a 24-hour gain of 54.52%.