Odaily Planet Daily reports that Stellar has announced an upgrade to its Community Fund, launching Stellar Community Fund v7.0. This upgrade aims to accelerate ecosystem growth and help developers scale faster. The fund, which has been operating for six and a half years, was launched after successfully passing the SCF Pilot vote through the Soroban Governor, adapting to network maturity and developer needs. SCF v7.0 will optimize fund disbursement to encourage execution, speed, and delivery: 10% will be paid out initially upon grant, 20% during mid-term development milestones, 30% during the advanced product readiness phase (testnet), and 40% during mainnet launch validation and user experience readiness.

According to Onchain Lens monitoring, the Solayer team's Binance address has received 18.32 million LAYER tokens, worth approximately $3 million. The wallet has accumulated 34.88 million LAYER tokens (approximately $21.65 million) and currently holds 16.56 million LAYER tokens, worth approximately $2.7 million.

According to Odaily Planet Daily, Eli5DeFi published an article on the X platform stating that incentive-driven DeFi models will disappear by 2026. DeFi protocols lose users when incentives end because risk-adjusted returns revert to their true value. The growth in TVL (Total Value Locked) during the incentive phase often reflects subsidized participation rather than sustained usage demand or fee revenue. The article points out that the "rented liquidity" model has three phases: the incentive period attracts funds by compensating for risk with high emissions; the normalization period sees reduced incentives and real returns emerge; and the withdrawal period sees funds recalculate costs and exit after returns normalize. The collapse in retention rates is due to incentives temporarily masking structural weaknesses, including the risk of impermanent loss due to subsidies, returns being essentially marketing expenses rather than revenue, highly internalized demand, and high transaction costs. Eli5DeFi believes that retention rates can only improve if the economic model remains effective after incentives normalize. Protocols must address impermanent loss and principal risk, anchoring returns to real demand rather than token inflation, and increasing revenue streams by expanding the ecosystem. The future of DeFi should be evaluated based on sustainable income, capital efficiency, and risk-adjusted returns.

According to a report by Odaily Planet Daily, Crypto Quant analyst Axel stated that the Bitcoin price (currently $95,500) is approaching the average purchase cost of short-term holders ($99,460), with the price difference narrowing to only 4%. Axel explained that the current situation is within a decision-making range, rather than a market collapse. Historically, the area near the cost benchmark has often been accompanied by increased volatility and has become a market reaction zone, potentially continuing the trend or triggering a reversal—either returning to a premium or facing a new round of selling pressure. If the price stabilizes above $100,000 and short-term holders turn from losses to profits, the outlook shifts back to bullish. If the discount rate returns to double digits (below -10%), corresponding to a price drop below approximately $89,500, it will significantly exacerbate the pressure on losing positions.

According to data monitored by Farside Investors, the US spot Bitcoin ETF saw a net inflow of $1.4166 billion this week, according to Odaily Planet Daily.