Daily Digest, July 28 

🤖 Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, shared a series of bold predictions about the future of AI and human society.

 

💸 PayPal will allow U.S. retailers to accept payments in over 100 cryptocurrencies.

 

🪙 As BNB surges to $850, Forbes estimates Changpeng Zhao’s net worth at $71B+, ranking him 23rd among the world’s richest.

 

💎 First Digital Group officially launched its FDUSD stablecoin on the TON blockchain.

 

☠️ In the first half of 2025, 119 hacks resulted in over $3B stolen—more than in all of 2024, reports Global Ledger.

 

🪙 “Meme tokens and NFTs are digital garbage with no intrinsic value” — Solana blockchain creator.

 

📊 Analysts ranked the Top 10 figures who shaped crypto. Donald Trump took 2nd place. Elon Musk (not a traditional politician) ranked 1st.

 

🪙 A solo miner successfully mined Bitcoin block #907,283, earning 3.154 BTC ($372,800).

 

💼 A new crypto trend: “treasury companies” that let insiders dump illiquid tokens onto retail investors for quick profits.

 

🇯🇵 Metaplanet bought an additional 780 BTC—now holds 17,132 BTC.

 

🇵🇭 Southeast Asia’s largest super-app (44.5M monthly users) now allows Philippine users to top up wallets via crypto.

 

🪙 Last week, spot Ethereum ETFs saw $1.85B in net inflows.

 

⚖️ Sam Altman warned that AI chat logs (e.g., ChatGPT) could be used in court—unlike therapist/lawyer conversations, which remain legally protected.

 

🖨 Tether minted 1,000,000,000 USDT today.

 

🇨🇳 In China, 7 Kuaishou employees were jailed for laundering ¥140M+ (~$19.2M) via crypto.

 

🇿🇦 South Africa emerges as Africa’s crypto hub:

– Industry revenue to hit $615M in 2025.

– 10% of the population (6M people) use crypto.

– 138 providers now licensed.