Crypto Midday News

1. OKB briefly broke $98, surging over 17% in 24 hours;

2. A whale opened a $40.26 million BTC short position while holding a $33.3 million ZEC long position;

3. Base official released a promotional video, with the community speculating it might be teaser material related to a BASE airdrop snapshot or a new product;

4. Predict.fun probability of "Knicks winning the 2026 NBA Championship" surpassed the Spurs to reach 29%, rising 13% in a single week;

5. Facet co-founder proposes including EIP-8182 in the Ethereum Hegota upgrade to introduce native private transfers;

6. Arthur Hayes: Monetary privacy will be "very necessary," hence making Zcash his second-largest holding;

7. Hyperliquid mainnet launches a prediction event for "US May CPI year-over-year change."