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Note: Please do your own research before making any trades for the aforementioned token outside Binance to avoid any scams and ensure the safety of your funds. This is a general announcement. Products and services referred to here may not be available in your region. Fellow Binancians, Binance is excited to announce the 27th project on the HODLer Airdrops page – Caldera (ERA). It is the internet of rollups, an ecosystem of modular, interconnected, and customizable chains. Users who subscribed their BNB to Simple Earn (Flexible and/or Locked) and/or On-Chain Yields products from 2025-07-01 00:00 (UTC) to 2025-07-05 23:59 (UTC) will get the airdrops distribution. The HODLer Airdrops information is estimated to be available in 24 hours, and the new token will be distributed to users’ Spot Accounts at least 1 hour before trading starts. Binance will then list ERA at 2025-07-17 15:30 (UTC) and open trading against USDT, USDC, BNB, FDUSD, and TRY pairs. The seed tag will be applied to ERA. Users can start depositing ERA in 1 hour after this announcement. *Please note that ERA will be available on Binance Alpha and can be traded on Binance Alpha (time will be announced later), but ERA will no longer be showcased on Binance Alpha after spot trading opens. ERA HODLer Airdrops Details · Token Name: Caldera (ERA) · Genesis Total Token Supply: 1,000,000,000 ERA · Max Token Supply: 1,000,000,000 ERA · HODLer Airdrops Token Rewards: 20,000,000 ERA (2.00% of total token supply) · Additional 20,000,000 ERA will be allocated into future marketing campaigns 6 months later. Details will be shown in a separate announcement. · Circulating Supply upon Listing on Binance: 148,500,000 ERA (14.85% of total token supply) · Smart Contract/Network Details: · BNB Chain (0x00312400303d02c323295f6E8b7309bc30FB6BcE) · Ethereum (0xE2AD0BF751834f2fbdC62A41014f84d67cA1de2A) · Listing Fee: 0 · Research Report: Caldera (ERA) (will be available within 48 hours of publishing this announcement) · BNB Holding Hard Cap: User’s Average BNB Holding / Total Average BNB Holding * 100% ≤ 4% (If the holding ratio is greater than 4%, the BNB holding ratio will be calculated as 4%) Introducing Binance HODLer AirdropsBinance HODLer Airdrops is a program that rewards BNB holders with token airdrops based on historical snapshots of their BNB balances. By subscribing BNB to Simple Earn, users are automatically eligible for HODLer Airdrops (as well as Launchpool and Megadrop rewards). By subscribing BNB to On-Chain Yields, users are automatically eligible for HODLer Airdrops and Launchpool rewards. Unlike other earning methods that require ongoing actions, HODLer Airdrops reward users retroactively, offering a simple way to earn additional tokens. By subscribing BNB to Simple Earn products and/or On-Chain Yields, users can automatically qualify for token rewards. How to Benefit from HODLer Airdrops · Head to [Earn] and search for BNB. · Subscribe to Simple Earn (Flexible and/or Locked) and/or On-Chain Yields products with your BNB holdings. · Snapshots of user balances and total pool balances will be taken multiple times at any point of time each hour to get users’ hourly average balances in Simple Earn (Flexible and/or Locked) and/or On-Chain Yields products. Binance will use historical snapshots of user balances at random periods after this announcement to calculate user rewards. · For example, reward calculation for HODLer Airdrops on 2024-06-11 may use snapshots of user balances between 2024-06-01 to 2024-06-07 as reference. · Eligible users will receive HODLer Airdrops rewards in their Spot Accounts within 24 hours after the HODLer Airdrops is announced. Subscribe BNB to Simple Earn Now! Project Links · Website · Whitepaper · X Terms & Conditions · Key highlights for Binance Alpha users: · Users can transfer their ERA from Alpha Accounts to Spot Accounts. · ERA will be delisted from Binance Alpha when spot trading opens on Binance Spot. Users will be able to continue to sell ERA via Binance Alpha. · After ERA is delisted from Binance Alpha, users can still view their ERA balance on their Alpha Account, and transfer them to Spot Accounts to continue trading on Binance Spot. · Binance will transfer ERA from users’ Alpha Accounts to Spot Accounts within 24 hours. · Binance Alpha serves as a pre-listing token selection pool. Once a project featured on Binance Alpha is listed on Binance Spot, asset(s) will no longer be showcased on Binance Alpha. · Users must complete account verification (KYC) and also be from an eligible jurisdiction to participate in HODLer Airdrops. · The airdrop token will be automatically transferred to each user’s Spot Account before it lists on Binance Spot. · If there is more than one HODLer Airdrops projects running concurrently, users' BNB assets in BNB Simple Earn Products (both Flexible and Locked) and On-chain Yields Products will be allocated into those projects, unless otherwise specified. · BNB Simple Earn assets collateralizing against Binance Loans (Flexible Rate) are not entitled to HODLer Airdrops rewards. · BNB subscribed to Simple Earn products will still provide users with the standard benefits for holding BNB, such as Launchpool, Megadrop, and HODLer Airdrops eligibility and VIP benefits. · Participation in HODLer Airdrops is subject to eligibility based on the user's country or region of residence. · Binance reserves the right to disqualify any participants who tamper with Binance program code, or interfere with the operation of Binance program code with other software. · Staked Lista BNB (slisBNB) and slisBNB Non-Transferable Receipt (slisBNBx) in Binance Wallet (Keyless) will be supported in HODLer Airdrops reward calculation. · Spot Algo Orders will also be enabled for the aforementioned pairs at 2025-07-17 15:30 (UTC), while Trading Bots & Spot Copy Trading will be enabled within 1hours of it being listed on Spot. For users with running Spot Copy Trading portfolios, pairs can be included by enabling them in the [Personal Pair Preference] section of the Spot Copy Trading settings. · There may be discrepancies between this original content in English and any translated versions. Please refer to the original English version for the most accurate information, in case any discrepancies arise. · Users need to be from an eligible jurisdiction to participate in HODLer Airdrops. Currently, users residing in the following countries or regions will not be able to participate by subscribing to BNB Simple Earn or On-Chain Yields Products: · Australia, Canada, Cuba, Crimea Region, Cyprus, Hong Kong, Iran, Japan, New Zealand, Netherlands, North Korea, Russia, United Kingdom, United States of America and its territories (American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico, the Northern Mariana Islands, the U.S. Virgin Islands), and any non-government controlled areas of Ukraine. · Please note that the list of excluded countries provided here is not exhaustive and may be subject to changes due to evolving local rules, regulations, or other considerations. This list may be updated periodically to accommodate changes in legal, regulatory, or other factors. Disclaimer: · USDC is an e-money token issued by Circle Internet Financial Europe SAS (https://www.circle.com/). USDC’s whitepaper is available here. You may contact Circle using the following contact information: +33(1)59000130 and EEA-Customer-Support@circle.com. · Holders of USDC have a legal claim against Circle SAS as the EU issuer of USDC. These holders are entitled to request redemption of their USDC from Circle SAS. Such redemption will be made at any time and at par value.

According to a report by Golden Finance, founder of LD Capital, Yi Lihua, stated on X platform that "CPI has delayed the expectation of interest rate cuts, and the US stock market is showing a trend of peaking. The risk of the Russia Ukraine war has increased, and the cryptocurrency bill is temporarily blocked. In the face of multiple uncertain macro prospects, ETH is expected to rise more than 50% in the short term. We are afraid when choosing the high point of Fomo. From the perspective of investment and trading volume, we are prepared to take a break for a period of time and wait for everything to become clear before making a decision. However, in the long run, the bull market trend remains unchanged

OKX-BTC/USDT is currently trading at $118557.70, with a 5-minute increase of 0.09%. Please be aware of market fluctuations.

According to Foresight News, the blockchain infrastructure platform Aspecta has announced the name of its token as ASP, with a total supply of 1 billion coins. The snapshot of the Ecological Badge Community Hero and Impact Driver has not yet ended. Aspecta is committed to providing intelligent authentication, price discovery, and full lifecycle liquidity for trillion level illiquid assets such as TGE pre token shares, locked tokens, private equity, and RWA. Previously, YZi Labs announced a strategic investment in Aspecta on July 10th.

SharpLink Gaming announced that since the launch of its ETH strategy on June 13, 2025, its ETH Concentration metric has increased from 2.00 to 2.46, representing a growth of 23%. This indicator measures the Ethereum support value behind every 1000 shares of SBET, and currently the company still has approximately $257 million in funds for subsequent ETH acquisitions. Previously, SharpLink raised approximately $413 million in net proceeds between July 7th and 11th, of which approximately $156 million has been invested in ETH.