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Foresight News reports that Optimism has tweeted that the OP mainnet will, for the first time, experiment with a staking-based transaction ordering mechanism. This mechanism is now live on the Sepolia testnet; by staking OP, users can gain top-of-block priority access without needing to lock up funds, with no admin control over funds, and support for instant unstaking. The experiment consists of two phases: Phase 1 (FIFO): Staking 100,000 OP grants the same priority, with transactions in each block ordered on a first-come, first-served basis; Phase 2 (Stake-weighted): Introduces weighted scores based on amount staked, staking duration, and priority Gas fee, capped at a 3x advantage, with a diminishing returns mechanism to resist flash loan attacks. The experiment can revert to standard ordering at any time and does not affect users’ ability to stake or withdraw. Optimism will announce results after testing on Sepolia and will consider a future mainnet launch.

According to Odaily, crypto analyst Ai Auntie (@ai_9684xtpa) monitored that the "ETH 1CO 1 million ETH whale" transferred 2,000 ETH, worth about $4.63 million, to a multi-signature address 8 hours ago. On-chain data shows that this receiving address has repeatedly transferred ETH to an exchange after receiving it, and is considered its usual outgoing route. The source address of this transaction has frequent interactions with block builders BuilderNet and Titan Build.

According to ChainCatcher, as reported by Cointelegraph, stablecoin issuer Circle faces a class action lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts for failing to freeze funds stolen in the attack on Drift Protocol.