TeraWulf, IREN, and Hut 8 shares rose yesterday, July 8, following separate AI infrastructure-related developments and other company-specific catalysts. According to NS3.AI, TeraWulf climbed more than 12.8% after signing a 20-year lease with Anthropic for a Kentucky data center. IREN gained 8.01%, while Hut 8 advanced 9.69% on separate stock-specific catalysts.

Robinhood Chain has reported a sharp increase in on-chain activity, including a meme coin reaching a $100 million market capitalization and decentralized exchange trading volume exceeding $560 million in a single day. According to ChainCatcher, the chain’s daily active addresses have approached 200,000, with more than 140,000 of them coming from new addresses making their first transaction. Token issuance also accelerated, with nearly 16,000 new tokens created in one day. ChainCatcher added that seven Robinhood Chain meme coins now have market capitalizations above $1 million.

TeraWulf (WULF), IREN and Hut 8 (HUT) rallied on July 8 on separate AI infrastructure catalysts, even as Bitcoin’s price was not the driver. According to BeInCrypto, TeraWulf rose more than 12.8% after signing a 20-year lease with Anthropic for a Kentucky data center supporting 401 megawatts of critical IT load, expected online by early 2028. IREN gained 8.01% after Freedom Capital Markets upgraded it to buy, while Hut 8 jumped 9.69% after joining several Russell growth and small-cap indexes.

ZKsync’s recent airdrop saw nearly half of the top recipients selling their tokens, sharply dropping ZK's price. This led to criticism of ZKsync’s airdrop criteria and network issues, with critics arguing that anti-Sybil attack measures were insufficient. Will the price continue to decline?