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Citrini analyst Jukan reposted content on platform X stating that industry insiders say Google DeepMind co-founder Demis Hassabis previously planned to leave around the same time as another co-founder David Silver, but Google management worried this news might trigger a significant stock price drop, therefore hoping he would postpone his departure. Sources say that after Google announced relevant adjustments, the company's stock price indeed dropped, and eventually Hassabis was persuaded to transition to the DeepMind Chairman position to help the organization transition smoothly and create space to leave Google in a more appropriate way in the future. It is reported that as David Silver turns to founding Ineffable Intelligence and John Jumper joins Anthropic, DeepMind's core AI R&D strength is undergoing changes. Some insiders believe that the center truly driving AI model development at Google has now shifted more towards the US Bay Area, DeepMind's importance has declined somewhat, and Google's internal focus has shifted to the large language model Gemini to catch up with OpenAI and Anthropic. Hassabis's adjustment reflects long-standing strategic contradictions within Google: research personnel focus more on long-term scientific breakthroughs, while business teams focus more on AI products that can be commercialized quickly and drive revenue and stock price growth. The market predicts Hassabis may leave Google within a year and may start a new venture again.
Odaily News: Bitcoin added 2.27 million new wallets this week, with active wallet count reaching 751,000, marking the highest on-chain activity in months. On July 31, active addresses briefly approached 978,000—approximately 1.6 times the July daily average—while the first week of August averaged around 751,000 daily, up from July's average of roughly 610,000. Daily average exchange inflows stood at approximately $1.55 billion, down from July's $1.67 billion, with fund movements not accompanied by significant exchange buying activity. This surge in activity is linked to a firmware vulnerability in Coldcard devices from hardware wallet manufacturer Coinkite. The vulnerability affects certain Mk3, Mk4, Mk5, and Q models, where seed generation utilizes a software random number generator, reducing the actual randomness of some devices to approximately 40 or 72 bits. Since July 30, related bitcoin losses have exceeded $116 million. Holders of affected devices have transferred funds to new addresses and replaced them with unaffected hardware devices. Coinkite has released firmware patches and entropy remediation disclosure documents. This vulnerability stems from a random number generation issue in device firmware, not a flaw in the Bitcoin protocol layer.
Odaily News, Citrini analyst jukan posted on X platform, according to Korean media reports, SK Hynix is preparing a shareholder return program worth approximately 100 trillion Korean won ($71 billion), including share buybacks and cash dividends. The company is expected to buy back approximately 40 trillion Korean won ($28.4 billion) in shares, accounting for just over 2% of total shares, close to the 2.5% proportion of new shares issued through its American Depositary Receipt offering.
Odaily News, Citrini analyst Jukan stated on the X platform that the market may have to adopt a "short memory, long optical" trading strategy in the short term, with some hedge funds already positioning in this direction, primarily based on three reasons:First, after Korea's leveraged ETF market largely ceased to function, related investors are facing redemption pressure, which may lead to additional selling outflows. Adjustments in the capital chain of leveraged products could still put pressure on Korean memory stocks.Second, Nvidia is adjusting its next-generation AI system architecture. Nvidia may reduce the HBM configuration per cabinet for Rubin Ultra and connect multiple cabinets via optical interconnect technology, keeping Rubin Ultra cluster-level performance ahead. Even if the HBM reduction stems from supply constraints rather than declining demand, optical communications could still become a key beneficiary in AI infrastructure.Third, the market is forming a consensus that memory prices may peak within the next two quarters.However, the long-term outlook for the storage industry remains positive, though the short-term view is cautious. AI infrastructure investment is gradually shifting from a sole focus on HBM storage capacity to the overall efficiency of data center architecture, including high-speed optical interconnects and other components, which may drive funds to rotate from memory chips to optical communications in the short term.
Odaily News: Bloomberg ETF analyst Eric Balchunas said on X platform that Bitcoin ETF inflows reached approximately $1 billion this week, marking the best weekly performance since April and the third-best week since the Silent IPO disrupted market performance in October last year.Since the Coldcard hack, IBIT, FBTC and a few other Bitcoin ETFs have seen consecutive daily inflows, and the correlation makes it hard to ignore the causal relationship. He noted that if the seemingly worst-case scenario of a cold storage Bitcoin hack marks the start of the next rally, it would be ironic but also in line with its usual characteristics.
Odaily News: According to HyperliquidNews monitoring, a whale deposited $11.55 million USDC into Hyperliquid 26 hours ago. The whale previously went long on 10,000 ETH, with a notional value of $19 million, and booked a profit of $193,000. Subsequently, the whale went long on 25,000 ETH via a TWAP over 34 hours, with a notional value of approximately $46.5 million.
On-chain data shows a new address made its first purchase of 2,000 ETH, valued at approximately $3.81 million. The address currently holds a total of approximately $7.96 million worth of ETH and $1.03 million worth of LINK.
Odaily News - On-chain analyst Ember posted on X platform stating that USDG's market cap has grown from $300 million to $3.5 billion within a year, with $1.95 billion of that held on OKX's X Layer chain. USDG is not a stablecoin widely known to the general public, with relatively limited promotion and exposure. X Layer primarily supports USDG through real use cases such as stablecoin yield generation, Boost, and payments, making it the sixth-largest stablecoin by scale. USDG's growth over the past year has been consistent and steady, not artificially inflated in the short term through large-scale subsidies. Ember noted that this reflects the high user base and activity levels of OKX Wallet. Even amid the current subdued market conditions, X Layer has achieved through its relevant modules what other stablecoins could only accomplish with substantial capital investment.
On-chain data shows that the address labeled as the Aztec attacker has deposited another 300 ETH into Tornado Cash, worth approximately $572,000. To date, the address has transferred a total of 500 ETH to Tornado Cash.
"1011 Insider Whale" representative Garrett Jin released a weekly analysis stating that while he previously suggested gradually positioning in memory chips and buying on dips, the market did not experience the expected pullback. He has sold half of his previous rebound positions during the surge, not because the investment logic has changed, but due to concerns regarding the capital structure driving the rise, stating, "This looks more like a short squeeze than a final confirmation of fundamentals by the market." Rapid capital covering short positions can create short-term gains for memory chip stocks like SK Hynix, but cannot sustain the trend alone. Risks associated with Korean leveraged ETFs have not been fully released, but the decline in asset size is mainly due to NAV shrinkage rather than investor exit. Currently, cumulative net subscriptions for related financial products remain at historic highs and have not turned negative. Garrett Jin emphasized that the decline in Korean leveraged ETF size does not indicate market bearishness on memory demand. SK Hynix's 2026 capacity is already sold out, and Micron's orders are covered until 2028, with demand remaining strong through the second half of 2027. However, the memory industry is essentially still cyclical. Stock prices have already surged by hundreds of percentage points in advance, and cyclical stocks are typically difficult to sustain long-term growth driven solely by valuation expansion. The current market is entering a new phase of the AI capital expenditure cycle, shifting from "rewarding investment" to "evaluating investment returns." Regarding Bitcoin, Garrett Jin stated it continues to meet the bottoming conditions established since the July lows, and he currently maintains the position view established near $60,000.
CryptoQuant analyst Axel Adler Jr. stated on the X platform that Bitcoin is currently trading below the short-term holder (STH) cost basis, which refers to the average purchase price of Bitcoin held for less than 155 days. As of August 8, 2026, Bitcoin is trading at $64,952, while the short-term holder realized price stands at $67,523. The spot price is 3.8% below this level, with a gap of $2,571—the narrowest since July 21. Over the past 284 days, Bitcoin has closed below the STH realized price on 279 days. This time may be no exception, as short-term holders are likely to begin selling into the market to exit at the breakeven point.
On-chain data shows that a whale who previously opened a $102 million BTC short position cut losses on 700 BTC yesterday, incurring a loss of approximately $624,000, then added 30 BTC to the position again. Currently holding 930 BTC, the position remains in a floating loss.
On-chain data shows that a whale who held ETH for over 3 years sold 7,323 ETH, valued at approximately $13.96 million, with a cumulative loss of over $19 million.
Odaily News, According to Lookonchain monitoring, a whale (0x7C5...7b86) sold after holding ETH for over 3 years, with cumulative losses currently exceeding $19 million. The whale purchased ETH at an average price of $2,723 in February 2022 and March 2023, and subsequently staked it. 10 hours ago, the whale sold 7,323 ETH, worth $13.96 million.
According to Korean media NATE, driven by the AI investment boom, SK Hynix's stock price has recently experienced severe volatility. Against the backdrop of intensifying market volatility, SK Group released an advertisement quoting the famous words of founder Choi Jong-geon (최종건): "Despair and hope are two sides of the same coin; despair can be turned into hope like flipping a hand," and rewrote it as "Anxiety and expectation in the AI era are also two sides of the same coin; anxiety can be turned into expectation," thereby conveying confidence in the long-term development of the AI industry. Securities firms believe that short-term stock price volatility has not changed SK Hynix's fundamentals, and the market should focus on its HBM4 technology leadership advantage and the performance stability brought by Long-Term Agreements (LTA). Hyundai Motor Securities analyst Noh Geun-chang (노근창) stated that SK Hynix's DRAM and NAND bit growth rates for the third quarter are expected to reach 9.7% and 1.5% respectively; with the expansion of HBM4 sales contribution, even if the proportion of Long-Term Agreements increases, DRAM Average Selling Price (ASP) is still expected to rise 19.9% quarter-over-quarter. Regarding competition concerns brought by China's ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT), Noh Geun-chang believes that considering the US continues to strengthen semiconductor equipment export restrictions and Micron is expanding domestic investment in the US, the possibility of major companies like Apple adopting Chinese memory chips is relatively low.
Odaily News: Nvidia (NVDA) shares have surged more than 10% this week, while the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index (SOX) rose over 8% during the same period. The sector had previously been sold off on concerns over the scale of AI infrastructure investment and high valuations of chip companies, but market sentiment has since recovered.Nvidia's gains were partly boosted by positive developments at SpaceX. During SpaceX's first earnings call, Musk stated that the company will build data centers both on the ground and in space in the future, and will exclusively use Nvidia chips.Meanwhile, the market remains focused on HBM memory supply pressure. According to The Information, Nvidia is testing a version of its Rubin Ultra chip with reduced HBM configuration to address the global shortage of high-bandwidth memory. (Yahoo Finance)
Odaily News, According to on-chain analyst Ai Yi's monitoring, a certain address stopped out 700 BTC at 21:00 last night, incurring a loss of $624,000. At 1:33 AM this morning, it added 30 BTC to its short position. The address currently holds 930 BTC short positions, worth approximately $60.32 million, with an average entry price of $64,213 and a liquidation price of $65,306, still facing an unrealized loss of $605,000.
On-chain data shows that a whale holding 23,800 ETH has awakened after three years of dormancy and deposited 7,323 ETH to Kraken, worth approximately $13.96 million. If sold at current prices, this portion of ETH would incur a loss of approximately $5.977 million.
Odaily News: According to on-chain analyst Ai Yi's monitoring, a whale had withdrawn 23,834.17 ETH at an average price of $2,723.2 between February 15 and March 21, 2022, worth $64.9 million, and subsequently staked it with Rocket Pool. After three years of dormancy, the whale awakened 10 hours ago and deposited 7,323 ETH, worth $13.96 million, into Kraken; if sold, it would incur a loss of $5.977 million. Its assets have shrunk by 30% compared to the initial position.
On-chain data shows that a whale bought 50,000 ETH worth approximately $95.73 million from a wallet associated with Fidelity yesterday, and subsequently transferred 36,530 of those ETH to a new address.