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According to Odaily, since April this year, the behavioral patterns of retail investors in the U.S. stock market have undergone a fundamental reversal. Data from research firm Vanda Research shows that despite a declining trend in direct stock purchases this year, retail buying of put options has surged against the trend. The data reveals that put option purchases targeting the 12 most favored hot stocks among retail investors in 2026 have nearly doubled compared to the first quarter. Put options, as a basic defensive derivative, grant holders the right to sell the underlying asset at a predetermined price before a specified date.Kaidi Meng, global equity strategist at Vanda, confirmed this significant capital shift. She pointed out that the purchase volume of such options as a proportion of net cash buying (the difference between spending on purchases and sales of assets) has surged dramatically from approximately 26% to 110%. Regarding the widespread reduction in long positions, industry analysts believe this may represent concentrated profit-taking by retail investors after years of successfully employing the "buy-the-dip" strategy. Additionally, some withdrawn capital may have chosen to take on higher-intensity risk through speculative stocks, leveraged ETFs, and prediction markets.
Odaily News: CryptoQuant analyst Darkfost posted on X platform, stating that Solana ecosystem data shows the total scale of stablecoins on the Solana chain has reached $16.3 billion. Among them, USDC accounts for approximately $6.8 billion, representing 42.8%; USDT accounts for approximately $2.9 billion, representing 18.2%; USDG accounts for approximately $1.2 billion, representing 7.4%.Meanwhile, the number of active stablecoin addresses on Solana has reached 1.7 million, setting a new historical record, indicating that the demand for stablecoins on the network continues to grow.
According to updates from on-chain analyst Ai Yi, a Bitcoin short whale was just liquidated again for 230.4 BTC. The loss from this liquidation is approximately $292,000, with cumulative losses from three liquidations reaching $930,000. Currently, they still hold 921.6 BTC in short positions, the liquidation price is updated to $65,442.1, approximately $104.5 away from the current price.
据链上分析师余烬表示，美股开盘后 BTC 价格继续小幅上涨，一名比特币空单巨鲸仓位再次被清算约 1874 万美元。该巨鲸原持有 1800 枚 BTC、价值约 1.17 亿美元的空单，昨日晚间及今日晚间已分别遭遇清算，累计实现亏损约 64 万美元。目前其空单剩余约 1150 枚 BTC，价值约 7485 万美元，下一清算价为 65,232 美元。
According to Lookonchain monitoring, two whales are shorting ETH on Hyperliquid, with a total short position size of 50,838 ETH, valued at approximately $98 million.
Odaily News: According to on-chain analyst Ai Yi's monitoring, an address that previously built a Bitcoin short position worth $117 million through rolling leverage was liquidated for 360 BTC last night, incurring a loss of $323,000. Two minutes ago, as Bitcoin broke through $65,000, another 288 BTC was liquidated, resulting in a loss of $314,000. The address still holds a short position of 1,152 BTC, with an unrealized loss of $1.28 million. The liquidation price is $65,232.50, leaving only $175.50 of margin before hitting the liquidation threshold.
Odaily News: Billionaire Steve Cohen's hedge fund Point72 has disclosed selling all 72,431 shares of Strategy stock and, for the first time, purchased 163,419 shares of Strive stock, valued at $2.1 million. The hedge fund is shifting its allocation toward ASST. (BitcoinTreasuries)
Odaily News: According to on-chain analyst Ai Yi's monitoring, a whale opened a 4x leveraged long position on 20,000 ETH half an hour ago, with a position value of $38.71 million and an average entry price of $1,936, using $9.67 million in margin, bringing the margin utilization rate to 100.3%.
Odaily News: According to on-chain analyst Ai Yi's monitoring, a whale opened a 500,000 SOL long position worth $37.93 million at $76.368 on 08.10, using 20x leverage. Five minutes ago, the whale took profits on 246,000 SOL at $78.297, securing a gain of $475,000. The remaining position, valued at $20 million, still shows an unrealized profit of $486,000, bringing the total profit over 10 days to $960,000. The pending order has been canceled.
According to monitoring by on-chain analyst Yu Jin, influenced by news of the U.S. increasing the scale of long-term Treasury bond repurchases, both the U.S. stock pre-market and the crypto market saw gains. He pointed out that a Bitcoin short whale who was recently liquidated is again approaching the liquidation threshold. The Bitcoin short positions held are valued at approximately $93.24 million, with a liquidation price of $65,045, about $200 away from the current price.
Odaily News: Data from on-chain analytics platform CryptoQuant shows that large Bitcoin holders have accumulated approximately 43,000 BTC over the past 60 days, valued at around $2.75 billion. This group excludes exchange and mining pool wallets, and this accumulation marks the end of a net selling phase that had lasted for several months. After Bitcoin fell to around $60,000, large holders resumed buying; since then, Bitcoin has rebounded to approximately $65,000, with trading mostly ranging between $62,000 and $65,000 in recent weeks. During the same period, the balances of "dolphin" holders as defined by CryptoQuant also increased, indicating that accumulation is not limited to the largest wallets. Spot trading volume in August fell to its lowest monthly level since August 2021. (Bitcoin.com News)
Citrini analyst Jukan stated on X platform that in the future, "Made in USA" semiconductor products may gain market premiums due to supply chain stability advantages. Korean memory chip companies need to respond to this trend by building wafer fabs in the US. Currently, US-made optical module products have already begun to reflect premiums. For example, optical communications company AAOI has stated that optical modules produced in the US can command higher prices. Meanwhile, US hyperscalers are also willing to pay additional premiums for US-made Micron DRAM.Jukan believes that the price advantage of US-made chips does not come solely from the products themselves, but reflects the value of supply chain stability and supply assurance. Against the backdrop of ongoing adjustments in the global semiconductor supply chain, companies and customers are increasingly valuing localized production capacity to reduce geopolitical and supply disruption risks.Regarding Korean memory manufacturers, Korean companies need to actively advance the construction of US-based production capacity, a trend that has already begun to emerge. For example, SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won has previously discussed plans to build a memory chip front-end wafer fab in the US on multiple occasions.As AI infrastructure construction drives growth in memory demand, and regionalization trends in the global supply chain continue, US-made semiconductors may form a new pricing system. Chip companies with US-based production capacity will gain additional advantages in future market competition.
Odaily News: Edward Zimbardi, a 59-year-old Georgia resident, appeared in U.S. federal court facing 12 counts of wire fraud, 12 counts of money laundering, and one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering. Fiji authorities handed him over to U.S. custody on August 14, in coordination with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the U.S. State Department.Prosecutors allege that Zimbardi operated a project called "The Crypto Program" from June 2022 to August 2023, luring participants with promises of a fixed 25% monthly return on advertising packages, requiring them to transfer cryptocurrency into wallets he secretly controlled. The government claims that thousands of individuals collectively transferred over $165 million into these wallets. Prosecutors stated that Zimbardi did not purchase advertising but instead funneled more than $34 million into high-risk forex trading, using funds from new investors to pay earlier ones. His personal spending totaled at least $10 million, including purchasing property for his son, buying luxury cars, and making alimony payments.The U.S. Department of Justice stated that after the project collapsed in August 2023, Zimbardi left the country and settled in Fiji in July 2025 upon learning of the FBI investigation. The FBI is urging affected investors to come forward with information. (Decrypt)
According to Korean media Daum, Korea Exchange data shows that foreign investors heavily sold off in the Korean stock market on the 19th, with single-day net sales of 3.485 trillion won. Institutional investors also net sold 1.324 trillion won, while individual investors net bought 4.633 trillion won, absorbing the selling pressure.
Odaily News, according to HyperliquidNews monitoring, a whale opened a position on July 26 and has held it for 24 days, increasing its CXMT position from 2,390,881.4 tokens to 2,900,641 tokens, worth $24.52 million. The position currently has an unrealized profit of $5.65 million, with $4.044 million in funding fees already paid, accounting for 37.2% of the trading pair's open interest. The position is still far from the liquidation price, and it may belong to an investor or an employee holding vested shares, who is selling at a predetermined price through this hedging position.
Odaily News: Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase's x402 payment protocol has processed approximately 14 million AI agent transfers over the past 30 days, with the Base network handling 7.3 million transfers and the Polygon network processing 5.6 million. USDC covers nearly all of these transfers. x402 utilizes the HTTP 402 "Payment Required" mechanism, enabling software to automatically request and complete payments. Coinbase has expanded its related payment services to the Base, Solana, and Polygon networks, supporting USDC as the settlement asset. In July, Coinbase launched Coinbase Business, allowing enterprises to directly receive USDC payments from AI agents, with support for payment collection, reconciliation, and withdrawals. Coinbase has described agent payments as one of its "high-conviction bets." (Bitcoin.com News)
According to BeInCrypto, CryptoQuant data shows that centralized exchange stablecoin reserves fell from a high of about $80 billion at the end of 2025 to about $64 billion, shrinking by about $16 billion (about 20%). Among them, Binance showed relative resilience, with its stablecoin share rising from just over 60% to 68.5%, while platforms such as Coinbase, Bybit, and OKX saw more significant reductions. Meanwhile, on-chain analysis platform Santiment detected that pessimistic sentiments such as "crypto is dead" on X and Reddit continued to intensify, with the Crypto Fear & Greed Index currently at 46, still in the fear zone. The total stablecoin supply also fell from a high of nearly $316 billion in May to $300.89 billion, but the decline was far lower than on the exchange side, indicating that some liquidity may have shifted on-chain rather than exiting completely.
据 Trader T（@thepfund）数据，昨日以太坊现货 ETF 净流入 7147 万美元，贝莱德$ETHA 以6468 万美元居首，占当日总流入约 90%。灰度迷你$ETH 流入 274 万美元，灰度$ETHE 流入 154 万美元，Bitwise $ETHW 流入 137 万美元，景顺$QETH 流入 114 万美元。富达$FETH、摩根士丹利$MSSE 等其余产品流入均为零，当日无产品录得净流出。
According to data from Trader T (@thepfund), the total net inflow for Bitcoin spot ETFs yesterday was $189.31 million. BlackRock $IBIT led with $143.57 million, accounting for approximately 76% of the total inflow for the day. Ark $ARKB had an inflow of $19.73 million, Bitwise $BITB an inflow of $16.15 million, Fidelity $FBTC an inflow of $23.92 million, and Grayscale Mini $BTC an inflow of $2.86 million. VanEck $HODL was the only product with a net outflow for the day, recording an outflow of $16.92 million, while inflows for all other products were zero.
According to monitoring by on-chain analysis platform Lookonchain (@lookonchain), whale address 0x761f opened a long position with 1x leverage on Hyperliquid for 23,112 $UNITREE, with a position value of approximately $2.93 million, and has placed a take-profit order at $150.