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Analysis: Recent BTC Holder Realized Profits Far Below Historical Peak Daily Average of $7–10 Billion
Odaily reports: Bitcoin has risen 44% this quarter to nearly $85,000, with some holders beginning to take profits. Bitfinex data shows that recent BTC holders have realized cumulative profits of approximately $2.4 billion, while during historical market tops, single-day realized profits typically reached $7–10 billion. Meanwhile, U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs have seen cumulative net inflows of $2.84 billion over the past 6 trading days, exceeding holder realized profits during the same period, with cumulative net inflows approaching $800 million year-to-date. Bitfinex also noted that approximately 410,000 ETH flowed out of exchanges over the past month, and U.S. spot Ethereum ETFs attracted a cumulative $680 million over 4 consecutive trading days, indicating that strong capital support remains in the recent market. (CoinDesk)
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Coldcard Vulnerability-Linked Funds Peak at $130 Million, White Hat Moves 52.37 Bitcoin to Crypto Recovery Trust
Odaily News: On September 21, a white hat actor transferred 40.71 BTC linked to the Coldcard vulnerability in a single transaction valued at approximately $3.31 million. The transaction consolidated funds from 11 addresses and included an OP_RETURN message pointing to the Crypto Recovery Trust.Alex Thorn, head of Galaxy Research, disclosed that the broader consolidation involved a total of 52.37 BTC across multiple clusters of attacker addresses, accounting for approximately 2.8% of the funds tied to the vulnerability. A firmware flaw in Coldcard devices dating back to March 2021 resulted in insufficient mnemonic seed randomness, with the total funds involved peaking at approximately $130 million. (Decrypt)
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Bitcoin BLAKE2b Proposes Requiring Miners to Wait 45 Days Before Accessing Newly Mined BTCB2, Token Down 84% From Peak
Odaily News: Bitcoin fork project Bitcoin BLAKE2b developers plan to restrict miners from unlocking newly mined tokens, with a waiting period set at 45 days. The related change is proposed to be executed at block height 973440. The chain forked from Bitcoin on August 8.Its native token BTCB2 is also labeled by some trading platforms as Bitcoin BLAKE2b, Bitcoin BIP-110, or XBT. BTCB2 has fallen 84% from its September high of $1,799, trading at approximately $270 to $315 in recent hours.Developer Luke Dashjr stated that some BLAKE2b mining pools are "attacking" the network. After forking, the chain inherited Bitcoin's difficulty, mining only about 8 blocks in the first 22 days, before resuming operation by enabling BLAKE2b hashing and adjusting difficulty.Currently, the chain is not listed by most trading platforms or CoinGecko and CoinMarketCap. Trading platform Neoxa has stated it supports the upcoming soft fork. (Bitcoin.com News)
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Peak unrealized gain of $89.145 million still held, suspected whale transfers in $86.93 million worth of ETH
Odaily reports: According to on-chain analyst Ai Yi's monitoring, two addresses suspected to belong to the same whale entity withdrew 33,180.48 ETH from Bitfinex at an average price of $2,002.75 in November 2023, with peak unrealized gains reaching $89.145 million, and continued holding during that period. Five hours ago, both addresses deposited all ETH into an exchange at a deposit price of $2,620; if sold, the estimated profit would be $20.481 million.
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LAPTOP Market Cap Down 99.5% from Peak, Multisig Address Moves $3.33M in Tokens
Odaily reports: According to on-chain analyst Ai Yi, a LAPTOP multisig address transferred $3.33 million worth of LAPTOP tokens to an address 2 hours ago. Subsequently, 3.72 million LAPTOP tokens, approximately $500,000, flowed to Gate, KuCoin, and Kraken. The related deposit addresses show fund connections to market maker GSR Markets, though the specific purpose remains unclear. LAPTOP's market cap has shrunk 99.5% from its peak and currently stands at only $129 million.
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Bitget TradFi Contract Cumulative Trading Volume Surpasses $530 Billion, With a Daily Peak Nearing $7.4 Billion
According to the latest data from Bitget, the platform's cumulative TradFi contract trading volume has exceeded $530 billion, with a single-day trading volume peak of $7.39 billion. As of now, Bitget supports 309 stock contract underlyings.
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DeepSeek-V4-Flash Discount Offer Officially Takes Effect, B.AI Adds Another 50% Off on Peak-Valley Pricing
Odaily News - On September 3, the discount offer for DeepSeek-V4-Flash and DeepSeek-V4-Flash-Vision-Exp on the B.AI platform officially took effect. The platform has applied an additional 50% discount across the board on top of DeepSeek's official peak-valley pricing mechanism — during peak hours, users pay only 50% of the official price, while during off-peak hours, costs drop to as low as 25% of the official peak-hour price. A single API call can save up to 75%. Whether for high-concurrency tasks, Agent workflows, or large-scale API calls, B.AI remains the most cost-effective choice for developers using DeepSeek-V4-Flash. Meanwhile, four popular models — GLM-5.3-Flash, Qwen3.8-Flash, Hy3, and MiMo V2.5 — remain 100% free, covering diverse needs such as inference, multimodal applications, and Chinese-language scenarios.
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AI Token Prices Hit All-Time Lows, Down 50% From May Peak
According to Yonhap News Agency, the LLM Token Expenditure Index released by US market information agency Silicon Data fell to 97 cents per million tokens on August 31, marking a historic low since its establishment at the end of last year, down over 50% from the May high of $2.05. Analysts attribute this downward price trend to several key drivers: the launch of the open-source model "Kimi K3" by Chinese AI firm Moonshot AI, OpenAI's price cut for the ChatGPT-5.6 series in July, and the implementation of dynamic pricing mechanisms by leading vendors. While the decline in token prices helps reduce user costs, it will create revenue pressure for model developers such as OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google. The investment head at Seez Group pointed out that foundational model companies are most directly impacted, recommending a strategic shift toward strengthening distribution channels, memory, and context capabilities to raise user switching costs and defend against competitive erosion from open-source models.
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Barclays: Hot Chips 2026 Signals Shift in AI Race From Peak Compute Power to Energy Efficiency Optimization
According to Chaoxiang research, a Barclays report released on August 31 notes that the core theme of the Hot Chips 2026 conference has shifted from "who has the strongest compute" to "who can deliver the most output with the least power," making token/watt the most critical metric for measuring AI hardware success. Constrained by data center power supply, hardware vendors and hyperscalers alike are pushing system performance to its limits within fixed power budgets. Inference workload partitioning has emerged as a key architectural divergence: NVIDIA and Cerebras employ a partitioned approach that decouples prefill and decode stages, delivering roughly an order-of-magnitude improvement in the token/kW metric, whereas OpenAI's Jalapeno integrates prefill, speculative generation, and decoding entirely on a single chip. Barclays anticipates that both approaches will coexist long-term, with the partitioned strategy likely capturing a larger share over time.
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Bitget Launches Camping-Themed Futures Campaign, Unlock Arc'teryx and Snow Peak Outdoor Gear
Bitget has launched the "Camping & Stargazing Season" futures trading event, running from August 31 at 11:00 to September 7 at 11:00 (UTC+8). During the event, users who reach the designated cumulative futures trading volume thresholds will receive tiered USDT rewards, with each participant earning up to 170 USDT in total. Additionally, participants can unlock camping-themed physical prizes, including an Arc'teryx Alpha SV Jacket and a Snow Peak 4-to-6 person tent. For more details, please visit the official Bitget platform.
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Cryptoquant Founder: The Peak of This Bitcoin Bull Market Cycle May Be Driven by Global Institutional and ETF Demand
Odaily News Cryptoquant founder and CEO Ki Young Ju stated that the peak of Bitcoin's current bull market cycle may be driven by institutional capital outside the United States and ETF demand. He pointed out that deeper stablecoin liquidity and tokenized asset infrastructure will expand global market participation.Ki Young Ju cited South Korea as an example, noting that the country currently has no spot Bitcoin ETFs, retail investors cannot purchase overseas-listed spot Bitcoin ETFs, and most companies are unable to open trading accounts to buy BTC. South Korea has gradually opened up corporate participation in phases, with the Financial Services Commission (FSC) roadmap covering approximately 3,500 listed companies and qualified professional investors, but financial institutions and other businesses remain excluded.Strategy's Bitcoin bank adoption index evaluated 25 major institutions covering trading, custody, digital asset products, financing, and corporate participation, with an overall adoption rate of 32%. As of August 29, RWA.xyz data shows that the distributed asset value of global tokenized assets is $38.63 billion, up 2.65% from 30 days ago.The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) stated that stablecoins have the potential to enable faster, programmable payments, but current designs may pose financial integrity, liquidity, and monetary risks. Ki Young Ju pointed out that U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded cumulative net inflows of approximately $57 billion in the first two years since launch, and the next phase will be global institutionalization, with more institutions adopting BTC as a strategic asset, and countries lacking ETFs will also improve relevant investment channels. (Bitcoin.com News)
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Indian voice AI company Ringg secures $10 million in follow-on investment from Peak XV
According to TechCrunch, Indian enterprise voice AI startup Ringg announced it has secured a $10 million investment from Peak XV Partners as an extension of its Series A funding round; the company previously closed a $5.5 million Series A earlier this year, bringing its total funding to $15.5 million. Initially founded on text-to-speech technology, Ringg is now pivoting to provide AI agent services for businesses, with clients including Cred, Flipkart, Practo, Groww, and PolicyBazaar. Its voice AI platform has been integrated into approximately 1,200 clinics across Practo, facilitating patient appointments and post-consultation follow-ups.
B.AI Achieves Daily Compute Throughput of 590.78 Billion Tokens, Continuously Setting New Peak Records
The B.AI platform's single-day compute throughput has exceeded 590.78 billion tokens, achieving a near 8-fold explosive increase in just 8 days since August 18 and continuously surpassing historical peaks. Ascending from the hundred-billion scale to nearly 600 billion, the B.AI compute demand curve maintains a steady upward trajectory. Throughout persistent high-concurrency surges and massive automated scheduling tasks, the platform has consistently operated with stability, demonstrating exceptional system resilience and scheduling efficiency.
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AI voice interaction company Wispr closes $280 million Series B financing, led by Menlo Ventures
According to Pulse2, AI voice interaction startup Wispr announced the completion of a $280 million Series B funding round, valuing the company at $2 billion. The round was led by Menlo Ventures, with participation from Notable Capital, NEA, Neo Ventures, 8VC, MVP Ventures, as well as Acrew, Peak XV, Together Fund, and PLUS Capital.
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Bitget's July TradFi Futures Trading Volume Reaches $100 Billion, with Single-Day Peak Exceeding $10 Billion
Odaily News: According to the latest data from Bitget, the platform's TradFi futures trading volume surpassed $100 billion in July, with the highest single-day trading volume reaching $10 billion.As a core growth engine for the TradFi sector, Bitget's stock futures have demonstrated strong market penetration. Currently, approximately one in every three futures trades on the platform comes from stock futures. As of press time, Bitget supports 272 popular US stocks and ETF futures instruments.
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Peak unrealized profit exceeded $15.31 million; long-term Bitcoin holder with three-year position deposits 158.7 BTC into Coinbase
Odaily News According to on-chain analyst Ai Yi's monitoring, a Bitcoin whale who has held positions for three years has a cost basis as low as $20,000, with peak unrealized profits once exceeding $15.31 million. The address deposited 158.7 BTC, worth $10.01 million, into Coinbase 8 hours ago. The funds originated from another address, which withdrew the relevant Bitcoin from Kraken on March 11, 2023. During the holding period, the whale did not choose to take profits; if sold now, the profit would be $6.206 million, a decline of more than 40% compared to the peak profit.
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AI Code Verification Startup Blacksmith Closes $45 Million Series B Round, Led by Peak XV Partners
According to TechCrunch, AI code verification startup Blacksmith announced the completion of a $45 million Series B funding round, led by Peak XV Partners, with participation from GV and Y Combinator, valuing the company at $550 million.
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Discovered Materials Completes $9 Million Seed Round, Backed by Peak XV Partners and Others
: Discovered Materials announced the completion of a $9 million seed funding round, with participation from Lightspeed India Partners, Peak XV Partners, and several angel investors. The company combines AI agents with physical models to screen new heat-dissipating materials for chips at scale, targeting the high heat generation and high energy consumption challenges of AI chips in data centers. Reports indicate that AI can improve the efficiency of candidate material generation, but commercialization in this field remains constrained by factors such as material screening, synthesis validation, and manufacturing feasibility. (TechCrunch)
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Analyst: Citi Downgrades Micron, Expects Memory Prices to Peak in the May Quarter Next Year
Odaily News, Citrini analyst jukan posted on X platform that Citi has downgraded Micron, expecting the pace of DRAM and NAND price increases to gradually slow over the next four quarters, with prices likely peaking in the quarter ending May next year, i.e., the second fiscal quarter. Citi has adjusted its quarter-over-quarter DRAM price increase expectations for the August, November, February, and May quarters from 23%, 10%, 2%, and 0% to 23%, 9%, 2%, and 0%, and now expects prices to decline 3% in the second half of 2027 compared to the first half. For NAND, the quarter-over-quarter price increase expectations have been adjusted from 29%, 9%, 1%, and 0% to 29%, 7%, 0%, and -1%, with the second-half 2027 price expectation revised to a 5% decline compared to the first half. Citi noted that capacity expansions at CXMT and YMTC will drive DRAM and NAND prices lower. US-listed memory chip stocks fell sharply.
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Robinhood Chain Trading Volume Down 72% from Peak, Incentive Funds Primarily Flow to Depositors
On Robinhood Chain, decentralized exchange trading volume has declined 72% from the peak on July 11, despite on-chain transaction counts, deposit volumes, and stablecoin supplies all reaching record highs. Data shows that the average on-chain transaction amount has dropped from $105 to $28, reflecting that the growth in trading activity has failed to translate into higher trading volume. Additionally, currently about 92% of on-chain real-time incentive spending flows to deposit users rather than trading users, which is considered an important reason for the weakening trading volume.
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