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According to Yonhap News, the phenomenon of "reverse Kimchi premium" in South Korea's virtual asset market has continued to intensify since the beginning of this year. According to monitoring by on-chain data platform CryptoQuant, the average Bitcoin Kimchi premium index in early August was -0.48%, and the Ethereum average was -0.49%, meaning domestic prices were lower than those on overseas exchanges. Of the 221 days this year, the number of days with a reverse Bitcoin Kimchi premium reached 123, marking the first time since CryptoQuant began tracking this data in July 2020 that it exceeded the number of days with a positive premium. The record for the longest consecutive streak was also recently broken—from June 20 to July 24 this year, a reverse premium was recorded for 35 consecutive days, surpassing the previous historical record of 23 days. Analysts noted that the continued expansion of the reverse Kimchi premium mainly stems from three factors: first, the South Korean stock market has continued to strengthen, attracting a large number of investors to shift away from the crypto market; second, tighter regulations have prevented new services such as derivatives from being launched, suppressing the inflow of new funds; third, the crypto asset taxation policy is about to be implemented, further depressing investment attractiveness.
According to official announcements, the prediction-based crypto application Trepa has announced it will cease operations. The last round available for participation is August 12, 2026, after which no new rounds will be opened. Invitation and consecutive participation rewards already earned by users will be distributed to Trepa wallets on August 13, 2026. The application will remain open until September 30, 2026 for users to withdraw funds. If any balance remains at that time, users must transfer it to self-custody addresses before the deadline.
Odaily News: According to Lookonchain monitoring, as of the August 10 data update, Bitcoin ETFs saw a single-day net inflow of 1,731 BTC, valued at $112 million; over the past 7 days, net inflows totaled 12,400 BTC, valued at $799 million. Ethereum ETFs saw a single-day net inflow of 29,900 ETH, valued at $56.78 million; over the past 7 days, net inflows totaled 118,500 ETH, valued at $225 million.
Odaily News: Less than two weeks after its listing, Zhongji Innolight's H-shares have become the Hong Kong stock with the highest net buying amount by Korean investors in the past month. Data from SEIBro, operated by the Korea Securities Depository (KSD), shows that from July 8 to August 7, Korean investors' buy settlement amount for Zhongji Innolight H-shares reached $45.067 million, with sell settlement at $1.6729 million and a net buy settlement of $43.3942 million, equivalent to approximately HK$340 million, ranking first among Hong Kong stocks in net buying by Korean investors during the same period. Zhongji Innolight H-shares began trading on July 30, and within just seven trading days, their net buy settlement amount was nearly four times that of the second-place stock on the list. (China Securities Journal)
Odaily News: An anonymous Bitcoin holder has sold 7,513 BTC over the past three weeks, valued at approximately $487 million based on prices at the time. The wallet transferred another 1,019 BTC, worth about $66.4 million, roughly 7 hours before blockchain data analytics firm Lookonchain issued its alert. During the relevant selling period, the price of Bitcoin remained relatively stable overall, trading in a narrow range recently, without triggering the cascading liquidations typically seen in prior cycles from moves of similar size. Strategy, the Bitcoin reserve company led by Michael Saylor and another major Bitcoin holder this month, sold 1,638 BTC between July 27 and August 2, generating approximately $105 million at an average price of $63,957 per BTC. Strategy's Bitcoin monetization plan has been approved for up to $5 billion in sales to fund preferred stock dividends and other obligations. The company's average acquisition cost is $75,419 per BTC, meaning sales below that price would result in book losses. (Bitcoin.com News)
Odaily News: After a 9-month silence, the X account of renowned artist and Pepe creator Matt Furie became active again in early August, posting content and contract addresses related to HOODRAT, DORK, and BOYZ within a single week. Most of these posts were subsequently deleted. On August 9, the account posted a statement claiming it had been hacked, stating it does not endorse any altcoins, and adding that a relevant notice had previously appeared on its official website. On-chain analyst @StandartXBT noted that after the HOODRAT-related post was published, the token's market cap surged briefly before the price declined; following the DORK deployment, the deployer completed bundled purchases, removed liquidity, and sold off, extracting significant ETH profits from the initial raise. @StandartXBT discovered through web archives that Matt Furie's official website had not previously contained such a notice, and no prior trace was found on the X platform, casting doubt on the credibility of the statement.
Odaily News: Unitree Robotics officially opened IPO subscription on the STAR Market today. According to the announcement, Unitree Robotics' offering price is set at 150.80 yuan per share, with a market capitalization of approximately 60.993 billion yuan at the time of listing, and an expected total fundraising amount of 6.099 billion yuan. The online subscription code for this offering is 787836, with an expected online issuance of 6.471 million shares. The market estimates the lottery win rate at 0.02%–0.03%. It should be noted that after the subscription period concludes, the lottery results will be announced on August 12, and successful investors must complete payment on the same day. If an investor wins the lottery three times within 12 months but fails to make full payment, they will be restricted from participating in new stock and bond subscriptions for six months.Yang Chao, chief strategy analyst at China Galaxy Securities, noted that the capital threshold for participating in this IPO subscription is relatively high, and the lottery win rate is low. Share prices are likely to experience significant volatility in the early stages of the STAR Market listing. Investors should fully assess the risks associated with the high valuation and ensure timely and full payment if selected, avoiding missed payments that could trigger subscription restrictions.
Odaily News: In the week ending August 7, U.S.-listed spot bitcoin ETFs attracted $853 million in investor inflows, marking the highest weekly inflow since April.
Odaily News – Hong Kong police conducted a two-phase citywide operation from August 7 to 8, raiding multiple locations, dismantling a mule account coordination and fund processing center, and seizing a large number of bank cards, cash, electronic devices, and other evidence. A total of 147 people were arrested, bringing down a criminal network that used a large number of "mule accounts" to transfer funds, involving an amount close to HK$600 million. Police investigations revealed that the syndicate recruited individuals to provide bank accounts and used multiple accounts to split funds, conduct frequent transfers, and move money through multiple layers in an attempt to conceal the source of funds. Some account holders, after receiving payments ranging from hundreds to thousands of Hong Kong dollars, handed over their online banking login credentials to others for control.Police noted that the masterminds behind the scheme adopted a "segmented" management model, relaying instructions through close associates to avoid direct contact with the funds, and arranged for processed funds to be transferred into accounts of affiliated individuals to further obscure the flow of money. The operation led to the arrest of 147 individuals and the seizure of approximately HK$3.65 million in cash, along with luxury watches, gold ornaments, vehicles, and other valuables totaling around HK$5 million. Police stated that they have successfully disrupted the related fund chains and will continue to trace the masterminds and the flow of funds.The police remind the public not to sell, rent, or lend out personal bank accounts, as they could be exploited by criminals for illicit fund transfers, and account holders may bear corresponding legal liability. (RTHK)
According to Bifrost's monitoring, at 19:47 Beijing time on August 8, hackers exploited a vulnerability in the liquidity pool, stealing approximately $720,000 worth of assets from the vDOT single-asset pool and the vASTR/ASTR and vMANTA/MANTA pools. The stolen assets were subsequently deposited into HitBTC and eventually flowed into Binance. Bifrost has contacted Binance's security department to submit a fund freeze request and has filed a report along with a chain of custody evidence package, including transaction tracking, wallet addresses, and timestamps, with law enforcement authorities. Currently, Bifrost has halted all liquidity mining rewards and is conducting a comprehensive security review.
Odaily News, ECX developer Paul Sztorc has announced that the ECX hard fork will be rolled out in three phases, rather than the originally planned single release on August 23. ECX is a new blockchain that replicates the complete transaction history of Bitcoin at specified block heights. Nearly all Bitcoin holders, except for those holding a portion of Satoshi Nakamoto's Bitcoins, will receive an equivalent amount of ECX, while the Bitcoin network itself remains unchanged. The first Alpha version will be activated on August 23 at block height 963,648, the Beta version will go live on September 20 at block height 967,680, and the permanent full version is scheduled for release on October 31 at block height 973,728. Tokens collected during the Alpha and Beta phases can be burned and exchanged for official ECX once the permanent chain goes live. ECX's replay protection remains an optional mechanism. The official wallet will enable this protection and remind users before executing transactions. Paul Sztorc stated that if users ignore the reminders, ECX will replay their Bitcoin transactions, causing the associated Bitcoins to be transferred out along with the user's actions and moved to new holders. October 31 also marks the 18th anniversary of Satoshi Nakamoto publishing the Bitcoin whitepaper.
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.
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.
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.
Bitget PoolX launches project 2U2.ai (2U2). Users can lock ETH or 2U2 to share 4.2 million 2U2 airdrop. Among them, the ETH locking pool airdrop total is 3.8 million 2U2, with an individual locking limit of 1,500 ETH; the 2U2 locking pool airdrop total is 400,000 2U2, with an individual locking limit of 35 million 2U2. The locking period is from August 7, 20:00 to August 11, 20:00 (UTC+8). Additionally, users with a positive net ETH deposit amount during the event can receive a 3% ETH interest rate boost coupon after the PoolX event ends; users participating in PoolX for the first time who meet the net deposit condition can receive a 12% ETH interest rate boost coupon.
Odaily News: Bitcoin's volatility has recently neared zero, but market risks have not been resolved. Data shows that spot Bitcoin ETFs have not seen any outflows in the first week of August, with cumulative net inflows of approximately $754 million. However, Bitcoin's price remains around $64,700, while the options market is heavily focused on downside protection near $62,000 and $63,000.Market signals are showing divergence: on one hand, demand for spot ETFs has picked up again; on the other hand, derivatives traders are positioning in advance for a potential pullback, especially ahead of the latest U.S. employment data release.However, looking at the overall positioning structure, the market still leans bullish. Bitcoin call options account for approximately 60.7% of total open interest, indicating that investors' long-term expectations remain positive, with recent trading more concentrated on short-term risk hedging. Meanwhile, the cost of volatility protection remains low. Deribit's DVOL index, which reflects Bitcoin's expected volatility over the next 30 days, is currently around 35—a significant drop from the high of 90 earlier this year—suggesting that the market sees limited potential for major swings in the short term.That said, U.S. macroeconomic data could break this balance. The market expects U.S. non-farm payrolls for July to increase by approximately 97,500, up from 57,000 in June, with the unemployment rate expected to hold at 4.2%. If the employment data comes in stronger than expected, it could push U.S. Treasury yields higher and reinforce expectations of Fed rate hikes; if the data is weak, it could push yields down, but also heighten concerns about slowing economic growth.Currently, the Bitcoin market presents a pattern of "ETF inflows underpinning spot prices while the options market hedges against downside." Potential risks remain a concern in a low-volatility environment. With low market participation and insufficient liquidity, even small changes in supply or demand could trigger sharp swings in asset prices. (CoinDesk)
Odaily News - According to the official announcement, Gate has recently launched several user reward campaigns, including the "Deposit and Trade Double Gifts" and the CandyDrop AEON tasks. Users can earn additional rewards by depositing, trading, and completing tasks.Among them, the Deposit and Trade Double Gifts campaign will run until 14:00 (UTC+8) on August 10. After registering, users who accumulate a net deposit of at least 100 USDT and maintain it for 24 hours can claim a 100 USDT deposit reward. Those with a cumulative net deposit of 5,000 USDT who also complete 500,000 USDT in futures trading volume can receive an additional 0.1 ETH reward. The total prize pools for the campaign are 10,000,000 USDT and 5 ETH respectively, with rewards available on a first-come, first-served basis while supplies last.In addition, Gate CandyDrop has simultaneously opened AEON tasks, which will run until 16:00 (UTC+8) on August 12, with total rewards reaching 2.85 million AEON (approximately 165,015 USDT). The campaign has already attracted over 20,000 participants, and users who complete the designated tasks can earn up to 1,700 AEON (approximately 98.43 USDT) in rewards.
A Bitcoin wallet dormant since 2011 transferred out approximately 49.97 BTC on August 6, equivalent to about $3.2 million at current prices.
Odaily News: Bitcoin's BIP-110 will enter the enforcement phase after block 961,632, where nodes will reject blocks that do not signal support. Monitoring page data shows that among the 1,674 blocks counted in the current cycle, only 41 blocks support BIP-110, putting the miner signal support rate at 2.45%. BIP-110, officially named "Reduced Data Temporary Softfork," plans to tighten certain data rules in Bitcoin transactions within approximately one year, restricting the size of certain data elements used by Ordinals inscriptions and multiple token protocols. The proposal is primarily distributed through Bitcoin Knots, and Bitcoin Core has not adopted it. Major mining pools such as Foundry, Antpool, F2pool, and Viabtc have not issued support signals. If BIP-110 nodes execute as planned, the network could see two transaction histories, with the majority of miners and Bitcoin Core users expected to continue using the existing rules. Australian Bitcoin exchange Hardblock stated that BIP-110 activation is expected around August 7-8 and may temporarily suspend buying, selling, deposits, and withdrawals. Lightning Network tools and analytics provider Amboss has warned of a fork risk in early August, and Australian Bitcoin exchange Bitaroo plans to freeze deposits and withdrawals as the mandatory signaling deadline approaches.
Squid (QUID) launches on Bitget PoolX. Users can stake XAUT and QUID to share an airdrop of 860,000 QUID. Among them, the XAUT staking pool has a total airdrop of 780,000 QUID, with a per-user staking limit of 300 XAUT; the QUID staking pool has a total airdrop of 80,000 QUID, with a per-user staking limit of 5,000,000 QUID. The staking period runs from August 5 to August 12. Additionally, users with a positive net XAUT deposit amount during the event can receive a 3% XAUT Earn interest rate boost voucher after the event concludes. Users participating in PoolX for the first time who also meet the net deposit condition can also receive a 12% APR XAUT interest rate boost voucher. For more details, please refer to the official Bitget platform.