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Odaily News: According to Gate Ventures' latest weekly report, last week's escalation of geopolitical conflicts in the Middle East combined with U.S. core inflation exceeding expectations significantly heightened global market volatility. Brent crude and WTI crude surged 8.33% and 9.36% respectively, returning above $100 per barrel; U.S. August core CPI rose 0.29% month-over-month, higher than expected, pushing the 10-year Treasury yield to 4.97%, with market-implied probability of a September rate hike rising to approximately 86%; spot gold fell 1.82% to $4,349.42 per ounce. U.S. stock indices — the S&P 500, Nasdaq, and Dow Jones — declined 0.80%, 0.66%, and 1.57% respectively; the crypto market weakened in tandem, with BTC and ETH dropping 4.4% and 1.5% respectively. Spot BTC ETFs saw net outflows of $462.7 million, while ETH ETFs recorded net inflows of $197.1 million. The fear index dropped from 71 to 57, indicating a cooling of market sentiment.On the industry front, India launched a $107 million tokenized corporate bond pilot program, further advancing institutional-grade RWA tokenization; Gemini obtained a Major Payment Institution (MPI) license from the Monetary Authority of Singapore, further expanding its regulatory footprint in the Asia-Pacific region; and the Philippine central bank plans to suspend new payment system operator registrations for 12 months, tightening oversight of VASP-related payment activities.On the funding side, a total of 9 financing deals were completed last week, with disclosed total funding reaching $158.4 million, down 88% quarter-over-quarter. Overall, energy prices and inflation expectations remain the core variables driving short-term market trends, while interest in tokenized assets and institutional-grade crypto infrastructure development remains undiminished.
Odaily reports: According to community information, the whale "Set 10 Major Goals First" saw an X platform user post a plea saying "Help my mother" and directly transferred 70,000 USDT (approximately 500,000 RMB) to help. Notably, after the funds arrived, the person seeking help quickly deleted the receiving address from the comments section.Community members discovered that this account had previously sent private messages to multiple people soliciting funds and had repeatedly posted help-seeking content such as "Help me," raising questions about the use of the funds and calling for the subsequent disclosure of hospitalization bills, payment records, and treatment arrangements. At present, this incident cannot yet be proven to involve any misuse of funds.
According to Korean media outlet MK and data from the Korean Securities Information Portal, since September, Korean individual investors have significantly trimmed their positions in multiple U.S. semiconductor stocks while simultaneously adding to semiconductor leveraged ETF holdings. Net selling exceeded $100 million for Micron, $68.61 million for SanDisk, $49.37 million for Marvell Technology, and $15.56 million for NVIDIA. The SK hynix ADR, which recently debuted on the NYSE in July, recorded net selling of $46.16 million during the same period, contrasting with cumulative net purchases of $811 million through the end of August.
Whale “巨鲸先定十个大目标” updated their position holdings, stating they have currently bought back approximately two-thirds of their position, essentially completing their setup ahead of $100,000, and will now await a price pullback. They previously noted that this Bitcoin rally was more aggressive than expected, maintaining that there is still room to re-enter at $80,000 or even higher, and that $100,000 will most likely be reached sooner than anticipated. Latest disclosures show they further increased their position to two-thirds within the $78,000 to $79,800 range.
Whale "Sets 10 Major Targets First" JasonLeo responded to the question of whether the current trend is a reversal or a major rebound by stating that their assessment is a "trend reversal."
Major whale "sets 10 key targets first" Jason stated that when he confirmed last month that the bottom of this cycle is around $58,000 for BTC, a key benchmark was Strategy's moves. He noted that from an operator's perspective, Strategy had to consider not only BTC's price direction, but also the market bottom, the company's proximity to its survival line, and its capital structure's resilience under extreme downside scenarios.
According to on-chain analyst Ai Yi (@ai_9684xtpa), trader "Set 10 Big Goals First" (@Jason60704294) has completely stopped out and closed all additional BTC and ETH short positions. The three trades executed since this "comeback" have collectively turned into a loss, primarily representing a pullback from previously realized profits; the trader had previously disclosed cumulative gains of approximately $70 million. Specifically, profits from prior long positions reached about $20 million; the first short position incurred a loss of roughly $6.283 million; the first half of the second short position booked a confirmed loss of approximately $10.158 million, while the second half's loss remains undisclosed and is estimated at around $9 million. Based on known and estimated figures, the cumulative loss on the second short position may total approximately $19.158 million, bringing the combined loss from both short positions to roughly $25.441 million.
Whale "Set Ten Big Goals First" posted that its short trade was originally intended to capture a re-entry into long positions after a pullback, but market movements unfolded contrary to expectations. With a preset stop-loss set at $70,400, the failure to close the position in time allowed prices to rally to approximately $71,500, causing losses to widen from an initially acceptable $2 million to $4.6 million.
According to disclosures from Ai Yi, assuming no changes to open positions, the whale “First Set Ten Big Goals” currently faces an estimated combined unrealized loss of approximately $10.08 million across its BTC and ETH short positions. Specifically, the 5x leveraged BTC short has a size of 2,449.968 BTC, a position value of approximately $183 million, an entry price of $74,746.10, and an unrealized loss of about $8.73 million; the 7x leveraged ETH short has a size of 15,000 ETH, a position value of approximately $35.21 million, an entry price of $2,347.89, and an unrealized loss of roughly $1.35 million.
According to monitoring by Ai Yi, the address labeled "Set 10 Big Goals First" has fully closed its short positions of 29,316.677 ETH, with a position value of approximately $66.1 million. Currently, the address is gradually closing its BTC short positions, having covered about half, and appears to be preparing to clear out all related positions.
According to monitoring by Ai Yi, after the price hit the $70,400 stop-loss level, the address associated with "Set 10 Big Goals First" reduced its position, offloading 419.62 BTC and 9,969.37 ETH. The address's remaining positions currently still show an unrealized loss exceeding $2.64 million.
According to CNBC, renowned investor Jim Cramer stated that the AI boom has fundamentally changed the cyclical patterns of the memory industry. Although SanDisk has surged 653% this year, Seagate 261%, Micron 254%, and Western Digital 211%, it is still not too late to enter the market now. Cramer pointed out three core reasons why this cycle differs from history: First, memory supply is extremely scarce; Musk has publicly stated that memory has become the biggest bottleneck for data center expansion. Second, manufacturers are no longer blindly expanding production, but instead locking in profit margins through long-term customer agreements. Third, companies are using profits for stock buybacks rather than capacity expansion. SanDisk still has $15.5 billion in buyback capacity, Seagate is advancing a $5 billion buyback plan, and Western Digital added a $4 billion buyback authorization this year. Cramer is particularly bullish on Micron, believing it still has the potential to double provided AI data center demand remains unabated, and has already established positions through his charitable trust fund.
Recently, DeepSeek-V4 announced impending price increases and the introduction of peak-valley pricing. On August 15, the B.AI platform announced a major benefits plan to help developers use DeepSeek without fear of costs. New users logging in via Binance Wallet, Bitget Wallet, or imToken wallet can claim 1 million free Credits; entering an invitation code adds another 300,000, totaling up to 1.3 million. Both new and existing users can also enjoy extra Bonus Credits of up to $100 upon recharge. Users can prepare their B.AI accounts in advance to unlock benefits early.
Crypto startups completed USD 11.2 billion in funding in the first half of 2026, with all disclosed capital flowing to regulated, licensed enterprises. Payments and stablecoins, prediction markets, exchanges, and trading platforms received the most funding. Major backers include Wall Street and large global financial institutions, whose investment focus is on licensed and compliant companies. Investors and founders increasingly view regulatory licenses as scarce and defensive assets, while retail investors still primarily trade on unlicensed or alternative platforms. (CoinDesk)
Odaily News: Gurinder Singh Josan, Co-Chair of the UK Parliamentary Crypto and Digital Assets All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG), along with Lord Vaizey of Didcot, has written to the CEOs of all major UK banks, demanding clarification on how they treat crypto and digital asset businesses. The letter raises six questions covering banks' current policies, whether they provide services to crypto businesses, related transaction restrictions and the factors determining them, and asks whether practices will be adjusted once the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) regulatory regime takes effect. The group noted that many crypto businesses struggle to open bank accounts in the UK, with some banks also restricting related payments. The letter stems from a parliamentary inquiry into banking service access launched on July 21, with written submissions open until August 31. A January survey by the UK Cryptoasset Business Council estimated that banks block or delay around 40% of transactions to crypto exchanges. HSBC, NatWest, Monzo, and Nationwide cap monthly transfers to crypto exchanges at between £5,000 and £10,000, while Starling and Chase UK prohibit such transfers altogether. UK Treasury Economic Secretary Lucy Rigby stated that the government does not want FCA-licensed firms to face banking restrictions solely because of their industry; the FCA completed related rules in June, with the regime becoming mandatory in October 2027. (Decrypt)
Last week, major assets closed higher across the board: July Non-Farm Payrolls -23k severely dampened rate hike expectations, the USD broke below 100, and Gold and Crypto benefited in tandem. BTC/ETH ETF weekly net inflows were $853M/$245M, the third-largest institutional buying week of the year. Core risk this week: 8/12 CPI (08:30 ET), determining the direction of September rate hike expectations. Strategy advances on three fronts: Sell ETH weekly expiry $1,800 P (annualized ~15-20%), Sell HYPE 1D $52 P (annualized ~70%, newly listed on Bybit), Sell XAUT 1D $4,360 C (annualized ~30-60%). All three positions must be reduced to safe levels before CPI.
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.
Odaily News: Major cryptocurrencies moved lower on Monday, with Bitcoin briefly falling to around $62,800 and Ether dropping to $1,858. Although expectations related to the geopolitical situation had improved earlier, the market failed to sustain a rebound. Following the expansion of the Coldcard hardware wallet vulnerability, approximately 1,367 BTC flowed out of roughly 4,585 addresses, valued at nearly $89 million, occurring across three rounds of attacks. The market's weakness stood in contrast to falling crude oil prices, a pullback in U.S. Treasury yields, and gains in stock index futures.
According to Korean media Daum, volatility in the South Korean stock market has recently intensified, investor risk appetite has clearly cooled, and funds are flowing back from the stock market to safe-haven assets such as banks. Due to adjustments in the semiconductor sector and stricter regulation on leveraged investment, idle funds in the South Korean stock market are withdrawing rapidly, and the market is exhibiting a phenomenon of "reverse capital migration". Data shows that as of the end of July, the time deposit balance at South Korea's five major banks (KB Kookmin, Shinhan, Hana, Woori, NH Nonghyup) reached 973.49 trillion won, an increase of 24.09 trillion won from the end of the previous month, marking the largest single-month increase this year. Funds related to the stock market also showed significant contraction. According to data from the Korea Financial Investment Association, investor securities account deposits (idle funds for stock trading) reached a historical high of 139.69 trillion won on June 4, but as of July 28, had fallen to 107.20 trillion won, a decrease of over 32 trillion won in less than two months. The balance of credit transaction financing, representing the scale of market margin trading, fell to 33.19 trillion won during the same period, a decrease of about 4.5 trillion won from the peak of 37.72 trillion won set on July 2, a decline of approximately 12%.
Odaily News: According to Onchain Lens monitoring, a Hyperliquid trader deposited 1.5 million USDC before opening a short position of approximately $8.14 million, with cumulative profits of around $6.46 million. Major positions include a $2.37 million SPCX short with 2x leverage, a $1.3 million DRAM short with 2x leverage, a $1.11 million MU short with 2x leverage, along with several other short positions across multiple assets.