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According to a report by Caixin, the Hong Kong High Court of Appeal rejected the sentence reduction application of Ma Zhihao, the ringleader of an online fraud and human trafficking syndicate, yesterday, upholding the original 56-month imprisonment term. During the investigation, Hong Kong police traced the criminal funds through blockchain and cryptocurrency transaction records, pinpointing key transactions involving his receipt of ransoms and illicit proceeds. It is reported that the family members of a victim paid approximately 9,527 Tether (USDT) to a cryptocurrency wallet designated by the perpetrators. Blockchain tracking records conclusively proved that 8,127 USDT flowed into an exchange account registered under Ma Zhihao’s real name and Hong Kong identity card. The assets were subsequently converted into approximately HK$63,000 and transferred to his personal HSBC bank account, serving as crucial evidence of his participation in the crimes and his financial gains. The Court of Appeal noted that, were it not constrained by the seven-year maximum sentencing limit prescribed for the District Court, the penalties faced by the defendant would have been significantly more severe.
According to on-chain analyst Yu Jin's monitoring, a whale/institution named "7 Siblings" bought ETH after a short-term drop of more than 10% and sold after a short-term surge of more than 10%. In February and June this year, after ETH experienced two declines of more than 10%, the whale/institution made purchases, with the June purchase price at $1,789. Over the past day and a half, ETH has risen more than 20%, and 7 Siblings (0x28a...a6b) has begun selling; in the past 6 hours, it sold 9,000 ETH, exchanging them for 21.04 million USDT at an average price of $2,338.
the whale "Set 10 Big Goals First" disclosed a short position of 1,894.784 BTC at an entry price of 69,826.89 USDT, with current floating profit of approximately $601,700. The whale stated, "Briefly joining the short-side camp." Subsequently, "Set 10 Big Goals First" posted again on X, stating that the stop-loss for this short position is set at $70,400, with take-profit targets ranging from $68,000 to $66,500.Previously, "Set 10 Big Goals First" shared trading strategy on X: without extreme market-moving news, when the broader market rapidly rises 5%–10%, open a short at the current price; when it falls 5%–10%, open a long at the current price. The whale noted this strategy covers most scenarios, and when executed accordingly, it achieves a win rate of at least 6 out of 10 times.
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.
Odaily News: Payment app Cash App is expanding its cryptocurrency services through crypto payment platform MoonPay, allowing 50 million users to purchase tokens such as ETH, SOL, XRP, and USDT. Additionally, users can top up major wallets like Ledger, BitPay, Trust Wallet, MetaMask, and Uniswap through Cash App. Previously, Cash App's crypto services only supported Bitcoin, with USDC support added earlier this year. (CoinDesk)
During the event, users who register and trade Bybit Wealth Management Dual Investment products can compete on the leaderboard for generous rewards. Users whose trading volume reaches the "Whale Threshold" can also unlock extra "Critical Hit Rewards," up to 2,500 USDT.
Odaily News: According to Onchain Lens monitoring, over the past day, a whale transferred 884.55 ETH to two new wallets, worth approximately $1.66 million. Before the transfer, the whale also swapped 493.02 ETH for 928,600 USDT via CoW Protocol, valued at approximately $927,000.
According to an official tweet from Coinbase (@coinbase), Coinbase has officially launched a series of financial services for AI Agents, declaring that "the era of Agent Finance (AiFi) has arrived." This agent economy encompasses three participants: users who use agents, businesses that sell to agents, and developers who build tools for agents. Specific products include: • Coinbase for Agents: AI agents can access the platform via Claude or ChatGPT, and after setting guardrails, autonomously conduct research, decision-making, and trading on assets such as cryptocurrencies, stocks, and derivatives; • Coinbase Advisor: An AI investment advisor built into the App, it is one of the first AI advisors globally registered with the SEC, offering services such as real-time portfolio analysis and automatic tax-loss harvesting, launched for Coinbase One members; • Coinbase Business: Supports receiving USDC and USDT payments from AI agents via the native x402 protocol, featuring no chargeback risk, idle USDC earning 3.35% yield, and supporting one-stop management, reconciliation, and withdrawal.
According to the official announcement, Bybit Spot will list KII (KII/USDT) on the spot market at 1:00 PM UTC on August 14. Deposits are now open. Deposits Open: August 13, 10:00 AM (UTC); Trading Starts: August 14, 1:00 PM (UTC); Withdrawals Open: August 15, 10:00 AM (UTC) Kii is a stablecoin-powered, 24/7 on-chain foreign exchange (Onchain FX) infrastructure layer. Kii aims to provide cross-border payments, foreign exchange trading, and financial solutions for enterprises and individual users.
According to the official announcement, Bitget has launched a net deposit interest rate hike campaign. The participation period is from 00:00 on August 14 to 00:00 on August 28 (UTC+8). During the event, users who reach the specified net deposit threshold and subscribe to the corresponding flexible Simple Earn crypto products for U, USDT, or USDC can receive corresponding interest rate hike rewards; regular users can enjoy an interest rate hike of up to 10% APR, while VIP users can enjoy an interest rate hike of up to 15% APR. The event does not require manual registration. The system will verify based on users' daily net deposit status, and eligible users will automatically receive the corresponding interest rate hike earnings. For more details, please refer to the Bitget official platform.
Odaily News: Coinbase has announced an upgrade to its enterprise-level payment product, Coinbase Business, introducing a series of new features, including support for automatic payments via AI Agents, integration of USDT payments, reusable payment links, flexible pricing, product catalog management, and buyer information collection. These enhancements aim to make it easier for businesses to accept cryptocurrency payments. The most significant change in this upgrade is the support for AI Agent payments. Coinbase Business is now compatible with the open machine-to-machine payment standard x402, allowing businesses using the existing Checkout payment flow to directly accept transactions initiated by AI Agents. Funds are settled instantly to business accounts in USDC, which can be used to earn yields or withdrawn at any time. Other new features include:1. Reusable payment links: Businesses can create a single payment link for repeated use, with options to set payment limits, pause, or disable the link;2. Flexible pricing mechanisms: Support for setting minimum prices, maximum prices, or open-ended payments, suitable for scenarios such as donations, tips, and usage-based billing;3. Product catalog functionality: Businesses only need to enter product information once, and it can be reused across multiple payment scenarios, including payment links, Checkout, and invoices;4. Buyer information collection: During the payment process, information such as name, email, and shipping address can be collected simultaneously, reducing manual order processing workflows.
Odaily讯 According to Cyvers Alert monitoring, an Address Poisoning attack incident has been detected, resulting in the victim losing approximately $100,000 in USDT. The attacker carried out the "address poisoning" against the victim's wallet about 66 days ago by sending a transaction to create a malicious address record resembling an address the victim normally interacts with. Today, the victim failed to verify the full wallet address and mistakenly transferred funds to the attacker's address.Following the incident, in order to avoid potential freezing risks, the attacker has converted the stolen USDT into ETH, and the wallet currently holds approximately 52.8 ETH.Cyvers reminds users to always fully verify wallet addresses when making on-chain transfers, and to avoid relying solely on address records from transaction history. Meanwhile, security agencies recommend adopting AI-based on-chain security tools for real-time detection of abnormal transaction behavior, in order to reduce risks such as address poisoning and phishing attacks. Address poisoning attacks have become one of the common fraud methods in the crypto asset space in recent years. Attackers typically exploit users' habit of copying addresses from historical transactions by forging similar-looking addresses to trick users into transferring assets mistakenly.
据 Cointelegraph 报道，区块链初创公司 Quantus 创始人 Christopher Smith 警告称，量子计算破解现代加密技术的首个信号，可能并非高调盗取中本聪比特币，而是一系列无迹可查的钱包资产异常转移——攻击者无需入侵设备或交易所系统，仅凭链上暴露的公钥即可推算出私钥。Smith 指出，若攻击发生，"唯一的法证证据就是没有任何入侵痕迹"。 在攻击目标方面，Smith 认为加密领域最具价值的目标或为 Tether 铸币密钥，量子攻击者可凭此凭空增发 USDT 并迅速抛售套利。Blockchain Capital 安全研究员 Sean Cheetham 则认为，攻击者更可能优先针对交易所热钱包，以避免引发广泛警觉。 在时间线方面，Smith 给出 2028 年前实现量子破密的概率为"五五开"，Cheetham 认为 2030 年代初"几乎确定"会到来。Google 已于今年 3 月将后量子迁移时间表提前至 2029 年。
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.
Odaily News According to official sources, Gate's GUSD product has been fully upgraded. Users holding GUSD can enjoy an annualized yield of 3.8%,with support for flexible deposits and withdrawals, 1:1 lossless redemption in the original subscription currency, and zero redemption fees. Meanwhile, Gate Launchpool is simultaneously opening SPCX and SLX staking pools. Among these, the total value of flexible staking in the SPCX GUSD pool has approached 66.38 million GUSD, with a staking APR of 3.50%. Combined with the 3.8% base annualized yield from GUSD flexible savings, the total annualized yield reaches as high as 7.30%.In addition, Gate is running multiple wealth management and reward campaigns in parallel. Dual rewards for deposits and trading: From 14:00 on August 3 to 14:00 on August 10, 2026 (UTC+8), deposit 100 USDT to receive 100 USDT, and trade to earn an additional 0.1 ETH. Exclusive VIP boost for Gate's余币宝 (Flexible Savings): USDT fixed-term wealth management yields have been fully upgraded, with 7-day and 30-day annualized yields increased to 3.8% and 4.0%, respectively. Quotas are limited and available on a first-come, first-served basis. High-yield campaign for USD1 holders: Starting from 00:00 on July 29 (UTC+8), users holding USD1 in their asset accounts can earn up to 8% annualized yield. Campaign rewards will be distributed daily in the form of WLFI to eligible user accounts.As the product ecosystem and reward framework continue to evolve, Gate will keep enriching users' asset yield scenarios, delivering a digital asset management experience with higher returns and lower barriers.
CryptoQuant 分析师 Moreno 发文表示，数据显示，USDT 市值正经历历史上较为剧烈的收缩阶段，60 日市值变动约为减少 40 亿美元，接近历史低位区间。过去 11 天内，USDT 供应量进一步减少约 8.7 亿美元，表明收缩趋势仍在延续。
Odaily News, CryptoQuant analyst Moreno stated that USDT liquidity is experiencing one of the most severe contraction phases in its history. The 60-day change in USDT market cap has fallen to approximately -$4 billion, nearing historical extreme negative levels. Meanwhile, liquidity contraction is still accelerating, with USDT supply decreasing by approximately $870 million over the past 11 days, indicating this is not merely a lagged effect of earlier redemptions.Stablecoins are the most direct source of available liquidity in the crypto market. Sustained USDT expansion is typically accompanied by stronger BTC price performance, while prolonged contraction phases often correspond to weak demand, market pullbacks, and declining risk appetite. However, the correlation between USDT flows and BTC price does not prove direct causation—both may be simultaneously influenced by risk-aversion sentiment, with redemption pressure and spot selling occurring in tandem. The current BTC decline is not an isolated event but is occurring against the backdrop of one of the market's primary liquidity sources steadily shrinking, which also explains why recent bounces have been difficult to sustain. To improve market conditions, we need to see the 60-day change in USDT stabilize, daily supply contraction slow, and a return to an expansion phase.
Bitget has launched a new round of CandyBomb, with a total prize pool of 20,000 USDT. This event is exclusive to new futures users, and the participation period is from August 4 to August 14. During the event, users can unlock corresponding candies by completing net deposit and futures trading tasks, with a maximum of 150 USDT per user. Detailed rules have been published on the Bitget official platform. Eligible users must click "Join Now" to complete registration before participating.
According to monitoring by on-chain analyst Ember (@EmberCN), an address withdrew 2.44 million USDT from OKX within half an hour and transferred it to Hyperliquid, then immediately opened a short position on BTC worth $102 million with 40x leverage. The short entry price was $64,202, and the liquidation price was $64,889, only about $900 away from the current price.
Odaily News: Following the launch of Open USD, concerns arose in the market that it could directly challenge Circle's USDC, leading to a loss of billions of dollars in Circle's market value. Executives from Coinbase, Visa, and Mastercard stated that the companies are advancing a multi-stablecoin, multi-chain strategy, positioning Open USD as an additional network rather than a replacement for USDC. Analysts noted that several Open USD partners have so far made only lightweight commitments, and that project execution capabilities, along with the existing liquidity of USDC and USDT, will be more critical than the scale of the Open USD alliance.