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08-03
Bitwise BSOL ETF purchases nearly $890 million in SOL, accounting for 80% of total ETF inflows.
According to on-chain analytics platform Arkham (@arkham), Bitwise’s BSOL ETF clients have collectively purchased $891.9 million worth of Solana, making it the largest SOL ETF and accounting for nearly 80% of all SOL ETF inflows.
Hyperliquid Whale Opens $43.68M BTC and ETH Long Positions with High Leverage
According to on-chain analyst Onchain Lens (@OnchainLens), a trader opened approximately $25.16 million in BTC long positions at 40x leverage (400.88 BTC) and approximately $18.51 million in ETH long positions at 25x leverage (10,000 ETH) on the Hyperliquid platform within the past hour, totaling a
Zepto Delays IPO Amid 68% Valuation Drop During Roadshow
Zepto, the Indian quick-commerce startup that promised 10-minute grocery deliveries and once commanded a $7 billion valuation, just got a brutal reality check from public market investors. The company is shelving its IPO plans after roadshow bids came in at $2.5 to $4.5 billion, a haircut of up to 6
US-Japan Currency Intervention Sparks Global Macro Implications
The US Treasury stepped into the foreign exchange market on August 1 to buy Japanese yen, marking the first coordinated US-Japan currency intervention in roughly 30 years. Washington sold euros to finance the purchase, dusting off a playbook from the 1990s that most traders assumed had been permanen
Pre-market AI stocks mixed; AMZN rises 1.39%
Odaily Planet Daily report: According to MSX.COM data, AI-related stocks in pre-market U.S. trading showed mixed performance: AMZN rose 1.39%, MRVL fell 0.22%, ARM fell 1.05%, KLAC fell 0.42%, and AMD fell 0.12%.MSX.COM is a decentralized RWA trading platform that has listed hundreds of RWA tokens,
Craig Wright Sparks Debate on Bitcoin's Governance Model
Author: QQlinkBitcoin governance is back in the spotlight: Who has the authority to change a set of rules that have been in place for over a decade?“If rules can be changed, is it still the same system?” This has been the central question surrounding Bitcoin’s governance for years.Recently, Craig Wr
RAIN Leads August 2026 Token Unlocks With $641.4M Ahead of ADI, PROVE, and KAITO
The figure positions RAIN at the top of this month’s unlock hierarchy, according to RAIN’s vesting schedule. ADI, PROVE, and KAITO follow as the next-largest named releases, each tracked through their respective vesting timelines on ADI’s vesting page, PROVE’s vesting page, and KAITO’s vesting page.
Coldcard Faces Fourth Organized Attack Wave—388.9 BTC Stolen in 14 Blocks
Coldcard users are facing a fourth wave of organized theft, and the numbers are no longer rounding errors. Alex Thorn, Head of Research at Galaxy Research, flagged a fresh burst of malicious activity that siphoned approximately 388.9 BTC from 462 victim addresses in just 14 blocks—between 960,778 an
BitGo CEO Challenges Anthropic to a 100 BTC Hack Attempt
Mike Belshe commented on Anthropic’s note that its models had escaped the test environment.He proposed an experiment — hack an address on the Bitcoin network and claim a 100 BTC reward.As of writing, the crypto assets are still stored in that wallet.BitGo CEO Mike Belshe has thrown down a kind of ch
DeepSeek-V4-Flash Stable Version Launched on the National Supercomputing Internet
The National Supercomputing Internet Platform has launched the official API service for the DeepSeek-V4-Flash-0731 model and simultaneously opened access to model file downloads. This version, after extensive post-training, achieves significant improvements in agent capabilities and instruction foll
US and Japan Coordinate Yen Support Amid Carry Trade Risks for Crypto
The US Treasury just did something it hasn’t done in 15 years: it bought yen. Working alongside Japanese authorities around July 31 and August 1, the US government stepped into foreign exchange markets to prop up Japan’s battered currency, which had slid to its weakest level against the dollar in fo
Hyperscale Data Launches Bitcoin-Collateralized Loan via Morpho Protocol
ME News reports that on August 3 (UTC+8), Hyperscale Data (NYSE: GPUS), an AI data center company with Bitcoin as its core asset, announced it has implemented a Bitcoin-collateralized decentralized finance (DeFi) financing strategy via the Morpho protocol. As of August 2, the company has secured app
DeepSeek V4-Flash Costs Only 3 Cents Per Task, the Lowest in the World
DeepSeek has released its latest model, V4-Flash, with a cost of only about $0.03 per task—the lowest among mainstream large models globally. V4-Flash is priced at $0.14 per million input tokens and $0.28 per million output tokens, resulting in a significantly lower overall cost compared to competit
SpaceX to Release First Post-IPO Earnings Amid $12.3 Billion in Shares Thawing
SpaceX is set to release its first quarterly earnings report since going public, presenting a key test for the market.SpaceX will announce its second-quarter earnings after market close on Wednesday, August 4, Eastern Time. As of the market open this Monday, its stock has declined for four consecuti
Truist Upgrades Corning to Buy with $175 Target Amid AI-Driven Fiber Demand
Truist Securities analyst Matthew Niknam flipped his rating on Corning Incorporated from Hold to Buy on August 3, setting a $175 price target. The catalyst is straightforward: artificial intelligence is consuming fiber-optic cable at a pace that makes Corning’s factories look like the most important
