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07-31
The share of Bitcoin short-term holders has dropped to a multi-year low of 23.5%.
Odaily Planet Daily reports: Axel Adler Jr., an analyst at CryptoQuant, said the percentage of Bitcoin short-term holders in the realized market cap has dropped to 23.5%, a multi-year low—historically, only 4% of the time has it been lower than the current level. Meanwhile, the share of long-term ho
AI Fund Situational Awareness Collapses in 36 Hours Amid Massive Liquidation
ME AI message: After 36 hours, the biggest myth of this year’s AI bull market has come to an end.
Late Tuesday night, Wall Street suddenly erupted with rumors that the $45 billion AI fund Situational Awareness had been liquidated.
On Wednesday, it frantically sought help across the market, rushi
Wall Street Embraces Ethereum, But Investors Remain Skeptical
Written by: Alex O'Donnell, CoinMarketCapCompiled by: Saoirse, Foresight NewsThe Ethereum network is gaining Wall Street's approval, but investors still aren't fully bullish on ETH.In recent months, institutional adoption of Ethereum has accelerated significantly. Since May, multiple financial insti
Wall Street’s “AI Stock God” Falls from Grace Amid Leverage and Market Correction
Original | Odaily Planet Daily (@OdailyChina)Author | Qin Xiaofeng (@QinXiaofeng 888 )In the last week of July, Wall Street witnessed the rapid downfall of the once-celebrated hedge fund.Situational Awareness, led by Leopold Aschenbrenner, a German investor around 25 years old and a former OpenAI re
Microsoft's earnings fuel global market rally, outpacing European firms in market cap growth
According to ME News, on July 31 (UTC+8), Deutsche Bank strategists noted that Microsoft’s (MSFT.O) strong earnings report triggered a global rebound in technology stocks, driving gains in the Nasdaq Index and semiconductor shares. This rally helped the S&P 500 post its best single-day performance i
Coldcard Firmware Bug Drains 594.48 BTC From Hardware Wallets
Key PointA Coldcard firmware error disabled secure random number generation across multiple hardware wallet generations, and attackers have drained 594.48 BTC worth about $38.3 million. Coinkite and Block’s Bitcoin engineering team traced the bug to a broken RNG check that made wallet keys depend on
Brazil's stablecoin demand exceeds Bitcoin, crypto purchases reach $14.68 billion in H1 2026
According to Bitcoin.com, Brazil’s central bank released a report on external sector statistics showing that Brazil’s total cryptocurrency asset purchases reached $14.68 billion in the first half of 2026, a 135% increase compared to $6.24 billion in the same period of 2025. Stablecoins accounted for
Strategy Reports $8.2 Billion Loss Amid Bitcoin Price Decline
The primary cause of losses was unrealized, so-called paper losses due to the decline in Bitcoin, whose price fell 40% below last year’s level. Unrealized loss reflects the difference between the company’s total investment in Bitcoin and the market value of these assets on a specific date. During...
Coinkite Urges Coldcard Mk3 Users to Migrate Funds After 594 BTC Sweep
Coinkite has issued an urgent warning after security researchers observed a coordinated sweep of roughly 594.48 BTC — about $38.2 million at the time — and told Coldcard Mk3 users to migrate funds if their seed phrase was generated on affected firmware.
What Coinkite said
- On July 30 Coinkite advi
MoonPay Launches PayBox for AI-Driven Noncustodial Crypto and Card Payments
MoonPay has unveiled PayBox, a noncustodial “payment vault” that hands conversational AIs — like ChatGPT and Anthropic’s Claude — the ability to prepare and execute crypto and card payments on a user’s behalf, while keeping users in control.
What PayBox does
- Connect a PayBox vault to ChatGPT or C
Brazil's stablecoin demand exceeds Bitcoin, crypto purchases reach $14.68B in H1 2026
ChainThink reports that, according to a statistical report from Brazil's Central Bank released on July 31, the total amount spent on cryptocurrency assets in Brazil during the first half of 2026 reached $14.68 billion, a 135% increase compared to $6.24 billion in the same period of 2025.Among these,
Global central banks remain cautious amid mixed inflation data and AI-driven economic growth.
Huo Xing Finance reports that on July 31, the U.S. June PCE monthly rate unexpectedly turned negative, with core PCE rising just 0.1% month-over-month, and annualized GDP growth also below market expectations. While this appeared to provide evidence of cooling inflation and economic slowdown, a brea
Grayscale Predicts On-Chain Vaults Could Disrupt $1.5T CLO Market
On-chain lending and yield strategies, commonly known as vaults, could be the next crypto innovation ripe for massive public adoption. According to Grayscale’s Head of Research Zach Pandl, the products could follow the steps of stablecoins, tokenized assets, and perpetual futures. These were niche c
Strategy Reports $8.3B Loss in Q2 2026 Amid Bitcoin Volatility
Strategy published its report for Q2 2026. The company reported a loss of more than $8.3 billion. The number of bitcoins on its balance sheet reached 843,775 BTC at the end of the period. During Q2 itself, the company bought 85,296 BTC. Strategy, the world’s largest corporate holder of the leading c
Coldcard Wallets Affected by RNG Flaw, 594.48 BTC Stolen
A firmware error has disabled secure random number generation across multiple Coldcard hardware wallet generations, fueling an ongoing theft that has already drained 594.48 Bitcoin (BTC), worth about $38.3 million.Coldcard maker Coinkite and Block’s Bitcoin engineering team traced the bug to a broke
