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On-chain analyst Murphy pointed out that Bitcoin has accumulated up to 890,000 BTC at the single price level of $63,000, showing an extreme distribution. Excluding the 550,000 BTC locked by Coinbase in the $83,000 to $84,000 range, the accumulation at this price level may have exceeded 1 million BTC, accounting for about 5% of the total circulation. Historically, exceeding this scale has generally triggered significant volatility.Currently, the combined total of the two price levels, $62,000 and $63,000, accounts for about 8% of the circulation, and the concentration of chips within a 5% range of the spot price has simultaneously risen to 13%. Although it has not yet reached the historical high probability trigger line of 15%, it has surpassed the level that caused severe volatility in May, officially entering the alert zone.Analysts emphasize that a high concentration of chips means a sharp increase in price sensitivity. When overly concentrated chips are gathered in a narrow range, even a slight change in price may exacerbate the turnover of sensitive chips, leading to violent redistribution either upwards or downwards.The massive short-term chips accumulated near $63,000 are forming a potential trigger for volatility, and any external event could become the detonator. The market may have entered a tense state where a significant directional choice could occur at any moment.

According to Jinshi reports, Abdullah Bandar Al-Etabi, an assistant professor of international affairs at Qatar University, stated that it is still too early to judge the direction of the situation following Trump's latest statement regarding Iran. Both sides have not shown any signs of easing their respective positions, and Iran has not softened its stance on the issue of the Strait of Hormuz, with the threat of a broader conflict still present.However, the latest developments have bought more time for diplomacy.

According to CoinDesk, cryptocurrency trading platforms are expanding into traditional finance by offering perpetual futures linked to stocks, indices, and commodities, with related trading volume reaching $1.32 trillion in the first five months of 2026.Stock-linked perpetual futures allow traders to gain around-the-clock price exposure to assets like the S&P 500 without holding the underlying stocks and without shareholder protections. This product is aimed at institutions seeking low-friction trading and retail investors looking for access channels.Major platforms like Coinbase and Binance are building an "everything exchange" model, integrating crypto assets, stocks, and derivatives into a single account, including using tokenized stock positions as collateral. Large funds remain cautious about decentralized trading venues.

According to on-chain analyst @ai_9684xtpa, a certain whale withdrew 20,000 HYPE from Coinbase 1 hour ago, worth 1.03 million dollars.Since June 11, this whale has withdrawn a total of 240,000 HYPE from exchanges, with a total value of 15.88 million dollars, at an average withdrawal price of 66.17 dollars, currently facing an unrealized loss of 3.53 million dollars.

Michael Saylor, the founder and executive chairman of Bitcoin Strategy Company, has once again released information related to Bitcoin Tracker, with the caption "Bitcoin Drive engaged."According to previous patterns, Strategy typically discloses changes in Bitcoin holdings the day after relevant news is released.

Michael Saylor, the founder and executive chairman of Bitcoin Treasury Company Strategy, has once again released information related to Bitcoin Tracker. According to previous patterns, Strategy usually discloses changes in Bitcoin holdings the day after relevant news is released.

Galaxy Research Director Alex Thorn stated that the attack incidents surrounding the Coldcard wallet are still evolving, with more small attackers and imitators emerging, targeting the remaining Coldcard recovery phrases.Alex Thorn mentioned that by assisting in confirming the identity of a user whose deposits were involved in the attack, the related funds had already been transferred out before they could be frozen on the Duel platform, and the funds involved do not belong to the three main waves of attacks previously identified by Galaxy Research.Previously, the Bitcoin hardware wallet Coldcard was attacked, and the stolen funds have risen to 1367.05 BTC, worth approximately 8.86 million USD, involving 4585 addresses. Galaxy Research Director Alex Thorn stated that the attacks are still ongoing, and users who have not yet migrated their funds should immediately transfer their assets out of the addresses generated by Coldcard.

According to monitoring by Hyperinsight, the well-known trader Loracle from Hyperliquid has increased his short position on HYPE, currently valued at 19.76 million USD, with an opening price of 52.9926 USD.Loracle also holds a short position in ETH worth about 20 million USD, with an opening price of 1,843.05 USD.

According to Jinshi reports, on August 2 local time, Moscow Mayor Sobyanin stated on social media that the explosion incident at a restaurant in the city on August 1 was a terrorist attack, resulting in 3 deaths and 21 injuries. Sobyanin mentioned that law enforcement agencies are investigating the specifics of the incident.The Russian National Anti-Terrorism Committee reported that the incident was caused by the explosion of a homemade explosive device.

Tom Lee, Chairman of the Ethereum treasury company Bitmine, posted on the X platform stating that more and more public institutions and major organizations are stepping up to support the CLARITY Act. If the act fails to pass smoothly, the United States may lose its leading edge in the digital finance sector and hand over dominance to other countries.

As the suspected hacking incident involving the Coldcard wallet continues to unfold, Bitcoin microtransaction activity has surged, reaching its highest level since the FTX exchange collapse, prompting renewed discussions in the market about the security of self-custodied Bitcoin.CryptoQuant's research director Julio Moreno disclosed data showing that the number of Bitcoin transactions under 1 BTC circulating on-chain has risen to its highest level since November 2022, with approximately 39,600 BTC transferred in a single day, just about 300 BTC lower than the record set on November 16, 2022 (39,900 BTC) a few days after FTX filed for bankruptcy. He believes that users taking proactive measures to address risks is a positive sign.Additionally, Bloomberg ETF senior analyst Eric Balchunas believes that Bitcoin ETFs, with their mature regulatory framework and convenience, may provide a safer investment option for some users.

According to Coinglass data, if BTC falls below $60,028, the cumulative long liquidation intensity on major CEX will reach $840 million. Conversely, if BTC breaks above $66,166, the cumulative short liquidation intensity on major CEX will reach $670 million.

This week, the American ETF management firm Roundhill made significant adjustments to its DRAM-themed fund. In addition to previously reported inclusion of CXMT (Changxin Technology) in its holdings with a weight of 2.52%, it also reduced its position in Samsung Electronics.From Monday to Wednesday, the Roundhill DRAM-themed fund sold approximately 1 million shares of Samsung Electronics each day, totaling 3 million shares over three days, worth about $432 million.The top three holdings of the Roundhill DRAM-themed fund are currently Samsung Electronics, Micron Technology, and SK Hynix, with weights of 26.39%, 24.54%, and 22.77%, respectively. Other major holdings include Seagate Technology, Western Digital, SanDisk, Kioxia, Nanya Technology, and Zhaoyi Innovation.

According to Coinglass data, the Coinbase Bitcoin premium index has been in a negative premium range for 76 consecutive days (from May 19 to present), with the latest value at -0.1012%. Previously, this index was in a negative premium for 40 consecutive days from January 16 to February 24 this year, setting the longest "continuous negative" record since the indicator was launched, surpassing the approximately 30 days of continuous negative premium during the "1011 crash" period.Historical data shows that long-term negative premiums are often accompanied by the exit of institutional funds from the United States, and caution is needed regarding short-term pullback pressure.

Galaxy Research Research Director Alex Thorn stated that the attack targeting Coldcard wallet address generation is still ongoing. They are currently continuing to collect victim information and adding new victim addresses and attacker addresses to the investigation database.If users are still using affected Coldcard single-signature addresses, they should immediately migrate their funds. According to current investigation results, all single-signature Coldcard addresses generated after the firmware upgrade in March 2021 may ultimately be emptied by attackers; it is just a matter of time.According to Galaxy Research's analysis, the first three confirmed rounds of attacks exhibit highly programmatic characteristics, with similar attack transaction patterns. A large amount of stolen Bitcoin remains in the attackers' addresses and has not yet been transferred.At the same time, some new opportunistic attackers are emerging, transferring and laundering funds through methods such as stripping the funding chain, cross-chain services (like ThorChain), and overseas betting platforms.Additionally, Alex Thorn mentioned the limitations of AI tools in security investigations. Some large language models in the United States have restricted researchers' ability to track stolen funds, and the team has even had to turn to Chinese open-source AI models to assist in protecting user assets and conducting on-chain tracking.He finds this phenomenon "incredible" and plans to promote discussions on related issues at the government and industry levels. Alex Thorn concluded by stating that a large amount of stolen funds remains stagnant, and the team is continuously tracking relevant addresses, having shared information with relevant U.S. agencies and industry partners. He calls on the Bitcoin community to learn from this incident, strengthen self-custody security education, and raise awareness of wallet complexity.

According to Jinshi reports, CITIC Securities stated that after missing this round of interest rate hikes, regardless of whether the Federal Reserve raises rates in September, U.S. stock valuations are under pressure in the short term. However, in the medium to long term, the implementation of interest rate hikes is expected to relieve valuation pressure, combined with the positive orientation of the "Productivity and Employment Working Group" towards AI, the narrative of AI in U.S. stocks is expected to continue in the long term.Interest rate-sensitive sectors, high valuation low growth segments, and small-cap stocks are under pressure, and the market is focused on the Jackson Hole conference at the end of August or the September interest rate meeting.

The State Administration of Foreign Exchange held a video conference for the exchange of foreign exchange management work in the second half of 2026, deploying key tasks for foreign exchange management in the second half of 2026.It pointed out the need to strengthen and improve regulation in the foreign exchange sector. Promote the revision of the "Foreign Exchange Management Regulations." Enhance the capacity and level of foreign exchange regulation, utilizing new technologies such as artificial intelligence and big data to empower foreign exchange regulation, strengthen the supervision of foreign exchange market trading behaviors, and crack down on illegal cross-border financial activities. Strengthen the capacity building for the management of foreign exchange reserves and improve the professional level of foreign exchange reserve management. Overall, enhance the level of foreign exchange management work. Promote the construction of the international balance of payments statistical system, deepen the construction of "digital foreign exchange management" and "secure foreign exchange management," and accelerate the exploration and practice of "smart foreign exchange management" application scenarios.

According to Daum, the South Korean stock market has recently experienced increased volatility, with investors' risk appetite significantly cooling, and funds are flowing back from the stock market to safer assets such as banks. Due to adjustments in the semiconductor sector and stricter regulations on leveraged investments, the funds waiting to be invested in the South Korean stock market are rapidly withdrawing, leading to a phenomenon of "reverse capital migration."Data shows that by the end of July, the balance of time deposits at the five major banks in South Korea (KB Kookmin, Shinhan, Hana, Woori, NH Nonghyup) reached 973.49 trillion won, an increase of 24.09 trillion won compared to the end of the previous month, marking the largest monthly increase this year.There has also been a noticeable contraction in funds around the stock market. Data from the Korea Financial Investment Association shows that the deposits in investors' securities accounts (funds waiting to be invested in stock trading) reached a historical high of 139.69 trillion won on June 4, but had fallen to 107.20 trillion won by July 28, a decrease of over 32 trillion won in less than two months. The balance of credit trading financing, which represents the scale of market financing transactions, also dropped to 33.19 trillion won during the same period, down approximately 4.5 trillion won from the peak of 37.72 trillion won recorded on July 2, a decrease of about 12%.

According to CNBC, the combined market value change of 6 U.S. tech giants that have released earnings reports this week is close to $2 trillion, as investors are selecting winners based on cloud business growth and AI capital expenditure returns.The combined market value of Alphabet, Amazon, and Microsoft increased by nearly $1.5 trillion, with Microsoft increasing by over $600 billion, and both Amazon and Alphabet increasing by over $400 billion.Meanwhile, Apple's market value evaporated by over $350 billion, Meta decreased by about $85 billion, and Tesla decreased by about $7 billion. Although Apple exceeded expectations in revenue, profit, and iPhone sales, it expects revenue growth of 9% to 11% this quarter, below analysts' expectations of 12%, and stated that shortages of memory chips and competition for wafer production capacity will continue to limit supply, causing its stock price to drop by over 7% on Friday.Amazon's AWS revenue in the second quarter grew by 37% year-on-year, marking the fastest growth rate since 2021, which drove its stock price up by over 15% on Friday. The company also raised its capital expenditure forecast for 2026 from $200 billion to $220 billion. Microsoft rose 15% on Thursday, while Meta fell 8%, indicating a clear divergence in the market's judgment on the AI investment returns of the two companies.Jefferies stated that the AI spending of tech giants is approaching $800 billion over the next 12 months. The current market debate is no longer whether there is real demand for AI, but whether long-term profits can support such large-scale investments.

According to Onchain Lens monitoring, ALT5 Sigma, a treasury company associated with World Liberty Financial supported by the Trump family, transferred 1.815 billion WLFI to a new address, worth approximately 99.77 million USD.The company currently still holds 5.09 billion WLFI, worth approximately 282.18 million USD.