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Analyst Murphy stated that Bitcoin's current chip concentration is similar to that before the 2022 FTX collapse, and a highly concentrated chip structure could amplify price volatility. Jiang Zhuoer believes that if the CLARITY Act fails to pass before Congress adjourns, Bitcoin may witness the final drop of the bear market.
Trader Killa noted that Bitcoin pulled back again after the FOMC, with $61,000 to $61,500 as the key support zone. If this range is broken, Bitcoin may further test the $54,000 to $56,000 zone.
Odaily News, Strategy Executive Chairman Michael Saylor said at the company's Q2 earnings call that while the company has previously allocated nearly "100% of its funds to Bitcoin," it may adopt a combined strategy of holding both cash and BTC going forward. He stated, "Perhaps the best way to buy the most Bitcoin is not to buy the most Bitcoin immediately."TD Cowen and Benchmark both maintained their Buy ratings on Strategy following the Q2 earnings call. The two firms believe that the core goal of the company's current management has shifted toward bringing its STRC preferred stock price back to near par value, thereby restoring its ability to function as a financing tool.TD Cowen analyst Lance Vitanza said the most important takeaway from the call was management's strong focus on STRC. Company executives repeatedly emphasized that restoring STRC to par value is the core objective, and noted that despite recent price deviations in the security, institutional adoption continues to rise.Benchmark analyst Mark Palmer holds a similar view. He pointed out that Saylor and his team spent most of the 90-minute call focused on the same goal: restoring STRC to the $99–$100 range, making it once again the primary engine for the company to raise capital and purchase Bitcoin.
according to Lookonchain monitoring, a whale just deposited 1,060 BTC, worth $67.52 million, into Binance.
Odaily News: According to Onchain Lens monitoring, a Hyperliquid trader has a total of 360 liquidation records, with partial liquidations on BTC and SOL positions, amounting to a combined exposure of approximately $1.47 million. The realized losses are about $35,100, with a lifetime PnL loss of roughly $12.5 million.
Odaily News: According to Onchain Lens monitoring, a newly created wallet has withdrawn 468.3 BTC from BitMEX, valued at approximately $29.88 million. This marks the first single withdrawal exceeding $10 million since BitMEX announced its closure.
Odaily News: According to Onchain Lens monitoring, a whale first transferred 500 BTC to a newly created wallet, then deposited the full amount into Binance approximately 23 minutes later.
CryptoQuant analyst Axel Adler Jr stated that data shows Bitcoin is shifting from short-term speculators to long-term holders. The share of Short-Term Holders (STH) has dropped to 23%, the lowest level since the bottoming phase from 2022 to 2023; meanwhile, the share of Long-Term Holders (LTH) is approaching historical highs.
Odaily News [email protected] posted on the X platform that the options settlement data for July 31 shows that 149,000 BTC options expired, with a Put Call Ratio of 0.28, the max pain point at $64,000, and a notional value of $9.6 billion; 435,000 ETH options expired, with a Put Call Ratio of 0.63, the max pain point at $1,850, and a notional value of $830 million. Bitcoin fluctuated around $64,000 this week. As mentioned last week, the price range above $65,000 is a high-volume area formed during the early-year rally, and there is some resistance there.The U.S. stock market was quite volatile this week, but when U.S. stocks fell, funds did not flow into the crypto market, and the rebound did not drive the crypto market up either. Currently, capital inflows into crypto are limited, with trading volumes of some crypto-related U.S. stock products even surpassing many crypto assets, so conditions for an upward move are not in place. Looking at the main options data, 30% of options expired this week. On the call side, Gex is relatively dispersed, while on the put side, Gex is relatively concentrated. This month, BTC's PCR is only 0.26, with extremely low put open interest, while Ethereum's put open interest has remained relatively high.Overall IV has remained at a relatively low level for a quarter now. In Q3, we can observe rebounds when capital inflows occur. Crypto has been in an 8-month bear market, and trading attention in U.S. stocks has taken the lead. In the short term, some options can be sold, with the main trading focus placed on U.S. stocks.
据 Cointelegraph 报道，加拿大比特币硬件钱包制造商 Coinkite 警告 Coldcard Mk3 用户立即迁移资金，受影响固件版本为 2021 年 3 月发布的 4.0.1 至最终版本 5.0.3，Mk4、Q 及 Mk5 不受影响。与此同时，比特币安全专家正在调查一起涉及 594.48 枚 BTC（约 3830 万美元）的异常清仓事件，涉及 1324 个 UTXO 在三个区块内通过 500 笔交易被转移，所有地址均为单签名地址。
According to data from Trader T (@thepfund), yesterday's Bitcoin spot ETF net inflow was $233.15 million, a significant increase compared to the previous day (July 29 net inflow of $32.1 million). Among them, BlackRock IBIT led with an inflow of $183.41 million, Bitwise BITB had an inflow of $20.74 million, Fidelity FBTC had an inflow of $15.5 million, Morgan Stanley MSBT had an inflow of $7.42 million, VanEck HODL and Grayscale Mini BTC each had an inflow of $2.29 million, Ark ARKB had an inflow of $1.5 million, and the net inflow for other products was zero for the day.
Odaily News: Canadian Bitcoin hardware manufacturer Coinkite has warned users of Coldcard Mk3 signing devices to migrate funds from wallets whose seed phrases were generated by affected firmware. Coinkite stated that seed phrases generated by Mk3 firmware version 4.0.1 and later, released in March 2021, may put funds at risk, with the impact extending to version 5.0.3, the final version supporting the Mk3. Coinkite said that Mk4, Q, and Mk5 models are not affected; affected users should generate new seed phrases on unaffected devices, verify backups and receiving addresses, send a small test transaction first, and then migrate the remaining funds. The company said its investigation is still ongoing and that a formal technical review will be published. Bitcoin security experts are examining a centralized transfer of unclear origin involving 594.48 BTC in single-signature addresses, valued at approximately $38.3 million. Rob Hamilton, CEO and co-founder of AnchorWatch, stated that 1,324 unspent transaction outputs were moved via 500 transactions within a three-block window, with 562 BTC subsequently consolidated into another address. Kevin Loaec, CEO of Wizardsardine, said the current hypothesis is that a low-entropy random number generator has caused insufficient randomness in some wallets' seed phrases, with the relevant flaw potentially stemming from a software library, secure element, specific device batch, or firmware version. He added that this hypothesis has not yet been confirmed, and wallets from which only partial funds were transferred may still face the risk of subsequent theft.
according to Onchain Lens monitoring, BlackRock has withdrawn a total of 1,104.45 BTC from Coinbase Prime, valued at approximately $71.4 million, and transferred them to its IBIT Bitcoin ETF wallet.
According to on-chain analysis platform Lookonchain, a newly created wallet address withdrew 1,250 BTC from Binance, worth approximately $80.94 million at the time.
Bitget Wallet announces that its crypto payment card, Bitget Wallet Card, has completed a major upgrade and will officially launch the "Assetback" mechanism on August 1, with the asset cashback rate simultaneously increased to 3%. This mechanism will be open to over 50 countries across Europe, Latin America, Africa, and the Asia-Pacific region. Cardholders can freely choose their preferred cashback assets, covering BTC, gold, tokenized US stocks (NVDA, TSLA, GOOGL, S&P 500), stablecoins, and more. The base asset cashback rate is 2%, while new users or users who reach the monthly spending threshold can unlock the 3% cashback tier. This upgrade breaks the traditional model where card swiping only returns cash/points, marking the transformation of Bitget Wallet Card services from consumption cashback to accumulation of appreciating assets. It turns daily consumption into an opportunity for RWA asset allocation, allowing users to achieve a new daily finance experience of "spend to build positions" without needing to open a brokerage account throughout the process or perform extra operations at checkout.
the Binance Futures real-money smart money account "ESP bull" has topped the loss list, with losses exceeding $2.4 million. Floating losses from a BTC long position are $4.05 million, a CTSI long position is $2.16 million, an ON short position is $1.07 million, a US short position is $809,000, and an ACX long position is $805,000.
Odaily reports, according to Lookonchain monitoring, a whale deposited 625 BTC (worth $39.96 million) into FalconX after being dormant for over a year, potentially preparing to sell. The whale held BTC for over a year and has incurred losses exceeding $20 million.
According to on-chain analyst Emmett Gallic (@emmettgallic), addresses associated with Bitminter founder Geir Harald Hansen recently transferred 829 BTC, some of which had not moved for over 8 years. Bitminter is one of the earliest Bitcoin mining pools; at its peak, its hashrate accounted for nearly 10% of the total network, having cumulatively mined 208,232 BTC.
BitcoinTreasuries.NET posted on platform X, stating that the Netherlands' fifth-largest asset manager, Robeco, has disclosed an 11% increase in its holdings of Bitcoin treasury company Strategy (MSTR). The total holdings now stand at 133,755 shares, valued at $13.1 million. Institutional capital is flowing into BTC through treasury companies.
hardware wallet company Trezor stated there is a distinction between Bitcoin self-custody and holding Bitcoin credit exposure. When users store assets on exchanges, brokerages, or funds, they are actually relying on third-party ledger records and withdrawal arrangements. The company noted that after the full implementation of new EU crypto regulations, some exchanges that failed to obtain licenses in time have stopped offering regulated services to EU users. Trezor stated that its founders Marek Palatinus and Pavol Rusnák launched the first hardware wallet 12 years ago, moving private keys from internet-connected computers to dedicated devices. Trezor explained that private keys are generated on the device and never leave it, with transactions being signed inside the device before being sent. Trezor CCO Danny Sanders previously stated that if users put Bitcoin into ETFs and call it Bitcoin ownership, it would be one of the worst outcomes for the industry. Trezor estimates that among approximately 600 million global crypto users, about 10% self-custody their private keys, and around 12 to 13 million people use hardware wallets.